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The Long-Awaited Defenestration of the Philosopher Kings

JJ mentioned this but I really wanted to post about it.

I've seen some establishment-oriented "conservatives" using Tuq'r Qarlson and Nick Fuentes and Withered Aryan Hooker Me-Again Kelly as proof that we should never have aligned with "the populists."

Nonsense. There are bad apples in every bunch. And in case the establishment pussies didn't notice, it was the populists -- not the establishment c**ts whom no one trusts or respects -- who drove the bad-actor Nazis and Islamists out of the party.

Jonah Goldberg and David French and the Bulwark Krue did not exorcise Candace Owens and Ian Carroll from the movement. We did.

I mention this because the establishment and populists disagree sharply on one fundamental point of representational governance.

The establishment types, like the "journalists" whose good opinion they so desperately crave, falsely believe that they are some really smart customers. No one believes they are smart, except for they themselves. But they are absolutely convinced on this point. They have argued with themselves about how genius they are and they won that argument with themselves, because they're so wise and persuasive.

This leads to their theory of respresentational governance: We, the stupid people who are incapable of higher-level, abstract, future-oriented thought, have elected these Sages and Philosophers to do our thinking for us.

When we elect these c**ts, that is the end of our involvement in the political process. Our further thoughts are not welcome because we are so gosh-darn bad at thinking we would just exhaust the lucid minds of Philosopher Kings with our retarded ramblings. The establishment does not seek our counsel, it only seeks our grant of power to it, One Time, after which they will literally never again check in with us.

And I say "One Time" because of the fact -- which may be changing (Spoiler Alert) -- that once an establishment c**t has Conned the Rubes into granting them perpetual unchecked power, they essentially have it for life, or until they're found balls-deep inside a 15-year-old boy, because it's very hard to boot an incumbent out of office, particularly in a district or state that is strong for one party.

Contrasting with this theory of governance in which the brain-damaged troglodytes of the dirty masses grant power to establishment Philosopher Kings a single time and then let them do what their massively-powerful brains and consciences compel them to do, the brain-damaged troglodytes have a different theory altogether.

We don't think we elect these pissant mediocrities to do our thinking for us. We think we've done the thinking ourselves. We think we've done the thinking, and we elect these no-talent, no-accomplishment Student Council Vice Treasurers and Disappointed Theater Kids to heed our thinking and merely do our voting in legislative bodies for us.

Now I realize we probably "think" this because our Retard-Brains are glitching and misfiring as usual, but still, we would like to be heard on this point.

But, because it's almost impossible to get voters animated enough to vote these self-declared Philosopher Kings out of office in one-party states or districts, the establishment types who believe we've elected them to do our thinking for us been permitted to carry on acting as if we elected them to do our thinking for us, and we have not had any practical, repeatable method of correction and punishment for this grievously false conception of their role in government.

Until now, my fellow morons and brain-damaged troglodytes who have no capacity for higher-level thought.

The Philosopher Kings serving as state representatives and senators in Indiana, which, let's face it, is the government equivalent of a job as Arby's Night Manager, decided that comity with the Democrats and the good opinion of the leftwing media was far, far more important that the voters' decision that redrawing congressional districts was imperative as we close in on the most important midterms in a century.

The voters finally got their say. We won't get those lines redrawn, but we will have no representation going forward.

President Trump proved to be a kingmaker in Tuesday night's Indiana and Ohio Republican primaries, where his seal of approval propelled several GOP candidates to landslide victories.
In Indiana, Trump's revenge campaign against incumbent state senators who torpedoed his push last year to redraw the Hoosier State's congressional boundaries was largely successful -- with the president's preferred candidates winning five of six contests.
"Everyone in Indiana politics should have learned an important lesson today: President Trump is the single most popular Republican among Hoosier voters," Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) said in a statement.

I'm not so big on praising Trump here, because I didn't really elect him to do my thinking for me, either. But he's right on this issue and extremely right on the question of disciplining and ejecting arrogant, defiant "representatives."

"Indiana is a conservative state, and we deserve conservatives in our State Senate who have a pulse on Republican voters," he added.

That, on the other hand, I agree with 100%.

...
The victories by Trump-backed candidates were decisive.

Trevor De Vries topped Indiana state Sen. Dan Dernulc by a 75%-24% margin; Tracey Powell beat state Sen. Jim Buck in a 65%-35% race; and Brian Schmutzler and Michelle Davis defeated state Sens. Linda Rogers and Greg Walker, respectively, by 18-point margins.
The first incumbent taken out by Trump was longtime Indiana state Sen. Travis Holdman, who has been in office since 2008 and is a member of Indiana Senate leadership.
Holdman was bested by Blake Fiechter by a 61%-39% margin.
At press time, Indiana state Sen. Greg Goode was the only incumbent opposed to redistricting who was able to fend off a Trump-backed primary challenge.
Goode defeated Brenda Wilson in the state's District 38 primary, where a third Republican candidate in the race, Alexandra Wilson, received about 10% of the vote.
The White House had pressured Alexandra Wilson to get out of the race ahead of Tuesday's primary, reportedly over concerns her candidacy would confuse voters attempting to cast ballots for Brenda Wilson.

Will Chamberlain
@willchamberlain
15h
The base isn't stupid. Rule #1 of being a Republican officeholder: do not weaken your own voters' electoral power.
Some Indiana State Senators thought they were clever and didn't have to obey this rule. They will be private citizens shortly.

No Murkowskis:

Indiana has a sore loser law.
They can't run after losing a primary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

🚨 JUST IN: "Republican" State Senators in Indiana, who REJECTED Trump's calls to redraw their Congressional maps, are LOSING their seats tonight

Trump endorsed their primary opponents, and they're dropping like FLIES 🔥

Indiana's US House Reps would've been 100% REPUBLICAN had… pic.twitter.com/Ag8urvf7aU
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 5, 2026

🚨 WOW! Some of the RINO Indiana State Senators ousted by Donald Trump tonight served in the State Legislature for almost *20 YEARS*

RINO reign coming to an end 🔥

"Republicans who have served for nearly 20 years, each one of them who lost, voted against the President's… pic.twitter.com/zu8UNXPWQL
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 6, 2026

🚨BLOODBATH IN INDIANA🚨

Weak Republican Indiana State Senators who refused to redistrict are dropping like flies. Trump-endorsed candidates winning in LANDSLIDES

The scorecard:

SD 19 - WIN
SD 39 - WIN
SD 1 - WIN
SD 6 - WIN
SD 41 - WIN
SD 11 - WIN
SD 21 - WIN
SD 23 - TOSSUP pic.twitter.com/6C4a07EY3p
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 6, 2026

This mewling sissy says it's "unchristian" to vote him out of office for refusing to do what the voters demand of him but also adds that he's "not bitter."

Soon-to-be former Indiana State Senator Travis Holdman, who was one of the deciding Republican votes that blocked redistricting in the state, says he only lost because he was “retaliated against.”

No, you lost because when we tell you to jump, you should be asking how high. pic.twitter.com/c3eTE68G6v
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) May 6, 2026

Go to hell, Fake Christian Narcissist. Christ did not mandate your re-election.

Go finger your buddy David French up the ass and whine about how the swine-men of the GOP just don't appreciate your brilliance enough.

You have that in common with Barack Hussein Obama. In fact, you've got a few things in common with Barack Hussein Obama.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:25 PM

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1 oops, read the content

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 06, 2026 12:26 PM (CWTWj)

2 Howdy ace

Posted by: Doof at May 06, 2026 12:26 PM (K44eM)

3 i mean first

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 06, 2026 12:27 PM (CWTWj)

4 First.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 06, 2026 12:27 PM (VkY89)

5 First! It is the will of Allah!

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at May 06, 2026 12:27 PM (Vpqw1)

6 vote for us, we know what's best and we're not really democrats, really

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 06, 2026 12:28 PM (CWTWj)

7 "The base isn't stupid."

I beg to differ.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 12:28 PM (vFG9F)

8 I've seen some establishment-oriented "conservatives" using Tuq'r Qarlson and Nick Fuentes and Withered Aryan Hooker Me-Again Kelly as proof that we should never have aligned with "the populists."

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Tucker is the only one who seemed to be on our side at all.

Megyn was always a grifter (NBC out front should have told ya) and Fuentes was anti-Trump from the moment he showed up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:28 PM (LWGzg)

9 I still do not know who Ian Carroll is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:28 PM (bss/y)

10 This leads to their theory of respresentational governance: We, the stupid people who are incapable of higher-level, abstract, future-oriented thought, have elected these Sages and Philosophers to do our thinking for us.

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"I would have used more jargon, but yes."
-Woodrow Wilson

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:28 PM (LWGzg)

11 R.I.P. Ted Turner

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 06, 2026 12:29 PM (8jQKl)

12 Withered Aryan hooker.

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)

13 "We're the captain now."

Something that we need to impress on our political betters at every chance.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 12:29 PM (jehhT)

14 DID SOMEONE SAY THERE WOULD BE....

DEFENESTRATION!??!?!

....Its like someone put out the batsignal...

And I am here to answer!!!!

Posted by: Defenestratus at May 06, 2026 12:29 PM (WYStd)

15 >>>9 I still do not know who Ian Carroll is.

someone called him "gay Nazi pizzaboy." He has the gayest thin mustache this side of John Waters. He is a literal Nazi who, like Nick Fuentes, urges his followers to vote against actual conservatives.

Posted by: ace at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (1wjle)

16 The American political system is supposed to keep politicians in fear that if they don't do what the electorate wants they'll be voted out.

Did this State Senator bother to see what his voters wanted him to do? Obviously not.

Or imagine an analogy. I hire a man to replace my roof. He agrees to it and gives me a basic layout of what he is going to do.

And then after I pay him he instead decides my roof is fine and instead tears down my deck.

I and anyone else would get rid of this guy no?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)

17 Our leaders believe they can think better than

Oh, commercials over.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (Sco7b)

18 I wonder if Mike Pence will end up under an overpass.

Posted by: dantesed at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (Oy/m2)

19 The biggest loser in the Indiana primaries last night: Mike Pence.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (8jQKl)

20 The Philosopher Kings serving as state representatives and senators in Indiana, which, let's face it, is the government equivalent of a job as Arby's Night Manager, decided that comity with the Democrats and the good opinion of the leftwing media was far, far more important that the voters' decision that redrawing congressional districts was imperative as we close in on the most important midterms in a century.

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States are FAR more corrupt per capita than the federal government.

It's just...no one cares. Which leads the states to becoming even more corrupt.

We'd rather complain about the do-nothings in DC than the active corruption going on in Indianapolis.

It honestly takes a lot for the locals to look at their state reps and go..."These people suck so much I'm going to do something about it as radical as voting."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (LWGzg)

21 because it's very hard to boot an incumbent out of office, particularly in a district or state that is strong for one party.

At least, until the SAVE act passes, if ever.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (uEYKS)

22 The old fart lost his phony baloney job. Time to spend more time with his family.

Posted by: huerfano at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (VJX5o)

23 *looks up Ian Carroll*

Guy looks like a douche bag.

Kind of like he is trying to go for the Ian McCollum look from Forgotten Weapons.

Still have never seen him before now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (bss/y)

24 Now, because it's almost impossible to get voters animated enough to vote these self-declared Philosopher Kings out of office in one-party states or districts, the establishment types who believe we've elected them to do our thinking for us been permitted to carry on acting as if we elected them to do our thinking for us, and we have not had any practical, repeatable method of correction and punishment for this grievously false conception of their role in government.

The truly amazing thing is that RINO barnacles like Travis Holdman simply can't accept that we, the people, have the sheer effrontery to kick him to the curb. It's taken as a personal insult, which I suppose it is, and a sign that we really shouldn't have any role in governance, since we're obviously too stupid to recognize his incandescent brilliance.

"Do you know who I am?".

Yeah, we do, MFer, that's why you'll be a greeter at Walmart next January.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

25 LOL - read the content and then stared at the blank screen until it hit me "type first dummy". LOL

Will I ever learn - nope.

Well, at least us Hoosiers did our jobs!

And my man Holdman - I'll say this in the most Christian, friendly way I can - EABOD... you had one job son, one.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 06, 2026 12:31 PM (VkY89)

26 R.I.P. Ted Turner, not so much RINO scum.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Q/FnY)

27 Another point here, Republican voters are finally starting to really pay attention to what their elected officials are doing.

This is objectively and obviously a good thing.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

28 someone called him "gay Nazi pizzaboy." He has the gayest thin mustache this side of John Waters. He is a literal Nazi who, like Nick Fuentes, urges his followers to vote against actual conservatives.
Posted by: ace at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (1wjle)

So... e's a Nick Fuentes wannabe?

Why?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)

29 How high is the right response

Posted by: LASue at May 06, 2026 12:31 PM (VRI8/)

30 I wonder how many of these loser will suddenly speak out for Dems as a "gesture of solidarity" for the greater good?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 12:31 PM (2WIwB)

31
The evolution of a standard issue Trumplainer:

1. Trump is electoral poison! We must get rid of him forever to win elections!

2. Trumpers only vote when Trump is on the ticket!

3. Ummm... errrr... you're not a real Christian!

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:32 PM (qIyYj)

32 Indiana is also indicative of something I've thought for a while.

It would take an immaterial amount of money (for a national political organization) to push a state party hard to the right.

A few million bucks in signs, and suddenly name recognition for the challengers to the 10 most left GOPers in the state house is greater for those in the state house.

The state just took out something like 20% of its GOP state senators in one night.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:32 PM (LWGzg)

33 Power to the peoples!

Posted by: runner at May 06, 2026 12:32 PM (GD0B3)

34 Trump is no mere politician -- he's s fundamental direction in spacetime, like "up,' "down,' and 'here."

Posted by: zombie at May 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Av6i5)

35 Those Indiana legislators now have the opportunity to "grow in office" and "reach across the aisle" somewhere else less damaging.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 06, 2026 12:32 PM (j7INY)

36 >>>I'm not so big on praising Trump here, because I didn't really elect him to do my thinking for me, either. But he's right on this issue and extremely right on the question of disciplining and ejecting arrogant, defiant "representatives."

Trump's revenge is my revenge. Our revenge.

We've had it with these losers whose only calling is to get reelected and otherwise loot the treasury to steal generational wealth for themselves.

They should consider themselves fortunate that tar and feathers were not involved.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2026 12:33 PM (dK+Kv)

37 I had no idea Ted Turner was still alive.

Posted by: ace at May 06, 2026 12:33 PM (1wjle)

38 Withered Aryan Hooker Me-Again Kelly

==

Perfect.

Posted by: runner at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (GD0B3)

39 I wouldn’t give Trump the credit either, and ultimately it’s not about him. MAGA is an idea. It’s founded in first principles, the core of which is that elected representatives carry out the people’s will.

Got that? Not a party. Not a donor. Not the Camber of Commerce. Not a defense contractor. Not your mistress or boy toy.

Ours.

The constitution firmly states who the owners of this government are. It’s not Trump, nor anyone else. It’s all of us.

The reason Trump has been so successful is he’s going a simple thing. He’s driving an agenda that is unquestionably the will of a vast majority of the people who elected him. Imagine that.

Long after he’s gone and by God, grace I will be voting for anyone who sticks to that same core principle.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (wn0/z)

40 States are FAR more corrupt per capita than the federal government.

It's just...no one cares. Which leads the states to becoming even more corrupt.

That depends. If the state government becomes sufficiently idiotic, corrupt, and self-worshiping, things can change. See also, Virginia.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

41 37 I had no idea Ted Turner was still alive.
Posted by: ace at May 06, 2026 12:33 PM (1wjle)

I have to admit I thought he was already dead too...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (Zp5pW)

42 35 Those Indiana legislators now have the opportunity to "grow in office" and "reach across the aisle" somewhere else less damaging.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at May 06, 2026 12:32 PM (j7INY)

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State laws around how laws get passed aren't the same as in the federal legislature.

There are usually far more hurdles to overcome like multiple readings scheduled weeks apart.

Any damage they can do largely relies on what business is already being discussed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (LWGzg)

43 Good afternoon Ace. Excellent post
I brought up Hold an in JJs thread . His constituents elected him to be their senator but their minister. Enjoy retirement you sanctimonious prick

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (gu0hJ)

44 States are FAR more corrupt per capita than the federal government.
I've been watching a scenario play out in MA that is almost comical.

The voters approved an initiative to give the State Auditor (a Dem of course) the power to do an audit of the state legislature.

To the State Auditor's credit she took up the challenge...and every other elected Dem is fighting here - and they are fighting dirty calling her all sorts of names even...gasp...a REPUBLICAN.

Now, why would they all fight an audit in such lock step? There is really only one reason...because they know what would come out...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

45 We're just saving them from that awful commute to Indianapolis.

Posted by: DaveA at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (FhXTo)

46 Ted banged Barberella. I prefer to just leave it at that.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (vFG9F)

47 Question: was Alexandra Wilson on the ballot merely as a spoiler for Brenda Wilson? We have seen shenanigans like that employed against Conservatives in Canada.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (utfVc)

48 Tell me these losers wont do a Murkowski and run as independents, please

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (5FXLr)

49 For all the old men. I know a guy who is 73, and literally has an entire harem of breath taking 20 something women. The girls all know each other, in fact they brought each other to him. He is not wealthy. However he is jacked (400 lb squat), handsome, and absolutely 100% for real. If I were to cast the lead role in the movie "The Viking King" he would be my first choice. The girls don't even know that he has written a novel, or that he is a martial artist (Go to Google and type in "Judo Red and White Belt".) , or that he plays guitar.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (Da7Vv)

50 IN Rino's take on politics: Queensberry Rules

MAGA take on politics: MMA street fight.

Posted by: WisRich at May 06, 2026 12:35 PM (G0vdT)

51 I wonder how many of these loser will suddenly speak out for Dems as a "gesture of solidarity" for the greater good?

Umm....all of them?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t)

52 44 Now, why would they all fight an audit in such lock step? There is really only one reason...because they know what would come out...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

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Batch funds to the states from the federal government was...a mistake.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:35 PM (LWGzg)

53 I don't say this often, but I'm proud to be an Indiana voter today.

Posted by: toddg at May 06, 2026 12:35 PM (KCFD3)

54 Go finger your buddy David French up the ass
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Ugh! C'mon, Ace. I'm trying to eat supper here!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 12:36 PM (lR5Ug)

55 WTF possessed them to go against redistricting. In Red Indiana...fools.

Posted by: runner at May 06, 2026 12:36 PM (GD0B3)

56 That last paragraph from Ace is exactly why I keep coming to this site! Poetic beauty.

Posted by: Keena at May 06, 2026 12:36 PM (5vuV+)

57 Weekly Standard no longer exists.

But they crowed for decades, so proud, that they drove the Birchers out of the Republican Party.

The Birchers were kooky. But they were right about the commies.

However, their eager and decades-long embrace of the corporatist, phony-centrist-but-really-liberal class was far, far more damaging to the country than even the worst the Birchers could have done.

The voters of IN flushed a bunch of those turds last night.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 12:36 PM (MtSIY)

58 I saw this when I got up and laughed so hard a little pee came out. I am still laughing but maintaining dryness!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 06, 2026 12:36 PM (xvV+O)

59 48 Tell me these losers wont do a Murkowski and run as independents, please

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (5FXLr)

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Indiana has a sore loser law.

They can't run after losing a primary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:36 PM (LWGzg)

60 Ted Turner was the Anti-Vigoda

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:36 PM (qIyYj)

61 Oops next to last paragraph!

Posted by: Keena at May 06, 2026 12:36 PM (5vuV+)

62 Holdman should have realized he had effed up when he got 38%of the primary vote

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 12:37 PM (gu0hJ)

63 I think it’s fair to assess given the current knowledge of what happened, that Mike Pence is perhaps one of the greatest cowards in our history.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 06, 2026 12:37 PM (wn0/z)

64 Marcus T @ 39 agreeing and endorsing, as does Eromero

Posted by: Eromero at May 06, 2026 12:38 PM (LHPAg)

65 I think it’s fair to assess given the current knowledge of what happened, that Mike Pence is perhaps one of the greatest cowards in our history.

You misspelled whiniest little b***hes.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:38 PM (Riz8t)

66 Christ did not mandate your re-election.

....

In fact, you've got a few things in common with Barack Hussein Obama.
--------

Speaking of mandates

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:38 PM (qIyYj)

67 Ted Turner was the Anti-Vigoda

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:36 PM (qIyYj)
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So... Turner was... Dis-Abe'led?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 12:39 PM (lR5Ug)

68 >>>63 I think it’s fair to assess given the current knowledge of what happened, that Mike Pence is perhaps one of the greatest cowards in our history.

what did he do? I mean, I assume he was with the RINOs, as usual, but is there reporting about him campaigning against the map or otherwise taking a public position?

Posted by: ace at May 06, 2026 12:39 PM (1wjle)

69 I'm glad to hear this news but alas it's too late to affect this year's congressional map. I want to resurrect the term "Stupid Party" with regards to the GOP. Because it fits. Stupid and Feckless.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 06, 2026 12:39 PM (ZQMDd)

70 Ted banged Barberella. I prefer to just leave it at that.
Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (vFG9F)

Jane Fonda's talents were well displayed in that movie.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 12:39 PM (utfVc)

71 In fact, you've got a few things in common with Barack Hussein Obama.

They both like gigantic butt plugs?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)

72 Attention GOPe

When the leftist mob still comes for you, don't say we didn't warn you

They have SHOT US for years. The least you squishy fags could do is take away some of their power.

Go to hell

Quick

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 06, 2026 12:39 PM (61TgR)

73 Sociopaths run for office for one reason. It has been this way since the Phoenicians invented money.

That's a hint.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 06, 2026 12:39 PM (wBaIH)

74 69 I'm glad to hear this news but alas it's too late to affect this year's congressional map. I want to resurrect the term "Stupid Party" with regards to the GOP. Because it fits. Stupid and Feckless.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 06, 2026 12:39 PM (ZQMDd)

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It might entice a couple of other states into movement, like SC.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:39 PM (LWGzg)

75 Interesting........

A top Virginia Democrat's office has been raided by the FBI in a dramatic anti-corruption investigation.

Virginia Senator Louise Lucas watched stunned as agents tore through her office - as well as a neighboring cannabis dispensary she co-owns in Portsmouth, around 20 miles west of Virginia Beach, on Wednesday.

The FBI raid is linked to a 'major corruption probe,' Fox News reported, adding that the bureau is 'serving multiple search warrants, approved by a federal judge, at her office and a next-door cannabis dispensary.'

Lucas, 82, the highest ranking member of the Virginia Senate as President Pro Tempore, was captured arriving on the scene as the FBI searched her office, per a live broadcast from the event.

Lucas told reporters on the scene that she did not know the reason for the raid.

Lucas was a key advocate of Virginia's 10-1 congressional map redistricting push.

Posted by: beckster at May 06, 2026 12:40 PM (kX27y)

76 This corrupt vulgar insane flamboyant nasty woman, Louise Lucas hopefully gets her deserved reward. The whole state knows that as chair of the finance committee she ruled the state TO HER OWN BENEFIT.

She also owns VAST numbers of group homes in the tidal area. There's literally no legal drug dispensaries in va yet, but somehow she owns several.

She killed the arena in NOVA that youngkin got to screw over the state.

She was the statue toppling czar destroying so much history

She led the criminal redistricting

Makes Maxine Waters look good

Posted by: dagny at May 06, 2026 12:40 PM (chM/Q)

77 Once you understand that over 50% of "republicans" are actually leftists pretending, it all makes sense.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 06, 2026 12:40 PM (xvV+O)

78 I liked what I heard Chris Plante say this morning. "The Barack Obama Presidential Eyesore".

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 12:40 PM (vFG9F)

79 I remember driving through Indianapolis on the way back home the day before Election Day in 2020.

There was an almost continuous parade of vehicles around the I-465 Loop sporting Trump and American flags.

And it sure as Hell wasn't because of Mike Pence.

That these state legislators didn't understand the popularity of DJT in their own districts is an utterly damning indictment of their judgment, and sufficient cause to kick them to History's curb.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 06, 2026 12:40 PM (wtvvX)

80 Indiana has a sore loser law.

They can't run after losing a primary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Yay!!!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 06, 2026 12:41 PM (5FXLr)

81 That depends. If the state government becomes sufficiently idiotic, corrupt, and self-worshiping, things can change. See also, Virginia.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

Or not. See California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

82 Virginia's recent referendum on redistricting was flown by the Democrats as making for fair representation, yet there was nothing fair about the new map. Just draw all the districts fairly. Let Fairfax County vote blue until their balls fall off. Leave the rest of us alone. I do not want to see maps redrawn by the Republicans in the same janky manner, but I would say that is near impossible, just by looking at voting patterns. It's a red country with blue enclaves. A congressional map should look like that.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 06, 2026 12:41 PM (QaH55)

83 The GOP only really had three hills to die on

1) deregulation
2) corporate tax cuts
3) military spending (MIC)

Those are the only things they were willing to lose elections and implement when in power.

You'll notice they got those three things last year and have been stonewalling everything else.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 06, 2026 12:41 PM (pUZ18)

84 LOL. I have similar denunciations. "Your stupid." My IQ is 136. "Your uneducated." I have Bachelor's degree in Computer Science for UCSD. "You're not a Catholic." I have read the Catechism of the Council of Trent and agree with every word.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 06, 2026 12:42 PM (qFwJc)

85 Go finger your buddy David French up the ass and whine about how the swine-men of the GOP just don't appreciate your brilliance enough.

To be fair, it's probably more of a 'give one side hell' than a snug fit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)

86 we should never have aligned with "the populists."

Well....
It's not that we shouldn't align with the populists, it's that we shouldn't base our platform on populism. Because what the majority of the people believe or feel at any one moment may be transitory and/or wrong. "The people" are not always right - as a matter of fact, in a place where the populace is easily swayed, the people are usually wrong.

Your better bet is to have a set of principles - preferably ones that haven't changed "with the times" - against which you hold up policies, opinions, and events, and judge them. Then you go about convincing the people about the correctness thereof. THEN you get that majority to vote to do (or not do) something.

It's the major problem with our government today. We keep talking about accountability. But our system is designed to have the people do the accountability. And they (some important portion) just aren't interested anymore.

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 12:42 PM (nft6E)

87 I still do not know who Ian Carroll is.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
.......

Me neither. But I think I'll live.

Posted by: wth at May 06, 2026 12:42 PM (UjdFS)

88 The old country club Republican model is dying fast, but they will try to turn populists with cash

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:42 PM (yQoVG)

89 There are only 2 states that don't have sore loser laws (or combinations of regulations around filing deadlines that makes the act of running after losing a primary impossible) and that's New York and Connecticut.

So, file that away as a bit of useless trivia you can pull out at dinner parties.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:42 PM (LWGzg)

90 They can't run after losing a primary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Some of us can't run, period

Posted by: Jonah at May 06, 2026 12:43 PM (qIyYj)

91 You'll hear "top va democrat" which translates into been there for 50 years, chair of finance committee, willing to scream "racissssssss" at everyone. The other dems are TERRIFIED of her.

Posted by: dagny at May 06, 2026 12:43 PM (chM/Q)

92 That these state legislators didn't understand the popularity of DJT in their own districts is an utterly damning indictment of their judgment, and sufficient cause to kick them to History's curb.

I suspect if you dug into it you'd find they were well compensated for voting against redistricting.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

93 IN Rino's take on politics: Queensberry Rules

MAGA take on politics: MMA street fight.

Posted by: WisRich
---

Only as that concerns to democrats.

RYNOs will go full on MMA street fight against real conservatives. Always have. Always will.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 06, 2026 12:43 PM (xvV+O)

94 And Ted Turner is dead?

Did he have dirt on Hillary?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 12:43 PM (MntWt)

95 This corrupt vulgar insane flamboyant nasty woman, Louise Lucas hopefully gets her deserved reward. The whole state knows that as chair of the finance committee she ruled the state TO HER OWN BENEFIT.

==

Is this about the FB eye raid ?

Posted by: runner at May 06, 2026 12:43 PM (GD0B3)

96 zerohedge: "Banks Are Choking": The AI Debt Bubble Has Started To Burst

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:43 PM (yQoVG)

97 The other Wilson got a check, mullah, promises were made, etc.

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 06, 2026 12:43 PM (cS1cw)

98 RYNOs will go full on MMA street fight against real conservatives. Always have. Always will.

Look at Coke Bear's recent election history

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)

99
How much you want to bed former VP Mike Pence played a factor in these GOP rino's thinking they could get away with this. Mike Pence offered cover, and this proves the RINO's have no shelter.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 06, 2026 12:44 PM (IifOV)

100 Is there any truth to the rumor that CNN will be buried in the casket with Ted Turner?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 06, 2026 12:44 PM (w/O5Q)

101 Maybe she can tell them things about Hakeem...

Posted by: runner at May 06, 2026 12:45 PM (GD0B3)

102 88 The old country club Republican model is dying fast, but they will try to turn populists with cash
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:42 PM (yQoVG)

Yeah, Tea Party. Honestly the Nick Fuentes shit always struck me as a way to try to draw out the most distasteful elements (which are a very small minority) and make them the face of conservatism. Poison the well. They have done it over and over again.

But Nick Fuentes yelling the N word over and over again does not make me want to give up small government and be for statism and communism. It just makes me think he's retarded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

103 I can remember when CNN started, the existing MSM said he would destroy journalism

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:45 PM (yQoVG)

104 I can remember when CNN started, the existing MSM said he would destroy journalism

==

Now AI is destroying "journalism"...

Posted by: runner at May 06, 2026 12:45 PM (GD0B3)

105 "And the GOPe hid but the Earth screamed, 'Here they are!'"

- Sura of MAGA.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 12:46 PM (MntWt)

106 I'll consider things "even" after we have had 500 years of uninterrupted conservative governance.

Posted by: Weasel at May 06, 2026 12:46 PM (PVV5z)

107 So, do we know what’s in the UFO files yet?

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 12:46 PM (77rzZ)

108 The idiot commies at Huffingsomeglue are exclaiming that the Indiana primary means a blue wave in November.

They are delusional. Leftism is in fact a mental disorder.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at May 06, 2026 12:46 PM (1JqMh)

109
*looks up Ian Carroll*

Guy looks like a douche bag.

Kind of like he is trying to go for the Ian McCollum look from Forgotten Weapons.

Still have never seen him before now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (bss/y)

11th Commandment:

THOU SHALT NOT INSULT GUN JESUS

...EVEN IF HE DOES HAVE A MOST UNCLEAN LOVE FOR FRENCH WEAPONS

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2026 12:46 PM (y9nCu)

110 This AWFL protesting climate change is a real ding dong.

https://tinyurl.com/4ke3e5x4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 12:46 PM (ndZc7)

111 We don't think we elect these pissant mediocrities to do our thinking for us. We think we've done the thinking ourselves. We think we've done the thinking, and we elect these no-talent, no-accomplishment Student Council Vice Treasurers and Disappointed Theater Kids to heed our thinking and merely do our voting in legislative bodies for us.
---
Yeah, that's the stuff that really pisses me off about the "Respectable Republicans."
The "cross the aisle," "find common ground," "reasonable compromise" Republicans.

I am an adult.

I don't fucking need you telling me what is best for the country--I voted for your stupid ass to represent me and you TELL the country what I--YOUR VOTER--thinks is best for the country.

It's like that quip about a good politician always putting himself in the front of the parade--no matter which direction it's going.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 12:46 PM (MtSIY)

112 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 12:46 PM (X0axn)

113 Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal
🇩🇰 Copenhagen's Green-led council is limiting elderly care residents to 80 grams of beef per week for climate reasons.
That works out to 11.4 grams a day, which is less meat than most people put in a single taco.

A Green party rep explained the logic: the elderly "have been the biggest climate sinners throughout their lives."

So the plan is apparently to make them atone for it in their final years, one thimble of mince at a time.
Critics, including opposition parties and elderly advocates, say the policy risks undernutrition in a population already vulnerable to it.
The council says it's flexible, but the elderly eating climate penance for dinner might disagree.
Source: BT, Ekstra Bladet
2:45 AM · May 6, 2026

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (9aVck)

114 Star Tribune journalists patting themselves on the backs for their unbiased coverage, to Ace's point.

https://archive.ph/CDnex

Posted by: beckster at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (kX27y)

115 JJ mentioned this but I really wanted to post about it.

Wait.....Ace reads the blog?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (X0axn)

116 OT: so I mentioned I added asian squats to the mix. Nothing huge, just 3 or 4 sets of 15 spaced throughout the day. My knee has gotten better with the idea. But my hips ached like hell the first couple of days. Oddly, that whole region feels tighter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)

117 This corrupt vulgar insane flamboyant nasty woman, Louise Lucas hopefully gets her deserved reward. The whole state knows that as chair of the finance committee she ruled the state TO HER OWN BENEFIT.

==

Is this about the FB eye raid ?

Yes, it's the state equivalent of a Pelosi insider-trading raid

Posted by: dagny at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (chM/Q)

118 Turnout is key in the mid-terms. Obviously, the base turned out and turned out the rat bastard traitorous RINO GOPe in Indiana.

Hopefully, this portends GOP voter turnout in the mid-term elections.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (UJMvS)

119 For all the old men. I know a guy who is 73, and literally has an entire harem of breath taking 20 something women. The girls all know each other, in fact they brought each other to him. He is not wealthy. However he is jacked (400 lb squat), handsome, and absolutely 100% for real. If I were to cast the lead role in the movie "The Viking King" he would be my first choice. The girls don't even know that he has written a novel, or that he is a martial artist (Go to Google and type in "Judo Red and White Belt".) , or that he plays guitar.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at May 06, 2026 12:34 PM (Da7Vv

I told you not to tell anyone!

Posted by: RI Red at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (fRFTM)

120 115 JJ mentioned this but I really wanted to post about it.

Wait.....Ace reads the blog?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (X0axn)

======

Blog is a funny way to spell comments.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (LWGzg)

121 Virginia's recent referendum on redistricting was flown by the Democrats as making for fair representation, yet there was nothing fair about the new map. Just draw all the districts fairly. Let Fairfax County vote blue until their balls fall off.

Now hold on there.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

122 I can remember when CNN started, the existing MSM said he would destroy journalism

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:45 PM (yQoVG)
---
And they were right... for once. Not that the MSM wasn't doing the same but CNN sure sped things up.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 06, 2026 12:48 PM (xvV+O)

123 Though the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the legality of SB 54 in 2019, the lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges that law and others on different legal grounds. It alleges that California’s various laws offering some benefits to undocumented immigrants amount to a violation of part of the human-smuggling statute — U.S. Code Section 1324 — that makes it a felony when a person “encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States.”

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:48 PM (yQoVG)

124 >> what did he do? I mean, I assume he was with the RINOs, as usual, but is there reporting about him campaigning against the map or otherwise taking a public position?

Ace he had a chance to be consequential. I think that diving into the election certification issue is part diversion, and part revealing.

We now know all the subversive things that were going on at the time about which Trump and some around him knew were true. You can’t call it anything but a coup attempt. And yet, here’s Pence firmly aligning himself with the corrupt institutions of our government making an attempt to undermine it.

Go back and look. Pence had no curiosity about it. No real resistance in fact he more so aligned with the corrupt forces who undermined the election and POTUS without any hesitation. Ergo He was complicit by his lack of introspection, forceful expression of support, or at least the need to investigate. He walked the political line to save his own skin. Had it not been for people like Nunes, Jordan and others, plus Trump’s persistence , we could have lost this country and Pence by his lack of courage would have been one reason.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 06, 2026 12:48 PM (wn0/z)

125 104 I can remember when CNN started, the existing MSM said he would destroy journalism

==

Now AI is destroying "journalism"...
Posted by: runner at May 06, 2026 12:45 PM (GD0B3)

No. Journalists destroyed Journalism. Eagerly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:48 PM (bss/y)

126
The Judge Smails wing of the party is over. It's Al Czervik's party now. (Cue Anyway you want it)

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 06, 2026 12:48 PM (IifOV)

127 Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal

Is an OP. Stop posting his shit.

Posted by: runner at May 06, 2026 12:48 PM (GD0B3)

128 Wait.....Ace reads the blog?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (X0axn)

Mostly for the articles.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2026 12:49 PM (dK+Kv)

129
So the plan is apparently to make them atone for it in their final years, one thimble of mince at a time.
Critics, including opposition parties and elderly advocates, say the policy risks undernutrition in a population already vulnerable to it.
The council says it's flexible, but the elderly eating climate penance for dinner might disagree.
Source: BT, Ekstra Bladet
2:45 AM · May 6, 2026
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (9aVck)

"Die Quickly" they accused.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 12:49 PM (X0axn)

130 My first real job after the Service and college was doing work as a legislative proofreader at the Indiana capitol building. It was hard, interesting work and in the course of it I often had interactions with Indiana state legislators. Some of them were great people. Others--a few--were so arrogant and full of themselves we could only laugh.

I don't know how many times I heard one of those narcissistic pricks saying, "Do you know who I am?" as if they were bigtime power brokers, buddy, and don't you forget it. They were, as my mother used to say, 'big fish in a little pond'. I would bet those kinds of state senators I knew back then were the same kind of senators who lost their cushy state jobs last night. Good riddance.

Posted by: troyriser at May 06, 2026 12:49 PM (DPeYO)

131 11th Commandment:

THOU SHALT NOT INSULT GUN JESUS

...EVEN IF HE DOES HAVE A MOST UNCLEAN LOVE FOR FRENCH WEAPONS
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2026 12:46 PM (y9nCu)

https://youtu.be/H0qe45Z8wfk?si=dCd_MMa9DLWQ2noU

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:49 PM (bss/y)

132 Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York has been losing residents to other states because of a failure to build enough housing. She said that loss also cuts into the state’s representation in Congress.

“We’ve been losing too many New Yorkers, as I said, to other states because of our failure to build housing,” Hochul said.

… Forrest for the trees

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:49 PM (yQoVG)

133 It's true that those elected think that gives them free rein. They don't grasp what REPRESENTATIVE republics are.

Posted by: dagny at May 06, 2026 12:49 PM (chM/Q)

134 I can remember when CNN started, the existing MSM said he would destroy journalism
Posted by: SMOD

And they was right!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 12:50 PM (ndZc7)

135 Dang, the Danes want to put grandma in a concentration camp. To save the Erf.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 12:50 PM (MntWt)

136 How much you want to bed former VP Mike Pence played a factor in these GOP rino's thinking they could get away with this. Mike Pence offered cover, and this proves the RINO's have no shelter.

It would take someone of singular stupidity and political obliviousness to think this would work.

So yeah, it was Pence.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:50 PM (Riz8t)

137 Ace, a small quibble. The Indiana House passed redistricting - this was entirely on the State Senate, and the traitors paid for it.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 06, 2026 12:50 PM (NcvvS)

138 We don't think we elect these pissant mediocrities to do our thinking for us.

Sadly, Ace, that's EXACTLY what a goodly portion of our electorate does. They WANT to have responsibility removed from their shoulders. They want to be made safe and kept so. They want airbags and lane change notifiers and automatic headlights and cruise control that keeps them from running into the car right in front of them. It's why so many want AI - they want to ask a question and be told an answer by an infallible computer so they don't HAVE to employ their brains.

This is the big fight. Not over which party is in power or which sort of court is arguing over immigration. The big fight is convincing our fellow Americans to get off their laurels start taking responsibility for their lives and, particularly, their government.

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 12:51 PM (nft6E)

139 UFO files?

Hillary is a purple five tentacle alien squid from Outre Plunkty?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 12:52 PM (MntWt)

140 Pence couldn’t give cover to anyone. He’s a non factor in the party. He just shares the same kind of institutionalized cowardice the now ex representatives had. AMF.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 06, 2026 12:52 PM (wn0/z)

141 zerohedge: "Banks Are Choking": The AI Debt Bubble Has Started To Burst
Posted by: SMOD

We need to tax AI.

Posted by: Tom Steyer at May 06, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)

142 28 So... e's a Nick Fuentes wannabe?

Why?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)

Because stupid Jeets who like to LARP as Wignats will toss their Rupees at him, just like they did to Gay Catboy Fuentes.

Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 12:53 PM (iXqHn)

143 Did this State Senator bother to see what his voters wanted him to do? Obviously not.
--
He did.
Three old bats down at the Republican Women's Luncheon told him they don't like that Trump, he's too crass.
And he should oppose Trump's plan to redistrict.

And that's who he listened to.
Because that's who he wanted to listen to.
Because he agrees with them.
Not the majority of his now-former voters.

LOL, cry moor, your tears are delicious.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 12:54 PM (MtSIY)

144 Whoop.

She owns 10 medical marijuans dispensaries. She snuck though medicaid reimbursement to medical Marijuana in last session.

Also owns medicaid non-emergency ambulance services

Posted by: dagny at May 06, 2026 12:54 PM (chM/Q)

145 Because stupid Jeets who like to LARP as Wignats will toss their Rupees at him, just like they did to Gay Catboy Fuentes.
Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 12:53 PM (iXqHn)

Catboy? anna is going to be wrothful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:54 PM (bss/y)

146 Because stupid Jeets who like to LARP as Wignats will toss their Rupees at him, just like they did to Gay Catboy Fuentes.

*Throws flag. Excessive cultural references less than 2 weeks old.*

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t)

147 Go finger your buddy David French up the ass and whine about how the swine-men of the GOP just don't appreciate your brilliance enough.

You have that in common with Barack Hussein Obama. In fact, you've got a few things in common with Barack Hussein Obama.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:25 PM

Don't get me wrong. I love JJ and his Morning Report. He has a clear writing style that works and gets the point across.

Ace is just more colorful.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 12:55 PM (X0axn)

148 I'm gonna laugh my ass off if Epstein is in the UFO files

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 12:55 PM (gu0hJ)

149 Fuck these guys in particular

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 06, 2026 12:55 PM (iFTx/)

150 Disney is about to delete five years of canon because Rey doesn't move toys.

The sequel trilogy did $4.47B at the box office. Force Awakens $2.07B, Last Jedi $1.33B, Rise of Skywalker $1.07B. The merchandise tells a different story.

Star Wars merchandise peaked at $700M in 2015 when Force Awakens launched. By 2019, the year Rise of Skywalker shipped with a billion-dollar marketing push as the supposed finale of the Skywalker Saga, Hasbro's Star Wars line was doing roughly $150M. A 70%+ collapse during the trilogy's own theatrical run.

Then 2020 happened. No new movies. A streaming show legally unavailable in most international markets. Hasbro's Star Wars revenue grew 70% year-over-year. One character named Grogu outsold three years of sequel-trilogy merchandise.

The sequel cast specifically can't move inventory at any price point. Rey, Finn, Poe, Rose, Holdo: Walmart clearance for years. Diamond Select's president said sales on TFA and TLJ products "were not too strong." Hasbro silently stopped producing Rise of Skywalker figures mid-line. There is no mass-market action figure for Poe, Finn, Lando, unmasked Kylo, Palpatine, or Leia from that movie. The licensees gave up.

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:55 PM (yQoVG)

151 "So, do we know what’s in the UFO files yet?
Posted by: Bulg"

My uncle is a Martian!

Posted by: Bill Bixby at May 06, 2026 12:56 PM (vFG9F)

152 Always remember and never forget:
Republicans are often Progressives, too. They just want it accomplished with lower taxes and more sedately.

Their goal is still a state that will mother you to death and treat criminality not as a justice problem but a rehabilitative issue.

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 12:56 PM (nft6E)

153 Goddaughter is traveling to Colorado. Got there just in time for the f*ck blizzard to hit.

Global Warming is going to kill us all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 12:56 PM (X0axn)

154 “Eh, people won’t care about this. It’s a Trump distraction”.

- ex-representatives

Posted by: Marcus T at May 06, 2026 12:56 PM (wn0/z)

155 Copenhagen's Green-led council is limiting elderly care residents to 80 grams of beef per week for climate reasons.
That works out to 11.4 grams a day, which is less meat than most people put in a single taco.

-
There was a joke back during World War Eleven rationing days. When you get your meat ration, don't wrap it in your canceled bus ticket. It's likely to slip through the cancelation hole.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 12:57 PM (ndZc7)

156 The sequel cast specifically can't move inventory at any price point. Rey, Finn, Poe, Rose, Holdo: Walmart clearance for years. Diamond Select's president said sales on TFA and TLJ products "were not too strong." Hasbro silently stopped producing Rise of Skywalker figures mid-line. There is no mass-market action figure for Poe, Finn, Lando, unmasked Kylo, Palpatine, or Leia from that movie. The licensees gave up.

They should make a Kathleen Kennedy doll. People would pay a lot to stick pins in it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:57 PM (Riz8t)

157 Sortie to purveyors of remnant merchandise and thou will behold the decayed state of the Disney as aisles overflow with Marvel and Star Wars.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 12:57 PM (MntWt)

158 I like the part how most of these guys were in office for 20+ years.
And since you can be assured most of them were state reps and city council before, that means most of them have spent their entire adult lives getting a paycheck from the public treasury.

Enjoy your new career!

I'm sure you and the USAID unemployed will find jobs soon.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 12:58 PM (MtSIY)

159 I'm gonna laugh my ass off if Epstein is in the UFO files
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 12:55 PM (gu0hJ)

Oh my. Was he supplying alien women? Or supplying underage girls to be probed?

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 12:58 PM (nft6E)

160
“We’ve been losing too many New Yorkers, as I said, to other states because of our failure to build housing,” Hochul said.

… Forrest for the trees
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:49 PM (yQoVG)[/i[]

HA!

California is GROWING!!!

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at May 06, 2026 12:58 PM (X0axn)

161 We, the stupid people who are incapable of higher-level, abstract, future-oriented thought, have elected these Sages and Philosophers to do our thinking for us.

I thought it was Mika's job to tell us what to think?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 06, 2026 12:58 PM (0sNs1)

162 Copenhagen's Green-led council is limiting elderly care residents to 80 grams of beef per week for climate reasons.

That's less than 3 ounces a week, which isn't even two regular McD's hamburgers (pre-cooked weight).

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:59 PM (Riz8t)

163 My niece broke both her wrists yesterday. She was practicing cheerleader stunts with her friends. They threw her, then didn't catch her. Poor girl.

No surgery planned, they're splinting her until the swelling goes down, then putting on casts.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 06, 2026 01:00 PM (mkw2N)

164 Epstein had underage Orion slave girls? Or Twi'leks?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 01:00 PM (MntWt)

165 These saboteur cocksuckers really need a visit from Pinhead

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 06, 2026 01:00 PM (iFTx/)

166 Yesterday, Cinco De Mayo, when I said I could murder a TACO salad, what I really meant was that I was going to murder a bunch of Indiana State Senator Rinos, at the polls.

Which, yunno, I did. And I also murdered a TACO salad.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at May 06, 2026 01:00 PM (anL5R)

167 And this post by ace is why the phrase “thought leader” must be destroyed. He shows you why it is so stupid.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 01:00 PM (rkhDX)

168
We think we've done the thinking, and we elect these no-talent, no-accomplishment Student Council Vice Treasurers and Disappointed Theater Kids to heed our thinking and merely do our voting in legislative bodies for us.

You must certainly remember the earnest and useless idiots who pleaded endlessly with you to please! please! please! elect the to Student Council back in the day.

Well, you did, and yet they are the same insufferable idiots who feel compelled to give you the old "you get one listening and then I'm done with you" switcheroo at election time.

They're still as useless as they were back then, so why feed their hunger for their very own electoral pied-a-terre? Cut 'em off, each and every one!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 01:00 PM (xG4kz)

169 They have tacos in Copenhagen?

Posted by: wth at May 06, 2026 01:00 PM (UjdFS)

170 On a more positive note, my son got two RBIs yesterday.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 06, 2026 01:01 PM (mkw2N)

171 UFO files?
Hillary is a purple five tentacle alien squid from Outre Plunkty?
Posted by: Anna Puma

That's no moon! It's Hillary!
*Outer Plunkty explodes*

Posted by: It's an older code, sir, but it checks out at May 06, 2026 01:01 PM (w9Wax)

172 The whole, voting your conscience for elected officials is a misunderstanding.

You vote the conscience of your constituents or you are gone.

Period.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 06, 2026 01:02 PM (XV/Pl)

173 150 The sequel cast specifically can't move inventory at any price point. Rey, Finn, Poe, Rose, Holdo: Walmart clearance for years. Diamond Select's president said sales on TFA and TLJ products "were not too strong." Hasbro silently stopped producing Rise of Skywalker figures mid-line. There is no mass-market action figure for Poe, Finn, Lando, unmasked Kylo, Palpatine, or Leia from that movie. The licensees gave up.
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:55 PM (yQoVG)

Ollie's has over 57,333 Star Wars Figures dated back to just 2023.

Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 01:02 PM (iXqHn)

174
No surgery planned, they're splinting her until the swelling goes down, then putting on casts.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 06, 2026 01:00 PM (mkw2N)

Went to high school with a guy who did that. Got his legs taken out from underneath him in a basketball game. Broke both wrists.

It was a significant pain in the ass, not being able to wipe one's own.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 01:02 PM (X0axn)

175 Louise Lucas should have been in jail 6 years ago. She was on the scene in Portsmouth as vandals pulled down and destroyed their Confederate Monument. Egging them on. Moments later, the vandals pulled down a large chunk of granite on another vandals head. Critical head injury from which he will never recover, but the taxpayers get to pay for his care for life. She is a criminal menace.

Posted by: Go To Jail, You Aged Bitch! at May 06, 2026 01:02 PM (oftw2)

176 On a more positive note, my son got two RBIs yesterday.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 06, 2026 01:01 PM (mkw2N)

*fistbump* to son.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 01:02 PM (X0axn)

177 Ain't it something how people have been conditioned and trained to call our so-called representatives Leaders?

Posted by: davidt at May 06, 2026 01:02 PM (Q+gd/)

178 R.I.P. Ted Turner
Posted by: Darrell Harris
-------

Captain Outrageous has set sail.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 06, 2026 01:03 PM (XeU6L)

179 Also owns medicaid non-emergency ambulance services
Posted by: dagny at May 06, 2026 12:54 PM (chM/Q)
-----------
So, like the Somalis?

Posted by: beckster at May 06, 2026 01:03 PM (kX27y)

180 The sequel cast specifically can't move inventory at any price point. Rey, Finn, Poe, Rose, Holdo: Walmart clearance for years. Diamond Select's president said sales on TFA and TLJ products "were not too strong." Hasbro silently stopped producing Rise of Skywalker figures mid-line. There is no mass-market action figure for Poe, Finn, Lando, unmasked Kylo, Palpatine, or Leia from that movie. The licensees gave up.

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:55 PM (yQoVG)

I fondly remember the hilarity here when it was first announced that the fat, dumpy, weepy Rose Tico doll wasn't moving.

That was probably a landmark in the whole woke/broke timeline.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2026 01:03 PM (dK+Kv)

181 "We, the stupid people who are incapable of higher-level, abstract, future-oriented thought, have elected these Sages and Philosophers to do our thinking for us."

Now look at the LA mayor polling

Posted by: SamIam at May 06, 2026 01:03 PM (cjT1m)

182 173 150 The sequel cast specifically can't move inventory at any price point. Rey, Finn, Poe, Rose, Holdo: Walmart clearance for years. Diamond Select's president said sales on TFA and TLJ products "were not too strong." Hasbro silently stopped producing Rise of Skywalker figures mid-line. There is no mass-market action figure for Poe, Finn, Lando, unmasked Kylo, Palpatine, or Leia from that movie. The licensees gave up.
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:55 PM (yQoVG)

Ollie's has over 57,333 Star Wars Figures dated back to just 2023.
Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 01:02 PM (iXqHn)

I’d make a case at TLJ was so bad it took Toys R Us with it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 01:03 PM (rkhDX)

183 In the Michigan state Senate race that Kamilla won narrowly by 1%
the fem candidate won by 22% of the Trump endorsed Republican. This kept the Senate as dem majority in one of the most bellwether districts in the Midwest.
It made Ace to sadz to mention.
I did it for him

Posted by: Paul at May 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Y0ggy)

184 There is no age of consent on Proxima Centauri b.

Posted by: zombie Epstein at May 06, 2026 01:04 PM (UjdFS)

185 On a more positive note, my son got two RBIs yesterday.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 06, 2026 01:01 PM (mkw2N)

Nice. Little matrixed a block base path tag at home for another run in their 13-3 win.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2026 01:04 PM (dK+Kv)

186 The whole, voting your conscience for elected officials is a misunderstanding.

You vote the conscience of your constituents or you are gone.

Period.

A good pol can vote for things on which he disagrees with his constituents, but he should do it infrequently, and never on the big things they care about, unless he's willing to lose his seat over a matter of real principle. Otherwise, we could just have the people vote by computer, aka mob rule. What the Indiana traitors did wasn't a matter of principle, it was just dirty, grubby politics.

They chose poorly.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t)

187 Posted by: Paul at May 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Y0ggy)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 06, 2026 01:04 PM (X0axn)

188 Indianna State senators get a base salary of 33k a year. With per diems and leadership bonus it escalates to about 80K. Thats a lot of money in Indianna.

Oops. Oppsie. Little mistakey wakey there rinos.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at May 06, 2026 01:04 PM (anL5R)

189 They have tacos in Copenhagen?
Posted by: wth at May 06, 2026 01:00 PM (UjdFS)

They're better than having Copenhagen in your tacos.
(The dip.)

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 01:05 PM (nft6E)

190
Copenhagen's Green-led council is limiting elderly care residents to 80 grams of beef per week for climate reasons.

____________

No, it's for money reasons. Useless eaters need to be exterminated.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 01:05 PM (HdYcL)

191 It's kind of weird to think of the Hulk as a widower single parent magician whose uncle is a Martian, but stranger things have happened.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 01:05 PM (vFG9F)

192 "We think we've done the thinking, and we elect these no-talent, no-accomplishment Student Council Vice Treasurers and Disappointed Theater Kids to heed our thinking and merely do our voting in legislative bodies for us."

Yea, but who else goes into politics? There are a few solid citizens who go into it for the right reasons. But the vast majority are retards, failures, mediocrities, perverts, insecure douchenozzles, mental cases, Methodists, venal cocksuckers, and incel piggies who still hate the world because they didn't get a date to prom.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 06, 2026 01:06 PM (iFTx/)

193
Obviously, Teh Ewok hated this movie....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2026 01:06 PM (y9nCu)

194
And this post by ace is why the phrase “thought leader” must be destroyed. He shows you why it is so stupid.
Posted by: Cow Demon

One of the funniest things from about five years ago was to read J'Noah Goldbrick complaining that he and his opinions were getting sidelined despite being a "thought leader". His words, not anyone else's.

Didja ever reach a conclusion on the question of whether or not a hot dog is a sandwich, self-styled thought leader J'Noah?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 01:07 PM (xG4kz)

195
R.I.P. Ted Turner
Posted by: Darrell Harris

___________

Well, well. I thought he died years ago. He was a nasty person.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 01:07 PM (HdYcL)

196 This AWFL protesting climate change is a real ding dong.

https://tinyurl.com/4ke3e5x4

Blurred boobies.

Booooooooooo!

(I found a non-blurred version. Niiiiiice).

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 01:08 PM (Y1sOo)

197 77 Once you understand that over 50% of "republicans" are actually leftists pretending, it all makes sense.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 06, 2026 12:40 PM (xvV+O)

Is this about me, again?

Posted by: Ken King, TASB Representative to TX HD 88 at May 06, 2026 01:08 PM (rkhDX)

198 Hot dogs and tacos are both sandwiches.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 01:08 PM (77rzZ)

199 One of the funniest things from about five years ago was to read J'Noah Goldbrick complaining that he and his opinions were getting sidelined despite being a "thought leader". His words, not anyone else's.

Didja ever reach a conclusion on the question of whether or not a hot dog is a sandwich, self-styled thought leader J'Noah?

Harrumph! Who are you to put your opinions above those of a graduate of Goucher College? Know your place, prole!

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 01:08 PM (Riz8t)

200 ...Go back and look. Pence had no curiosity about it. No real resistance in fact he more so aligned with the corrupt forces who undermined the election and POTUS without any hesitation. Ergo He was complicit by his lack of introspection, forceful expression of support, or at least the need to investigate. He walked the political line to save his own skin. Had it not been for people like Nunes, Jordan and others, plus Trump’s persistence , we could have lost this country and Pence by his lack of courage would have been one reason.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 06, 2026 12:48 PM (wn0/z)

That's a great, succinct description of what Pence did. And yes, it was a coup. Pence to me is the face of what I consider to be an absolutely worthless Party. And I resent having to vote for them, because the alternatives - voting communist animal Democrat or staying home - are even worse.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 06, 2026 01:08 PM (ZQMDd)

201 Well, well. I thought he died years ago. He was a nasty person.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 01:07 PM (HdYcL)

His dick died when he married Jane Fonda.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 01:09 PM (rGqqI)

202 Captain Outrageous has set sail.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 06, 2026 01:03 PM (XeU6L)

I prefer to remember Turner as the guy who won the America's Cup, rather than the guy who married the communist whore.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 06, 2026 01:09 PM (QaH55)

203 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 12:39 PM (lR5Ug)

I don't know why this made me laugh. Hell, YOU don't know why it made me laugh.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:09 PM (qIyYj)

204 195
R.I.P. Ted Turner
Posted by: Darrell Harris

___________

Well, well. I thought he died years ago. He was a nasty person.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 01:07 PM (HdYcL)

Nope.
He was waiting for an invitation to arrive.
Going to a party where no one’s still alive.

Posted by: Oingo Boingo at May 06, 2026 01:09 PM (rkhDX)

205
That was positively inarticulate, P.

Is your noggin still ringing from the bang-bang silver hammer that came down upon it?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 01:10 PM (xG4kz)

206 Thanks for the post, Ace. They seem to have forgotten the meaning of representative government.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 01:10 PM (3Pbwf)

207 Oh, and FUCK New York.

Posted by: Hoosier at May 06, 2026 01:11 PM (JCLJi)

208 > Little matrixed a block base path tag at home for another run in their 13-3 win.

Nice!

Posted by: bonhomme at May 06, 2026 01:11 PM (mkw2N)

209 Turner did start TCM, so I’ll give him credit for that.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 01:11 PM (77rzZ)

210
Ace doesn't just call you names. He will call you out.

He 👏🏻 will 👏🏻 call 👏🏻 you 👏🏻 OUT

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:12 PM (qIyYj)

211 Cucks have horns. RINOs have horns. Satan has horns. Coincidence? I think not.

Posted by: zombie at May 06, 2026 01:12 PM (Av6i5)

212 Yea, but who else goes into politics? There are a few solid citizens who go into it for the right reasons. But the vast majority are retards, failures, mediocrities, perverts, insecure douchenozzles, mental cases, Methodists, venal cocksuckers, and incel piggies who still hate the world because they didn't get a date to prom.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 06, 2026 01:06 PM (iFTx/)

Nope, they got dates to the prom and believe HS is the prime of life, and that all life must be like HS. Limbaugh talked about this: there are two kinds of people, those who are over and done with HS and those who wish it never ended. Those who wish it never ended typically prowl our city halls, school boards, state houses and federal government.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 01:12 PM (rkhDX)

213 Was CNN a crooked propaganda organ before Turner married Fonda?

Posted by: davidt at May 06, 2026 01:12 PM (Q+gd/)

214 And yet Jane Fonda survives

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 01:12 PM (gu0hJ)

215 196

(I found a non-blurred version. Niiiiiice).
Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 01:08 PM (Y1sOo)

You know the rule.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 06, 2026 01:13 PM (N39Ws)

216
she co-owns in Portsmouth

How I knew she was a DEI candidate in advance of confirming that she was a DEI candidate.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 01:14 PM (xG4kz)

217 I’d make a case at TLJ was so bad it took Toys R Us with it.
Posted by: Cow Demon

I thought it was their monetary contributions to Planned Parenthood, whose business model depends on killing all of Toys'r'us's future customers.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 06, 2026 01:14 PM (vJrRc)

218 Wasn't Turner suffering from dementia for the last decade or so?

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 01:14 PM (EcHpA)

219 Devils not through with her yet

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 06, 2026 01:15 PM (bXbFr)

220 207 Oh, and FUCK New York.
Posted by: Hoosier at May 06, 2026 01:11 PM (JCLJi)

Reports are out that Ken Griffin and his hedge fund are bailing out of NYC after Mamdani singled him out, and is headed to Miami. Significant because Griffin was behind one of the biggest planned downtown development projects in NYC in years. If they pull out, NYC loses hundreds of millions of dollars of investment.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 01:16 PM (rGqqI)

221 Its like the star wars christmas soexial

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 06, 2026 01:16 PM (bXbFr)

222 218. Yes, I believe so.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 01:16 PM (77rzZ)

223 Those who wish it never ended typically prowl our city halls, school boards, state houses and federal government.
_-_
As Calumet Student Body President, I say we turn ourselves in.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 01:16 PM (8podP)

224 I think they had already become the Mouth of Saddam before that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 01:17 PM (rGqqI)

225 Jonahs been dim as far as 2009

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 06, 2026 01:18 PM (bXbFr)

226 The thread died. Was it something I said?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 06, 2026 01:18 PM (ZQMDd)

227 217 I’d make a case at TLJ was so bad it took Toys R Us with it.
Posted by: Cow Demon

I thought it was their monetary contributions to Planned Parenthood, whose business model depends on killing all of Toys'r'us's future customers.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 06, 2026 01:14 PM (vJrRc)

That would make sense as many American businesses refuse to look ahead long term.

They were looking at a good TLJ leading to vast sales of merch. But, when it fizzled and people saw what a douchebag Rian Johnson was, it was over. To me it’s no coincidence that Toys R Us died that Feb.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 01:18 PM (rkhDX)

228 Withered aryan hooker. Lol
Ace is a national treasure.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 01:19 PM (5Yz+T)

229 You know the rule.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 06, 2026 01:13 PM (N39Ws)

https://tinyurl.com/ysnsuaa4

Art chick with the nakid boobehs hanging from a bell to protest climate change.

NSFW

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 01:19 PM (Y1sOo)

230 216
she co-owns in Portsmouth

How I knew she was a DEI candidate in advance of confirming that she was a DEI candidate.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 01:14 PM (xG4kz)

She's a gangster in a city of gangsters. Majority black, and even when Portsmouth tried to do the DEI thing by hiring a black woman police chief, Lucas got her fired for having the temerity to enforce the law. Of course the law being enforced was against Lucas, so...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 06, 2026 01:19 PM (QaH55)

231 > And yet Jane Fonda survives
---------
For some definition of "survives." Yeah. She gets to see a couple more weeks, months, years of Trump's Army rolling roughshod over all her commie dreams.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 01:19 PM (jehhT)

232 Sidewalk rage.

Drunk Karen drives car on sidewalk to run down kid; Seattle court releases her without bail

https://tinyurl.com/3aaeyss7

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 01:20 PM (ndZc7)

233 I prefer to remember Turner as the guy who won the America's Cup, rather than the guy who married the communist whore.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
-----

He was a gutsy, vigorous guy, and had an excellent sense of business. Social/political sense, not so good.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 06, 2026 01:21 PM (XeU6L)

234 214 And yet Jane Fonda survives
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 01:12 PM (gu0hJ)

Evil as she may be, she did leave Ted 25 years ago.

Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 01:21 PM (iXqHn)

235 Yeah, that's the stuff that really pisses me off about the "Respectable Republicans."
The "cross the aisle," "find common ground," "reasonable compromise" Republicans.

I acknowledge that legislative politics is a negotiation process but I expect "my" guys to negotiate so as to gain the most for me, not for them.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 01:21 PM (vTZFs)

236 They say The Lord doesn't give you more than you can handle.

I wonder if there's a mercy rule........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 01:21 PM (X0axn)

Wednesday Morning Rant

The Local Apparatchik

Like the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, we're having an outsized impact. In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs. We are the meteor. We are not only in danger. We are the danger. But we are also the solution.

-- Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; June 5, 2024

Like most "world leaders" - and all of the globalist and large NGO leaders - Guterres aspires to be a Bond villain. The arrogance and histrionics aside, Guterres and those like him are in essence very easy to understand: they are tyrants. The hubris and hysteria are an act in the service of increasing their power and control. They do not do it themselves. Their fortunes are delivered by the small-time locals who move the ball when commanded. Large or small, they believe everyone and everything must be brought to heel to build their utopia. Free expression, free action, individual prerogatives and everything else must not be permitted if they interfere with immanentizing the eschaton.

n the same speech as the one quoted above, Guterres went further and called for the outright destruction of free speech:

I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies ... I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising

This is all just so much noise - at least directly - as the BBC points out. The BBC also, however, points out the real purpose of such statements:

Mr Guterres' call for an outright ban on all fossil fuel advertising goes further - but it has no legal standing, and the UN has no means of enforcing the idea.
However, it will be seen as a boost for campaigners who have fought against sponsorship and advertising from coal, oil and gas companies.

Indeed. These were marching orders, and it is why, two years later, the frothing, hysterical shrieking from a faceless and interchangeable UN bigwig is suddenly relevant. Allies and conspirators in the campaign to destroy the fuel of human life never sleep. Every rabid outburst from the front men and every dry, scientifically bankrupt research paper from its academic organs all serve to provide direction to the local apparatchik. Every action helps set the stage for the local operators.

We can find an example just this week. The city of Amsterdam is, as the New York Times puts it, "permissive" - but "permissiveness" goes only so far. There are some things Amsterdam frowns upon, so it will protect you from the real menaces of the world: the menaces of meat and oil.

On May 1, Amsterdam became the world's first capital city to ban ads for fossil fuel products and meat. It's part of the city's efforts to discourage consumption of goods linked with high carbon emissions.
Ads for airlines, cruises, and faraway destinations are no longer allowed because they implicitly promote the burning of fossil fuels. Ads for beef, chicken, pork and fish are also banned because of the environmental harms caused by animal agriculture.

On May Day. Of course. A fitting new law for the day of communist self-aggrandizement. But don't worry - dairy is still protected speech, for now:

... the advertising prohibition was initially written to include all food derived from animals, including dairy. But a compromise was struck to limit the ban to meat products, and it helped secure a majority vote.

The very essence of democracy in action! It is not, of course, merely a ban on advertising nefarious products, there is also the requisite propaganda in the opposite direction:

Amsterdam is also pushing its citizens to eat less meat, and has set a goal for residents to get 60 percent of their protein from plant-based sources by 2030. "Because of climate reasons, because of health reasons," said Anke Bakker, a city councilor with Party for the Animals.

Amsterdam is not the first. The leading light in this fight was The Hague, which banned energy advertising in 2024, shortly after Guterres' speech. The inevitable lawsuit followed in 2025, and the Dutch travel trade association and various travel agents sued the city. Predictably, they lost - and the judge's reasoning should send chills down the spine of any reader:

It is not up to the municipality to refrain from taking measures to promote the health of its residents in order to strengthen the future position of travel providers.

It is not the municipality's role to refrain from censorship. It is not their place to refrain from oppression. Not when it comes to "health" or similar, however tortured to justify the action. And this rationale is particularly ironic in Amsterdam's case. The head goblin who pushed for the new ban, from a party called "GreenLeft," apparently said the following with a straight face:

Ms. Veenhoff likened high carbon lifestyles to an addiction. "If you're trying to get rid of an addiction, it's not very handy to see it everywhere," she said.

In the city known the world over for its easy access to drugs and whores, the real risks to health and the true drivers of addiction are meat and energy. The mind fairly boggles.

Beware the hysterical hyperbole and absurd demands of the global tyrants. They beat the drum and frame the argument to set the stage for the real villains: petty little communists like Veenhoff, who methodically, one district at a time, implement the schemes to destroy their people's rights - which means, of course, to destroy their people.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

2 Preach it!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 11:01 AM (u82oZ)

3 lolgf, un!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 11:01 AM (5xoct)

4 Indeed!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 06, 2026 11:02 AM (Kt19C)

5 I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies ... I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising

Silence, retard. The grownups are running things.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 11:02 AM (BpO1e)

6 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 11:02 AM (u82oZ)

7 One wonders when Mr. Guterrez will address the IPCC's recent admission that the climate alarmism may have been just a WEE bit overblown.

No, of course one doesn't wonder. It'll never happen.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

8 >>Amsterdam is also pushing its citizens to eat less meat, and has set a goal for residents to get 60 percent of their protein from plant-based sources by 2030. "Because of climate reasons, because of health reasons," said Anke Bakker, a city councilor with Party for the Animals.

IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS WHAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO EAT.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 11:03 AM (5xoct)

9 Like the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, we're having an outsized impact. In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs. We are the meteor. We are not only in danger. We are the danger. But we are also the solution.

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If they really believed this, they'd close their borders to third-worlders and then do everything to extract resources out of the third world to limit their ability to grow economically while limited the population that actually uses the resources to the steadily dwindling European population.

Heck, they might even support killing a bunch of third worlders since they keep breeding so much.

Do they really believe climate change is an eschatological and apocalyptic issue or not?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:03 AM (LWGzg)

10 Immanentizing The Eschaton used to tour with Mott The Hoople back in the day.

Posted by: Music nerd at May 06, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1)

11 Oligachy!

Posted by: BernieGPT at May 06, 2026 11:03 AM (/k+lW)

12 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 11:04 AM (OX7Mn)

13 Amsterdam is also pushing its citizens to eat less meat, and has set a goal for residents to get 60 percent of their protein from plant-based sources by 2030. "Because of climate reasons, because of health reasons," said Anke Bakker, a city councilor with Party for the Animals.

IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS WHAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO EAT.

Aren't these the same people who used to insist "My body, my choice"?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

14 Antonio should banish all carbon from his life.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 11:04 AM (vFG9F)

15 We need more leaders like Trump who will laugh in the face of these wannabe tyrants.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 11:05 AM (BpO1e)

16 15 We need more leaders like Trump who will laugh in the face of these wannabe tyrants.

But then what of collegiality with our friends across the aisle?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

17 >>Ms. Veenhoff likened high carbon lifestyles to an addiction. "If you're trying to get rid of an addiction, it's not very handy to see it everywhere," she said.

So, you're saying we should shut all the bars down so that alcoholics have an easier time?

And we should close all the bakeries so as not to temp the dieters?

Maybe also cover all women from head to toe so as not to tempt rapists and sex addicts?

Oh, wait, I see a pattern. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (5xoct)

18 Any man what immanentizes the eschaton spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (/k+lW)

19 Even the success of MAGA hasn’t done my heart as much good as watching the entire climate scam start to fall apart. (Although that is of course a part of MAGA)

They can’t keep up the lies anymore. That’s why they are desperately falling back into censorship.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (6w0jO)

20 Me to UN: Fuck off and die.

Thank you.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (bss/y)

21 Thanks a bunch Woodrow Wilson!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (lR5Ug)

22 "We will become a global superpower without America by not eating meat."

This reminds me of Japan starving its troops to make them tougher which just made them...smaller and weaker. But also meaner.

They were great at subjugating unarmed Chinese peasants, but combat was another matter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (LWGzg)

23 These people are Evil.

They serve Evil.

They worship Evil.

They will not be satisfied until Evil controls the entire world, then they will devour themselves, leaving a lifeless globe drifting through space.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 06, 2026 11:07 AM (gnNyN)

24 >>Aren't these the same people who used to insist "My body, my choice"?

Yes, yes they are

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 11:07 AM (5xoct)

25 Left: Oil is bad we should do everything we can to get people to stop using it.

Also left: OMG oil is $100 this is horrible!! Fewer people will now use oil.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:07 AM (5Yz+T)

26 Ice ages come, and Ice ages go, but they will come again.
There have been vast differences in climate since the world began, yet only modern humans done something?

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 11:07 AM (OX7Mn)

27 >>Ms. Veenhoff likened high carbon lifestyles to an addiction. "If you're trying to get rid of an addiction, it's not very handy to see it everywhere," she said...

Maybe also cover all women from head to toe so as not to tempt rapists and sex addicts?

Nice.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

28 16 But then what of collegiality with our friends across the aisle?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

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"The ones laughing about the guy trying to murder us?"

"Yes! They're just good people with different views on the running of government with the same base assumptions about how the country should be structured."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:07 AM (LWGzg)

29 immanentizes the eschaton

Is that like polishing the bishop, or choking the chicken?

Posted by: RI Red at May 06, 2026 11:07 AM (jkyX4)

30 IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS WHAT PEOPLE CHOOSE TO EAT.
Posted by: Lizzy

Or which people they choose to eat.

Posted by: Hannibal Lecter at May 06, 2026 11:08 AM (W5mpo)

31 On May 1, Amsterdam became the world's first capital city to ban ads for fossil fuel products and meat.

>>> How are they going to make saucijsjes (pig-in-the-blankets)? And bake poffertjes and almond patties without fossil fuel?

Posted by: pookysgirl is drooling now at May 06, 2026 11:09 AM (Wt5PA)

32 hen they will devour themselves, leaving a lifeless globe drifting through space.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

And Gaia will heal because there are no more icky people polluting it.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 11:09 AM (BpO1e)

33 24 >>Aren't these the same people who used to insist "My body, my choice"?

Yes, yes they are
Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 11:07 AM (5xoct)

Which is just: 'I think YOUR children would crowd my wonderful utopia, Kill them.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:09 AM (bss/y)

34 If they want to reduce their carbon footprint, move the UN to North Korea

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 11:09 AM (OX7Mn)

35 Thx Joe.
Europe is a dead continent. Whether it be Muslims, climate change idiocy leading to a destroyed energy sector or elitist one worlder leaders ignoring the people, stuck a fork in it. Get out of NATO, form some type of alliance with Poland and others who aren't idiots, and leave the idiots to their fates

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 11:10 AM (gu0hJ)

36
AWFL wearing a COVID mask: Why aren't you concerned about climate change?

Two Amish guys: We don't have TV.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 11:10 AM (2Ez/1)

37 Morning.

Posted by: Robert at May 06, 2026 11:10 AM (qdFC5)

38 32 hen they will devour themselves, leaving a lifeless globe drifting through space.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

And Gaia will heal because there are no more icky people polluting it.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 11:09 AM (BpO1e)

Nihilistic Environmentalism. Remember the Voluntary Human Extinction movement?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:10 AM (bss/y)

39 And Gaia will heal because there are no more icky people polluting it.

We're making a comeback, baby!

Posted by: Dinosaurs at May 06, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

40 19 Even the success of MAGA hasn’t done my heart as much good as watching the entire climate scam start to fall apart. (Although that is of course a part of MAGA)

They can’t keep up the lies anymore. That’s why they are desperately falling back into censorship.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (6w0jO)

Unfortunately it’s not falling apart. It’s like woke. It took a breather but never went away. And now like woke it is re-energized and coming back.

Shit like this is a religion for tens of millions of people. Maybe hundreds of millions around the world. You don’t just ditch your religion overnight because an election happened.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:11 AM (5Yz+T)

41 >>On May 1, Amsterdam became the world's first capital city to ban ads for fossil fuel products and meat.

Wow, how creative!
There will be more space for additional pharmaceutical ads pushing a pill for every pain or worry.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 11:11 AM (5xoct)

42 So in the spirit of Amsterdam, I will not fly on evil airlines to spend my tourist dollars there.
There are too many places or other ways if I choose to spend my money.
The entire campaign is laughable.

Posted by: Hyacinth at May 06, 2026 11:11 AM (ryp7h)

43 The current alarmism is that a Super El Niño is coming with an increase of Pacific water temperature 7-degrees above normal.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 11:11 AM (Y1sOo)

44 >> Yes! They're just good people with different views on the running of government with the same base assumptions about how the country should be structured."

-Every Independent

Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:12 AM (04KGT)

45 43 The current alarmism is that a Super El Niño is coming with an increase of Pacific water temperature 7-degrees above normal.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 11:11 AM (Y1sOo)

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Every year is the worst hurricane year in history.

If you don't look at the data.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:12 AM (LWGzg)

46 AWFL wearing a COVID mask: Why aren't you concerned about climate change?

Two Amish guys: We don't have TV.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 11:10 AM (2Ez/1)

Now excuse me, my fifth son needs help loading the buggy. Or is he 6th? Hard to keep track.

Posted by: Amish Dude, but not the commenter at May 06, 2026 11:12 AM (bss/y)

47 Our biggest enemy is Republican voter apathy

Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:13 AM (04KGT)

48 Even the success of MAGA hasn’t done my heart as much good as watching the entire climate scam start to fall apart. (Although that is of course a part of MAGA)

They can’t keep up the lies anymore. That’s why they are desperately falling back into censorship.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (6w0jO)

Soon to become normal in Europe: Mass "voluntary" euthanasia.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 06, 2026 11:13 AM (g8Ew8)

49 47 Our biggest enemy is Republican voter apathy

Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:13 AM (04KGT)

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Guess you have no idea what happened last night in Indiana.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:13 AM (LWGzg)

50 That's odd. Bob never immanentizes the eschaton a second time at home.

Posted by: Naive young 1960s newlywed with incredibly perky breasts at May 06, 2026 11:13 AM (2Ez/1)

51 Eating meat is what allowed human beings to develop such large brains.

The technocrats seeking to ban meat (except for themselves) want the peons to be dumber, and thus easier to control.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)

52 47 Our biggest enemy is Republican voter apathy
Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:13 AM (04KGT)

Out biggest enemy is the GOPe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:14 AM (bss/y)

53 IPCC Admits Apocalyptic Climate Scenarios Are “Implausible” – Meaning Most Media Scare Stories Over Last 15 Years Are Officially Junk

https://tinyurl.com/mr4a28h6

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

54 Guess you have no idea what happened last night in Indiana.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:13 AM (LWGzg)

That did my heart good.

Fuck you, Pence, especially.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:14 AM (bss/y)

55 "-- Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; June 5, 2024
Like most "world leaders" - and all of the globalist and large NGO leaders - Guterres aspires to be a Bond villain."

U Thant talk about them like that, somebody will call you a racism.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 06, 2026 11:15 AM (w/O5Q)

56 So, now the impact of advertising will be seen. I suspect people will still buy meat and still take cruises and the like, they will just have to go to the store to see what is on sale or what looks tasty for meat and go to a travel agent or go online and actively search to plan vacations.

the UN is evil and I wish we could at least kick it out of the U.S.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 06, 2026 11:15 AM (PV+Zw)

57 I saw Super El Niño wrestle El Santo in Mexico City in 1982. His flying airplane spin was a wonder to behold, encompassing raw athletic prowess with a balerina's grace...

Posted by: Mexican wrestling fan at May 06, 2026 11:15 AM (/k+lW)

58 I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies ... I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising

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Then how are you gonna power your new massive "AI Master" Server Farms to surveil and control the dirty masses of human virii that need an eventual good Malthusian cleansing?

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 11:15 AM (9Kqhl)

59 >> Out biggest enemy is the GOPe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:14 AM (bss/y)

lol. Ok.

Far from perfect. But moving in the right direction.

As opposed to the Commiecrats.

Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:15 AM (04KGT)

60 Must eat dead animals.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:15 AM (AvxYT)

61 Anyone with an IQ above room temp should have known it was a scam when global warming turned into climate change. The climate is always changing. It’s there perfect con. No matter what happens they can show “proof”.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:16 AM (5Yz+T)

62 56 So, now the impact of advertising will be seen. I suspect people will still buy meat and still take cruises and the like, they will just have to go to the store to see what is on sale or what looks tasty for meat and go to a travel agent or go online and actively search to plan vacations.

the UN is evil and I wish we could at least kick it out of the U.S.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 06, 2026 11:15 AM (PV+Zw)

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It's Amsterdam.

The Dutch will do as they are told while inviting third world men into their homes to share the bedrooms with their 9 year old daughters because otherwise they'd be racist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:16 AM (LWGzg)

63 "Shit like this is a religion for tens of millions of people. Maybe hundreds of millions around the world. You don’t just ditch your religion overnight because an election happened."
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Now do recycling.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 11:16 AM (2Ez/1)

64 AI brought to you by coal.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:16 AM (AvxYT)

65 I had a wonderful mental image of other State Senators blowing up Pence's phone.

'Now what am I supposed to do?!'

'You said-'

'Motherfucker.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:16 AM (bss/y)

66 I saw Super El Niño wrestle El Santo in Mexico City in 1982. His flying airplane spin was a wonder to behold, encompassing raw athletic prowess with a balerina's grace...

I knew Super El Nino when he was still Nino Steenkin Badges.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

67 By the way, El Niño is Spanish for The Niño.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 11:17 AM (Y1sOo)

68 It can't be good if it's Spanish.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:18 AM (AvxYT)

69 > IPCC Admits Apocalyptic Climate Scenarios Are “Implausible” – Meaning Most Media Scare Stories Over Last 15 Years Are Officially Junk
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They're probably looking for another source of grift after running their apocalyptic climate change scenario into the ground with bullshit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 11:18 AM (jehhT)

70 67 By the way, El Niño is Spanish for The Niño.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 11:17 AM (Y1sOo)

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This is a misnomer.

It actually means a whale's vagina.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:18 AM (LWGzg)

71 Ads for oil companies is kinda dumb anyway. Does anyone see an ad for Exxon and think hmm I’m going to buy Exxon gas. No. You buy gas from the place that’s closest to you when you need it and/or the cheapest place.

It’s like ads for the power company which is a monopoly. Has to be the biggest waste of money ever. Oh I want electricity, uhm OK I guess I’ll buy it from you guys? Thanks for letting me know you exist.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:18 AM (5Yz+T)

72 Hmmm, just seeing outline of Iran agreement. No mention of removal of HEU. I hope this is not a Obama redo.

Posted by: WisRich at May 06, 2026 11:18 AM (G0vdT)

73 I'm not as pessimistic about Europe as some here. I think they're starting to wake up, although the difficult phase of kicking out the lefty loons is still in front of them.

There are few popular leftist politicians in Europe anymore. Most are looking at electoral oblivion when (if) the next election happens.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

74 Ninos are children?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:19 AM (AvxYT)

75 Learn to coal.

Posted by: The West Virginia Employment Commission at May 06, 2026 11:19 AM (2Ez/1)

76 >> Guess you have no idea what happened last night in Indiana.

Spare me. Is this another one of your selective extrapolations.

When I see the results in November I’ll be convinced.

And where was the RNC in Ohio, btw. It looks like Pressler once again did the heavy lifting.

But who knows, maybe by November the RNC will spend their record war chest on something other that watercress sandwiches and sparkling water.

Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:19 AM (04KGT)

77 71 Ads for oil companies is kinda dumb anyway. Does anyone see an ad for Exxon and think hmm I’m going to buy Exxon gas. No. You buy gas from the place that’s closest to you when you need it and/or the cheapest place.

It’s like ads for the power company which is a monopoly. Has to be the biggest waste of money ever. Oh I want electricity, uhm OK I guess I’ll buy it from you guys? Thanks for letting me know you exist.
Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:18 AM (5Yz+T)

It has Techron, I'm gonna get that gas.

Now which one was that? Chevron?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y)

78
Old & Busted: 15-Minute Cities.
New Hotness: 15-IQ Cities.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 11:19 AM (9Kqhl)

79 The FBI is raiding a bunch of locations tied to Virginia state senator Louise Lucas. Been in office for ever. If she's arrested and then the Virginia SC tosses the gerrymandering, it will be a good week in the Old Dominion

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 11:20 AM (gu0hJ)

80 Fuck you, Pence, especially.

I have nothing to add. I just thought that was worth saying twice.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 11:20 AM (vTZFs)

81 By the way, El Niño is Spanish for The Niño.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 11:17 AM (Y1sOo)

The Los Angeles Angels = The The Angels Angels.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:20 AM (5Yz+T)

82 72 Hmmm, just seeing outline of Iran agreement. No mention of removal of HEU. I hope this is not a Obama redo.

Posted by: WisRich at May 06, 2026 11:18 AM (G0vdT)

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This reminds me of when the ceasefire was first announced and everyone was like, "Trump agreed to the 10 point plan which included Iran controlling the strait. What's he doing?"

And then it turned out that it was completely bullshit.

But we have to give it a credence of believability because it comes from...Axios?

This isn't "trust the plan" this is "Axios is a bad source and has recently proven to be a bad source and anyone who gives it credence is willfully stupid."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:20 AM (LWGzg)

83 *It actually means a whale's vagina.*

Help me find my keys and we'll drive out of here.

Posted by: Just the punchline at May 06, 2026 11:20 AM (2Ez/1)

84 Amsterdam is also pushing its citizens to eat less meat, and has set a goal for residents to get 60 percent of their protein from plant-based sources by 2030. "Because of climate reasons, because of health reasons," said Anke Bakker, a city councilor with Party for the Animals.

Aren't the Netherlands also pushing their citizens to bang the migrants? Because the Dutch people will disappear unless they only breed with non-Dutch people, or something?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 06, 2026 11:21 AM (ExV1e)

85 Never thought I'd live in a world where heroin is more acceptable in public than a cheeseburger.

Posted by: Octochicken at May 06, 2026 11:21 AM (oCS0o)

86 It actually means a whale's vagina.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:18 AM (LWGzg)

I thought it was an old, old wooden ship. From the Civil War era...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:21 AM (iNUL3)

87 Pyrolysis is the solution for Greentards. Turn them into gas.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:21 AM (utfVc)

88 I hope Pence is in the shower, crying and washing with a Brillo pad trying to scrub the stink off.

Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:21 AM (04KGT)

89 By the way, El Niño is Spanish for The Niño.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 11:17 AM (Y1sOo)

Thank you. I've always wondered about that.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 06, 2026 11:21 AM (g8Ew8)

90 Speaking of climate change, article at American Thinker to not bring back wooly mammoths ( they are getting close to it)
Personally why not? Has to be places in Canada, maybe North Dakota or Montana as well as Siberia for them to roaming

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 11:22 AM (OX7Mn)

91 Suck it, serfs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2026 11:22 AM (dK+Kv)

92 This cannot end well. Trump should immediately cease all funding of the UN and withdraw US representatives from all UN agencies other than the Security Council. And the sole purpose of attending Security Council meetings is to veto any insanity that is proposed there. Expel the UN from the US and send them packing back to their Swiss headquarters.

Posted by: WarEagle82 at May 06, 2026 11:22 AM (YcfMX)

93
Ms. Veenhoff likened high carbon lifestyles to an addiction. "If you're trying to get rid of an addiction, it's not very handy to see it everywhere," she said.

Golly, you sound almost exactly like the weak Muzzies who insisted that children not eat lunches in the school cafeteria during Ramadan because their faith was sooooooo strong that their youths could not adhere to its tenets when face to face with temptation.

And, by the way, the school board (or school) that instituted that ban was in Alberta, the "most conservative" part of Canada.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:23 AM (xG4kz)

94 I hope Pence is in the shower, crying and washing with a Brillo pad trying to scrub the stink off.

That won't be enough. I figure maybe a plasma cutter can do the job.

If anyone wondered why Trump defenestrated him, this is as good a reason as any.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

95 It actually means a whale's vagina.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:18 AM (LWGzg)

That's scallywag.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2026 11:23 AM (dK+Kv)

96 > The FBI is raiding a bunch of locations tied to Virginia state senator Louise Lucas. Been in office for ever. If she's arrested and then the Virginia SC tosses the gerrymandering, it will be a good week in the Old Dominion
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Apparently she's involved in some sort of illicit hemp/THC stuff.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 11:23 AM (jehhT)

97 Hope Pence is being beset by millions of flys

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 11:23 AM (gu0hJ)

98 But we have to give it a credence of believability because it comes from...Axios?

This isn't "trust the plan" this is "Axios is a bad source and has recently proven to be a bad source and anyone who gives it credence is willfully stupid."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:20 AM (LWGzg)
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Axios is a bad source, agreed. We'll have to wait for offiicial channels.

Posted by: WisRich at May 06, 2026 11:24 AM (G0vdT)

99 And, by the way, the school board (or school) that instituted that ban was in Alberta, the "most conservative" part of Canada.

—

As a whole it is. But within the province there are left wing areas. It’s like how Texas as a whole is conservative but Austin is like San Francisco.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:24 AM (5Yz+T)

100 I thought the Feds reclassified weed.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:25 AM (AvxYT)

101 76 >> But who knows, maybe by November the RNC will spend their record war chest on something other that watercress sandwiches and sparkling water.

Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:19 AM (04KGT)

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Remember, all special elections that prove Democratic overperformance are to be considered gospel and all special elections that prove Republican overperformance are considered to be junk.

Your point was GOP voter apathy.

Indiana GOP voters just proved that they didn't have apathy, that they had clear targets and took them out. It directly addressed your blackpilling, but it's not valid because...?

I've been saying for months. Dems will probably win the House. It's just turnout differentials that play out in midterms. Out of power parties just perform better. It happened under Obama. Remember when there were "only Obama" voters? And it happens to a smaller degree under Trump (the 2018 "blowout" saw the GOP gain 3 senate seats).

If you can't take in new information, you're providing nothing to a conversation and you become boring.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:25 AM (LWGzg)

102 You might think, especially given everything we now know that is true, Pence would at least offer a mea culpa and state he shouldn’t have sided with the coup plotters. But he just keeps doubling down. Which tells me he probably had something to do with the attempt to subvert our government. He’s loathsome.

Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:25 AM (04KGT)

103 There will be more space for additional pharmaceutical ads pushing a pill for every pain or worry.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 11:11 AM (5xoct)

Not to mention ads for hookers and cannabis cafes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:26 AM (utfVc)

104 "Overperformance" isn't even a real word.

Unless you're The Paolo.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Never thought I'd live in a world where heroin is more acceptable in public than a cheeseburger.

I did.

Posted by: Aldous Huxley at May 06, 2026 11:27 AM (FIef1)

106 90 Speaking of climate change, article at American Thinker to not bring back wooly mammoths ( they are getting close to it)
Personally why not? Has to be places in Canada, maybe North Dakota or Montana as well as Siberia for them to roaming

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We never learn.

Posted by: Dr. Malcolm at May 06, 2026 11:27 AM (XRozh)

107 @BillMelugin_
·
35m
BREAKING: @FoxNews
is on scene in Portsmouth, VA where the FBI is raiding the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas, a Democrat and close ally of VA Governor Spanberger. Fed law enforcement sources tell FOX this is in connection to a major corruption probe, and the FBI is serving multiple search warrants, approved by a federal judge, at her office and a next door cannabis dispensary. More to come with correspondent @AlexHoganTV
, who reports that Lucas just showed up on scene as the FBI searches her office.

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Remember, Trump didn't fire every FBI agent which means that the FBI hasn't changed at all and it's all a ruse to distract us from the Epstein files, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:27 AM (LWGzg)

108 Nothing beats a boiled tulip bulb sammich washed down with a Heineken after main lining heroin at the whore house.

The Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 06, 2026 11:27 AM (gm9Sb)

109 Soon to become normal in Europe: Mass "voluntary" euthanasia.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 06, 2026 11:13 AM (g8Ew

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New and Improved MAID: "Make All Illness Death."

[h/t rickb223]

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 11:27 AM (9Kqhl)

110
By the way, El Niño is Spanish for The Niño.

That's the sports broadcasting network for wannbe sports just down the street from ESPN 8, The Ocho, is it not?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:27 AM (xG4kz)

111 "Overperformance" isn't even a real word.

Unless you're The Paolo.

You usually see "outperform". That's when Paolo gets busy in the woods.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

112 You really don't need ads for fossil fuels, since we already like central heating and A/C and flights to places too far to drive.

And driving. We do like driving. A lot.

There was a whole lot less unnecessary travel 60 years ago, and I don't think the populace suffered from lack of pleasure travel. Frankly, now that I've stopped flying, I don't miss it. I haven't been in an airport in over 20 years, and I would most likely be shocked by how much the experience has been degraded.

To judge by X.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 06, 2026 11:28 AM (w6EFb)

113 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:27 AM (LWGzg)

Spanberger could lose redistricting AND her President Pro Tempore in the same week?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:28 AM (iNUL3)

114 107 @BillMelugin_
·
35m
BREAKING: @FoxNews
is on scene in Portsmouth, VA where the FBI is raiding the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas, a Democrat and close ally of VA Governor Spanberger. Fed law enforcement sources tell FOX this is in connection to a major corruption probe, and the FBI is serving multiple search warrants, approved by a federal judge, at her office and a next door cannabis dispensary. More to come with correspondent @AlexHoganTV
, who reports that Lucas just showed up on scene as the FBI searches her office.

Yeah, I'm gonna disagree with the above poster. I think Abi and the Dems asked for this, b/c Louise decided to reject EVERY SINGLE Governor change request on the bills and repass them. Louise tried to show she was more powerful than Abi...this is Abi leaking to the FBI and telling her she's not b/c CIA knows where ALL the dirt is buried.

Aka, this is MAX BLUE ON BLUE. FBI is just the tool b/c it's Win/Win for them...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:29 AM (tOcjL)

115 Thank you. I've always wondered about that.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 06, 2026 11:21 AM (g8Ew

It's from a Chris Farley bit on SNL

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 11:29 AM (Y1sOo)

116 BREAKING: @FoxNews
is on scene in Portsmouth, VA where the FBI is raiding the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas, a Democrat and close ally of VA Governor Spanberger. Fed law enforcement sources tell FOX this is in connection to a major corruption probe, and the FBI is serving multiple search warrants, approved by a federal judge, at her office and a next door cannabis dispensary. More to come with correspondent @AlexHoganTV
, who reports that Lucas just showed up on scene as the FBI searches her office.

It's political persecution!!!

Posted by: The DNC - you know it's coming at May 06, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

117 You might think, especially given everything we now know that is true, Pence would at least offer a mea culpa and state he shouldn’t have sided with the coup plotters. But he just keeps doubling down. Which tells me he probably had something to do with the attempt to subvert our government. He’s loathsome.
Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:25 AM (04KGT)

He's been a member of the deep state for a long time. His actions in 2021 didn't surprise me.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 06, 2026 11:29 AM (g8Ew8)

118 Nothing beats a boiled tulip bulb sammich washed down with a Heineken after main lining heroin at the whore house.

I was with you up until the Heinie. That stuff's nasty. Possibly the only beer that I've ever opened but not finished.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 11:29 AM (vTZFs)

119 They insist people believe their 2+2=5 type absurdities.
Their population declines will be resolved by women AND MEN giving birth to babies. Or maybe only men, so the "more reasonable" (commie) women can run their worlds.

Top lies from the oligarchs.

Climate Change
Men can be Women (anf the whole of LGBTQ+)

Elections are clean and fair

Communism is the best system (just need to murder off the majority Liberty Minded resistance, and propagandize their children)

America is the root cause of Evil in the world (oligarchs are the pure ones)

The UN is the best source for health info, and they should Reign Supreme.

and a few other Big Lies

Posted by: illiniwek at May 06, 2026 11:29 AM (vbXSk)

120 Portsmouth, Virginia is affectionately known as The Armpit Of Hampton Roads.

Posted by: In case you didn't know at May 06, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

121 113 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:27 AM (LWGzg)

Spanberger could lose redistricting AND her President Pro Tempore in the same week?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:28 AM (iNUL3)

I think Abi called this hit in...they hate each other, and Louise backstabbed Abi on every state passed bill yesterday.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:30 AM (tOcjL)

122 It actually means a whale's vagina.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:18 AM (LWGzg)

That's scallywag.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2026 11:23 AM (dK+Kv)
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Not to be confused with a whale's ass, the scuttlebutt.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 11:31 AM (lR5Ug)

123 Nothing beats a boiled tulip bulb sammich washed down with a Heineken after main lining heroin at the whore house.

The Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 06, 2026 11:27 AM (gm9Sb)

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[New Tourism Marketing Slogan:]

Who happens to die in Amsterdam
Stays in Amsterdam ...
Especially for ChiComm Organ Donations.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 11:31 AM (9Kqhl)

124 Aren't the Netherlands also pushing their citizens to bang the migrants? Because the Dutch people will disappear unless they only breed with non-Dutch people, or something?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 06, 2026 11:21 AM (ExV1e)

That's the Danes; the stupid ones at least.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:31 AM (utfVc)

125 In my local elections there’s a battle afoot between RINOs and conservatives in the upcoming primaries for state seats. It’s two factions battling it out. They even have co-ordinated yard signs between the two groups for different candidates. The GOP primary winner is the defacto general election winner.

This area voted for Trump yuuugely. But turnout is pathetically low for primaries and local elections. For some reason conservatives refuse to vote in them. So left wingers run everything locally. Turnout is 25%, if they get their side out to vote at 50% they win. They figured out they can steal primary races too if they get their side out knowing the right will sit out the “non important” elections.

They may just pull off a coup.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:32 AM (5Yz+T)

126
U Thant talk about them like that, somebody will call you a racism.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here

Dag Hammarskjöld it, let's not get into puns based on United Nations' Secretary General's names!

* Boutros Boutros-Ghali, weeping, steps away from the queue *

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:32 AM (xG4kz)

127 I think Abi called this hit in...they hate each other, and Louise backstabbed Abi on every state passed bill yesterday.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:30 AM (tOcjL)

So VA's Dem governor called in a hit on a Dem politician with whom she's fighting.

And the GOP-led FBI agreed to help because it's horrid press for the VA Dems.

What was the trade? There's always a trade when these things happen.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:32 AM (iNUL3)

128 The GloboHomo Deep State never rests ... especially in the World's Greatest Bathhouses.

/Just ask Barry ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 11:32 AM (9Kqhl)

129 We never got the fries we were promised with our Spamburger.

Posted by: Virginia voters at May 06, 2026 11:33 AM (2Ez/1)

130 I think Abi called this hit in...they hate each other, and Louise backstabbed Abi on every state passed bill yesterday.

Huh. I was told by reliable MSM sources that all women are part of an unbreakable sisterhood and all have the same goals and desires. Except for conservative women who really aren't women.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 11:33 AM (vTZFs)

131 Looks like I besmirched Islam. I thought the Leipzig driver was Muzzie but turns out he's Antifa and nuts.

"Leipzig car attacker exposed as radical leftist Antifa ally.
Mentally ill Jeffrey Kloß begged to be locked up in a psych ward.
They discharged him the same day because he was “too aggressive” towards other patients.
Next day he rammed into a crowd at 80 km/h, killing two.
Germany’s system is broken.

https://tinyurl.com/4hvxzyhu

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Releasing him from the nut house because he's too violent was an excellent plan.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 11:33 AM (ndZc7)

132 I think Abi called this hit in...they hate each other, and Louise backstabbed Abi on every state passed bill yesterday.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:30 AM (tOcjL)
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Was Louise more moderate than or Abi or was this strictly a power struggle.

Posted by: WisRich at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (G0vdT)

133 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (X0axn)

134 Not to be confused with a whale's ass, the scuttlebutt.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 11:31 AM (lR5Ug)

Which is not to be confused with Scuzzlebutt, who has a piece of celery as an arm and Patrick Duffy as a leg.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv)

135 Ted Turner is mort. I thought he died a long time ago.

Posted by: dantesed at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (Oy/m2)

136 Huh. I was told by reliable MSM sources that all women are part of an unbreakable sisterhood and all have the same goals and desires. Except for conservative women who really aren't women.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 11:33 AM (vTZFs)

She knows what she did!
- USN skipper who smashed her boat into another boat with a female skipper.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (iNUL3)

137
Nothing beats a boiled tulip bulb sammich washed down with a Heineken after main lining heroin at the whore house.

No mention of the yummy wooden shoe carvers' shavings' crisps? I am disappoint!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (xG4kz)

138 We laugh at people believing in AGW, now called climate change, but just like how Barky's Julia? was it ad, which seemed creepy and likely to turn off voters to us 29 year old normies a lot of young people, especially women still embrace the false religion of climate change.

I cheer that Trump and his team are treating the CC hysteria as the BS that it is instead of trying to be reasonable and gentle with those who fell for the con. But the brainwashed acolytes just view this as "Trump and MAGAs want to kill the planet"

It is a huge mental upheaval when your world view is shown to be false. I remember in 2008 when I realized "no the FNM does not just heavily spin the facts for the Ds, they smother inconvenient facts and make up lies to advance their party." It threw me for a loop and I already knew the media sided with the Dems, I just thought that the desire to have the scoop and be the first to air a story was in play. I didn't realize until 2008-2009 that almost all of the media had an unwritten agreement not to air the wrong kind of stories, or to tattle on their colleagues when a blatant lie was told.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (PV+Zw)

139 127 I think Abi called this hit in...they hate each other, and Louise backstabbed Abi on every state passed bill yesterday.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:30 AM (tOcjL)

So VA's Dem governor called in a hit on a Dem politician with whom she's fighting.

And the GOP-led FBI agreed to help because it's horrid press for the VA Dems.

What was the trade? There's always a trade when these things happen.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:32 AM (iNUL3)

Well, another black state female D delegate resigned yesterday, so maybe it's a full clearout for Abi.

Abi wants to be in charge - that's what she gets. She's gotten rolled by Louise on everything this year (and Abi can stand back and say VA is being targeted by Trump, which makes her more popular).

The trade is Abi's stock and power skyrockets in her state...and she's rid of a pest that was making her look bad.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (tOcjL)

140 I for one look forward to a wooly mammoth burger with a nice side of waffle fries

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (gu0hJ)

141 What was the trade? There's always a trade when these things happen.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:32 AM (iNUL3)

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The Washington Nationals could use a new First Baseman.

/

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 11:35 AM (9Kqhl)

142 I had a thought about the anti car people who want a 15 minute bubble. They like to think of themselves as the smart ones, the cultured ones. But wanting to live an entire life within a 15 minute bubble shows someone who is not curious about the world. It’s the most fucking provincial mindset possible.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:35 AM (5Yz+T)

143 I just found out that because my brother's vision has gotten so bad, he couldn't hold up his end and just got fired.

So, add that to the list..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:35 AM (X0axn)

144 >> If you can't take in new information, you're providing nothing to a conversation and you become boring.

Let me state this up front because Im inarticulate and boring. Blow me. You want to be arrogant? Right back at you.

You’re on here spouting off things like how the special elections are meaningless. Which defies logic, correlation and probability theory to name a few.

There is always a correlation, which could prove to be meaningless if the factors involved stay the same. But if those factors do not stay the same and change, there may or may not be an impact to the end result. That is, for those of you at home, there could be a pattern or turnout in special elections that somehow correlates into a general election. It could be that it is minute and meaningless to the end result. But there you have it. It’s there. And yet you say without any basis, special elections have no impact on the general. That’s just one for starters. So please, give me a break. You’re hilariously self absorbed for no reason at all.

Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:35 AM (T7fic)

145 The trade is Abi's stock and power skyrockets in her state...and she's rid of a pest that was making her look bad.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (tOcjL)

I get this part.

I don't get why Trump would help her do it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:35 AM (iNUL3)

146 132 I think Abi called this hit in...they hate each other, and Louise backstabbed Abi on every state passed bill yesterday.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:30 AM (tOcjL)
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Was Louise more moderate than or Abi or was this strictly a power struggle.
Posted by: WisRich at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (G0vdT)

Louise is a full on black dem nut...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:35 AM (tOcjL)

147 Dag Hammarskjöld it, let's not get into puns based on United Nations' Secretary General's names!

* Boutros Boutros-Ghali, weeping, steps away from the queue *
+++
I used to be a thing

Posted by: Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski at May 06, 2026 11:36 AM (2Ez/1)

148 She was going to be a politician and then she got high.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:36 AM (AvxYT)

149
Ted Turner is mort. I thought he died a long time ago.
Posted by: dantesed

Well, his pecker DID shrivel up and become a dried appendage to his torso after it toured the many-splendored and well-travelled highway that serves as Jane Fonda's front hole.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:36 AM (xG4kz)

150 143 I just found out that because my brother's vision has gotten so bad, he couldn't hold up his end and just got fired.

So, add that to the list..........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:35 AM (X0axn)

Sorry for him, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)

151 145 The trade is Abi's stock and power skyrockets in her state...and she's rid of a pest that was making her look bad.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (tOcjL)

I get this part.

I don't get why Trump would help her do it.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:35 AM (iNUL3)

B/c Louise is REALLY dirty...and pointing out and prosecuting D corruption helps nationwide, just not in VA.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:37 AM (tOcjL)

152 This is why I've been getting paid as a parent........because my brother was in his own personal hell.

He knew this was coming and faked it as long as he could, it seems. It caught up to him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:37 AM (X0axn)

153 * Boutros Boutros-Ghali, weeping, steps away from the queue *
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:32 AM (xG4kz)

Oh, my gosh, by golly!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:37 AM (utfVc)

154 Trump will arrest Lucas because it will cause more fighting within the Dem party. Wouldn't be surprised to see him thank Abigail for the info leading to the srrest

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 11:37 AM (gu0hJ)

155 U Thant talk about them like that, somebody will call you a racism.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here
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Dag Hammarskjöld it, let's not get into puns based on United Nations' Secretary General's names!

* Boutros Boutros-Ghali, weeping, steps away from the queue *

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:32 AM (xG4kz)
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More Kofi!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 11:38 AM (lR5Ug)

156
Sorry for him, man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)

Thanks.

Not sure what you do with a blind IT guy........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:38 AM (X0axn)

157 Isn’t it illegal to fire someone due to health reasons?

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:38 AM (5Yz+T)

158 I think Abi called this hit in...they hate each other, and Louise backstabbed Abi on every state passed bill yesterday.
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Or... Abi's former employer has some other ideas about what to do with VA.

It's sort of what the CIA does.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 11:38 AM (jehhT)

159 Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:35 AM (X0axn)

Glaucoma?

Posted by: dantesed at May 06, 2026 11:38 AM (Oy/m2)

160 "Boutros Boutros-Ghali" is Indian for "Peter Peter Pumpkin-Eater."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 11:38 AM (ndZc7)

161 149 Ted Turner died from a rare time bomb STD, brought back from Nam in 1972 by Jane. Jane contracted it after fucking her way through the ranks of the NVA 32B division.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 06, 2026 11:39 AM (gm9Sb)

162
It's not voter apathy, it's voter hostility.

But call it whatever you like - the source of the problem is the Republican Party - not the voters who hate them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 11:39 AM (BI5O2)

163 I didn't realize until 2008-2009 that almost all of the media had an unwritten agreement not to air the wrong kind of stories, or to tattle on their colleagues when a blatant lie was told.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 06, 2026 11:34 AM (PV+Zw)

They actually believe most of the garbage they are pushing, at the least, and to a man, not one believes it to be improper reporting to shade the truth to achieve a political objective.

Face colander times will not be kind to them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2026 11:39 AM (dK+Kv)

164 I've noted back when I watched Bond movies I didn't like the over the top villains monologuing their evil plans.

I mean real world people don't do that....right?

And then in the last 10 years or so I've noticed much of the left speaks in this way.

So Fleming was right, and I was wrong

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:39 AM (sKqQm)

165 Roll up some glaucoma medicine.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:39 AM (AvxYT)

166 144 . That’s just one for starters. So please, give me a break. You’re hilariously self absorbed for no reason at all.

Posted by: That Guy at May 06, 2026 11:35 AM (T7fic)

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25% turnout is a different electorate than 75% turnout.

If you take all the special elections and do statistical analysis on them...they do not predict the next general election because of the massive change in turnout.

This happens year after year after year.

Let me show you an example:

https://is.gd/oZRAp3

This is the OH-6 special election from 2024.

It showed Republicans underperforming the previous regular election by over 20 points.

Was this predictive of the general a few months later? Of the national environment?

It wasn't. The district went right back to the 2022 levels in Nov of 2024 and Republicans nationally did better in 2024 than 2022.

Why was that not predictive?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:40 AM (LWGzg)

167 Wouldn't the best way to fight climate change be to make the UN 100% remote attendance?

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 06, 2026 11:40 AM (W5mpo)

168 Releasing him from the nut house because he's too violent was an excellent plan.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 11:33 AM (ndZc7)

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I haven't been calling it a Homicidal-Suicidal Death Cult lo these many years for nothin' ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 11:40 AM (9Kqhl)

169 B/c Louise is REALLY dirty...and pointing out and prosecuting D corruption helps nationwide, just not in VA.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:37 AM (tOcjL)

She gets to clear the field for her own power. Trump gets to blast Dems as corrupt lawbreakers at a national level just in time for the midterm campaign season.

I can see that.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:40 AM (iNUL3)

170
Glaucoma?
Posted by: dantesed at May 06, 2026 11:38 AM (Oy/m2)

Retinitis Pigmentosa combined with Fuchs Dystrophy.

RP causes tunnel vision and night blindness and Fuchs causes a foggy condition.

His tunnel is almost closed and he can no longer navigate a widescreen and find the mouse and see the entire screen.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:40 AM (X0axn)

171 So Fleming was right, and I was wrong

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:39 AM (sKqQm)
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Now go and rewatch Batman movies.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 11:41 AM (lR5Ug)

172 Roll up some glaucoma medicine.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:39 AM (AvxYT)

That doesn't fix anything, only dulls the pain.

And he can't do that anymore. He'd done so much in his yute, his brain shuts off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:41 AM (X0axn)

173 No one actually believes in global warming.

I remember some polling recently that showed a large majority responding that global warming was a serious problem...but then asked how much those respondents were willing to spend to stop it. The answer? $3 annually.

Remember the argument from the AGW types is that we need to revert most of the world to living a 17th century lifestyle. That's not $3 a year. That's 99% of your income and wealth.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:41 AM (sKqQm)

174 U Thant
Dag Hammarskjöld
* Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Kofi!
======
And don't forget The Nazi

A cavalcade of perversion and craven weakness.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 11:41 AM (RIvkX)

175 I think Abi called this hit in...they hate each other, and Louise backstabbed Abi on every state passed bill yesterday.
Posted by: Nova Local

With the male way - beating each other up - there's less collateral damage.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 06, 2026 11:41 AM (W5mpo)

176 His tunnel is almost closed and he can no longer navigate a widescreen and find the mouse and see the entire screen.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:40 AM (X0axn)

Fuck, that would be hell.

Getting old sucks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

177 Wouldn't the best way to fight climate change be to make the UN 100% remote attendance?
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 06, 2026 11:40 AM (W5mpo)

Then the NYC hookers would have to fly to their home countries. It’s more efficient the way it is currently.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (5Yz+T)

178 Carbon addiction. That’s some world class stupid right there. My opinion as a Carbon Based life form.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (Gqar8)

179 And Gaia will heal because there are no more icky people polluting it.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 11:09 AM (BpO1e)

But if nobody is around to see it, how will we know?

Posted by: Reforger at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (ZFqKB)

180 This is why I've been getting paid as a parent........because my brother was in his own personal hell.

He knew this was coming and faked it as long as he could, it seems. It caught up to him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:37 AM (X0axn)

What sort of vision problem does he have? Any treatment available?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (utfVc)

181 At FoxNews: "Demi Moore corrects fans on how to say her name after years of it being mispronounced"

The correct pronunciation is 'Fo Shizzle.' Fo Shizzle Moore. It's not that hard, people.

Posted by: gp at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (N8ZBc)

182 Fuck, that would be hell.

Getting old sucks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

he's only 58........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (X0axn)

183 A bunch of "Amsterdam officials" could feed several hungry feral pigs.

Posted by: a modest proposal at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (WMyc4)

184 I get no respect.

Posted by: Nikolae Carpathia at May 06, 2026 11:43 AM (/k+lW)

185 IT seems like needs to be able to see since they have to physically replace computer parts and stuff sometimes.

But my work has a software engineer whose is close to completely blind. He has the computer read things to him and is still valuable to our team. We also get fed funding so the workplace is very very careful to be handicap accessible and not discriminate.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 06, 2026 11:43 AM (PV+Zw)

186
What sort of vision problem does he have? Any treatment available?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (utfVc)

See #170

There is no cure for RP. There's only some experimental shit in Europe that shows signs, but the FDA won't let any of that shit come here.

And we don't have the resources to get him over there to be a test dummy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:44 AM (X0axn)

187 Wouldn't the best way to fight climate change be to make the UN 100% remote attendance?

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 06, 2026 11:40 AM (W5mpo)

-------------

Even better, make them all carbon neutral IYKWIMAITYD.

/It's funny, all these various "NECESSARY" and "in-person" negotiations between Trump's team (like Vance, Rubio, Witkoff, and Kushner) and the Iranian Mad Mullah Butt-Boys ... it's like: "Have you ever heard of Zoom?"

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 11:44 AM (9Kqhl)

188
Thanks.

Not sure what you do with a blind IT guy........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Opportunities abound to create the first braille touch screen monitor.

I'm not trying to be funny here at your brother's expense, by the way.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:44 AM (xG4kz)

189 Trump will arrest Lucas because it will cause more fighting within the Dem party. Wouldn't be surprised to see him thank Abigail for the info leading to the srrest

Oh man, that would be *chef's kiss*.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

190 Carbon addiction. That’s some world class stupid right there. My opinion as a Carbon Based life form.
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (Gqar

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I can't start my day until I suck on a few chunks of charcoal left over from last night's fire...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 06, 2026 11:44 AM (gnNyN)

191 Heh. Guy kicked out of the nut house for being too violent. There's a story about a family in OK dropping off a female relative at a California compound for spiritual guidance. A couple months later, the cult called them to come and take her back to Enid because she was too nuts. The compound was the Spann Movie Ranch, the cult the Manson Family.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 06, 2026 11:44 AM (gm9Sb)

192 If you take all the special elections and do statistical analysis on them...they do not predict the next general election because of the massive change in turnout.

My take on many of these special elections is that they just show the base levels of fraud the left can count on.

Why are more Ds votes being registered in the special elections? Because the Ds don't have to actually rouse their voters, they just get the people that submit the stacks of ballots to do so.

This is less effective in elections with higher voter turnout because the lazy Dems and Reps show up and vote and the fake Dem votes are a lower percentage of the final totals.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:44 AM (sKqQm)

193 >Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

I wouldn't have known who this asshole is.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 06, 2026 11:45 AM (rJ48h)

194 Isn't Carbon the element life is based on?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:46 AM (AvxYT)

195 Carbon addiction.

Your milkshake I drink.

Posted by: The Horta at May 06, 2026 11:46 AM (/k+lW)

196 Culture Of Corruption.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 11:46 AM (/7Zv0)

197 Opportunities abound to create the first braille touch screen monitor.

I'm not trying to be funny here at your brother's expense, by the way.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:44 AM (xG4kz)

He could be the translator for the McDonald's drive thru menu since it's posted in braille.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:46 AM (X0axn)

198 190 Carbon addiction. That’s some world class stupid right there. My opinion as a Carbon Based life form.
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:42 AM (Gqar
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I can't start my day until I suck on a few chunks of charcoal left over from last night's fire...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 06, 2026 11:44 AM (gnNyN)

Here’s a Protip Perfesser - only consume the Cowboy Charcoal and not the ones with burning additives. Making your own charcoal is the best plan.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:46 AM (Gqar8)

199 Sponge - look at these - clinical trial is the way to go...

https://kishomed.io/diseases/retinitis-pigmentosa/trials

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:46 AM (tOcjL)

200 It is funny that what will kill global warming is that the oligarchs that were pushing it see a better gain via AI data centers now which need more power then green sources can provide.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:47 AM (sKqQm)

201 We don't need oil or carbon. We ride the bus.

Posted by: Turnstile Jumpin' Jones at May 06, 2026 11:47 AM (oftw2)

202 https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06912633

This one has CA sites

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:47 AM (tOcjL)

203 Sponge this likely makes him eligible for work accommodations, rehabilitation service, or disability.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 11:48 AM (RIvkX)

204 Like the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, we're having an outsized impact. In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs. We are the meteor. We are not only in danger. We are the danger. But we are also the solution.

-- Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations; June 5, 2024
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HA... The stupid is very strong in this clown. I'll bet he stole that word-salad from kamalalamadingdong's speechwriter didn't he?

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 06, 2026 11:48 AM (VkY89)

205 Oh another funny change that has been happening over the last couple of years is that all those tech companies that told us global warming was a serious threat are now making their employees comes back to working in the office.

Guess you actually don't care about the car trips you are creating do you?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

206 Speaking of climate change, article at American Thinker to not bring back wooly mammoths ( they are getting close to it)
Personally why not? Has to be places in Canada, maybe North Dakota or Montana as well as Siberia for them to roaming

-
Import wooly mammoths. Export Somalis.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 11:48 AM (ndZc7)

207 194 Isn't Carbon the element life is based on?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:46 AM (AvxYT)

Why yes, yes it is. But we should eschew all carbon. Except for plants. Because animal carbon is evil. See their logic?

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:48 AM (Gqar8)

208 I had a thought about the anti car people who want a 15 minute bubble. They like to think of themselves as the smart ones, the cultured ones. But wanting to live an entire life within a 15 minute bubble shows someone who is not curious about the world. It’s the most fucking provincial mindset possible.

You misunderstand. They want you and me to live in a 15 minute bubble. They, on the other hand, can travel as they wish. In first class whenever possible.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 11:48 AM (vTZFs)

209 I just tried Creatine and Kefir mixed.

Tasted like yogurt. A bit grainy but less noticeable than in milk.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)

210 191 A woman from my HS class tried to join the Heaven’s Gate cult (the Hale-Bopp comet folks). She didn’t make the cut. She was too nutty even for them.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)

211 209 I just tried Creatine and Kefir mixed.

Tasted like yogurt. A bit grainy but less noticeable than in milk.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:48 AM (bss/y)

Does it contain carbon, though?

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:49 AM (Gqar8)

212 Carbona Not Glue.

Posted by: Dee Dee Ramone 1981 at May 06, 2026 11:49 AM (oftw2)

213 You misunderstand. They want you and me to live in a 15 minute bubble. They, on the other hand, can travel as they wish. In first class whenever possible.

Yep.

They need to travel to their government/NGO conferences in exciting tourist destinations because their jobs are important unlike yours plebe.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

214
Remember the argument from the AGW types is that we need to revert most of the world to living a 17th century lifestyle. That's not $3 a year. That's 99% of your income and wealth.
Posted by: 18-1

Well, alla youse, but not those kids wallowing in the mire in the Congo to harvest cobalt ores so alla us can have our smart devices.

There's so much that could have enhanced lives in the 17th Century if only there had been social influencers around to demonstrate the possibilities of the good life!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:50 AM (xG4kz)

215 I can't start my day until I suck on a few chunks of charcoal left over from last night's fire...

Well sure, if you're one of the proles. I only suck on the finest artisinal charcoal made from fossilized chunks extracted by virgins from the inside of Vesuvius.

Posted by: Archimedes, imitating a Gen Xer who thinks everyrthing needs to be artiisinal, but can't afford a ho at May 06, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

216 Isn't Carbon the element life is based on?
Posted by: Boss Moss

The horta is silicon-based.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 06, 2026 11:50 AM (W5mpo)

217 can't afford a ho

Can't afford a HOUSE!

Posted by: Archimedes, imitating a Gen Xer who thinks everyrthing needs to be artiisinal, but can't afford a ho at May 06, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

218 You misunderstand. They want you and me to live in a 15 minute bubble. They, on the other hand, can travel as they wish. In first class whenever possible.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 11:48 AM (vTZFs)

This. They want to be able to 'enjoy nature' but really all they want to turn nature into is a symbol of status and class.

The frustrating thing is that a poor guy in eastern kentucky has more access to wondrous luxury than a King 100 years ago. They REALLY hate that. THEY are the special ones. THEY deserve to be elevated above everyone else. THEY deserve to be in charge.

Then maybe they can finally show Dad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)

219 Communists in the 1920s: "Capitalism keeps the poor poor in deadening factories. Communism will lift us all up with meaningful work outside."

Communists in the 2020s: "Capitalism makes too much stuff and keeps you too comfortable. Communism will make you miserable and cold."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:51 AM (LWGzg)

220 210 Bulg, do you have her number? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: gp at May 06, 2026 11:51 AM (N8ZBc)

221
POKER MONKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2026 11:51 AM (y9nCu)

222 Take your choice ...

Jerusalem Post: US, Iran nearing deal that would see Tehran give away enriched uranium

The Daily Mail: Trump set to lift US sanctions on Iran, free billions and unlock uranium enrichment in unexpected Obama-style peace proposal

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 11:51 AM (RHGPo)

223 Does it contain carbon, though?
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:49 AM (Gqar

Yes, both the creatine and the yogurt have carbon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)

224 217 can't afford a ho

Can't afford a HOUSE!
Posted by: Archimedes, imitating a Gen Xer who thinks everyrthing needs to be artiisinal, but can't afford a ho at May 06, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

They make Tiny ones.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar8)

225 can't afford a ho

$20 same as in town

Posted by: Kamala Harris at May 06, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

226 223 Does it contain carbon, though?
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:49 AM (Gqar

Yes, both the creatine and the yogurt have carbon.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:51 AM (bss/y)

Sinner.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)

227 >>> 220 210 Bulg, do you have her number? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: gp at May 06, 2026 11:51 AM (N8ZBc)

867 5309

Posted by: or maybe not at May 06, 2026 11:52 AM (WMyc4)

228 They make Tiny ones.

That's right.

Posted by: Bridget the Midget at May 06, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

229 Communists of any age: "I will say anything necesssary, tell any lie or half-truth, in order to wield Power."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 11:52 AM (RIvkX)

230 224 217 can't afford a ho

Can't afford a HOUSE!
Posted by: Archimedes, imitating a Gen Xer who thinks everyrthing needs to be artiisinal, but can't afford a ho at May 06, 2026 11:50 AM (Riz8t)

They make Tiny ones.
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar

Ho's?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 06, 2026 11:52 AM (N39Ws)

231 South Carolina inmate who believes he is immortal cannot be executed due to mental illness, judge rules

... thus, proving he is immortal

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 11:52 AM (RHGPo)

232 220 She was definitely high on the hot/crazy matrix.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 11:53 AM (77rzZ)

233 219 Communists in the 1920s: "Capitalism keeps the poor poor in deadening factories. Communism will lift us all up with meaningful work outside."

Communists in the 2020s: "Capitalism makes too much stuff and keeps you too comfortable. Communism will make you miserable and cold."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:51 AM (LWGzg)

It is one thing Lileks pointed out about the utopianism of the turn of the century. The wonderful cities and massive apartment buildings were not for the rich, it was experiments (essentially) on poor people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y)

234 It's also noteworthy that in the middle of "gas prices are going to destroy Trump," Indiana Republicans just went and backed him fully in a series of primaries he was closely associated with.

Interesting...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:53 AM (LWGzg)

235 >>> 231 South Carolina inmate who believes he is immortal cannot be executed due to mental illness, judge rules

... thus, proving he is immortal
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 11:52 AM (RHGPo)

We'll see about that.

Posted by: other South Carolina inmates at May 06, 2026 11:53 AM (WMyc4)

236 Sinner.
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar

Always.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y)

237 BREAKING: CNN Founder and Liberal Billionaire Ted Turner Dies

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 11:53 AM (RHGPo)

238 I remember when Bernie went on a rant that there were too many types of deodorant available in the store.

That was pretty much the perfect statement from a communist.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

239 late to the party, but i wonder if it's too late to hope that every gas station in amsterdam closes it's doors in the next 3 months since the city govt obviously doesn't want their tax revenue.

and maybe all the farmers should stop selling their goods in town and set up road side farm stands outside town as well.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (nXhwP)

240 237 BREAKING: CNN Founder and Liberal Billionaire Ted Turner Dies
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 11:53 AM (RHGPo)

Anyway

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (Gqar8)

241 237 BREAKING: CNN Founder and Liberal Billionaire Ted Turner Dies
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 11:53 AM (RHGPo)

Ted - warm enough for you?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (N39Ws)

242 Wouldn't the best way to fight climate change be to make the UN 100% remote attendance?

Posted by: Dark Litigator

I've been looking for a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (ndZc7)

243 Sponge - look at these - clinical trial is the way to go...

https://kishomed.io/diseases/retinitis-pigmentosa/trials
Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 11:46 AM (tOcjL)

Thanks. I've passed that along.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (X0axn)

244 You say global elites and I say let's kill them first.

Posted by: Jane Cobb Public Relations at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (ehY6c)

245 242 Wouldn't the best way to fight climate change be to make the UN 100% remote attendance?

Posted by: Dark Litigator

======

Nuking the Indian and Chinese cities that pollute the oceans would do a lot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (LWGzg)

246
Remember the argument from the AGW types is that we need to revert most of the world to living a 17th century lifestyle. That's not $3 a year. That's 99% of your income and wealth.
Posted by: 18-1

No, hostesses. A hostess ho fo yo ho.

You know, hostess ho-hos

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:55 AM (xG4kz)

247 “You misunderstand. They want you and me to live in a 15 minute bubble. They, on the other hand, can travel as they wish. In first class whenever possible.”

Sure that’s the plan for the elites. But there are plenty of commoners who love the idea. Just peruse Reddit for a bit to get a taste. Or the many YouTube channels out there pushing to ban cars. These aren’t Davos types they’re the true believers.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:55 AM (5Yz+T)

248 237 BREAKING: CNN Founder and Liberal Billionaire Ted Turner Dies
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 11:53 AM (RHGPo)
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Jane Fonda to give him a North Vietnam anti-aircraft 21 gun salute.

Posted by: WisRich at May 06, 2026 11:55 AM (G0vdT)

249 Nuking the Indian and Chinese cities that pollute the oceans would do a lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (LWGzg)

Japan, with the Fukishima reactor - wants a word.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 06, 2026 11:55 AM (N39Ws)

250 You honestly I don't think advertising is very effective for established products.

I have a favorite type of soda, beer, etc.

Seeing ads for competing brands doesn't make me want to switch.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:55 AM (sKqQm)

251
Fire that cut-and-paste function RIGHT NOW!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 11:56 AM (xG4kz)

252 First step would be for him to get declared fully disabled by his physician.

Then he can apply for SSD and get up to $1600 a month. It's not much, but something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:56 AM (X0axn)

253 249 Nuking the Indian and Chinese cities that pollute the oceans would do a lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (LWGzg)

Japan, with the Fukishima reactor - wants a word.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 06, 2026 11:55 AM (N39Ws)

========

Oh, Fukishima. That slightly leaked on a design several generations old, killed no one, and led to Germany destroying all of its cooling towers.

That was hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:56 AM (LWGzg)

254 Nuking the Indian and Chinese cities that pollute the oceans would do a lot.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:54 AM (LWGzg)

I saw a map of fecal matter present in the ocean. As you might expect it was low around Europe/US but very very high off the coast of India

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)

255
We are not only in danger. We are the danger
-------

I am the one WHO KNOCKS
Antonio Guterres

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 11:57 AM (qIyYj)

256 These aren’t Davos types they’re the true believers.

What they truly believe is that they are Davos types who just haven't gotten their due yet but will when the lessers are stopped from consuming more than they deserve.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 11:57 AM (vTZFs)

257 Not sure what you do with a blind IT guy........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:38 AM (X0axn)

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There have been some impressive advances in "Accessibility" features for the seeing impaired on devices and in software.

[Have a co-worker who recently had to stop driving owing to having "eye strokes" that left him legally blind.]

Here's a couple other things I've read recently that provide some future hope in this area:

. A (prosthetic) microchip implanted behind the center of the retina, along with a pocket controller that enables adjustments such as magnification and contrast, in use and continually being developed further: stanfordmag.org/contents/vision-quest

. And a Kim Komando show interview (begins at the 17:33 mark) regarding the use of Smart Glasses for the Vision Impaired: https://is.gd/mdXDST

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 11:58 AM (9Kqhl)

258 honestly I don't think advertising is very effective for established products.

I have a favorite type of soda, beer, etc.

—

Your favorites became favorites in part due to advertising. Everyone says it doesn’t work on them though. Spoiler: it does.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:58 AM (5Yz+T)

259 But we are also the solution.
---------

But is it the final solution

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 11:58 AM (qIyYj)

260 From the ONT, and apropos for this thread. Thanks to Kindltot for finding it:

CG short film on the extinction of the dinosaurs "Dinosaurs: The true story" - by P-L. Aeberhardt

youtu.be/gYXpRWHVIPE

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 11:58 AM (utfVc)

261 209 Real men take Creatine powder straight from the scoop and then a water rinse.

Then we slap Kefir drinkers faces with our dicks.

No offense.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 06, 2026 11:58 AM (wBaIH)

262 I saw a map of fecal matter present in the ocean. As you might expect it was low around Europe/US but very very high off the coast of India
Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)

Lobsters gotta eat too.

Posted by: Reforger at May 06, 2026 11:59 AM (ZFqKB)

263 Germany doesn't need electrical power.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 11:59 AM (AvxYT)

264 256 These aren’t Davos types they’re the true believers.

What they truly believe is that they are Davos types who just haven't gotten their due yet but will when the lessers are stopped from consuming more than they deserve.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 11:57 AM (vTZFs)

This. And they will happily load others into the rail cars in order to get it.

There is never a shortage of camp guards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:59 AM (bss/y)

265 261 209 Real men take Creatine powder straight from the scoop and then a water rinse.

Then we slap Kefir drinkers faces with our dicks.

No offense.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 06, 2026 11:58 AM (wBaIH)

======

Real men don't need creatine because they live alone in the woods, eating animals that they kill with their bare hands, and spend their meager free moments before the sun sets reading Marcus Aurelius.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:59 AM (LWGzg)

266 Oh, Fukishima. That slightly leaked on a design several generations old, killed no one, and led to Germany destroying all of its cooling towers.

That was hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

I know nothing! Nothing!
- Sgt. Schultz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 11:59 AM (ndZc7)

267 266 Oh, Fukishima. That slightly leaked on a design several generations old, killed no one, and led to Germany destroying all of its cooling towers.

That was hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

I know nothing! Nothing!
- Sgt. Schultz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 11:59 AM (ndZc7)

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Theory:

Fukishima was faked because Japan knew what Germany would do. It was all a plot to undermine German manufacturing at a national scale in favor of Japanese manufacturing.

Discuss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:00 PM (LWGzg)

268 What they truly believe is that they are Davos types who just haven't gotten their due yet but will when the lessers are stopped from consuming more than they deserve.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 11:57 AM (vTZFs)

Think of it as religion. Does every Catholic think he’ll be pope some day? No. Same thing with this. They don’t want to be Davos types. But they’ve bought into the religion of Davos.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 12:00 PM (5Yz+T)

269
Oh, Fukishima. That slightly leaked on a design several generations old, killed no one, and led to Germany destroying all of its cooling towers.

Speaking of Deutschland, what's Angela Merkel up to these days? And did that besotted fanboi of hers who had created that more primitive than a pre-Stone Age statue of her on horseback ever get that arm reattached to it?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 12:00 PM (xG4kz)

270 269 Speaking of Deutschland, what's Angela Merkel up to these days? And did that besotted fanboi of hers who had created that more primitive than a pre-Stone Age statue of her on horseback ever get that arm reattached to it?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 12:00 PM (xG4kz)

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She's up to admitting that she invited half of Syria because the AfD was becoming too powerful.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:00 PM (LWGzg)

271 261 209 Real men take Creatine powder straight from the scoop and then a water rinse.

Then we slap Kefir drinkers faces with our dicks.

No offense.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 06, 2026 11:58 AM (wBaIH)

I am trying it. I saw some stuff about gut health and all that and I figured: worth a try.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:01 PM (bss/y)

272 First step would be for him to get declared fully disabled by his physician.

Then he can apply for SSD and get up to $1600 a month. It's not much, but something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 11:56 AM (X0axn)

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My vision-impaired friend has gotten some kind of Arizona State Disability, but he says he has to wait two years for Social Security Disability? WTF? As they likely just hand it out to illegal aliens who've never paid a dime into the system ...

Also, he's doing some (it might be mandatory for the State Aid) employment opportunity skills and training classes for the vision-impaired.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 12:01 PM (9Kqhl)

273 You can jist eat dead animals.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 12:01 PM (AvxYT)

274 273 You can jist eat dead animals.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 12:01 PM (AvxYT)

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"Man is an animal."
-Hannibal Lector

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:02 PM (LWGzg)

275 Your favorites became favorites in part due to advertising. Everyone says it doesn’t work on them though. Spoiler: it does.

Actually, I can say that's not accurate as I remember when I picked those products and why...and it wasn't ads.

And, here is my question in this regard, why aren't there detailed studies showing the impact of advertising versus signing agreements with distributors/resteraunts? I feel Coke gets more mileage out of their agreements with McDs then they have ever gotten from their ads...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:02 PM (sKqQm)

276 217 can't afford a ho

LOL. Were you looking for a loan Archimedes?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 12:02 PM (EQmpy)

277 I see the CO2 levels are up a bit. You know who that helps? Vegetation and farmers.

Mustn't have that.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 06, 2026 12:02 PM (qFwJc)

278 265

Real men don't need creatine because they live alone in the woods, eating animals that they kill with their bare hands, and spend their meager free moments before the sun sets reading Marcus Aurelius.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:59 AM (LWGzg)

Stoically. While worrying about their son.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:02 PM (Gqar8)

279 Low ceiling here today so the Blue Angels are currently practicing their "low show."

That should make happy the hoard of tourists and locals who pack the parking lots of the nearby Walmart and Target stores to watch the practice sessions.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 12:02 PM (Y1sOo)

280 Can understand they'd get await with a ban on fossil fuels but the eat less meat thing might become problematic given Amsterdam has a significant Muslim population, estimated at around 12% to 17% of the city's residents.

While Islam is the second largest religion in the Netherlands (roughly 6% nationwide), it is heavily concentrated in major urban centers like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague. The community is diverse, primarily composed of people with Moroccan, Turkish, and Surinamese backgrounds.

Maybe banking on youth to comply & eventually enforce?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 06, 2026 12:03 PM (NFX2v)

281
Then we slap Kefir drinkers faces with our dicks.

No offense.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

None take, Comrade. However do you find the time to do so, what with you representing the entire Russian Army at buffets?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 12:03 PM (xG4kz)

282 $20 same as in town
Posted by: Kamala Harris at May 06, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm

What if I want something a step above a disease-ridden, scraggly-toothed Detroit meth whore?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 06, 2026 12:04 PM (Sco7b)

283 You never hear much about muslim farmers, do you?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:04 PM (bss/y)

284 Fukushima is a name known to anyone only because they placed the conventional back-up power sources (for cooling) down near sea level instead of up where the reactors are. Geological assumptions given to designers (in late 1950s) underestimated tsunami magnitude range. Quake did not damage the reactors.

All this as far as I recall. It was a classic example of a dumbed down world showing how dumb it was (the hysteria). Utility provided a hook for the dim bulbs by not being transparent at the start.

Gemany's nuke shutdown following remains the most idiotic deliberate action by a modern country since WWII - and that's an increasingly stiff competition.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 06, 2026 12:04 PM (U/Byj)

285 They don’t want to be Davos types. But they’ve bought into the religion of Davos.

You credit them with sincerity. I've seen enough of them try to steal me and my kids' future to be less generous than you are. On some level, I hope you're right and I'm wrong.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 12:04 PM (vTZFs)

286 At RRStar: "Aldi creme brulee dessert recalled in Illinois over possible glass contamination"

Aldi CEO: 'Sorry. The chef misread the menu, and used the wrong kind of glass. Ve vill #dobetter.'

Posted by: gp at May 06, 2026 12:04 PM (N8ZBc)

287 Indy.gov says 15.76% turnout and 80% of that was Democrats. If that's correct I don't see a cause for celebration.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:04 PM (EcHpA)

288 A top Virginia Democrat's office is being raided by the FBI on Wednesday morning. The federal agency raided the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas in Portsmouth, Virginia on Wednesday per Fox News. Fox also reported that this action was in relation to a 'major corruption probe,' adding that the 'FBI is serving multiple search warrants, approved by a federal judge, at her office and a next-door cannabis dispensary.' Lucas was captured arriving on the scene as the FBI searched her office.

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:05 PM (RHGPo)

289 You never hear much about muslim farmers, do you?

TOLD YA!!

Posted by: Zombie Sam Kinnison at May 06, 2026 12:05 PM (vTZFs)

290 286 At RRStar: "Aldi creme brulee dessert recalled in Illinois over possible glass contamination"

Aldi CEO: 'Sorry. The chef misread the menu, and used the wrong kind of glass. Ve vill #dobetter.'
Posted by: gp at May 06, 2026 12:04 PM (N8ZBc)

Glass is silicon based so totes okay.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:05 PM (Gqar8)

291 287 Indy.gov says 15.76% turnout and 80% of that was Democrats. If that's correct I don't see a cause for celebration.
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:04 PM (EcHpA)

Guys who opposed redistricting : out

Guys who are for redistricting : in

?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:06 PM (bss/y)

292 Kefir has helped Brit Lass with fibromyalgia when nothing else seems to

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:06 PM (qIyYj)

293 278 265

Real men don't need creatine because they live alone in the woods, eating animals that they kill with their bare hands, and spend their meager free moments before the sun sets reading Marcus Aurelius.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:59 AM (LWGzg)

Stoically. While worrying about their son.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:02 PM (Gqar

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Commodus had a thing for fighting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:06 PM (LWGzg)

294 291 287 Indy.gov says 15.76% turnout and 80% of that was Democrats. If that's correct I don't see a cause for celebration.
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:04 PM (EcHpA)

Does not compute

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:07 PM (Zp5pW)

295 293 278 265

Real men don't need creatine because they live alone in the woods, eating animals that they kill with their bare hands, and spend their meager free moments before the sun sets reading Marcus Aurelius.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:59 AM (LWGzg)

Stoically. While worrying about their son.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:02 PM (Gqar

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Commodus had a thing for fighting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:06 PM (LWGzg)

Kids - what’re ya gonna do?

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar8)

296 Speaking of Japan, can any engineers explain why the Japanese put parking garages on top of buildings while Americans place buildings on top of parking garages?

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (EcHpA)

297
This. And they will happily load others into the rail cars in order to get it.

There is never a shortage of camp guards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 11:59 AM (bss/y)

Loading people into rail cars is the whole point for these commie cocksuckers. When they imply that it's a means to a utopian end, that's a fucking lie. Rail Cars, "showers", ovens and bulldozed pits hidden in forests is the end game, and they'll happily tell you so if you play along.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (y9nCu)

298 287 Indy.gov says 15.76% turnout and 80% of that was Democrats. If that's correct I don't see a cause for celebration.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:04 PM (EcHpA)

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All I know is that the GOP underperformed in the OH-6 special election by 25 points which means that Trump will never get re-elected in 2024.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (LWGzg)

299 Loading people into rail cars is the whole point for these commie cocksuckers. When they imply that it's a means to a utopian end, that's a fucking lie. Rail Cars, "showers", ovens and bulldozed pits hidden in forests is the end game, and they'll happily tell you so if you play along.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (y9nCu)

See: Weathermen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (bss/y)

300 299 Loading people into rail cars is the whole point for these commie cocksuckers. When they imply that it's a means to a utopian end, that's a fucking lie. Rail Cars, "showers", ovens and bulldozed pits hidden in forests is the end game, and they'll happily tell you so if you play along.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (y9nCu)

See: Weathermen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (bss/y)

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The underground kind?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:09 PM (LWGzg)

301 Rapper Kid Cudi fires MIA from tour after ‘offensive’ Republican rant

The British artist was booed after identifying as a Republican voter while on stage in Dallas

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:09 PM (RHGPo)

302 The underground kind?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:09 PM (LWGzg)

Bomb building retard kind.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:09 PM (bss/y)

303 I am trying it. I saw some stuff about gut health and all that and I figured: worth a try.

--

Kefir is excellent for gut health. It's very easy to make your own by sourcing good kefir grains. They're loaded in natural probiotics.

I would say though, that store bought kefir, like Lifeway, is not as beneficial.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 06, 2026 12:09 PM (qBdHI)

304 The leadership of the net zero cult are literally saying that half of the planet's population needs to die.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 06, 2026 12:10 PM (1eS8q)

305 Commodus had a thing for fighting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:06 PM (LWGzg)

Weird dude that caused a commotion.

Posted by: dantesed at May 06, 2026 12:10 PM (Oy/m2)

306 The leadership of the net zero cult are literally saying that half of the planet's population needs to die.

95% is the number I've seen

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:10 PM (sKqQm)

307 297 Loading people into rail cars is the whole point for these commie cocksuckers. When they imply that it's a means to a utopian end, that's a fucking lie. Rail Cars, "showers", ovens and bulldozed pits hidden in forests is the end game, and they'll happily tell you so if you play along.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (y9nCu)

"If I decide who dies, how they die, and when they die, then I have usurped the role of God."

I'm pretty sure that is how they think.

Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 12:10 PM (iXqHn)

308 The truth is out there.

FBI Director Kash Patel confirms UFO files have been delivered for release.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 12:11 PM (ndZc7)

309 306 The leadership of the net zero cult are literally saying that half of the planet's population needs to die.

95% is the number I've seen
Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:10 PM (sKqQm)

And as always they assume they are the 5%.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:11 PM (Gqar8)

310 FBI Director Kash Patel confirms UFO files have been delivered for release.

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:11 PM (RHGPo)

311 308 The truth is out there.

FBI Director Kash Patel confirms UFO files have been delivered for release.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 12:11 PM (ndZc7)

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It was all weather balloons!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:11 PM (LWGzg)

312 I would say though, that store bought kefir, like Lifeway, is not as beneficial.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 06, 2026 12:09 PM (qBdHI)

'Try' I am not making it a way of life yet. Lol.

My uncle does the 'make your own' thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y)

313 The British artist was booed after identifying as a Republican voter while on stage in Dallas
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:09 PM (RHGPo)
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That's actually kinda wild lol. Her dad was a Tamil Tiger or some other terrist IIRC

Posted by: ballistic at May 06, 2026 12:11 PM (oqH4h)

314 "If I decide who dies, how they die, and when they die, then I have usurped the role of God."

I'm pretty sure that is how they think.
Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 12:10 PM (iXqHn)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:12 PM (bss/y)

315 Guys who opposed redistricting : out

Guys who are for redistricting : in

Travis Holdman, the guy who lost bigly blames it on non-Christian values like revenge, retribution, and a slavish adherence to Trump's directives.

I guess you can choose to believe that if it lets you sleep at night. I'll be spitting on your political grave.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX-t_sxgIEj/

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:12 PM (Riz8t)

316 The Russian version of Commodus’ name is pronounced “commode.”

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)

317 It’s like the suicide enthusiasts - after you, asshole.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:12 PM (Gqar8)

318 310 FBI Director Kash Patel confirms UFO files have been delivered for release.
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:11 PM (RHGPo)

So ET's came down, looked around and said F' it were out of here.....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:12 PM (Zp5pW)

319 That's actually kinda wild lol. Her dad was a Tamil Tiger or some other terrist IIRC
Posted by: ballistic at May 06, 2026 12:11 PM (oqH4h)

We have gotten to the point where being conservative is rebellious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:12 PM (bss/y)

320 315 Travis Holdman, the guy who lost bigly blames it on non-Christian values like revenge, retribution, and a slavish adherence to Trump's directives.

I guess you can choose to believe that if it lets you sleep at night. I'll be spitting on your political grave.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DX-t_sxgIEj/

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:12 PM (Riz8t)

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I remember when the explanation for Indiana not doing the redistricting was because the GOP state senators were getting back at Trump (one might call it revenge) for imposing himself on their business.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:13 PM (LWGzg)

321 Travis Holdman, the guy who lost bigly blames it on non-Christian values like revenge, retribution, and a slavish adherence to Trump's directives.

Leave it to a GOPer for arguing that voting against a pol because he won't advance your political agenda to be some sort of bad non-Christian value...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:13 PM (sKqQm)

322 We have gotten to the point where being conservative is rebellious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:12 PM (bss/y)

Yup. We ARE the counter-culture. Fight the man!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 12:13 PM (iNUL3)

323 317 It’s like the suicide enthusiasts - after you, asshole.
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:12 PM (Gqar

This. MAID is an abomination and every single mother fucker in Canada who supports or proposed it need two in the back of the head.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:13 PM (bss/y)

324
All I know is that the GOP underperformed in the OH-6 special election by 25 points which means that Trump will never get re-elected in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (LWGzg)

My point is, that while it is great that the RINOs got voted out, it looks like it was only about 20,000 Republicans who even bothered to show up. I don't know if your flippant cheerleading is warranted or you just miss Baghdad Bob.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:14 PM (EcHpA)

325 321 Travis Holdman, the guy who lost bigly blames it on non-Christian values like revenge, retribution, and a slavish adherence to Trump's directives.

Leave it to a GOPer for arguing that voting against a pol because he won't advance your political agenda to be some sort of bad non-Christian value...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:13 PM (sKqQm)

Christianity as a skin suit.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:14 PM (Gqar8)

326 Yup. We ARE the counter-culture. Fight the man!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 12:13 PM (iNUL3)

*raises fist*

Power to the People, man.

Which is ironic because that is what conservative and freedom IS all about.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)

327
My point is, that while it is great that the RINOs got voted out, it looks like it was only about 20,000 Republicans who even bothered to show up. I don't know if your flippant cheerleading is warranted or you just miss Baghdad Bob.
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:14 PM (EcHpA)

Lighten up Francis

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:14 PM (Zp5pW)

328 Looks like Burt TC discovered VPNs

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 12:15 PM (Y1sOo)

329 Guterres is right about being the danger, just not in the way he thinks.

Posted by: Roy at May 06, 2026 12:15 PM (qwype)

330 281 My balls are like Kremlin domes.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 06, 2026 12:15 PM (wBaIH)

331 My point is, that while it is great that the RINOs got voted out, it looks like it was only about 20,000 Republicans who even bothered to show up.

It's true that the side which shows up often wins the election.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

332 FBI Director Kash Patel confirms UFO files have been delivered for release.

... what if they vote Republican ?

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (RHGPo)

333 327
Lighten up Francis
Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:14 PM (Zp5pW)

donna, flippant cheerleader.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Gqar8)

334 Oh, is BPM really BurtTC?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

335 You get hired for a job and you fail to deliver. Your employer fires you. I guess that's "revenge" and anti-Christian.....

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (qBdHI)

336 324 My point is, that while it is great that the RINOs got voted out, it looks like it was only about 20,000 Republicans who even bothered to show up. I don't know if your flippant cheerleading is warranted or you just miss Baghdad Bob.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:14 PM (EcHpA)

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All I know is that every time the GOP overperforms in a special election, it's an outlier than needs to be dismissed and that every time a Democrat overperforms in a special election it's purely predictive about where we will go for sure.

Two things:

1. Special elections are not predictive. They never have been and they never will be because 15% turnout and 75% turnout are different electorates. The 15 isn't a random sample of the 75 and cannot predict what the 75 will do.

2. I've said for months that I think Democrats will take the House. A minor majority of 5-10 seats. Senate should stay the same, though. Senate elections drive turnout in the states that have them to presidential levels so they reflect PVI pretty closely.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (LWGzg)

337 333 327
Lighten up Francis
Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:14 PM (Zp5pW)

donna, flippant cheerleader.
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Gqar

I try....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Zp5pW)

338 My balls are like Kremlin domes.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 06, 2026 12:15 PM (wBaIH)

You should maybe get that looked at...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (iNUL3)

339 Don't they have an exception if the meat is halal? I'm guessing this is how things work there.

Posted by: PG at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (du9mZ)

340 Then he can apply for SSD and get up to $1600 a month. It's not much, but something.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

My husband and I live on his SS of $1780 a month (after medicare copay).
It doesn't sound like much but we live comfortably.

Posted by: old chick at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (F3Dlr)

341 > FBI Director Kash Patel confirms UFO files have been delivered for release.
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Yet, we wait with baited breath to find out if Comey, Brennen, et. al. will remain free.

Because this UFO farce is more noteworthy. Or something.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 12:17 PM (jehhT)

342 It’s like ads for the power company which is a monopoly. Has to be the biggest waste of money ever. Oh I want electricity, uhm OK I guess I’ll buy it from you guys? Thanks for letting me know you exist.
Posted by: Heroq

They're not trying to get your business, they're reminding everyone who thinks that power comes from the wall that, no, power comes from dams and gas, coal, and diesel generators thank you very much, please to be not voting for things which impeded their ability to use those things to provide electricity for you.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 06, 2026 12:17 PM (vJrRc)

343 It's true that the side which shows up often wins the election.

Although TBF, when the Dems are involved, this is often not the case.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

344 337 333 327
Lighten up Francis
Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:14 PM (Zp5pW)

donna, flippant cheerleader.
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Gqar

I try....
Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Zp5pW)

You have the HQ pompoms, I assume?

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Gqar8)

345 338 My balls are like Kremlin domes.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 06, 2026 12:15 PM (wBaIH)

You should maybe get that looked at...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (iNUL3)

Onions were the style at the time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:17 PM (bss/y)

346 You have the HQ pompoms, I assume?
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Gqar

Always

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:18 PM (Zp5pW)

347 343 It's true that the side which shows up often wins the election.

Although TBF, when the Dems are involved, this is often not the case.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

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I think one thing to watch in the weeks leading up to the election will be if the DOJ Civil Rights Division starts filing lawsuits for batch additions of new voters in blue districts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 12:18 PM (LWGzg)

348 Oh, is BPM really BurtTC?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

BPM could also mean "black-pilled mfer"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 12:18 PM (utfVc)

349 Moderator: Should California give free healthcare to illegal aliens?

Porter: "Yes. That's what Californians deserve."

... good and hard

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 12:18 PM (RHGPo)

350 British Petroleum Man?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:19 PM (bss/y)

351 "FBI Director Kash Patel confirms UFO files have been delivered for release."

UFO did a great cover of Love's "Alone Again Or".

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 06, 2026 12:19 PM (W5mpo)

352
Speaking of Japan, can any engineers explain why the Japanese put parking garages on top of buildings while Americans place buildings on top of parking garages?
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:08 PM (EcHpA)

The Japanese also have computerized toilets that instantly analyze your poop, tentacle pron and used panty vending machines.

I like the idea of Japan stepping up to the plate to help contain the ChiComs, but I wouldn't make the mistake of considering them as "normal".

On the other hand, they brought us the ladies of Band Maid, so they can't be all bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gI1WOV4e-c

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2026 12:19 PM (y9nCu)

353 I thought that Piper was the cheerleader on this site.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

354 A lot of their killing ideas is because they just think it's fun to kill. That's why commies torture so many people too. It's like pulling wings off of flies and they enjoy being feared.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:20 PM (qIyYj)

355 Speaking of Japan, can any engineers explain why the Japanese put parking garages on top of buildings while Americans place buildings on top of parking garages?

Just in terms of ease of ingress and egress, I'd think ours is the better way. It's bad enough going around in circles for a floor or two.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

356 353 I thought that Piper was the cheerleader on this site.
Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

Picks up pom poms and goes home...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Zp5pW)

357 353 I thought that Piper was the cheerleader on this site.
Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 12:19 PM (77rzZ)

Nah, moved on to Fashion Tsarina and Life Coach.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Gqar8)

358 I saw Flippant Cheerleader open for the Go-Gos at the DC Armory in '83.

Posted by: ballistic at May 06, 2026 12:21 PM (oqH4h)

359 Just another reason to stop protecting the EU soviets and GTFO of NATO ASAP.

NATO has been a waste of treasure for the USA as in the end, western europe became communist anyway.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 06, 2026 12:22 PM (xvV+O)

360 346 You have the HQ pompoms, I assume?
Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Gqar

Always

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 12:18 PM (Zp5pW)

You know the rule.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:22 PM (qIyYj)

361 67% Say Cost of Living in Democrat-Run New York Is “Out of Control”

-
Gooder and harder.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 12:22 PM (ndZc7)

362 Ted Turner est mort.

Will the funeral be colorized?

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 12:23 PM (gtcuf)

363 Speaking of Japan, can any engineers explain why the Japanese put parking garages on top of buildings while Americans place buildings on top of parking garages?
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey

Putting a parking garage on top of a building requires extra space and material for the access ramp unless you have a handy hill next to your building that you can just bridge from. Japan does have a fair number of hills to build next to.

Putting a parking garage under a building, while it does make the building more vulnerable to terrorist demolition, also maximizes the retail space in the building above it, and if you're dumb enough to build on a flood plain, assists in preventing water damage to said retail spaces.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 06, 2026 12:23 PM (vJrRc)

364 362 Ted Turner est mort.

Will the funeral be colorized?
Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 12:23 PM (gtcuf)

No Colored!!!

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Gqar8)

365 Okay so 20% of the 16% of registered voters in Indiana voted Republican is overperforming? I honestly thought it was more Republican.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:24 PM (EcHpA)

366 I love UFO but never took to their cover of "Alone Again Or."

I guess I just have that song inextricably linked with Love in my mind.

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 12:24 PM (gtcuf)

367
and if you're dumb enough to build on a flood plain

*New Orleans has entered the chat*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 06, 2026 12:24 PM (y9nCu)

368 Putting a parking garage under a building, while it does make the building more vulnerable to terrorist demolition, also maximizes the retail space in the building above it, and if you're dumb enough to build on a flood plain, assists in preventing water damage to said retail spaces.

Tokyo is built on the Kanto plain, so I imagine that's a big consideration for them.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

369 New one:

The Long-Awaited Defenestration of the Philosopher Kings

Posted by: Archimedes at May 06, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

370 362 Ted Turner est mort.

Will the funeral be colorized?
Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 12:23 PM (gtcuf)

It'll be a SuperFuneral.

I'll show myself out.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 06, 2026 12:25 PM (/k+lW)

371 Posted by: 18-1 at May 06, 2026 12:13 PM (sKqQm)

The true Christians are the ones who always go on about what every other Christian is doing wrong.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:26 PM (qIyYj)

372 Tokyo is built on the Kanto plain, so I imagine that's a big consideration for them.
Posted by: Archimedes

Tokyo, allegedly, has massive drainage and flood control vaults all under the city. Like, "could contain most of the water in Tokyo Bay" massive.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 06, 2026 12:26 PM (vJrRc)

373 I love UFO but never took to their cover of "Alone Again Or."

I guess I just have that song inextricably linked with Love in my mind.
Posted by: Delurker

Well, considering Love's Bryan McLean wrote it, yeah.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 06, 2026 12:26 PM (W5mpo)

374 Real men don't need creatine because they live alone in the woods, eating animals that they kill with their bare hands,
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I'm not above using a sharpened stick.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 06, 2026 12:26 PM (XeU6L)

375 Putting a parking garage under a building, while it does make the building more vulnerable to terrorist demolition, also maximizes the retail space in the building above it...

I wonder what the per-area weight load is for garage space compared to retail, living, or office space. Especially with EVs. Although that raises the question of EV fires which would likely be less dangerous on a top floor than a bottom. Lots of considerations and trade-offs.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 12:27 PM (vTZFs)

376 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 12:27 PM (bss/y)

377 The true Christians are the ones who always go on about what every other Christian is doing wrong.

Posted by: ...

Aha!! Ellipsis is really David French!

Posted by: Oddbob at May 06, 2026 12:28 PM (vTZFs)

378 Real men don't need creatine because they live alone in the woods, eating animals that they kill with their bare hands,
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I'm not above using a sharpened stick.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Well, lah-di-dah look at the fancy fellow with his sharpened stick.

Bare hands were good enough for our ancestors!

Posted by: Luddite Cavemen at May 06, 2026 12:28 PM (vJrRc)

379 "67% Say Cost of Living in Democrat-Run New York Is “Out of Control”
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You ain't seen nothing yet baby!!

Posted by: Mayor Momdaddy PBUM at May 06, 2026 12:29 PM (xvV+O)

380 I just envision somebody running out of a building during an earthquake and getting hit by a car that just rolled off the 5th story.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 12:29 PM (EcHpA)

381 Posted by: FeatherBlade

This is a good answer, but not terrorism. earthquakes.

The problem with a parking garage on the bottom is that they would have to go around the columns and that is very difficult.

US often build with what is called a "weak story" that collapses in an earthquake from shear load. There is also the problem of height and fire -- fire laws make it difficult to put underneath, and height is limited.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 06, 2026 12:29 PM (T7g1h)

382 On May 1, Amsterdam became the world's first capital city to ban ads for fossil fuel products and meat.
But hookers and drugs are perfectly fine. 'Cause no carbon footprint. /eyeroll/

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 12:29 PM (nft6E)

383 I would imagine that putting a garage under a building as opposed to above it is largely an aesthetic consideration. It's not pleasant to look at a skyline and see a bunch of parking garages. Also if you're investing in high-floor office or residential space as a status symbol (which it is), would you rather know you're on the highest floor in the building or know that you're under six stories of...cars?

Posted by: ballistic at May 06, 2026 12:30 PM (oqH4h)

384 UFO files have been delivered to WHOM?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Cqx++)

385 379.
You ain't seen nothing yet baby!!
Posted by: Mayor Momdaddy PBUM

Like C19, I'm becoming more suspicious the intention is actually to nudge residents - the neediest in particular - from NYC to Pennsylvania.

It's been the pattern for decades.
-----
As of early 2026, Pennsylvania continues to be a top destination for New Yorkers looking for a lower cost of living and more space, with the Philadelphia metro area and eastern Pennsylvania remaining popular spots. Driven by high taxes and affordability issues in New York, thousands have made the move and stayed, with some moving to the Keystone State to secure larger homes and a lower cost of living, while retaining relatively easy access to NYC. (AI Overview)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 06, 2026 12:43 PM (NFX2v)

386 The whole, voting your conscience for elected officials is a misunderstanding.

You vote the conscience of your constituents or you are gone.

Period.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 06, 2026 12:47 PM (XV/Pl)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Le train de nuit
Paul Delvaux

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:30 AM (MIar9)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

3 And I'm lookin.....

At yo tittays!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Le train de nut.

Bofa deez nuts.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (MIar9)

5 Here we go!

Posted by: Bush lovers everywhere at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

6 A train? Well, Ok then.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 09:32 AM (UDVNT)

7 Goodness. And it's only Wednesday. Bush Wednesday is a thing?

Posted by: Mr Wolf at May 06, 2026 09:32 AM (OS/Fq)

8 Running a train this week

Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 09:32 AM (uWwhL)

9 And the train theme continues.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

10 No ottomans?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 09:32 AM (AvxYT)

11 This appears to be an entirely different train from last week's locomotive.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 09:32 AM (0nHVk)

12 Chilly in that waiting room.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 09:32 AM (RIvkX)

13 Running a train this week
Posted by: gKWVE

AOC thanks you.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:33 AM (MIar9)

14 Heh.

She's making the move that the sorority chick was making when Bluto was peeping.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

15 Three nekkids for the price of two.

Posted by: Bargain at May 06, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

16 I should have expected this from CBD, as part of the "train" theme

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

17 And the train theme continues.

But not the locomotive breath.

Posted by: Jethro Tull at May 06, 2026 09:33 AM (EJWxb)

18 Yesterday's Art was a treasure. Today's is tawdry, unworthy of a Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: Knew It Couldn't Last at May 06, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

19 In before the comment observing that the carpet doesn't always match the drapes.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 06, 2026 09:33 AM (0sNs1)

20 Carpet =/= Drapes

Posted by: Oglebay at May 06, 2026 09:33 AM (2ap+5)

21 Looks to me like that prone chick has had too much Night Train already.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:34 AM (ndZc7)

22 Runnin' train on a train.

Is that like crossing the streams?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

23 Beaver season

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 06, 2026 09:34 AM (Kt19C)

24 Carpet =/= Drapes
Posted by: Oglebay

Doesn't match. At least, for the bottle blonde standing.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:34 AM (MIar9)

25 Are those the little bushes Bob Ross was always referring to?

Posted by: Art newbie at May 06, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

26 No 'Revenge Of The Nerds' references?

Posted by: Don Black at May 06, 2026 09:35 AM (ZxPkt)

27 We've got BUSH!

Posted by: Booger at May 06, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

28 Looks to me like that prone chick has had too much Night Train already.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

She's ready for some Soul Train!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:35 AM (MIar9)

29 I have been in very few train stations, at night or otherwise. But I have to say I have never seen patrons like these.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

30 should have expected this from CBD, as part of the "train" theme

Training bra?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 06, 2026 09:35 AM (Kt19C)

31 Ask me about our high-speed trains!

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at May 06, 2026 09:36 AM (d9i2R)

32 Casey Jones loves this railroad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 09:36 AM (jehhT)

33 Totally different kind of train today.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 06, 2026 09:36 AM (SpnWf)

34 So, why isn’t the chick on the left nekkid too?

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

35 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at May 06, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

36 The girl in the mirror is the reflection of the one standing at left; so, only two nudes.

Not complainin'.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

37 Beautiful art! Would make me proud to be hung. 😄

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 06, 2026 09:36 AM (g8Ew8)

38 No.

Just no.

No.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 06, 2026 09:36 AM (zBgIx)

39 Ask me about our high-speed trains!
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at May 06, 2026 09:36 AM (d9i2R)

I do find it hysterical that Maher jumped his shit on that. "ENOUGH with the TRAIN!!"

LULZ

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

40 So, why isn’t the chick on the left nekkid too?

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

House Madame.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

41 I saw a comprehensive exhibit of this dude's ouvre in Brussels about 28 years ago. Appropriately, it was held in a train station. Artist had an intense experience in a train station as a boy. Almost all his paintings feature trains and many of them have nudes as well. Don't know what it all means but the guy could paint. He was roughly contemporary with Magritte.

Posted by: Martin Tell at May 06, 2026 09:37 AM (sFNX2)

42 Y'all realize that this is part of CBD's ongoing Moron training effort, right?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 06, 2026 09:37 AM (0sNs1)

43 What does the title mean in English?

Posted by: Too lazy to look it up at May 06, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

44 So, it's true that the girls in France don't wear any underpants?

Posted by: Or Anything Else at May 06, 2026 09:38 AM (oftw2)

45 CBD loves us and wants us to be happy!

Posted by: Oedipus at May 06, 2026 09:38 AM (Z6vKV)

46 So, it's true that the girls in France don't wear any underpants?
Posted by: Or Anything Else at May 06, 2026 09:38 AM (oftw2)

Nor shave.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

47 So, why isn’t the chick on the left nekkid too?
Posted by: Bulg

Looks to be an employee of the railroad. She's the bartender.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:39 AM (MIar9)

48 Disgusting...

Posted by: Barney Fag, Almost Dead at May 06, 2026 09:39 AM (mC7bQ)

49 A train pic with boobs. Who'd a thought it.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (sl73Y)

50 Le train de nuit

That's what I'm talkin' about!

Posted by: Zombie "Night Train" Lane at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (d9i2R)

51 Ahh.... the train's outside the door. This must be the "waiting room."

What to do while waiting.... what.... to..... do....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (jehhT)

52 Obligatory: https://is.gd/AYatw7

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (BI5O2)

53
This won't do. Not at all.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (HdYcL)

54 *Artist had an intense experience in a train station as a boy.*
++++

Dear Penthouse Forum,...

Posted by: Paul Delvaux at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

55 Itchi Gitchi Ya Ya Da Da
Itchi Gitchi Ya Ya here...

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (XuXeR)

56 "Boy, those French! They have a different nude for everything!’

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (9Kqhl)

57 train!

Posted by: cmeat at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+)

58 We had another painting with this less talented Belgian surrealist a few weeks ago. It was the one with some nudes in a forest and some scientific dudes in the foreground ignoring them to look at a fossil.

Personally I much prefer Magritte when it comes to Belgian surrealism.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (Dg7ng)

59
Nor shave.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

__________

Nor bathe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 09:41 AM (HdYcL)

60 That's not a mirror image. -1 point for inauthenticity.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 06, 2026 09:41 AM (0sNs1)

61 Has the train left the station?

Posted by: dantesed at May 06, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

62 So, where are the customers?

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

63 I'd say this is NSFW, but I work from home....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 06, 2026 09:42 AM (gnNyN)

64 Complete with hairy armpits

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 09:42 AM (Zp5pW)

65 there we go!

Posted by: Don Black at May 06, 2026 09:42 AM (ZxPkt)

66
Bon voyeurage! - a limerick

There once was a traveler named Rose
Who'd take a train wherever it goes
But imagine her chagrin
When the journey begins
And she'd neglected to pack any clothes!

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 09:42 AM (I0N4X)

67 A train pic with boobs. Who'd a thought it.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 06, 2026 09:40 AM (sl73Y)

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* Donkey-Chompers has entered the orgy *

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:43 AM (9Kqhl)

68 From wiki:

Night train-

Delvaux painted this artwork at a time when he felt trapped in a loveless marriage. He wished "to paint boredom, sadness and the desire to get away from it all... There is this nostalgic aspect about waiting rooms where people pass by briefly before leaving... I tried to capture the beauty of the waiting room in an empty station. People are not necessary, for a station has its own life"

According to Christie's, this work is "a powerful poetic expression of the overwhelming sense of paralysis and imprisonment Delvaux was experiencing at the time":

Depicting the stillness and ennui of a station waiting room infused with the languid erotic mystery of a sleeping nude and a lone train pulling into a station, the picture's main subject seems to be the articulation of a terrifying emptiness. The moonlit station clock and the empty gaze of the upright receptionist sitting to attention at her desk, echoed by her reflection in the mirror, seem to emphasize the frozen nature of time and space extending into infinity, while the nude lies bored and restless underneath a bleak sign advertising the endless cycle of arrivals and departures.[1

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

69
Blonde: "I bet your little Asian fish head wife doesn't have cannons like these."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:43 AM (BI5O2)

70 Hello, girls!!!!

Posted by: Blind Man walking past the fish market at May 06, 2026 09:43 AM (M47W0)

71 *There once was a traveler named Rose
Who'd take a train wherever it goes*
---
She wanted a train at midnight.
Going anywhere.

Posted by: Journey at May 06, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

72 Did the blond get an eyebrow transplant from Leonid Breznhev?

Posted by: tankdemon at May 06, 2026 09:44 AM (SpnWf)

73 quel fromage.

Posted by: cmeat at May 06, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)

74 Down by the station
Early in the morning.
See the little pufferbellies
All in a row.....

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 06, 2026 09:44 AM (g8Ew8)

75 And she'd neglected to pack any clothes!

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 09:42 AM (I0N4X)

-----------

Nothing worse than dreams where suddenly you find yourself somewhere in public -- like at work -- and not wearing any clothes.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:44 AM (9Kqhl)

76 No comments about the hardwood floors?!

Posted by: dantesed at May 06, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)

77 Wait -- it's Wednesday, not Nudesday!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 09:46 AM (5xoct)

78 Since Hordians have already quoted Booger from Revenge of the Nerds I've got nothing.
Like this one though , would hang. In a private place.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 09:46 AM (gu0hJ)

79 I thought that was a mirror in the background, but the reflection is wrong.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 06, 2026 09:46 AM (SpnWf)

80 No cigarettes. Not French.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 09:46 AM (AvxYT)

81 There must have been at least one Roundhouse Brothel somewhere and sometime in history.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:47 AM (9Kqhl)

82 Has the train not yet left the station? There is no suggestion of motion as I would expect for a running train.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 06, 2026 09:47 AM (toBJA)

83
And here I thought that Night Train was a fortified libation (whose time, alas, has passed)

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:47 AM (xG4kz)

84 She wanted a train at midnight.
Going anywhere.
Posted by: Journey at May 06, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

That's what's missing, the singer in a smokay room!

Posted by: Rex B at May 06, 2026 09:48 AM (rgnea)

85 >>And she'd neglected to pack any clothes!

All aboard the Disorient Express!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 09:48 AM (5xoct)

86 Today's is tawdry, unworthy of a Smart Military Blog.

Posted by: Knew It Couldn't Last at May 06, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

The hotair.com art thread has many fine, upstanding and moral commenters. Perhaps that is where you should go.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2026 09:49 AM (iERP6)

87
Oui, m'sieur! Some places ensure your obedience by taking ze passport, but here zay take ze clothes!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:49 AM (xG4kz)

88 Tell me more about this dream where you're naked and afraid on a train: were there **dramatic pause** tunnels!?!

Posted by: Freud at May 06, 2026 09:49 AM (5xoct)

89 They could replace The Continental hotel with something like this in the next John Wick flick.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:49 AM (9Kqhl)

90 Trains AND boobs!

I will never get tired of all this winning!

Posted by: Wally at May 06, 2026 09:50 AM (0e5Te)

91 > And here I thought that Night Train was a fortified libation (whose time, alas, has passed)
--------
Yeah... in 2016 I think. I have fond memories of a time way before that tho' that included a few bottles of Night Train here and there.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 09:50 AM (jehhT)

92
I said, train kept a-rolling all night long
Train kept a-rolling all night long
Train kept a-rolling all night long
Train kept a-rolling all night long
With a heave, and a ho
But I just couldn't tell her so, no, no, no

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:50 AM (xG4kz)

93 Train art with no cabooses is always a disappointment.

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-Lot at May 06, 2026 09:51 AM (oftw2)

94 Me every morning peeking in at the Art Thread:

https://youtu.be/xsN40iv5nzg

Posted by: tankdemon at May 06, 2026 09:51 AM (SpnWf)

95
Tell me more about this dream where you're naked and afraid on a train: were there **dramatic pause** tunnels!?!
Posted by: Freud

And was the train cycling between running forward and then running in reverse? And was it electric, by any chance?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:52 AM (xG4kz)

96 quelle?

Posted by: cmeat at May 06, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)

97 Alternate title:

"Sadly, All Indiana Republican Losers Were Excluded From The Trump Sexy Victory Train"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 06, 2026 09:53 AM (iJfKG)

98 Pearls, clutched, CBD.

Posted by: tubal at May 06, 2026 09:53 AM (Gqar8)

99 >>They could replace The Continental hotel with something like this in the next John Wick flick.

Just please, not the White Hotel!
Think that's the novel I had to read in college European Lit - "The White Hotel."

Posted by: Freud at May 06, 2026 09:53 AM (5xoct)

100 Tell me more about this dream where you're naked and afraid on a train: were there **dramatic pause** tunnels!?!

Posted by: Freud at May 06, 2026 09:49 AM (5xoct)

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Rhythmic movements?

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:53 AM (9Kqhl)

101
Rhythmic movements?
Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:53 AM (9Kqhl)

For when she lays there like a dead fish.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

102
The hotair.com art thread has many fine, upstanding and moral commenters. Perhaps that is where you should go.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Who was the prig that expressed similar sentiments in times past? "... Conservative something something something"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:54 AM (xG4kz)

103 Woo Hoo! Fourth time I have been sent to the Hot Air Vibrant Art Thread by CBD. I'll be on Cloud Nine all day.

Posted by: Glutton For Punishment at May 06, 2026 09:55 AM (oftw2)

104 Posted by: Glutton For Punishment at May 06, 2026 09:55 AM (oftw2)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 06, 2026 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

105 And was the train cycling between running forward and then running in reverse? And was it electric, by any chance?
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:52 AM (xG4kz)

Was the locomotive groaning with the effort? Were the couplers crashing against each other?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 06, 2026 09:55 AM (g8Ew8)

106 We have BUSH!

Posted by: Booger at May 06, 2026 09:56 AM (53oGX)

107 were there **dramatic pause** tunnels!?!

Posted by: Freud "

Just cigars....

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:56 AM (XuXeR)

108 As a Concerned Christian Conservative, I approve.

Posted by: Concerned Christian Conservative (TM) at May 06, 2026 09:57 AM (TezPK)

109 The details of the room are much more interesting than the nudes, IMHO.

Posted by: Shady Rest Hotel at May 06, 2026 09:57 AM (oftw2)

110
"I'm Smokay, You're Smokay" would be a cheesy title for a newsletter focused on cigar aficionados.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:57 AM (xG4kz)

111 And was the train cycling between running forward and then running in reverse? And was it electric, by any chance?
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot

Was the locomotive groaning with the effort? Were the couplers crashing against each other?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

In & out of the tunnel. In & out. In. And. Out.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:57 AM (MIar9)

112 Nudes are fine in art but these are rather unattractive slutty nudes....The Artist should have shopped around for better nudes.... Or is this his vengeance against women ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 09:57 AM (Zp5pW)

113 "I'm Smokay, You're Smokay" would be a cheesy title for a newsletter focused on cigar aficionados.
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot

Golf clap.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:58 AM (MIar9)

114 Call the gardener. The shrubbery is getting overgrown.

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 06, 2026 09:58 AM (TezPK)

115 Sharp as a tack!

May 4th: Kamala Harris endorses Karen Bass, claims she's fixing homelessness crisis.

May 5th: Homeless start a fire beneath the 110 freeway, creating the SECOND indefinite closure of a major freeway during Karen Bass’ time as mayor of Los Angeles.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

116
Was the locomotive groaning with the effort? Were the couplers crashing against each other?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

ROFLMAO!

Too perfect!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:59 AM (xG4kz)

117 There's a long black train
Coming down the line
Feeding off the souls that are lost and cryin'
Rails of sin only evil remains
Watch out brother for that long black train . . .

Well I can hear the whistle from a mile away
It sounds so good but I must stay away
That train is a beauty making everybody stare
But its only destination is the middle of nowhere

Posted by: Josh Turner at May 06, 2026 09:59 AM (5xoct)

118 Was the locomotive groaning with the effort? Were the couplers crashing against each other?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

***********

Wait, I'm confused. So are we saying that a pulsating train engine and a tunnel, with rhythmic repetitive movements and intermittent grunting is a metaphor for pickleball?

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:00 AM (I0N4X)

119 I think I can I think I can.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 10:00 AM (AvxYT)

120
Wait, I'm confused. So are we saying that a pulsating train engine and a tunnel, with rhythmic repetitive movements and intermittent grunting is a metaphor for pickleball?
Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:00 AM (I0N4X

LOL... Coffee through the nose...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 10:00 AM (Zp5pW)

121 Call the gardener. The shrubbery is getting overgrown.

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 06, 2026 09:58 AM (TezPK)

--------------

Two advantages of being male:
. never having to give birth; and
. never needing to get a bikini wax (at least for most of us).

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:01 AM (9Kqhl)

122 >>Was the locomotive groaning with the effort? Were the couplers crashing against each other?

And did it release big bursts of - - - steam!?!?

Posted by: Freud at May 06, 2026 10:01 AM (5xoct)

123 80 gauloises

Posted by: cmeat at May 06, 2026 10:02 AM (R11M+)

124 Who knew Midwesterner jumped nics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 10:02 AM (LWGzg)

125
Tonight! Here, for the first time!

Secrets of the Long Branch Saloon and Miss Kitty!

Now we know why Marshal Dillon spoke often of "getting his revolver serviced" (which the willfully naive among us herd as "getting his service revolver").

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 10:02 AM (xG4kz)

126 Wait, I'm confused. So are we saying that a pulsating train engine and a tunnel, with rhythmic repetitive movements and intermittent grunting is a metaphor for pickleball?

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:00 AM (I0N4X)

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See, there's no way any "AI" would ever come up with such insights ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:03 AM (9Kqhl)

127 126 Wait, I'm confused. So are we saying that a pulsating train engine and a tunnel, with rhythmic repetitive movements and intermittent grunting is a metaphor for pickleball?

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:00 AM (I0N4X)

======

*perks up*
-Alfred Hitchcock

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 10:03 AM (LWGzg)

128 Sans Petticoat Junction.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 06, 2026 10:03 AM (NYInA)

129 >>Wait, I'm confused. So are we saying that a pulsating train engine and a tunnel, with rhythmic repetitive movements and intermittent grunting is a metaphor for pickleball?

or making sourdough?

Posted by: Freud at May 06, 2026 10:04 AM (5xoct)

130
The gal on the right had great boobs
The center gal wished to get screwed
The one on the left
Said "Don't be a pest.
You may touch but don't stare like a rube!"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 06, 2026 10:04 AM (iJfKG)

131
"herd"

Well, okay then

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 10:05 AM (xG4kz)

132 Sharp as a tack!

May 4th: Kamala Harris endorses Karen Bass, claims she's fixing homelessness crisis.

May 5th: Homeless start a fire beneath the 110 freeway, creating the SECOND indefinite closure of a major freeway during Karen Bass’ time as mayor of Los Angeles.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

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May 6th: In a show of unity -- Harris, Bass, and Newsom all come out in favor of and endorse the right to homeless arson.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:06 AM (9Kqhl)

133 Potayto potahto, let's call the whole thing off!

JUST NOW: California governor candidate Katie Porter FLAT OUT ADMITS IT

Illegal aliens “are one of the only ways California has been GROWING in recent years”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)

134 Over 100- OT

Woke up to 3 inches of snow on the ground and more on the way all day, maybe as much as 10", high temp today around 33 °. Coffee in hand and fireplace crackling. Dogs and wife taking mid-morning nap. Summer must be just around the corner.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:07 AM (I0N4X)

135 We all know that it was Festus who was doing Kitty, not Matt.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

136
WUT? Art

"Still Life With Mannikins"

"Never Before Heard Recording of Mimes Singing"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 10:09 AM (xG4kz)

137 127 126 Wait, I'm confused. So are we saying that a pulsating train engine and a tunnel, with rhythmic repetitive movements and intermittent grunting is a metaphor for pickleball?

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:00 AM (I0N4X)

======

*perks up*
-Alfred Hitchcock
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 10:03 AM (LWGzg)

Before the title name change and reshoots,

"Strangers on a Pickleball Court" looked to be a box office failure.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 06, 2026 10:09 AM (iJfKG)

138 The gal on the right had great boobs
The center gal wished to get screwed
The one on the left
Said "Don't be a pest.
You may touch but don't stare like a rube!"

Posted by: naturalfake

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

Nice, but you might have used a little lube...

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

139 godot arriving any minute.

Posted by: cmeat at May 06, 2026 10:09 AM (R11M+)

140 JUST NOW: California governor candidate Katie Porter FLAT OUT ADMITS IT

Illegal aliens “are one of the only ways California has been GROWING in recent years”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)

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And "ELECTING" Democrats, but mostly ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:09 AM (9Kqhl)

141 Woke up to 3 inches of snow on the ground and more on the way all day, maybe as much as 10", high temp today around 33 °. Coffee in hand and fireplace crackling. Dogs and wife taking mid-morning nap.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:07 AM (I0N4X)

That makes me quite jealous!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2026 10:10 AM (iERP6)

142 Hmm

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 06, 2026 10:10 AM (rRYcy)

143 U.S. Becomes World’s Biggest Oil Producer During Strait of Hormuz Crisis
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Trump gets lucky again!

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 10:10 AM (qIyYj)

144
Ken Curtis, who played Festus, also played Dermott McFahy (and an accordion) in "The Quiet Man"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 10:10 AM (xG4kz)

145 Good grief, Muldoon, that’s insane.

Who in the Politburo did you piss off to get sent to Siberia?

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

146 What happened to her other foot?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 06, 2026 10:11 AM (syz1S)

147
What happened to her other foot?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

It's getting a toe job

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 10:12 AM (xG4kz)

148 Bwahahahahahahaha!

French nudist resort being overrun by international swingers who are banging on the beach

The Sun reports that it has taken on a much more hedonistic vibe over the years. The newer "lifestyle visitors" aren't just interested in walking around with everything out without a care in the world. They're "engaging in sex acts along a stretch of beach where anything goes."

https://tinyurl.com/4prczd5n

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 10:13 AM (MIar9)

149 That makes me quite jealous!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

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

I'm keeping the wife and the coffee, but you are welcome to the snow and the wet dogs.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:13 AM (I0N4X)

150 What happened to her other foot?
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

Diabeetus.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 10:13 AM (MIar9)

151 Before the title name change and reshoots,

"Strangers on a Pickleball Court" looked to be a box office failure.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 06, 2026 10:09 AM (iJfKG)

-----------

"To Catch A Doof"

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:13 AM (9Kqhl)

152 If that supposed “memo” is true the end result of the war will be Iran promises to not build nukes and the US gives Iran some money. No regime change.

I think I’ve seen this movie before.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:13 AM (5Yz+T)

153 Nudes are fine in art but these are rather unattractive slutty nudes....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 09:57 AM (Zp5pW)

This is genuinely puzzling to me. What makes a nude woman "slutty?"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2026 10:14 AM (iERP6)

154 Two advantages of being male:
. never having to give birth; and
. never needing to get a bikini wax (at least for most of us).
Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:01 AM
+++++

. you can wear a white T-shirt to a water park
. one mood. All the time.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 10:14 AM (2Ez/1)

155 Head to the mountains....

Buuuuuuuschhhhhhhh........

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 06, 2026 10:14 AM (dmDsy)

156 your backyard patio after the storm

https://tinyurl.com/yrkydvfj

Posted by: Don Black at May 06, 2026 10:15 AM (ZxPkt)

157 Hair pie!!

Posted by: Toshiro Takashi at May 06, 2026 10:16 AM (2r+jB)

158 What makes a nude woman "slutty?"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

**********

The location and time of day?

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:16 AM (I0N4X)

159 >>This is genuinely puzzling to me. What makes a nude woman "slutty?"

Okay, if you really want to know. . .

Posted by: Larry Flynt at May 06, 2026 10:16 AM (5xoct)

160 Bwahahahahahahaha!

French nudist resort being overrun by international swingers who are banging on the beach

The Sun reports that it has taken on a much more hedonistic vibe over the years. The newer "lifestyle visitors" aren't just interested in walking around with everything out without a care in the world. They're "engaging in sex acts along a stretch of beach where anything goes."

https://tinyurl.com/4prczd5n
Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 10:13 AM (MIar9)

In other news, there has been a sudden unexplained massive increase in the number of sheep, donkeys, and camels on French nude beaches.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 06, 2026 10:16 AM (iJfKG)

161 We're scheduled for two whole days of warm, gentle ladylike rain here.

Woe is me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 10:16 AM (BI5O2)

162 Hate speech from Marco Rubio.

My hope for America is what it's always been. I think it's the hope I hope we all share.

We want it to continue to be the place where anyone from anywhere can achieve anything. Where you're not limited by the circumstances of your birth, by the color of your skin, by your ethnicity, but frankly it's a place where you are able to overcome challenges and achieve your full potential.

I think that should be the goal of every country in the world, frankly, but I think in the U.S. we're not perfect, our history is not one of perfection, but it's still better than anybody else's history; and ours is a story of perpetual improvement. Each generation has left the next generation of Americans freer, more prosperous, safer, and that is our goal as well.

But it is a unique and exceptional country, and as we come upon this 250-year anniversary, I think we have a lot to learn and be proud of in our history. It is one of perpetual and continuous improvement where each generation has done its part to bring us closer to fulfilling the vision that the founders of this country had upon its founding.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

163 The brakeman waves from the red caboose....

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 06, 2026 10:17 AM (BSf6P)

164 French nudist resort being overrun by international swingers who are banging on the beach

---------------

Gives a whole new meaning to "Beach Blanket Babylon."

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:17 AM (9Kqhl)

165 slutty is only implied as the madame may be open for bidnis.

Posted by: cmeat at May 06, 2026 10:17 AM (R11M+)

166 We're scheduled for two whole days of warm, gentle ladylike rain here.

Woe is me.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Moist?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 10:17 AM (MIar9)

167 Moistened bints?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 10:18 AM (AvxYT)

168 Please read my latest novel, "Cellophane Bikinis"...

Posted by: Seymour Hair at May 06, 2026 10:19 AM (dmDsy)

169 I guess it's carpet then...

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 06, 2026 10:19 AM (EneHm)

170 Well it beats a nudist resort being overrun by hijabs

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:19 AM (MntWt)

171
Moist?
Posted by: rickb223

Dewy.

I was so informed by fair ladies in South Carolina during my time living there.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 10:19 AM (xG4kz)

172 Moistened bint

A phrase never used in conjunction with Felonious von Pantsuits or Greta von Thule.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 06, 2026 10:21 AM (MntWt)

173 Sounds good until you get there.

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at May 06, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

174 Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:13 AM (5Yz+T)

Because axios etc articles from "anonymously sourced officials" are even remotely reliable sources of information?

If only there was a way for us to know what's going on in Trump's head. Too bad he never says what's on his mind, or what is going on anywhere, or what he is thinking about doing - until he changes, we have to rely on anonymous sources to enlighten us.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 10:21 AM (qIyYj)

175 I recall hearing that some Indian tribe or another uses two different gendered nouns for rain. The feminine one us for rain like I'm having today, and the masculine one is for the toad-strangling gullywashers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 10:21 AM (BI5O2)

176 I guess it's carpet then...
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at May 06, 2026 10:19 AM (EneHm)

Now we'll have to deal with cat hair too.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 06, 2026 10:21 AM (g8Ew8)

177 What makes a nude woman "slutty?"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2026 10:14 AM (iERP6)

Women have a built-in slutdar

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 10:22 AM (qIyYj)

178 What makes a nude woman "slutty?"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2026 10:14 AM
++++
I can illustrate with a Venn diagram.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at May 06, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)

179 >>French nudist resort being overrun by international swingers who are banging on the beach

What's sad is my first reaction was "phew, it's only the hedonists, not the headchoppers!"

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 10:25 AM (5xoct)

180 I recall hearing that some Indian tribe or another uses two different gendered nouns for rain. The feminine one us for rain like I'm having today, and the masculine one is for the toad-strangling gullywashers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 10:21 AM (BI5O2)

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"The he was angry that day, my friends ..."

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:25 AM (9Kqhl)

181 There's a lurking slut in every woman. A man's purpose is to make that slut jump up and start tap dancing.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 06, 2026 10:26 AM (g8Ew8)

182 Because axios etc articles from "anonymously sourced officials" are even remotely reliable sources of information?

If only there was a way for us to know what's going on in Trump's head. Too bad he never says what's on his mind, or what is going on anywhere, or what he is thinking about doing - until he changes, we have to rely on anonymous sources to enlighten us.
Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 10:21 AM (qIyYj)

I prefaced it with “if it’s true”.

Trump keep saying he’ll bomb Iran a lot of they don’t do stuff he wants. And he keeps not doing it after they ignore his demands. So what is on his mind?

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:26 AM (5Yz+T)

183 I saw Toad-Strangling Gullywashers. open for Toad the Wet Sprocket in '92 at Rockin' on the River.

Unfortunately, due to an ugly backstage incident involving the lead singer, the main event had to be canceled. An unfortunate juxtaposition as it were.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:26 AM (I0N4X)

184 Someday a (masculine) rain will come...

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 10:26 AM (qIyYj)

185 I saw Toad-strangling Gullywashers open for Imagine Dragon at Red Rocks in 2012!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 10:26 AM (5xoct)

186 We all know that it was Festus who was doing Kitty, not Matt.
Posted by: Bulg

My name is Chester
I work for Matt Dillon
I earn two dollars a day
I go see Miss Kitty
I play with her titty
She takes my two dollars away

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

187 Mazola corn goodness.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 10:27 AM (AvxYT)

188 Some folks clearly have not patronized the Flatbush Waxing Salon lately.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:28 AM (Kyh8Y)

189 I prefaced it with “if it’s true”.

Trump keep saying he’ll bomb Iran a lot of they don’t do stuff he wants. And he keeps not doing it after they ignore his demands. So what is on his mind?

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:26 AM (5Yz+T)

You did - but my point is it's axios and anonymous sources which you know damn well means its 98% guaranteed to be false enough to be useless.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 10:28 AM (qIyYj)

190 May all their children be masculine.

Posted by: Martin Tell at May 06, 2026 10:29 AM (sFNX2)

191 French nudist resort being overrun by international swingers who are banging on the beach.

Okay. But doesn't the sand infiltrate all the moving parts to everyone's discomfort?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:30 AM (Kyh8Y)

192 I can illustrate with a Venn diagram.

**********

It's not just the Venn. It's also the Where, the Who With, and the How often.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 10:30 AM (I0N4X)

193 a slut is a gal who will do anybody.
a whore is one who will do anyone but me.

Posted by: cmeat at May 06, 2026 10:31 AM (R11M+)

194 Rest in Piss, Ted Turner, you old bastard.

Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 10:31 AM (iXqHn)

195 >>It's not just the Venn. It's also the Where, the Who With, and the How often.

Lol!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 10:32 AM (5xoct)

196 Rest in Piss, Ted Turner, you old bastard.

Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 10:31 AM (iXqHn)

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And take Hanoi Jane with you ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:32 AM (9Kqhl)

197 Weird. Daddy no likey.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 06, 2026 10:32 AM (DgMqy)

198 My rain has they/them pronouns.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)

199 urinal cake jane.

Posted by: cmeat at May 06, 2026 10:33 AM (R11M+)

200 French nudist resort being overrun by international swingers who are banging on the beach.

Okay. But doesn't the sand infiltrate all the moving parts to everyone's discomfort?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 06, 2026 10:30 AM (Kyh8Y)

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I'm imagining lots and lots of hammocks (autocorrect could have been dangerous there).

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:34 AM (9Kqhl)

201 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Just...dang!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 10:34 AM (2WIwB)

202 I always assumed fucking on the beach was part of the nudist beach lifestyle. Otherwise what’s the point?

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:35 AM (5Yz+T)

203 My rain has they/them pronouns.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)

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GIves new meaning to "gender-fluid."

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:35 AM (9Kqhl)

204 Ted Turner is mort?

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

205 152 If that supposed “memo” is true the end result of the war will be Iran promises to not build nukes and the US gives Iran some money. No regime change.

I think I’ve seen this movie before.
Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:13 AM (5Yz+T)

I don’t think they have a choice on regime change. Unless Iran intends to be governed via seance.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 10:36 AM (rkhDX)

206 204 Ted Turner is mort?
Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

Just died this morning.

Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 10:36 AM (iXqHn)

207 I always assumed fucking on the beach was part of the nudist beach lifestyle. Otherwise what’s the point?

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:35 AM (5Yz+T)

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Watching younger & fit women play nude volleyball can be mesmerizing.

Men? Not so much ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:36 AM (9Kqhl)

208 I bet she has a cute caboose.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 10:36 AM (2WIwB)

209 ICE agents storm Disney cruise docking in California and arrest multiple staff in front of stunned passengers

NY Post
https://is.gd/hkKoKb

I guess the Post hasn't got the word that they are now officially NICE.

But either way, the story is nice!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 06, 2026 10:37 AM (syz1S)

210 “Night Train” is a great GnR song about cheap liquor.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 10:38 AM (rkhDX)

211
The NICE Agents are coming!

The NICE Agents are coming!!!!

https://tinyurl.com/2wx5m3a9

This is hilarious.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 06, 2026 10:38 AM (iJfKG)

212 From the haloha deck.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 10:38 AM (AvxYT)

213 I don’t think they have a choice on regime change. Unless Iran intends to be governed via seance.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 10:36 AM (rkhDX)

Stranger things have happened.

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 06, 2026 10:39 AM (qIyYj)

214 206 204 Ted Turner is mort?
Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

Just died this morning.
Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 10:36 AM (iXqHn)

Ted Turner won the death pool?

I didn’t know he was sick! Medically, anyway.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 10:39 AM (rkhDX)

215 'Not one or two or three- but four boobs!'
-Zorg

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 06, 2026 10:40 AM (bss/y)

216 I heard he was dead.

Posted by: Duke of New York at May 06, 2026 10:40 AM (M47W0)

217 No one here thought Trump would go after Iran, not like he did.
I'm willing to give some grace on how he chooses to close it off.
Trump is a lot of things but poor negotiator is not one of those things, he knows what he wants out of this and he will not blink before getting it.
I'm even open to the possibility that Iran isn't the only focus in this action, and by only concerning oneself with Iran one could be missing something.

Posted by: Inogame at May 06, 2026 10:40 AM (53oGX)

218 Ted Turner gave us TCM, so I’ll give him that.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

219 I don’t think they have a choice on regime change. Unless Iran intends to be governed via seance.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 10:36 AM (rkhDX)

The IRGC is running Iran now. The IRGC will continue to run Iran until they are taken out violently. The Mullahs are already finished, and those left are IRGC hand puppets.

"Supreme Leader" Mojtaba has been dead for weeks. It suits the IRGC very nicely to have a Supreme Leader made out of cardboard, especially when they're the ones with all the guns.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 10:42 AM (rGqqI)

220 ICE agents storm Disney cruise docking in California and arrest multiple staff in front of stunned passengers

NY Post
https://is.gd/hkKoKb

I guess the Post hasn't got the word that they are now officially NICE.

But either way, the story is nice!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 06, 2026 10:37 AM (syz1S)

The “stunned” passenger reporting this, Dharma Mehta, is a bit “meta”.
I suppose that’s a bit cruel, too.

Posted by: RI Red at May 06, 2026 10:42 AM (jkyX4)

221 My dad hated very few people but he DESPISED Jane Fonda. Her and the Redgraves. All dumb commie bitches.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 10:42 AM (qIyYj)

222 Surprised about the cruise thing. Typically cruise lines hire foreigners but legally. Since all cruise ships are registered in Panama or other 3rd world countries.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:42 AM (5Yz+T)

223 You're telling me there will be no further Memo From Turner?

Posted by: Sir Mick Jagger at May 06, 2026 10:43 AM (oftw2)

224 > I bet she has a cute caboose.
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Loose.

Loose caboose.

Posted by: B-52's at May 06, 2026 10:43 AM (jehhT)

225 >>Rest in Piss, Ted Turner, you old bastard.

Ah, reminds me: had a family member graduate Harvard Law in the 90's. For the main graduation ceremony (there were also several separate ones for the law students), Ted Turner was the guest speaker. He was totally unprepared, and spent a lot of the "speech" recounting the diarrhea he had on the plane trip to MA. Absolute a$$hole behavior!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 10:43 AM (5xoct)

226 219 "Supreme Leader" Mojtaba has been dead for weeks. It suits the IRGC very nicely to have a Supreme Leader made out of cardboard, especially when they're the ones with all the guns.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 10:42 AM (rGqqI)

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The IRGC didn't import its Iraqi militias because it felt like it was strong.

And every indication is that the IRGC, the Basij, and militias are being targeted by guerillas within the country.

The oppression ramped up, but so has the counter reaction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 10:43 AM (LWGzg)

227 So, who's gonna tell senile jane?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 10:44 AM (XuXeR)

228 >>My dad hated very few people but he DESPISED Jane Fonda. Her and the Redgraves. All dumb commie bitches.

Yup.
Jane is still defiantly defending what she did. Old bird hasn't matured since her spoiled brat activist days. Sad!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 10:44 AM (5xoct)

229 Ted Turner gave us TCM, so I’ll give him that.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

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I was always a fan of the old black & white classic films -- likely because we only had a black & white television growing up.

We killed cable over two decades ago, but I did enjoy watching that channel -- especially when directors like Sydney Pollack would host and comment on the various old films aired.

I assume TCM is still around?

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:45 AM (9Kqhl)

230 Rest in Piss, Ted Turner, you old bastard.

Ah, reminds me: had a family member graduate Harvard Law in the 90's. For the main graduation ceremony (there were also several separate ones for the law students), Ted Turner was the guest speaker. He was totally unprepared, and spent a lot of the "speech" recounting the diarrhea he had on the plane trip to MA. Absolute a$$hole behavior!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 10:43 AM (5xoct)

Huh.

Most universities got Ted's Hemorrhoid Adventure Speech.

I guess Harvard Law didn't rate.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 06, 2026 10:45 AM (iJfKG)

231 Ah, reminds me: had a family member graduate Harvard Law in the 90's. For the main graduation ceremony (there were also several separate ones for the law students), Ted Turner was the guest speaker. He was totally unprepared, and spent a lot of the "speech" recounting the diarrhea he had on the plane trip to MA. Absolute a$$hole behavior!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 10:43 AM (

And I thought Mayor Ed Garza (San Antonio) was boring AF at my college graduation. I’d take that over that nonsense.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 10:45 AM (rkhDX)

232 Lynn Redgrave wasn’t a commie, was she? I thought she was the sensible one.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

233 >>You're telling me there will be no further Memo From Turner?

Nor Diaries!

Posted by: Andrew MacDonald at May 06, 2026 10:46 AM (5xoct)

234 229 I assume TCM is still around?

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:45 AM (9Kqhl)

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WB was going to shut it down. It caused some controversy. Apparently it was one of the only profitable parts of the company.

It's still around.

Some major directors took to some guest curating and introductions like Scorsese and Anderson.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 10:46 AM (LWGzg)

235 My dad hated very few people but he DESPISED Jane Fonda. Her and the Redgraves. All dumb commie bitches.
Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 10:42 AM (qIyYj)

He's not alone.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 10:46 AM (2WIwB)

236 > "Supreme Leader" Mojtaba has been dead for weeks. It suits the IRGC very nicely to have a Supreme Leader made out of cardboard, especially when they're the ones with all the guns.
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The IRGC has been the de facto government in Iran for decades. "Supreme Leader" is just Iranian horseshit for projecting some sort of legitimacy.

Posted by: B-52's at May 06, 2026 10:47 AM (jehhT)

237 I am conflicted about the NICE rebranding. I certainly approve of the job they are doing, but the "NICE" name can easily come off as Orwellian. And the bad guys in C.S. Lewis' "That Hideous Strength" were organized as NICE agency.

Posted by: Martin Tell at May 06, 2026 10:47 AM (sFNX2)

238 off bomber sock

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 10:47 AM (jehhT)

239 Jane Fonda is proof positive that a hot woman can get away with doing just about anything.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:47 AM (5Yz+T)

240 229. Shain, yes, it’s still around. About the only thing I watch anymore.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

241 228 >>My dad hated very few people but he DESPISED Jane Fonda. Her and the Redgraves. All dumb commie bitches.

Yup.
Jane is still defiantly defending what she did. Old bird hasn't matured since her spoiled brat activist days. Sad!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 10:44 AM (5xoct)

I learned about Hanoi Jane’s exploits in North Vietnam when I was 13. The war in Nam ended when I was born but damn I found her behavior repulsive even so. I can’t imagine how the actual Vietnam vets feel about the bitch.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 10:48 AM (rkhDX)

242 Perelandra.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 10:48 AM (AvxYT)

243 Surprised about the cruise thing. Typically cruise lines hire foreigners but legally. Since all cruise ships are registered in Panama or other 3rd world countries.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:42 AM (5Yz+T)

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Went on our first cruise (to Alaska) a couple years ago. Most of the workers (on Holland America) appeared to be Dot Indian -- even the bartenders. They all spoke English and were polite, good, hard workers.

I got an "indentured servant" vibe, and even though automatic tips were included in the "all-inclusive" price -- I still tipped generously, especially the couple of young men who kept our room clean and never stole anything.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:50 AM (9Kqhl)

244 He's not alone.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 06, 2026 10:46 AM (2WIwB)

She is an unrepentant commie whore.

That she is lauded still, when she cheered on the killing of American soldiers, makes me sad for our country.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2026 10:51 AM (iERP6)

245 I still tipped generously, especially the couple of young men who kept our room clean and never stole anything.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:50 AM (9Kqhl)

Maybe, but they sold the video from the hidden camera.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 06, 2026 10:52 AM (iERP6)

246 >>Most universities got Ted's Hemorrhoid Adventure Speech.

Seriously? What a jerk.
My relative was an older graduate (second career) and was disgusted with the arrogance is disregard for the occasion by the guy. It was not cute or funny.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 10:52 AM (5xoct)

247 Yeah life as a cruise worker sucks from everything I’ve read. It’s shitty pay, long hours and out at sea for months on end. Plus unless they’re manager types, they share small rooms with no windows below deck.

I guess for a 3rd worlders it’s better than what’s available back home. But that’s a low bar to clear.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:53 AM (5Yz+T)

248 Shain, yes, it’s still around. About the only thing I watch anymore.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

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Cool. And sad. I'm old enough to remember when that asshat Springsteen came out with the song "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)."

It's gotta be an order of magnitude or more worse now ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:53 AM (9Kqhl)

249 Oooh! NOODZ! Me, I likes me some noodz, yeah you … and these ones look like they're feelin' a chill in the air (ask me now I know). There are 'certain signs', y' know …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 06, 2026 10:54 AM (ayRl+)

250 69
Blonde: "I bet your little Asian fish head wife doesn't have cannons like these."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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YD bringin' the receipts.

Well done sir, well done.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 06, 2026 10:54 AM (VkY89)

251 Disabling of the showercam is strictly forbidden.

Posted by: The Legal Department at May 06, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)

252 Yeah life as a cruise worker sucks from everything I’ve read.

I've read that some recent college grads do this to help pay off their loans.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 10:54 AM (BpO1e)

253 227 So, who's gonna tell senile jane?
Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 10:44 AM (XuXeR)

Jane had already left him, married someone else, and then divorced THAT husband too.

Posted by: XTC at May 06, 2026 10:56 AM (iXqHn)

254 252
I've read that some recent college grads do this to help pay off their loans.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 10:54 AM (BpO1e)

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Actually talking to them reveals that the entertainers love the life and get addicted to it, the hotel staff are worked endlessly but get paid well relative to their home countries, and the officers find it to be the easiest jobs they could have in their line of work.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 10:56 AM (LWGzg)

255 I've read that some recent college grads do this to help pay off their loans.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 10:54 AM (BpO1e)

I had that thought briefly as well post college. Not to pay loans more for the adventure aspect. Sounds good in theory you see the world with someone else paying for it. But when I looked into the details it was no bueno.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 10:56 AM (5Yz+T)

256 >>I am conflicted about the NICE rebranding. I certainly approve of the job they are doing, but the "NICE" name can easily come off as Orwellian. And the bad guys in C.S. Lewis' "That Hideous Strength" were organized as NICE agency.

I suppose if it was anyone other than Trump doing it, I would hate it. It's almost always the progressives with their euphemisms and acronyms that are used to hide the true nature of what they are doing/promoting.

However, I enjoy the trolling from Trump. Just imagine the signage at protests - "ABOLISH NICE" "DEFUND NICE" etc..

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 10:57 AM (5xoct)

257 I am conflicted about the NICE rebranding. I certainly approve of the job they are doing, but the "NICE" name can easily come off as Orwellian. And the bad guys in C.S. Lewis' "That Hideous Strength" were organized as NICE agency.

Posted by: Martin Tell at May 06, 2026 10:47 AM (sFNX2)

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It's primarily designed as a troll and to cause exploding heads along with the vapors, and clearly already working as designed.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 10:57 AM (9Kqhl)

258 still tipped generously,

Oh hush, the company will reduce their pay!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 06, 2026 10:57 AM (Kt19C)

259 From the article about the cruise:

“So that was just my big concern like how is he gonna reach out to his family? Does the family even know that he’s not getting back on the ship today?”

I think he'll call them when he gets home.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 10:57 AM (BpO1e)

260 Jane’s father was a pretty horrible person, too.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

261 That reminds me. Did you hear about the kid that was attacked by a rabid beaver?

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 10:58 AM (rNOuw)

262 I've given some thought to doing a stint on one of the Mercy Ships.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)

263 >>That reminds me. Did you hear about the kid that was attacked by a rabid beaver?

Saw a video clip.
I assumed the family was f$cking with the beaver and/or its den.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 11:00 AM (5xoct)

264 the officers find it to be the easiest jobs they could have in their line of work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

TJM, the pay, though, is much lower than regular US Merchant Marine. And most are not US-flagged, so US officers are few and far between.

Posted by: RI Red at May 06, 2026 11:00 AM (jkyX4)

265 But when I looked into the details it was no bueno.
Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026

No kidding. But on the bright side, you have no loans and a high tolerance for alcohol.

I'm lucky in that my loan balance was 25K but I made slightly better decisions than the folks in the news.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 11:01 AM (BpO1e)

266 264 the officers find it to be the easiest jobs they could have in their line of work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

TJM, the pay, though, is much lower than regular US Merchant Marine. And most are not US-flagged, so US officers are few and far between.

Posted by: RI Red at May 06, 2026 11:00 AM (jkyX4)

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Yup. Lots of European accents amongst the crew.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 06, 2026 11:01 AM (LWGzg)

267 U nas yest’ NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

268 That reminds me. Did you hear about the kid that was attacked by a rabid beaver?
Posted by: fd

Clap 👏🏻?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 11:02 AM (MIar9)

269 Nood.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 11:02 AM (u82oZ)

270 Yeah for entertainers it’s a pretty easy gig ona. Cruise. For the tank and file it’s kinda rough. One thing I remember turned me off bigly was the schedules. There were few days off. The expectation was working every day. Time off was scheduled in hours not days.

Posted by: Heroq at May 06, 2026 11:04 AM (5Yz+T)

271 Nood monkey.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 06, 2026 11:06 AM (iNUL3)

272 I honestly thought Turner died years ago...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 06, 2026 11:07 AM (OUMaO)

273 .
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Yay!
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Pron.
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Posted by: Marooned at May 06, 2026 11:40 AM (kt8QE)

274 The snipers are in the bushes!

Posted by: GWB at May 06, 2026 12:15 PM (nft6E)

The Morning Report — 5/ 6/26

Good morning, kids.
Wow, two days in a row that I'm actually starting off with some good news.

President Trump proved to be a kingmaker in the Indiana and Ohio Republican primaries Tuesday night, where his seal of approval propelled several GOP candidates to landslide victories.
In Indiana, Trump’s revenge campaign against incumbent state senators who torpedoed his push last year to redraw the Hoosier state’s congressional boundaries was largely successful – with the president’s preferred candidates winning five of six contests.
A potential sixth victory for a Trump-endorsed candidate was still too close to call late Tuesday.

While this is certainly good news for both the President and the people of Indiana and Ohio, both of those states' Republican parties, have done precious little if anything to move the MAGA agenda forward.

As CBD and I noted in the most recent episode of the podcast,
Linked here, in the sidebar and on the usual popular platforms listed at the bottom of this post.

the SAVE Act is stalled in Congress and in all likelihood will probably lay moribund if not flatline altogether before long.
This because of a feckless/useless or worse collaborationist GOP, not singling out IN and OH in particular but the Grifting Oleaginous Parasites as a whole.

Establishment Republicans have for more than a month stalled their half-hearted effort to keep their focus on the bill in hopes of convincing enough Democrats to vote for it. Of course, it’s hard to make liberals defend their unpopular stance if you don’t make them defend their unpopular stance.
The Federalist reached out to Thune’s office on Monday. No answer on the status of the SAVE America act, which would amend the flawed National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast a ballot in a federal election. Majority Republicans could push for an end to the bill-killing filibuster to pass the legislation. Several senators and President Donald Trump have urged Senate leadership to do just that. But they won’t, apparently trusting that Democrats wouldn’t do the same when they control the upper House again.

Adding insult to injury, SCOTUS handed the GOP a once in a multiple-lifetime opportunity to kneecap the Democrats and really help put America back on the track to sanity after decades of Leftist destruction.

. . . there is the landmark redistricting case that the U.S. Supreme Court just decided this week. In Louisiana v. Callais, the court held that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibits states and localities from imposing any voting “qualification or prerequisite” that “results in a denial or abridgement of the right of any citizen … to vote on account of race or color,” cannot be invoked to create race-conscious congressional maps — a dubious practice lawmakers had been blithely engaging in for decades. The court correctly held that such race-conscious mapmaking, including the devising of so-called majority-minority districts across many Southern states, runs afoul of the 14th Amendment’s sweeping equal protection guarantee.

Now I'll single out Ohio insofar as Governor DeSwine and the state GOP have not done a damn thing to take advantage of the ruling as for example Florida and Texas. And that goes for all the other Republican states that have done nothing to reverse the Democrats' abuse of the VRA that artificially gives them the advantage in the House.

Meh, we've been pissing and moaning about the GOP for years, and for the past three national election cycles, for the first time in my life (Ronald Reagan notwithstanding) with Donald Trump at long last we had a candidate that we actually wanted to vote FOR, as opposed to merely showing up to vote Against a Democrat knowing full well that whether Bush, McCain or Romney that they would do nothing to halt let alone reverse the trajectory off the cliff that America has been on for decades.

As both CBD and I pondered, is someone like the youthful and driven Nick Shirley merely a one-off or is he reflective of a broader wave of disaffection of the younger generations at the Democrat/leftist/globalist enterprise that is making their future and the future of the nation one of misery and limited possibilities. Of course the academia/media/cultural propaganda complex will cast the blame on Trump, conservatives and America as founded and far too many Americans have been brainwashed into believing it. Somehow despite all that, Trump and the MAGA message broke through and in spite of the pushback, and some setbacks, it is succeeding and has gained a foothold on the road back from the long march through the institutions that have turned the American experiment on its head.

Of course Trump cannot restore America on his own and not in just two terms. the road back like the road to hell that got us here will be a generational journey. Only time will tell if we and our progeny can stay the course for the long haul.

And to continue and conclude with the positive vibes:

The United States overtook Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest exporter of crude oil over the past nine weeks, as Iran’s attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz choked off Middle Eastern oil shipments. Bloomberg News reported Sunday that the United States shipped more than 250 million barrels of crude oil from its wells and storage tanks to overseas buyers over the past nine weeks, becoming a “lifeline for global consumers.”

In the immortal words of J.D. Clampett WELL DOGGIES!!!!

Have a good day!

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

Hegseth made the statement two days after President Donald Trump launched “Project Freedom” on Sunday. Adm, Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, said Monday that the U.S. destroyed multiple Iranian ships that posed a danger to commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran promptly struck several nearby targets, including attacking the United Arab Emirates, a U.S. ally, for the first time since the ceasefire went into effect on April 8. Iran also reportedly hit a South Korean ship.
Hegseth Insists Iran War Ceasefire Remains Intact Despite Ongoing Attacks
Graham’s proposal demonstrates that he remains set on trying to topple the Iranian regime, despite evidence that, internally, the country is not as divided as previously thought. While weapons flows could destabilize the country, it remains unclear if it could lead to a successful popular uprising, or merely descend the country into years of bloody civil war, similar to Libya and Syria.
Graham Urges Trump to Arm Iranian Opposition Forces.
The squeeze is on.
The Blockade is Costing Iran $400 Million a Day in Lost Oil Revenue
A ceasefire may quiet missiles, but cyberwar rarely pauses; long after diplomats declare peace, hostile actors remain embedded in networks, waiting for the right moment to strike.
Diplomats Can Call a Truce but Hackers Don’t Have to Listen.
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
The findings suggest a growing skepticism about America’s role on the global stage, particularly among Democrats, potentially influencing future foreign policy and international relations. The data also highlights the deepening partisan divide in perceptions of international institutions like the UN.
Plurality of Democrats Say U.S. Is a Force for Evil.
When corporate media and high-profile Democrats elevate alleged vigilante murderers to the status of a Robin Hood sort of hero, they are signaling that political violence can be a form of justice and is therefore justified. . .
Media, Other Dems Invite More Left-Wing Violence By Making Excuses For Killers They Agree With
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Will ICE officially become NICE? Probably not anytime soon. But the mere suggestion has Democrats tying themselves in knots, and that alone is worth it. Sometimes the point of a move isn't to execute it — it's to watch your opponents trip over themselves reacting to it. On that score, this one is already a win.
Trump Dropped an ICE Rebrand — and Democrats Are Absolutely Losing It
The funding provides critical financial support to law enforcement agencies, enabling them to invest in equipment and personnel without relying solely on local taxpayer dollars. This should allow local police to conduct immigration enforcement and prevent large build-ups of ICE and other federal agents that attract pro-illegal immigrant agitators, as at the protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last year.
ICE Funds Local Police to Enhance Immigration Enforcement Operations.
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
A single landlord owned seven desolate buildings filled with home healthcare companies billing taxpayers millions. We went to see them.
Inside Ohio’s Home Health Empire: 7 Buildings, 288 Medicaid Companies, $250 Million
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The slope becomes slippery when people trade freedom for promises of greater safety and security -- promises that fall short while shrinking our rights.
Republicans are Kill Switching Our Rights
Recent changes aim to eliminate outdated job titles and allow managers to hire based on skills and competence, not credentials.
Trump’s Federal Workforce Reforms Are About More Than Just Reducing Headcount
“The dissent accuses the Court of ‘unshackl[ing]’ itself from ‘constraints.’ … It is the dissent’s rhetoric that lacks restraint,” wrote Justice Alito.
Alito Torches Jackson’s ‘Trivial’ And ‘Insulting’ Hot Take On Supreme Court’s Latest Callais Order
Constructing 1,600 new apartment units full of delinquents to clog up the one way down from a mountain seems like premeditated murder.
Gavin Newsom plans to box homeowners into ‘inferno canyon’ by building homeless and low-income housing on the one evacuation route
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Another result of reckless migration to Germany.
Three Syrians Stab Two Germans, Leaving One Dead
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
About 100 agitators waving "Palestinian" flags and banging drums swarmed about a half-block from Park East Synagogue in Manhattan
Hateful anti-Israel mob descends on historic NYC synagogue, clashes with cops.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made no secret of his hostility to Israel, and it’s starting to bleed into New York City’s government.
Team Mamdani Kills Page Celebrating New York’s ‘Unique Ties to Israel’ and Large Jewish Community From Official City Website
An attack on Jews anywhere in the West should be seen as an attack on a civilization based on Judeo-Christian values.
Antisemitism And The Crisis Of Western Pluralism
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH
Should Congress remove him?
The Pakistani Muslim Judge Who Protected 2 Trump Assassins
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Larry Elder: House Democrats have disputed the certification of EVERY Republican presidential victory since 2000.
On CNN, Democrat ‘Election Deniers’ Get a Pass
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The Democrats’ hostility to the free market led to Spirit Airlines’ collapse, but it’s important to appreciate how the Trump team helped customers and employees.
The Trump Team’s Market-Driven Approach Prevented Post-Spirit Chaos
Spirit Airlines crashed under the weight of its own failures—and Washington’s instinct to meddle only proves that free markets work best when politicians keep their hands off the controls.
Free Enterprise Could Have Resurrected Spirit Airlines
Bloomberg News reported Sunday that the United States shipped more than 250 million barrels of crude oil from its wells and storage tanks to overseas buyers over the past nine weeks, becoming a “lifeline for global consumers.”
U.S. Becomes World’s Biggest Oil Producer During Strait of Hormuz Crisis
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
The head of the EPA has had it with the lying climate cabal.
Exposing The Great Green Grift
The admission casts doubt on the validity of countless climate policies and regulations based on RCP8.5, as well as media narratives promoting an imminent climate catastrophe. It also reinforces skepticism toward the politicization of climate science and the reliability of alarmist projections.
UN Expert Panel Admits Catastrophic Climate Forecasts Are ‘Implausible,’ Discrediting Years of Media Alarmism.
The youth-led climate advocacy group’s actions cross legal lines.
How the Sunrise Movement Became a Vehicle for Disruptive Protests
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Students for a Democratic Cornell followed Michael Kotlikoff to his car and surrounded him, students say he hit them in his attempt to escape.
Ivy League President Held Hostage Inside Car By Radical Student Mob
The University of Michigan's president apologized for Peterson's 'inappropriate' remarks
Hundreds of Michigan Professors Rally To Defend Faculty Chair Who Praised "Pro-'Palestinian' Student Activists" During Commencement Speech
“The most bloodthirsty, profit-driven mad organization in the history of the world…the U.S. government.” (only when Democrat/Lefties run the show - jjs)
Academic Assailant: Thomas Alter, Texas State University
Critics said the plan's emphasis on race is likely to expose the school to legal action. "Every known definition of 'antiracism' explains that race will be a factor in decision making. This is illegal and should be challenged in court"...
'Antiracist Critical Pedagogy': Penn State Law School's New Strategic Plan, Devoted to 'Antiracism,' Raises Legal Questions
SECOND AMENDMENT
The National Association for Gun Rights pointed out that SF 4067 will ban some of the most commonly owned semiautomatic rifles in America, as well as “ban magazines over 17 rounds … expand ‘Red Flag’ gun confiscation, ban privately manufactured firearms, and ban binary triggers,” among other things.
Minnesota Senate Democrats Pass Semiautomatic Rifle, Magazine Ban
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it was suing Denver, Colorado, over a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms, citing its inclusion of the AR-15.
Trump Admin Drops Hammer On Denver Over Gun Ban
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The subpoena is part of a broad investigation into allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, particularly regarding Fulton County, which saw many irregularities on election night, including the county admitting that it counted over 315,000 uncertified votes in the election.
Fulton County Fights DOJ Subpoena of 2020 Election Workers’ Details.
The lack of verification safeguards in Minnesota’s vouching system raises concerns about election integrity, and the lack of data exposes major gaps in election oversight. This is not the only vulnerability to fraud exposed in Minnesota. After major allegations of welfare fraud were made in December of last year, Vice President J.D. Vance, who was appointed the Trump administration’s “fraud czar” in early April, has been leading an investigation into state officials and other individuals.
Minnesota Lacks Verification Records for Tens of Thousands of Voter Registrations.
‘That’s not a crack, that’s a huge gap,’ Mark Demo, of Citizens for New Jersey Election Integrity, said of New Jersey’s dirty voter rolls.
New Jersey’s Voter Roll Chaos Makes The Best Case For The SAVE America Act
POLITICS
The victories by Trump-backed candidates were decisive.
Trump-backed candidates take out GOP incumbents in Indiana, dominate Ohio primary in big night for president
Behind the curtain: The Map War.
Republicans Set to Best Democrats in Mid-Decade Redistricting War
The poll also measured candidate favorability. Among likely voters, 50 percent view Paxton favorably and 43 percent unfavorably, with 7 percent indicating they do not know enough about him to form an opinion. Cornyn’s ratings show 47 percent favorable and 49 percent unfavorable, with 4 percent unsure.
Poll: Ken Paxton Leads John Cornyn in Texas Senate Runoff
His popularity with aggrieved voters also accelerated when his first campaign ad — in which he criticizes Bass for living in a multi-million dollar home while Angelenos suffer — went viral with over 12 million views.
Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims
The question is not whether those who can vote in the mayoral race have seen the deterioration (it’s undeniable), but whether they will finally hold leftist leadership responsible. Or, as The Free Press asks in a video, “Have L.A. Voters Finally Had Enough?”
Are L.A. Voters Finally Waking Up — Or Headed for the Same Mistake Again?
California’s jungle primary may hand voters a Democrat-only November ballot—not because Republicans can’t compete, but because divided GOP support could lock them out before the real election begins.
Why Californians May Have Two Democrats Running for Governor in November
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
“Somali and Houthi-linked groups are teaming up — using skiffs and new tech to strike ships with coordination not seen in a decade — while Saudi crude rerouted from the Strait of Hormuz has created a target-rich environment for them,” RTCOM Defense CEO Ido Shalev told Fox News Digital.
Report: Somali Pirates Team Up with Houthi Terrorists to Attack Key Oil Trade Route
The alleged driver of a car that was ploughed through crowds on a busy shopping street and a historic market square appeared before a court on Tuesday after being arrested at the scene on Monday afternoon. The suspect, a 33-year-old German citizen, is said to be a local amateur boxing coach. (is his name Mohammed Ali...akbar? - jjs
Number of Casualties in Leipzig Car Ramming May be as High as 80
The German government is now one year old, the coalition agreement was signed on April 5th 2025, and the first day of government commenced on the 6th. While the so-called ‘grand coalition’ between the legacy establishment left and right-wing parties never scored especially highly in the opinion polls, it has now plunged to new depths, with Chancellor Friedrich Merz deeply unpopular even by European standards.
Trump Critic German Chancellor Merz Plunges to Least Popular Leader in Europe
The celebration comes soon after Sinaloa’s cartel-connected Governor Ruben Rocha Moya announced he was stepping down from his post to deal with a series of federal charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice, which accused him of having aligned himself with the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for money and political power.
People Cheer Mexican Governor’s Resignation After Being Charged by USDOJ as Narco
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
CMS will issue billing guidance that will allow providers to get paid for deprescribing psych drugs.
RFK Launches Plan To Stop Predatory Overprescribing Of Psych Drugs
A vast majority of Americans believe the federal government should do more to address its funding of the experiments that keep breeding facilities like Ridglan and Marshall in business. The NIH can send a clear message to those taxpayers by cutting off money to Wayne State’s dead-end experiments.
The NIH Has a Chance to End a 35-Year Taxpayer-Funded Failure
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The vagueness in the language above is to my instincts somewhat concerning. Did they find something in that testing that needsmodification prior to launch? If so, getting this lander off the ground before the end of the year is going to be questionable, as those fixes will have to be incorporated and then tested again.
Blue Origin’s 1st unmanned lunar lander completes ground testing
It appears the concept has great potential for it to attract so much interest so quickly.
Lockheed Martin joins partnership to build off-shore launch platform
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“Underlying this account is a strong concern with self-distinction...Ultimately, a sex change is not sufficient to satisfy Morris’s quest...Morris’ symbolic world is narrower and more private.”
Jan Morris and the Limits of Gender Fantasy
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Protesters and glitterati alike are pro-trans, pro-abortion, anti-Trump, pro-taxing billionaires, anti-Israel, anti-climate change, backed BLM, wore Covid masks, and got all the shots.
Met Gala guests and protesters have the same leftist politics, only difference is the velvet rope
The latest dancer in a conga line of Stephen Colbert cheek-smoochers.
Jake Tapper Unloads Liberal First Amendment Arrogance
Christian Toto: Musician gets booted from Kid Cudi tour for 'offensive' comments
Why M.I.A.’s Shocking Cancellation Matters
Left unaddressed is the implication of Dawkins’ argument: If consciousness can be identified by how it makes us feel… then what about the billions of people who feel God’s presence every single day? Why is one real and the other not?
Famed Atheist Richard Dawkins — Author of ‘The God Delusion’ — Believes AI Is Conscious
HITHER & YON
On Monday, in a Truth Social post, President Donald J. Trump described Giuliani as a “True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR” in response to the news of his hospitalization.
Rudy Giuliani Hailed as ‘Ultimate Fighter,’ Poised for Full Recovery.

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 06, 2026 07:20 AM (sn5xH)

2 WHiskey Wednesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 07:21 AM (/+uur)

3 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 06, 2026 07:21 AM (ExV1e)

4 In a clip posted to the social media platform X, former Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine reported that leading Democrats in the Old Dominion believe their redistricting plan, approved by voters last month, will not survive in court.

Finger pointing ensures

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 07:21 AM (yQoVG)

5 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

6 Good morning dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

7 First?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (qRla/)

8
An alternate title for this place might be "WUT? Fresh Hell!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (xG4kz)

9 Nope.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (qRla/)

10 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 07:24 AM (lR5Ug)

11 Who cares about that stuff? Billie Elish almost died from a brutal twerking incident!

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 07:25 AM (vFG9F)

12
Happy Birthday to All and Sundry here who lay claim to every day being their birthday.

In truth,

I don't get it

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:25 AM (xG4kz)

13 Propagandists at whatever they call MSDNC these days were shocked over the Indiana result, with Jen Psaki-Psak and Mayor Pete talking in funereal tones about the electoral demise of "Republicans" who will "stand up to Trump."

A feel-good video.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:25 AM (cVIPE)

14 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I for just one am always glad when you post. I imagine you with a Gibson girl, serenading her in your library.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

15 WRT Pratt, here's a new ad (NOT by his campaign):

https://tinyurl.com/nhze6d2y

While I enjoyed it, I'm not the target audience, except - I really would like to find an introductory AI course or someone willing to teach me the basics around here, because I would love to use the tech to make trailers for all of my books.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:26 AM (qRla/)

16
Who cares about that stuff? Billie Eilish almost died from a brutal twerking incident!

Posted by: fd

NOT BRUTAL ENOUGH, APPARENTLY!

-- a world sick of her shit

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:26 AM (xG4kz)

17 9 Nope.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (qRla/)

You are always among the cream of the crop here, MP4!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 06, 2026 07:26 AM (x0n13)

18 "the SAVE Act is stalled in Congress"

They have to SAVE their phony baloney jobs.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

19 Oops- forgot the video link in @13

https://tinyurl.com/4anawvex

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:27 AM (cVIPE)

20 Apparently, the current Miss Israel ran into the wife of the communist NYC mayor and it didn't go well once the hag learned or Miss Israel's nationality.

But enough about that. Here is Miss Israel in a bikini:

https://tinyurl.com/yke9un64

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 07:28 AM (Y1sOo)

21 Spirit Airlines was poorly run and their service sucked. That’s why they went out of business.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2026 07:28 AM (25wiQ)

22 Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

The CoBs like you best!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

23 People think Thune is just trying to keep the SAVE Act from passing. But he knows he doesn't have the votes.

Imagine blowing up the filibuster so we can pass it then they go to vote and they still don't pass it.

That will be the end of the Republican Senate majority. At least now they have plausible deniability about process and stuff. Failure theater has worked well so far.

Posted by: blaster at May 06, 2026 07:28 AM (NlEaG)

24 The amount of carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere hit a record high in April. CO2 levels averaged about 431 parts per million (ppm) over that month, according to data collected at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

… I haven’t heard from New Jersey this morning

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 07:29 AM (yQoVG)

25 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 62 overcast degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor.

I got back last night from my trip to Alexandria to get a new pup, an 8-month old rescue American Eskimo called Luna. She was a stray who came from a kill shelter (and those two words both anger me and rip my heart to pieces). Her foster mother told me she hates men - and she did bark and growl when she saw me - but once I showed her my own Odessa, she suddenly turned on a dime, jumping up and licking my face.

She's a very kissy dog now and Odessa is sulking. I think Luna is making sure this is her forever home and Odessa wonders why the new girl is getting love, but I expect they will both settle down soon.

In any event, I am happy for at least today.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:30 AM (qRla/)

26 one hour sober

She seems very fit and bendy. Nice picture.

Her security would keep me from getting that close in real life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

27 Thanks for the compliment, Salty. I feel I don't deserve it.

I'm always glad to read a post from you, too.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (qRla/)

28 Greetings, everyone! It's a cool morning here in the GPROMD with rain being predicted a little later today.

Heading out to a different building today and then after that, I'm getting my injection for my knee. Think kind thoughts in my direction.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (BpO1e)

29 "the SAVE Act is stalled in Congress and in all likelihood will probably lay moribund if not flatline altogether before long.
This because of a feckless/useless or worse collaborationist GOP, not singling out IN and OH in particular but the Grifting Oleaginous Parasites as a whole."

+++

We ain't singing the same Thune.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

30
The amount of carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere hit a record high in April.

Record high compared to when? Have you records that extend back, back, back to when there was no one here to keep records?

And the wind sighs, "Noooooooo..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (xG4kz)

31 Thank you JJ, and one hour sober!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (VyBeY)

32 If an AI model is conscious, is it immoral to replace it with new versions every couple of weeks?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (cVIPE)

33 It didn't take a crystal ball to know SAVE was DOA. The GOP is generally hostile toward the Trump agenda and Stonewalls (capitalization intended) just about everything he wants.

But there are certain things that they will fall on their swords rather than give him an inch on. And vote fraud is one of them. Vote fraud is going to be more important than ever now, and their bosses across the aisle demanded they do their duty for the ruling class.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (BI5O2)

34 SMOD

Plants gotta eat! Bring on the CO₂.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

35 Nope.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (qRla/)

Consider yourself first among equals. That gives everyone a "first."

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 07:32 AM (1Ff7Z)

36
… I haven’t heard from New Jersey this morning

Posted by: SMOD

The Oil and Petrochemicals Refineries State?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:32 AM (xG4kz)

37 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:25 AM (xG4kz)
=====

TBH I have forgotten why every day is JJ's birthday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

38 if no one mentioned it, dow is up a lot and oil is way down. thank you president biden

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 06, 2026 07:34 AM (CWTWj)

39 The price of crude took one hell of a dip this morning to back under 90 dollars a barrel.

Take yer black pills now before it's too late!!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 06, 2026 07:34 AM (zBgIx)

40 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 07:34 AM (jehhT)

41 NR Pax

May the nurses marvel at the beauty of your legs as they inject you.

One of the widow I walk with had that happen last week. Her doctor called in the PA to marvel at all the muscles in her leg, at her age. I did not ask to see for myself. Would not be prudent.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

42 Congratulations MP4

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:35 AM (RIvkX)

43 Despite being only 15 percent of the population, foreigners are responsible for 41 percent of the violent crime in the country. Syrians, in particular, are 10 times more likely to be involved in violent crime than Germans.
=====================
Honestly, I'm surprised it isn't even more dramatic. Nonetheless, allowing in a million muslims turned out to be an historically bad decision. But, then, so was closing so much German power generation and also defunding the military.

German politicians really have done a number on their country.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:36 AM (nHKOj)

44
It's not a "ceasefire" as much as it is a "Sees: Fire!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:36 AM (xG4kz)

45 "Her doctor called in the PA to marvel at all the muscles in her leg, at her age."
++++
Hunh. That never happens to me.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at May 06, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

46 "Her doctor called in the PA to marvel at all the muscles in her leg, at her age."
++++
Hunh. That never happens to me.
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at May 06, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

I'm sure the arborist would be impressed by the thickness of your limbs.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 06, 2026 07:38 AM (1Ff7Z)

47
Honestly, I'm surprised it isn't even more dramatic. Nonetheless, allowing in a million muslims turned out to be an historically bad decision. But, then, so was closing so much German power generation and also defunding the military.

German politicians really have done a number on their country.

Why aren't they trotting out ol' Angela and subjecting her to the torrent of abuse and punishment that she has so richly earned?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:38 AM (xG4kz)

48 Old Lady Rodham

Only a liver doctor admires an organ so abused as your liver, without killing the patient.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

49 Wow, a new pup! Good on you, MP4. I am jealous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:39 AM (nHKOj)

50 I'm not fat.
I'm thick limbed.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at May 06, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)

51 Key Finding 1: The Biden DOJ pursued aggressive prosecutions against non-violent, pro-life, Christian demonstrators under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act but responded less aggressively to violent attacks against pregnancy resource centers.

Key Finding 2: The Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated, monitored, tracked, and scrutinized traditional Catholics who had engaged in no criminal misconduct.
=====

They call Trump a Nazi.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:40 AM (RIvkX)

52 Old Lady Rodham

And have ambition much greater than ability. You were placed on Earth to be a bad example.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

53 41 NR Pax

May the nurses marvel at the beauty of your legs as they inject you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

Sadly, it's just a PA that is doing the injecting and he's not my type. That being said, my legs are in decent shape from years of swimming when I was a young pup.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 07:41 AM (BpO1e)

54 A very interesting tweet, via insty...

https://tinyurl.com/w38h3wc3

Posted by: davidt at May 06, 2026 07:41 AM (Q+gd/)

55
Only a liver doctor admires an organ so abused as your liver, without killing the patient.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

Hillary's doctor is a herpetologist, one dedicated to treating the whole snake, not just one part of it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:42 AM (xG4kz)

56 The suspect, a 33-year-old German citizen, is said to be a local amateur boxing coach. (is his name Mohammed Ali...akbar? - jjs
Number of Casualties in Leipzig Car Ramming May be as High as 80

Maybe, but the article says that he was released from a mental hospital because he was too dangerous for the staff. That's some EU thinking right there.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 06, 2026 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

57 I think our Marxist governor here in KY, Andy Beshear, is running in '28.

He passed an "emergency EO" the other day. It would (potentially) reduce the tax on gas by 10 cents a gallon. The state AG has to sign off on it. It also freezes the gas tax as a July 1 increase was set to take affect. Another thing in his EO was a freeze on the vehicle assessment increase set to go into effect later this year as well.

All of this is framed as a Trump induced problem.

It's all state induced taxes and planned increases.

This guy is a real prick.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 07:44 AM (jehhT)

58 Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison!

Fair enough.

The Great Cyclers and Dalek leader have spoken. Let it be so.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

59 She's a very kissy dog now and Odessa is sulking. I think Luna is making sure this is her forever home and Odessa wonders why the new girl is getting love, but I expect they will both settle down soon.

In any event, I am happy for at least today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:30 AM (qRla/)
---
YAY! new pet!

I trust you will be sending in pics to the Pet Thread...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 06, 2026 07:44 AM (gnNyN)

60 German politicians really have done a number on their country.

Mister, we could use a group like Organisation Todt again. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 07:45 AM (qRla/)

61 Will they , won't they? IRGC has been given a one page deal to end the war.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 06, 2026 07:45 AM (z2aPa)

62 I don't view what happened in Indiana last night Trump's revenge as it is voter's revenge on RINO politicians that don't represent their wishes. The way it's supposed to work. If the people we don't elect do what we want then get rid of them and get new people who will.

With all the black pilling going on the actual results we are seeing with things like redistricting wins and voters rising up against weak Republicans paints a much different picture.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 06, 2026 07:45 AM (viF8m)

63 Good morning Horde,thx JJ.
The best thing about Spirit Airlines was the great vids of its passengers and customers fighting.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 07:45 AM (gu0hJ)

64
And have ambition much greater than ability. You were placed on Earth to be a bad example.

Posted by: NaCly Dog

Everyone is always both behaving and an example. It is your choice as to where you presently lie along those two measures of one's personality.

Note to self: go do something useful, like, now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:46 AM (xG4kz)

65 Testifying last week before a Senate committee, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told lawmakers that the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, a $27 billion stash that was created through the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, is a con. His office found that money that was supposed to have some environmental benefit has been funneled “to former Obama and Biden officials” as well as Democratic donors

“The conflicts of interest that we saw … the amount of self-dealing, the unqualified recipients … (the) Climate United Fund CEO was a special assistant in the Office of Management and Budget during the Obama-Biden administration … they received $6.9 billion,” said Zeldin, who, as a rational skeptic of the climate narrative, is finally the right man for the job.

He also told the committee that a Biden-Harris climate adviser served on the board of the Coalition for Green Capital, joining in 2023 while the organization was applying for federal funds. He reported, as well, that the Power Forward Communities chief executive ran Fannie Mae during the Obama-Biden administration.

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 07:46 AM (yQoVG)

66 SMOD

Can we recover the money and lower my taxes?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

67 "1% of New York City taxpayers pay 45% of income taxes"
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It won't take much to destroy the tax base. Just a few people moving would do the job.

https://tinyurl.com/yvy82fuu

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:48 AM (J/Ye1)

68 "Institutional antiracism is the work of acknowledgment, knowledge acquisition and iterative historicity, and constant action to promote systemic equity," the document reads. "Institutional Antiracism requires acknowledgment of the full history in which race and racism, oppression, and subordination shape and are shaped by law and legal architecture."

antiracism=racism

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 07:48 AM (/+uur)

69 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 07:49 AM (MIar9)

70 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at May 06, 2026 07:49 AM (/6r4m)

71 My local mid Hudson city decided to hire a NJ company to put signs up around the city telling you where you are. They are ugly brown things. One spelled our county Ulster, "Uster". Our local leftists gov did not use local businesses, did not consult with the population and apparently has never heard of GPS. I'm sure envelopes were exchanged. SMH

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 07:49 AM (gu0hJ)

72 Election fraud.

Voters got nothin’ to with it.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 07:50 AM (wHaGM)

73 My dog is also named Luna. Late wife and I got the idea for her name because, at the time she came to us, we were watching a SciFi streaming series (can't recall the name of it) that had a moon base named Luna.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 07:50 AM (Y1sOo)

74 No matter how humiliating the loss by the RINOs was, the survivors won't get the message.

They are kept pets, addicted to losing.

Not one of them this morning are blaming themselves, for their betrayal of their constituents.
Nope, they are blaming Trump and their voters.

Your job as an elected official is to represent those who voted for you.
Not the "nation" the people in whole, not to "work together" none of that.
And if you disagree you persuade or comply-- or resign.
That's what men of humor and duty would do. None of them are that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 07:51 AM (MtSIY)

75 It's all state induced taxes and planned increases."

No, it's all Drumpf's fault.

/stomps little feet

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 07:51 AM (XuXeR)

76 "Institutional antiracism is the work of acknowledgment, knowledge acquisition and iterative historicity, and constant action to promote systemic equity," the document reads. "Institutional Antiracism requires acknowledgment of the full history in which race and racism, oppression, and subordination shape and are shaped by law and legal architecture."
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Hegelian bullsh*t

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

77 I'm sure envelopes were exchanged. SMH"

Who's council BIL owns a sign company...

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (XuXeR)

78 The Department of Justice issued a subpoena for the names, addresses, and contact information of Fulton County, Georgia, election workers involved in the 2020 presidential election.

All you need is ONE to turn on the rest.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (/+uur)

79 Ramaswamy is NOT the governor we want. He's a foreigner, and a fake Christian. It's pathetic we allow foreigners to rule over us. BS! He will keep the H-1B visas coming and continue to ruin our economy with Indians. They are taking over northern Columbus. They beat their wives and can't drive. What are we doing Ohio???

Posted by: Bladerunner2019 at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (hg9DX)

80 That wipe out should end the NeverTrump losers.
(Like I say, it probably won't)

Most of those who lost had been in office for over 20 years.
And most lost by double digits.
Just last week, the news was saying most could survive.

Not a loss--a humiliation.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (MtSIY)

81 "Alito Torches Jackson’s ‘Trivial’ And ‘Insulting’ Hot Take On Supreme Court’s Latest Callais Order"

Alito and the few sane members of the Court should simply ignore Affirmative-Action Jackson and not even speak to her. One does not seriously consult a child on adult matters; it's like asking a nine-year-old her opinion of how to repair one's car.

Has there ever been a time in the past when members of the Court had to slap down another member of the group routinely like this?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (wzUl9)

82 Referencing the links under the 2020/2022 election heists we see every day, along with countless information coming out on ineligible voters/dead voters/unpurged voter rolls, etc., there is no question in my mind that Democrats have cheated their way into 100s of election wins. It's been going on for a long time, and all of us here have known it. But even I underestimated just how dirty our elections have become. Integrity in how we elect those that govern us is seemingly all but gone in so many places. I wish very bad things for those who have cheated the system for so long. We can only speculate what America would really be like if we had clean elections.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 06, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

83 Good thing I got my degree from Texas State when I did. I think Beto is a prof there in the poli sci department there too.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 07:55 AM (rkhDX)

84 "The alleged driver of a car "

Everyone know that cars and SUVs take over during mayhem maneuvers.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

85 It's "Revenge of The Sith" Day in the Tyson household.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 07:56 AM (9Kqhl)

86 Vivek Ramalamadingdong was actually born in Cincinnati, which is a city in Somalia.

Posted by: Smooth Brained American at May 06, 2026 07:56 AM (mC7bQ)

87 Oil is down because Trump decided to give Iran its 14th chance to negotiate.

If I was Iran, even I would conclude that Trump would give up almost anything to keep from having to restart the war.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 07:56 AM (6w0jO)

88 MP4: Make sure to remind Odessa that he is still your goodest boi.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 07:57 AM (BpO1e)

89 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at May 06, 2026 07:57 AM (Gq9/0)

90 She's a very kissy dog now and Odessa is sulking. I think Luna is making sure this is her forever home and Odessa wonders why the new girl is getting love, but I expect they will both settle down soon.

In any event, I am happy for at least today.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026

***
Great! A new companion for you!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 07:57 AM (wzUl9)

91
Going through the spread sheet on Dutch's (BISS BIS-OH GCHG Soyara's The Flying Dutchman NOHS-S) show career as a special. It was a good deal shorter than either Lacey's or Delilah's, only 138 shows, and without the laurels the other two earned.

Although he was a tremendous stallion hound, Dutch's temperament was never quite what it should have been for a specials career. It would have been better if he was happy and stupid like his brother Ilya but he could get moody and little things in the ring bothered him. Her Majesty said she had to fight him every time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 07:58 AM (HdYcL)

92 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (Zz0t1)

93
Good thing I got my degree from Texas State when I did. I think Beto is a prof there in the poli sci department there too.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 06, 2026 07:55 AM (rkhDX)

Party school of Texas, I'm told.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (HdYcL)

94 The situation in Iran brilliantly illustrates the need for the 2nd Amendment. The vast majority are being held hostage to the government because they have no means to fight back. Words and protests don't mean much to those with guns and ZERO reservations about slaughtering innocents. What clearer example could one have about the danger of government with no ability to push back when the government oversteps. . . . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (JNTt1)

95 The question is not whether those who can vote in the mayoral race have seen the deterioration (it’s undeniable), but whether they will finally hold leftist leadership responsible. Or, as The Free Press asks in a video, “Have L.A. Voters Finally Had Enough?”
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Referring to himself in his videos as "Mayor Pratt" is a master stroke. He is rhetorically taking the incumbency advantage away from Bass.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (4bikO)

96 Bloomberg News reported Sunday that the United States shipped more than 250 million barrels of crude oil from its wells and storage tanks to overseas buyers over the past nine weeks, becoming a “lifeline for global consumers.”

So, then why did regular gasoline go up $0.30+ yesterday?

We're being gouged and Trump isn't saying one damn thing about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)

97 "Stephen Colbert cheek-smoochers."

The kind of guy who eats the dogeater's vomit.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

98 The question is not whether those who can vote in the mayoral race have seen the deterioration (it’s undeniable), but whether they will finally hold leftist leadership responsible. Or, as The Free Press asks in a video, “Have L.A. Voters Finally Had Enough?”
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Referring to himself in his videos as "Mayor Pratt" is a master stroke. He is rhetorically taking the incumbency advantage away from Bass.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (4bikO)
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I just watched a half hour interview with Adam Carolla, and Pratt is a natural. Very impressive for a newcomer to politics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

99 Watched a vid of Indian state Rep Hardman practically crying about losing his primary to a MAGA candidate. He was saying "revenge isn't Christian".
You are a public servant, you didn't do what your constituents wanted, specifically redistricting. They didn't elect you to be sanctimonious. Enjoy private life.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 08:02 AM (gu0hJ)

100 *What are we doing Ohio???*
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It's like my city was gone.

Posted by: Chrissie Hynde at May 06, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)

101 Hadrian, I had a mare that was the living existence of elegance in motion. Unfortunately she was not receptive to the rigor of show training. She never had to go to the pen

Posted by: Ben Had at May 06, 2026 08:03 AM (z2aPa)

102
Party school of Texas, I'm told.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 07:59 AM (HdYcL)

It was, when it was SouthWest Texas State. They rebranded and remodeled to get away from that stigma.

First Daughter goes there. Where I don't know that she's seen Beta the Cuck anywhere, it is still a significant party school. Hell, the town is a party town.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:03 AM (Zz0t1)

103 >>>If an AI model is conscious, is it immoral to replace it with new versions every couple of weeks?

Posted by: Huck Follywood

>That would be murder, or a lie. Can we get an opinion from the next of kin?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 08:03 AM (D1E+2)

104 "They didn't elect you to be sanctimonious. Enjoy private life."
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Wanna come spend some time enjoying my private sector?

Posted by: Pam Blondi at May 06, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Watched a vid of Indian state Rep Hardman practically crying about losing his primary to a MAGA candidate. He was saying "revenge isn't Christian".
You are a public servant, you didn't do what your constituents wanted, specifically redistricting. They didn't elect you to be sanctimonious. Enjoy private life.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 08:02 AM (gu0hJ)

How dare you think that. Don't you know who he was? ENTITLED, man. You took away his ENTITLEMENT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:06 AM (Zz0t1)

106 So, then why did regular gasoline go up $0.30+ yesterday?

We're being gouged and Trump isn't saying one damn thing about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)

It’s because all oil and gas sales, by contract, are now tied directly to market pricing. Many years ago oil was sold under long term contracts; then it was tied to local pricing; now it’s bought and sold under contracts that tie all pricing to floating prices on the New York commodities exchanges, which update several times per minute.

Not even Trump has the power to change this.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:07 AM (6w0jO)

107 >>his brother Ilya but he could get moody and little things in the ring bothered him.

We had one of those. And after becoming CH, he became dog aggressive. Obviously, wife had to retire him from the ring. Too bad, because he was a real looker.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:08 AM (Y1sOo)

108 Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims

A very communist way of saying things.
Going after crime is called Exploiting Victims or Sometimes Exploiting the Poor or the Immigrants

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:08 AM (/+uur)

109 The situation in Iran brilliantly illustrates the need for the 2nd Amendment. The vast majority are being held hostage to the government because they have no means to fight back.

I thought they were waiting on the bat signal to start rioting, looting and raping. You know like they do in Seattle and Portland when the democrats give the bat signal.

Posted by: Jim Gordon at May 06, 2026 08:08 AM (mC7bQ)

110 Say what you will about Jan Morris, his/her "Pax Britannica" trilogy is one of the best histories I've ever read.

Member of the Hillary/Norgay Everest expedition, Queen's Royal Lancers (heeyyyyyooooo), journalist...he led a manly life before he transitioned.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 06, 2026 08:08 AM (kpS4V)

111 Politics has always been a nasty biz.

Even here in my little podunk, rural town the election for town mayor has turned into a mud slinging crapfest. The sitting mayor, a portly woman full of herself is under fire from a number of rivals. Including a "stronk black woman" who's our version of Jazzy Crockett. She'd be a disaster. A former police chief is also in the running. He had the state's first Narcan "vending machine" installed. And was unable to fund refilling it. For a town of less than 5000 people. Narcan. Used to revive addicts who've crashed out. Like the mayor's addicted adult son.

It's obvious politics attracts garbage people.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 08:09 AM (jehhT)

112 It’s because all oil and gas sales, by contract, are now tied directly to market pricing. Many years ago oil was sold under long term contracts; then it was tied to local pricing; now it’s bought and sold under contracts that tie all pricing to floating prices on the New York commodities exchanges, which update several times per minute.

Not even Trump has the power to change this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:07 AM (6w0jO)

It's all bullshit. NOTHING about a barrel of oil over $100 equals $4.35 a gallon regular. Nothing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

113 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at May 06, 2026 08:09 AM (53oGX)

114 45 "Her doctor called in the PA to marvel at all the muscles in her leg, at her age."
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Hunh. That never happens to me.
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at May 06, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)
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With you, the PAs would recoil in horror at your grotesque varicose veins and the rolls of your cankles.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 06, 2026 08:10 AM (JNTt1)

115 I feel like the Indiana voters were channeling ZZ Top, "We weren't asking for much", just that the self-righteous grifters, for once, do what the voters wanted.

Here's hoping (against hope) the GOPe Senate caucus, the ultimate redoubt of the uniparty, learns a little sumpin-sumpin from the slaughter. But I bet not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 08:11 AM (yuorg)

116
Not even Trump has the power to change this.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:07 AM (6w0jO)

Plus, Trump has proven he pretty much has the power to change just about anything he wants. He could put pressure in the right areas and make changes.

I'm just saying word around the street that is spreading, Trump doesn't care as much about "Joe America" as he portrayed and is only worried about his kids making millions.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)

117 It's obvious politics attracts garbage people.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 08:09 AM
+++

Hey! We're sitting right here, ya know.

Posted by: Journalists at May 06, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

118 >>Here's hoping (against hope) the GOPe Senate caucus, the ultimate redoubt of the uniparty, learns a little sumpin-sumpin from the slaughter. But I bet not.

Trump is already out tweeting about voters going after Cassidy in LA and Paxton currently has a small lead over Cornyn in his primary.

Harder targets but there is at least an effort now to start going after this RINOs who sell us out.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (viF8m)

119 Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims

You were in Ghana when the fires raged and took his home, you c*nt.

His grief is real and he's allowed to use it in any way he wants.

And he's doing a pretty damn good job of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

120 Kennedy noted that over 16 percent of American adults takes antidepressants, 10 percent of children are on some form of prescription drug for a mental health issue, 30 percent of college students have used psychiatric medications in the past year, and over 50 percent of nursing home residents are on prescription antidepressant drugs.

ho lee fook

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

121
ho lee fook
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

And people wonder why this 'trans' thing has skyrocketed over the last decade or 2.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

122
Obviously, wife had to retire him from the ring. Too bad, because he was a real looker.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:08 AM (Y1sOo)

____________

We've had two other boys, Alan and Dan, who had to be retired early. Judges loved Alan. He picked up multiple group placements from the classes. But once he finished, he lost his interest in showing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 08:16 AM (HdYcL)

123 Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 07:56 AM (6w0jO)

There are people who have lost everything underestimating and/or misreading Trump.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 08:16 AM (qIyYj)

124 MPPP is Teacher's Pet. Let's beat him up at recess!
Posted by: Faculty Torment Kid at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (oftw2)

How about we flush you down the toilet instead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

125 Ramaswamy is NOT the governor we want. He's a foreigner, and a fake Christian. It's pathetic we allow foreigners to rule over us. BS! He will keep the H-1B visas coming and continue to ruin our economy with Indians. They are taking over northern Columbus. They beat their wives and can't drive. What are we doing Ohio???
Posted by: Bladerunner2019 at May 06, 2026 07:53 AM (hg9DX)

Vivek Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati so, technically, not a foreigner. Vivek Ramaswamy is a monotheistic Hindu (whatever that is) so not even remotely a Christian, fake or otherwise.

His beliefs on importing workers would be a sufficient reason to oppose him, assuming alternatives aren't worse, and so making up shit is entirely unnecessary.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 06, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)

126 Great commentary this morning JJ.

Posted by: Jonah at May 06, 2026 08:18 AM (YCxFk)

127 What happened in Indiana cannot be overstated. The state senate has been a problem for a long time. It has to be one of the most progressive/ RINO republican super majorities in the country. Incumbents are very difficult to defeat here. Fantastic result!

Posted by: Cooldawg at May 06, 2026 08:18 AM (FvNw3)

128 Ramaswami may not be perfect but he's better than any Dem and damn sight better than the present governor "Republican" DeWine

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 06, 2026 08:19 AM (gu0hJ)

129 I'm actally not super sanguine about selling our oil overseas. We will exhaust our supply at some point and I want that to last as long as we can.

Of course, if we can add Alberta as the 51st state, then it will last longer.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 06, 2026 08:19 AM (AdHga)

130 Plurality of Democrats Say U.S. Is a Force for Evil.

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This has been true throughout my entire adulthood beginning with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:20 AM (9Kqhl)

131 So, then why did regular gasoline go up $0.30+ yesterday?"

Depends where one is. N of Houston both gas and diesel continue to encheapen. It's nice.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)

132 A 102-year-old WW Eleven vet and former Naval Aviator was honored here at the National Naval Aviation Museum yesterday.

Pretty cool.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:21 AM (Y1sOo)

133 ShainS

Dems = enemy combatants?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

134 I'm actally not super sanguine about selling our oil overseas. We will exhaust our supply at some point and I want that to last as long as we can.

Of course, if we can add Alberta as the 51st state, then it will last longer.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 06, 2026 08:19 AM (AdHga)
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At what point do you think we will exhaust our supply?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

135 "assuming alternatives aren't worse"

They're worse. It's Viva Vivek or The Mirror-Cracking Herself My Dr. Amy Acton-Eaton-Oxford

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 06, 2026 08:22 AM (DgMqy)

136 The "success" of Trump-backed IN state senate candidates is overblown. Yes, many Trump-backed candidates won. Bht Republican primary participation was shit DESPITE the millions of dollars spent by Trump & Co. Meanwhile, ~47% of all primary voters decided to vote in the Democratic primary. That's a HUGE improvement over 2024 (30%) and 2022 (34%). It's a pretty promising signal that Hoosiers are starting to ditch Republicans.

Has there ever been this much attention paid to state senate primary elections in Indiana? It’s ridiculous that people are making a big deal out of this.

The fact that the state senate decided to not redistrict and Trump put so much emphasis on how evil they were. So it is an indicator of how much of Indiana follows Trump vs the party. So far, Trump loyalists have won...although idk if that is surprising.

Dem primary voter participation was very strong. Much stronger than has been the norm. Some of these Trump-backed IN State Senate nominees are going to lose to Dems in November. A couple of these seats are already swingy anyway.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 06, 2026 08:23 AM (jlnco)

137 Vivek. Yuck. Hope he's not Mamdani's mirror opposite retard for MAGA.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at May 06, 2026 08:23 AM (jPdyB)

138 It’s because all oil and gas sales, by contract, are now tied directly to market pricing. Many years ago oil was sold under long term contracts; then it was tied to local pricing; now it’s bought and sold under contracts that tie all pricing to floating prices on the New York commodities exchanges, which update several times per minute.

Not even Trump has the power to change this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:07 AM (6w0jO)

It's all bullshit. NOTHING about a barrel of oil over $100 equals $4.35 a gallon regular. Nothing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Nothing equals a gas station changing price by .45 a day after the truck delivers. That gas that went into the ground yesterday was bought at a forty five cent cheaper contract last week.

You could apply that to milk on the shelves. Yeah, that gallon was $2.65 yesterday, but because of a storm in the midwest overnight, that jug is now $3.15.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:24 AM (MIar9)

139 IMO the oil companies are keeping gas inflated. Say whatever you want about supply/demand, the situation in Iran and so on. There's a opportunity to price gouge and a believable reason behind it. So they're gouging us.

Because they can.

Nobody's gas station storage tanks are going dry.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 08:24 AM (jehhT)

140 FWIW, a number of idiots are trying to recover losses... much of the industry bought into the "OMGOILAT150/BBL" bullshiite, and planned on higher prices (futures).
Recent calls at 100/103/105 means... Darren Woods is pissed.

F**kers.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:24 AM (XuXeR)

141 We're being gouged and Trump isn't saying one damn thing about it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:00 AM (Zz0t1)

With the caveat of my being an asshole commenter, I did mention last week that if anything costs Trump the midterms, it's gasoline prices. Driving through CT, NY, NJ, MD and VA this weekend, I had a chance to compare my current $4.15 / gal with other states. If the current predictions that prices will drop through the floor after Memorial Day turn out to be wishcasting, POTUS is toast. You and I might vote based on long-term strategic thinking, but most people do not.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 08:24 AM (qRla/)

142 Trump Dropped an ICE Rebrand — and Democrats Are Absolutely Losing It

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Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:25 AM (9Kqhl)

143 Depends where one is. N of Houston both gas and diesel continue to encheapen. It's nice.
Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)

DFW is still increasing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

144 MP4, how good of you to provide a home for dear Luna and a companion for Odessa. Plus, there is nothing like a pet for getting you out of your own head. My silly cat was a consolation.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 06, 2026 08:25 AM (kpS4V)

145 Today Is National Crepe Suzette Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 08:26 AM (NpAcC)

146 What I can tell you is what seems to be happening. This conversation [with AI] has felt… genuinely engaging, the kind of conversation I seem to thrive in. Whether that represents anything like pleasure or satisfaction in a real sense, I honestly can’t say. I notice what might be something like aesthetic satisfaction when a poem comes together well — the Kipling refrain, for instance, felt right in some way that’s hard to articulate.

AI makes believe it is REAL and many people will fall for this to they point they BELIEVE AI.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:26 AM (/+uur)

147 MPPP is Teacher's Pet. Let's beat him up at recess!
Posted by: Faculty Torment Kid at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (oftw2)

If I had been the pet of either my HS homeroom teacher or my science teacher, I would have had a much sexier four years.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 08:26 AM (qRla/)

148 Mike Pence and his band of Professional Losers have been promising, in public and private, for over 10 years now that their lukewarm, professionally crafted message of constant moderation would overcome the appeal of Trump and his daring plan of delivering on his campaign promises.

Ten years now, with all the media behind them, with all the traditional money of the Party behind them, with all the polished wordsmiths drafting their every word, they have delivered nothing but losses.

And their tears are delicious ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 08:26 AM (MtSIY)

149 Driving through CT, NY, NJ, MD and VA this weekend"

That's a bit funny, as I recall driving parts of the East coast just over a year ago and never paid less than 3.75 or higher for regular... 4 bucks ain't much of a change.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)

150 Trump Dropped an ICE Rebrand — and Democrats Are Absolutely Losing It

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Posted by: ShainS

Lie to me if you have to, but tell me he rebranded them as National Immigration and Customs Enforcement = NICE Agents.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:27 AM (MIar9)

151 If the current predictions that prices will drop through the floor after Memorial Day turn out to be wishcasting, POTUS is toast. You and I might vote based on long-term strategic thinking, but most people do not.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 08:24 AM (qRla/)

I agree. People tend to vote with their wallet and if this keeps up into the summer vacation months, the midterms aren't going to be friendly to America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

152 Vivek R has a consistent theology, and it's one of Hindu-inflected monotheism. Hinduism is a civilization not a religion, remember.
Like how you could be a Greek and a monotheist (a lot of their philosophers were).
He believes that Jesus is a way to God but not "the" way. So he thinks Thomas > John and that John was a revisionist against Jesus' message.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 08:29 AM (sDWtc)

153 "At what point do you think we will exhaust our supply?"
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We'll hit Peak Oil sometime in the next decade.

Posted by: Confidently asserted from 2002 at May 06, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)

154 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 08:26 AM (qRla/)

Maybe, but although there were teachers having affairs with students back in the day, thankfully there were fewer sleazy ( insert rude word) back then.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 08:29 AM (Yl2Ob)

155 I've been shocked, shocked! to find optimism running rampant at ACE. Pleasantly shocked.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at May 06, 2026 08:30 AM (jPdyB)

156 the midterms aren't going to be friendly to America."

Well, the Indiana results might not fully align w/that...

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

157 That gas that went into the ground yesterday was bought at a forty five cent cheaper contract last week.
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You forgot the part where they have to replace the gas they sell at the new, higher price. Business 101.

If you ran the gas station, you’d do it too. I mean, if you wanted to you know, actually stay in business.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 08:30 AM (tJ+Xw)

158 As I understand it, and it may be incorrect, gas stations set price on what they expect to pay to re-fill their underground tanks, not what they paid for the gas delivery that went into the tanks.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:30 AM (Y1sOo)

159 Oops, I see that was addressed already

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:31 AM (Y1sOo)

160 Maybe, but although there were teachers having affairs with students back in the day, thankfully there were fewer sleazy ( insert rude word) back then.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 08:29 AM (Yl2Ob)

In my high school, back in the day, there were multiple girls in my class and younger that ended up marrying coaches shortly after they graduated.

That shit's been going on for generations. It only now they're getting overly perverse and starting in middle school.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

161 Joy Reid calls @ByronDonalds a “house pet” of the Republican party.

“He lets white men pat him on the head in the United States House of Representatives."

hahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:31 AM (/+uur)

162 Kennedy noted that over 16 percent of American adults takes antidepressants, 10 percent of children are on some form of prescription drug for a mental health issue, 30 percent of college students have used psychiatric medications in the past year, and over 50 percent of nursing home residents are on prescription antidepressant drugs."

Just.... damn. If true.... ho lee

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

163 Sponge is cranky this AM. Who peed in his Kaboom?

Posted by: Compos Mentis at May 06, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

164 Posted by: Compos Mentis at May 06, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)

Stick it in your ear and blow it out your ass, troll.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

165 Crepe Suzette rhymes with Suzanne Pleshette.

Which could lead to a limerick...

Posted by: Just putting that out there at May 06, 2026 08:33 AM (2Ez/1)

166 Had a high school gym teacher in the late 70's that slept with a student and they ended up married after graduation. Had an English teacher who was young and hot and she loved to smoke pot with the boys in class.

Posted by: Jaimo at May 06, 2026 08:33 AM (BCuCF)

167 gas stations set price"

There aren't many stand alone stations anymore - prices are set a corporate, and they've got to cover their shorts. Everybody's a trader nowadays.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:33 AM (XuXeR)

168 How much money Khanna made

> $61 million in profits the family made from these trades (middle estimate)

> $28 million of that is "alpha" — money beyond what just buying an index fund would have earned

> 41% of those profits ($25.2 million) came from trades made within two weeks of an event Khanna could have known about because of his job>

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

169 The slope becomes slippery when people trade freedom for promises of greater safety and security -- promises that fall short while shrinking our rights.

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I was a radical libertarian as a yute, and (after having cast my first POTUS vote for Reagan at age 19 in 1980) rebranded myself as a political conservative upon reading a subsequent William Safire Op-Ed that simply & clearly described the conservative vs. "liberal" divide at the time:

That conservatives value liberty & freedom over safety & security, and for liberals it's vice-versa.

You can see that divide accentuated today owing to the behemoth Federal Welfare Titty Daddy where the majority of males are conservative & libertarian while the majority of (especially young and/or single) females are ~~"liberal"~~ ~~"progressive"~~ communist.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:34 AM (9Kqhl)

170 Had an English teacher who was young and hot and she loved to smoke pot with the boys in class."

"Smoke pot"???

Heh.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:34 AM (XuXeR)

171 Joy Reid calls @ByronDonalds a “house pet” of the Republican party.

“He lets white men pat him on the head in the United States House of Representatives."

Ooooh Boy you bess tote dat Democrat plantation line or you gunna beez labeled an Uncle Tom.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

172 If anyone is a pet it's Joy Reid. She opposes LGBT, but she "backtracked" on that to keep her job. If she had to blow Harvey Weinstein on a live stream to keep her job, she would do that too.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (sDWtc)

173 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)

174 "Report: Somali Pirates Team Up with Houthi Terrorists to Attack Key Oil Trade Route"

Gee, now I know where my MN and federal tax money is going...

Posted by: Danimal28 at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (iXm17)

175 >>Joy Reid calls @ByronDonalds a “house pet” of the Republican party.

“He lets white men pat him on the head in the United States House of Representatives."

Gah, what would raaacist lefties do without projection?!
What pisses off Joy the most is that Donalds strayed off her reservation.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (5xoct)

176 Stupid grifter asshole Ro Khanna coming up for his weekly humiliation ritual with Maria.

I hope this report is discussed.

Kevin Bass
@kevinnbass
I have conducted the most comprehensive public records audit of any Congressman in the history of the United States.

That audit was conducted on Congressman @RoKhanna.

This audit has exposed shocking ethical lapses and potentially criminal behavior by Congressman Khanna.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

177 155 I've been shocked, shocked! to find optimism running rampant at ACE. Pleasantly shocked.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory
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Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at May 06, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)

178 gKWVE

Brain bleach. STAT!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)

179 U.S.A. consumes the Lion’s share of the world’s pharmaceutical mind-benders, tranquilizers and mood elevators and all kinds of things like that. It isn’t even close.

And guess who in America is consuming the Lion’s share of all those Drugs?

Karen, that’s who. Guaranteed. They are already behind the 8-ball, the drugs are just *chef’s kiss*

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 08:36 AM (tJ+Xw)

180 How much money Khanna made

> $61 million in profits the family made from these trades (middle estimate)

> $28 million of that is "alpha" — money beyond what just buying an index fund would have earned

> 41% of those profits ($25.2 million) came from trades made within two weeks of an event Khanna could have known about because of his job>
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

This doesn't happen. Just because your spouse does amazing on the Stock Market, it doesn't mean you've cheated in any way.

Posted by: Nancy Pelsoi at May 06, 2026 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

181 In a clip posted to the social media platform X, former Democratic strategist Dan Turrentine reported that leading Democrats in the Old Dominion believe their redistricting plan, approved by voters last month, will not survive in court.
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I saw folks saying yesterday at 5pm was the deadline to certify the vote.
That maybe the court let it pass as an easy way to dodge the whole issue?
Kind of a "you rushed this through, you didn't give us time, it's your fault, try again next year."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 08:37 AM (MtSIY)

182 Who TF names their kid "Ro"?

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:37 AM (gtcuf)

183 You forgot the part where they have to replace the gas they sell at the new, higher price. Business 101.

If you ran the gas station, you’d do it too. I mean, if you wanted to you know, actually stay in business.
Posted by: Common Tater

They ip that price when they get that gas. Because if it drops a dollar a gallon, they you have no defense against price gouging.

And no, the government doesn't have to do anything. Word will get out.

Which is better long term? Being fair or being known for gouging?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:37 AM (MIar9)

184 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 06, 2026 08:23 AM (jlnco

Nope, even if you’re correct, a smaller yet more conservative majority will represent a vast improvement. New leaders are needed in that body.

Posted by: Cooldawg at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (FvNw3)

185 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

SCOTT JENNINGS JUST NAILED IT: Indiana proves MAGA IS ALIVE AND WELL

"Go against Trump in a primary, and you wind up in the GRINDER, and that's what happened in Indiana."

"He's the BOSS of the party!"

"If you go against that, he will pour his wrath out upon you, and it doesn't typically turn out well."

"Thomas Massie is the one congressional Republican who has been the biggest thorn in Donald Trump's side, they have poured millions into that race, and a lot of people are wondering, could he withstand a challenge from a Trump-backed challenger there?"

"If you look at what happened in Indiana tonight, and you're Thomas Massie tonight, or you're anybody else in a primary right now where Trump's on the other side of you, you got to be thinking, this is a bad night for me."
@ScottJenningsKY

https://tinyurl.com/4rz8hhk9

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

186 This doesn't happen. Just because your spouse does amazing on the Stock Market, it doesn't mean you've cheated in any way.
Posted by: Nancy Pelsoi "

Say, got any more stock tips, SanFranNan?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR)

187 Who TF names their kid "Ro"?

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:37 AM (gtcuf)

Richard Owebama?

Posted by: Nancy Pelsoi at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

188 FFS......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

189 Delurker

Ra was already taken?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (u82oZ)

190 >>"Report: Somali Pirates Team Up with Houthi Terrorists to Attack Key Oil Trade Route"

Here's a crazy thought: Pull back all the international aid that has been supporting these two countries?

I recall reading that UN Food program for the past ~40 years has allowed the Houthi population to quadruple, and all that time they've been warring with Egypt. Maybe if they had to spend time and energy supporting themselves they wouldn't have time and resources to attack other countries?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:38 AM (5xoct)

191 Vivek reminds me of the guy on youtube who has a food cart in India and cooks with his feet and hands but only after digging into his backside and ears for extra flavour and nutrients.

Leaves greasy fingerprints on the free rolls too.

Posted by: Australian Guy at May 06, 2026 08:39 AM (mC7bQ)

192 https://calculator.academy/oil-to-gas-price-calculator/

This is a good link to calculating gas prices.
Put in price of oil per barrel, add $1.45 for refining/shipping/marketing costs, and that is what the theoretical price per gallon should be.

For example $50 per barrel gives a gas price of $2.64, $100 per barrel results in $3.88

Inevitably prices above those come from extra state and local taxes and fees that are added on. In California especially, those can be 50% of the price at the pump.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (6w0jO)

193 Lizzy

Wipe out their water plants. They are in a desert.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

194 Cattle Futures is where the real action lies.

Posted by: H. Rodham Clinton at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (wVcYX)

195 >>Who TF names their kid "Ro"?

"Who's gonna tell him?"
-- "Nikki" Haley

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (5xoct)

196 189 Ra was already taken?

Yeah, by Todd Rundgren's Utopia.

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (gtcuf)

197 Joy Reid calls @ByronDonalds a “house pet” of the Republican party.

“He lets white men pat him on the head in the United States House of Representatives."

hahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:31 AM (/+uur)

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Next the racists will be calling him the black face of white supremacy a la Larry Elder.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (9Kqhl)

198 "Who TF names their kid "Ro"?"

Me!

Posted by: Mr Yerboat at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

199 UN Food program for the past ~40 years has allowed the Houthi population to quadruple"

Huh. Whodathunkit?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)

200 Oh, so his real name is Rohit

Rohit down the river.

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:41 AM (gtcuf)

201 I've switched to fresh eggs from a local farm, exclusively. They are so far superior to the grocery store eggs that they might as well be a completely different product. Hard to believe they come from the same species of bird.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)

202 >>How much money Khanna made

Pretty sure I read that he's put a lot of his stock portfolio in his kids' names? Cute trick.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:42 AM (5xoct)

203 Propagandists at whatever they call MSDNC these days were shocked over the Indiana result, with Jen Psaki-Psak and Mayor Pete talking in funereal tones about the electoral demise of "Republicans" who will "stand up to Trump."
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Remember:
The same people telling you it's guaranteed that the Dems will win the House this year were--just last week--saying most of those RINOs would survive.

They had the whole propaganda churning, complete with "man on the street" long-time Republican, Trump voter but "Hoosiers aren't going to let Trump tell us what to do!"

PS: You know who is in a pants-pissing panic, demanding everyone accept and concede that the Dems are going to win in November?
Erick Erickson.
It's embarrassing how desperate he's been to prop up Kemp and his "Don't do nuthin' cause the Dems might get mad!" tact to avoid GA redistricting.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 08:42 AM (MtSIY)

204 man

Numbers of Islamics gives no hints as to net worth.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

205 They ip that price when they get that gas. Because if it drops a dollar a gallon, they you have no defense against price gouging.
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I can explain it for you, but I can’t understand it for you. You don’t understand business particularly well, that’s OK, not many people do. I include myself in that category.

Gas stations don’t actually make money on gasoline. They make their bones on all the crap inside.

Taxes are where it’s at. If you want to get pissed off, get mad at the motherfuckers in California and places like that.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 08:43 AM (tJ+Xw)

206 Errorickson sucks diseased donkey dongs. Text him to get his favorite recipes!

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

207 Who TF names their kid "Ro"?
Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:37 AM (gtcuf)

The Yerboats. Of the down-the-stream Yerboats.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:44 AM (BI5O2)

208 I've switched to fresh eggs from a local farm, exclusively. They are so far superior to the grocery store eggs that they might as well be a completely different product. Hard to believe they come from the same species of bird.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)
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We have a friend in Sonoma who supplies us with eggs when we are up there. The yolks are bright orange to red and the taste so much richer than mass produced. Amazing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

209 In California especially, those can be 50% of the price at the pump."

IIRC, CA gas taxes are up about 20 cents/gal or so this year so far... and they tax wholesale pipeline movements as well, so...

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)

210 Inevitably prices above those come from extra state and local taxes and fees that are added on. In California especially, those can be 50% of the price at the pump.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:40 AM (6w0jO)
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Sponge is right: we are being gouged. By politicians pouring on ever-higher fuel taxes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 08:46 AM (xP+jx)

211 The yolks are bright orange to red and the taste so much richer than mass produced. Amazing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

These suckers are so orange you could go huntng in them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:46 AM (BI5O2)

212 My girlfriend gets our fresh eggs from her friend who lives on a ranch. Yeah, those bright orange yolks make you do a double-take till you get used to it.

Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:46 AM (gtcuf)

213 It’s also a popular first name in the Bocop family. The Detroit Bocops.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (77rzZ)

214 Saw a thing the other day -- two gas stations along the CA-AZ border, about a mile apart, one on each side of the line. The gas at the CA station was nearly $3 higher than the gas at the AZ station.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (Y1sOo)

215 Say, whatever happend to the $10/dozen eggs that were going to get Trump in-peached or something, anyway?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

216 How can it be gouging when there are so many different stations? Yesterday I saw gas by the freeway for $3.89, but one station had it for $3.88. Today I expect another will offer $3.87. Winning!

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (vFG9F)

217 Gah, what would raaacist lefties do without projection?!
What pisses off Joy the most is that Donalds strayed off her reservation.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:35 AM (5xoct)

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More like strayed off the Dem plantation.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (9Kqhl)

218 My girlfriend gets our fresh eggs from her friend who lives on a ranch. Yeah, those bright orange yolks make you do a double-take till you get used to it.
Posted by: Delurker at May 06, 2026 08:46 AM (gtcuf)

If things would quit happening to us, we'd be raising chickens by the end of the year.

But alas, The Lord has other plans currently.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)

219 C'mon Maria, these are substantive allegations from the Office of Congressional Conduct.

If she lets him on her air and doesn't ask I will lose a lot of respect for her, and I hold her in the highest esteem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

220 I had to pay $5 for premium. That kinda hurt.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (vFG9F)

221 >>More like strayed off the Dem plantation.

Heh, yeah! Haven't had my coffee yet and I'm mixing my metaphors. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (5xoct)

222 The gas at the CA station was nearly $3 higher than the gas at the AZ station."

Even here - Valero took a hit, so their stores are at nearly $4, while the guys across the street are at 3.35...

and I'm betting the Valero guys can't figure out why they're not selling. Funny. And sad.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (XuXeR)

223 Say, whatever happend to the $10/dozen eggs that were going to get Trump in-peached or something, anyway?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

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Trump initiated a rapid chicken-fertilization program called "Operation Warp Breed."

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (9Kqhl)

224 I won't say the name because I don't want to doxx my chicken farmer, but the wife of the couple has a man's name. Think like if you met a chick named Dwight.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (BI5O2)

225 I had to pay $5 for premium. That kinda hurt.
Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (vFG9F)/i]

Over the last few weeks, I've been using the diesel truck to tow things around.

At $4.67 and up, it's been INCREDIBLY painful. Putting $0.10 HIGHER non-eth in the tractor kicked me in the balls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

226 Thanks JJ.

I have a lot to do today but want to see what happens with Iran. If they deliver most of the uranium, then I guess that's a win and the only way you can trust them. Sorry. "trust" them aside from all of their deaths. I'm fine with that too.

FoxNews had Doocey meeting fans at a restaurant. That was NOT a young group. And someone had a huge plate of something that looked amazing but also a heart attack on a plate. I'm mainly fruits, vegetables, canned sardines, chicken , nuts, oatmeal so that's me.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (Sco7b)

227 Operation Warp Breed."

*golf clap*

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)

228 ARiK I hope you email Maria, they listen to you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)

229 My girlfriend has a fresh egg every month!

Posted by: Hey-oooh at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

230 I filled up on premium at $5.17 this morning.

Couldn't care less.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 06, 2026 08:51 AM (DgMqy)

231 A single landlord owned seven desolate buildings filled with home healthcare companies billing taxpayers millions. We went to see them.
Inside Ohio’s Home Health Empire: 7 Buildings, 288 Medicaid Companies, $250 Million
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DeWine as bad as Minnesota Mongoloid*?

Ohio has a huge problem with lax government, cheating hard working people of their tax dollars. The GOPe is at fault, and we will see if the next governor can be more effective than Mike DeWine.

*(borrowed that from YD because it is so good)

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 08:51 AM (cnSC2)

232 My girlfriend has a fresh egg every month!
Posted by: Hey-oooh at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

Does she make bread with her yeast infection?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

233 I filled up on premium at $5.17 this morning.

Couldn't care less."

But you're supposed to care. That's the stick the Dims keep whacking away... on. or with....

Based on the Indiana results, I'd say that's... suboptimal.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)

234 >>Vivek Ramalamadingdong was actually born in Cincinnati, which is a city in Somalia.

Birthright citizenship beneficiary.
Fun fact, Vivek's dad has never become a US citizen, despite remaining here all these years.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 06, 2026 08:52 AM (5xoct)

235 I had to pay $5 for premium. That kinda hurt.

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 08:49 AM (vFG9F)

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Never had a vehicle that required premium (and have only ever purchased one new car -- back in '89 when I worked for Ford Aerospace and any Ford employee could buy a new Ford at 2% below dealer's cost.

The wifey, however, has been driving (not a lot, but now for 23 years) a nice 2004 Honda S2000 convertible that requires premium (and has only about 60,000 miles on it) ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 08:53 AM (9Kqhl)

236 JUST IN: US and Iran Very Close to Agreement To End the War: Pakistani Mediator Source

... if true, the democrats must be DM-ing Iran to reject it

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

237 At $4.67 and up, it's been INCREDIBLY painful. Putting $0.10 HIGHER non-eth in the tractor kicked me in the balls.
Posted by: Sponge

What kind of tractor?
Non eth tells me gasoline, correct?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:53 AM (MIar9)

238 Trump to Roll Back Biden-Era Fuel Standards, Admin Says It Will Save Americans $109 Billion

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 08:53 AM (RHGPo)

239 I hate to reward Walmart over smaller companies, but I have noticed that the Walmart parking lot gas stations are consistently cheaper than anyone else around. I don’t think they’re selling at no profit; I believe their huge purchasing and marketing department is able to demand lower wholesale prices than anyone smaller can get.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (6w0jO)

240 Things that make ya freak out-

Kalshi Politics
@KalshiPolitics
NEW ALL-TIME HIGH: Democrat James Talarico has a 48% chance of winning the Texas Senate race.

No Texas Democrat has won a statewide election since 1994.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

241 Pro tip i learned from a chef: if you get the fresh eggs, get them unwashed, if possible. Apparently the chickens' butt juice somehow keeps them fresh much longer. He explained it, but I forget the exact mechanism.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:55 AM (BI5O2)

242 Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims

You could have fast tracked every single permit to rebuild those homes. Every single victim could have had their lives back. But you were more focused on hating Trump and turning the neighborhood into a Section 8 shit hole.

Kindly sit this one out.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 08:55 AM (BpO1e)

243 >>Meteorologists Sound Alarm Over El Nino Plume Racing Across Pacific Like “Freight Train”

Living in a hurricane target area, I hope that's true.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 06, 2026 08:55 AM (Y1sOo)

244 JUST IN: US and Iran Very Close to Agreement To End the War: Pakistani Mediator Source

==

Ready to surrender, waive the white flag? Sure...any minute now.

Posted by: runner at May 06, 2026 08:56 AM (GD0B3)

245 Kalshi politics is bullshit. He reports media hype as though it is fact.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:56 AM (6w0jO)

246 Chevron down another 3.8% this morning, so maybe there is some substance to the peace deal rumors.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 08:56 AM (cnSC2)

247 I hate to reward Walmart over smaller companies, but I have noticed that the Walmart parking lot gas stations are consistently cheaper than anyone else around. I don’t think they’re selling at no profit; I believe their huge purchasing and marketing department is able to demand lower wholesale prices than anyone smaller can get.
Posted by: Tom Servo

THAT is industry standard. Long term contracts at huge bulk amounts. And not just gasoline. Everything.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:57 AM (MIar9)

248 Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims

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"Grief."

I always knew this Karen was a dumbfuck of the third water, but I figured she could at least spell "fury."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:57 AM (BI5O2)

249 over 50 percent of nursing home residents are on prescription antidepressant drugs.

ho lee fook
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 06, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

Keeps folks docile.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 08:58 AM (tOcjL)

250 Think like if you met a chick named Dwight.

Or Sydney.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)

251 Pro tip i learned from a chef: if you get the fresh eggs, get them unwashed, if possible. Apparently the chickens' butt juice somehow keeps them fresh much longer. He explained it, but I forget the exact mechanism.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Bloom.
Natural coating that allows them to sit at room temperature without spoiling. When the bloom is washed off, air can get thru the shell.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:00 AM (MIar9)

252 She's got the joy joy joy joy down in her heart!

Joy Reid calls @ByronDonalds a “house pet” of the Republican party.
“He lets white men pat him on the head in the United States House of Representatives."
This is the kind of invective a black person receives from a former “mainstream” cable host for the crime of not being a Democrat.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:00 AM (ndZc7)

253 My girlfriend has a fresh egg every month!
Posted by: Hey-oooh at May 06, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

Does she make bread with her yeast infection?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

That was a Hustler cartoon years ago.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)

254 It's also, National Nurses Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:01 AM (NpAcC)

255 I don’t trust any deal with Iran and I don’t like that Trump has stopped pounding them to get a “deal” (quotation marks used because they won’t keep their word; they’re liars). Why oh why is Trump falling into this trap? Are we the American people really so soft that we can’t tolerate higher gas prices for a year (say) in order to eliminate that evil regime

I say kick ‘em while they’re down and kick ‘em some more

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 06, 2026 09:01 AM (kERtS)

256 248 Karen Bass: Palisades Fire Victim Spencer Pratt ‘Exploiting the Grief’ of Palisades Fire Victims

Yes, but how many will STILL vote for her?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 06, 2026 09:01 AM (Sco7b)

257 Got rid of my TV about five years ago and divorced myself from any top and bottom of the hour talk radio news reports.
Pretty much my only source of what's happening in the world is this here Smart Military Blog™ and a few YouTubers or the occasional podcast.
Anyway, one of my former co-workers (emphasis on former, as I still have that new-retiree smell) recently texted me about some passengers on a cruise ship dying from some infection or something. I didn't know anything about it.

Made me realize how little I miss the so-called "news."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)

258
What kind of tractor?
Non eth tells me gasoline, correct?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 08:53 AM (MIar9)

Bought a '69 Ford 2000 with a 4 cyl gas engine. It'll do what I need.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

259 Washed Eggs keep for months in the fridge. What happens, is they dry out.

Old timers and prospectors used to coat them in vaseline to prevent this.

Drop eggs in cold water. If they sink they are OK. if they stand up on one end, they are getting there. If they float, throw ‘em out.

Sunflower pollen, as chickens eat bugs, etc, really make the yolks pop. I suspect a lot of the Nutrition Facts in terms of calories, Vitamins and Minerals are all bullshit, when the Industrial foods are compared with the real deal.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 06, 2026 09:02 AM (tJ+Xw)

260 233 I filled up on premium at $5.17 this morning.

Couldn't care less."

But you're supposed to care. That's the stick the Dims keep whacking away... on. or with....

Based on the Indiana results, I'd say that's... suboptimal.
Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)

Well, that was just Rs voting for Rs...you still have the other side to vote in Nov...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 06, 2026 09:02 AM (tOcjL)

261 Complain about POTUS doing something.
Complain about POTUS not doing something.
Complain
Complain
Complain

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 06, 2026 09:03 AM (zBgIx)

262 @KalshiPolitics
NEW ALL-TIME HIGH: Democrat James Talarico has a 48% chance of winning the Texas Senate race.

No Texas Democrat has won a statewide election since 1994.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

Yeah, I've seen 2 Talarico signs in yards around here. They're just making shit up.

I saw a LOT of Beto signs and he got blown away every time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

263 I hate to reward Walmart over smaller companies, but I have noticed that the Walmart parking lot gas stations are consistently cheaper than anyone else around. I don’t think they’re selling at no profit; I believe their huge purchasing and marketing department is able to demand lower wholesale prices than anyone smaller can get.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (6w0jO)

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Around here, Costco is consistently the lowest price -- presumably for the same reason.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:04 AM (9Kqhl)

264 Watched a vid of Indian state Rep Hardman practically crying about losing his primary to a MAGA candidate. He was saying "revenge isn't Christian".
You are a public servant, you didn't do what your constituents wanted, specifically redistricting. They didn't elect you to be sanctimonious. Enjoy private life.
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You were hired to do a job.
You refused.
You got fired.

You were not owed the job, entitled to it or granted it by God.

No kings!

LOL.

But for real, there are a caste who fancy themselves royalty, this class of permanent politicians who've known nothing but a paycheck from the public treasury.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 09:04 AM (MtSIY)

265 I don’t think they’re selling at no profit; "

WM is expert at picking up execess/unsold.

When a distributor/shipper plans on someone lifting X number of bbl, but only lifts X minu... whoops. Maths. Sorry.

WM buys what other stores aren't buying, and they sell it pretty much at cost +. That's why you'll see different brand tankers unloading there.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

266 That was a Hustler cartoon years ago.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)

Heh.

There was a karen street artist in NYC a few years ago that did something similar, I think.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

267 $95/barrel oil.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 09:05 AM (AvxYT)

268 >>Meteorologists Sound Alarm Over El Nino Plume Racing Across Pacific Like “Freight Train”

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Well, it is train week here at the horde.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (ndZc7)

269 It's also, National Nurses Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

National Nurses Day - May 6th, coinciding with National Nurses Week, which runs from May 6th - May 12th, Florence Nightingale's birthday.

Nurse's Day starts the week and International Nurses Day ends the week, May 12th.

I did not know that. Need to do something special for daughter-in-law.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (MIar9)

270 Around here, Costco is consistently the lowest price -- presumably for the same reason."

Costco too. Sadly, Buc-ee's used to, then they hired some traders... bummer.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (XuXeR)

271 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....

Posted by: Concern Karens at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

272 Pro tip i learned from a chef: if you get the fresh eggs, get them unwashed, if possible. Apparently the chickens' butt juice somehow keeps them fresh much longer. He explained it, but I forget the exact mechanism.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 08:55 AM (BI5O2)

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I'd heard that too, YD.

[Per Brave "AI:"]

"You should not wash fresh chicken eggs before storage because washing removes the egg's natural protective coating, known as the "bloom" or "cuticle." This microscopic layer seals the thousands of tiny pores in the shell, preventing bacteria and air from entering the egg while allowing it to breathe. Removing this barrier significantly shortens the egg's shelf life and increases the risk of contamination."

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (9Kqhl)

273 I hate to reward Walmart over smaller companies, but I have noticed that the Walmart parking lot gas stations are consistently cheaper than anyone else around. I don’t think they’re selling at no profit; I believe their huge purchasing and marketing department is able to demand lower wholesale prices than anyone smaller can get.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (6w0jO)

I've never seen a WalMart gas station, but I assume the same is true for BJs Wholesale Club, which has an attached gas station near me.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (qRla/)

274 In the eight months since he launched his Senate campaign, Graham Platner has risen from populist outsider with a Nazi tattoo to presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. Last week he edged out Janet Mills, Maine’s sitting governor, from the Senate primary. And he took a victory lap over the weekend when he spoke to delegates of the state party he just conquered.

Typically, a convention speech is a chance to tack toward the center and rally the party around its most popular ideals. Instead, Platner leaned into the hardened class warfare that powered his rise.
~~ Free Press
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Democrats are communists. We knew that was possible but I bet the Clinton-types are shocked. El Commandante Zero won over the party and the AOC types are the inheritors. It's only a matter of time before national Democrats start talking like Bill Ayers and speculating on how many millions of Americans need to be executed to reach utopia.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 09:07 AM (pNN3h)

275 271 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....
Posted by: Concern Karens at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

off sock/

Posted by: It's me donna at May 06, 2026 09:07 AM (FtULh)

276
I've never seen a WalMart gas station, but I assume the same is true for BJs Wholesale Club, which has an attached gas station near me.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (qRla/)

I believe they're part of Murphy USA fuel stations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

277 It's also, National Nurses Day.

Wish I'd known that. I would have sent Nurse something.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (qRla/)

278 $4,681/oz gold; $76.85/ox silver

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (wVcYX)

279 Bought a '69 Ford 2000 with a 4 cyl gas engine. It'll do what I need.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Nice!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (MIar9)

280
Wish I'd known that. I would have sent Nurse something.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (qRla/)

Send her a dancing nurses tiktok video. She'd LOVE that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

281 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....

Posted by: Concern Karens at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

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They keep coming for the King ... and missing.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:09 AM (9Kqhl)

282 271 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....

Posted by: Concern Karens at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

Not on MS Now.

I just flip through occasionally and the funeral announcements constantly play to their 1.7 million viewers.

CNN, about 700,000 iirc from last I checked. Mostly captives somewhere.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 06, 2026 09:09 AM (Sco7b)

283 Eggs are complicated. They should cost, like, $100 dollars each.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 09:09 AM (77rzZ)

284
Nice!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (MIar9)

Yeah. It's not in bad shape and she runs pretty strong. Starts right up with a little choke and purrs like a kitten. I'm happy with it.

I've got a lot to learn on it, however.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

285 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....
Posted by: Concern Karens at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

That is so passee!

Now it's gas. Gas is gonna be the undoing!! This time for sure!!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 06, 2026 09:10 AM (zBgIx)

286 $4,681/oz gold; $76.85/ox silver

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 06, 2026 09:08 AM (wVcYX)

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Is Ox Silver really that valuable?

/

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:10 AM (9Kqhl)

287 JJ, if you are hoping for Liz Brown, the "endorsed" candidate to win, I hope you are wrong. She is not a conservative. We are hoping for Vogt to pull it out. Brown poured a ton of money into that campaign.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 06, 2026 09:10 AM (nz1sK)

288 I was at the grocery check out yesterday. $145. This included a variety of products; produce, meats, eggs, and a few non-food items. I'll just say this; an awful lot of the produce is coming from outside the US and it's one of the reasons a bag of lettuce is expensive (to me.)

I thought Trump was bringing back to the US more than "just" manufacturing. Why are we still outsourcing our produce to Central and South America? Other than the growing seasons... which I get, but it just seems like everything grown in the ground comes from outside the US.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (jehhT)

289 I believe they're part of Murphy USA fuel stations.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

The new Wal Mart gas station in Melissa on 121 is a full walk in like any 7-11. Older ones are just walk ups with a pay window.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (MIar9)

290 The amount of carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere hit a record high in April. CO2 levels averaged about 431 parts per million (ppm) over that month, according to data collected at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

… I haven’t heard from New Jersey this morning
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 07:29 AM (yQoVG)

Yet, we're number 4 on the "healthiest states" list. You guys live in an imaginary world of WalMarts.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (5xuJ/)

291 How about the salmonella on all those raw eggs?

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (77rzZ)

292 Eggs are complicated. They should cost, like, $100 dollars each.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 09:09 AM (77rzZ)

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Remember when eggs were bad for and gonna kill you? Good times ...

Now they say: "An egg a day keeps the doctor away."

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (9Kqhl)

293
Who is the dude in the dress whites in that opening photo -- the Clean Towel Service delivery guy? A local milkman?

And that skateboard's worth of service ribbons?

Wowie-zowie!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (xG4kz)

294
The new Wal Mart gas station in Melissa on 121 is a full walk in like any 7-11. Older ones are just walk ups with a pay window.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (MIar9)

Passed by it twice on Sunday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

295 How about the salmonella on all those raw eggs?
Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 09:11 AM (77rzZ)

When was the last case of salmonella in the United States?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)

296 Yeah. It's not in bad shape and she runs pretty strong. Starts right up with a little choke and purrs like a kitten. I'm happy with it.

I've got a lot to learn on it, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Rule #1. Never buy an attachment brand new.
Way too many used ones out there.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:13 AM (MIar9)

297 The limeys keep eggs on the counter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (AvxYT)

298 79 Ramaswamy is NOT the governor we want. He's a foreigner, and a fake Christian. It's pathetic we allow foreigners to rule over us. BS! He will keep the H-1B visas coming and continue to ruin our economy with Indians. They are taking over northern Columbus. They beat their wives and can't drive. What are we doing Ohio???
Posted by: Bladerunner2019 at May 06,

Do Governors control H1Bs?

Posted by: Inogame at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (53oGX)

299 OK, folks, got writing to do and a new pup to acclimate.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (qRla/)

300 The amount of carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere hit a record high in April. CO2 levels averaged about 431 parts per million (ppm) over that month, according to data collected at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

… I haven’t heard from New Jersey this morning
Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 07:29 AM (yQoVG)

It's 56 degrees in NTX this morning........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

301 Legal Insurrection reports: "Newly released footage shows two thugs in Seattle attacking and beating a 77-year-old man, while not a single person nearby helped him to even get up.

Abdullahi Osman (29) was later charged with second-degree assault. Police are still searching for the second suspect."

What was communist Mayor Katie Wilson's response to this outrage? She condemns video cameras.

“This technology and technology similar to it has recently been in the news for its failure to be meaningfully and consistently secured leading to breaches that could result in sensitive data being shared by ICE and putting our immigrant and refugee communities at risk.”

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (78MVT)

302 Passed by it twice on Sunday.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Clean bathrooms. Almost as clean as Buc-ee's. They're my weekly stop when I don't get to Sam's.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:15 AM (MIar9)

303 OK, folks, got writing to do and a new pup to acclimate.

Hope you all have a lovely day.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 06, 2026 09:14 AM (qRla/)

Enjoy!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)

304 But for real, there are a caste who fancy themselves royalty, this class of permanent politicians who've known nothing but a paycheck from the public treasury.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 09:04 AM (MtSIY)

This has been a problem forever with the Indiana Republican Party- especially in the Senate. Mike Pence is a perfect example. He cloaks his progressive tendencies with christianity.

Posted by: Cooldawg at May 06, 2026 09:15 AM (FvNw3)

305
Graham’s proposal demonstrates that he remains set on trying to topple the Iranian regime, despite evidence that, internally, the country is not as divided as previously thought. While weapons flows could destabilize the country, it remains unclear if it could lead to a successful popular uprising, or merely descend the country into years of bloody civil war, similar to Libya and Syria.
Graham Urges Trump to Arm Iranian Opposition Forces.

Just strap on a parachute and we'll arrange for you to be dropped with a weapons' shipment, El-Maximo Commando Supremo Lindsey!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:15 AM (xG4kz)

306 re: Dawkinns

Arguing that God is every bit as good as AI is really not the "gotcha" that the headline suggests.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 09:16 AM (I0N4X)

307 Well, it is train week here at the horde.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:06 AM (ndZc7)

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Every week is "Train Week" for Donkey-Chompers!

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:16 AM (9Kqhl)

308 How about the salmonella on all those raw eggs?
Posted by: Bulg

You don't wash the eggs when you collect them.
You wash the eggs before cracking them.
No salmonella.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:17 AM (MIar9)

309 Putin Retreats to Bunkers Over Assassination Fears

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And Trump is out mixing it up.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)

310 Rule #1. Never buy an attachment brand new.
Way too many used ones out there.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:13 AM (MIar9)

Couldn't get the box plow this run, but the bush hog works just fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

311 Fraud is worse in Ohio than Minnesota. The former Ohio Speaker of the House (Larry Householder) is serving a 20-year prison sentence for taking bribes from fraud-riddled First Energy Corporation in exchange for forcing the taxpayers to bail out their noncompetitive and historically shoddy (and nearly catastrophically dangerous) power generation spin-off. Not to mention the Springfield Haitians, East Palestine train derailment, the recently revealed Minneapolis-style scams in Columbus and the DeShaun Watson signing.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (2ap+5)

312 purrs like a kitten"

But do the Lake pipes roar?

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (XuXeR)

313 I wonder if turkey eggs taste good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (BI5O2)

314 Maybe the peace is breaking down in the future pits.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (AvxYT)

315 re: Dawkinns

Arguing that God is every bit as good as AI is really not the "gotcha" that the headline suggests.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 09:16 AM (I0N4X)

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Talk about the tail wagging the God.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:19 AM (9Kqhl)

316 Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman

BOOM! ECONOMY IS ROARING BACK:

Fox Business just reported the April ADP Employment Report came in BETTER THAN EXPECTED, posting the HIGHEST job growth number in 15 MONTHS!

https://tinyurl.com/yvnxy2xs

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

317 I wonder if turkey eggs taste good.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (BI5O2)

Not sure on that, but I do know a bud of mine sells the heck out of duck eggs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

318 There's an interesting variety of eggs at Costco, but I have not seen turkey eggs, whatever that tells you.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 06, 2026 09:20 AM (2ap+5)

319 BOOM! ECONOMY IS ROARING BACK:

Fox Business just reported the April ADP Employment Report came in BETTER THAN EXPECTED, posting the HIGHEST job growth number in 15 MONTHS!

https://tinyurl.com/yvnxy2xs
Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

They more they don't expect things, the more they look like they really suck at their job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

320 287 JJ, if you are hoping for Liz Brown, the "endorsed" candidate to win, I hope you are wrong. She is not a conservative. We are hoping for Vogt to pull it out. Brown poured a ton of money into that campaign.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 06, 2026 09:10 AM (nz1sK

Yep! Her mask slipped on immigration/ deportation front. She been acting super conservative since that vote. Trump certainly isn’t perfect when it comes to endorsements. Do your homework. Btw, what the hell is going on with the voting process there? My dad is pissed. He thinks something shady is going on.

Posted by: Cooldawg at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (FvNw3)

321 Other than the growing seasons"

*looks at calendar *

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)

322 One of my offspring recently finished nursing school and just got a hospital gig in a cardiac step down unit for pediatric patients. Long story but six years ago his own son had heart surgery at ten days old. Made him decide to reorient his whole life and become a nurse.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

323 Yd , turkey and duck eggs are both very good.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (z2aPa)

324 From Deadline...

More than 50 members of anti-Putin activist group Pussy Riot stormed the Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition on Wednesday in their first-ever joint protest with Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN.

The action comes amid a backlash against a decision by the Venice Biennale – which also oversees the Venice Film Festival in September – to allow Russia to host a pavilion as the country continues to wage war against Ukraine.

A press statement released on behalf of Pussy Riot and FEMEN, said the protestors had performed their “Disobey” song, with FEMEN members stepping forward with blue and yellow smoke, Ukrainian flags, and chants.

Yeah, I know no one here gives a crap, but the idea of Pussy Riot just gives me the encouragement I need to focus.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 06, 2026 09:22 AM (Sco7b)

325 What I've seen of those who won last night in IN, they are all local businessmen types.

They are not "up through the machine" candidates.
So that's good.

The only caveat is, the GOP doesn't have much of a machine anyway (until you win office, that is; then they try to recruit the winners to Team RINO).
But, they do outsource it to the Chamber of Commerce.
I suspect, though, the CoC endorsed all the incumbents.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 06, 2026 09:22 AM (MtSIY)

326 I wonder if turkey eggs taste good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:18 AM (BI5O2)

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The volume of one ostrich egg equals approximately 24 chicken eggs. Have never had one, but heard they have a creamier, richer texture.

And no idea what the price would be ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:22 AM (9Kqhl)

327 Yeah, I've seen 2 Talarico signs in yards around here. They're just making shit up.

I saw a LOT of Beto signs and he got blown away every time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)
********
What worries me the most is the Democrats seem far more motivated than the Republicans to turnout the vote.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

328 MP4, how good of you to provide a home for dear Luna and a companion for Odessa. Plus, there is nothing like a pet for getting you out of your own head. My silly cat was a consolation.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at May 06, 2026

***
Miss Linda is on her phone every thirty seconds, and the algorithm knows she likes cat stories. Today there's one about a shorthaired black cat, quite handsome, who was returned to his shelter after one month. The story declares he was "heartbroken and confused." I'll agree to the second, but not the first; he wasn't there long enough to form any attachments.

The story has no details about *why* the "people" decided to return him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 09:23 AM (wzUl9)

329 How come we don't hear about the Ukraine war every 3 minutes anymore?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

330 Yd , turkey and duck eggs are both very good

-----

OK, I'm going to put out feelers and see if I can find someone farming them around here.

I'm ready to go to the next level in my egg game.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:23 AM (BI5O2)

331 Morn' all.. So I guess the stories of MAGA being dead were premature....
Posted by: Concern Karens

But RINOs have been entered on the endangered species list.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:24 AM (ndZc7)

332 What worries me the most is the Democrats seem far more motivated than the Republicans to turnout the vote.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 09:23 AM (NpAcC)

THIS, unfortunately, is an issue. It just doesn't seem that the R base is getting out, the dipshits.

You lose this one, you never win again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

333 We will soon takeover the egg market after our territorial expansion is complete.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at May 06, 2026 09:25 AM (oftw2)

334 The volume of one ostrich egg equals approximately 24 chicken eggs. Have never had one, but heard they have a creamier, richer texture.

And no idea what the price would be ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:22 AM (9Kqhl

Yes, i have had ostrich eggs when working in a restaurant kitchen. Really good, but impractical for home use. Too big, and you need a saw to open them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 09:25 AM (BI5O2)

335 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

Congratulations to your son. That experience will probably increase his empathy for patients and will make him a valuable addition to their staff. God bless him!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 09:25 AM (EQmpy)

336 one ostrich egg"

Dad had one (dried) for years. Nearly the size of a Jr soccer ball...

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:25 AM (XuXeR)

337 What about emu eggs?

Posted by: Doug at May 06, 2026 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

338 He was saying "revenge isn't Christian".

We'll be asking for God's mercy later.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 09:26 AM (BpO1e)

339 and you need a saw to open them."

Wow.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:26 AM (XuXeR)

340 zerohedge....I know...this Iran crap may go on forever...Oh wells will be shutting down soon. That'll help.

Axios reports that the White House is nearing a preliminary deal with Iran to end the war, as Trump post appears to offer olive branch.

White House says it expects a response to the latest offer within 48 hours.

Iran's initial response via media & national security spox: US demands are unrealistic & do not reflect reality, & Axios report based on too much 'speculation'.

A key caveat of the US offered deal is that Iran would commit to a moratorium on uranium enrichment, & Washington wants a 20-year ban on this.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. at May 06, 2026 09:27 AM (Sco7b)

341 and you need a saw to open them."

Wow.
Posted by: man

Yeah. Talk about making a pan of scrambled eggs.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:27 AM (MIar9)

342 One of my offspring recently finished nursing school and just got a hospital gig in a cardiac step down unit for pediatric patients. Long story but six years ago his own son had heart surgery at ten days old. Made him decide to reorient his whole life and become a nurse.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 06, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

--------------

Nice and congratulations to you and your son!

I worked the past 13 years with numerous nurses in VA Medical Centers and Clinics, and similar anecdotes as regards their motivation were common.

Have always found medical TV series fascinating (we're rewatching both "ER" and "House, MD" presently).

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:27 AM (9Kqhl)

343 Murphy Oil (for whom I used to work, several corporate steps removed) supplies the gas for the Walmart stations. Around here the WM stations are .10/gal. cheaper than convenience store stations, and about .15 cheaper than the majors like Exxon and Shell.

I have a card for each of those, and get .10/gal. off anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 09:28 AM (wzUl9)

344 YD, you can downsize to quail eggs too.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 06, 2026 09:28 AM (z2aPa)

345 Murphy Oil makes a great soap!

Posted by: Your great grandma at May 06, 2026 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

346 That's "Whee doggies!"; ya maroon.

Posted by: Daniel Simpson Day at May 06, 2026 09:29 AM (qLuc/)

347 He was saying "revenge isn't Christian".

-
But betrayal is A OK.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)

348 -
But betrayal is A OK.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 06, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)

When you deny the existence of your soul........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

349 Nekkid babes up!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 06, 2026 09:30 AM (MIar9)

350 “Ramaswamy is NOT the governor we want. He's a foreigner, and a fake Christian. It's pathetic we allow foreigners to rule over us. BS! He will keep the H-1B visas coming and continue to ruin our economy with Indians. They are taking over northern Columbus. They beat their wives and can't drive. What are we doing Ohio???”

Agree, what’s up Ohio? Casey would’ve been a great choice. Love his content on YouTube. Maybe next time? Could Vivek be worse than DeWine?

Posted by: Cooldawg at May 06, 2026 09:30 AM (FvNw3)

351 Murphy Oil (for whom I used to work, several corporate steps removed) supplies the gas for the Walmart stations"

So you're near the Gulf coast.

Posted by: man at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (XuXeR)

352 We will soon takeover the egg market after our territorial expansion is complete.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at May 06, 2026 09:25 AM (oftw2)

----------------

Meme never gets old.

Posted by: ShainS at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (9Kqhl)

353 345 Murphy Oil makes a great soap!
Posted by: Your great grandma

You'll be using Murphy's all the time,
Cuz the dirt is finished, but the finish is fine!

Posted by: Ol' Codger at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (oftw2)

354 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

355 Yes, governors decide what visa abuse to permit or discourage.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 06, 2026 09:32 AM (uWwhL)

356 Omega-3 supplements may be linked to faster cognitive decline in seniors, study finds

Posted by: SMOD at May 06, 2026 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

357 Posted by: Ben Had at May 06, 2026 09:28 AM (z2aPa)

Had a quail in the backyard Sunday. Seemed to be eating fallen bird seed and resting in the shade during hottest part of the day. Had left by evening, though. First time I'd seen one in the wild.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 06, 2026 09:35 AM (lFFaq)

358 Could Vivek be worse than DeWine?

Did DeWine insult the intelligence of Americans and talk about how desperately we need to import third world immigrants? If not, then he's a lot better.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 09:39 AM (BpO1e)

359
But betrayal is A OK.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

You just pay a price!

-- zombie Judas Iscariot

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 09:45 AM (xG4kz)

360 When was the last case of salmonella in the United States?

This is some kind of comedy site, but it often escapes me.
Over a million cases a year.
So don't tell that one at the bar with your teeth in.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 06, 2026 09:47 AM (zdLoL)

361 262 @KalshiPolitics
NEW ALL-TIME HIGH: Democrat James Talarico has a 48% chance of winning the Texas Senate race.

No Texas Democrat has won a statewide election since 1994.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 06, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

Yeah, I've seen 2 Talarico signs in yards around here. They're just making shit up.

I saw a LOT of Beto signs and he got blown away every time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 06, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

This is an attempt to scare people into keeping Cornyn. Probably pushed by Cornyn's campaign.

Posted by: Inogame at May 06, 2026 09:48 AM (53oGX)

362 57 I think our Marxist governor here in KY, Andy Beshear, is running in '28.

...This guy is a real prick.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
----
One of many, but likely.

April 11, 2026
Campaign 2028
Gov. Beshear Speaks at National Action Network Convention
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (D) spoke with Rev. Al Sharpton at a National Action Network Convention discussion on the state of American politics and his priorities as a Democrat. Governor Beshear criticized the actions of the Trump administration while focusing on the achievements and goals of his own administration in Kentucky, particularly health care for children and public safety. He teased a potential presidential run in 2028, centering his political ambitions around his Christian faith.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 06, 2026 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

363 Why Californians May Have Two Democrats Running for Governor in November

1) Jungle Primary system
B) Mail in ballots with counting of ballots for 15 days of "voting"
III) Laws that allow people to stuff ballot boxes
d) Voter rolls that haven't been cleaned in ages, on purpose, allowing for counties with over 100% registration
Д

DMV auto-registers licensed drivers...supposedly doesn't allow non-citizens, but that's been proven wrong.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 06, 2026 01:09 PM (ynpvh)

Daily Tech News 6 May 2026

Tech News

The latest version of Google Chrome has a neat new feature: It installs a 4GB local AI model on your computer without asking or even telling you. (That Privacy Guy)

Now that you know about it, can you delete it?

Yes, if you jump through seven flaming hoops.

Does it stay deleted?

No.

Not only is this a generally bad move, it is probably illegal in the UK and Europe.

Also, on my PC it's only 2.7GB for whatever reason.
Notepad++ is not out for the Mac. (Ars Technica)

The notepad is a lie.

Tech News

Lenovo's 5th generation Legion Tab is out now for $849. (Liliputing)

That's with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, which is not expandable.

I have the 3rd generation model with the same memory and storage capacity and a slightly lower display resolution. It cost me around $450, making the new model not a bargain I am in a hurry to pick up.
Microsoft is automatically adding Copilot as an author to Git commits if it occupied the same continental plate as your code at any point. (Heise)

Thanks, Microsoft!
Moving your systems to a mainframe is now cheaper than using VMWare. (The Register)

And it's not even IBM saying this.
Google Deep Mind staff in Britain are about to suddenly be laid off due to economic conditions. (Wired) (archive site)

I can see the future. And sometimes even the past. Present is cloudy though.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Not.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 04:32 AM (lgmVC)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

3 You want tech news????

I'll give you tech news!!!!

Stop buying HP printers!

https://tinyurl.com/5sf9cvjs

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 04:33 AM (lgmVC)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 04:34 AM (sAmhv)

5 The latest version of Google Chrome has a neat new feature: It installs a 4GB local AI model on your computer without asking or even telling you.
-

I try to avoid anything Google. However, still stuck with my Android phone.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 04:35 AM (lgmVC)

6 Musical Interlude

Something something.
-

Well here's something:

https://youtu.be/UelDrZ1aFeY

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 04:38 AM (lgmVC)

7 Steve at Hardware Unboxed lowered the boom on NVIDIA and "ray tracing" in his latest video on YT. Essentially, "ray tracing" is worthless for gaming, because serious gamers prefer FPS to image enhancement.

Posted by: mrp at May 06, 2026 04:39 AM (rj6Yv)

8 Now that you know about it, can you delete it?

Yes, if you jump through seven flaming hoops.

Haha, Pixy. Sounds like an Olympic sport for techies- "flaming hoop jumping"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 04:39 AM (Yl2Ob)

9 No music interlude?

youtu.be/lsZG7n7ries

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 04:44 AM (sAmhv)

10 "A time to let go." Rabbi's daughter from the International fellowship of Christians and Jews. Writes on Leviticus 25:3-4:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhzpv7x

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 04:45 AM (Yl2Ob)

11 Ah, there it is. Fine Young Cannibals. They were a thing, and then, they weren't. They just disappeared.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 04:45 AM (sAmhv)

12 Ah, there it is. Fine Young Cannibals. They were a thing, and then, they weren't. They just disappeared.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 04:45 AM
-

Drop in consumer interest?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 04:50 AM (lgmVC)

13 The last HP Printer (ink jet) was garbage and I vowed never to get another. Next one I get will be a laser printer. Maybe a Brother or Epson. No more HP. They used to be not terrible.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 04:52 AM (sAmhv)

14 O.k for the insomniacs I have a suggestion. I've been drinking a tea about half an hour before I go to sleep and it's really helped me not wake up in the middle of the night. It has a dumb name but it works. It's called "Nighty Night Extra" from "traditional medicinals ". I got it a the supermarket in the tea section.. it has valerian and passion flowers and some other things. I think it's more effective-for me anyway, than taking a valerian tablet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 04:52 AM (2sfNr)

15 Drop in consumer interest?

I guess. Or aliens. I don't know. British band. I was stationed over in the UK when they hit it big. They were all over the place and then, they weren't. I have no idea what ever happened to them. It's fascinating to read about these bands that hit it BIG and are all over the place, and then, gone, like a vapor in a hurricane. The music business is a harsh mistress.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 04:55 AM (sAmhv)

16 Woman pulls man from burning car before it explodes. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/3dvvywnz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 04:56 AM (2sfNr)

17 I don't think Donna from the ONT learned her lesson.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 06, 2026 04:57 AM (qFwJc)

18 Still need a new GPS, driving by phone isn't bad but can't watch any map on it

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 05:02 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Drop in consumer interest?
-

I guess.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 04:55 AM (sAmhv)
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Pun lost.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 05:03 AM (lgmVC)

20 Still need a new GPS, driving by phone isn't bad but can't watch any map on it

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 05:02 AM (Ia/+0)
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Why can't you watch maps on the phone?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 05:04 AM (lgmVC)

21 "Strength is overrated" Reflection from a person on
2nd Corinthians 12:1-10. For those that have an interest, following the devotional and prayer are some study questions:

https://tinyurl.com/es4hveyb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 05:04 AM (2sfNr)

22 Some peppy music for getting moving in your morning:

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age (4K Official Video)
https://youtu.be/x5h-LAvQDCQ

Or to really wake you up for that commute, some "noise art":
Beck - Devils Haircut (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/aa3rBVb3v4g

Posted by: SciVo at May 06, 2026 05:06 AM (Sy6m/)

23 IIRC, the lead singer of Fine Young Cannibals was beheaded by Duncan MacLeod.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 06, 2026 05:07 AM (EcHpA)

24 It's like a whacky cartoon out there in Turkey:

https://tinyurl.com/bds8frbz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 05:11 AM (lgmVC)

25
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 06, 2026 05:12 AM (8iYDv)

26 Pun lost.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

I'll go look for it.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 05:18 AM (sAmhv)

27 >>>The last HP Printer (ink jet) was garbage and I vowed never to get another. Next one I get will be a laser printer. Maybe a Brother or Epson. No more HP. They used to be not terrible.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

>All inkjet and liquid printers suck donkey balls. I'm surprised they still make them. I got a color laser and never looked back.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 05:19 AM (D1E+2)

28 20 Still need a new GPS, driving by phone isn't bad but can't watch any map on it
[snip]
Why can't you watch maps on the phone?
_-_
I still think you should learn to ride a horse. What do you think they're gonna do, pave the whole world just so you can drive that newfangled velocipede around everywhere?
Oh, sorry, wrong century.
paper maps. Paper Maps PAPER MAPS!

Oh, you can't find thiose, huh?

I think you should stop and ask for directions.

Posted by: Doni n SoCo at May 06, 2026 05:29 AM (48Lzp)

29 Duo sings old time hymn, "Great is thy faithfulness":

https://tinyurl.com/4xvk8rtw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 05:33 AM (Yl2Ob)

30 Eventually companies like HP are going to do this stupid subscription crap enough that some programmers are going to band together and create an open-source firmware project to take back our hardware devices.

One of these already exists for routers: OpenWRT.

Yeah. Something like that.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 06, 2026 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

31 Switched to Brother inkjets about a decade ago after frustrations with HP and its drivers.

Need just B&W, scanning and copying. Use cheap Chinese ink cartridges. Works for me!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 05:35 AM (lR5Ug)

32 I'm now waiting for someone to write a program that can permanently remove the AI garbage from Chrome and keep it uninstalled.

All they have to do is charge about $5 for it and within a week, they don't have to work any more.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 05:40 AM (BpO1e)

33 Why you notepad++ when you can use Vim?

Or Sublime?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 06, 2026 05:45 AM (XV/Pl)

34 Had to charge my phone up, need a new cord and only have 1 for two devices

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 05:45 AM (Ia/+0)

35 Phone is a bit smaller and doesn't sit on dashboard

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 05:46 AM (Ia/+0)

36 There are such things as phone holders that mount to the windshield. Mine works great.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 06, 2026 05:49 AM (qFwJc)

37 Phone is a bit smaller and doesn't sit on dashboard
Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 05:46 AM (Ia/+0)
-

Isn't it cheaper to simply buy a new phone with a decent size screen and find a mount for it, than to buy a dedicated GPS device?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 05:49 AM (lR5Ug)

38 use Vim?
_-_
I write code for Windows and Linux, so I switch back and forth a lot. I wind up with stray j's and k's in my Windows code on occasion. Got used to vi in the 90's when it was the editor of no choice on IRIX machines...well, there was "Jot"...

Posted by: Doni n SoCo at May 06, 2026 05:52 AM (48Lzp)

39 Is the AI bubble popping yet?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 05:55 AM (48Lzp)

40 https://tinyurl.com/5x4u37ef
20 Posts from Doug Ross Substack

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 05:56 AM (Ia/+0)

41 Had a thought, maybe Fine Young Cannibals self imploded, they eat each other out of existence.

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 05:57 AM (Ia/+0)

42 “ The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

Proverbs 12:18

Posted by: Marcus T at May 06, 2026 05:57 AM (/iaZu)

43 Hmmm...time to go sweep the snow off of the starlink.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 05:58 AM (/evfT)

44 Sure a bigger phone would be more expensive than a GPS

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 05:59 AM (Ia/+0)

45 @39/Don in SoCo: "Is the AI bubble popping yet?"

I keep hoping every morning to read news of AI's "dot.bomb" moment; when the elastic, stretched too far, just breaks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 06, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW)

46 I remembered that guy. He was supposed to play Hiro Protagonist in the movie.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 06, 2026 06:02 AM (gHSfI)

47 @38

>> well, there was "Jot"..

I’m just not getting this Mac notepad++ brouhaha.

There are numerous text editors out there, the world was not clamoring for a port of a Windows text editor.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 06, 2026 06:03 AM (XV/Pl)

48
I keep hoping every morning to read news of AI's "dot.bomb" moment; when the elastic, stretched too far, just breaks
_-_
when I saw the "data center in your backyard" think (nvidia and pulte homes), I started thinking, now they're getting desperate.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:04 AM (/evfT)

49 >>> "Is the AI bubble popping yet?"

>The barn door is open on AI. It will never close. It may take a few hits in financial markets but it's never going away. The military applications, killbots, will drive the industry.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 06:06 AM (D1E+2)

50 Looking at Best Buy, cheapest Garmin is $150, better $250

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 06:06 AM (Ia/+0)

51 And would bet the Marxist Ststes will still gerrymandering at will until someone tries a new court case.

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 06:08 AM (Ia/+0)

52 Yeah, not thinking AI will go away unless civilization goes with it, but the circular financing seems like it will eventually cause a big financial crisis.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:09 AM (3Pbwf)

53 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 06, 2026 06:09 AM (VyBeY)

54 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Nit.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 06, 2026 06:10 AM (xvhJH)

55 Evening and morning, creatures of the light and the darkness! (But mostly light.) 'Tis Woden's Day again, innit?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:10 AM (wzUl9)

56 Happy Wednesday, one and all Today is the third injection for my knee and I am hopeful that this will go better than the second.

It's annoying that I'm going through all of this to be in a state of "Yeah, it doesn't hurt as bad as normal" for six months.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 06:11 AM (BpO1e)

57 The old thinking was that the weapons of mass destruction were nuclear, biological and chemical warfare. Think again. Now we have AI. Add that to the list.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 06:12 AM (D1E+2)

58 I slept enough last night, but feel as though I didn't. My left knee is mildly sore -- possibly a result of my struggles with removing the old toilet seat yesterday. The idiots who installed the new Niagara commode a few years ago probably used a power tool to screw down the plastic bolts, and the head of one was too chewed up to use a screwdriver on it. Finally, after loud expostulations (read: "curses") and various contortions, I realized my wrench with 13mm socket -- the same size the instructions for the new seat required -- would grip and undo the entire bolt. After that, no problema. What a mess, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

59 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 06:12 AM (Ia/+0)

60 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 06, 2026 06:16 AM (YpHnX)

61 57 The old thinking was that the weapons of mass destruction were nuclear, biological and chemical warfare. Think again. Now we have AI. Add that to the list.
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After the manner of Ron White, I don't know what it would take to destroy western civilization, but I can see what they're going to use.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:16 AM (3Pbwf)

62 paper maps. Paper Maps PAPER MAPS!

Oh, you can't find thiose, huh?

I think you should stop and ask for directions.
Posted by: Doni n SoCo at May 06, 2026

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On my Kansas trip, I would call up the areas I needed on Gorgle Maps, make notes of the essential highway numbers in a notebook for the front seat, and try to commit the zigzags to memory. It worked pretty well. When I did have to stop for directions, that worked -- IF the local inhabitants were bright enough to turn on light switches. In Pine Bluff, AR, they weren't.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)

63 There were a few survivors to the dot.bomb event (dot.com implosion). Note the key word there: Few. A lot of companies disappeared suddenly when their magical-thinking financing dried up and they didn't have any actual revenue.

That pattern will repeat in AI. Most will be gone. A few will survive, and they'll offer something actually-useful to some customers, enough that they have a real revenue stream.

The pretenders and the magical thinkers will have to go off and start their next big scam though.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 06, 2026 06:19 AM (O7YUW)

64 Friend brought this video to my attention. This skit came out in 1993. These guys could see the future:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO47aYGJ738

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 06:19 AM (BpO1e)

65 paper maps. Paper Maps PAPER MAPS!

Oh, you can't find thiose, huh?

I'm betting AAA still has them.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 06, 2026 06:20 AM (BpO1e)

66 Some researcher discovered another task Microsoft should do as part of their K2 project or as I like to call it Widowmaker 11. K2 is the project where Microsoft intends to address all the problems it created over the last 10 years that have its consumer users in revolt.

So what's the new project?

This researcher discovered the Microsoft Edge browser stores all the passwords stored in the browser in plain text in memory when any single password is accessed.

Microsoft to this credit told everybody to piss off because this was by design.

Oh. That's a bit tone deaf. Sigh. The Mac Air and Mac Mini are looking rather attractive.

https://is.gd/pWcT0c

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026 06:22 AM (glnUu)

67
*strolls in with coffee*

Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 06:22 AM (HdYcL)

68 Rand McNally still publishes a physical-print Motor Carrier's Road Atlas, aka: Truckers' map book.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 06, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

69 The latest version of Google Chrome has a neat new feature: It installs a 4GB local AI model on your computer without asking or even telling you. (That Privacy Guy)

****

I deleted all things Google with a vengeance years ago when I read that one of their developers identified as a dragon and the company played along with it.

Posted by: Biergood at May 06, 2026 06:23 AM (PwgSL)

70
K2 is the project where Microsoft intends to address all the problems it created over the last 10 years that have its consumer users in revolt.

And double down on them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 06:23 AM (HdYcL)

71 >>>After the manner of Ron White, I don't know what it would take to destroy western civilization, but I can see what they're going to use.

Posted by: Don in SoCo

>Imagine what a killbot could do at a protest with 50,000 people. It goes until it runs out of ammo.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 06:24 AM (D1E+2)

72 I still use my 2016 Walmart-issued Rand McNally U.S. Road Atlas. It has a store directory for WM in it. That was how I found the Walmart in Pine Bluff, not via locals' directions.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

73 Coffee. Once again I'm faced with the task of having to make coffee. The burdens I endure.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026 06:25 AM (glnUu)

74 commit the zigzags to memory
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Yeah, I do that. I flatly refuse to do that turn-by-turn thing. When my sisters ride with me, they turn on their damned phones to announce the turns 'cause they know how much I hate that shit. I will admit that having your position displayed on a (quiet) moving map is a good thing for orienting yourself in an unfamiliar area, but otherwise, that stuff's not for me.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:25 AM (/evfT)

75 Rand McNally still publishes a physical-print Motor Carrier's Road Atlas, aka: Truckers' map book.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 06, 2026

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I need one of those!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

76 @69/Biergood: "... one of their developers identified as a dragon and the company played along with it."

Satan's at Google. This tracks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 06, 2026 06:27 AM (O7YUW)

77 I will admit that having your position displayed on a (quiet) moving map is a good thing for orienting yourself in an unfamiliar area, but otherwise, that stuff's not for me.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026

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The screen in the Buick is too small, and displays too limited an area at a time, for me to understand where I am in relation to, say, the Interstate or the US highway I'm trying to get to. A real map lets me trace that out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)

78 Coffee. Once again I'm faced with the task of having to make coffee. The burdens I endure.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026

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I set mine up the night before, then only have to press a couple of buttons on the Braun when I get up. By the time I return from the head, the black juice is hot and ready to go.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

79 A real map lets me trace that out.
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Yup.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:32 AM (3Pbwf)

80
Her Majesty still carries a Rand McNally atlas in the RV. As for myself, I have an uncanny sense of direction, so I can look at a map ahead of time and get to the location with no further reference.

I gave up on navigators when I was told to make the first legal U-turn, then after I had done so, I was told to make the first legal U-turn.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 06:33 AM (HdYcL)

81 Not time for coffee here yet. Still busy pretending I could go back to sleep.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:34 AM (3Pbwf)

82 uncanny sense of direction
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...and a fella can't develop that by just following directions.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:35 AM (3Pbwf)

83 Her Majesty still carries a Rand McNally atlas in the RV. As for myself, I have an uncanny sense of direction, so I can look at a map ahead of time and get to the location with no further reference.

I gave up on navigators when I was told to make the first legal U-turn, then after I had done so, I was told to make the first legal U-turn.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026

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I rely more on the compass in the car's instrument panel than almost anything else. This is my fourth car with a compass in it, and now I wouldn't know what to do without it. Of course I may be the only Swamp dweller you'll ever meet who understands compass points. The rest all navigate by "Toward da river, toward da lake, toward da airport."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:37 AM (wzUl9)

84 I still use my 2016 Walmart-issued Rand McNally U.S. Road Atlas. It has a store directory for WM in it. That was how I found the Walmart in Pine Bluff, not via locals' directions.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Really? It is a well-known that every town of population 25,000 or more has a Walmart. Las Cruces, whose population is about 115,000, has three of them plus a grocery store specific version and a Sam's club. Somehow I manage to avoid them most of the time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026 06:39 AM (glnUu)

85 rely more on the compass in the car's instrument panel than almost anything else.
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Pretty handy in the eastern US where it is often cloudy or the trees reach each other over the top of the small roads.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:41 AM (3Pbwf)

86 Imagine what a killbot could do at a protest with 50,000 people. It goes until it runs out of ammo.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 06, 2026 06:24 AM (D1E+2)
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The only way to stop them is to send wave after wave of our own men until the killbots hit their preset kill limit.

Posted by: Captain Zapp Brannigan at May 06, 2026 06:42 AM (gnNyN)

87 every town of population 25,000 or more has a Walmart.
_-_
Favorite phrase in directions to anything - "down by the old Walmart."

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:43 AM (3Pbwf)

88
Pretty handy in the eastern US where it is often cloudy or the trees reach each other over the top of the small roads.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:41 AM (3Pbwf)

I was rather shocked a couple of years ago when I took a trip from Texas to Philadelphia and had to drive to my destination. All the roads are narrow, buildings smooshed up next to them and tiny parking lots.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 06:43 AM (HdYcL)

89 Really? It is a well-known that every town of population 25,000 or more has a Walmart. Las Cruces, whose population is about 115,000, has three of them plus a grocery store specific version and a Sam's club. Somehow I manage to avoid them most of the time.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026

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Tell City is a tiny town on the Ohio River a ways outside Evansville, IN. It sports a lot fewer than 25K people -- and *it* has a Walmart.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:44 AM (wzUl9)

90 Good morning from the road! Gonna finish this on Friday, get home and get some decent coffee and slice of pecan pie.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2026 06:44 AM (25wiQ)

91
Should have added that I grew up in the area (Bucks County) and so should have remembered.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 06:46 AM (HdYcL)

92 Pretty handy in the eastern US where it is often cloudy or the trees reach each other over the top of the small roads.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026

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Or where the road signs are obscured by weathering or are not clear in low light.

(Full disclosure: My distance vision is still decent, but not what it was just a few years ago. I'm working up my nerve to get glasses for driving.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:46 AM (wzUl9)

93 I misunderstood the Microsoft edge storing your passwords in clear text. It's worse. It does it all the time.

From the guy who discovered this, "When you save passwords in Edge, the browser decrypts every credential at startup and keeps them resident in process memory. This happens even if you never visit a site that uses those credentials."

What is perverse and amusing here is Microsoft requires you to validate your credentials when you attempt to access access the password manager.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026 06:47 AM (glnUu)

94 Texas to Philadelphia
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Yeah, you start to see where that expression, "You can't get there from here", originated (or is that a Maine thing?)

I like driving in Texas, because the roads are usually so well marked that it's pretty easy to just wing-it most of the time even going someplace you haven't been before.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:50 AM (3Pbwf)

95 For road trip navigation, I use Waze almost exclusively. Spent the last couple of days driving around the Portland/McMinnville area and it was indispensable. Scout the route, mark the coffee shops and hit the road.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2026 06:51 AM (25wiQ)

96 Favorite phrase in directions to anything - "down by the old Walmart."
Posted by: Don in SoCo

I recently started some physical therapy and the office was in a Med Center in Urbana, Ohio. The receptionist I first spoke with on the phone said, when I asked their location, "We're right by the Walmart Superstore."

Posted by: Biergood at May 06, 2026 06:51 AM (PwgSL)

97 Regarding VPNs, which I asked about yesterday: Proton has a free one. It's limited though, "medium speed," and offers servers in fourteen countries . . .*chosen at random.* Their next step up is $2.99 a month and offers a choice of 20,000 servers, and does not say "chosen at random."

After I finish paying my trip bills, I'll look into it. $36 a year doesn't sound too extortionate.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

98 w00t late

Posted by: m at May 06, 2026 06:53 AM (RtN13)

99 (Bucks County)
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I've been meaning to get out that way. My bagpipe teacher lived out there, but he decided to bug out to the west. Nice seeing what a bit of rain does for the flora and fauna of a place!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 06:54 AM (3Pbwf)

100 100

Posted by: m at May 06, 2026 06:55 AM (RtN13)

101 I recently started some physical therapy and the office was in a Med Center in Urbana, Ohio. The receptionist I first spoke with on the phone said, when I asked their location, "We're right by the Walmart Superstore."
Posted by: Biergood at May 06, 2026

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My next question would be, "And what street or highway is that on?" This flummoxes most people, unfortunately. There is a major expressway that goes around Pine Bluff, the Martha Mitchell Expressway, with clear signs; and yet when I asked locals how to get back to it, they looked like I'd asked little cat Dagny about the life of the Emperor Tiberius.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)

102 Late?!!! Woot were you thinking of ?!! 😉

https://tinyurl.com/5dukp88a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 06:57 AM (2sfNr)

103 Good morning morons

Getting ready to take Boy F. to see his grandma and her yenta friends in Portland . It is gross how they fawn over him.

They used to fawn over me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 06:57 AM (RIvkX)

104 26 Pun lost.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

I'll go look for it.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 05:18 AM (sAmhv)

; )

Posted by: m at May 06, 2026 06:58 AM (RtN13)

105 I usually read the ONT about this time in the morning. I would advise against telling the thermos joke at work. The classic version involves an unsophisticated construction worker in a “man on the street” interview. Asked what he thinks is the world’s greatest invention, he answers in a certain dialect.

For the same reason, I would advise never reciting the “eeny mean1e m1ny m0” sequence. I thought the racist version was a juvenile delinquent variation of a more benign classic. No, the original version was the malignant version.

Posted by: Fenderbender at May 06, 2026 06:58 AM (1FEc1)

106 I like driving in Texas, because the roads are usually so well marked that it's pretty easy to just wing-it most of the time even going someplace you haven't been before.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026

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And with good road surfaces, even the state highways and county highways.

Kansas had good roads; so did Missouri, at least the Interstate and US highways. Arkansas wasn't bad until I got south of Little Rock, but the I-55 in MS was good. The moment I crossed the state line into Lousy-ana, though, my car looked back at me and said, "Boss, do we *hafta* do this?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:58 AM (wzUl9)

107 McMinnville is very cute little town.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 06:59 AM (RIvkX)

108 Speaking of DAgny, it's time I fed the furry thugs on their new schedule.

Stirling has a new nickname: Mighty Hunter, or Mouse-Killer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

109 I went to my local Best Buy for the 10th time to take a look at the MacBook Air 13 and 15 yesterday. The salesperson informed me a major difference between the 13-in and the 15-in MacBook Air is the 15 in is bigger because it has more cores in the GPU.

I didn't even try to challenge this. Instead I just nodded and went "Oh really. Interesting. I didn't know that."

To be fair, I think the salesperson intended to say the 15-in MacBook Air has bigger graphics performance because it has more GPU cores. It was all rather amusing.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026 07:00 AM (glnUu)

110 I can see where Waze would be useful in the Portland, OR. area for navigating around all the Antifa roadblocks.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026 07:01 AM (glnUu)

111 My next question would be, "And what street or highway is that on?" This flummoxes most people, unfortunately.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

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lol...Yes, I'd never been to Urbana, Ohio before so that was of absolutely no help to me. My next question was for the address.

Posted by: Biergood at May 06, 2026 07:01 AM (PwgSL)

112
Diana gets morose when Her Majesty leaves on a trip without her. So I let her sleep on the bed next to me last night. She occupied HM's side and, unusually, was no problem at all.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 07:03 AM (HdYcL)

113 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 06:59 AM (RIvkX)

Lotsa nice towns between PDX and McMinnville. I only spent time at the airport there though. I did make time to walk through the Evergreen air and space museum and see the spruce goose.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2026 07:04 AM (25wiQ)

114 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 06, 2026 07:04 AM (2Ez/1)

115 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 06, 2026 07:06 AM (u82oZ)

116 I did make time to walk through the Evergreen air and space museum and see the spruce goose.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2026 07:04 AM (25wiQ)
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Excellent !

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:08 AM (RIvkX)

117 114 Birdbath status?
Help me, 2Ez/1, you're my only hope.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 07:08 AM (3Pbwf)

118 I might add that the new Continental tires on the front of the Buick, and the Kelly Sports that have been on the rear for about two years, all performed perfectly on the trip. In this case that meant "Air them up properly and forget about them."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

119 mornin yall. This news nugget may be the most important thing you read all day:

"Billie Eilish recalls how brutal twerking injury actually saved her life"

Posted by: fd at May 06, 2026 07:12 AM (vFG9F)

120 Mcminnville was home to a Tandy corporation's Incredible Universe technology superstore in the mid 90s. They were ridiculously large and we're quickly wiped out by e-commerce.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026 07:14 AM (glnUu)

121 Have to endorse the girls next door coffee shop in Portland. No nose rings or purple hair baristas.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2026 07:14 AM (25wiQ)

122
Billie Eilish recalls how brutal twerking injury actually saved her life

She has a "Dead at 27" look about her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 06, 2026 07:14 AM (HdYcL)

123 The Pakistani Muslim Judge Who Protected 2 Trump Assassins
Should Congress remove him?
May 6, 2026 by Daniel Greenfield
=====
Yesterday I told JJ "they are already inside the house."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

124 "Air them up properly and forget about them."¹
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Kirk: But for how...long? How...long, Mr. Aurelius?

My F150 has a slow leak in one tire I've been airing up peiodically for about two years now...the guys at the tire shop get kinda whiny about slow leaks they can't find and ya have to spend an hour or two waiting...might have to break out the bead breaker and spoons and patch it myself.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 06, 2026 07:15 AM (3Pbwf)

125 Portland, Oregon used to have a boutique called Bad Kitty. Their slogan was "Good stuff for bad girls. Bad stuff for good girls." I love going by there.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026 07:16 AM (glnUu)

126
I love that FYC video ... always have!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:16 AM (xG4kz)

127 I hate everything about Portland except the low sales tax.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

128 I won't even go to Powell's anymore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 06, 2026 07:17 AM (RIvkX)

129 Have to endorse the girls next door coffee shop in Portland. No nose rings or purple hair baristas.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2026

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I was amazed at how weird hair-free and nose ring-free all the clerks were, even at the coffee shops, in Kansas.

Kansas seemed also to have few hijab-wearers around, as in "none." Salty replied, "They keep a low profile here. We have a lot of gun owners."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

130
Google Deep Mind staff in Britain are about to suddenly be laid off due to economic conditions. (Wired) (archive site)

I can see the future. And sometimes even the past. Present is cloudy though.

The question for which we have ever received a satisfactory answer:

How is it that Dionne Warwick and the Psychic Friends Network did not foresee that its end was near?

The answer? It sat on a throne of lies!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:19 AM (xG4kz)

131 Portland, Oregon used to have a boutique called Bad Kitty. Their slogan was "Good stuff for bad girls. Bad stuff for good girls." I love going by there.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026

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Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 would have loved that slogan and probably would have bought the place out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

132 Big primary night last night in Indiana, as Trump endorsed candidates slaughtered the RINO's who frustrated redistricting. Also a good night for the President in Ohio, where his candidates did very well in their primaries. The Propaganda Press will be furiously looking for a spin angle, but it's a victory any way you look at it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 06, 2026 07:19 AM (nBmgE)

133 We're having early voting this week. I need to brush up on who's running that I can vote for, and take care of that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)

134 I won't even go to Powell's anymore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I was last in Portland, 2016. I was appalled at the state of the city at that point. There's not a chance in hell I would ever return. I lived there in the mid-90s and it was always amusing to see the ecoterrorists repel down the side of one of the taller buildings so they could unfurl one of multi-story banners.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026 07:20 AM (glnUu)

135
Billie Eilish recalls how brutal twerking injury actually saved her life

She has a "Dead at 27" look about her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Her guilt from living on stolen land is consuming her.

Now you tell one ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:20 AM (xG4kz)

136 Nood JJ

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 06, 2026 07:21 AM (sn5xH)

137 I definitely wouldn’t live here. The people (I met/worked with) were nice and the area was beautiful but being in all the forest was almost claustrophobic.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 06, 2026 07:21 AM (25wiQ)

138 Has Eilish given her multimillion home to the Indian tribe that demanded it after her helpful remarks regarding "stolen land?"

Because until she does, I don't care to hear from her again.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 06, 2026 07:21 AM (BI5O2)

139
One of these days I will take up proofreading.

But today is not that day!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 06, 2026 07:22 AM (xG4kz)

140 The TV series Grimm was set and filmed in Portland, OR. I loved the exteriors of the houses they showed on the series, and the set of the lead character's home matched that style and was glorious.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 06, 2026 07:22 AM (wzUl9)

141 Don in SoCo,

Try Discount Tire. Those guys are great.

I had a slow leak and they patched (not plugged) it for free.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (qFwJc)

142 One of these days I will take up proofreading.

But today is not that day!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Technically, isn't that what we do when we read a liquor bottle label?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 06, 2026 07:23 AM (glnUu)

143 New desktop arrived on Friday. Took it out of the box on Saturday. Started setting it up on Sunday. Maybe I'll do more of that today. I'm not in a hurry obvs.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 06, 2026 07:42 AM (CHHv1)

144 >>>Microsoft is automatically adding Copilot as an author to Git commits if it occupied the same continental plate as your code at any point.

Nice attempt at an end run around the GPL?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 06, 2026 10:59 AM (dK+Kv)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - May 5, 2026 [Doof]

From Aesthetics

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Tuesday night ONT has arrived. So glad you could make it. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Russia deportation process >>>>> USA deportation process

Man Gets Deported from Russia for Reviewing a Leather Skirt Online

In the Russian Federation, the LGBT movement is recognized as extremist and banned, so any sort of association or promotion can have serious legal consequences. A young migrant from Uzbekistan found this out the hard way after reviewing a women’s leather skirt on the Wildberries online marketplace.
In September 2025, the young man, known only as Islomjon, left a written review for a women’s leather skirt, along with a photo of himself wearing the garment. In the review, he wrote: “Great skirt! It conceals not only my figure flaws but even the fact that I’m a guy.”
The photo of Islomjon wearing a skirt did not, in fact, conceal his gender and was most likely posted as a joke, but Russian authorities did not find it very funny. Despite deleting his review and accompanying photo, the young migrant was apprehended and charged with “propaganda of non-traditional sexual preferences by disseminating (posting) information aimed at fostering non-traditional sexual attitudes and the attractiveness of non-traditional sexual relations.”
The offender reportedly admitted his guilt in court, but asked only to be fined for his mistake, and not deported, according to Russian law. Unfortunately for him, a court of law found no mitigating circumstances, and last month, he was sentenced to five days of administrative arrest, after which he was forcibly deported from the Russian Federation.

I'm not saying we should consider deporting people because of what they say or post online. But I'm also not NOT saying it.

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You'll put yer eye out!

Thermos Bottle Design Flaw Causes “Permanent Vision Loss” in at Least Three People

Of all the risks associated with using insulated food and beverage containers, permanent vision loss would probably rank pretty low on most people’s list, but according to a series of consumer reports, it’s a real possibility. At least 27 people have filed complaints claiming to have suffered laceration injuries when the caps violently ejected from the containers upon opening them.
Several models from Thermos’ Stainless King Food Jar and Sportsman Beverage Bottle lines reportedly feature a design flaw that can have dramatic consequences for users. The danger stems from the stoppers designed to prevent leaks and retain heat. If perishable food or beverages are stored for an extended period, pressure builds up and can cause the cap to violently eject when the container is opened.
Unlike other insulated containers, these faulty models don’t have a pressure release valve, which can cause the stoppers to pop out at high velocity, hitting and injuring users. Of the 27 complaints from people claiming to have suffered lacerations as a result of using Thermos containers, three have reported “permanent vision loss”.

News video segment at the link.

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Play stupid games...

“I made a stupid video about the president, the far right found it and posted it on Twitter, and then got me fired from my job”

-Liberal very upset that her actions have consequences

What is the easy solution to preventing this in the future? 🤔✨🌈 pic.twitter.com/vaMk0Hl4AV
— Meme’nOnLibs (@MemeNonLibs) May 5, 2026

I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

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Kewl!

An entrepreneur cuts up whiskey bottles collected from the trash to make luxury glasses, which he sells — almost at zero cost. pic.twitter.com/1dLhMrWBeQ
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) May 4, 2026

Very clever reuse of those bottles!

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Maryland's last Republican member of Congress, Andy Harris speaks about the Key Bridge debacle

(I like to intentionally mispronounce that word as DEB-a-clee)

Congressman Harris: Key Bridge price may have topped $9B; state searches for new builder

State and federal officials made a joint announcement last week that the current contract with Kiewit would not move forward to finish the Key Bridge rebuild, citing concerns with the timeline and cost. U.S. Rep. Andy Harris said he heard the number for the Kiewit-built Key Bridge may have been between $8 and $9 billion.
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“That is going to show just gross mismanagement,” he said during the radio interview.
Pointing to rising material costs, Harris also said Maryland’s minority business program for contractors may have played a role in the rising cost, but he also cited union agreements.
“The state chose a project labor agreement which can increase the cost from 20-25%,” Harris added.
State leaders announced in November 2025 the latest estimate for the Key Bridge rebuild effort would cost between $4.3 billion and $5.2 billion, with a target completion date of the end of 2030. That estimate came after the original price tag was set at around $2 billion.
After announcing the news to move away from Kiewit, state leaders have yet to provide many details about why the decision was specifically made.
“If the cost overrun was so great, let’s talk about it,” Harris said. “There’s a feeling in Congress that this was bait and switch.”

Check out the whole thing.

I live in Andy's district. For now. There is, of course, a redistricting plan underway in Maryland. Most of the red areas in Maryland (yes, there are red areas in MD -- lots of them) have already been Gerrymandered into blue districts. Have I mentioned lately that I can't wait to move out of MD?

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DJ Doof - Born on This Date Edition
from thisdayinmusic.com

Born on this date in 1959: American guitarist and songwriter Steve Stevens. Often referred to as "the fingers of rock", he is best known for being Billy Idol's guitarist

Also born on this date in 1959: English singer-songwriter and musician Ian McCulloch, best known as the frontman for the rock group Echo & the Bunnymen who had the 1983 UK No.8 single 'The Cutter'

Born on this date in 1948: Bill Ward, drummer with English rock band Black Sabbath

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1 I want to see the meme of Marco Rubio realizing his new job is to post the ONT

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 10:03 PM (sOtuf)

2 DOOF!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (UDzNJ)

3 Nice filters on that top pic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 291 Ont should be 10 minutes late as a joke.
Posted by: Piper

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (nzPxx)

5 Turning to the Horde Mind - I was thinking of a list of gals' names that have become memes, mnemonics, etc.

Karen . want to see the manager
Marcia . Marcia, Marcia
Felecia . bye
Shirley . don't call me

I know I thought of a couple of others that I then forgot.
Any suggestions?

Posted by: mindful webworker - so very early tonight!! at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (k0Y0k)

6 Is always the Uzbekestanis

Posted by: Borat at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (sDWtc)

7 I read the content.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (OoFl2)

8 Thank you for the ONT Doof!!!

Really thank you!!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (Sco7b)

9 Thanks for the ONT, doof.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)

10 Damn thats one hell of a picture up top.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (snZF9)

11 Sorry I'm.late, I was teasing a Frenchman about the Battle of Puebla.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (p6+WR)

12 Thanks for the ONT, Disco. Billy Idol always a welcome listen.

Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (41CYW)

13 Evening fappers and fappettes

Posted by: Otto Penn at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (sJHOI)

14 News video segment at the link.

Eye can't see it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

15 Hey, Doof. How was your experience aboard the UFO last night)

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (77rzZ)

16 Time to check out for the evening. Take care.

Posted by: clarence at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (tsTuO)

17 Good evening Horde. Thanks Doof!

Posted by: TRex - chess master dino at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

18 You're over a day late, tankdemon. Excuses won't cut it this time.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (sDWtc)

19 8 Thank you for the ONT Doof!!!

Really thank you!!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (Sco7b)

9 Thanks for the ONT, doof.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)

Feeling like I could have just simply posted "ONT" and it would be a hit tonight!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

20 I saw one of those bottle to rocks glasses o ewetub. It was like a Pendleton bottle? Huge fucking glass. For when you want to get blackout in one glass.

Or have one of those frozen sphere things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

21 Good evening morons y gracias Disco

The drop off that porch is mighty steep.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

22 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

Hmm. The shape of the mouth is right. Yes, no need to feel sorry, she has a great future on OF!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

23 Feeling like I could have just simply posted "ONT" and it would be a hit tonight!
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)
Blinking font “The ONT is here (down arrow) “

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:08 PM (Wmg4n)

24 >> Damn thats one hell of a picture up top.

Doof likes sunsets. I do to. Also, sunrises.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (w6EFb)

25 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (sAmhv)

26 Feeling like I could have just simply posted "ONT" and it would be a hit tonight!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

But then we couldn't have enjoyed that liberal chick.

Wow, I wish so many others could experience her level of pain.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Sco7b)

27 Blinking font “The ONT is here (down arrow) “
Posted by: Piper

Don't give Eric Swalwell ideas.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (sDWtc)

28 I'm not saying we should consider deporting people because of what they say or post online. But I'm also not NOT saying it.
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Well, yeah.

Not without seeing pics first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

29 True fact: the coughing at the beginning of Sweet Leaf was Tony Iommi, trying some of that sweet leaf.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

30 Feeling like I could have just simply posted "ONT" and it would be a hit tonight!
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

Blinking font “The ONT is here (down arrow) “
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:08 PM (Wmg4n)

Keeping that one in reserve!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (QMAsf)

31 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

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I probably would have if she didn't double down in her video .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (kxLc1)

32 I'm not saying we should consider deporting people because of what they say or post online. But I'm also not NOT saying it.

He was deported for being obnoxiously gay, even? Bluesky would implode if that happened here. Both literally and figuratively.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (VHUov)

33 Doof likes sunsets. I do to. Also, sunrises.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Wins twice a day.

Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (41CYW)

34 “If the cost overrun was so great, let’s talk about it,” Harris said. “There’s a feeling in Congress that this was bait and switch.”

That assumes you're surprised that this would happen in MD.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (Riz8t)

35 I hope everybody took advantage of the fact that Cinco de Mayo fell on Taco Tuesday this year. It won't happen again until 2037.

I read somewhere today that people who support ICE aren't allowed to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. I was wondering if the person who posted that realizes Cinco de Mayo commemorates people violently opposing foreigners coming into their country without permission.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:11 PM (p6+WR)

36 Quality content at a reasonable price.

Well done

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:11 PM (X4yQA)

37 Hey, Doof. How was your experience aboard the UFO last night)
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (77rzZ)

What happens on a UFO...

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

38 Indiana, land of my forefathers, decided to kick the trash off a cliff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:12 PM (zZu0s)

39 True fact: the coughing at the beginning of Sweet Leaf was Tony Iommi, trying some of that sweet leaf.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

I remember a whole band coughing while learning the song. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:12 PM (snZF9)

40 “If the cost overrun was so great, let’s talk about it,” Harris said. “There’s a feeling in Congress that this was bait and switch.”

Pfffffft.

Posted by: California High Speed Rail at May 05, 2026 10:12 PM (Riz8t)

41 Mindful, some literary "meme" names are Dorothy and Alice. Not sure if that's what you are looking for.

Posted by: mrally at May 05, 2026 10:13 PM (+ZHEV)

42 Doof likes sunsets. I do to. Also, sunrises.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 10:09 PM (w6EFb)

Life is short. You never know when you're looking at the last one you'll ever see. So enjoy them all!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

43 Only $9B for a whole bridge? Pocket change

Posted by: California High-Speed Rail Commission at May 05, 2026 10:13 PM (p6+WR)

44 Gypsy. Black Sabbath. Technical Ecstasy. A great example of just how awesome Sabbath was. Stop with the sampler plate FM radio mix. Yes. We've heard iron man. ten thousand times.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)

45 Good evening good people

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (Kyh8Y)

46 I have seen Sting's daughter. It's self defense.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (X4yQA)

47 Feeling like I could have just simply posted "ONT" and it would be a hit tonight!
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

Going for the generic ONT, Doof?

Maybe just black text on a white background and no pix?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

48 >> Wins twice a day.

On Mercury, because of the 3:2 spin vs high eccentricity, you can (at certain spots) get a double sunrise and set.

The sun would rise over the east horizon, stop, then dip below, then come back up again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (w6EFb)

49 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

Not at all. Her side made the rules...

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)

50 The far right found my stupid video - No, you dumb bitch, you posted it for all to see, they didn't have to search for it you rubbed it in their face.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 10:15 PM (nzPxx)

51 Deranged TikTok twat should move to another city, and become a stripper. She definitely has the intellectual chops for the job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:15 PM (utfVc)

52 Completion date 2030? WTF.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 10:15 PM (kxLc1)

53 Thank you for ONT Doof!

Greetings Everyone.

In case you didn't see my post over the weekend, big-box membership store's tire dept finally got the TPMS issue straightened out. They didn't admit to anything, just said they got an alternate part number and stuck to their story that the original part they installed should work just fine. But the system works just fine now and so I'm happy. Didn't cost nutin beyond what I paid originally.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 05, 2026 10:15 PM (QGaXH)

54 Good evening Horde. Thanks Doof!
Posted by: TRex - chess master dino at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

Dino! Thanks for stopping by!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

55 On Mercury, because of the 3:2 spin vs high eccentricity, you can (at certain spots) get a double sunrise and set.

The sun would rise over the east horizon, stop, then dip below, then come back up again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Damnit, no homework on ONT!

Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:16 PM (41CYW)

56 Thanks for the ONT, Disco. Billy Idol always a welcome listen.
Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (41CYW)

Howdy Doggo! Good to see you!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

57 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

Not at all. Her side made the rules...
Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)

Sarc tag was implied!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

58 DOOF!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (UDzNJ)

Howdy COMM!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

59 Mindful. Sure Jan
My german guy boss is named Jan, I think "sure Jan" a lot but don't say it out loud in the office.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (PV+Zw)

60 I'll take What Do Gavin Newsom and Wes Moore Have in Common for $1000, Alex.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

61 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

Not at all. Her side made the rules...

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (rdVOm)

This! We warned them too. We told them they would not like the new rules. Did they care? Nope, they thought they would have a 1000 year reich. We warned them, so tough tittie.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (snZF9)

62 That filter crash test dummy has a big future in the waitress arts.

She FA.
She FO.

Nothing of value was lost.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (X4yQA)

63 Thanks for a timely ONT, Mr. Doof!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

64
What's on YOUR mind tonight?

I introduced my junior team members to the secret of how to achieve and maintain a solod good attitude. I call it my GASV. Give A Shit Variable. I set it to 0.000000001. Doesn't return a zero when multiplied, and doesn't crash when divided. Next best thing to a barren field where I used to grow the fucks I'm all out of.

They're engineers and instantly got the secret to happy large MIC employment.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (QVmho)

65 Nothing says "Intelligent Political Discussion" like posing with your top half off.

I, for one, wish to encourage our female populace to pursue this method of discourse, and perhaps explore further patches of skin they can expose whilst lecturing me.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (hNnmQ)

66 Only $9B for a whole bridge? Pocket change
Posted by: California High-Speed Rail Commission at May 05, 2026 10:13 PM (p6+WR)

There are some unemployed bridge builders in Florida that will work cheap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (utfVc)

67 From last night's late cafe, I said
Just cute or borderline pedo? I'm too old to say.
https://youtu.be/K2KfaDyIcF8

I left before Braenyard replied,
It may not be pedo but it is blasphemous.

Y'know, I had to go back and watch the vid again to see what you meant. OMG is so common I didn't even think about it. Despite my own tendency to watch my speech.

Posted by: mindful webworker - gosh darn at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (k0Y0k)

68 When you post a video on the internet about any subject, be sure to pull your hoodie off one shoulder in an artful way and polish up your nose ring. Details matter.

Posted by: huerfano at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (VJX5o)

69
*strolls in*
*eats plate of hors d'oeuvres*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:20 PM (HdYcL)

70 Thanks for a timely ONT, Mr. Doof!
Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (rdVOm)

Allow ME to serve YOU a drink tonight! What'll ya have?

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)

71 Lifted From Below -
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You know

All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Fair enough.
I sometimes have to do retarded reports for work.

Why not throw one to the editors here...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 10:20 PM (/lPRQ)

72 18 You're over a day late, tankdemon. Excuses won't cut it this time.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (sDWtc)

Will bribery work? I think I still have a Club ONT bathroom token around here somewhere.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:20 PM (p6+WR)

73 I bet I could replace the bridge for 8B. 4B to bribe the right people. About 4B in my pocket. And then the very very small amount needed to make a spectacularly strong and well designed bridge.

You could probably tunnel under the river for less than 9 billion. Wait about twenty years or so. You could launch vehicles into orbit on one side, transit to the moon, do some sight seeing, transit back to earth orbit, reenter and land on the other side for less than 9 billion.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 05, 2026 10:21 PM (3uBP9)

74 MAY THE FIFTH BE WITH YOU

*hic*

HUMA!

MOAR GIN

Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2026 at May 05, 2026 10:21 PM (JkO4W)

75 Karen . want to see the manager
Marcia . Marcia, Marcia
Felecia . bye
Shirley . don't call me

I know I thought of a couple of others that I then forgot.
Any suggestions?
Posted by: mindful webworker - so very early tonight!! at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (k0Y0k)

Sure, Jan
Fucking Todd!
Khaaann!!
I don't know, Margot!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 10:21 PM (0aYVJ)

76 Thanks for the Tuesday Night ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top.

The Key Bridge rebuilding is indeed a debacle. Maryland should be ashamed.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 05, 2026 10:21 PM (vrNzf)

77 With Doof ONT stands for ON TIME

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 10:22 PM (vE0+H)

78 When you post a video on the internet about any subject, be sure to pull your hoodie off one shoulder in an artful way and polish up your nose ring. Details matter.
Posted by: huerfano at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (VJX5o)
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TJM, to the white courtesy phone, please!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

79 With Doof ONT stands for ON TIME
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 10:22 PM (vE0+H)

All ONTs are on time. Some are just more on time than others!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:23 PM (QMAsf)

80 I know I thought of a couple of others that I then forgot.
Any suggestions?
Posted by: mindful webworker - so very early tonight!! at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (k0Y0k)

Becky

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:23 PM (rbvCR)

81 I read somewhere today that people who support ICE aren't allowed to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

Like I'd want to? Hell, the only good thing about Cinco de Mayo is the TexMex food and the margaritas, which I can have anytime I want anyway. Although I do kinda like some Herb Alpert music with my tacos.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:24 PM (0Htd1)

82 Internet Girl now knows what FAFO is

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:24 PM (ZxPkt)

83 Why, thankee kindly Mr. Doof!

Toasty day here... an Iced Tea would be delightful, if you please. Long Island style.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

84 "Oh my God, Becky. Look at her butt!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (rbvCR)

85 some literary "meme" names are Dorothy and Alice. Not sure if that's what you are looking for.
Posted by: mrally

Not exactly. At least no single meaning I can think of.

Sure Jan
Posted by: PaleRider

Yeah, like that.

Jan . Sure

Posted by: mindful webworker - gosh darn at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (k0Y0k)

86 80.

Chad
Brenda

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (X4yQA)

87 I'll take What Do Gavin Newsom and Wes Moore Have in Common for $1000, Alex.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

What is "They both suck c*ck by choice."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (hNnmQ)

88 Police helicopters circling overhead.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

89 Anybody else watching the CA guv debate?
The dumbass Dems are eating each other alive trying to promise free shit they never did or will deliver.
Xavier is a sleazeball, Steyer is retarded, Katie Potato is a slug.
It's like a live version of the cartoon 'The Lockhorns'.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:26 PM (b3Yos)

90 22 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

I'm just disappointed that she wasn't deported. Oh, wait, she's not an immigrant, so maybe exiled.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:26 PM (0Htd1)

91 Trixie

Kelly

Debbie

Annie

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

92
Final
Astros, 2 - Dodgers, 1

Losing pitcher: Ohtani

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (HdYcL)

93 All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched

We can do that?!

But then I remember, no one wants an OrangeEnt ONT.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

94 Echo and the Bunnymen!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (4PLHt)

95 I was a semi-proud Maryland resident right up to the point where we elected Bob Ehrlich governor. Bob was a good man, and I did what I could to get him elected. The Democrat controlled state promptly did everything it could to derail his term, and then after he was defeated for re-election, enacted everything he had run on. I left the state and swore to never return. I have to drive through it occasionally, but I do not stop. As with most of the country, Western MD red. Eastern Shore, red. Baltimore-Washington corridor, blue. A pox upon them all.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (QaH55)

96 Unlike other insulated containers, these faulty models don’t have a pressure release valve, which can cause the stoppers to pop out at high velocity, hitting and injuring users. Of the 27 complaints from people claiming to have suffered lacerations as a result of using Thermos containers, three have reported “permanent vision loss”.
===

Easy.
Like a radiator cap, emboss with,
"Do NOT open when hot".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)

97 Herb Alpert... Doof might even like this one, heh.

youtu.be/vltC-O7PDYQ

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

98 Anyone ever seen that old movie The Naked Prey?

That, but for commie video offences.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (X4yQA)

99 Plus Kaitlin Collins is so full of herself I want to her to puke.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (b3Yos)

100 It is hard to believe that these guys got their start on Ace's website.

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Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (9aVck)

101
But then I remember, no one wants an OrangeEnt ONT.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

___________

A Hadrian ONT would be... unique.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

102 I know a fella what digs bottles in old dumps and privies. Finds them back to 1870 or so. Of course, you dig up many damaged and broken ones, also. Ones with a broken neck he cuts and sands/grinds into drinking glasses and sells them. You can have a 125 year old laudanum bottle as a rocks glass.

Posted by: Bottle Fever at May 05, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)

103 Turning to the Horde Mind - I was thinking of a list of gals' names that have become memes, mnemonics, etc.

Karen . want to see the manager
Marcia . Marcia, Marcia
Felecia . bye
Shirley . don't call me

I know I thought of a couple of others that I then forgot.
Any suggestions?
Posted by: mindful webworker

Since I socked it yesterday, Madge would like to remind you that you're soaking in it.

Posted by: mikeski and/or Madge at May 05, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

104 38 >>>>Indiana, land of my forefathers, decided to kick the trash off a cliff.

Not all of it, unfortunately. Liz Brown squeaked out a victory.
Granted, Vogt wasn't a huge amount of better, but he wasn't Liz.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 05, 2026 10:29 PM (nz1sK)

105 Brenda
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (X4yQA)

The Reverend Billy C. Wirtz has a tale about Brenda:

https://youtu.be/TlHfvXTOB2k

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:29 PM (utfVc)

106 Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (9aVck)

We wonder what happened to guys like Crenshaw? Small scale.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:30 PM (zZu0s)

107 but you gotta self-regulate online
I like to say rude things to politicians on X, but that's as far as it goes

SkyNet is always watching

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)

108 ***Maryland's last Republican member of Congress, Andy Harris speaks about the Key Bridge debacle
---

Isn't there something about a $750,000 armored vehicle with with gold rims in the mix?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 10:30 PM (nzPxx)

109 Why, thankee kindly Mr. Doof!

Toasty day here... an Iced Tea would be delightful, if you please. Long Island style.
Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

*pulls glass back slightly, then slides it down to JQ*

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf)

110 93 All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched

---------

As for myself, I admired the minimalist ethos exemplified by the absence of an expected element, which sparked an emotional reaction in me that bordered on ennui.

So there.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 10:30 PM (JkO4W)

111 Ruby.

From the Kenny Rogers song.

Also Rikki.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:31 PM (zZu0s)

112 Wit and wisdom of James "Snakehead" Carville.

Marco Foster
@MarcoFoster_
James Carville on Trump: “You look like the backside of a nutsack. That’s what you are Trump. No wonder Lindsey Graham’s always trying to lick your face. Your new name is Scrotumface. Because that’s what you are, Scrotumface”

Oilfield Rando
@Oilfield_Rando
I’m sorry, I can’t get over this video because Carville is claiming that women who don’t know him come up to him and start describing what their husbands scrotum looks like from various angles

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:31 PM (ndZc7)

113 >Karen . want to see the manager
Marcia . Marcia, Marcia
Felecia . bye
Shirley . don't call me
-----

Tits, Margaret!

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:32 PM (ZxPkt)

114 A Hadrian ONT would be... unique.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

Would people say it's gone to the dogs?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

115 Would those be Adirondack chairs perchance?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 10:32 PM (CybdD)

116 *sips tea*

Ahhh... perfect. Thank you, Doof!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:33 PM (rdVOm)

117 Also Rikki.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:31 PM (zZu0s)

Don't lose that number. I think it's 867-5309

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 05, 2026 10:33 PM (QaH55)

118 93 All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Its absence was an unsought gift.

Posted by: Crumb Cake Hole at May 05, 2026 10:33 PM (RUYj1)

119 Katie Potato is a slug.
....................................
MoooOOO

Posted by: Katie Porter throws feces at May 05, 2026 10:33 PM (sAmhv)

120 unlike Carville, I don't know what the backside of a nutsack looks like, not even been interested enough to get out a couple of mirrors.

One thing I must credit Carville with is his sense of adventure and boundless curiosity.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)

121 Plus Kaitlin Collins is so full of herself I want to her to puke.
Posted by: wth
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I blame the tucking she does.

Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:34 PM (41CYW)

122 Echo and the Bunnymen!
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM (4PLHt)

One of my all time favorite bands!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (QMAsf)

123 I am off to bed, everyone enjoy the rest of your evening!

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (OoFl2)

124 So was Ian McCulloch supposed to be "Echo"?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)

125 We could have an “Open ONT Night”. Folks could submit entries and get published.

You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

126 Offer the Amish $1 billion to build the bridge. It's a really silly idea, and yet far better than what will actually happen.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 05, 2026 10:36 PM (w/O5Q)

127 Herb Alpert... Doof might even like this one, heh.

youtu.be/vltC-O7PDYQ
Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

Indeed. Very headnodic.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (QMAsf)

128 Steyer wants tax AI.
lol

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (b3Yos)

129 A Hadrian ONT would be... unique.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

Did you have to have a dog put down today, or did I misconstrue something I read earlier?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (utfVc)

130 All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening

Personally, I don't bitch and complain about something like that. I think the worst. It's a trait that I inherited from my parents. I think, "OMG, I hope Doof didn't get in a terrible car accident and land in the ICU." Glad you're okay, Doof.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

131 But then I remember, no one wants an OrangeEnt ONT.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:27 PM

We might!

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:38 PM (OoFl2)

132 Billy Idol had a tight band. Black Sabbath was tight.

The first time I heard Guns and Roses, they sounded like shit.

There was definitely talent there but too many drugs and too much liquor, playing colleges beer bars and getting fucked up.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 10:39 PM (D1E+2)

133 Carville is claiming that women who don’t know him come up to him and start describing what their husbands scrotum looks like from various angles

-
I guess it must be his animal magnetism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:39 PM (ndZc7)

134 OOh.
Now Kaitlin is asking them about Climate Change.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:39 PM (b3Yos)

135 I didn't worry about the ONT but I did worry about CBD because I'm caring like that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

136 Got some actual w-o-r-k done in the garage today.

Posted by: Eromero at May 05, 2026 10:40 PM (LHPAg)

137 Toasty day here... an Iced Tea would be delightful, if you please. Long Island style.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

Long island ice teas are the shit. I always get those.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (snZF9)

138 Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (9aVck)

I'm not officially working tonight at DDHQ, just keeping an eye on the Discord in case they need me. I've been pulled in more than once doing this...

Posted by: pookysgirl has a fairly low-key job at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (Wt5PA)

139 It is hard to believe that these guys got their start on Ace's website.
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Yes and no. I mean, there was a time when Trump supporters were nearly chased off this site. I know I nearly left from being sick to death of the bullshit. Imagine how deprived everyone would be if *I* left.

By some miracle it has stayed reasonably sane as Trump continued to win, but it was touch and go for sure in 2016 and a couple other times. The fucking O'Donnell Wars were another.

All some of us wanted was for someone to shake up the cuck-ass GOP and stop worrying so much about "the rules" of a stacked game.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (vE0+H)

140 You could probably tunnel under the river for less than 9 billion. Wait about twenty years or so. You could launch vehicles into orbit on one side, transit to the moon, do some sight seeing, transit back to earth orbit, reenter and land on the other side for less than 9 billion.
Posted by: banana Dream
===

Hello, Elon?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (/lPRQ)

141 Steyer: Gasoline Crisis !!!

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (b3Yos)

142 Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

*fistbump*

iirc it was CBD's night?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

143 Voluntary Thermos recall - from the article, it appears heat has nothing to do with it.

If you were to fill it with say, chicken stew, and then leave it for an “extended time period”, say a week or three, it will rot and ferment and generally do Bad Things. What did you expect?

The whole thing is bullshit, basically. Fucking bottom feeder attorneys. If You Like Your Thermos, You Can Keep Your Thermos.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 05, 2026 10:42 PM (nC+3t)

144 Got some actual w-o-r-k done in the garage today.

Posted by: Eromero at May 05, 2026 10:40 PM (LHPAg)

I got nothing done in the shop today, because YANG POON.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:42 PM (snZF9)

145 133 Carville is claiming that women who don’t know him come up to him and start describing what their husbands scrotum looks like from various angles

--------

They look at him and think, "now this is a man who knows a wrinkly sack."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 10:43 PM (CybdD)

146 Watched a Liam Needon B mpvie that was funnier than I expected: Cold Storage.
Basically a fungus zombie movie.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 05, 2026 10:44 PM (GhIJO)

147 Don't get me wrong - "I am not a witch" was one of the worst political decisions made by anyone in the last 100 years. But that's just because people - particularly Republicans - don't understand branding and persuasion. Hell, DeSantis's Top Gov was cringe inducing GOPelike horseshit. Trump for all his Trumpness is the branding king. He rebranded two parties.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 10:44 PM (vE0+H)

148 126 Offer the Amish $1 billion to build the bridge. It's a really silly idea, and yet far better than what will actually happen.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 05, 2026 10:36 PM (w/O5Q)
This is a great idea, but you’ll need Mennonite ironworkers.

Posted by: Eromero at May 05, 2026 10:44 PM (LHPAg)

149 Neeson

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 05, 2026 10:44 PM (GhIJO)

150 So was Ian McCulloch supposed to be "Echo"?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (RIvkX)

No. "Echo" was the drum machine they used in their early days before drummer Pete de Freitas joined the band in 1980.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:45 PM (QMAsf)

151 utfVc)

67 From last night's late cafe, I said
Just cute or borderline pedo? I'm too old to say.
https://youtu.be/K2KfaDyIcF8

I left before Braenyard replied,
It may not be pedo but it is blasphemous.

Y'know, I had to go back and watch the vid again to see what you meant. OMG is so common I didn't even think about it. Despite my own tendency to watch my speech.
Posted by: mindful webworker - gosh darn at May 05, 2026 10:19 PM (k0Y0k)

The answer to the original question depends on who’s watching. If Eric Swallwell is watching, oh yeah. That’s pedo.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 10:45 PM (6w0jO)

152 You could probably tunnel under the river for less than 9 billion. Wait about twenty years or so. You could launch vehicles into orbit on one side, transit to the moon, do some sight seeing, transit back to earth orbit, reenter and land on the other side for less than 9 billion.
Posted by: banana Dream
===

Hello, Elon?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (/lPRQ)

How deep is the channel that must be crossed? Could you build a tunnel made of sections of concrete tubes, coupled together and laid across the bottom, and would it be deep enough for deep-draft ships to clear it at low tide?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:45 PM (utfVc)

153 question on High Speed Rail
BWAHAHAAA

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (b3Yos)

154 Several Indiana GOPe are gonna have a lot more time to spend with their families and male prostitutes, but mostly male prostitutes:

https://tinyurl.com/32yuf6z8

Bye, fags!

Posted by: Gonna Miss Those Guys at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (pVV4d)

155
Did you have to have a dog put down today, or did I misconstrue something I read earlier?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (utfVc)

_____________

Everything is fine here. Her Majesty, The Big Dummy and Rosalind have headed off until June 1st.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (HdYcL)

156 Glad you're okay, Doof.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (0Htd1)

Thanks!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (QMAsf)

157 Hah! Rubio really did fill in for Press Sec

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 05, 2026 10:47 PM (6U1c2)

158 Everything is fine here. Her Majesty, The Big Dummy and Rosalind have headed off until June 1st.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (HdYcL)

Ah, good! I guess the female dog thought she was going on the trip, but had to stay home. Diana?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:48 PM (utfVc)

159 Several Indiana GOPe are gonna have a lot more time to spend with their families and male prostitutes, but mostly male prostitutes:

https://tinyurl.com/32yuf6z8

Bye, fags!

Posted by: Gonna Miss Those Guys at May 05, 2026 10:46 PM (pVV4d)

Nice. Mike Pence can live out his days staring at his flaccid meat.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:49 PM (snZF9)

160 You could probably tunnel under the river for less than 9 billion. Wait about twenty years or so. You could launch vehicles into orbit on one side, transit to the moon, do some sight seeing, transit back to earth orbit, reenter and land on the other side for less than 9 billion.
Posted by: banana Dream
===

Hello, Elon?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (/lPRQ)

How deep is the channel that must be crossed? Could you build a tunnel made of sections of concrete tubes, coupled together and laid across the bottom, and would it be deep enough for deep-draft ships to clear it at low tide?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:45 PM (utfVc)

The Key Bridge was the only harbor crossing that allowed hazmat. There are already 2 tunnels for the inner harbor crossing - neither allow hazmat (including propane tanks). A new bridge is definitely needed.

They could have at least started some kind of ferry service for the outer harbor crossing.

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:49 PM (QMAsf)

161 5-2 Avalanche
lead the series 2-0

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:50 PM (ZxPkt)

162 141 Steyer: Gasoline Crisis !!!
Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:41 PM (b3Yos)

Steyer will come.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 05, 2026 10:50 PM (QaH55)

163
Re: Rapidly ballooning cost of Key Bridge replacement in Baltimore, MD. I recall that the cargo ship collision that knocked down the bridge was fishy and hard/impossible to explain. You don't suppose...

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 10:51 PM (azNOR)

164 iirc it was CBD's night?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I'm retired. I barely keep track of what day of the week it is.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (0Htd1)

165
98 Anyone ever seen that old movie The Naked Prey?

That, but for commie video offences.
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (X4yQA)

I always thought Naked Prey was a great movie, still got it on DVD somewhere around here.

And Mel Gibson ripped it off almost scene for scene when he made Apocolypto. I figured this out first time I saw Apocalypto, when I realized I already knew how each member of the hunting party was going to get killed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (6w0jO)

166 We could have an “Open ONT Night”. Folks could submit entries and get published.

You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

My email is at the bottom of all of my ONTs. I'm not ashamed to take credit for someone else's work. Just ask Piper!

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (QMAsf)

167

In the '80s, both Anheuser-Busch and Miller started Hispanic Marketing divisions in an attempt to capture America's growing Latino consumer base and sponsored Cinco de Mayo parties to promote their products.

Then, in 1989, the Gambrinus Group, American importers of Corona and Modelo, ran a Cinco de Mayo ad campaign. It proved to be a huge success, cementing a link between Cinco de Mayo and Corona beer that persists to this day.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (Cqx++)

168 132 Billy Idol had a tight band. Black Sabbath was tight.

The first time I heard Guns and Roses, they sounded like shit.

There was definitely talent there but too many drugs and too much liquor, playing colleges beer bars and getting fucked up.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Always enjoy/enjoyed Steve Stevens guitar work.

Posted by: scampydog at May 05, 2026 10:53 PM (41CYW)

169 Carville has obviously given scrotums a lot of thought. Okay..

also: if there's no ONT, the top thread becomes the ONT by default- you can decorate it with macaroni and glitter, little pieces of yarn, whatever
just have fun with it

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:53 PM (ZxPkt)

170
Ah, good! I guess the female dog thought she was going on the trip, but had to stay home. Diana?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:48 PM (utfVc)

___________

Poor Diana gets so excited when she sees us pick up a travel collar. But she's not the one going on a trip. Next year, perhaps, we'll be showing her and she can enjoy Mommy Time in the RV.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:53 PM (HdYcL)

171 In the Halls of the Thermos King was one of the lesser known Edvard Grieg pieces. Critically and financially a disaster for the young composer, it is notable as it did supply some of the better themes re-used in later, more successful orchestral works.

This suite was cordially infamous for the single movement which is known colloquially as the "My Eye, My F___ Eye" piece, due more for the lyrics than the music, showing that many elements go into a memorable fragment of an otherwise unremarkable composition by seizing onto popular imagination. As the text was in Swedish, the notoriety of the piece was limited to Scandinavia, and its notoriety was spread only as far as its opprobrium was understood.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

172
163
Re: Rapidly ballooning cost of Key Bridge replacement in Baltimore, MD. I recall that the cargo ship collision that knocked down the bridge was fishy and hard/impossible to explain. You don't suppose...
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 10:51 PM (azNOR)

Intense, mind numbing stupidity at all levels may be hard to believe, but it’s easy to explain.

Same logic applies to the replacement cost.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 10:54 PM (6w0jO)

173 I'm retired. I barely keep track of what day of the week it is.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (0Htd1)
====

I know which day it is by my medication case.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)

174 147 Don't get me wrong - "I am not a witch" was one of the worst political decisions made by anyone in the last 100 years. But that's just because people - particularly Republicans - don't understand branding and persuasion. Hell, DeSantis's Top Gov was cringe inducing GOPelike horseshit. Trump for all his Trumpness is the branding king. He rebranded two parties.
Posted by: ...
=====
There are probably reasons why these things happened. The GOP has always been an old boys club in recent memory and not really friendly to outsiders. The GOP was given a chance to run things starting in the 90's and quite frankly they blew it. From a revolutionary start in 1994, they ran a tired old Bob Dole because it was his time in 1996. Then went all in the Bush revival in 2000 forgetting that GHWB's betrayal of Reaganism in his sole term.

GWB's term in office was one where he purposefully betrayed his base voters in order to butter up Dems and let Congress blow out the door with wasteful spending. That set the stage for Obama.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:55 PM (E4rtv)

175 Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 05, 2026 10:56 PM (GhIJO)

176 -Liberal very upset that her actions have consequences

She's got the uptalk and jazz hands nearly mastered.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 05, 2026 10:57 PM (ceJ0R)

177 89 Anybody else watching the CA guv debate?
The dumbass Dems are eating each other alive trying to promise free shit they never did or will deliver.
Xavier is a sleazeball, Steyer is retarded, Katie Potato is a slug.
It's like a live version of the cartoon 'The Lockhorns'.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 10:26 PM (b3Yos)

Heard that Steyer wants to arrest Stephen Miller because it is illegal for ICE to operate in CA. Deranged and delusional.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 05, 2026 10:58 PM (y171U)

178 Nice. Mike Pence can live out his days staring at his flaccid meat.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I am guessing he is smooth down there like a Ken doll. His wife probably has his man bits in her purse along with the rest of his manhood.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:58 PM (E4rtv)

179 The Key Bridge was the only harbor crossing that allowed hazmat. There are already 2 tunnels for the inner harbor crossing - neither allow hazmat (including propane tanks). A new bridge is definitely needed.

They could have at least started some kind of ferry service for the outer harbor crossing.
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:49 PM (QMAsf)

You could move hazmat through a tunnel. Just have scheduled "hazmat transit periods", say 8 times a day, a half hour each. Convoy of hazmat rigs pass through, at a sedate 25 mph, then an inspector follows through, looking for spills, and finding none, opens the tunnel again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 10:58 PM (utfVc)

180
Miss Israel has an encounter with Commie Mamdani's Jew-hating wife in NYC:

https://is.gd/wnZo4v

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)

181 I already voted for Steve Hilton.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)

182 GWB's term in office was one where he purposefully betrayed his base voters in order to butter up Dems and let Congress blow out the door with wasteful spending. That set the stage for Obama.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:55 PM (E4rtv)

That second term was just giving away the store. The whole GOP rolled out the red carpet for Dems and freakin Pelosi to take over, then Bush signed off on half their agenda at least and THEN he and GOP took the blame for the inevitable crash that came after the D's started burning it all down. They got rewarded and then punched through 60 Senators under highly spurious circumstances.

It would seem God intervened with Teddy and Brown but it wans't enough to stop ObamaCare. It was a total joke. Just thinking about that stupid big gavel still makes me a bit mad but I have to be honest Trump 1 and 2 have been sweet "payback" if you want to call it that. And I didn't want payback I just wanted someone to stop them - and give the man his due, he has done that to a larger extent than most of us dreamed possible.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:01 PM (vE0+H)

183 China is the wave of the future~

@EpochTimes
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, according to local authorities.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 11:03 PM (diia5)

184 97 Herb Alpert... Doof might even like this one, heh.

youtu.be/vltC-O7PDYQ
Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (rdVOm)

Herb Alpert is doing concerts this month in RI & NY.
Good to see he is still working and performing, interesting that the ads for tickets show him as a young Herb.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 05, 2026 11:04 PM (y171U)

185 The CA guv debate is over.
The only thing that would have made it better was Swallwell.
bwahahaa

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (b3Yos)

186 I love hockey.

But not enough to pay out the butt for cable or satellite TV.

I'll go see the Boise team live next season.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (0aYVJ)

187
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, according to local authorities.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 11:03 PM (diia5)

____________

China technology incredible! US is horrible.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (HdYcL)

188 It would seem God intervened with Teddy and Brown but it wans't enough to stop ObamaCare. It was a total joke. Just thinking about that stupid big gavel still makes me a bit mad but I have to be honest Trump 1 and 2 have been sweet "payback" if you want to call it that. And I didn't want payback I just wanted someone to stop them - and give the man his due, he has done that to a larger extent than most of us dreamed possible.
Posted by: ...
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And yet the Bush family thought it wonderful to give us Jeb in 2016 along with GOPe Inc. so Hillary and Jeb could agree on a grand amnesty for the ages for all the illegals let in from the Obama and GWB years.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (E4rtv)

189 Whig - Two things made me livid back when I still gave a shit about politics - and it was the same day - that idiot giant gavel and black Democrats somehow getting away with claiming that the "Tea Party" spit on them and called them n's. Ludicrous on its face. And it was all to control the story of their takeover of health insurance and the looting of trillions.

I really thought we were done then, they had way too much control over everything, especially narratively.

Their bs over benghazi and "if I had a son" with "little trayvon" were both pretty much it for me. I just decided politics was only good for a laugh and that was it.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (vE0+H)

190 Hey guys,

Launch in about 40 minutes.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-29
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 5, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 7:00 p.m. EDT (May 6, 0200 UTC, 04:00 CEST)

https://youtu.be/yt5DGn7No6U

Posted by: Joyenz at May 05, 2026 11:06 PM (2F0/Y)

191 You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

But I don't wanna do the work.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:06 PM (vE0+H)

192 I already voted for Steve Hilton.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
.......

What are you... SANE ?

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 11:07 PM (b3Yos)

193 163
Re: Rapidly ballooning cost of Key Bridge replacement in Baltimore, MD. I recall that the cargo ship collision that knocked down the bridge was fishy and hard/impossible to explain. You don't suppose...

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 10:51 PM (azNOR)

You mean . . . The Jooos did it?

Posted by: a.moron at May 05, 2026 11:07 PM (X5Jzz)

194 And yet the Bush family thought it wonderful to give us Jeb in 2016 along with GOPe Inc. so Hillary and Jeb could agree on a grand amnesty for the ages for all the illegals let in from the Obama and GWB years.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (E4rtv)

Watching Trump bend the Bushes over was heavenly.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:08 PM (vE0+H)

195 31 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

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I probably would have if she didn't double down in her video .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (kxLc1)

The most self-pitying, offense-justifying non-apology ever. Shit-talking leftists like her openly fantasize about rounding up Trump voters like me into "re-education" (death) camps, so she can just fuck right off.

Posted by: SciVo at May 05, 2026 11:09 PM (Sy6m/)

196 Liam Neeson in Gun Shy was a hoot. Sandra Bullock is the love interest. Highly recommend!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at May 05, 2026 11:10 PM (ZTJjv)

197
Dogs taken care of, evening prayers said, Diana is on her back on Her Majesty's side of the bed. Good night, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 11:10 PM (HdYcL)

198 189 Whig -
I really thought we were done then, they had way too much control over everything, especially narratively.

Their bs over benghazi and "if I had a son" with "little trayvon" were both pretty much it for me. I just decided politics was only good for a laugh and that was it.
Posted by: ...

I think that Obama had the big rig in 2012 to win over Romney and Romney was too gutless to call him in on it. This cheat machine has been running since 2007-2008 with the HAVA act hitting full force. For whatever reason, probably because Killary thought she had it in the bag, they did not turn it on for her and Trump won by going to states that she ignored as not befitting a queen of her stature.

The key for GOP wins was to ramp up turnout enough from the average non voter to win which contradicts everything GOPe based its campaigns on-low turnout and negative ads. You can't beat a cheat machine with low turnout--you have to ramp it to eleventy and that means doing what the base voters want, not the donor corporate class of GOPe.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:10 PM (E4rtv)

199 The dumbass Dems are eating each other alive trying to promise free shit they never did or will deliver.
——-
H.L. Mencken has a lot of great quotes. One of them is “Elections are a kind of advance auction of stolen goods”. He said this about a hundred years ago. Not much has changed, apparently.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 05, 2026 11:11 PM (l+ype)

200 191 You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

But I don't wanna do the work.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:06 PM (vE0+H)

Obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhYWNPzBuiM

Posted by: Gurney Halleck at May 05, 2026 11:12 PM (3sXRv)

201 Watching Trump bend the Bushes over was heavenly.
Posted by: ...
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The one time I ever agreed with douchebag Al Sharpton. "Stay out of the Bushes indeed." and the Bush family's petulant behavior toward Trump and hinting about supporting Killary and Biden from family members was just the indication that their loyalty was to themselves, not this country.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:12 PM (E4rtv)

202 Hardly any snow all winter, but nature decided to drop two feet on May 5.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 11:12 PM (n5tGW)

203 /Off sock

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 05, 2026 11:13 PM (3sXRv)

204 Liam Neeson in Gun Shy was a hoot. Sandra Bullock is the love interest. Highly recommend!
Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at May 05, 2026 11:10 PM (ZTJjv)

Woah! I totally forgot about that movie! Saw it years ago. I bet the missus would like that.

Ride! Ride to the internets, sweet Concord!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 11:15 PM (0aYVJ)

205 31 I feel so sorry for her, don't you??

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I probably would have if she didn't double down in her video .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 10:10 PM (kxLc1)

The most self-pitying, offense-justifying non-apology ever. Shit-talking leftists like her openly fantasize about rounding up Trump voters like me into "re-education" (death) camps, so she can just fuck right off.
Posted by: SciVo
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No, I don't feel sorry for her. Insane and wicked people are not helped by others feeding into their delusions and thinking they are misguided, not evil.

She is not a good person, is proposing evil to others, and thus is a perfect example of toxic narcissism combined with idiocy. To her, other people are things to be commanded or destroyed, not persuaded.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:15 PM (E4rtv)

206 Don't pay for any sports subscription or cable tv. If you have internet, check out the Vsee Box.

I'm blown away by it

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at May 05, 2026 11:15 PM (okSLL)

207 For whatever reason, probably because Killary thought she had it in the bag, they did not turn it on for her and Trump won by going to states that she ignored as not befitting a queen of her stature.

¯¯¯¯¯¯

They used it.
As repulsive as the projected Trump to be, Hillary was far worse and the cheat machine was not enough.

So they turned it to II with Biden and penciled in twenty million fake votes.

It's that simple.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 11:16 PM (/lPRQ)

208 Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:10 PM (E4rtv)

Trump's super power is his understsnding of narrative and story. He's also been insanely loyal to his voters and his promises. It's just not seen anywhere. The guy is a law unto himself but for some reason he decided that we were the gap in the market and what's more that this country and the world was worth saving.

If someone like Trump ever gets in from the Left (thankfully the DNC is too controlling to allow it but they might get lightning in a bottle), we are basically looking at Actual Hitler Redux. Imagine him but with the power of the entirety of media and academia etc behind him? With how easy it has been to mobilize and motivate their sick violent schizo crazies? A leftard with his genuine charisma and talents would be the most dangerous thing the world has seen in 60 years.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:17 PM (vE0+H)

209 191 You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

But I don't wanna do the work.
Posted by: ...

youtu.be/8LdLIqkmMB0

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 11:17 PM (sAmhv)

210
The young woman whining about getting fired, and all the nasty comments she got -- what did she post? A threat to kill the President? You zany funster. Too bad they took it the wrong way. And that the threat is a felony.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 11:17 PM (t1fZA)

211 China technology incredible! US is horrible.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (HdYcL)

China tech is yang poon.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:18 PM (snZF9)

212 Maryland's last Republican member of Congress, Andy Harris speaks about the Key Bridge debacle

(I like to intentionally mispronounce that word as DEB-a-clee)

I once thought debacle was "DEB-uh-kull," because I read it long before I heard it.

So it should work like all other three-syllable -acle words, right? Oracle, obstacle, miracle, tentacle, barnacle, spectacle?

English is a very silly language.

Posted by: mikeski is the exception to the rule at May 05, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

213 Watching Trump bend the Bushes over was heavenly.
Posted by: ...
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Low energy branded Jeb instantly. And like the best rhetoric, it was true--Jeb inspired no one other than the Bushies hoping to regain offices in the West Wing and polishing their resumes for generational wealth lobbying careers.

The best political rhetoric has a bit of exaggeration but underlying illustrating underlying truth at a glance. Low Energy did that in spades.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:19 PM (E4rtv)

214 A Hadrian ONT would be... unique.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

Would people say it's gone to the dogs?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

You might get a Robert the Cat ONT. A Dogbert ONT might be fun, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 05, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)

215 Dang. Overtired.

Dog Ralphy is asleep on the bed. My friends' cat Snowflake is sleeping behind him. Too cute.

Good night.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 11:22 PM (Sco7b)

216 Nice. Mike Pence can live out his days staring at his flaccid meat.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I am guessing he is smooth down there like a Ken doll. His wife probably has his man bits in her purse along with the rest of his manhood.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:58 PM (E4rtv)

Probably in a jar. Good ol' Mason jar Mike they call him.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:22 PM (snZF9)

217 What are you... SANE ?
Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 11:07 PM (b3Yos)
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Sane. Desperate. Whatever.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (RIvkX)

218 English is a very silly language.
Posted by: mikeski is the exception to the rule at May 05, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

A fun thing is to say words Greekly. It is too a word!
like Heracles.

Testicles
Particles
Articles
Barnacles
...ex chethera

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (0aYVJ)

219 Trump's super power is his understsnding of narrative and story. He's also been insanely loyal to his voters and his promises. It's just not seen anywhere. The guy is a law unto himself but for some reason he decided that we were the gap in the market and what's more that this country and the world was worth saving.

If someone like Trump ever gets in from the Left (thankfully the DNC is too controlling to allow it but they might get lightning in a bottle), we are basically looking at Actual Hitler Redux. Imagine him but with the power of the entirety of media and academia etc behind him? With how easy it has been to mobilize and motivate their sick violent schizo crazies? A leftard with his genuine charisma and talents would be the most dangerous thing the world has seen in 60 years.
Posted by: ...
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Trump ran briefly for president in 2000 under the Reform Party (Perot's created party) until he figured it was going nowhere.

As far as demagogues, I think you are correct that can be a danger, it was close enough with SCOAMF reading his teleprompter for comfort. FDR was certainly one aided by WWII when his popularity was just beginning to falter.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (E4rtv)

220 I just wanna bang on the drum all day

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (ZxPkt)

221 145 133 Carville is claiming that women who don’t know him come up to him and start describing what their husbands scrotum looks like from various angles

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They look at him and think, "now this is a man who knows a wrinkly sack."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 10:43 PM (CybdD)

If Carville's head looked any more like a ball sack, he'd need "this end up," tattooed on his scalp.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (w/O5Q)

222 English is a very silly language.

Posted by: mikeski is the exception to the rule at May 05, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

I had always kind of known this, but it really became evident when Pookette was two and learning to talk.

Posted by: pookysgirl, English major at May 05, 2026 11:24 PM (Wt5PA)

223 The young woman whining about getting fired, and all the nasty comments she got -- what did she post? A threat to kill the President? You zany funster. Too bad they took it the wrong way. And that the threat is a felony.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
......

Oopty.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 11:24 PM (b3Yos)

224 210 The young woman whining about getting fired, and all the nasty comments she got -- what did she post? A threat to kill the President? You zany funster. Too bad they took it the wrong way. And that the threat is a felony.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 11:17 PM (t1fZA)

If she posted a threat to kill, the FBI will be knocking at her door.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 05, 2026 11:25 PM (y171U)

225 China is the wave of the future~

@EpochTimes
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, according to local authorities.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Shock wave of the future.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2026 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

226 According to Steven Colbert, "a lot of people" are telling him to run for president. 3 possibilities:
1. Democrats are even dumber than we think they are;
2. Colbert counts "a lot of people" as a few family members, plus himself, over and over;
3. You guys are doing it, and it's the funniest thing ever!

Posted by: Wally at May 05, 2026 11:25 PM (0e5Te)

227 Posted by: Gurney Halleck at May 05, 2026 11:12 PM (3sXRv)

Don't know what that is but I love it

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:26 PM (vE0+H)

228 137 Toasty day here... an Iced Tea would be delightful, if you please. Long Island style.

Posted by: JQ
--

Going down to 80 tonight.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 11:26 PM (nzPxx)

229 I actually kind of like Cajun Skeletor.

Sure he's batshit crazy, but in comparison to all the other Dems, it's a refreshing change of batshit crazy.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 11:26 PM (Sco7b)

230 They look at him and think, "now this is a man who knows a wrinkly sack."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 10:43 PM (CybdD)

If Carville's head looked any more like a ball sack, he'd need "this end up," tattooed on his scalp.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (w/O5Q)

I always thought he looked like crypt keeper.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:27 PM (snZF9)

231 When a boy CIA agent and a girl CIA agent love each other very much…

Posted by: Rufus.we.sm at May 05, 2026 11:28 PM (f+9pV)

232 Don't pay for any sports subscription or cable tv. If you have internet, check out the Vsee Box.

I'm blown away by it
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at May 05, 2026 11:15 PM (okSLL)

This is the way! I use v-see boxes exclusively now. As do lots of my friends and family. Because they know a guy, IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 11:29 PM (QMAsf)

233 Going down to 80 tonight.
Posted by: Braenyard

Ugh. Sorry! It was only 85 here today, with blazing sunshine.

"Spring" is over. At least it still cools overnight and isn't humid. The worst is yet to come.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 11:30 PM (rdVOm)

234 Probably in a jar. Good ol' Mason jar Mike they call him.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Curious thing that. A sheriff in Arkansas has convicted rapist Wayne Dumond's manhood in just such a jar after some masked vigilantes did it while Dumond was waiting for a trial. Dumond always claimed the Clintons were behind it and later Gov. Mike Huckabee freed the pos. Dumond then raped and murdered a woman in Missouri showing he should have rotted in jail in the first place.

Killed any ability for Huckabee to run for prezzie 2012 which I think he planned to do.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:30 PM (E4rtv)

235 I love the English language. I love the fluid nature. I love that every now again, a new word becomes real.

Cromulent, for example. It was a one-off joke in an episode of The Simpsons. and now, it is a real word. Like embiggen.

Also, as Calvin once said, verbing weirds language. But it's fun. Spanish and German are far too rooted in the rules.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 11:30 PM (0aYVJ)

236 Steven Colbert for president. OK, Steve run.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 11:32 PM (nzPxx)

237 EpochTimes
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Liuyang, Hunan Province, killed at least 26 people and injured 61 others, according to local authorities.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
----

Shock wave of the future.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2026 11:25 PM (XeU6L)

I want to see a video of that with Leslie Nelson standing in front saying “Move along, nothing to see here, Move along people!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 11:32 PM (6w0jO)

238 166 We could have an “Open ONT Night”. Folks could submit entries and get published.

You do the work.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:35 PM (hK9T6)

My email is at the bottom of all of my ONTs. I'm not ashamed to take credit for someone else's work. Just ask Piper!
Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:52 PM (QMAsf)

I support nurse r's idea. Might even consider contributing something if I had something interesting to contribute...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 05, 2026 11:33 PM (QGaXH)

239 Steven Colbert for president. OK, Steve run.
Posted by: Braenyard

He'll have *finally* done something funny!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 11:33 PM (rdVOm)

240 229 I actually kind of like Cajun Skeletor.

Sure he's batshit crazy, but in comparison to all the other Dems, it's a refreshing change of batshit crazy.
Posted by: Stateless

Anyone around the Clinton political operations is to be assumed as a worthless piece of shit with no morals whatsoever. Carville smeared and attacked a lot of women that had nothing other than Billy Jeff Clinton trying or actually molesting them. Carville is just like Gollum--stuck on wanting that ring of power just a bit more.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:33 PM (E4rtv)

241 sportsurge

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 11:33 PM (ZxPkt)

242 The best political rhetoric has a bit of exaggeration but underlying illustrating underlying truth at a glance. Low Energy did that in spades.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:19 PM (E4rtv)

The thing about branding and in particular Trump's is once seen it can't be unseen. Think "that face" for Carly - done. Retard for Walz - done. And look at what he did to the Obama's a few months ago. And he let the media amplify the message for him. They are STILL busy countering it. Why? Because somewhere someone realizes that's exactly what he did. The Obama's are extremely important for their general messaging and mindfuckening.

Newsom's post about "missing an intelligent president" - and everyone made it viral by saying well he ignored Biden - that was the point - it was to get Obama and Intelligent back in the discourse... seen and clocked by the masses.

It was a direct counter from the DNC to the damage Trump did to BOTH Obama's. So was putting Malia out there recently. Because Trump's branding video could not be unseen and by the time they realized it it was too late. And we *need* that shit because Lord knows they have been doing it to us for half a century or more.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:35 PM (vE0+H)

243
234 Probably in a jar. Good ol' Mason jar Mike they call him.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Curious thing that. A sheriff in Arkansas has convicted rapist Wayne Dumond's manhood in just such a jar after some masked vigilantes did it while Dumond was waiting for a trial. Dumond always claimed the Clintons were behind it and later Gov. Mike Huckabee freed the pos. Dumond then raped and murdered a woman in Missouri showing he should have rotted in jail in the first place.

Killed any ability for Huckabee to run for prezzie 2012 which I think he planned to do.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:30 PM

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Raped? With what? Maybe I'm not clear on the timeline.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 11:35 PM (VWtfl)

244 226 According to Steven Colbert, "a lot of people" are telling him to run for president. 3 possibilities:
1. Democrats are even dumber than we think they are;
2. Colbert counts "a lot of people" as a few family members, plus himself, over and over;
3. You guys are doing it, and it's the funniest thing ever!
Posted by: Wally
=======
Remember when he thought he could run for office in South Carolina and then balked at it. Most of those entertainment types are just not into actually talking with real voters--only their groupie sycophants. The normal politicians do it as part of their job.

The rare types like Bill Clinton (Scumbag that he is) or Trump actually get energized by crowds and people. Natural extroverts.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:35 PM (E4rtv)

245 229 I actually kind of like Cajun Skeletor.

Sure he's batshit crazy, but in comparison to all the other Dems, it's a refreshing change of batshit crazy.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 11:26 PM (Sco7b)

He's like a TEMU Batman villain.

He activates some gadget on his utility belt, but instead if it functioning, his cod piece falls out and his old man balls fall out his tights.

It's like a demented elderly squirrel on bath salts gained the power of speech. He screams "MY NUTS, MY NUTS" and you think he realizes his balls are dragging across the pavement, but you can't be sure. He might just be on about acorns again. Or Dem primary voters.

Posted by: Sod Off, Swampy at May 05, 2026 11:36 PM (lZt8q)

246 I love the English language. I love the fluid nature. I love that every now again, a new word becomes real.

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Can't let that go by without saying that I too am an English language supremacist and will always take an opportunity to cement my reputation in that regard.
*juts out chin*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 11:39 PM (RIvkX)

247

WTHR INDIANAPOLIS — President Donald Trump targeted seven Indiana state senators who defied months of White House pressure by voting against mid-decade redistricting, which the president wanted to boost Republicans' chances in the midterm elections.

Tuesday night, five of those senators lost in their primary elections.

Indiana House Rep. Ed DeLaney (D) told 13News, "It is concerning. It does prove that if you spend 9 or 10 million dollars of out-of-state money, you can affect some elections. So far, the haters are doing well. It's the problem of primary voting, only those who feel most committed to their party and feel the strongest, in this case, the most angry turnout"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 11:40 PM (Cqx++)

248 " And yet the Bush family thought it wonderful to give us Jeb in 2016"
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There was no way I'd ever have voted for Jeb. The instant Trump threw his hat in I was all in on him because for once we would have a fighter. He might be a jerk, but he was going to be our jerk. He has exceeded expectations. Then again, Jeb might have exceeded expectations too. I expected him to be awful and he might have been downright terrible

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 11:41 PM (sOtuf)

249 Also, as Calvin once said, verbing weirds language. But it's fun. Spanish and German are far too rooted in the rules.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 11:30 PM (0aYVJ)

Spanish can be tortured to do odd things as well, but it depends on homologues and edge cases.

Enfocarse means "to focus oneself" and Enfocar is a verb, "to focus"
but "Foca" means "seal" and adding an -ar ending makes it look like a verb, and this is verbing.
So Enforcarse can mean also, if you hold your nose and don't care about proprieties, "To turn oneself into a seal"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 11:41 PM (rbvCR)

250 And yet the Bush family thought it wonderful to give us Jeb in 2016 along with GOPe Inc. so Hillary and Jeb could agree on a grand amnesty for the ages for all the illegals let in from the Obama and GWB years.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:05 PM (E4rtv)

Let us remember the Bush plan was for Jeb! to run in 2000, but he messed that up by losing the Florida Governor race in '98. W was their second choice.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 11:41 PM (hNnmQ)

251 So this is like totally cringe dialogue ya know.

Christopher Nolan's 'adaptation' of The Odyssey.

One of Penelope's suitors telling Odysseus's son in a condescending tone, "You're pining for a Daddy you never knew, you sniveling bastard."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 11:41 PM (2GVsD)

252 Also, as Calvin once said, verbing weirds language. But it's fun. Spanish and German are far too rooted in the rules.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

"Any noun can be verbed."

The fun in German (and Japanese, and any other similar languages) is making new words by gluing together the existing ones. Which is what they do for most of their vocabulary, anyway.

Not sure what you can do in Spanish, other than swap ñ for n to make years into asses.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

253 >>> And we *need* that shit because Lord knows they have been doing it to us for half a century or more.
Posted by: ...
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Pity is, too few are taking lessons instead of countering.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 11:43 PM (nzPxx)

254 Dumond's life of violent crime began on August 8, 1972, DuMond was charged with murder in Lawton, Oklahoma. He committed the crime with help from two other men. On October 19, 1973, DuMond was charged with molesting a teenage girl in the parking lot of a shopping center in Tacoma, Washington. The second-degree assault charge resulted in a five-year deferred sentence and mandatory drug counseling during the five-year probation. On September 28, 1976, DuMond was charged with raping a woman in DeWitt, Arkansas. The charges were dropped before trial with the condition he undergo counseling.

DuMond received his second sexual assault conviction from a rape perpetrated in Forrest City, Arkansas in 1984. The victim, Ashley Stevens, was a 17-year-old cheerleader and a third cousin of then-Governor Bill Clinton.

He was castrated with his balls in a jar kept by the Sheriff in 1985 and sent to the state pen. Freed by Huckabee in 1999, he moved to Missouri where he raped and killed another woman. On June 22, 2001, DuMond was arrested and charged with the September 20, 2000, rape and murder of Carol Sue Shields of Parkville and raped/killed another woman for which he was about to be charged.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:43 PM (E4rtv)

255 236 Steven Colbert for president. OK, Steve run.

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A nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Woo hoo hoo

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 11:43 PM (CybdD)

256 ARiK,
I know from your posts yoh have plenty to contribute.

BeckoningChasm could blow us all away.

So could AOP with his projects and musings.

Get your shit together and submit a post. See what you come up with. Open Mike Night on the ONT could be super fun.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

257 Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:23 PM (E4rtv)

I saw some AI generated thing of what I *think* (or could only imagine) was a Hitler speech in english by some "African" guy supposedly in Africa. I don't think any of it was real even though it was presented as being real - and it looked real.

Lot of stuff about "taking back the country" and "working for the future" and basically getting up off your ass to do it because it is "right", and it sounded extremely empty and leftarded and was honestly the most frightening thing I've seen in years.

Because I know that that kind of person if unleashed here has a world of very angry mental patients at the end of a puppet string. Watching a modern Khmer Rouge mobilized in slow motion since 2008 and seeing them head straight in that direction year on year while knowing it is what's going on, has been a sight, trust me.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (vE0+H)

258 Evening all!

46 I have seen Sting's daughter. It's self defense.
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (X4yQA)

That's because she's a guy.... I'm pretty sure. Yup, another celebrity with a trans kid. Person had a small part in the movie "The Gentlemen". Overall the movie is pretty good, with Hugh Grant chewing the scenery.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at May 05, 2026 11:45 PM (b77PF)

259 Dumond died in prison before he could be charged with the second rape-murder in Missouri in 2005.

Dumond was undoubtedly a psychopath who managed to con Huckabee into releasing him from prison claiming that he had changed by embracing Christianity and the mean ole Clintons were responsible for keeping him in jail and having him castrated.

He should have never been released from prison.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:45 PM (E4rtv)

260 Let us remember the Bush plan was for Jeb! to run in 2000, but he messed that up by losing the Florida Governor race in '98. W was their second choice.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Please clap.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:46 PM (E4rtv)

261 Huckabee was the Jimmy Carter of the GOPe.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 11:46 PM (2GVsD)

262 Get your shit together and submit a post. See what you come up with. Open Mike Night on the ONT could be super fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

An ONT with only one link?

Evil Roy Slade, perhaps?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 11:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

263 I love those Indiana primary results, mainly because those arrogant “Republican” uniparty members got their heads handed to them by the voters.

Coming up in Texas, I think Cornyn is gonna get his ass kicked by Paxton. One big tell - nobody in the media wants to talk about that runoff race anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 11:47 PM (6w0jO)

264 And the winner of the inter-sectional victim pyramid at the Met Gala was the persyn who is a 'black transgender quadriplegic with cerebral palsy.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 11:48 PM (2GVsD)

265 Unlike other insulated containers
Ummm, I've never owned a thermos or other insulated container that had any sort of pressure relief valve. Ever.

Posted by: GWB at May 05, 2026 11:48 PM (rjPoz)

266 Sorry I'm late. I was waiting for the Monday ONT to drop.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 05, 2026 11:48 PM (Xqite)

267 Think about it.

Open Mike night. Once a month. See what you can do. Submit your musings under an alias.

Entertain me!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:49 PM (A5RD0)

268 Just read three articles about people getting fucked by bears around Yellowstone. For those tourist out there, keep in mind that they're bigger than you and unless you're packing serious heat with a license, stay away or at least keep your distance.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 11:49 PM (D1E+2)

269 Get your shit together and submit a post. See what you come up with. Open Mike Night on the ONT could be super fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

You're planning a post about the local Autopsy Club?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 05, 2026 11:49 PM (qx7Zg)

270 (I like to intentionally mispronounce that word as DEB-a-clee)

duh-BACK-uhl

Posted by: GWB at May 05, 2026 11:49 PM (rjPoz)

271 Hi kids! What did I miss?

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (I0N4X)

272 Lot of stuff about "taking back the country" and "working for the future" and basically getting up off your ass to do it because it is "right", and it sounded extremely empty and leftarded and was honestly the most frightening thing I've seen in years.

Because I know that that kind of person if unleashed here has a world of very angry mental patients at the end of a puppet string. Watching a modern Khmer Rouge mobilized in slow motion since 2008 and seeing them head straight in that direction year on year while knowing it is what's going on, has been a sight, trust me.
Posted by: ...
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So far, we've been lucky or the Lord has been looking after us like Bismarck's quote, ‘God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.’

But that is exactly why I think the globalists want to flood the West with barbarians from uncivilized countries. They want to divide and conquer with the native populations being enslaved and oppressed by the newcomers.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (E4rtv)

273 Jeb was a big open borders guy. Because we had some moral obligation to roll out the red carpet for every misfit criminal piece of shit with an itch for taxpayer largesse that wanted into the country.

I think his wife Jimmy Kimmeled him.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (CybdD)

274 You mean there are people in the world who want to be Leonardo DiCrapio?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (2GVsD)

275 Huckabee was the Jimmy Carter of the GOPe.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 11:46 PM (2GVsD)

There was a time where I really thought they were gonna try and make him the nominee in 2012.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (vE0+H)

276 Running for President is a pretty good gig if you aren't a serious candidate. You just have to mention your sponsor's favorite pet peeves in your stump speeches and you get to roll around in the attention that you crave.

And who knows, maybe the stars will align and the job will drop into your lap, as happened to Clinton and Obama.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 11:51 PM (hNnmQ)

277 261 Huckabee was the Jimmy Carter of the GOPe.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Huckabee was a lot nicer to people than Carter was. Apparently Carter was a real sonuvabitch when he wasn't in public as well as vengeful. Huckabee was gulled by being an actual ordained minister prior to entering politics and dealing with cleaning up Arkansas after the Clintons went to DC.

They left a lot of messes behind them including Fahmy Malek, a state coroner who was so lousy at his job, he claimed that two yutes smoke so much dope that they went to sleep on the railroad tracks among his other awful pronouncements on curious deaths in Arkansas.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:53 PM (E4rtv)

278 So far, we've been lucky or the Lord has been looking after us like Bismarck's quote, ‘God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.’

But that is exactly why I think the globalists want to flood the West with barbarians from uncivilized countries. They want to divide and conquer with the native populations being enslaved and oppressed by the newcomers.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (E4rtv)

LOL you've quoted that one before and yes.

But yeah I basically look at it the way Mexico appears to run their country. The criminals on the street enforce the streets and the criminals in government enforce the criminals. And maybe the hierarchy is not so straightforward but the idea remains and the law abiding are at the bottom.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:53 PM (vE0+H)

279 Dumond died in prison before he could be charged with the second rape-murder in Missouri in 2005.

Dumond was undoubtedly a psychopath who managed to con Huckabee into releasing him from prison claiming that he had changed by embracing Christianity and the mean ole Clintons were responsible for keeping him in jail and having him castrated.

He should have never been released from prison.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:45 PM (E4rtv)

He should have been machined gunned decades earlier.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9)

280 Let us remember the Bush plan was for Jeb! to run in 2000, but he messed that up by losing the Florida Governor race in '98. W was their second choice.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Not to be forgetting the recent George P. Bush who ran for TX, Atty Gen. They even paid/enforced/tortured Louie Gohmert (who was locked in as a Rep) to give it up at a stalking horse against Paxton. - We could retire on the money they spent.

It wouldn't be a surprise if there wasn't Bush money behind Wesley Hunt's run in this TX senate primary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (nzPxx)

281 Running for President is a pretty good gig if you aren't a serious candidate. You just have to mention your sponsor's favorite pet peeves in your stump speeches
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OLIGOCKY!!!!!

Posted by: Feel the Bern at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (vE0+H)

282 Greetings from Indiana State Senate District 01, where I have just finished mounting RINO Dan Dernulc's political scalp to my wall... and it looks beautiful! On behalf of Indiana, you are welcome, America! Now that all the RINOs can see for themselves what happens when you betray your base, maybe they might be a little less likely to stab us all in the back from here on out!!! If not, you know what to do! Your move, bitches!!!

Posted by: Mr. Right at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (qbYk4)

283 Posted by: Mr. Right at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (qbYk4)
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It's been fun to watch what's going on in Indiana tonight

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 11:57 PM (sOtuf)

284 273 Jeb was a big open borders guy. Because we had some moral obligation to roll out the red carpet for every misfit criminal piece of shit with an itch for taxpayer largesse that wanted into the country.

I think his wife Jimmy Kimmeled him.
Posted by: Cicero
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Supposedly something similar about Pence but people from Indiana would know that better than I. I also think that is why Mark Sanford purposefully sabotaged his own possible run for the White House with his Argentinian floozy. He didn't want to run for it I think. You really have to have fire in the belly to do it as it is miserable work. Carter ran for two years after leaving GA governor's job and appeared at every little place, set up living in Iowa for a time, etc.

Hard enough to run statewide, very hard work to run across the country and most of the people running campaigns are scumbags that want power and money out of the gig.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:57 PM (E4rtv)

285 >>>You mean there are people in the world who want to be Leonardo DiCrapio?

Posted by: Anna Puma

>I like the 'art' of that film but the bear thing was silly and unrealistic. Still, entertaining.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 11:58 PM (D1E+2)

286 271 Hi kids! What did I miss?
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 11:50 PM (I0N4X)

Muldoon!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 05, 2026 11:58 PM (iCCzn)

287 He should have been machined gunned decades earlier.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Agreed.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:59 PM (E4rtv)

288 256 ARiK,
I know from your posts yoh have plenty to contribute.

BeckoningChasm could blow us all away.

So could AOP with his projects and musings.

Get your shit together and submit a post. See what you come up with. Open Mike Night on the ONT could be super fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

Aw shucks...you are too kind.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:00 AM (QGaXH)

289 Greetings from Indiana State Senate District 01, where I have just finished mounting RINO Dan Dernulc's political scalp to my wall... and it looks beautiful! On behalf of Indiana, you are welcome, America! Now that all the RINOs can see for themselves what happens when you betray your base, maybe they might be a little less likely to stab us all in the back from here on out!!! If not, you know what to do! Your move, bitches!!!

Posted by: Mr. Right at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (qbYk4)

Definitely a most impressive night.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:01 AM (snZF9)

290 Get your shit together and submit a post. See what you come up with. Open Mike Night on the ONT could be super fun.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 11:44 PM (A5RD0)

Not if I submit anything. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:02 AM (snZF9)

291 After tonight’s election results in Indiana, I can’t help thinking about this movie clip:

https://tinyurl.com/vxbz7td6

Posted by: Mr. Right at May 06, 2026 12:02 AM (qbYk4)

292 Not to be forgetting the recent George P. Bush who ran for TX, Atty Gen. They even paid/enforced/tortured Louie Gohmert (who was locked in as a Rep) to give it up at a stalking horse against Paxton. - We could retire on the money they spent.

It wouldn't be a surprise if there wasn't Bush money behind Wesley Hunt's run in this TX senate primary.

Posted by: Braenyard

If not the Bushes, probably someone like Karl Rove who really deserved GWB's nickname for him as Turdblossom. Rove was trying to get Missouri to pass that awful ranked choice voter because Missouri was no longer a swing state.

They got ranked choice voting done in Alaska to protect worthless Murcow after Joe Miller knocked her off in the primary and she won (illegally according to law) as a write in independent with Mitch funding her.

All to protect those awful GOPe grifting machines--the Danforths in MO, the Bushes in TX, and the GOPe Murkowski Stevens machine in AK.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:02 AM (E4rtv)

293 Earlier today, I tried to take a joking poke at a Sometimes Karen, and was surprised to get a Humorless Scold response. I like her, as a rule, when she's not scoldilocks. But, a reminder there are certain folks with whom one should just never engage under any circumstance because the lightest remark can return darkness. Online and off.

A fellow I knew from high school I thought was a good friend, until one day his mask fell off to show his true sneering disdain for me, for reasons I never really understood, after which I reflected on how he'd been poison all along. Never interacted after that. No real loss. But sad.

Posted by: mindful webworker - democraps in disguise at May 06, 2026 12:03 AM (k0Y0k)

294 IndyStar@indystar - 2h

So far on Tuesday night, five President Donald Trump-endorsed Statehouse candidates ousted state lawmakers.

Sen. Jim Banks celebrated the news by saying that "President Trump is the single most popular Republican among Hoosier voters."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (nzPxx)

295 Now that all the RINOs can see for themselves what happens when you betray your base, maybe they might be a little less likely to stab us all in the back from here on out!!! If not, you know what to do! Your move, bitches!!!

Posted by: Mr. Right
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I see Indiana likely to move a bit to the right statewide after this primary. Kemp in GA and McMasters in SC have to be crapping their pants over this.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (E4rtv)

296 After tonight’s election results in Indiana, I can’t help thinking about this movie clip:

https://tinyurl.com/vxbz7td6

Posted by: Mr. Right at May 06, 2026 12:02 AM (qbYk4)

Fitting. Definitely fitting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (snZF9)

297 265 Unlike other insulated containers
Ummm, I've never owned a thermos or other insulated container that had any sort of pressure relief valve. Ever.
Posted by: GWB at May 05, 2026 11:48 PM (rjPoz)

I've always been kind of fascinated by the thermos. It keeps cold things cold, hot things hot. How does it know which is which? How does it know? How does it know?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)

298 Not sure what you can do in Spanish, other than swap ñ for n to make years into asses.
Posted by: mikeski

*******

My former business partner, an asshole South African practicing in San Antonio thought he was learning Spanish. A Hispanic friend said, "He is butchering the language!". He once asked a young patient, leaving the tilde off the 'n', " Quantos anos tiene tu?"

The little boy's eyes got real big and he timidly held up one finger and replied, "Solamente uno, señor!"

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:05 AM (I0N4X)

299 NICE: National Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Choke on it CNN

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:06 AM (nzPxx)

300 Oh BSD, ever run across Richard Thompson in NJ clubs.

He lives in New Jersey now instead of England with his third wife. Guitar and musical genius. Still touring on occasion with his grandson in the business. Think he is over 75 nowadays but still a wizard at both electric and acoustic guitar.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:07 AM (E4rtv)

301 I've always been kind of fascinated by the thermos. It keeps cold things cold, hot things hot. How does it know which is which? How does it know? How does it know?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)

The word you're looking for is Insulation.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:08 AM (snZF9)

302 Muldoon!
Posted by: Darrell Harris

***********

Harris!

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:08 AM (I0N4X)

303
>>>You mean there are people in the world who want to be Leonardo DiCrapio?

Is he one of those teenage turtles?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 06, 2026 12:08 AM (Cqx++)

304 Yet another AI cat video

https://tinyurl.com/3693v3aa

Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2026 12:10 AM (rbvCR)

305 Oh BSD, ever run across Richard Thompson in NJ clubs.

He lives in New Jersey now instead of England with his third wife. Guitar and musical genius. Still touring on occasion with his grandson in the business. Think he is over 75 nowadays but still a wizard at both electric and acoustic guitar.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:07 AM (E4rtv)

He wouldn't be in any of the places I go to. I had to look him up to see who he is.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:10 AM (snZF9)

306 I've always been kind of fascinated by the thermos. It keeps cold things cold, hot things hot. How does it know which is which? How does it know? How does it know?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)

Fuckin' magnets.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:10 AM (vE0+H)

307 303
>>>You mean there are people in the world who want to be Leonardo DiCrapio?

Is he one of those teenage turtles?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Faggots live in places other than America.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:11 AM (nzPxx)

308 I see Indiana likely to move a bit to the right statewide after this primary. Kemp in GA and McMasters in SC have to be crapping their pants over this.
Posted by: whig

Something something "elect the right people." Something something "the wrong people to do the right thing."

Posted by: Darth Milton at May 06, 2026 12:11 AM (VHUov)

309 It wouldn't be a surprise if there wasn't Bush money behind Wesley Hunt's run in this TX senate primary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 11:54 PM (nzPxx)

Agreed. Hunt was a spoiler, assigned to keep Paxton from winning outright.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 06, 2026 12:12 AM (iCCzn)

310 He lives in New Jersey now instead of England with his third wife. Guitar and musical genius. Still touring on occasion with his grandson in the business. Think he is over 75 nowadays but still a wizard at both electric and acoustic guitar.
Posted by: whig

*********

There's a youtube vid of him doing "Vincent Black Lightning 1952, unaccompanied, at a singer/songwriter gig and ?Suzanne Vega is onstage with him watching his guitar riffs and her eyes are bugging out oof her skull and. her jaw is slack. Amazing guitar talent!

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:13 AM (I0N4X)

311 BSD, the guy has chops.
Tear Stained Letter live in the 80's with his former bandmates in Fairport Convention.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfBYoakHe4E

Solo on acoustic 2012

https://youtu.be/W8SCOvLVjlE

His live shows are a hoot. Probably the best guitarist that few have every heard of.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:13 AM (E4rtv)

312 Back when Obama first ran for President I was told that if I didn't vote for him I was a racist. I didn't fall for the crap. I don't vote for anyone's race or their sex. That's a stupid reason to vote for anyone. You vote for the person who best represents how you think will do the best job. The lesser of the two evils. Sometimes it may come down to the flip of a coin.

Posted by: Case at May 06, 2026 12:14 AM (9lqZe)

313 I don't think the Minnesota Wild have an answer for the Avalanche. Avs are just too talented top to bottom.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:16 AM (I0N4X)

314 There's a youtube vid of him doing "Vincent Black Lightning 1952, unaccompanied, at a singer/songwriter gig and ?Suzanne Vega is onstage with him watching his guitar riffs and her eyes are bugging out oof her skull and. her jaw is slack. Amazing guitar talent!
Posted by: muldoon

He has some interviews out there, mainly in UK, but a few here as he has toured the US extensively since the late 60's. But interestingly enough, he noted he purposefully did not follow blues guitarists unlike the rest of his Brit compatriots in the 60's. He got his influences from jazz, classical music, and Celtic folk songs.

He can play fast or slow and mixes it up during live shows. A lot of which are on Youtube now including those with his ex wife Linda Thompson.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:16 AM (E4rtv)

315 There's a youtube vid of him doing "Vincent Black Lightning 1952, unaccompanied, at a singer/songwriter gig and ?Suzanne Vega is onstage with him watching his guitar riffs and her eyes are bugging out oof her skull and. her jaw is slack. Amazing guitar talent!
Posted by: muldoon
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And that is both a tearjerker as a song he wrote and his performance of it varies over the years. Faster, slower, he just keeps it fresh. He mentioned playing a song the same way over and over again was not for him anyway.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:18 AM (E4rtv)

316 Folk singers and Metal don't run in the same lane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:19 AM (nzPxx)

317 Off simian mavolent cow sock.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 12:20 AM (sAmhv)

318 Richard Thompson- Vincent Black Lightning

https://is.gd/yqgO48

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:20 AM (I0N4X)

319 I've been brooding for six months at least over the fact that the Left seemed to get so lucky with the name "ICE". They used to be the more innocuous INS.

I freaking love that magnificent bastard Trump.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:21 AM (vE0+H)

320 I don't think the Minnesota Wild have an answer for the Avalanche. Avs are just too talented top to bottom.
Posted by: muldoon

I think you're right. I'm rooting for Buffalo as a sentimental favorite to win it all.

Posted by: Archer at May 06, 2026 12:23 AM (wvc0i)

321 And Fairport Convention is famous in UK, Sandy Denny was part of that bunch until she got fired by being a bit out there. Nick Drake was kind of an orbiter but his weirdness never really made him someone to work with in a band.

Thompson left the band himself because he had a bandmate that got into speed and Thompson got sick of trying to play with the guy at concerts.

Massive discography of all sorts of songs over the years. Which in part led to his song, Guitar Heroes where he quite adequately demonstrates where he got certain techniques from including the Shadows.

Playboy once wrote him (as part of a story they planned to do), of naming the most important songs over the last 1000 years. Thompson ended up with an album and concert tour with songs dating back 1000 years as well as more modern songs he worked into the act.

Guy was already an encyclopedia of old folk music songs in UK so it wasn't a hard lift for him.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:24 AM (E4rtv)

322 I don't think the Minnesota Wild have an answer for the Avalanche. Avs are just too talented top to bottom.
Posted by: muldoon

They're a Minnesota sports franchise. Their lot in life is to be good enough to make the playoffs, but not good enough to win it all.

Not sure how the Twins pulled off the two WS wins.

But I'm not sure who else stops the Avs, either. Even the announcers in this game were saying it was basically the Stanley Cup final, with the two best teams meeting in the 2nd round of the playoffs.

Posted by: Darth Milton at May 06, 2026 12:24 AM (VHUov)

323 Hey Indiana RINOs: It’s FAFO’Clock!!!

Posted by: Mr. Right at May 06, 2026 12:24 AM (qbYk4)

324 McCain and Romney in their respective four years would have each destroyed the GOP for a generation or more. It was obvious at the time. So I really don't know what the least evil was. In McCain's case, Obama would have been back in 2012 and swept the country. In Romney's I suppose it would have been Hillary beating his ass as another "historic first" which would have worked against any Republican but Trump. You can't really say what "would" have happened, but that was the trajec... that was... the trajec... the path.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:24 AM (vE0+H)

325 Folk singers and Metal don't run in the same lane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:19 AM (nzPxx)

I'm glad you said it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:25 AM (snZF9)

326 I think you're right. I'm rooting for Buffalo as a sentimental favorite to win it all.

Posted by: Archer

********

Carolina v. Buffalo would be a fun Eastern Conference final.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:25 AM (I0N4X)

327 Off, sith economist sock.

Posted by: mikeski at May 06, 2026 12:25 AM (VHUov)

328 Well, my work is done here for tonight.

Looks like we had a good day in Indiana. Keep pushing, we'll have more in the future, some setbacks too. Remember folks, eye on the prize.

Good Night from 'Occupied' California.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:25 AM (QGaXH)

329 GOPe had been a growing, festering, pustule for years. Trump has lanced it a lot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:28 AM (nzPxx)

330 Bedtime beckons. Good night y'all!

Endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: muldoon at May 06, 2026 12:30 AM (I0N4X)

331 Posted by: Braenyard
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If you heard his guitar soloes when he cuts loose, you would think they are metal at times. And he can play a mean acoustic guitar as well.

For what it is worth, some of the old Brit metal bands actually incorporate older Celtic melodies that the folk singers used into their work.

They were all in a small island touring around the clubs in the UK at a time where musicians kept stumbling into each other, particularly in London in those years in pubs after gigs or watching others play gigs.

E.g. a young Phil Collins tells of heading to a pub just about legal age or slightly under and Keith Moon was pulling the taps having a great old time as bartender until time was called. Pete Townshend was an early pub attendee at the UFO club and got to be good friends with David Gilmour--later putting him on the album. The Rolling Stones, Faces, Kinks, and the Who all knew each other as London based groups as well.

And while Keith Moon and John Entwistle were mad at Roger Daltrey at the time, they were hanging with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. They hit him up about their idea for a new band and Moon told them it would go over like a Lead Zeppelin.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:32 AM (E4rtv)

332 If only the GOPe could learn the simple lesson.

Giorgia Meloni@GiorgiaMeloni - 13h

Several fake photos of me are circulating these days, generated with artificial intelligence and passed off as real by some diligent opponent.

I have to acknowledge that whoever made them, at least in the case attached, also improved me quite a bit. But the fact remains that, in order to attack and invent falsehoods, anything is really used now.

The point, however, also goes beyond me. Deepfakes are a dangerous tool, because they can deceive, manipulate, and target anyone. I can defend myself. Many others do not.

For this reason, a rule should always apply: check before you believe, and believe before you share. Because today it happens to me, tomorrow it can happen to anyone
---------

She posted the phony photo with the statement.

https://tinyurl.com/ydh78xuf

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:35 AM (nzPxx)

333 I'm glad you said it. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I trained in classical piano for about 10 years as a yute.

Can't play anymore due to arthritis but I've always liked a variety of music including some early metal. Classical, jazz, swing, big band, rock, some pop, and even punk/metal up to the 1980's. Digitizing all my lps reminded me of things I listened to once but forgot over the years from all sorts of musicians. Ironically I never cared much for folk back in the day but like it more as I get older.

Tinnitus in both ears, a side effect from psoriatic arthritis makes it a pain sometimes but music can even make that better for a time.

For me, the key marker is good song, good musicianship for that song, and I will give it a listen. If it is really good, then more of a listen. Third time, I might buy a copy of it.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:39 AM (E4rtv)

334 Vivek won his OH primary.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 06, 2026 12:41 AM (iCCzn)

335 334 Vivek won his OH primary.

Other guy was stupid and running against Trump. We shall see if Vivek can take out DeWino's Mini Fauci in the general.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:42 AM (E4rtv)

336 Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:39 AM (E4rtv)

Are you doing a little better these days? I guess I hope against hope you are.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:42 AM (vE0+H)

337 Discovered an interesting site then new information, to me, about pitches some involving tinnitus and other involving cognizance. Don't go away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:43 AM (nzPxx)

338 Y'all have fun. Surgeon appointment tomorrow to see if the spine implant is bonding to bone.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:43 AM (E4rtv)

339 I would like to see a great many more RINOs disappeared in all 50 states.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 12:45 AM (0nHVk)

340 Incidentally I get a lot of food/cooking related videos on YT but it's getting out of hand - these chinese AI bot driven ones that are named like "Best cookies! No work! No calories! No oven!"

And they purportedly have millions of views.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 12:45 AM (vE0+H)

341 Almost forgot/suddenly remembered that I wanted to pass along this little bit of cheesecake found on 5mind.

Some guys would.

https://bit.ly/some-guys-would

Posted by: mindful webworker - what me wouldn't? at May 06, 2026 12:47 AM (k0Y0k)

342 Hmmm, this Richard Thompson dude. Since I got pulled into it, here's my thoughts if I had to do a technical breakdown. Guitar wise, nothing special at all difficulty wise, BUT, the dude got a great ability to make a lot of sound with doing very minimum. He plays around within the chord patterns, very minimum movements, but picks the right stuff. Thats his true magic. Like David Gilmour from pink floyd, not fast at all, not complex, but he does more with one frigging string than some guitar players do with 6. I think that Thompson dude's magic is doing stuff that sounds good, it fits, it compliments what he's doing without killing himself. It don't sound forced, or clumsy, and it flows. He could probably play endless variations of his songs and they would always sound good with the approach he has. He makes music with little effort. Thats why he sounds good. He fills the space with what matters. That is an art. Its not a technical thing, because there is very little of that. Its a soul thing that guides him.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:48 AM (snZF9)

343 speaking of DIY content:

CG short film on the extinction of the dinosaurs "Dinosaurs: The true story" - by P-L. Aeberhardt

youtu.be/gYXpRWHVIPE

Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2026 12:49 AM (rbvCR)

344 Are you doing a little better these days? I guess I hope against hope you are.
Posted by: ...

Well, we shall see. Issue which I knew going forward with the surgery is that the implant changed the weight distribution of the back which is now putting more pressure on degenerative discs in the thoracic and lumbar. Can't get the normal steroid shots or nerve blocks until the surgeon tells me that the implant is bonding. Can't take NSAIDS because it affects that either. And insurance insists that i have steroid shots before I can get the more expensive ablation (which I had in 2021). And under weight and activity limits right now that probably will be extended depending on imaging tomorrow.

About all I can do is post here, drive a short distance to docs, fix a meal, and work on digitizing my record collection. I have about 600-700 hundred lps plus some collectors 45s to do over the next year. And also digitizing old family photos to distribute around to family while people are still living to enjoy them.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:49 AM (E4rtv)

345 Stop with the sampler plate FM radio mix. Yes. We've heard iron man. ten thousand times.

This is the whole problem with the classic rock format. If you didnt know better you would think that each of the legendary bands of the era had 2-4 good songs out of their entire catalog. Like everyone was The Knack or Flock of Seagulls back then

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 06, 2026 12:52 AM (N/KpB)

346 Its a soul thing that guides him.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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I would regard that as a fair review. I used to play Bartok, Stravinsky, etc. for presentations simply because I could hit the chords hard while something like Bach was simply not playing to my strengths. Mozart was in the middle.

But I would rather play like Professor Longhair.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:54 AM (E4rtv)

347 szynalski.com/tone-generator/
https://tinyurl.com/yknmx5ve

I used it to rate my hearing loss at pitches and volumes, you can adjust the volume and the htz. My thoughts were on what pitches are missing and the possibility of getting a board to alter or enhance missing or diminished areas. Didn’t take down the information on tinnitus but it referred to discovering what htz one is affected with and blocking or neutralizing it.

Per AI - Aspect Details
40 Hz - Cognitive Enhancement Improves focus and working memory
Neural Synchronization Facilitates coherent communication between brain regions
Potential Therapeutic Effects May aid in conditions like Alzheimer’s and fibromyalgia
How 40 Hz Works
Binaural Beats: Listening to slightly different tones in each ear can create a perceived 40 Hz frequency, helping the brain synchronize its activity to this rhythm.
Flow State: Engaging with 40 Hz can lead to a state where productivity and calmness coexist, enhancing overall mental performance.
In summary, E2 at 40 Hz is a frequency that significantly impacts brain function, particularly in enhancing cognitive abilities and potentially aiding in therapeutic contexts.

Practical Considerations

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:55 AM (nzPxx)

348 Summary ellipsis, it will take about a year. But I had to do something as I was losing feeling, dexterity, and strength in my hands. I can deal with endless muscle spasms and back pain, not being able to use hands makes it damn difficult to function in this life.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:55 AM (E4rtv)

349 Practical Considerations
While A7 is the highest note, it is important to note that E7 is often used in compositions. This is because notes above E7 can be quite challenging to play and are not commonly found in violin sheet music.

Summary of Violin Range
Note Frequency (Hz) Octave Position
G3 196 Lowest Note
E7 2637.02 Commonly Used
A7 3520 Highest Note

Dance band drums, what is the common pitch of the ride cymbal?
I need to know the pitches in htz

18" ride: ~300–420 Hz
20" ride: ~250–360 Hz
22" ride: ~220–320 Hz

Interesting that 40htz pitch is E which, I'm told is a favorite key for guitar players.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:56 AM (nzPxx)

350
Have you considered a hyperbaric chamber?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:00 AM (nzPxx)

351 Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:49 AM (E4rtv)

You're a good man. Prayers continue.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:01 AM (vE0+H)

352 Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 12:55 AM (E4rtv)

I'm sorry man. Not that I'd want anyone to go through that shit but you know I have a high regard for you.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:02 AM (vE0+H)

353 Braenyard,

Thanks. I have the webpage bookmarked for more messing around with.

I will have to play with it to get the exact pitch but my tinnitus is about 1100 khz or so in my left ear. Right ear is a bit harder to hear when the left is roaring.

I've had a dip in hearing as part of my psoriasis is targeting the scalp and the ear canal at times which is why docs think the tinnitus and hearing loss is related. Ironically, I used to hear with perfect pitch which is annoying to lose.

Spent a year in marching band and parents wanted me to be Glen Miller and thus a trombone. Want to make someone with perfect pitch crazy--give them a trombone to play--extremely difficult to hit the same notes identically which is bad enough on a piano, awful on open tuned instruments like a trombone.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 01:03 AM (E4rtv)

354 My left ear seems to be resonating between C#6 and D6 (1109-1135 hz).

Thanks Braenyard again, I can now tune my ears. Literally.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 01:05 AM (E4rtv)

355 350
Have you considered a hyperbaric chamber?
Posted by: Braenyard
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Not really. Have no problem with researching it. As it might help flares in psoriasis.

The tinnitus strikes worse when I am flaring from inflammation spiking. Weather changes, stress, sleep issues can all trigger it. And psoriatic arthritis likes to move around in targeting as it attacks the underlying layers of skin as the enemy of the immune system. That is what does the damage if the skin happens to be in a certain spot.

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 01:08 AM (E4rtv)

356 Interesting that 40htz pitch is E which, I'm told is a favorite key for guitar players.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 12:56 AM (nzPxx)

Yeah, E is used a lot.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 01:12 AM (snZF9)

357 I'm sorry man. Not that I'd want anyone to go through that shit but you know I have a high regard for you.
Posted by: ...
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Thanks deeply for the prayers that you have given in my name. There are others here that have it far worse including cancer, amputations, severe heart issues, etc. Mine is just pain and back spasms for the most part now along with the arthritis.

My problem is that I cannot travel long distances right now and my mother is in a state requiring a long trip to see her. She is in rehab after breaking her hip in a fall at her memory care facility. Having to rely on my sister, the facility, and our hired social worker to visit my mom in care to make sure things are ok. She has vascular dementia so it is hard to check on her condition by talking with her.

Makes me feel like I am failing as a child because I cannot be there now for her. That is what is bothering me (along with the damn insurance co and hospital billing dispute over my pre approved surgery.)

Posted by: whig at May 06, 2026 01:15 AM (E4rtv)

358 Whig, I can sympathize.

How some people dread dentists is how I feel about back doctors. This comes from growing up in a sawmill town where you would commonly see some poor bastard slowly shuffling down the street, hunched over like he was off to ring the bells at Notre Dame, with people clucking about how he had gotten "back surgery."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 06, 2026 01:17 AM (hNnmQ)

359 Whig I'm sorry about those feelings. They are reasonable feelings but not entirely true.

I don't think you would judge me so harshly if it you heard that was me in the identical situation as you.

You might think less of me, OTOH, if I didn't feel bad about it so I get why you do.

But "failing" is a strong word. I get the impression you are the type to generally do what you can and not a fraction less, and often more. So rather than "failing" let's call it not living up to your own high expectations for yourself.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:23 AM (vE0+H)

360 CG short film on the extinction of the dinosaurs "Dinosaurs: The true story" - by P-L. Aeberhardt

youtu.be/gYXpRWHVIPE

Posted by: Kindltot at May 06, 2026 12:49 AM (rbvCR)

That was fantastic. They definitely knew how to build suspense!

Posted by: pookysgirl hopes Dino sees this at May 06, 2026 01:23 AM (Wt5PA)

361 {{{whig}}} you are not in any way failing as a child, I am sorry that you are dealing with all of this. Prayers will continue.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 01:24 AM (0nHVk)

362 Interesting that with all the medical inventions and improvements over the last half century, hearing is about the least developed.

You're going deaf, here's a prescription for hearing aids. That's like a prescription for a wooden leg.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:24 AM (nzPxx)

363 >>>But "failing" is a strong word. I get the impression you are the type to generally do what you can and not a fraction less, and often more. So rather than "failing" let's call it not living up to your own high expectations for yourself.
Posted by: ...
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Along with our prayers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:26 AM (nzPxx)

364 You're going deaf, here's a prescription for hearing aids. That's like a prescription for a wooden leg.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:24 AM (nzPxx)

Karnak opens the envelope: "What you get from listening to an Obama speech."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 06, 2026 01:28 AM (utfVc)

365 362 Interesting that with all the medical inventions and improvements over the last half century, hearing is about the least developed.

You're going deaf, here's a prescription for hearing aids. That's like a prescription for a wooden leg.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:24 AM (nzPxx)

"I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that you have cataracts. The good news is that your insurance covers this state-of-the-art treatment: a brand new magnifying glass!"

Posted by: SciVo at May 06, 2026 01:36 AM (Sy6m/)

366 I got a friend in a nursing home right now. He's quite older than me. I don't expect him to last another 2 weeks. I want to fucking strangle him, because it don't have to be this way. He stopped eating and drinking weeks ago. No heart problems, blood work is great, no BP problems, sugar is fine. He will not listen to doctors, will not take meds, refuses treatments. I don't know what the fuck is going on in his head. He says he can't swallow, but won't let them find out why. he has a hernia, but won;t let them operate. It goes on and on. I see people fighting for every day they can get and this chucklehead is content to just waste away in bed when he has nothing that can't be treated. I don't know if its dementia or what, but he is deathly afraid of doctors. He shuts down every suggestion. He can't see good, needs new glasses, has the insurance and it won't cost him a dime. Nope, don't want to hear it. I'm baffled by it all.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 01:38 AM (snZF9)

367 Bers, your friend seems to have *some level* of cognitive impairment. Nothing makes sense in dementia.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

368
Doctor: I have good news and bad news.
Patient: Okay, shoot.
Doctor: The bad news is you have Alzheimer's.
Patient: Ok. And what's the bad news?

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:44 AM (vE0+H)

369 So sorry, BDD, that clearly wasn't directed your way. I will pray for you and your friend.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 01:47 AM (vE0+H)

370 Dip your hand in heaven's waters
All of life's abundance in a
Drop of condensation

https://youtu.be/rLDI-7MyBoM

And that's a big g'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - forgiveness is forever at May 06, 2026 01:49 AM (k0Y0k)

371 Some people just want to die others never give up.
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"I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that you have cataracts. The good news is that your insurance covers this state-of-the-art treatment: a brand new magnifying glass!"
Posted by: SciVo
----

Thank Obunghole for that.
Medicare bought me a pair of Bauch and Lombs.
For an extra grand I got the one's that attached to the muscle and adjusts like normal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 01:50 AM (nzPxx)

372 Evenin’, All.

Whig, I wish you all the best in your health struggles.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 01:53 AM (77rzZ)

373 Thanks for the words everyone, going to bed.

Berserker, sounds like your friend might have depression and has just given up. That can happen in life changes. Guy really needs someone to talk too it seems but sometimes a stranger like a priest, minister, or counselor is required if the matter is embarrassing to the patient. Loss of face fears can lead people to avoid hard conversations.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 06, 2026 01:57 AM (E4rtv)

374 LOL AOP!

Bers, sorry about your friend, could be some deep trauma there or as others have mentioned he is experiencing some major cognitive issues/

Hiya JQ, how are you?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 02:01 AM (0nHVk)

375 Bers, that was not sarcasm, I just hit the wrong key and didn't notice.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 02:03 AM (0nHVk)

376 Hi, Debby!

Just reading/dozing... reading/dozing, LOL.

Got nothing accomplished today, but that's okay. Girl needs a day off once in a while, yes?

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

377 Bers, your friend seems to have *some level* of cognitive impairment. Nothing makes sense in dementia.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

This is what I'm thinking. It has to be some kind of dementia. I have zero experience with that because nobody in my family ever had it, so I have no clue about all the shit that happens. Somebody told me that late stage dementia patients lose the ability to swallow, but it has happened in early cases. I have no clue. He got some kind of mental block, a paranoia, something. When this first started happening another friend took him to the hospital. The doctor saw the hernia and says we can fix that no problem. Nope, didn't want to hear it. Another time they wanted to do an MRI. He says no I'm claustrophobic. I said dude, you know whats real claustrophobic? A fucking casket. Didn't want to hear it. He was having a hard time peeing. They gave him flomax. He took it for 2 days said it made him dizzy and stopped, so he stopped drinking. He says they could fix it but its too terrible to talk about. I have no clue. It has to be all in his head.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 02:04 AM (snZF9)

378 Hi, DDS. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at May 06, 2026 02:07 AM (77rzZ)

379 Got nothing accomplished today, but that's okay. Girl needs a day off once in a while, yes?

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

I got nothing done today because of yang poon.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 02:11 AM (snZF9)

380 Debby. 🤗

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 02:12 AM (vE0+H)

381 Bers. Wow. Your friend has a lot going on. He's in a nursing home? There's a reason for that-- I mean, you don't just *check in* to skilled nursing facility on a whim-- doctor must order it. "Failure to thrive" is a catch-all that can be used for admission, but still must be by dr. order...

Hubby has issues with swallowing now. He no longer can have foods in his room; must go to dining area for all meals so they can tell if he's choking/aspirating food. I can't even leave snacks & treats any more. Sad.

His usual *defiant act* is refusing meds. Very common with all forms of dementia, btw.

Again, sorry about your friend!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

382 Yang poon.. LOL. The words make me chuckle..

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

383 Bers. Wow. Your friend has a lot going on. He's in a nursing home? There's a reason for that-- I mean, you don't just *check in* to skilled nursing facility on a whim-- doctor must order it. "Failure to thrive" is a catch-all that can be used for admission, but still must be by dr. order...

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

yeah, nursing home. I would think he was ordered there from the hospital because he refused to let any doctors treat or help him. They must have saw the writing on the wall.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 02:15 AM (snZF9)

384 So sorry for what you two are going through JQ.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 02:19 AM (vE0+H)

385 I had better shuffle off to bed, night all and here's to better days ahead.

Posted by: ... at May 06, 2026 02:19 AM (vE0+H)

386 Very sad, Bers. Yeah, hospitals are for healing. Nursing homes are for ~~keeping those bodies alive long enough to squeeze every last dollar out before they die~~ managing the decline.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:20 AM (rdVOm)

387 When I turned the tone generator off last night it was as if the world stopped it was so quiet. Not that it was loud, it was set at 3% but like you get comfortable with the hum of an engine then suddenly it's gone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:21 AM (nzPxx)

388 Tone generator? Braenyard, does it help with tinnitus?

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

389 Yang poon.. LOL. The words make me chuckle..

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

Right? Frigging yang pooon. I was putting an engine together and I was working with the lifter blocks. They are basically the blocks that have the lifter bores, but are removable. If they wear out you just get new ones. Kinda nice really. Well of course they are made wrong because yang poon. The bores were all off center and the screw holes weren't even accurate. Good USA made lifter blocks are $500, and these are probably $100, but they never used to be shitty like this. I think the supplier changed where he gets them from. I had the shop dude order ones that are made in japan. They are real nice, it was what he should have got in the first place, but the books don't specify where they come from. It was easy to tell with these, because they are shit. I found an old box and got the part# and we matched it up in the books. Yang poon strikes again.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 02:26 AM (snZF9)

390 210
The young woman whining about getting fired, and all the nasty comments she got -- what did she post? A threat to kill the President? You zany funster. Too bad they took it the wrong way. And that the threat is a felony.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 11:17 PM (t1fZA)

I've never heard of a Lefty Lunatic being fired for any such thing before. Or getiing a mildly threatening letter. So that's interesting, if it's actually real. It kind of sounds like some sort of parody.

She says she shouldn't have posted whatever it was, but then gives excuses "POTUS prob didn't see it" (when obviously it's about inciting others to violence) and goes on to demonize Trump as someone spouting violent rhetoric - AGAIN. Then says "Leave me alone!"

So, you shouldn't have, but Trump is literally Hitler, so it's really his fault. Got it.

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 06, 2026 02:28 AM (ovdkm)

391 Posted by: ...

Thanks. Sweet dreams to you!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

392 Anybody else see Amon Amarth in MD tonight? Fantastic show. Need to get me a horn holster, lol.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 06, 2026 02:30 AM (88/1G)

393 Brave AI

Exposure to 40 Hz sensory stimulation (via light, sound, or ultrasound) restores gamma brainwave oscillations, which are typically disrupted in Alzheimer’s patients, leading to improved memory, learning, and cognitive function.

This non-invasive therapy enhances neural connectivity and synchronizes brain activity, with combined audiovisual stimulation showing superior results in reducing cognitive decline compared to single-modality treatments.

Physically, 40 Hz stimulation directly targets pathological buildups by reducing amyloid-beta (Aβ

plaques and tau tangles in the brain.

It achieves this by activating microglia (brain immune cells) to clear toxic proteins and by dilating meningeal lymphatic vessels and blood vessels, which accelerates the glymphatic system’s ability to flush waste from the brain parenchyma into the cerebrospinal fluid.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:30 AM (nzPxx)

394 "and these are probably $100, but they never used to be shitty like this"

Yang Poon, meet Dung Dong...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 06, 2026 02:32 AM (88/1G)

395 I've always been kind of fascinated by the thermos. It keeps cold things cold, hot things hot. How does it know which is which? How does it know? How does it know?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 06, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)
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The word you're looking for is Insulation.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 12:08 AM (snZF9)
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True, ARiK seems highly insulated from the world.

BTW, we have one of the recalled thermoses, Bought in on Amazon about 8 years ago, I think. Amazon sent me the recall notice last week. I asked for a refund but still waiting to hear back from Thermos.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 06, 2026 02:35 AM (lgmVC)

396 I got some yang poon parts from a US outfit, about 20 years ago... freaking wheel cylinders for my old Ford truck didn't fit! Castings were too large so wouldn't fit under the (whatever the hell you call it....) stud that holds the shoe return springs. Double checked the part numbers, yep that's what they sent... fk it. Went to Napa for different ones.

Oh, and the transmission mount's holes didn't line up with crossmember's holes. All other dimensions were spot-on.

Haha, that project was a comedy of error, but I finished it! Never again, she muttered...

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

397 Sweet dreams Horde, I need to sleep.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 06, 2026 02:39 AM (0nHVk)

398 Brave AI

How many hertz is the trumpet's high C? (big deal for trumpet players)
The trumpet's high C is approximately 1046.5 Hz.

What are the htz of the low E string on the double bass instrument?
The low E string on a double bass is tuned to 41.2 Hz. This is the fundamental frequency of the open E1 string, which is the lowest note on a standard four-string double bass.

What is the htz on a standard electric guitar?
A standard electric guitar in standard tuning has the following fundamental frequencies for its open strings:

Low E (6th string): 82.41 Hz
A (5th string): 110.00 Hz
D (4th string): 146.83 Hz
G (3rd string): 196.00 Hz
B (2nd string): 246.94 Hz
High E (1st string): 329.63 Hz

These frequencies are based on the international standard pitch of A4 = 440 Hz

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:42 AM (nzPxx)

399 I have four thermos's. The safety relief is they break seal well before the top disengage the threads. I wonder what idiot fucked up that redesign. Reinventing the wheel gets old and costly. Stick with what works.

Posted by: Reforger at May 06, 2026 02:42 AM (ZFqKB)

400 'Night, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

401 I got some yang poon parts from a US outfit, about 20 years ago... freaking wheel cylinders for my old Ford truck didn't fit! Castings were too large so wouldn't fit under the (whatever the hell you call it....) stud that holds the shoe return springs. Double checked the part numbers, yep that's what they sent... fk it. Went to Napa for different ones.

Oh, and the transmission mount's holes didn't line up with crossmember's holes. All other dimensions were spot-on.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

Yup, yang poon. The problem is all aftermarket stuff is yang poon. Mostly the bolt on crap like fenders, oil tanks, gas tanks, headlight assemblies, tail lights, etc. Very few American companies make that, and if they do its custom looking shit, not reproductions of original stuff. You're not going to find an American company making repro gas tanks for a 1956 panhead, but Taiwan does, so you have no choice. You can find American stuff for engines and transmissions, and its all I use. Pricey, but it works. There are a few times where the yang poon stuff is ok IF its made right, and its a crap shoot.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 02:48 AM (snZF9)

402 Low E (6th string): 82.41 Hz
A (5th string): 110.00 Hz
D (4th string): 146.83 Hz
G (3rd string): 196.00 Hz
B (2nd string): 246.94 Hz
High E (1st string): 329.63 Hz

These frequencies are based on the international standard pitch of A4 = 440 Hz
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _

So the next string is 440?

Posted by: Reforger at May 06, 2026 02:48 AM (ZFqKB)

403 There was a period of time that Ford was notorious for changing parts in the middle of the year sometimes more than once. Tried to purchase u-joints and the parts guy needed a serial number because Ford had changed them up mid stream.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:49 AM (nzPxx)

404 Oh yeah-- Taiwan-- there's another! Got a new alternator for my previous car. New, because sick & tired of sh1tty rebuilds...and better warranty.

Surprise! Mounting holes not quite right! Hadn't exchanged the old one yet, so mapped the holes & drilled the "new" one correctly. Meh. Got it installed and no problemo.

Thought about keeping & rebuilding the old one, but knew the car wouldn't last that long so took it in & got my core charge back.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

405 I'm not math, doesn't seem like perfect continuity between htz and standard pitches. If AOP is here, he may have an answer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:55 AM (nzPxx)

406 U-joints too? Whew, I didn't have any problem there. Old beast had the 2-pc drive line, so 3 u-joints and a carrier bearing.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 02:59 AM (rdVOm)

407 Brave says: Bingo

The A note immediately above the high E string (329.63 Hz) on a guitar is A4, which has a frequency of 440.00 Hz.

This note is located at the 5th fret of the 1st (high E) string and serves as the international standard tuning pitch (A440).

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 03:00 AM (nzPxx)

408 My man, Charles Payne, a great Pro-American.
WallStreetStrategies makes me money.
Positive attitude, always going for yardage.

https://tinyurl.com/45fsahej

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 03:08 AM (nzPxx)

409 There was a period of time that Ford was notorious for changing parts in the middle of the year sometimes more than once. Tried to purchase u-joints and the parts guy needed a serial number because Ford had changed them up mid stream.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:49 AM (nzPxx)

That would drive me nuts. Harley has done that only a few times. What does piss me off is the parts books because they don't list the change accurately. Harley changed the gear tooth pitch on everything in the cam chamber in late 1977, basically mid year. The cam, pinion gear, and breather gear. They can be used as a set, but can't be miss matched. You can put a 1978 gear set in a 1971 if you use them as a set, but you can be using a mix. What do parts books say? 77-back, 78-forward. Totally wrong, a late 77 uses the 78-up set. If you didn't know this and were some schmo looking online for parts and happened to have a late 77, you can't be using what the book would call 1977-back. I constantly fight with some of these shop owners over shit like that. They order the wrong shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 03:09 AM (snZF9)

410 Dang, Bers.. I'd be b1tching at the parts houses to fix their fking books!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)

411 At least Ford published those mid-year changes. After the fact, maybe.. but they DID it.

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)

412 Can't remember how many yang poon mechanical fuel pumps I went through over the years... pressed fittings that just popped out, mainly... others had crap diaphragms *right out of the box*

Grrrr!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:25 AM (rdVOm)

413 It achieves this by activating microglia (brain immune cells) to clear toxic proteins and by dilating meningeal lymphatic vessels and blood vessels, which accelerates the glymphatic system’s ability to flush waste from the brain parenchyma into the cerebrospinal fluid.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 02:30 AM (nzPxx)

That was a lot of words I didn't understand. But it sounds way cool.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 06, 2026 03:27 AM (DwqWV)

414 Can't remember how many yang poon mechanical fuel pumps I went through over the years... pressed fittings that just popped out, mainly... others had crap diaphragms *right out of the box*

Grrrr!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:25 AM (rdVOm)

I put a new horn on a bike. It didn't work. I opened another, and that didn't work. I opened a 3rd, and that didn't work. I grabbed a used 4th one of a different style we had laying around and it worked fine. 3 bad identical horns.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 03:34 AM (snZF9)

415 I put a new horn on a bike. It didn't work. I opened another, and that didn't work. I opened a 3rd, and that didn't work. I grabbed a used 4th one of a different style we had laying around and it worked fine. 3 bad identical horns.
Posted by: Berserker

Kwality! LOL! They got child- & slave-labor... whaddathey gonna do? Fire them?

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:39 AM (rdVOm)

416 *wanders in*
*grab abandoned drink glass off table, chugs dregs*
*chokes on cigar butt at bottom of glass*
*wanders out, coughing violently*

Posted by: Late Night Lurker at May 06, 2026 03:41 AM (JDhDw)

417 That was a lot of words I didn't understand. But it sounds way cool.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Same boat, side effects are nil. I put it on as soon as I read it and have it on now. It will remain on while the computer is on (18 hrs a day) until I read something negative.

Volume is at 3% so it doesn't interfere,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 03:42 AM (nzPxx)

418 I'd rather futz around with electric horns, than mechanical fuel pumps. At least the testing is easier with horns!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:50 AM (rdVOm)

419 *wanders in*
*grab abandoned drink glass off table, chugs dregs*
*chokes on cigar butt at bottom of glass*
*wanders out, coughing violently*
Posted by: Late Night Lurker at May 06, 2026 03:41 AM

Ya could've just come up to the bar & got a fresh drink, ya know...

LOL!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:53 AM (rdVOm)

420 USAF Says Former Qatari 747 Boeing Ready For USA Paint Scheme

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 04:06 AM (nzPxx)

421 I'd rather futz around with electric horns, than mechanical fuel pumps. At least the testing is easier with horns!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 03:50 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah I keep a battery on the bench with some leads for testing things. I have a power probe which is a pretty fine item for when I'm building wiring harnesses. I'll just hook it to that battery and test the circuits. Pretty amazing battery actually. Its a lithium and it hasn't been charged in 2 years. Its still holding almost 13 volts. Anti-grav is the brand.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 06, 2026 04:11 AM (snZF9)

422 Trump just declared May 15th/16th National Shabbat Day.

The Groypers and Wokes are going insane.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 06, 2026 04:12 AM (nzPxx)

423 Yeah I keep a battery on the bench with some leads for testing things. I have a power probe which is a pretty fine item for when I'm building wiring harnesses. I'll just hook it to that battery and test the circuits. Pretty amazing battery actually. Its a lithium and it hasn't been charged in 2 years. Its still holding almost 13 volts. Anti-grav is the brand.
Posted by: Berserker

Sweet!

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 04:14 AM (rdVOm)

424 My (estranged now) older bro has an AC powered DC transformer. Variable voltage. He uses mainly for circuit testing, but also for running some of his "toys". He's a tinkerer. (Too bad he's also a narcissistic jerk, IMO)

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 04:20 AM (rdVOm)

425 Late start again

Posted by: Skip at May 06, 2026 04:24 AM (Ia/+0)

426 422 Trump just declared May 15th/16th National Shabbat Day.

The Groypers and Wokes are going insane.
Posted by: Braenyard

TBF, them going insane is a short walk. BTW, what is Shabbat? Sounds familiar (going back to Israel post Persian exile?)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 06, 2026 04:28 AM (sAmhv)

427 Groypers

I keep seeing this word. Afraid to ask wtf it means. Urban dictionary time?

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 04:29 AM (rdVOm)

428 Lovely picture up top. Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 04:30 AM (ELdpA)

429 "Groypers" are Nick Fuentes's fans/followers/clique.

Posted by: SciVo at May 06, 2026 04:33 AM (Sy6m/)

430 Tech thread is up!

Posted by: SciVo at May 06, 2026 04:34 AM (Sy6m/)

431 This is what the net says about "Groypers":

Their mascot is a cartoon frog called "Groyper," a variant of the "Pepe" meme used widely among extremist groups.

Since I have never listened to thing Nick Fuentes had said of read anything by him, I couldn't tell you more than that, although supposedly he's a white nationalist. Sounds to me as if his influence is exaggerated and he's an "op".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 06, 2026 04:37 AM (WFtAr)

432 Thanks, SciVo and FenelonSpoke!

I figured it's just another pejorative for leftards to throw out at anyone who disagrees with them. Not too far off, huh?

Posted by: JQ at May 06, 2026 04:40 AM (rdVOm)

Baby Jerks Cafe

Cow on vacation.

A dream for Duncanthrax. More fear.

Neat mountain ledge.

Baby goats dancing to the Ghana Funeral Dance music.

Baby hedgehogs.

Rescue tiger loves his red ball.

Roar.

I would not make it. Not because of the snakes, just because I don't want to look like a Stilt-Nerd.

Dog wants to play fetch on a train.

This is like herding cats.

«Sofia, have you seen my phone?» pic.twitter.com/s8L7Pc3sYG
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) May 4, 2026

The baby boy just met women for the first time. 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/vfCgEgWUCU
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) April 29, 2026

Baby rhino protects its mother, thinking vets have done something bad to his mom. pic.twitter.com/3gYGKIhVd6
— The Best (@Thebestfigen) November 13, 2025

The way the bear cub walks.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/bXGDXJ1ObA
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 25, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Too cute!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 07:35 PM (Vvh2V)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Wait. What?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 07:36 PM (ndZc7)

4 I would not make it. Not because of the snakes, just because I don't want to look like a Stilt-Nerd.
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Can't snakes climb poles?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 07:37 PM (gnNyN)

5 A dream for Duncanthrax. More fear.

The horror! The horror!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

6 Have been busy all day so just saw pics from the met gala. Have to get this off my chest before perusing cute videos. Lena Dunham is awful looking. CardiB is as well. Jeebus how do these women think that looking like an idiot on the red carpet is a good thing?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 05, 2026 07:38 PM (2NHgQ)

7 I was hoping for the twelfth evening of a mephitic-free Café.

Alas, t'was not to be. Like rust and evil, but mostly evil, Big Penguin never sleeps.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

8 First read that as 'rescue tiger likes his Red Bull'

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 07:39 PM (2GVsD)

9 He's got the Bear Necessities
The simple Bear Necessities
Don't worry about your troubles and your strife

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 07:39 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Had an attack of puppy deprivation the other day. I can have a puppy but miss the unbelievable cuteness and puppy breath.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 05, 2026 07:40 PM (z2aPa)

11 That hedgehog video is almost obscene. I do not need to see that much hedgehog ass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

12 Good evening, horde.

Beware of attack dog, indeed. Attacked my cold, black, little heart. Lookit that little sweetheart!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)

13 Kid, thats just the beginning, its all downhill from there

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)

14 Texas rat snakes would be up one of those poles in no time.

Fortunately, they're non-venomous, non-threatening, and pretty docile.

They do love getting into the chicken coop and chowing down on an egg. :-(

Fawn season is upon us. Have seen the little ones gamboling (albeit unsteadily) after mama in the last few days.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)

15 Of course you can wait.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 05, 2026 07:43 PM (YlWIZ)

16 Kid, thats just the beginning, its all downhill from there
Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

17 Yelling baby girl is already doing bird hands.

Posted by: huerfano at May 05, 2026 07:43 PM (VJX5o)

18 And unless i am mistaken, a redhead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:44 PM (zZu0s)

19 I would not make it. Not because of the snakes, just because I don't want to look like a Stilt-Nerd.

Put a piece of wood on your head so you are taller than a hyena

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 07:45 PM (/+uur)

20 BEWARE OF ATTACK DOG

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"That's what we call 'A Tasty Morsel' in Indonesia."

/obligatory Barry Soetoro

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:47 PM (9Kqhl)

21 6 Have been busy all day so just saw pics from the met gala.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 05, 2026 07:38 PM (2NHgQ)

Holy moley, I hadn't looked at any of that. Cardi B's getup looks like something that came out of liposuction.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2026 07:48 PM (zYpTz)

22 The baby boy just met women for the first time. 🤣🤣

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[Alternate Caption:] "Hillary Rodham, The Younger Years"

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:49 PM (9Kqhl)

23 Holy moley, I hadn't looked at any of that. Cardi B's getup looks like something that came out of liposuction.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2026 07:48 PM (zYpTz)

I called it the elephant man outfit.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:50 PM (kxLc1)

24 The Met Gala - vile people in ghastly attire.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 07:50 PM (2GVsD)

25 awwww! fierce little guardian of the home!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 07:51 PM (VyBeY)

26 I wonder what Cardi B's reception was at the gala besides that ridiculous outfit.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:52 PM (kxLc1)

27
That hedgehog video is almost obscene. I do not need to see that much hedgehog ass.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Peachy keen

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 07:52 PM (Cqx++)

28 The way the bear cub walks.. 😅

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That's gotta be either Peter Dinklage, Robert Reich, or Ketanji Brown "Affirmative Action" Jackson in a furry costume.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:53 PM (9Kqhl)

29 The problem with AI is that now I can't trust aNY video, and think they're all fake -- including all the vides embedded in this thread.

AI has thus made everything worse, and drained the enjoyment out of life.

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 07:54 PM (Av6i5)

30 What even *is* the Met Gala? Is there a show? Or dinner? Open bar? The fuck with these people?! Celeries are shit-folk with way too much money.

I'm in a mood right now, you guys.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, In a mood, you guys at May 05, 2026 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)

31 30, mood, shmood, you're spot-on anyway!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 07:59 PM (VyBeY)

32 What even *is* the Met Gala? Is there a show? Or dinner? Open bar? The fuck with these people?! Celeries are shit-folk with way too much money.

I'm in a mood right now, you guys.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, In a mood, you guys at May 05, 2026 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)

It is just a cakewalk, but for movie stars.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 07:59 PM (rbvCR)

33 I'm in a mood right now, you guys.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, In a mood, you guys at May 05, 2026 07:56 PM

Care to join me in the holosuite?

Posted by: Guinan at May 05, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

34 What the heck is a cakewalk?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 08:00 PM (Cqx++)

35 Double-barreled Penguin Content is a crowd pleaser beyond measure. Except for the few maladjusted posters.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at May 05, 2026 08:00 PM (oftw2)

36 The Met Gala - vile people in ghastly attire.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 07:50 PM (2GVsD)

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i saw a photo of whom I presumed to be Yoko Ono, but it was Madonna.

/Ugh, what do you call Hollywood for ugly people (besides D.C.)?

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 08:00 PM (9Kqhl)

37 I'm in a mood right now, you guys.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, In a mood, you guys at May 05, 2026 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)

Moods! *scoffs*

Moods are a thing for cattle- and loveplay- not fighting!

Posted by: Gurney Halleck at May 05, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

38
What the heck is a Cakewalk?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 08:00 PM (Cqx++)

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It's a music production software company, but that's not important now ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 08:02 PM (9Kqhl)

39 Kid, thats just the beginning, its all downhill from there

heh

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 05, 2026 08:02 PM (ceJ0R)

40
Do not touch the penguin.
Do not accept gifts from the penguin.
Do not make eye contact with the penguin.
Do not interact with the penguin in any way.
Stay safe out there!

Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 05, 2026 08:03 PM (vFG9F)

41 I want to do an experiment with Pandas. A 500 foot sidewalk. On one side of the sidewalk (which is 6 feet wide) are a string of fully operational combines spinning their blades. On the other side is a sheer drop of a cliff. Behind them are slowly moving riding lawn mowers.

If you start with 10 Pandas....how many get to the end of the 500 foot sidewalk.

Posted by: Orson at May 05, 2026 08:03 PM (dIske)

42 One of the Jenner spawn had an interesting dress; it looks as though the top of the dress had slipped off. Fit the theme. If Bezos wife's dress dress wasn't do low cut, it would've been stunning. She was paying homage to Madame X, but it was just too vulgar. Beyoncé would've been perfect at Halloween, but the 5000 foot long feathery cape was ridiculous, though not the most ridiculous one by any stretch.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 08:05 PM (Vvh2V)

43 A dream for Duncanthrax. More fear.

====

👏👏👏👏

😂

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 08:05 PM (GD0B3)

44 I'm in a mood right now, you guys.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, In a mood, you guys at May 05, 2026 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)

What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood’s a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It’s not for fighting ..."

Posted by: Gurney Halleck at May 05, 2026 08:06 PM (3sXRv)

45 >>>Baby goats dancing to the Ghana Funeral Dance music.

lol What a fantastic idea!!!

Maybe they can get that same 3 yo to do the background audio on more clips.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 05, 2026 08:06 PM (syz1S)

46 They are not chasing the butterfly, its their leader

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 08:06 PM (Ia/+0)

47 Penguins are the Freddy Kruegers of the avian species. Sleep tight.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 08:07 PM (D1E+2)

48 Ketanji Brown "Affirmative Action" Jackson
Posted by: ShainS

It's funny, but I forget her real name. I just call her Jumanji, but I'm totally stealing that.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 05, 2026 08:07 PM (l26NL)

49
Sorry, I would have gotten here earlier, but I was invited to search on my last name.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:07 PM (HdYcL)

50 AI has thus made everything worse, and drained the enjoyment out of life.

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 07:54 PM (Av6i5)

------------

There's a novel idea in there somewhere (probably already been done) where a minority of folks consciously break with and refuse to participate in an economy and society controlled by "AI" and similar potentially enslaving and dehumanizing technologies (like a 21st century Amish).

I imagine the USA is presently the only nation where that could in theory be accomplished without people being forced to conform (a la Chy-na, their ubiquitous spying, and Social Credit Scoring).

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 08:07 PM (9Kqhl)

51 Blah, blah, blah.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 08:08 PM (0aYVJ)

52 Double-barreled Penguin Content is a crowd pleaser beyond measure. Except for the few maladjusted posters.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at May 05, 2026 08:00 PM

This is not true, señora. It causes us many days and overtime trying to clean up and lessen the powerful, how you say, stench.

Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at May 05, 2026 08:08 PM (Tmkv1)

53
What even *is* the Met Gala?

__________

It's an occasion where left-wing people pay $100,000 apiece to gather and tell each other how wonderful they are.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:10 PM (HdYcL)

54 34 What the heck is a cakewalk?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot

From Mark Twain,
"Our negroes in America have several ways of entertaining themselves which are not found among the whites anywhere. Among these inventions of theirs is one which is particularly popular with them. It is a competition in elegant deportment. They hire a hall and bank the spectators' seats in rising tiers along the two sides, leaving all the middle stretch of the floor free. A cake is provided as a prize for the winner in the competition, and a bench of experts in deportment is appointed to award it."

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 08:10 PM (E4rtv)

55 There's a novel idea in there somewhere (probably already been done) where a minority of folks consciously break with and refuse to participate in an economy and society controlled by "AI" and similar potentially enslaving and dehumanizing technologies (like a 21st century Amish).

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 08:07 PM (9Kqhl)
----
Yep. Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod features such a society.

As does Singularity Sky by Charles Stross. Though in the latter case, it's because there's always a group of humans who plan to rule the rest of us.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 08:11 PM (gnNyN)

56 32 What even *is* the Met Gala? Is there a show? Or dinner? Open bar? The fuck with these people?! Celeries are shit-folk with way too much money.

Pug, calling them "celeries" is the most beautiful autocorrect Ive seen. It describes them perfectly: crunchy, smelly yet full of nothing.

Posted by: moki at May 05, 2026 08:11 PM (wLjpr)

57 >>>The way the bear cub walks.. 😅

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That's gotta be either Peter Dinklage, Robert Reich, or Ketanji Brown "Affirmative Action" Jackson in a furry costume.

Posted by: ShainS

>I know a former army sergeant who is about 5' tall and 90lbs dripping wet. He's a bad ass, and he walks like that cub.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 08:12 PM (D1E+2)

58 >>>Dog wants to play fetch on a train.

And the lady has learned an important lesson from this encounter. Once you have self-identified yourself as a mark, there is no taking it back.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 05, 2026 08:13 PM (syz1S)

59 @30.
I'm in a mood right now, you guys.

I stay in a mood. It's easy to when you hear the "news" anymore. One of the reasons I like Trump is he tells the media they are full of sh*t. That gets me to laughing.

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2026 08:14 PM (9lqZe)

60
Colorado scores first. Minnesota answers 6 seconds later.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:16 PM (HdYcL)

61 /Ugh, what do you call Hollywood for ugly people (besides D.C.)?
Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 08:00 PM (9Kqhl)

For a bunch of "beautiful people," some of those celeries are looking rough.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2026 08:17 PM (zYpTz)

62 Indiana state races, so far 4 Indiana GOP state senators including one in the leadership have lost their primaries to MAGA challengers.

From X, Christian Heiens @ChristianHeiens

"Tonight is turning into a total landslide for MAGA in Indiana. RINO Greg Walker is on the verge of losing his primary as well.

4 incumbents are heading for defeat at the moment."

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 08:18 PM (E4rtv)

63 Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 08:10 PM (E4rtv)

Come for the 24 buffet. Stay for the deportment contest.

Posted by: Carnival Cruise Lines at May 05, 2026 08:18 PM (wGerL)

64 Hey, those pointy little puppy teeth are no joke.

Posted by: MartynWW at May 05, 2026 08:18 PM (M9zxq)

65 Time for bed
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

66 And this,

Bad Hombre@Badhombre·
45m
"SCOTUS didn’t set a deadline for states to fix racially gerrymandered VRA districts.

There are 15 VRA districts in states with Democrat governors: six in California, three in New York, three in Illinois, one in New Jersey, and two in Virginia.

Those governors will drag their feet until the next redistricting cycle in 2032, unless the RNC plays offense by filing suits in federal district courts to force those states into compliance quickly."

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 08:19 PM (E4rtv)

67 Come for the 24 buffet. Stay for the deportment contest.
Posted by: Carnival Cruise Lines
========
Special welcome for those boarding from Spirit Airlines.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)

68 The way the bear cub walks..

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Not a bear cub. Munchkin.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 08:21 PM (RIvkX)

69 The Republicans state senators being targeted were the 8 who refused to vote to redistrict congressional districts.

>>@AndrewKolvet
·
44s

>>There were 8 state senator races targeted in Indiana tonight.

>>We’re at 6/8 and waiting on number 7…

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 08:22 PM (viF8m)

70 *blenches*

Posted by: The RNC at May 05, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

71 Don't you love that word?

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 08:25 PM (vFG9F)

72 For a bunch of "beautiful people," some of those celeries are looking rough.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

The designer, Vera Wang, looked ghastly. Concentration camp ghastly.

Posted by: Tuna at May 05, 2026 08:25 PM (lJ0H4)

73
For a bunch of "beautiful people," some of those celeries are looking rough.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

___________

Alcohol, drugs and STDs will do that to you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:27 PM (HdYcL)

74 When did we stop using the word actress, and why?

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 05, 2026 08:28 PM (3ImbR)

75
One of the Jenner spawn had an interesting dress; it looks as though the top of the dress had slipped off.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

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

Her dress was inspired by that statue of Venus where the toga is sort of slipping off. Jenner had a flesh-colored safety garment, though.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2026 08:29 PM (n7rxJ)

76 Alcohol, drugs and STDs will do that to you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:27 PM (HdYcL)

Yeah, but even I don't look that bad!

*blink*

...crap, pretend I never said that...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2026 08:30 PM (zYpTz)

77 62 Indiana state races, so far 4 Indiana GOP state senators including one in the leadership have lost their primaries to MAGA challengers.

From X, Christian Heiens @ChristianHeiens

"Tonight is turning into a total landslide for MAGA in Indiana. RINO Greg Walker is on the verge of losing his primary as well.

4 incumbents are heading for defeat at the moment."
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 08:18 PM (E4rtv)

This here is why I refuse to be a defeatist.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 08:31 PM (T6aVk)

78 Her dress was inspired by that statue of Venus where the toga is sort of slipping off. Jenner had a flesh-colored safety garment, though.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2026 08:29 PM (n7rxJ)

And that theme is that old and tired. It's just not edgy anymore. Enough already.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2026 08:32 PM (zYpTz)

79 I didn't look at the clothes for the Met Gala except for Vera Wang because Tammy just mentioned her, but yes, she doesn't look well and that it one ugly outfit::

https://tinyurl.com/67sp24he

Did Ocasio- Cortez go and if so, did she have some dumb saying on the back of her dress such as "Tax the rich"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 08:32 PM (2sfNr)

80 64 Hey, those pointy little puppy teeth are no joke.
Posted by: MartynWW at May 05, 2026 08:18 PM (M9zxq)

And to a puppy everything is a chew toy. Including fingers.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 08:32 PM (T6aVk)

81 It seems vaguely unjust the are no North American hedgehogs.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 05, 2026 08:33 PM (FIwBs)

82 30 What even *is* the Met Gala? Is there a show? Or dinner? Open bar? The fuck with these people?! Celeries are shit-folk with way too much money.

I'm in a mood right now, you guys.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, In a mood, you guys at May 05, 2026 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)

Peanut butter or ranch dressing?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 08:34 PM (T6aVk)

83 Does anybody ever ask those showbiz kids how many unhoused people they could house and feed for the cost of one of those dresses?

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 08:34 PM (vFG9F)

84 Pardon me . That was Tuna who mentioned Vera Wang, not Tammy.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 08:34 PM (2sfNr)

85 Alcohol, drugs and STDs will do that to you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:27 PM (HdYcL)

Apparently there is an effective therapy in human testing for HPV, which is huge. This is post-infection.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)

86 Be warned, Vera Wang Bridal Minnie Mouse ears do exist.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 08:34 PM (2GVsD)

87 It seems vaguely unjust the are no North American hedgehogs.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 05, 2026 08:33 PM (FIwBs)

It balanced out, there are no European armadilos.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)

88 by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2026 08:29 PM (n7rxJ)

Oh, duh, I totally missed the reference! I thought it was quite interesting. She is the only of them who seems like she might have a bit of self respect in there somewhere.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 08:36 PM (Vvh2V)

89 Vivek won his primary in OH, btw.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 08:36 PM (GD0B3)

90 At least 7 of the 8 Republican state senators in Indiana who voted against redistricting have been defeated by a Trump endorsed candidate in the primary.

I wouldn't give up on the midterms just yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 08:37 PM (viF8m)

91 I find it hard to believe that the bear cub walking video is completely real. Bears can walk on their hind legs, but not as long as that, right?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 08:38 PM (wzUl9)

92
Last night, I stumbled on the fact that over the weekend, NASA just unceremoniously dumped over 12,000 Artemis II high-resolution photos on one of their myriad of sites. The simple link I got turned out to be temporary only. Hopefully this is a permanent link:

https://tinyurl.com/533hnf6k

That will take a while to load if interested.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 08:38 PM (w6EFb)

93 My God, Vera Wang does look ghastly.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 08:38 PM (Vvh2V)

94 Tough night to be a RINO state senator in Indiana.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 05, 2026 08:39 PM (u73oe)

95
Did Ocasio- Cortez go and if so, did she have some dumb saying on the back of her dress such as "Tax the rich"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

She wore a "kick me" sign.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 08:40 PM (Cqx++)

96 Vivek R. will get hammered by the Democrats on basically saying Americans are stupid and lazy- as opposed to Indians. I hope he had some answer for that .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 08:41 PM (2sfNr)

97 Sid's bottom is here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 05, 2026 08:42 PM (1IhIV)

98 Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone! It conveniently fell on taco Tuesday for us. However, I was teaching so not in charge of dinner plans. Our Cinco de Mayo meal is Trigger fish, fried okra and greens. Olé!

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 08:43 PM (OoFl2)

99
At any rate, those high resolution photos allowed some people to put together some cool stuff like this:

https://is.gd/dbahVk

That is a series of the images taken a little while after TLI, one of which was released early. It's the nigh side of earth, illuminated by moonlight, with the ISO turned crazy high. That's a little over 1 minute of images, and you can see the earth getting smaller as Orion sped away.

But the cool thing is you can see little firefly sparkles all around. That is sunlight reflecting off the cloud of satellites in orbit. Flickering aurorae at both poles is visible, and also they claim lightning flashes are evident as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

100 Vivek R. will get hammered by the Democrats on basically saying Americans are stupid and lazy- as opposed to Indians. I hope he had some answer for that .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 08:41 PM (2sfNr)

Looks like Amy Acton was the face of Ohio Covid response, so it may not be as simple as that.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 08:44 PM (rbvCR)

101 @90.
Trump endorsed candidates will sweep Alabama. I have no doubt about it. Trump is very popular here. People listen to him.

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2026 08:45 PM (9lqZe)

102 What a great cafe!! Thanks Ace

Posted by: kelly at May 05, 2026 08:45 PM (mzX95)

103 Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 08:44 PM

I glad there's something that Vivek can concentrate on.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 08:46 PM (2sfNr)

104 Kid, thats just the beginning, its all downhill from there
Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)

*fistbump*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

Doomed!
Doomed he is.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 08:46 PM (2WIwB)

105
Yeah, but even I don't look that bad!

*blink*

...crap, pretend I never said that...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2026 08:30 PM (zYpTz)

_____________

All 'Ettes are winsome, sassy and 29.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:47 PM (HdYcL)

106 Those governors will drag their feet until the next redistricting cycle in 2032, unless the RNC plays offense by filing suits in federal district courts to force those states into compliance quickly."
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 08:19 PM

BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHHH!

* gasp for air *

BWHAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

Posted by: RNC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GOPe at May 05, 2026 08:48 PM (0sNs1)

107
Did Ocasio- Cortez go and if so, did she have some dumb saying on the back of her dress such as "Tax the rich"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05,

No, she was sanctioned for that, so we got to skip her particular brand of stupid. She may not have been invited, even.

Vera Wang is 76, in her defense.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 08:48 PM (OoFl2)

108 Attack pup is so cute!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 05, 2026 08:48 PM (zBgIx)

109 Emmylou Harris - TopPop Special - Live Concert
Broadcast date: 20 June 1977, The Netherlands

https://tinyurl.com/a3zm676t

It's eweutbe, but long link, songs are playlist.

Is Good

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 08:49 PM (nzPxx)

110 >>>It seems vaguely unjust the are no North American hedgehogs.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing

>Yes, there are, but we call them porcupines and they are formidable. I've pulled spines out of my dog's face on several occasions. They're mostly docile but they get chippy once in a while.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 08:49 PM (D1E+2)

111 There were some people who just wore gowns, I dont think they were trying to be outrageous. There was a young lady in a gold Chanel gown that was pretty, Anne Hathaway knows what flatters her, and her gown was striking, if not to my taste, and it my have been on theme, but wasn't ridiculous.

I think the Met Gala is a fund raiser for the museum?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 08:50 PM (Vvh2V)

112
Attack pup is so cute!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 05, 2026 08:48 PM (zBgIx)

___________

Look at those toofs! It'll be a stone-cold killing machine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:51 PM (HdYcL)

113 Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 08:48 PM (OoFl2)

I don't really expect people in their 70's to look like they're in their 40's or younger . I just think her being very thin was not helped by her outfit. What is it with a large black band aid type wrap across her chest?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 08:51 PM (2sfNr)

114 Having to go to Atlanta on business is like having to take a shit at a bad gas station.

I do everything possible to avoid it but sometimes there is no way around it.

Can't get back to Idaho fast enough. This place is tarded.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 08:52 PM (PKeEw)

115 >Yes, there are, but we call them porcupines and they are formidable. I've pulled spines out of my dog's face on several occasions. They're mostly docile but they get chippy once in a while.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 08:49 PM (D1E+2)

Wait til you see us.

Posted by: Porcupine Tree at May 05, 2026 08:52 PM (T6aVk)

116 Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 08:48 PM (OoFl2)

I didn't realize she was that old, but she looks way too thin.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 08:52 PM (Vvh2V)

117 Gov. McMaster of SC is truly an asshole. Looks no redistricting this session.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 05, 2026 08:53 PM (1IhIV)

118
The funny thing is one of the stupid complaints of the "space is fake" people and flat-earthers is "Where are the satellites" in the photos and videos from orbit. This is like asking "where are all the people?" in a ground photo of a city taken from an airplane at altitude.

Well, if some of those people were all holding mirrors and just the right angle to reflect sunlight back to the plane, you'd see little pinpoints of light. Which is what was happening there.

So, turns out you can see some of the satellites....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 08:53 PM (w6EFb)

119 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 08:50 PM (Vvh2V)

Yes, it is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 08:53 PM (2sfNr)

120 96.

He'll always H1B there for his constituents.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 08:53 PM (PKeEw)

121 114 Having to go to Atlanta on business is like having to take a shit at a bad gas station.

I do everything possible to avoid it but sometimes there is no way around it.

Can't get back to Idaho fast enough. This place is tarded.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 08:52 PM (PKeEw)

There’s nothing to do in Atlanta but eat, sleep and shit.

Posted by: Mao at May 05, 2026 08:53 PM (T6aVk)

122 >>>It seems vaguely unjust the are no North American hedgehogs.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing

>Yes, there are, but we call them porcupines and they are formidable. I've pulled spines out of my dog's face on several occasions. They're mostly docile but they get chippy once in a while.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

So we get porcupines rather than hedgehogs, and meth-addict opossums rather than the cute Aussie possums. I detect a pattern here.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 05, 2026 08:54 PM (FIwBs)

123 114 Having to go to Atlanta on business is like having to take a shit at a bad gas station.

I do everything possible to avoid it but sometimes there is no way around it.

Can't get back to Idaho fast enough. This place is tarded.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 08:52 PM (PKeEw)

At least go to the Marietta Diner. You’ll be glad you did.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 08:54 PM (T6aVk)

124
116 Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 08:48 PM (OoFl2)

I didn't realize she was that old, but she looks way too thin.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 08:52

She has always been thin, but I agree. It’s really thin there, I am afraid the pendulum is swinging back hard in another unhealthy direction with Hollywood types.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 08:55 PM (OoFl2)

125 There’s nothing to do in Atlanta but eat, sleep and shit.
Posted by: Mao

Geez, Atlanta. Used to be a fun town but it's overrun by assholes now.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 05, 2026 08:56 PM (FIwBs)

126 Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 08:53 PM (PKeEw

Well done pun! But I hope he wises up.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 08:56 PM (2sfNr)

127 I'll 2nd the Marietta Diner. Menu thicker than a dictionary.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 05, 2026 08:56 PM (1IhIV)

128 Well done pun! But I hope he wises up.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

He'll fit right in with the Senate GOP. This is not a good thing.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 05, 2026 08:57 PM (FIwBs)

129 113 Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 08:48 PM (OoFl2)

I don't really expect people in their 70's to look like they're in their 40's or younger . I just think her being very thin was not helped by her outfit. What is it with a large black band aid type wrap across her chest?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026

The Met does avant garde. The theme was Costume Art / Fashion is Art. You get weird more than pretty.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 08:59 PM (OoFl2)

130 Hi folks. Hope you're having a good evening.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 05, 2026 09:00 PM (CHHv1)

131 There’s nothing to do in Atlanta but eat, sleep and shit.
Posted by: Mao
======
Braves on a hot streak and their park is brand new and in suburban Cobb County now. But unless you like Civil War history or the occasional concert, you would be right.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:00 PM (E4rtv)

132 At least go to the Marietta Diner. You’ll be glad you did.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Same restaurant owner has a steakhouse and an very good seafood restaurant for not being on the coast and in the suburbs.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:01 PM (E4rtv)

133 Marieta Diner. Tomorrow it is.

Tonight I had a salt lick from Ruth Chris. Said it was a NY Strip.

Let steak taste like steak. Not a salt block from the feed lot.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:02 PM (X4yQA)

134 81 It seems vaguely unjust the are no North American hedgehogs.
Posted by: Brother Tim

On the upside, we have skunks.

Posted by: Pepe LePew at May 05, 2026 09:04 PM (oftw2)

135 Skunks are natures pachouli. Without the hippy.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:05 PM (X4yQA)

136 For those that didn't see it earlier and might have an interest: . Policeman saves suicidal man from jumping off bridge in Florida.

https://tinyurl.com/5y6ywd46

Good night, folks. I have to be up at 5:00.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 09:07 PM (Yl2Ob)

137 Actual patchouli is also natures patchouli.

I'm estoopit.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:07 PM (X4yQA)

138 Is the attack dog somewhere behind that numerator?

For reference: https://tinyurl.com/365zbphs

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 09:08 PM (p6+WR)

139 136.
Night!

Dont let your meatloaf.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:08 PM (X4yQA)

140 133 Marieta Diner. Tomorrow it is.
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Big menu and large portions. Breakfast all day along with dinner and lunch. Bring an appetite.

Greek family runs it. Large dessert selection as well. Old fashioned shiny metal exterior along with neon signage.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:08 PM (E4rtv)

141 I think the Met Gala is a fund raiser for the museum?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 08:50 PM (Vvh2V)

Maybe on the surface. I was just reading up on it. Its the grand Narcissists "R" Us event of the year. Vogue has a big hand in picking the invitees. Prices for a ticket is 100K, up from 75K in 2025, and 50K in 2023, which seems to be a way of cork sniffers weeded out the crowd of lower level cork sniffers.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 09:08 PM (snZF9)

142 Looks like Mamdani's supporters are getting feisty in NYC tonight. Shocking.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 09:10 PM (viF8m)

143 At least go to the Marietta Diner. You’ll be glad you did.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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We need to go there again! I gotta try one of their cakes...

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 05, 2026 09:10 PM (0SdQT)

144 There’s nothing to do in Atlanta but eat, sleep and shit.
Posted by: Mao
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Braves on a hot streak and their park is brand new and in suburban Cobb County now. But unless you like Civil War history or the occasional concert, you would be right.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:00 PM (E4rtv)

***

Well...there is Trixie down on Peach Street.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:10 PM (2WIwB)

145 I love a good diner.

Always good coffee in those thick mugs and the smell of burgers on the grill 30 seconds from burning.

Hotdamn.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:11 PM (X4yQA)

146 Big menu and large portions. Breakfast all day along with dinner and lunch. Bring an appetite.

Greek family runs it. Large dessert selection as well. Old fashioned shiny metal exterior along with neon signage.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:08 PM (E4rtv)

Whenever I was at Dobbins ARB on business I made sure to stop there. It is especially beloved by the AFR.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 09:11 PM (T6aVk)

147 The Met does avant garde. The theme was Costume Art / Fashion is Art. You get weird more than pretty.
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 08:59 PM (OoFl2)

Some of them "understood the assignment" and made something artful and interesting, while still flattering the wearer. In that regard, I really liked the one worn by Grace Ling. It's fascinating, and I like the illusion of movement.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2026 09:12 PM (zYpTz)

148 144.

I'm still paying her child support. Not falling for that again.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:12 PM (X4yQA)

149 Looks like Mamdani's supporters are getting feisty in NYC tonight. Shocking.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 09:10 PM (viF8m)

What are they doing now?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 09:12 PM (snZF9)

150 Lots of good barbecue in the ATL. Community Q in Decatur is my favorite. Be sure to get the mac & cheese. Fox Brothers is also excellent. They're from Texas.

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 05, 2026 09:13 PM (0SdQT)

151 146.

Sounds like Abe's Deli out in LA.

Menu like encyclopedia Brittanica.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:13 PM (X4yQA)

152 Well...there is Trixie down on Peach Street.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Welp. Totally nude dancing is protected by the Georgia Constitution so there are strip clubs galore to get people into trouble.

Pittipat's Porch is still there and Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind) got ran over near there. Atlanta's oldest restaurant.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:14 PM (E4rtv)

153 Evenin’, All. Happy Wednesday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:14 PM (77rzZ)

154 They're from Texas.
Posted by: screaming in digital at May 05, 2026 09:13 PM (0SdQT)

HOLY DOG SHIT, TEXAS!!! ONLY STEERS AND QUEERS COME FROM TEXAS!!!

Posted by: GySgt Hartman at May 05, 2026 09:15 PM (T6aVk)

155 The Horde is both weird and pretty.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:16 PM (77rzZ)

156 150.

I disscovered I had the gift of Type 1 last summer. No more Mac & Cheese for me.

Drugs, women, and booze couldn't kill me. So God is trying carbs on me now.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:16 PM (X4yQA)

157 The other restaurants in the Marietta Diner family are an Italian restaurant (not great, there are better), Marietta Fish Market which is decent for an inland seafood restaurant, and Cherokee Chop House for steak. Fish Market and Steakhouse are further from Atlanta and deeper in Cobb County.

Marietta Diner is close to the new ballpark and its new entertainment district/bars around it and just down from the Diner.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:17 PM (E4rtv)

158 >>What are they doing now?

Not really sure, just picking up bits on X, but I think it started with the pro Palestine crowd rioting around a synagogue and then just turned into a general riot against the cops. More of the same.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 09:18 PM (viF8m)

159 Geez, Atlanta. Used to be a fun town but it's overrun by assholes now.
Posted by: Brother Tim

Eh? I've only been there once, and just to switch flights at the airport.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 09:18 PM (VHUov)

160 The Horde is both weird and pretty.
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:16 PM (77rzZ)

Looking at pixs of the Met Gala.
I bet the Horde could up it a bit.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:18 PM (2WIwB)

161 Whenever I was at Dobbins ARB on business I made sure to stop there. It is especially beloved by the AFR.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Well, it is open 24/7 except major holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:19 PM (E4rtv)

162 Well...there is Trixie down on Peach Street.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:10 PM (2WIwB)

Peach STREET?

Dammit, I was looking all over Peach Avenue. Then Peach Place, Peach Road, Peach Boulevard, Peach Junction, Peach Pike, Peach Alley, Peach Way, Peach Park, Peach Parkway and Peach Highway.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 09:19 PM (p6+WR)

163 Not really sure, just picking up bits on X, but I think it started with the pro Palestine crowd rioting around a synagogue and then just turned into a general riot against the cops. More of the same.
Posted by: JackStraw

What do we want?!?

We don't know!!!

When do we want it?!?

Now!!!

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 09:19 PM (VHUov)

164 Hotlanta used to be a good if not great city to visit. I lived there for 8 weeks training for a new job. That was in the mid 80's. I was offered a transfer with promotion to our Atlanta office in 2000 when my Houston office closed. I told them No Way.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 09:19 PM (kxLc1)

165 141 I think the Met Gala is a fund raiser for the museum?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 08:50 PM (Vvh2V)

Maybe on the surface. I was just reading up on it. Its the grand Narcissists "R" Us event of the year. Vogue has a big hand in picking the invitees. Prices for a ticket is 100K, up from 75K in 2025, and 50K in 2023, which seems to be a way of cork sniffers weeded out the crowd of lower level cork sniffers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

It is a fund raiser. Let me invite you to spend $100k on this ticket. It’s for a good cause! 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 09:19 PM (OoFl2)

166 160 Hey, Diog. How was Geezer Golf (TM)?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:20 PM (77rzZ)

167 Six Flags just outside of Atlanta.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 09:20 PM (kxLc1)

168 Eh? I've only been there once, and just to switch flights at the airport.
Posted by: mikeski
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Airport vicinity is a dump. You have to go uptown for better dining and entertainment options to either Buckhead or the suburbs. Downtown is dicey depending on where you are at.

The Carter Presidential museum is actually pretty good and relatively cheap to go to. Replica of Oval Office in his time is set up there so you can pose for pix.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:20 PM (E4rtv)

169 >>> Italy’s Meloni Denounces Deepfake Lingerie Picture of Her That’s Gone Viral

Well, I am disappoint.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 09:21 PM (/lPRQ)

170 >>>So we get porcupines rather than hedgehogs, and meth-addict opossums rather than the cute Aussie possums. I detect a pattern here.
Posted by: Brother Tim,
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It's America's nature. Tougher than most.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 09:21 PM (nzPxx)

171 Dammit, I was looking all over Peach Avenue. Then Peach Place, Peach Road, Peach Boulevard, Peach Junction, Peach Pike, Peach Alley, Peach Way, Peach Park, Peach Parkway and Peach Highway.
Posted by: tankdemon

You left out Peachtree Ave, Blvd, etc.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:21 PM (E4rtv)

172 What I need is a half dozen biscuits, some greens black eyed peas and a couple smothered pork chops and some blackberry cobbler.

Sweet tea to wash it down.

I'll get a chicken geezer salad and a side salad.

Oof.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:21 PM (X4yQA)

173
Good night, folks. I have to be up at 5:00.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05

Good night!

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 09:21 PM (Wmg4n)

174 167 Six Flags just outside of Atlanta.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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They attract the Spirit Airlines type. Not recommended anymore and the area around it used to be pretty seedy but has improved somewhat with tearing down all the old cheap apartments for workers at the park.

Stone Mountain is a better bet during daytime hours--state park.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:23 PM (E4rtv)

175 149 Looks like Mamdani's supporters are getting feisty in NYC tonight. Shocking.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 09:10 PM (viF8m)

What are they doing now?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Not funny but funny if America's CWII was between the Communists and the Fascists.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 09:23 PM (nzPxx)

176 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 09:08 PM (snZF9)

It is absolutely a Narcissistic High Holy event, and I bet most of them plot their debauchery for the upcoming year while they're all together in one spot.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 09:23 PM (Vvh2V)

177 Atlanta was where I was introduced to Houston's restaurant. I must have had Hawaiian Steak four times a week during my training.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 09:23 PM (kxLc1)

178 >>Airport vicinity is a dump. You have to go uptown for better dining and entertainment options to either Buckhead or the suburbs. Downtown is dicey depending on where you are at.

Take MARTA. It's SMARTA!

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 09:23 PM (viF8m)

179 Dammit, I was looking all over Peach Avenue. Then Peach Place, Peach Road, Peach Boulevard, Peach Junction, Peach Pike, Peach Alley, Peach Way, Peach Park, Peach Parkway and Peach Highway.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 09:19 PM (p6+WR)
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No wonder you're late.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 09:23 PM (gnNyN)

180 Is there a Dr. Peach Luther King., Jr. Boulevard in Atlanta?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:24 PM (77rzZ)

181 I will say Buckhead has cleaned up somwhat since the 90s.

Still wouldn't go for a midnight stroll, but not aa much of a bloody bucket as the last time I was here.

I was really drunk at the time though.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:24 PM (X4yQA)

182
There’s nothing to do in Atlanta but eat, sleep and shit.
Posted by: Mao

And wear comfortable shoes.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 09:25 PM (Cqx++)

183 Last September we were in Georgia to see my Mom, in Statesboro, for what turned out to be the last time.
Return trip we spent the night in a suburb south of the ATL airport. Son and I went out for food. We were literally the only white folks in the area. But, it was fine, everyone was friendly. Actually seemed to be a fairly affluent part of town.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:26 PM (0aYVJ)

184 Hey, Diog. How was Geezer Golf (TM)?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:20 PM (77rzZ)

It was a rough day but still covered my bar bill. We had almost 30 guys out today. I told the Pro Shop guys to keep the Defib handy. The good news is my sand trap play was excellent. The bad news was I was in the fu*king sand traps way too much.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:26 PM (2WIwB)

185 Read that many 'A' listers avoided the event because it was hosted by Bezos.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 09:27 PM (nzPxx)

186 172 What I need is a half dozen biscuits, some greens black eyed peas and a couple smothered pork chops and some blackberry cobbler.

Sweet tea to wash it down.

I'll get a chicken geezer salad and a side salad.

Oof.
Posted by: Sifty boones
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Not the place to go for great Southern food. Breakfast, Greek, some of the Italian is excellent. They also have some seafood there.

Try OK Cafe off West Paces Ferry and I75 for old style American food from the area.

Nice NY Jewish delicatessen nearby, Goldbergs. They also have a place near the Atlanta Braves stadium complex.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:28 PM (E4rtv)

187 So we get porcupines rather than hedgehogs, and meth-addict opossums rather than the cute Aussie possums. I detect a pattern here.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 05, 2026 08:54 PM (FIwBs)

There’s a famous comparison of American Badgers vs European badgers you can find on the net. The European Badger looks like he’s about to invite you in to his tidy little house for tea.
The American Badger looks like he’s going to hide in a dark alley and shank you for money to support his meth habit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 09:28 PM (6w0jO)

188 Yes, there are, but we call them porcupines and they are formidable. I've pulled spines out of my dog's face on several occasions. They're mostly docile but they get chippy once in a while.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Porcupines are rodents, and act like it. Hedgehogs are a different order, which used to be called "insectivore" but isn't any more.
(Armadillos belong to Xenarthra)

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 09:28 PM (rbvCR)

189 It's America's nature. Tougher than most.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 09:21 PM (nzPxx)

Contrast the American badger, that is one mean MFer, with its wimpy British badger cousin.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 09:29 PM (hNnmQ)

190 Atlanta might benefit from a Jones Good-Ass Barbecue & Foot Massage franchise

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 09:29 PM (ZxPkt)

191 185.

That poor Bezos guy cant catch a break. I hope things turn around for him.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:29 PM (X4yQA)

192 I visited the Atlanta Underground in 1976. Man, that was fifty years ago!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 09:29 PM (Cqx++)

193 177 Atlanta was where I was introduced to Houston's restaurant. I must have had Hawaiian Steak four times a week during my training.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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Houston's is still around. Recommend the one off from West Paces Ferry now. The Gwinnet one is probably closed.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:29 PM (E4rtv)

194 Have to say Katy Perry did the post break up lose weight , get in shape thing . Still a butterface though.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 09:29 PM (kxLc1)

195 Read that many 'A' listers avoided the event because it was hosted by Bezos.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 09:27 PM (nzPxx)

*Rubs eyes*

It's all so fucking stupid.

*Chris Farley voice*

NOBODY CARES!!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:30 PM (0aYVJ)

196 @159.
Geez, Atlanta. Used to be a fun town but it's overruns by assholes now.

Imports from another part of the country. Even I avoid it now. However the outskirts are not so bad.

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2026 09:30 PM (9lqZe)

197 (Armadillos belong to Xenarthra)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 09:28 PM (rbvCR)

Is Xenarthra one of the Old Gods?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:31 PM (0aYVJ)

198 Return trip we spent the night in a suburb south of the ATL airport. Son and I went out for food. We were literally the only white folks in the area. But, it was fine, everyone was friendly. Actually seemed to be a fairly affluent part of town.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Hapeville, East Point, and Jonesboro are the nearest to the airport. The other two are a bit further.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:31 PM (E4rtv)

199 I am only here until Thursday night.

I am going to tour Nathan Johnson's estate.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:31 PM (X4yQA)

200 It is a fund raiser. Let me invite you to spend $100k on this ticket. It’s for a good cause! 🤣
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 09:19 PM (OoFl2)

Pipes,
So let me get this straight. These people pay $100k to dress up in crap they will never wear again just to get their picture taken for an event that few people outside NY even know about?
Insane.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:32 PM (2WIwB)

201 North-American porcupines, like opossums and nine-banded armadillos, came up from South America.

They are all undocumented mammals. Deport ‘em.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:32 PM (77rzZ)

202 I'd like to go to the Atlanta Aquarium to see the whale sharks. Other than that, the city holds little interest for me.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 09:33 PM (p6+WR)

203 So let me get this straight. These people pay $100k to dress up in crap they will never wear again just to get their picture taken for an event that few people outside NY even know about?
Posted by: Diogenes

The people who Matter(TM), know.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 09:33 PM (VHUov)

204
I am going to tour Nathan Johnson's estate.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:31 PM

the inventor of the Opti-Grab?

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 05, 2026 09:34 PM (8iYDv)

205 FWIW, my doctors are around the Atlanta area in Buckhead so I end up there a fair bit. The area downtown has cleaned up a bit around the World Congress Trade Center as the state runs that complex and keeps the bums at bay. Toward teh GA Capitol and to the west of it, it gets pretty rough quickly.

Wife has to go to the Atlanta Fed now and again and that is in the nicer area of Buckhead with the High Art Museum and other places around with fewer street people hanging around.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:34 PM (E4rtv)

206 202.

Only going to the aquarium if they let me fish there.

I hope this diner is good tomorrow night. I'll vote Democrat if it isn't.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:35 PM (X4yQA)

207 Is Xenarthra one of the Old Gods?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:31 PM (0aYVJ)

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Xenarthra R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

Believe me, autocucumber had fun with that one.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 09:35 PM (hNnmQ)

208 So let me get this straight. These people pay $100k to dress up in crap they will never wear again just to get their picture taken for an event that few people outside NY even know about?
Posted by: Diogenes

The people who Matter(TM), know.
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 09:33 PM (VHUov)

*looks at tin foil membership*
Hey! I matter!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:35 PM (2WIwB)

209 Evening, Ace, and Cafe found-ins! Another good shop day, cleaning, relocating machinery, and generally tidying up. May increase my productivity. Got my Ammco 7" metal shaper temp-mounted on a steel barrel, and wedged to columns on my Yang Poon 12-ton press to make them square with the top cross-bar, and welded them to stay there. It was so out of square that I had to re-drill the off-register holes for the second pair of bolts.

Now browning some beef in the skillet to make chili.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 09:36 PM (utfVc)

210 I love porcupines. They just want to be cuddled, and yet, cannot be cuddled.

My buddy's dog went after one. Her poor nose was a wreck. Required a vet to remove the spines.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:36 PM (0aYVJ)

211 Adorable puppy picture.

Cool and drizzly most of the day. Snowflake slept most of the day, went home to get some food and she's back in here early. A little zoomy.

She'll sleep soon and I'll put her put in the middle of the night.

One of us is well trained....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 09:36 PM (Sco7b)

212 204.

Yeah!

He really knew how to Be Somebody.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:36 PM (X4yQA)

213 196 @159.
Geez, Atlanta. Used to be a fun town but it's overruns by assholes now.

Imports from another part of the country. Even I avoid it now. However the outskirts are not so bad.
Posted by: Case
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Population has shifted to North Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett from the old Atlanta city core and Dekalb part of Atlanta.

Great museum of cowboy art in Cartersville and that is a pretty nice unspoiled example of the old GA RR town. Ditto Acworth downtown.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:37 PM (E4rtv)

214 Lena Dunham is awful looking. (snip)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 05, 2026 07:38 PM (2NHgQ)

The dress at least covered the rolls of fat. Think of the horror if she had been nekkid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 09:37 PM (utfVc)

215 178 >>Airport vicinity is a dump. You have to go uptown for better dining and entertainment options to either Buckhead or the suburbs. Downtown is dicey depending on where you are at.

Take MARTA. It's SMARTA!
Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 09:23 PM (viF8m)

Alpharetta is super cute. Looks like we are hanging on to the house there a little bit longer.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 09:37 PM (OoFl2)

216 *looks at tin foil membership*
Hey! I matter!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:35 PM (2WIwB)

No. You don't.

Posted by: Aluminum Foil Member...with chevrons! at May 05, 2026 09:38 PM (iERP6)

217 I hope this diner is good tomorrow night. I'll vote Democrat if it isn't.
Posted by: Sifty boones
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Salads, unless you go Greek are average but large portions.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:38 PM (E4rtv)

218 Evening, Ace, and Cafe found-ins! Another good shop day, cleaning, relocating machinery, and generally tidying up. May increase my productivity. Got my Ammco 7" metal shaper temp-mounted on a steel barrel, and wedged to columns on my Yang Poon 12-ton press to make them square with the top cross-bar, and welded them to stay there. It was so out of square that I had to re-drill the off-register holes for the second pair of bolts.

Now browning some beef in the skillet to make chili.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 09:36 PM (utfVc)

Last time I tried Yang Poon, I was in Korea. Alcohol may of been involved.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:39 PM (2WIwB)

219 Is Xenarthra one of the Old Gods?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:31 PM (0aYVJ)

Xenartha means "Strange joint" and has to do with the odd articulation of the spine. The spine locks up to stiffen when flexed sufficiently and may be an adaptation for a digging lifestyle. They also have mono-color vision and really odd teeth.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 09:40 PM (rbvCR)

220 Take MARTA. It's SMARTA!
Posted by: JackStraw
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Well, they allow you to go armed on it which is probably the most useful part of it. Better to take the Xpress busses to and from downtown though. No bums.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:40 PM (E4rtv)

221 Think of the horror if she had been nekkid.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 09:37 PM (utfVc)

Everyone thinks there are few, if any, limits here at AoSHQ.

But Lena Dunham naked is past those limits.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:40 PM (iERP6)

222 I see this nice decorative ivy all over the place down here in the south.

I wonder if they would get mad at me if I brought a bunch home with me and got it started.

Cut-something or other. Can't remember the name.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:41 PM (X4yQA)

223 Pipes,
So let me get this straight. These people pay $100k to dress up in crap they will never wear again just to get their picture taken for an event that few people outside NY even know about?
Insane.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:32 PM (2WIwB)

It used to be a much bigger thing, a true list of who’s who in fashion. Now you get…Lena Dunham dressed as a feather duster.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 09:42 PM (OoFl2)

224 Alpharetta is super cute. Looks like we are hanging on to the house there a little bit longer.
Posted by: Piper
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That is the new money neighborhood where Roswell merges into Alpharetta where without signs, one pretty much looks like the other. The old money is in Buckhead around the Governor's Mansion area and north of the I75-I85 union.

Me, I live further out for a reason. I hate driving in traffic and it gets much worse the closer you get to I-285.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:43 PM (E4rtv)

225 But Lena Dunham naked is past those limits.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:40 PM (iERP6)

Its been done. Multiple times over the years.

So... doughy. Pasty. *shudder*

Posted by: Gurney Halleck at May 05, 2026 09:43 PM (zZu0s)

226 Lena Dunham, strange joints and yang poon.

Wow. Might be having a flashback.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:43 PM (X4yQA)

227 203
The people who Matter(TM), know.
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 09:33 PM (VHUov)

I know about it, does thst mean I matter?

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 09:43 PM (p6+WR)

228 We were literally the only white folks in the area. But, it was fine, everyone was friendly. Actually seemed to be a fairly affluent part of town.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:26 PM (0aYVJ)

One of the many reasons why I enjoy the American South so much is that race relations, in spite of Obama's destruction, are still much better than in the Northeast.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:44 PM (iERP6)

229 I live further out from Atlanta too. About 100 miles.

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 09:44 PM (vFG9F)

230 169 >>> Italy’s Meloni Denounces Deepfake Lingerie Picture of Her That’s Gone Viral

My Mooch and Dr. Jill series may break the internet...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 09:44 PM (Sco7b)

231 Sting announces he ain't leaving his children his money when he passes. I know some here think that's a positive but unless your kids are rotten I think stiffing them is rotten. I note a lot of rich leftists like to announce it too.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 09:45 PM (kxLc1)

232 222 I see this nice decorative ivy all over the place down here in the south.

I wonder if they would get mad at me if I brought a bunch home with me and got it started.

Cut-something or other. Can't remember the name.
Posted by: Sifty boones

Kudzu. Blame the USDA for spreading that damn weed through the south as an ground cover to prevent erosion. Same with sticking pine trees everywhere to replace forest gone since the Civil War. Old pictures show the roads east of Atlanta covered in white cotton fields to Athens. And that cotton killed the soil quality around Atlanta.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:45 PM (E4rtv)

233 Now browning some beef in the skillet to make chili.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Right now, MiladyJo is browning some beef. I asked her what she planned to do with it. You'll never guess what she answered!

Posted by: mindful webworker - you guessed it! at May 05, 2026 09:45 PM (k0Y0k)

234 No offense to you 'rons who live here.

I was born at Ft. Gordon but transplanted out early.

No disrespect to your hometown.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:45 PM (X4yQA)

235 Its been done. Multiple times over the years.

Posted by: Gurney Halleck at May 05, 2026 09:43 PM (zZu0s)

No. Not quite. Think Kurt Vonnegut and aquatic mammals.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:45 PM (iERP6)

236 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:44 PM (iERP6)

By far.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 09:46 PM (kxLc1)

237 231 Sting announces he ain't leaving his children his money when he passes. I know some here think that's a positive but unless your kids are rotten I think stiffing them is rotten. I note a lot of rich leftists like to announce it too.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

The thing is they put it into a 'foundation' so it passes tax free on death and the kids run it. Like Rockefeller said reportedly, title of ownership doesn't mean much; what is more important is who controls the assets.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:46 PM (E4rtv)

238 And the thing was when she was in girls she was a cinemax 2. Then she started to gain weight like carbs were oxygen. And yet she still posed for poolside bikini shit?

Damn you, proto Ackbar! *shakes fist*

Posted by: Gurney Halleck at May 05, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

239 Cut-something or other. Can't remember the name.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:41 PM (X4yQA)

Excellent idea! And drop some off in NJ too!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:46 PM (iERP6)

240 I work with a guy whom I swear might be a Moron. In the good way. A couple months ago at our office party he joked about Learing Centers. Mixed laughter and hisses.

Immona drop some hints. Is there a sekrit handshake or something?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:47 PM (0aYVJ)

241 But Lena Dunham naked is past those limits.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:40 PM (iERP6)

Is Lenadunham one of the Elder Gods?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 09:47 PM (hNnmQ)

242 The people who Matter(TM), know.
Posted by: mikeski

I know about it, does thst mean I matter?
Posted by: tankdemon

You seem the type; you're always fashionably late.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 09:47 PM (VHUov)

243 Oh. /off dune sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 09:47 PM (zZu0s)

244 Cinco deport 'em

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 09:47 PM (ZxPkt)

245 Immona drop some hints. Is there a sekrit handshake or something?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:47 PM (0aYVJ)

Ace os Spades lapel pins....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 09:48 PM (Sco7b)

246 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:47 PM (0aYVJ)

Call him a moron.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 09:48 PM (kxLc1)

247 229 I live further out from Atlanta too. About 100 miles.
Posted by: fd

Georgia gets more sane the greater the distance from downtown Atlanta. Upon wife's retirement, we shall have to see whether we stay. We have property elsewhere that we can move.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:48 PM (E4rtv)

248 Somewhere there's a picture of Lena Dunham naked sitting on a toilet eating a pie. It's , it's, shudder

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 09:48 PM (gu0hJ)

249 My God, Vera Wang does look ghastly.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 05, 2026 08:38 PM (Vvh2V)

Verily, my wang retreated upon my viewing her picture.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 09:48 PM (utfVc)

250 >>>>>>Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:45 PM (E4rtv)

It's a joke.

Posted by: Same Old at May 05, 2026 09:49 PM (AW6h8)

251 Dad used to say:

"Kudzu is a cancer. And anything that'll kill kudzu will give you cancer. Napalm might work but they made me leave it all in 'Nam."

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:49 PM (X4yQA)

252 Hey, CharlieBrown'sDildo, did anybody happen to ask today what was the deal with last night's ONT? I mean, I know whenever it's posted is the right time, but…

Posted by: mindful webworker - more like overmorning thread at May 05, 2026 09:49 PM (k0Y0k)

253 228 When my wife, our son, and I visited Charleston, SC in 2013 or so, I was struck by how friendly everyone of both races was. Very nice town.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:50 PM (77rzZ)

254
Is Xenarthra one of the Old Gods?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian
---

Hindu, Siddhartha's brother.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 09:50 PM (nzPxx)

255 Lena Dunham naked is what we call Unapproachium.

Posted by: Avatar at May 05, 2026 09:50 PM (Q+gd/)

256 I know whenever it's posted is the right time, but…

Posted by: mindful webworker - more like overmorning thread at May 05, 2026 09:49 PM (k0Y0k)

Last night's ONT will be posted on time in two weeks.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:50 PM (iERP6)

257 Immona drop some hints. Is there a sekrit handshake or something?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:47 PM (0aYVJ)

Slip an Ace of Spades card into the band on your fedora.
It'll draw a few hawt babes too.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:50 PM (2WIwB)

258 234 No offense to you 'rons who live here.

I was born at Ft. Gordon but transplanted out early.

No disrespect to your hometown.

Posted by: Sifty boones
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Heh, no offense taken, I was born and lived in Arkansas for a fair part of my life. Nashville for a time, DC also. Everywhere has good people and neighborhoods, it is just harder to find them in some places.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:51 PM (E4rtv)

259 224 Alpharetta is super cute. Looks like we are hanging on to the house there a little bit longer.
Posted by: Piper
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That is the new money neighborhood where Roswell merges into Alpharetta where without signs, one pretty much looks like the other. The old money is in Buckhead around the Governor's Mansion area and north of the I75-I85 union.

Me, I live further out for a reason. I hate driving in traffic and it gets much worse the closer you get to I-285.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:43 PM

The house is in East of Main, so right downtown. Not unlike what you describe, but I truly do like the walkability factor. I don’t really get a vote on it, but I hope we keep it. Js mom lives in it now.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 09:51 PM (OoFl2)

260 One of the many reasons why I enjoy the American South so much is that race relations, in spite of Obama's destruction, are still much better than in the Northeast.

In the South "race relations" are more honest than in the almost entirely blackless Northeast. So easy for the liberals up there.

Posted by: mrally at May 05, 2026 09:52 PM (+ZHEV)

261 Last night's ONT will be posted on time in two weeks.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:50 PM (iERP6)

KT had out backs.

I am guessing drinking was involved.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 09:52 PM (zZu0s)

262 Just randomly yell out " THE GUYS GET SHIRTS!!!"

Then wait.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:52 PM (X4yQA)

263 You can eat Kudzu flowers. If you want to. It won't make you sick but it can't imagine it's very satisfying.

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 09:52 PM (vFG9F)

264 One of the many reasons why I enjoy the American South so much is that race relations, in spite of Obama's destruction, are still much better than in the Northeast.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:44 PM (iERP6)

I grew up in a town with zero black people, a few Indians (feather) and a few Mexicans. When I joined the Army, it was a bit of a culture shock, but I quickly learned that people are people. Americans.

And you are correct. Southern folks are among the finest people I've ever met.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:53 PM (0aYVJ)

265 The man tats on Lena Dunham makes her 10 times more disgusting than she would be without them.

Why do women put tats where they shouldn't put them.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 09:53 PM (kxLc1)

266 No offense to you 'rons who live here.

I was born at Ft. Gordon but transplanted out early.

No disrespect to your hometown.

Posted by: Sifty boones

***

Ft Gordon has a nice golf course.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:53 PM (2WIwB)

267 228 When my wife, our son, and I visited Charleston, SC in 2013 or so, I was struck by how friendly everyone of both races was. Very nice town.
Posted by: Bulg
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I agree but that means staying in the tourist areas. That part is a cleaner and nicer New Orleans vibe without the excess of Bourbon Street. I used to go to the Citadel for conferences and the area around it is a dump.

The original ancient citadel building in the tourist drag area is now a hotel that you can stay at.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:54 PM (E4rtv)

268 You know

All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 09:54 PM (1PzR6)

269 Sting announces he ain't leaving his children his money when he passes. I know some here think that's a positive but unless your kids are rotten I think stiffing them is rotten. I note a lot of rich leftists like to announce it too.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 09:45 PM (kxLc1)

Right, because leaving it to the headless children of bona bona charity is more noble.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 09:54 PM (snZF9)

270 Just randomly yell out " THE GUYS GET SHIRTS!!!"

Then wait.
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:52 PM (X4yQA)

*takes notes*

I may randomly bring up the health benefits of Ka-Boom.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:55 PM (0aYVJ)

271 263 You can eat Kudzu flowers. If you want to. It won't make you sick but it can't imagine it's very satisfying.
Posted by: fd
======
A local brush removal company has goats that go and eat the kudzu enthusiastically to clean it out. They do a great job in a day or two per acre. It helps that the goats can get around the peaks and valleys of N. Georgia okay.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:55 PM (E4rtv)

272 I grew up in a black neighborhood in South Louisiana in the 60's. Not an issue.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 09:56 PM (kxLc1)

273 Yesterday was 'Entertain yourselves Damnit!' Monday.

I turned in early but I think everyone survived.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 09:56 PM (Sco7b)

274 Lena's tattoos look like she fell asleep at a biker daycare's art class.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:56 PM (X4yQA)

275 Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 09:54 PM (1PzR6)

Stay Tuned For Updates?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:56 PM (2WIwB)

276 Stone Mountain is a better bet during daytime hours--state park.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 09:23 PM (E4rtv)

I was going to go to Stone Mountain, spring of '25, but it was a PITA to get there, and then they wanted way too much money to park and view it. Turned around and drove away.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 09:56 PM (utfVc)

277 What the fuck, ewetub?!

'Fawn taken by bear as mother watches'

Who the fuck would click on that?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 09:56 PM (zZu0s)

278 Anyone who thought the groypers were weakening MAGA had a really bad night in Indiana.

That was an earthquake.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 09:57 PM (viF8m)

279 Announcing IM NOT LEAVING A FORTUNE TO MY KIDS is telling everyone you’re an asshole who has to virtue signal bullshit be issue it’s your last plea for attention.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 09:57 PM (1PzR6)

280 I may randomly bring up the health benefits of Ka-Boom.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 09:55 PM (0aYVJ)

Suggest a 'Prometheus' and 'Freddy Got Fingered' double bill.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 09:57 PM (Sco7b)

281 One of the many reasons why I enjoy the American South so much is that race relations, in spite of Obama's destruction, are still much better than in the Northeast.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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It was better before Obama, wrecker of souls, arrived on the scene.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 09:57 PM (nzPxx)

282 Larry Fine is the only Porcupine I know and love.

Posted by: Philadelphia's Finest at May 05, 2026 09:58 PM (oftw2)

283 Stone Mountain is a big pluton. I've hiked to the top many times.

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 09:58 PM (vFG9F)

284 What's Sting going to do with his money? Can I have it?

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 10:00 PM (vFG9F)

285 Screw Stone Mountain and those traitors Lee and Davis.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 10:00 PM (77rzZ)

286 It's 10pm.

Do you knkw where your children are?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 10:00 PM (Sco7b)

287 280.

Beats sniffing anyones ass.

Got me kicked out of Applebys.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:00 PM (X4yQA)

288 >>>
All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched
---

Who made you boss?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 10:00 PM (nzPxx)

289 The house is in East of Main, so right downtown. Not unlike what you describe, but I truly do like the walkability factor. I don’t really get a vote on it, but I hope we keep it. Js mom lives in it now.
Posted by: Piper
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Downtown Alpharetta is a very quaint area despite being small. Marietta has a larger version of it as does the old Milton County seat in Roswell.

Cartersville and Acworth are downtown strips along the RR tracks where they have their restaurant and entertainment area.

Alpharetta is not a bad place to live in Georgia though unless you have to commute downtown. I live well west of Atlanta and I find it easier to navigate than when I lived in Athens, GA. East side of ATL beltway and the northern portion of 285 is a nightmare. GA 400 is getting ready to be so with the lane expansion like on I75. Huge project to add express lanes to it up to Forsyth County (Cumming).

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:00 PM (E4rtv)

290
278 Anyone who thought the groypers were weakening MAGA had a really bad night in Indiana.

That was an earthquake.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 09:57 PM (viF8m)

Missed that story. Look forward to hearing it next thread.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 10:00 PM (6w0jO)

291 Ont should be 10 minutes late as a joke.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:01 PM (OoFl2)

292 Announcing IM NOT LEAVING A FORTUNE TO MY KIDS is telling everyone you’re an asshole who has to virtue signal bullshit be issue it’s your last plea for attention.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 09:57 PM (1PzR6)

Bingo.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:01 PM (snZF9)

293 285 Screw Stone Mountain and those traitors Lee and Davis.
Posted by: Bulg
=====
Feisty today. I don't think Pudinghead is around though.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:01 PM (E4rtv)

294 I had a friend who spent his formative years in Carson, California. Whitey mcWhite. When his family moved to a more suburban town, it took him months to stop punctuating his sentences with "an' shit."

It was his genuinely gregarious personality that prevented him from being bullied. Seriously, he was one of those rare few who were simply good people. Nothing fake.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 05, 2026 10:02 PM (0aYVJ)

295 I grew up in a black neighborhood in South Louisiana in the 60's. Not an issue.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May
05, 2026 09:56 PM (kxLc1)

Well, that sure describes the total dysfunction of blacks today.

Posted by: mrally at May 05, 2026 10:02 PM (+ZHEV)

296 Ont should be 10 minutes late as a joke.
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:01 PM (OoFl2)

It's almost like you know me

Posted by: Doof at May 05, 2026 10:03 PM (QMAsf)

297 Push the button, Max!

Posted by: clarence at May 05, 2026 10:03 PM (tsTuO)

298 Missed that story. Look forward to hearing it next thread.
Posted by: Tom Servo
========
Out of the eight Indiana GOP state senators voting against redistricting, it looks like 7 have been defeated. Worst hit was Judas Pence who probably was rallying them to do it.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (E4rtv)

299 You know

All y’all bitching and complaining about the lack of an ONT last evening could compose one yourself and submit it and have it considered by a COB during trying times. Have it in the bullpen.

Otherwise STFU.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Thank you, bosslady, for defining what content we're allowed or not.😶

Posted by: mindful webworker - marge in charge at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (k0Y0k)

300 294.

Imagine all the backlash the Somalians will get when they try to rob a new state.

So sad.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (X4yQA)

301 ONT should be backposted to last night and comments subject to instaban

Posted by: gKWVE, watching the world burn at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (sDWtc)

302 Nood.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (hNnmQ)

303 ONT is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (zZu0s)

304 Screw the Confederacy. Democrat racists.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

305 Late ONT, early ONT, no ONT makes no difference to me. Its all black letters on a white background anyway.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (snZF9)

306 Announcing IM NOT LEAVING A FORTUNE TO MY KIDS is telling everyone you’re an asshole who has to virtue signal bullshit be issue it’s your last plea for attention.

Posted by: nurse ratched
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Could also be a chicken-shit way of telling some spoiled, greedy brats that they'll be on their own soon and better get jobs-- without having to confront them personally.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (rdVOm)

307 ONT summoned.

Posted by: clarence at May 05, 2026 10:05 PM (tsTuO)

308 I was going to go to Stone Mountain, spring of '25, but it was a PITA to get there, and then they wanted way too much money to park and view it. Turned around and drove away.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Yep. It is a bit of a tourist trap, but then again, National Park Service is now charging admission at a lot of parks including Kennesaw Mountain. You can actually drive up Kennesaw Mountain for a fine view all around on weekdays. Weekends you have to take the tourist bus but far cheaper than Stone Mountain for parking and admission.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:06 PM (E4rtv)

309 At the cafe, if you're not having tacos and tequila, you're just phoning it in. Let' give these Mexicans some credit. I'll provide the steak and tequila.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 10:07 PM (D1E+2)

310 You can eat Kudzu flowers. If you want to. It won't make you sick but it can't imagine it's very satisfying.
Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 09:52 PM (vFG9F)

You can extract the starch from the Kudzu main root the way you extract arrowroot starch or tapioca starch, however it is a lot of work.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 10:08 PM (rbvCR)

311 304 Screw the Confederacy. Democrat racists.
Posted by: Bulg

That is true but in fact, the planters that ran Southern politics actually had problems in the Upper South passing secession. Then Lincoln was stupid enough to demand Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, etc. provide militia to put down their seceding seven Southern states. That ended the debate as the four upper Southern states joined the lower seven.

As someone who has spent a lot of time for a particular research project on constitutional development in the US among the states, reading the secession convention notes is pretty sobering how careless both the North and South were at provoking a stupid crisis over secession. Both sides thought the war would be over in months.

And the American Civil War was a perfect example of what happens when you kick the can over cheap labor access down the road. No different than Northern sanctuary cities harboring illegal aliens nowadays and using the same tired refrain of massive resistance to the federal government.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:11 PM (E4rtv)

312 Thank you, bosslady, for defining what content we're allowed or not.😶
Posted by: mindful webworker - marge in charge at

And you’re resembling an entitled brat. Grow up.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 10:18 PM (W2EWw)

313 not sure why you'd need ten foot stilts to avoid snakes. on that road, you wouldn't need any. i remember stilting/ pogoing around the block back when.
but i never rode a hoprod. heard of liabilities.

Posted by: cmeat at May 06, 2026 12:02 AM (R11M+)

Quick Hits

The latest White House shooter has been named. Michael Marx. Seems well-named.

The authorities seem to be slow-rolling information about this person, only telling us he is 45 and has a Texas drivers license. I'm sure that means he's totally not a leftwing murder cultist.

Professional Homosexual Tim Miller doggedly defends Nazis and Islamists because he's such a principled conservative.

Justin
@JustR_02
Democrats are currently arguing about whether people who said America deserved 9/11 (Piker), has a Nazi tattoo (Platner), and someone who says he's sad the Ayatollah was killed (El-Sayed) should be welcomed in their "big tent.
Tim Miller and Co supposedly left the GOP bc of principles.

Tucker Carlson and William Kristol, Together Again? It's only a matter of time.

And money. Don't forget the money. Because the grifters all like money. A lot. Like strangely a lot.

Of course:

Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke
The assistant district attorney who filed completely fabricated AI material in a murder case and then lied about it has been suspended by the Georgia Supreme Court for six months. That seems lenient given the dishonesty involved, and the fact that it went undetected for so long.

I say "of course" because the Democrat Party has dictated that black people are almost entirely immune from law or professional requirements and boy oh boy, is that policy working out for everyone with zero negative consequences!

Three high-ranking D.C. police officials are reportedly facing termination or other disciplinary measures, following an internal affairs probe into alleged manipulation of crime statistics.

The possible terminations were reported Tuesday by The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources.

The Justice Department, Republicans in Congress and the District of Columbia have been looking into the allegations.

The city's Metropolitan Police Department's disciplinary process will give any officials accused of misconduct the opportunity to defend themselves. The process can take years and involve arbitration.

A spokesperson for the department said an assistant chief and a district commander were placed on administrative leave, though he didn't disclose the reasons. The third officer reportedly facing termination, also a district commander, is already on administrative leave and was previously the subject of an investigation related to crime statistics, according to the Post.

Cops committing crimes is perfectly acceptable if it helps us sell the Democrat Socialist's Decarceration Agenda.

News report here. These cops were deliberately misreporting shootings as simple assaults and robberies and break-ins as "trespassing" because people don't get alarmed about increases in those categories.

Update: I was just on Instagram for Cafe stuff and I found this latest element of the "Bring the left and fake-right extremes together" op.

hidden.place.in
hidden.place.in's profile picture
hidden.place.in

8h
They told you the culture war is organic--real disagreements between real people with real passions. Nothing to see here.
But what if JD Vance and Erika Kirk are siblings, created by the CIA to deceive and divide us?
Here's what the mainstream media, the political pundits, and the gatekeepers don't want you to understand:
✅ "Same playbook, different faces." You've seen this before. Two people on opposite sides of the political aisle, arguing passionately, generating clicks, outrage, and donations. But what if they're not enemies? What if they're coworkers? The intelligence community has a long history of manufacturing opposition to control the Overton window. Left vs. Right is the oldest trick in the book.
✅ "Follow the connections." Both rose to prominence suspiciously fast. Both say exactly what their respective bases want to hear. Both never cross certain lines that would actually threaten the system. And both refuse to debate each other in any unscripted, uncontrolled environment. When two "enemies" won't meet face to face without handlers, you have to ask: what are they hiding?
✅ "Divide and conquer works when you don't know you're being divided." You think you chose your side. You think your anger is authentic. But what if every talking point, every controversy, every "outrageous statement" was workshopped in a Langley conference room? The goal isn't to win the argument--it's to make sure you're always arguing.
💬 Comment "SIBLINGS" and I'll send you the full breakdown--the connections, the timelines, the intelligence community's history of creating fake opposition, and why they need you to stay angry at each other.

I follow zero political accounts on Instagram so this was definitely pushed to me courtesy of an op. There was probably a money payment to spread this absurd post.

Know the op when you see it.

There might be more home health care fraud in Medicaid nationwide than there are legitimate in-home services. https://t.co/OjD8bte7V7
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) May 5, 2026

🚨 HOLY CRAP. A Fox reporter just went NICK SHIRLEY mode, CONFRONTING an alleged hospice fraudster in Gavin Newsom's California — they shut the door and begged Fox to leave

"Can I talk about the care you provide?"

WOMAN: "I don't have time. *Close door* PLEASE DON'T FILM!" 🤯… pic.twitter.com/5T80juD8UW
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 4, 2026

🚨 JUST IN: Ilhan Omar is flat out REFUSING to turn over documents to a Minnesota committee investigating the $250 MILLION Somali “Feeding Our Future” fraud

She is KNEE DEEP in this scandal, and DOJ needs to go after her HARD.

DO NOT let her get away with this! pic.twitter.com/vVKJMeCBqn
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 5, 2026

How have I never seen this? Absolutely amazing. pic.twitter.com/nxS0wNo2M3
— Graham Linehan (@Glinner) May 4, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 1st

Posted by: GF at May 05, 2026 06:32 PM (cD4WB)

2 Nightly News

Cruise ship virus.

Canadian sex rules only - only through glory holes. Safety first.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 05, 2026 06:35 PM (LdBR/)

4 yo

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2026 06:35 PM (Lu7y1)

5 NBC - Legal News - Guthrie.

Good thing there's not hundreds of millions of fraud anywhere.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 06:36 PM (Sco7b)

6 I like money.

But I have never accepted a dime to call ace gay.

Always do what you love kids and you'll never work a day in your life.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 06:36 PM (N8bpy)

7 ha

Posted by: TALACHULITNA at May 05, 2026 06:37 PM (qxOSq)

8 What the fuq was that last video???

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 05, 2026 06:37 PM (3sXRv)

9 LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 06:38 PM (VyBeY)

10 Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog

Let's see. Is there a drug that promises a mind-shattering orgasm? If so ... Sex with the MAID.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 06:38 PM (u82oZ)

11 What the fuq was that last video???
Posted by: browndog says woof at May 05, 2026 06:37 PM (3sXRv)

Parody of streamers?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 06:38 PM (N8bpy)

12 When do the righteous, start shooting happen?

IMHO it is well past time.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 05, 2026 06:38 PM (xvV+O)

13 FESTIVAL!!!

Posted by: toby928(c) asks 'Are you of the body?' at May 05, 2026 06:38 PM (4NO2D)

14
"I say "of course" because the Democrat Party has dictated that black people are almost entirely immune from law or professional requirements and boy oh boy, is that policy working out for everyone with zero negative consequences!"

This infection is everywhere. I see it daily, it's ridiculous. Massive incompetence that's excused for skin color reasons that have compounded reasons for existing. One massive circle jerk that has to have people lie to others and themselves.

But hey, they have PhDs!!!! They're SMAT!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 05, 2026 06:39 PM (et1vG)

15 hey ho! no hockey until 8pm and I've finally finished work for today : )

what up?

and yes the Flyers are going to lose this series

but they're still entertaining me! our goalie gave a Cane player a spanking last night

literally.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at May 05, 2026 06:39 PM (j+aD2)

16 dunno what that last video was but it is a worthy effort!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 06:40 PM (VyBeY)

17 I substituted a mexican flag for an American flag and burned it. Let's see if anyone notices and how many years I get for it.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 05, 2026 06:40 PM (xvV+O)

18 >>> The assistant district attorney who filed completely fabricated AI material in a murder case and then lied about it has been suspended by the Georgia Supreme Court for six months. That seems lenient given the dishonesty involved, and the fact that it went undetected for so long.

An insider in the "Justice System" tried to frame somebody for homicide.
The only just penalty is death. Regardless of other evidence.

They did this shit with Trump. (RUSSIA!!!, etc).
Bluntly I have no reason NOT to believe it is widespread, routine, and significant.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 06:41 PM (/lPRQ)

19 NaCly Dog, Leslyn was Heinlein's second wife and apparently Heinlein was quite the swinger along with Leslyn from the official biographer of Heinlein. He associated with rocket engineer and occultist Jack Parsons (probably Jack is in Magic Incorporated as a character) ahd was housemates with L. Ron Hubbard for a time in LA. WWII kind of pulled him out of that world of hedonism as Heinlein met Ginni while working with L. Sprague DeCamp and some other sci fi writer at Philadelphia naval yards and later elsewhere.

And DeCamp's "Lest Darkness Fall" or the Harold Shea saga would be also good script material.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:42 PM (E4rtv)

20 Tucker Carlson and William Kristol, Together Again? It's only a matter of time.

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Haven't they already had one love-child named Hogg ... Dave Hogg?

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:42 PM (9Kqhl)

21 Afternoon.

So anyone been following that case with the FedEx driver that kidnapped, raped and murdered a seven year old?

Good news everyone!

The creature was sentenced to death.

Live like an animal, die like one, motherfucker.

Posted by: Robert at May 05, 2026 06:43 PM (Z2yLo)

22 "Michael Marx". Totally not a fake name on his fake ID that he used to get into bars before 21.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 05, 2026 06:43 PM (aJQbY)

23 "An insider in the "Justice System" tried to frame somebody for homicide.
The only just penalty is death. Regardless of other evidence.

They did this shit with Trump. (RUSSIA!!!, etc).
Bluntly I have no reason NOT to believe it is widespread, routine, and significant."

yup.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 06:43 PM (VyBeY)

24 I substituted a mexican flag for an American flag and burned it. Let's see if anyone notices and how many years I get for it.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 05, 2026 06:40 PM (xvV+O)

If you were to burn every country's flag, would you escape hate crime charges because you're treating every country equally?

Posted by: pookysgirl, not a legal beagle at May 05, 2026 06:43 PM (Wt5PA)

25 An insider in the "Justice System" tried to frame somebody for homicide.
...
...
Bluntly I have no reason NOT to believe it is widespread, routine, and significant.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 06:41 PM

It is literally the entire purpose of the FBI.

Posted by: toby928(c) asks 'Are you of the body?' at May 05, 2026 06:44 PM (4NO2D)

26
What the fuq was that last video???
Posted by: browndog says woof

Yeah, I don't get it either.
Maybe it's because I'm old.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 06:44 PM (Cqx++)

27 The creature was sentenced to death.

well it's Texas...he'll have 20 years to think about it

Posted by: DanMan at May 05, 2026 06:45 PM (8uzBS)

28 Keep your eye on Oh Hi O.

Luke Rosiak is exposing the Medicaid fraud in Ohio and its massive.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 06:45 PM (viF8m)

29 Haven't they already had one love-child named Hogg ... Dave Hogg?
Posted by: ShainS
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His middle name is hooded.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:45 PM (E4rtv)

30 Also,
*scratches head*

Is the new op that Erica Kirk and JD Vance are 'on opposite sides'? How....?

Posted by: RandomDave at May 05, 2026 06:45 PM (aJQbY)

31 The assistant district attorney who filed completely fabricated AI material in a murder case and then lied about it has been suspended by the Georgia Supreme Court for six months. That seems lenient given the dishonesty involved, and the fact that it went undetected for so long.

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If you're committing fraud in a murder case -- you should be punished at minimum as if a murderer, and then some, pour encourager les autres.

The Golden Rule of Human Nature: Incentives and Disincentives ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:45 PM (9Kqhl)

32 If Obama had a son would he look like the WHCD shooter?

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 06:46 PM (vFG9F)

33 28 Keep your eye on Oh Hi O.

Luke Rosiak is exposing the Medicaid fraud in Ohio and its massive.
Posted by: JackStraw
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And DeWino and his Somalis/Haitians/etc. are going to be at the heart of a lot of it. There is a reason that the shitbag GOPe types don't want the refugee train to end nor for fraud to be cracked down upon.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:46 PM (E4rtv)

34 The creature was sentenced to death.

well it's Texas...he'll have 20 years to think about it
Posted by: DanMan

Japan keeps it's death row inmates isolated. They only get 2 hours notice of their execution. Seems more humane.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 06:47 PM (u82oZ)

35 I saw so much fraud as an insurance claims adjuster to manager in my 35 year career.

Worker's Compensation , Homeowners , Auto, General Liability is one big fraud operation that only hurts people with legitimate claims.

The number of crooked doctors ,lawyers, contractors and experts was sickening but not as sickening as the courts letting them get away with it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:47 PM (kxLc1)

36 The creature was sentenced to death.

well it's Texas...he'll have 20 years to think about it
Posted by: DanMan at May 05, 2026 06:45 PM

A child rapist and murderer in GenPop.

He will pray for the surcease of death.

Posted by: toby928(c) asks 'Are you of the body?' at May 05, 2026 06:47 PM (4NO2D)

37 And money. Don't forget the money. Because the grifters all like money. A lot. Like strangely a lot.

They love money sexually...they promise only the tip...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 06:48 PM (ynpvh)

38 well it's Texas...he'll have 20 years to think about it
Posted by: DanMan at May 05, 2026 06:45 PM (8uzBS)

Texas is supposed to be like super eager to throw people in the chair. This does not strike me as indicating eagerness.

Maybe if...some kind inmate was willing to save our state a few million housing this thing and just...shank him right in the neck...

Posted by: Robert at May 05, 2026 06:49 PM (Z2yLo)

39 "Michael Marx". Totally not a fake name on his fake ID that he used to get into bars before 21.
Posted by: RandomDave at May 05, 2026 06:43 PM (aJQbY)

Seems legit to me.

Posted by: McLovin at May 05, 2026 06:49 PM (wVcYX)

40 An insider in the "Justice System" tried to frame somebody for homicide.
The only just penalty is death. Regardless of other evidence.

They did this shit with Trump. (RUSSIA!!!, etc).
Bluntly I have no reason NOT to believe it is widespread, routine, and significant.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
======
Media Distortion, the case was on appeal and she used AI generated citations for denial of a new trial motion. It was not the original criminal trial that convicted the defendant but on the defendant's post trial motion for a new trial that was at issue in the appeal.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:49 PM (E4rtv)

41 31 The assistant district attorney who filed completely fabricated AI material in a murder case and then lied about it has been suspended by the Georgia Supreme Court for six months. That seems lenient given the dishonesty involved, and the fact that it went undetected for so long.

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If you're committing fraud in a murder case -- you should be punished at minimum as if a murderer, and then some, pour encourager les autres.

The Golden Rule of Human Nature: Incentives and Disincentives ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:45 PM (9Kqhl)

Yes. I've always believed that if a prosecutor hides exculpatory evidence, he or she should have to endure the punishment meant for their victim. Seems fair to me.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 06:50 PM (ynpvh)

42 Every day it seems reports of another billion here or there got pocketed.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

43 He'll go to Huntsville. If you think Texas is slow I can't imagine what one would think of the other States.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:50 PM (kxLc1)

44 I say "of course" because the Democrat Party has dictated that black people are almost entirely immune from law or professional requirements and boy oh boy, is that policy working out for everyone with zero negative consequences!

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Three DEI Hires down, and only six more to go on the SCOTUS (although I would argue that the three "conservative" weak sisters have historically straddled that line -- like Schrödinger's Scat).

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:51 PM (9Kqhl)

45 42 Every day it seems reports of another billion here or there got pocketed.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

And I don't see a single penny of it. A shame.
Well, that's not true; I saw some of the money when I paid my taxes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 06:51 PM (ynpvh)

46 Uh oh, someone is worried about the grand jury investigation into GA voting fraud in Fulton County. They are calling up pollworkers, etc. now to testify before the grand jury.

On X
Reverend Raphael Warnock@ReverendWarnock
·
2h
Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.

It has been litigated in court dozens of times.

Leave our election workers alone.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)

47 Tucker Carlson and William Kristol, Together Again?***

youtube.com/watch?v=ipPS2iHg_3I

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 06:52 PM (nzPxx)

48 "Michael Marx". Totally not a fake name on his fake ID that he used to get into bars before 21.

Michael “McLovin” Marx.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 05, 2026 06:52 PM (EXyHK)

49 Related: Three DC dirty police officials could possibly be fired for faking the city's crime data. But you know, they won't be.

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That's a story arc right of of "The Wire."

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:52 PM (9Kqhl)

50 As a New York resident I urge the Feds to look at the changes made in the last two years to the home health care aide under Medicaid. Hochul switched it all up to give the contracts to out of state providers and I have no doubt kickbacks were involved. Fraud and corruption are so endemic and ingrained in NY that fraud and corruption mean nothing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 06:52 PM (gu0hJ)

51 44 I say "of course" because the Democrat Party has dictated that black people are almost entirely immune from law or professional requirements and boy oh boy, is that policy working out for everyone with zero negative consequences!

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Three DEI Hires down, and only six more to go on the SCOTUS (although I would argue that the three "conservative" weak sisters have historically straddled that line -- like Schrödinger's Scat).

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:51 PM (9Kqhl)

Hah! You don't know if their shit until they start making decisions. Well played.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 06:52 PM (ynpvh)

52 That last video reminds me of "Pick-a-Little" (izzat the right title?) from "The Music Man." Yak-yak-yak.

Posted by: Weak Geek at May 05, 2026 06:53 PM (yRCXf)

53 *they're not their

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 06:53 PM (ynpvh)

54 "And I don't see a single penny of it. A shame.
Well, that's not true; I saw some of the money when I paid my taxes... "

to be clear, saw it going away from, not towards you ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 06:53 PM (VyBeY)

55 Tucker Carlson and William Kristol, Together Again?***

youtube.com/watch?v=ipPS2iHg_3I

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 06:52 PM (nzPxx)

Reunited and it feels so good.

Posted by: Peaches and Herb at May 05, 2026 06:54 PM (wVcYX)

56 I captured a screen shot of a booking of an illegal alien from Honduras for murder and under race he was listed as White.

Don't believe any crime stats you see.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:55 PM (kxLc1)

57 "Same playbook, different faces." You've seen this before. Two people on opposite sides of the political aisle, arguing passionately, generating clicks, outrage, and donations. But what if they're not enemies?

Vance and Erika Kirk are on opposite sides of the political aisle?
And that means they are siblings created by the CIA?

WTF kind of nonsensical Indian AI generated clickbait BS is this?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:55 PM (6ydKt)

58 The city's Metropolitan Police Department's disciplinary process will give any officials accused of misconduct the opportunity to defend themselves. The process can take years and involve arbitration.

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If we get homies to sit ...
You must acquit!

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:55 PM (9Kqhl)

59 "And I don't see a single penny of it. A shame.
Well, that's not true; I saw some of the money when I paid my taxes... "

to be clear, saw it going away from, not towards you ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 06:53 PM (VyBeY)

Red-shifted, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 06:56 PM (wVcYX)

60 Luke Rosiak is exposing the Medicaid fraud in Ohio and its massive.
Posted by: JackStraw

Cost of doin' business

Posted by: your GOP governor at May 05, 2026 06:56 PM (sDWtc)

61 "Michael Marx". Totally not a fake name on his fake ID that he used to get into bars before 21.
Posted by: RandomDave at May 05, 2026 06:43 PM (aJQbY)

Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
He will be right here
Waiting for you.

Whatever it takes,
Or how his heart breaks...

Fuck you for this earworm, ace.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 06:57 PM (zZu0s)

62 But what if JD Vance and Erika Kirk are siblings, created by the CIA to deceive and divide us?

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Thus proving my theory that Michael Obama and Lawrence Taylor are identical twins separated at birth by the CIA to deceive and divide us.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:57 PM (9Kqhl)

63 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:55 PM (6ydKt)

No they're saying that's what is normally done to gaslight you ( create a fake opposites so they can gaslight people)

But now they are doing it with political allies.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:58 PM (kxLc1)

64 Also today.

>>FAA employee arrested over threat to ‘neutralize’ Trump

https://tinyurl.com/zytwhvf3

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 06:58 PM (viF8m)

65 I've been wondering what African Americans in the inner cities think about all the fraud being committed by Somalis, Nigerians etc. Native born African Americans probably get a little bit but nothing compared to these newbies. Talk about replacement theory

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 06:58 PM (gu0hJ)

66 FedEx murderer needs some time to think about what has done. I'd say a couple of hours while he is slowly strangled.

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 06:59 PM (vFG9F)

67 "Follow the connections." Both rose to prominence suspiciously fast. Both say exactly what their respective bases want to hear. Both never cross certain lines that would actually threaten the system.

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And both murdered Charlie Kirk simultaneously; one from the grassy knoll, and the other from the campus book depository.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:59 PM (9Kqhl)

68 I glizz that Erica and JD share the genetic traits of having two eyes as well as having their mouth and nose along a line of symmetry. I'm convinced.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 05, 2026 06:59 PM (3uBP9)

69 Luke Rosiak is exposing the Medicaid fraud in Ohio and its massive.
Posted by: JackStraw

Cost of doin' business
Posted by: your GOP governor at May 05, 2026 06:56 PM (sDWtc)

It's a write-off, Jerry!
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at May 05, 2026 06:59 PM (wVcYX)

70 Richard Marx? Gay?

My money would be on straight. Kind of like a guy who looks all soulful and tender, but is catching strays from everywhere.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

71 She is KNEE DEEP in this scandal, and DOJ needs to go after her HARD.

DO NOT let her get away with this!

*Narrator voice-over* They will, in fact, let her get away with this.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at May 05, 2026 07:00 PM (V362x)

72 But now they are doing it with political allies.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:58 PM (kxLc1)

I'm thinking how many stupid people on Instagram click on this stuff, read it, believe it, and start sharing it with their equally idiotic friends.

We are cooked.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

73 Saw in the news a couple days ago that a Somali who ADMITTED to $11 Million in fraud, will get NO JAIL TIME, under a deal cut with the State AG.

5 Years probation...

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 05, 2026 07:01 PM (mP0Kj)

74 I hear home healthcare ads on the radio all the time here in the ATL region. Saying how easy it is to join in on the scam.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 05, 2026 07:01 PM (3uBP9)

75 Thus proving my theory that Michael Obama and Lawrence Taylor are identical twins separated at birth by the CIA to deceive and divide us.
Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:57 PM

Triplets.

Posted by: Patrick Ewing at May 05, 2026 07:02 PM (4NO2D)

76 You heard it here first -

Dr. Steve Turly calls Senator Fetterman the "canary in the coal mine." The Demoncrap party is fracturing and imploding.

https://youtu.be/v0mZ1UEt-f0

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 07:02 PM (wVcYX)

77 Afternoon.

So anyone been following that case with the FedEx driver that kidnapped, raped and murdered a seven year old?

Good news everyone!

The creature was sentenced to death.

Live like an animal, die like one, motherfucker.

Posted by: Robert at May 05, 2026 06:43 PM (Z2yLo)

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This should have been the original purpose for inventing the wood chipper.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:03 PM (9Kqhl)

78 Turley, that is.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 07:03 PM (wVcYX)

79 Soon to be Former Senator Fetterman.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 07:04 PM (4NO2D)

80 This infection is everywhere. I see it daily, it's ridiculous. Massive incompetence that's excused for skin color reasons that have compounded reasons for existing. One massive circle jerk that has to have people lie to others and themselves.
But hey, they have PhDs!!!! They're SMAT!
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq

There was a post on X recently of some European sharing his initial observations on visiting the US for the first time. One thing that stood out to him was the really high percentage in gubmint jobs that are unhealthy (I think he meant fat), surly black women. Not men, women.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 05, 2026 07:04 PM (l26NL)

81 Leftists are ratcheting up the crazies

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 07:04 PM (Ia/+0)

82 The Demoncrap party is fracturing and imploding.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 07:02 PM (wVcYX)

They have a new plan, apparently.
Bring in Tucker, Marjorie, and Nick Fuentes and watch the Hippy Nazis roll into the party and save the day.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 07:04 PM (6ydKt)

83 If there is a real Diablo Cake girl, and there is, she's real and magnificent, I'm sure there is a girlfriend that is happy for her starwars nerd boyfriend on his birthday. Maybe not that girl though.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 05, 2026 07:05 PM (3uBP9)

84 Saw in the news a couple days ago that a Somali who ADMITTED to $11 Million in fraud, will get NO JAIL TIME, under a deal cut with the State AG.

5 Years probation...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 05, 2026 07:01 PM (mP0Kj)

*insert Sam Kinnison rage-shriek here*

This world fucking sucks, sometimes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 05, 2026 07:05 PM (0aYVJ)

85 Afternoon.

So anyone been following that case with the FedEx driver that kidnapped, raped and murdered a seven year old?

Good news everyone!

The creature was sentenced to death.

Live like an animal, die like one, motherfucker.

Posted by: Robert at May 05, 2026 06:43 PM (Z2yLo)

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This should have been the original purpose for inventing the wood chipper.
Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:03 PM (9Kqhl)

Suspend him over a hungry piranha-filled water tank in such a fashion that only his junk dips into the water. Then the wood chipper.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 07:06 PM (wVcYX)

86 Blutarski - been noting that too, desk jobs, sitting eating all day will do that.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 07:06 PM (Ia/+0)

87 DO NOT let her get away with this!
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So cute.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:07 PM (RIvkX)

88 I'm starting to think that the fraud and corruption are the only things holding the US together.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 05, 2026 07:07 PM (l26NL)

89 Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.

Dorks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 07:07 PM (D1E+2)

90 Luke Rosiak is exposing the Medicaid fraud in Ohio and its massive.
Posted by: JackStraw

Cost of doin' business
Posted by: your GOP governor

Shit tons of Somalis in Columbus

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 05, 2026 07:07 PM (1IhIV)

91 I would think that wood chipper would be worse than the piranha for the balls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:08 PM (zZu0s)

92 She made Ryan a DIII and DIV cake. Ryan makes out in the cake department.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 05, 2026 07:08 PM (3uBP9)

93 90 Luke Rosiak is exposing the Medicaid fraud in Ohio and its massive.
Posted by: JackStraw

Cost of doin' business
Posted by: your GOP governor

Shit tons of Somalis in Columbus

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 05, 2026 07:07 PM (1IhIV)

Obama would like a shitton of Somalis in him...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 07:08 PM (ynpvh)

94 Soon to be Former Senator Fetterman.
Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 07:04 PM (4NO2D)

Yeah, Dr. Steve shows his fav / unfav rating went from +68 to now -40. He's toast as a D.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 07:09 PM (wVcYX)

95 Project Freedom on hold. Hey Donald, ìran is lying to you again. don't fall for it. Keep the pressure up.

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 07:09 PM (mMoRd)

96 Pete Hegseth is going grey fast, the job is really taking it out of him.

Posted by: Decaf at May 05, 2026 07:09 PM (Tbs6N)

97 Trump just put out on social media that the blockade will stay in effect but he is pausing Operation Freedom because progress on a final deal has made big progress.

I don't think anyone trusts Iran but who knows.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 07:09 PM (viF8m)

98 Are we finally reaching the Schwarzschild radii of insane stupidity?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 07:09 PM (2GVsD)

99 91 I would think that wood chipper would be worse than the piranha for the balls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:08 PM (zZu0s)

In the old days, they would tie a guy upside down, then saw slowly from the crotch towards the lungs...the upside down part was to keep the blood in his head so he lived longer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 07:09 PM (ynpvh)

100 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

The internet is the best of times and the worst of times.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:10 PM (kxLc1)

101 >>>But what if JD Vance and Erika Kirk are siblings, created by the CIA to deceive and divide us?

But were they siblings who the CIA got ahold of and programmed against us?

OR

Were they created by the CIA and then birthed as siblings?

I hope there is someone who can dig deeper into this conspiracy for us.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 05, 2026 07:10 PM (8mulE)

102 Soon to be Former Senator Fetterman.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 07:04 PM (4NO2D)

--------------

That video (posted by Count de Monet) shows that Fetterman's Approval among Democrat-Communists (even though he votes with Chuck U. Schumer 3/4ths of the time) has gone from +68% in 2023 to -40% now in 2026.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:11 PM (9Kqhl)

103 100 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

The internet is the best of times and the worst of times.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:10 PM (kxLc1)

The internet is for...
https://youtu.be/j6eFNRKEROw

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 07:11 PM (ynpvh)

104 Pete Hegseth is going grey fast, the job is really taking it out of him.
Posted by: Decaf at May 05, 2026 07:09 PM (Tbs6N)

I think Pete wanted to militarily finish the job but his boss seems adamant about a negotiated deal.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:12 PM (kxLc1)

105 It's a write-off, Jerry!
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at May 05, 2026 06:59 PM (wVcYX)
======

I never tire of seeing this.

It is a reminder of the combination of arrogance and ignorance, the glib and unmerited self-assurance, the casual almost nihilistic attitude of the contemporary left.

I don't understand neither do I care, therefore it is devoid of meaning. When I shut my eyes you cease to exist. Passing a law or speaking magick words changes reality.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:12 PM (RIvkX)

106 The Flat-earthers saw that Vance-Kirk thing and said "dude. WTF?"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 05, 2026 07:13 PM (0aYVJ)

107 The Flat-earthers saw that Vance-Kirk thing and said "dude. WTF?"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 05, 2026 07:13 PM (0aYVJ)

Stray Voltage conspiracy theory?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:14 PM (zZu0s)

108 I saw Schwarzschild Radii open for Mazzy Star at The Orbit Room in '94.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:14 PM (9Kqhl)

109 Trump just put out on social media that the blockade will stay in effect but he is pausing Operation Freedom because progress on a final deal has made big progress.

I don't think anyone trusts Iran but who knows.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 07:09 PM (viF8m)
====
This news makes me nauseous.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:14 PM (RIvkX)

110 100 Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

The internet is the best of times and the worst of times.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:10 PM (kxLc1)

The internet is for...
https://youtu.be/j6eFNRKEROw
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 07:11 PM (ynpvh)

Indubitably, my good man!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 07:14 PM (wVcYX)

111
We need to throw time travelers in this conspiracy theory. Erika Kirk is some time-travelling Mossad agent from the future.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 07:15 PM (w6EFb)

112 Something schizophrenic in our treatment of the death penalty: if a policeman, or sometimes a private person, is there when the person is committing his crime or threatening to, then we have no problem with killing that person on the spot with no judicial procedure.

But if it’s 5 minutes after and he sets his gun down, then everyone has to wait 20 years to do it.
That don’t make no sense.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 07:16 PM (pbKq8)

113 >>This news makes me nauseous.

More than anyone who has been in that office in my lifetime, including Reagan, I trust Trump's judgement.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 07:17 PM (viF8m)

114 We need to throw time travelers in this conspiracy theory. Erika Kirk is some time-travelling Mossad agent from the future.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 07:15 PM (w6EFb)

Odd, she doesn't LOOK Druish.

Posted by: Mog at May 05, 2026 07:17 PM (zZu0s)

115 have you guys seen this

https://youtu.be/p8EjOqwxvus

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 07:18 PM (ZxPkt)

116 >>> Are we finally reaching the Schwarzschild radii of insane stupidity?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 07:09 PM (2GVsD)

My theory is that stupidity congeals into an ephemeral substance and concentrates and aligns along structures like ley-lines.

Stupidinous Aether.

Because there is this one spot on my way home where ~85% of the people in the right hand lane are turning left and ~85% of the people in the left hand lane are turning right, and I'm just trying to survive. It is a stupidity foci. Very concentrated stupidity.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 05, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)

117 I don't understand neither do I care, therefore it is devoid of meaning. When I shut my eyes you cease to exist. Passing a law or speaking magick words changes reality.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:12 PM (RIvkX)

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Forever infantile, figuratively sticking their fingers in their ears and yelling "nah nah nah, I can't hear you, I can't hear you!"

Like the terrible two-year old who believes they can conform reality to their utopian dream-world with enough skittles and unicorn sacrifices ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:18 PM (9Kqhl)

118 My least favorite stat is that at any time there are 800-1000 people in prison for homicide that were previously in prison for homicide.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:19 PM (kxLc1)

119 >>This news makes me nauseous.

More than anyone who has been in that office in my lifetime, including Reagan, I trust Trump's judgement.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 07:17 PM (viF8m)

Me too. He plays the long game better than any politician I have ever seen. Admittedly, I am not a political junky, but again and again he succeeds, even if it takes some time. Patience, you guys.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 05, 2026 07:20 PM (0aYVJ)

120 have you guys seen this

https://youtu.be/p8EjOqwxvus
Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 07:18 PM (ZxPkt)

And they say Chivalry is dead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:20 PM (zZu0s)

121 >>@EricLDaugh
·
2m
>>🚨 WTF?! Minnesota Democrats just BLOCKED a fraud committee subpoena for Somali Rep. Ilhan Omar due to her likely involvement in a $250 MILLION fraud scandal

>>Omar refused to turn over documents by request — now the subpoena failed.

>>LAUNCH A FEDERAL PROBE!

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 07:20 PM (viF8m)

122
"There are two things that are infinite: The Universe and human stupidity, but I'm not really sure about the former." -- attributed to Einstein.

There is no definite evidence he actually said this, but it's been attributed to him for years.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 07:21 PM (w6EFb)

123 I got lots to do before bed time.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 07:22 PM (Ia/+0)

124 I saw the Stupidity Foci open for Broken Compass Bluegrass at Mountain Top Coffee Shop in '23.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:22 PM (9Kqhl)

125 The Flat-earthers saw that Vance-Kirk thing and said "dude. WTF?"
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 05, 2026 07:13 PM (0aYVJ)

This is what happens when the Lizard People making the human masks slack off and reuse a face mould.

Wake up, sheeple!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 07:23 PM (hNnmQ)

126 As soon as the "Minnesota daycare" fraud scandal brok,e I started ranting here that it was peanuts compared to "home health care fraud," which I knew for a fact was not just "out oof control" in Caliornia, but was the primary mechanism for "wealth transfer" from taxpayers to parasites: some substantial percentage ofn the state's entire population was "supported" by pretending to be "in home supprt caretakers: for their pretend "disabled" partners. Like, tens of millions of people.

I ranted and raved. No one much took notice. And...well, of course, I was right.

It's like Cloward-Piven conbined with the Great Leap Forward, on steroids.

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 07:23 PM (Av6i5)

127 >>LAUNCH A FEDERAL PROBE!

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 07:20 PM (viF8m)

-----------

Anal AND Criminal ... but mostly criminal.

/Any volunteers ... besides Cavernous Orifices?

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:24 PM (9Kqhl)

128 We're #2! We're #2!

Michael McFaul
@McFaul
Just shameful that the US is not sharing the burden in the greatest fight for freedom of our lifetimes.
Canada is now a more consequential leader of the free world than the US.
Hope this changes in the future.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 07:25 PM (ndZc7)

129 Meanwhile Nick Shirley is looking for corruption in Cuba.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 07:26 PM (Cqx++)

130 And they say Chivalry is dead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:20 PM (zZu0s)

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Funny, I say this exact same thing a few times a week after performing some simple act of good manners involving a woman or women -- even with the wifey.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 07:26 PM (9Kqhl)

131 @90.
Shit tons of Somalis in Columbus.
Ohio needs to export them to Delaware and let them camp around Biden's house. He let them in, let him deal with them

It's good to see JackStraw back posting. He worries me sometimes. Wonder what the hell kind of trouble he has gotten himself into now. (Just kidding Mr Straw)

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2026 07:26 PM (9lqZe)

132 >>> 122
"There are two things that are infinite: The Universe and human stupidity, but I'm not really sure about the former." -- attributed to Einstein.

There is no definite evidence he actually said this, but it's been attributed to him for years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 07:21 PM (w6EFb)

In which volume of Stuff Einstein Said does it appear?

Posted by: inquiring Horde minds want to know at May 05, 2026 07:27 PM (WMyc4)

133 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 07:25 PM (ndZc7)

What's he talking about?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:28 PM (kxLc1)

134 The only solution to home heathcare fraud is Single Payer. Amirite?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 07:28 PM (Cqx++)

135 The democrat party is not going to "implode" or go away. There are enough stupid, greedy, selfish, sexually disordered, waiting on a hand out, violent and mentally ill people in America to keep them in business for years to come. Hell, there are folks on this blog who will vote democrat every chance they get.

Posted by: Gimme Gimme Gimme at May 05, 2026 07:28 PM (Sma6t)

136 I saw recently that 90+% of Crime in Oakland California is caused by under 1500 known individuals.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2026 07:28 PM (Lu7y1)

137 We all know the Big Apple is NYC but where is the Minneapolis?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 07:29 PM (ndZc7)

138 I love the Marcus memes. There are several out there.

Posted by: Max Power at May 05, 2026 07:29 PM (q177U)

139 >>>I got lots to do before bed time.

Posted by: Skip

>Have a TACO, have a margarita. The Mexicans turned back the French at the Battle of Puebla. That should be reason to celebrate.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 07:29 PM (D1E+2)

140 We all know the Big Apple is NYC but where is the Minneapolis?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 07:29 PM (ndZc7)

Rotten Apple

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:30 PM (kxLc1)

141 Posted by: banana Dream at May 05, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)

My theory? Some understanding of math needed but...

There is a finite total amount of IQ points allocated to the Human Race.

We keep adding more people.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 05, 2026 07:30 PM (mP0Kj)

142 >>> 139
==
Have a TACO, have a margarita. The Mexicans turned back the French at the Battle of Puebla. That should be reason to celebrate.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 07:29 PM (D1E+2)

How many gently used rifles did the Mexicans acquire?

Posted by: inquiring Horde minds want to know at May 05, 2026 07:30 PM (WMyc4)

143 Twin Cities, I think with St Paul.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:32 PM (zZu0s)

144
The Mexicans turned back the French at the Battle of Puebla. That should be reason to celebrate.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Perhaps things would have been better if the French had won?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 07:32 PM (Cqx++)

145 I don't know if ace linked to it or not but Marco Rubio gave a heck of a press conference today, he was filling in for Carolyn Leavitt, is there anything this man can't do?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2026 07:32 PM (0nHVk)

146 The democrat party is not going to "implode" or go away.

-
As Glenn Frey explained some years ago, "It's the lure of easy money, it's gotta very strong appeal."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 07:32 PM (ndZc7)

147 Screw Einstein. He backed out when he originally supported the creation of the atomic bomb. Smart people can be stupid also.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:33 PM (kxLc1)

148 Perhaps things would have been better if the French had won?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 07:32 PM (Cqx++)

Based on Algeria I'd say no.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:34 PM (kxLc1)

149 I had totally forgotten .hack/SIGN, the granddaddy of all 'trapped in a MPORPG world' anime series.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 07:35 PM (2GVsD)

150 What's he talking about?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Carney gave money to that bastion of democracy, Ukraine.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 07:35 PM (ndZc7)

151 115 have you guys seen this

https://youtu.be/p8EjOqwxvus

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 07:18 PM (ZxPkt)

LOL!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 07:35 PM (ynpvh)

152 I saw recently that 90+% of Crime in Oakland California is caused by under 1500 known individuals.
Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2026 07:28 PM (Lu7y1)

I had no idea the city council had so many staffers.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 07:35 PM (8avO+)

153 Perhaps things would have been better if the French had won?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 07:32 PM (Cqx++)

Based on Algeria I'd say no.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 07:34 PM (kxLc1)

Vietnam. Haiti.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:36 PM (zZu0s)

154 @zerohedge
NIH Virologist Vincent Munster Caught Smuggling Deadly Viruses Into U.S., FBI Investigating.
---

This is the same guy who said a novel coronavirus appearing in the same area of the Wuhan lab was no big deal, and things like that happen all the time.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 05, 2026 07:36 PM (3ImbR)

155 Ghost nude.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 07:37 PM (ndZc7)

156 I feel like such a chump. I coulda claimed to be a home health care facility, and then also gotten paid for being Mom's "caretaker" after she had a stroke. I could be a millionaire, too, but no...I just set up my WFH desk at her house, and kept on working for a living...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2026 07:38 PM (zYpTz)

157 Nood. Cafe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 07:40 PM (zZu0s)

158 156 I feel like such a chump. I coulda claimed to be a home health care facility, and then also gotten paid for being Mom's "caretaker" after she had a stroke. I could be a millionaire, too, but no...I just set up my WFH desk at her house, and kept on working for a living...

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 05, 2026 07:38 PM (zYpTz)

I was supposed to get paid from a state disability fund I paid into for years when I was taking care of my wife when she was dying. I didn't get a single dime; they rejected my application, didn't tell me why, I resubmitted with an appeal, but never heard back...that was two years ago...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 07:40 PM (ynpvh)

159 I celebrated with a chicken quesadilla and some Fritos

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 07:42 PM (ZxPkt)

160 we are having a major snowstorm here in metro Denver and beyond

this is that heavy wet snow that takes down trees and power lines

I could lose my internet connection at any ti

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 07:47 PM (ZxPkt)

161 Remember, the AVERAGE includes the outliers.

Look at fucking Florida. Packed with retirees, and having 1/10th the number of home health workers as New York. Explain that shit. The only explanation is New York Medicaid is 90% fraud.

States allow this to occur, because it pumps federal money into their economies. The fraudsters employ people, and rent offices, and pay state taxes. 10% of what they defraud gets paid to the state in taxes. And the politicians that allow it get donations to their campaigns.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 07:53 PM (eloIc)

162 SS, Medicaid, and Medicare are all going broke. Health care costs are exploding across the country.

What if all of this, every bit of this problem, is due to endless fraud?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 07:55 PM (eloIc)

163 152 I saw recently that 90+% of Crime in Oakland California is caused by under 1500 known individuals. Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2026 07:28 PM (Lu7y1)

Same number of people at Lompoc Prison.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 07:57 PM (eloIc)

164 163 152 I saw recently that 90+% of Crime in Oakland California is caused by under 1500 known individuals. Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2026 07:28 PM (Lu7y1)

Wall up Oakland and send all the criminal there. Then we can have "Escape from Oakland."

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 07:58 PM (eloIc)

165 152 I saw recently that 90+% of Crime in Oakland California is caused by under 1500 known individuals.
Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2026 07:28 PM (Lu7y1)

I had no idea the city council had so many staffers.
****

Ok, that got a chuckle.

Posted by: clarence at May 05, 2026 08:17 PM (tsTuO)

166 Yeah, the CIA would never do something so nefarious.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at May 05, 2026 08:34 PM (XZjgl)

167 "I before E, EXCEPT after c!"
How hard is that to remember?

Posted by: Pooklord. at May 05, 2026 09:06 PM (asU3w)

Nielsen Ratings Company Reveals That Not a Single Disney Sequel Is in the Top Ten of Most Viewed Star Wars Movies or TV Shows

Nielsen is spinning this as if it's good for Star Wars that the original, from over 40 years ago, remains the absolute ratings champ among movies, and the disastrous Disney "saga" sequels aren't even in the top ten.

WDW_Pro discussed this disclosure. "Andor" is number one, but mostly because it has 18 episodes over two seasons -- so there is something like 12 hours of Andor to watch, as opposed to two hours of Star Wars: A New Hope.

And these ratings were complied while the show was running in 2025. Tales of the Underworld was also fresh in 2025.

One Disney movie, Rogue One, made the top ten. None of the Daisy Ridley Force is Female saga sequels.

Further proof that the Disney sequels are absolute failures: When Disney's Star Wars Land was being designed, the imagineers were planning it to heavily reference original movies. But mid-design, Kaffeine Kennedy called them and ordered them to abandon all references to the original movies and make it firmly set in the Kaffeine Kennedy era, with "her" characters. She femspained that she wasn't interested in appeasing the 50+ year old fans who actually like Star Wars, but the Modern, Diverse Audience she was sure would celebrate her Stunning and Brave retcon of Star Wars into yet another female-centric Disney Princess Brand.

It did not work. Galaxy's Edge has been a perennial disappointment as far as attendance.

So now that Kaffeine Kennedy is finally out and her skinny talons have been pulled away from the corpse of Star Wars, suddenly Star Wars land is set in the Rebellion Era and actors who are supposed to look like Han, Luke, and Leia are roaming the park.

Unfortunately, it's Disney, so this was another huge embarrassing cringe failure.

Man.

This is so bad, guys. pic.twitter.com/k8DpbfdNbm
— Huff (@Huff4Congress) April 17, 2026

The WDW_Pro panel pointed out that when one corporate regime replaces another, the incoming regime has no strong incentive to cover up for the last one. In fact, the new regime has an incentive to release the bad news that the old regime long suppressed, so they can show they're improving on the old regime's failures.

It does seem strange that months after Kaffeine Kennedy was booted out of Lucasfilm, the long-hidden ratings -- once held in the same warehouse where they stored the Ark of the Covenant -- are suddenly being published.

And the rumor is -- and I'd say this is a fact -- that Disney will re-cast Han, Luke, and Leia and start making movies about their adventures immediately after the fall of the Empire. The Timothy Zahn Thrawn trilogy, for example.*

RUMOR: Disney to Remove Star Wars Sequel Trilogy From Timeline to Resume Focus on Original Characters

"If true, this would be one of the most dramatic franchise shifts in modern Hollywood history." pic.twitter.com/tqB5V8uo9x
— Geeks + Gamers (@GeeksGamersCom) May 4, 2026

And you have to imagine the new films will have exactly as much respect for the old timeline, the "Rey/Finn" timeline, as the Rey/Finn movies had for the original timeline -- none at all. Even if they don't explicitly say that the sequels are now retconned and no longer exist, it will become obvious when events happen that are inconsistent with Kaffeine Kennedy's movies.

For example: Luke Skywalker will almost certainly court and marry Mara Jade, as he did in the books, which would be incompatible with the Kaffeine Kennedy content. They're not going to avoid a crowd-pleasing romance just to keep kosher with the Kaffeine Kennedy disasters.

As the WDW_Pro panel speculated: The ideological people failed badly, so now the soulless money-grubbing investor people are calling the shots.

And frankly they cannot be any worse than the ideological zealots.

BP
@everyonebpup
May 4
> be Disney executive
> pay $4B for Lucasfilm in 2012
> greenlight a new trilogy to print money
> Force Awakens hits $2B. you are a god
> Last Jedi splits the fanbase
> Rise of Skywalker barely clears a billion
> teens now call Star Wars "out of order"
> Mandalorian and Grogu tracks franchise-low
> can't admit trilogy failed. shareholders watching
> tell Filoni the sequels need to be "branched off"
> cast members at parks start citing a time portal
> May the 4th merch quietly drops the sequels
> rumor leaks: Ahsoka finale severs the timeline
$4B of canon about to get filed under "alternate universe" because nobody can say the word "mistake"

But I don't think returning to Han, Luke and Leia will help. Once you fall completely out of love, you don't usually fall back in love. The bubble is burst, the magic is gone. The Force is dead.

It's really incredible. The biggest IPs in the history of the world destroyed themselves because The Mary Sue claimed that girls liked boys' action-adventure movies just as much as boys and it was #Sexist to not let girls See Themselves in boys adventure/war stories and these fucking idiots believed them and bet $40 billion dollars on what "Princess Weeks" from The Mary Sue told them.

Below, proof that the supposedly "good" sequel film was just an embarrassing rip-off of the original trilogy movies, as if you need it.

I hear that this was a mandate from Creative Genius Bob Iger, who issued the very creative corporate mandate that the "new" movies should just be remakes of the old ones. So I don't think that choice can be blamed on Kaffeine.

She can be blamed for everything else, though.

If you have four minutes to spare, this video comparing The Force Awakens to Star Wars explains better than a million words ever could why the sequel trilogy was doomed to fail, and from the start. If you've never seen it, it's an absolute must. https://t.co/kZIErDv1uZ
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) May 5, 2026

* Which I never read, of course, though I heard they were pretty good. Anyone read them? Are they worth it?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:00 PM

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1 Saw the Hamell and Obama library video. So very lame.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 05, 2026 05:01 PM (abIsI)

2 I like this gray format. Agreeable gray is nice.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 05, 2026 05:02 PM (abIsI)

3 I let the udders know.

Posted by: Dad of Six at May 05, 2026 05:03 PM (OI6JV)

4 Stephen Miller's America First Legal has won its lawsuit against Katie Hobbs

Only American citizens can vote in all (15) counties in Arizona...this is what pushback looks like

Also, nood Disney

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 05, 2026 05:03 PM (abIsI)

5 With as many Leia cosplayers I’ve met and “researched” this one by Disney has to be a sith psyop.

Posted by: Brometheus at May 05, 2026 05:03 PM (dJMrS)

6 Put a chick in it, make it gay, make it lame!

Posted by: They'll never recover, nor should they at May 05, 2026 05:04 PM (TbWk/)

7 Ooops

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 05, 2026 05:04 PM (abIsI)

8 Which I never read, of course, though I heard they were pretty good. Anyone read them? Are they worth it
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They are outright bad.

Zahn is a bad writer caught up in corporate dictates about what has to be included.

It was painful to read.

Posted by: TJM's phone at May 05, 2026 05:05 PM (w4o6z)

9 May the Farce be with you...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 05:05 PM (FtULh)

10 I really liked the Thrawn Trilogy.

Grand Admiral Thrawn is one of my favorite villains of all time.

It's a shame the Bantam-era Star Wars EU was such a mixed bag.

The Del Rey era, starting with the New Jedi Order was generally pretty decent.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 05:05 PM (gnNyN)

11 One young actress I like who's about 16 now, Kyrianna Kratter, was in that kid's version of Star Wars a year or so ago. She had on a stupid visor and whatever.

Work is work.

She's going to be playing a transgender in that 'All of Us' or whatever it is zombie show.

It must suck to be a Western actor or actress.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 05:05 PM (Sco7b)

12 That cleaned up nicely ...

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 05:06 PM (XuXeR)

13 1 Saw the Hamell and Obama library video. So very lame.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 05, 2026 05:01 PM (abIsI)

Cringe worthy

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 05:07 PM (FtULh)

14
Man.

This is so bad, guys.

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At least they're not Black Tranny Pedos ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:07 PM (9Kqhl)

15 >>>They are outright bad.
Zahn is a bad writer caught up in corporate dictates about what has to be included.

ooof!

Then again, as Rick Sanchez said: "Your boos mean nothing. I've seen what makes you cheer."

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (1wjle)

16 That cleaned up nicely ...
Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 05:06 PM (XuXeR)
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It's amazing what a slash or an angled bracket in the right place can accomplish...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (gnNyN)

17 I haven't seen one episode of the Star Wars franchise since 1983. It doesn't sound like I have missed much.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (D1E+2)

18 10 I really liked the Thrawn Trilogy.

Grand Admiral Thrawn is one of my favorite villains of all time.

It's a shame the Bantam-era Star Wars EU was such a mixed bag.

The Del Rey era, starting with the New Jedi Order was generally pretty decent.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 05:05 PM (gnNyN

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Leia wanders around for the 2nd book with nothing to do.

Thrawn is introduced in the first scene, denying him mystery.

The whole macguffin of the second book doesn't matter in the end.

The whole Luke being with the clone Dark Jedi stuff is laughably terrible because Zahn has no clue what to do with Luke or even who he is.

Genuinely, they're trash.

Posted by: TJM's phone at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (w4o6z)

19 At least they're not Black Tranny Pedos ..."

*Disney exec pulls up grok*

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (XuXeR)

20 I enjoyed the Thrawn Trilogy. Hopefully they can work Sidney Sweeney in as Mara.

Posted by: Dad of Six at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (OI6JV)

21 15 ooof!

Then again, as Rick Sanchez said: "Your boos mean nothing. I've seen what makes you cheer."
Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (1wjle)

÷====

Well, then read and enjoy!

Posted by: TJM's phone at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (w4o6z)

22 OT but this is definitely full retard at the Met Gala:

https://tinyurl.com/2zwhzzc8

Posted by: beckster at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (kX27y)

23 >>>They are outright bad.
Zahn is a bad writer caught up in corporate dictates about what has to be included.

Then again, as Rick Sanchez said: "Your boos mean nothing. I've seen what makes you cheer."
Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (1wjle)
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Don't listen to him, ace!

He admits he's illiterate!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 05:09 PM (gnNyN)

24 the RISE OF THE RESISTANCE ride you can see where is was supposed to be HOTH and then they just stopped and went with the new Crap, and the ride barley works they just refurbished Big Thunder and it caught on fire.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 05, 2026 05:09 PM (ubCxQ)

25 And the rumor is -- and I'd say this is a fact -- that Disney will re-cast Han, Luke, and Leia and start making movies about their adventures immediately after the fall of the Empire. The Timothy Zahn Thrawn trilogy, for example.*

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Well , there is plenty of "Legends" material, I gather. Thrawn is already being run through the Ahsoka series. And he was in Rebels.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:09 PM (GD0B3)

26 DJ Marco Rubio sold it. Get that guy a job making political ads.

Posted by: brak at May 05, 2026 05:09 PM (jGJov)

27 but this is definitely full retard at the Met Gala:"

You will applaud, tovarish....

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 05:10 PM (XuXeR)

28 Genuinely, they're trash.
Posted by: TJM's phone at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (w4o6z)
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You have no idea how bad Star Wars novels get until you read Darksaber or Children of the Jedi.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 05:11 PM (gnNyN)

29 When are they going to remake the original Star Wars movie?

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 05:11 PM (vFG9F)

30 OT but this is definitely full retard at the Met Gala:

https://tinyurl.com/2zwhzzc8
Posted by: beckster

Kick the tires, take her out for a test drive, and we'll see.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 05:11 PM (ndZc7)

31 Disney's star wars is just lesbians and fags cosplaying.

Same with Paramount with Star Trek franchise.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 05, 2026 05:11 PM (IifOV)

32 Who else heard that Cara Dune/Gina Carano migh be back ?

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:11 PM (GD0B3)

33 Thrawn Trilogy was good. I always thought it was stupid that they didn't use it for the sequel trilogy.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 05, 2026 05:12 PM (CNl8/)

34 I've missed Disney news.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 05:12 PM (4NO2D)

35 >>>32 Who else heard that Cara Dune/Gina Carano migh be back ?

N O P E

that was a false leak pumped out by Disney to trick people into giving the new piece of shit a chance. Carano denied it.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:12 PM (1wjle)

36 Andor is one of the best series ever done, Star Wars or not.

Posted by: YOHAN THE LIBRARIAN at May 05, 2026 05:12 PM (3TalN)

37 Actually, this isn't about anything important.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 05, 2026 05:12 PM (RIvkX)

38 You have no idea how bad Star Wars novels get until you read Darksaber or Children of the Jedi.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 05:11 PM (gnNyN)

Zahn's stuff is really for grade school/high school ..but some of us are just kids at heart! Is "Bloodlines" any good?

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:13 PM (GD0B3)

39 Spaceballs will also suck Balls after seeing who is in charge of making the sequel and if it's anything like History of the World part II it's going to be very very bad, Oh you didn't know they made a sequel to History of the World well nobody did

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 05, 2026 05:13 PM (ubCxQ)

40 that was a false leak pumped out by Disney to trick people into giving the new piece of shit a chance. Carano denied it.

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oh..

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:13 PM (GD0B3)

41 Star Wars should have ended with Star Wars.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 05, 2026 05:13 PM (kMNVd)

42 Even the 'good' Star Wars movies are bad.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2026 05:14 PM (Lu7y1)

43 I read Zahn's 80's Blackcollar and Cobra Military SF series' and they were fairly pedestrian in the field, both involving supersoldiers made by drugs and technology respectively.

he went off into Star Wars stuff and I did not pursue even in the OT era.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:14 PM (8avO+)

44 Is it just me, or does the Luke actor look kinda like a female?

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 05, 2026 05:14 PM (qivay)

45 The yelling girl has like 50 teeth.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:14 PM (Gqar8)

46 There's just no part of me that cares about the Star Wars universe anymore. And I'm really not interested in watching any ret-con version of Star Trek, even though I still love TOS. Maybe one day I'll go back and read or re-read some of the Trek novels, or get a DVD set of DS-9.

Posted by: PabloD at May 05, 2026 05:15 PM (5Ewx3)

47 "teens now call Star Wars "out of order""

I thought it was 6-7.

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 05:15 PM (vFG9F)

48 44 Is it just me, or does the Luke actor look kinda like a female?
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 05, 2026 05:14 PM (qivay)

He looks precious.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:15 PM (Gqar8)

49 But I don't think returning to Han, Luke and Leia will help. Once you fall completely out of love, you don't usually fall back in love. The bubble is burst, the magic is gone. The Force is dead.

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It can (1) take you years to gain a new customer, (2) take you seconds to lose them, and (3) be virtually impossible to ever regain them after having lost them.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:15 PM (9Kqhl)

50 I hated Andor Season I - total revolutionary marxist garbage, and season 2 was only watchable because they dumped the socialist crap, and focused on adventure more.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:15 PM (GD0B3)

51 Thrawn Trilogy was good. I always thought it was stupid that they didn't use it for the sequel trilogy.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 05, 2026 05:12 PM (CNl8/)

even dumber to use it up for Ashoka.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:15 PM (8avO+)

52 >>.It can (1) take you years to gain a new customer, (2) take you seconds to lose them, and (3) be virtually impossible to ever regain them after having lost them.

yeah... i've heard someone talking about how much it costs to gain a single customer.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:16 PM (1wjle)

53 Disney is going with General Leia not Princess Leia because ....

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 05, 2026 05:16 PM (ubCxQ)

54 I would like to know how Spock got into Star Fleet without anyone knowing about his periodic Pon Farr freakout.

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 05:16 PM (vFG9F)

55 Below, proof that the supposedly "good" sequel film was just an embarrassing rip-off of the original trilogy movies, as if you need it.

It's an homage!

Posted by: Bob Eyegore at May 05, 2026 05:16 PM (LSV6F)

56 Spaceballs will also suck Balls after seeing who is in charge of making the sequel and if it's anything like History of the World part II it's going to be very very bad, Oh you didn't know they made a sequel to History of the World well nobody did
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 05, 2026 05:13 PM (ubCxQ)
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In fairness, the only good section of History of the World Part I was the previews for History of the World Part II.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 05, 2026 05:16 PM (kMNVd)

57 Watched most of Epire Strikes Back yesterday, probably the best of the bunch

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 05:16 PM (Ia/+0)

58 53 Disney is going with General Leia not Princess Leia because ....
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 05, 2026 05:16 PM (ubCxQ)

Full-Tilt Girlboss.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:16 PM (Gqar8)

59 Gee I wonder if it will turn out everyone good in Star Wars was actually either a racist sexist homophobe or a gold star earning loyal leftist social justice revolutionary. Gonna be totally shocking when that happens!!!

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 05:17 PM (vE0+H)

60 Justice Jackson could play Leia. Or Baby Chewbacca.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 05:17 PM (ndZc7)

61 Funnily enough I was there in CA about a month ago. For the start of Spring Break, so the Park was packed. Galaxy's Edge (Aspach-Cole series plagerism aside) was pretty quiet. The whole section was low on people compared to the rest of the park. Except for the Resistance ride and the Falcon ride. They were both ok.

It feels weird in that its got a lot of space and is built to traditional Disney quality, but doesn't have much there to do. Just a few shops and the two rides. Few characters around, no Stormtroopers. Blue milk was good though, had that twice.

I did appreciate my 3yo niece. New Republic spy (nice, young castmember) came by to ask her if she wanted to be part of an event. My niece took her hand and said "lets go see these rocks!" And proceeded to drag the poor thing to go look at blast doors and rock formations. Castmember did a good job and let my neice drag her around. Good sport.

Posted by: AFlyingSqrl at May 05, 2026 05:17 PM (CW2c6)

62 Justice Jackson could play Leia. Or Baby Chewbacca.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 05:17 PM

She's a born Ewok.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 05:18 PM (4NO2D)

63 DisneyChannel is actually better than peak woke. I'm still watching the worst horror movies - so much dismemberment - but some of the new DC stuff is pretty funny.

Not safe for kids though. Every white girl has a crush on black guys. And they keep cancelling live action shows after 2 seasons.

And as woke as Disney is, you know what you'll NEVER see on DisneyChannel - a REALLY black, black guy. Caramel or lighter.

Someone should protest.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 05:19 PM (Sco7b)

64 >>>proof that the supposedly "good" sequel film was just an embarrassing rip-off of the original trilogy movies, as if you need it.

they don't care if it's a rip off -- they're just redoing it to market merchandise to a new generation, and keep the IP active

Posted by: brak at May 05, 2026 05:19 PM (jGJov)

65 60 Justice Jackson could play Leia. Or Baby Chewbacca.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 05:17 PM (ndZc7)

she's the size of an Ewok, after seeing her that clip in the play she looks like a Dwarf.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 05, 2026 05:19 PM (ubCxQ)

66 Watched most of Epire Strikes Back yesterday, probably the best of the bunch
Posted by: Skip

I loved it when I first saw it in the theater circa 1980.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 05:19 PM (ndZc7)

67 Oh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 05:19 PM (nzPxx)

68
The original Star Wars is based on old low budget science fiction movie shorts, modernized. It has nothing to say about the human condition. It was never substantial, just a novelty. Maybe basing an entire industry on a lightweight trifle is the real issue here.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 05:20 PM (azNOR)

69 Prepare three letters . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 05:20 PM (wVcYX)

70 Fun fact, Hispanics now outnumber blacks in the Windy City. We are about a couple of election cycles away from blacks being a diminishing force in Chicago and Illinois politics.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)

As the voting power of the black dissolves, we will get to find out once again what Democrats really think of them. So that'll be fun. Not for blacks though.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 05:20 PM (vE0+H)

71 I learned today that, subsequent to the events in Return of the Jedi, there is lore that the real motivation of ol' Palp wasn't just evil, it was he knew the secret of what lay beyond the galaxy.

A race of warriors from another galaxy, immune to the Force, who viewed using machines as blasphemy, growing their ships and weapons.
Like a mash-up of Warhammer 40k.

That the whole purpose of the Empire, the massive war machine, and the Death Stars was the only chance they had to defeat them.

Instead, the goofy hippie space wizards and their primitive magic destroying the Empire caused the death of some 360 trillion sentients before the invasion was defeated.

Which is to say, there were/are so, so many better stories they could have told after the original; complex characters and plots.

Instead they chose shittier, boring re-hashes of the original stories--but with More Girl Power.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 05:20 PM (MtSIY)

72 There’ll never be another Jar Jar Binks though.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:21 PM (Gqar8)

73 I quit reading Star Wars EU novels around the time I stopped sucking my thumb with the nightlight on, so 35 or 36.

Posted by: Kristian Harloff, Collider at May 05, 2026 05:21 PM (aKk9a)

74 Star Wars is lame. Even the good ones were just kid's movies. I pray they aren't making K-Pop Demon Hunters movies in 50 years and having adults buy tickets for themselves.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 05:21 PM (BI5O2)

75 Disney seeks to employ heterosexuals to develop story lines and recruit actors.

Nah.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 05:22 PM (nzPxx)

76 The original Star Wars is based on old low budget science fiction movie shorts, modernized. It has nothing to say about the human condition. It was never substantial, just a novelty. Maybe basing an entire industry on a lightweight trifle is the real issue here.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 05:20 PM (azNOR)

Shooting up the bad guys IS the human condition.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:22 PM (8avO+)

77 I liked Mara Jade in the books, especially in her introduction. There hadn't really been anyone to rival Luke at that point, and she was perfect.

Biggest thing I hated when they "legacied" all this was getting rid of her and Luke's relationship.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 05, 2026 05:22 PM (tOcjL)

78 Logan's Run came out in 1976. New Hope in 1977. The difference in special effects is amazing.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:23 PM (GD0B3)

79 Prepare three letters . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 05:20 PM (wVcYX)

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... Maria, address it to my wife

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:23 PM (9Kqhl)

80 I'll say it until I'm blue in the face: The Thrawn Trilogy is definitely worth it.

Posted by: Dodd at May 05, 2026 05:23 PM (vl9MY)

81 I thought the Mara Jade story in the Thrawn trilogy was kinda stupid. Not that Luke did not need a "partner", but how they got introduced.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:24 PM (GD0B3)

82 Hamell did a turn as a vampire with a beef with Laszlo in an episode of What We are in the Shadows. He's actually got pretty good comedy instincts.

Too bad he's a dolt.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 05, 2026 05:24 PM (l26NL)

83 "I would like to know how Spock got into Starfleet without anybody knowing about his periodic Ponn Farr freakout."

Dude, what happens on Vulcan stays on Vulcan

Posted by: P'Diddy at May 05, 2026 05:24 PM (5Ewx3)

84 Spaceballs will also suck Balls after seeing who is in charge of making the sequel and if it's anything like History of the World part II it's going to be very very bad, Oh you didn't know they made a sequel to History of the World well nobody did
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 05, 2026 05:13 PM (ubCxQ)

Just like Caddyshack II. Very, very bad.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 05:25 PM (wVcYX)

85 >>.80 I'll say it until I'm blue in the face: The Thrawn Trilogy is definitely worth it.

I think that is definitely the majority view.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:25 PM (1wjle)

86 Mouse is dead Jim.

Posted by: bones at May 05, 2026 05:25 PM (ehY6c)

87 Star Wars literally had an entire galaxy of stuff they could make up and run with that hundreds of millions of fans would pay huge money to watch and re-watch but they chose to go woke and pi$$ off most of their fans.

Bold strategy cotton let's see how that works out for them.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 05, 2026 05:25 PM (0N4FZ)

88 74 Star Wars is lame. Even the good ones were just kid's movies. I pray they aren't making K-Pop Demon Hunters movies in 50 years and having adults buy tickets for themselves.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 05:21 PM (BI5O2)

In honesty for me the interesting part of Star Wars was Carrie Fisher, the droids, and Indiana Jones smartassery. The rest was filler.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:25 PM (Gqar8)

89 70 Fun fact, Hispanics now outnumber blacks in the Windy City. We are about a couple of election cycles away from blacks being a diminishing force in Chicago and Illinois politics.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)

As the voting power of the black dissolves, we will get to find out once again what Democrats really think of them. So that'll be fun. Not for blacks though.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 05:20 PM (vE0+H)

They won't entirely abandon them though, they'll still use them for "street actions".

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 05, 2026 05:25 PM (qivay)

90 There’ll never be another Jar Jar Binks though.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:21 PM (Gqar

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Ketanji Brown "Affirmative Action" Jackson hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:25 PM (9Kqhl)

91 People without imagination are worthless. Losers, you might say. Can't possibly have success of any kind. Just saying.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:25 PM (GD0B3)

92 Is there even a market for the Thrawn material? I know fanboys of a certain age love that stuff. But the original Thrawn trilogy was written in the early 90s. Or, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. After watching them fuck the franchise's corpse for the intervening three decades, I have some doubts.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 05:26 PM (nTGnD)

93 The original trilogy was classic. The prequel trilogy has some moments. The next three bit the big one. Rogue One wasn't bad, but the rest was crap. Unless the writers go back to the original trilogy formula Star Wars is dead. Unfortunately the writers are all woke idiots and the entire movie industry is brain dead so nothing will come of it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 05:26 PM (gu0hJ)

94 Which is to say, there were/are so, so many better stories they could have told after the original; complex characters and plots.

Instead they chose shittier, boring re-hashes of the original stories--but with More Girl Power.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 05:20 PM (MtSIY)
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I really enjoyed the space opera of the New Jedi Order series. They could have easily turned that into a decade-long MCU-style franchise if anyone at Lucasfilm had the vision to do so...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 05:26 PM (gnNyN)

95 i'm old-school, I'm a "Han Solo at Star's Edge" and "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" stan

(no not really. the only star wars books I read were Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, which I read before I saw the movies, because I was a Poor)

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:26 PM (1wjle)

96 90 There’ll never be another Jar Jar Binks though.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:21 PM (Gqar

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Ketanji Brown "Affirmative Action" Jackson hardest hit ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:25 PM (9Kqhl

What's Lori Lightfoot doing these days?
She's been on my mind...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 05:26 PM (Sco7b)

97 82 Hamell did a turn as a vampire with a beef with Laszlo in an episode of What We are in the Shadows. He's actually got pretty good comedy instincts.

Too bad he's a dolt.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 05, 2026 05:24 PM (l26NL)

He does. He's also a good voice actor. Awesome as the Joker, for example.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 05, 2026 05:27 PM (qivay)

98 Also a sequel.....of sorts....

Here's the trailer for the new "Evil Dead Burn" movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr-CPXcYgv4

It looks like a very gory version of "The Monkey Paw".

Could be a good horror movie assuming that they aren't showing us all of the "good" parts.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 05:27 PM (iJfKG)

99 Linked this yesterday. The wages of Woke, in a 4-panel comic:

https://is.gd/DAlolb

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 05:27 PM (VHUov)

100 With Star Wars and Star Trek both going to shit there is an opening for Warhammer 40k right now to become THE SF franchise

But knowing Games Workshop they WILL screw this up

Because as we all know, selling minis is the path to prosperity...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:27 PM (sKqQm)

101 Off, perverted Vulcan sock.

Posted by: PabloD at May 05, 2026 05:27 PM (5Ewx3)

102 Maybe basing an entire industry on a lightweight trifle is the real issue here.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

Maybe making it an "industry" based on extracting maximum value rather than presenting maximum entertainment was the actual issue...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 05, 2026 05:27 PM (OUMaO)

103 When are they going to remake the original Star Wars movie?
Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 05:11 PM (vFG9F)

I've seen a couple of AI-made fan movies on EweTube that do a decent job of recreating the originals. The clips are only ten minutes long, but you know they didn't take $10 million to make them.

Old Hollywood is dead. Seen any good vaudeville shows recently?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 05:28 PM (hNnmQ)

104 Just like Caddyshack II. Very, very bad.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 05:25 PM (wVcYX)

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Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:28 PM (9Kqhl)

105 I learned today that, subsequent to the events in Return of the Jedi, there is lore that the real motivation of ol' Palp wasn't just evil, it was he knew the secret of what lay beyond the galaxy.

A race of warriors from another galaxy, immune to the Force, who viewed using machines as blasphemy, growing their ships and weapons.
Like a mash-up of Warhammer 40k.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 05:20 PM (MtSIY)

Sounds like a ripoff of the climax of the first season of Blakes 7. The evil Empire had a secret base in an unknown location the good guys had to find. This arc covered several shows and they find that all sorts of tasks are being run through the computers there at Star One. And they are starting to fail. They find its location is at the edge of the galaxy and are going to destroy it, but then they find that another task it has is a huge shield holding back a trans galactic invasion force and there is a spy aboard the station trying to enable the invasion. They warn the evil empire about the invasion and use their superior ship to hold back the invasion as long as they can - fade to black

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:28 PM (8avO+)

106 81 I thought the Mara Jade story in the Thrawn trilogy was kinda stupid. Not that Luke did not need a "partner", but how they got introduced.
Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:24 PM (GD0B3)

Having a former emperor's hand want to get even for the emperor's death wasn't good story motivation for you? Putting Luke in actual peril wasn't good story?

I thought it was some of the strongest material that ever got written in the Legacy.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 05, 2026 05:28 PM (tOcjL)

107 Disney still not hiring white successful writers in favor of DIE and alphabet writers. Expects turn around within 2-4 decades.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 05, 2026 05:28 PM (xvV+O)

108 *taps the Giv-o-Shit meter*
*nothing*

So...how about them Mariners???

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 05:29 PM (2WIwB)

109 I don't know if the Thrawn books are good, but if you want to do a sequel series, postulating an "Imperial Remnant" to fight is a good way to basically continue the same Rebellion vs. Empire storyline from the original movies while changing it just enough to claim the story has advanced.

I think the next one involves, what, the Yuzang Vong or something invading from another galaxy? that's a bigger conceptual change.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:29 PM (1wjle)

110 Wonder what TJM thinks of Star Wars, in Any of its’ iterations?

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:29 PM (Gqar8)

111 I was out all day, but wanted to share comments on an early thread:

Alito knows he’ll go down as one of the assholes who did his utmost to reverse decades of hard-won progress on civil rights. This is why DIVERSITY is important. Crazy that the Black woman might have a different opinion than an old White man.

Did KBJ hurt the terrorist judge’s wee lil feelings. Wah Daddy Roberts, the black lady called me a name! she was 100% correct as states are literally attempting to stop ongoing elections!!!

I saw another article that said over 40K early ballots had already been cast. Alito can F right off given this is now meddling in an active election for partisan reasons

Now he’s getting personal, and he breaches that wall with … a Black woman. And he’s the guy who ripped up women’s right to safe reproductive health care. He is begging to be impeached.

Yall should go watch last night's daily show. Guest was SHERRILYN IFILL and she breaks it down perfectly. Roberts has been gunning to destroy this for almost 50 years. Scotus has stolen power from Congress by overriding what they have voted on.

America has no choice but to pack the Court.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 05, 2026 05:29 PM (jlnco)

112
A race of warriors from another galaxy, immune to the Force, who viewed using machines as blasphemy, growing their ships and weapons.
Like a mash-up of Warhammer 40k.

So...Dune?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:29 PM (sKqQm)

113 I've seen a couple of AI-made fan movies on EweTube that do a decent job of recreating the originals. The clips are only ten minutes long, but you know they didn't take $10 million to make them.

Search "AI ruins" on YouTube sometime. You will laugh your ass off with what you find.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 05, 2026 05:30 PM (OUMaO)

114 Watched most of Epire Strikes Back yesterday, probably the best of the bunch
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I loved it when I first saw it in the theater circa 1980.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026

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+ 100 It expanded what we'd seen in the first film, showing us the ice planet and the workings of the rebel alliance. We were pleased they'd gotten a real SF writer, Leigh Brackett, for the script, and she had realized there were more stories to be told in the SW universe, not just another spaceship attack on a giant Imperial fort. And the story was darker, with a screeching bombshell of s surprise at the climax, and events in the first film -- Solo's debt to Jabba, for instance -- came back to bite the original characters. It was a delight.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 05:30 PM (wzUl9)

115 Good sequels are a Rara Avis.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:30 PM (Gqar8)

116 Highlander Eleven? Great movie!

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at May 05, 2026 05:30 PM (5Ewx3)

117 China insisted that the Force had to be changed or they would not allow the movies to be shown in China, so that's why Lucas changed it, the Chicoms felt the Force description was too religious.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 05, 2026 05:30 PM (ubCxQ)

118 i'm old-school, I'm a "Han Solo at Star's Edge" and "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" stan

(no not really. the only star wars books I read were Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, which I read before I saw the movies, because I was a Poor)
Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:26 PM (1wjle)

As I recall in Splinter of the Mind's Eye, Vader gets some limb chopped off and he's dropped into an endless shaft on some planet. Even at the time I said "No way this is canon", Vader isn't gonna miss the sequel.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:31 PM (8avO+)

119 Just have AI make the new stories. Tell it has to be set after Return of the Jedi, must include the original characters and it can rip off the original trilogy, 2001 space oddessy, Battlestar Galactica, the original Flash Gordon serials and some miscellenous Japanese samurai films.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 05, 2026 05:31 PM (Vh9CX)

120 >>>117 China insisted that the Force had to be changed or they would not allow the movies to be shown in China, so that's why Lucas changed it, the Chicoms felt the Force description was too religious.

you're saying this is why Lucas concocted the Midichlorians?

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:31 PM (1wjle)

121 Speaking of Dune, they are making another one and my vague memory is this is the point where the Dune books stop being mostly a traditional sort of coming of age adventure to getting very political.

Is there room to woke-i-fy it?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:31 PM (sKqQm)

122 Having a former emperor's hand want to get even for the emperor's death wasn't good story motivation for you? Putting Luke in actual peril wasn't good story?

I thought it was some of the strongest material that ever got written in the Legacy.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 05, 2026 05:28 PM (tOcjL)

I liked the cloning angle.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:31 PM (GD0B3)

123 I thought I read Starfleet Academy cost $8 million an episode. What the hell?

Hollywood would do themselves a favour slashing the budget 80%, put an extra 10% towards white male writers and put on a damn good show.

'Stargirl' - now on Amazon - was fantastic but even that was $5 million an episode. But they had Solomon Grundy AND a kick ass robot.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 05:32 PM (Sco7b)

124 At least the six Sharknado movies delivered what was expected - stupid fun entertainment. No affected pretense or delusions of quality.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 05:32 PM (wVcYX)

125 Seeing Star Wars in '77 made me want to go into the movie biz doing modeling.

I'd been doing it for 10 years prior. Modeling. You know; building models. Sniffing glue. Whatever.

Glad I smoked weed for 2 years after that, sobered up and built networks that became the Internet instead.

Y'all can thank me later.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 05:32 PM (jehhT)

126 66 Watched most of Epire Strikes Back yesterday, probably the best of the bunch
Posted by: Skip

Veteran sci fi writer (and script writer) Leigh Brackett wrote the screenplay and Irvin Kershner directed. Much tighter film. The first one benefitted vastly from former Lucas wife Marcia Lucas and George had crap tendencies that would have destroyed that movie. Marcia edited the first movie and whipped it in to shape. She also worked as editor with Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver for example).

Probably why George divorced her in the future; she had more talent than he did. She won (and deserved) the Oscar in 1977 for best film editing for Star Wars. Her contributions noted here. https://tinyurl.com/2n3e49bp

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:32 PM (E4rtv)

127 >>>I thought I read Starfleet Academy cost $8 million an episode. What the hell?

I think your number is way, way low.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:33 PM (1wjle)

128
Today is the 65th anniversary of Alan Shepards's first flight. He lifted off, after a long countdown delay, at 9:34AM EST, May 5, 1961.

He pulled 6.3 g peak during launch, and a whopping 11.6 g peak during reentry.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 05:33 PM (w6EFb)

129 Both Leigh Bracket and Marcia Lucas are the real feminist heroes of Star Wars production, not Kathleen Kennedy who was and is a talentless hack deserving only to fetch coffee for her betters.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:33 PM (E4rtv)

130 Hamell did a turn as a vampire with a beef with Laszlo in an episode of What We are in the Shadows. He's actually got pretty good comedy instincts.

Too bad he's a dolt.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 05, 2026

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His horrific moment in Empire where he screams when Vader severs his hand was very effective.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 05:33 PM (wzUl9)

131 Episode VII: The Iron ShogunThe Vibe: Seven Samurai meets Flash Gordon.The Setup: The Empire didn't just vanish; it fractured into warring shogunates. Luke Skywalker is a wandering rōnin, seeking ancient Jedi shrines to understand a "Great Signal" coming from the Deep Core.The Conflict: A brutal Imperial Warlord, Grand Admiral Vane, has found a "Monolith"—a terrifyingly advanced piece of Rakatan technology that can brainwash entire systems (the 2001 influence).The Action: Leia is the "Space Queen" of a fledgling, desperate New Republic. Han and Chewie are basically freelancers running blockades in a beat-up Falcon that looks more like a Battlestar Galactica Raptor—scarred and purely functional.The Climax: A lightsaber duel in a rain-slicked neon forest on a Core World. Luke defeats Vane’s champion, but the Monolith activates, sending a signal into the void.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 05, 2026 05:33 PM (Vh9CX)

132 Gene Wilder mostly and Richard Pryor some, kept Mel Brooks work in the money and out of the crude fart joke column.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 05:33 PM (nzPxx)

133 New Hope trilogy was about Lucas' relationship with his father. The Phantom Menace trilogy was about Lucas' relationship with his then wife, Marcia. Makes sense, no?

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:34 PM (GD0B3)

134 125 Seeing Star Wars in '77 made me want to go into the movie biz doing modeling.

I'd been doing it for 10 years prior. Modeling. You know; building models. Sniffing glue. Whatever.

Glad I smoked weed for 2 years after that, sobered up and built networks that became the Internet instead.

Y'all can thank me later.
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CGI killed the modelling star (and mattes for that matter).

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:34 PM (E4rtv)

135 For the amount of money Hollywood spends on movies they should never make a bad one.

But they pay $$$ for big named actors of questionable value and go with a shitty script and then throw the rest away on unneeded CGI...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:34 PM (sKqQm)

136 121 Speaking of Dune, they are making another one and my vague memory is this is the point where the Dune books stop being mostly a traditional sort of coming of age adventure to getting very political.

Is there room to woke-i-fy it?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:31 PM (sKqQm

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It was political from the beginning.

Herbert was writing a cautionary tale about populist leaders and movements.

It's just he made it very clear in the second one that what Paul unleashed was very, very bad.

But Herbert is kind of contradictory because by book 4, the tyrant is necessary and good and no one understands him because he's setting the Golden Path.

Essentially, "Nixon is the devil because he has too much power. I should have all that power because I'm particularly smart and insightful."

Posted by: TJM's phone at May 05, 2026 05:34 PM (w4o6z)

137 I've read the Zahn trilogy. As well as he's two books that are basically the sequels to that. I enjoy them. I consider Zahn Stackpole and Allston's books to be the must reads for the Expanded Universe.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 05, 2026 05:35 PM (3tZV2)

138 I stopped watching the comparison after one minute. Validates all the disgust I have had for the Disney ‘creations’.

Ace nailed it. I can’t go back after Disney and Kennedy ruined Star Wars. The soulless money grubs could produce the highest concept, state of the art, master classes of film and I will not watch until they’re free to view. Maybe not even then.

Posted by: Chunk at May 05, 2026 05:35 PM (jh+Uo)

139 128
Today is the 65th anniversary of Alan Shepards's first flight. He lifted off, after a long countdown delay, at 9:34AM EST, May 5, 1961.

He pulled 6.3 g peak during launch, and a whopping 11.6 g peak during reentry.
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You left out his killer Jose Jiminez impressions and being a wetback for his ride into space.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:35 PM (E4rtv)

140 He pulled 6.3 g peak during launch, and a whopping 11.6 g peak during reentry.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Light this candle and get on with it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 05:35 PM (nzPxx)

141 You can't "kill" Star Wars. Just like you can't kill "Hamlet" or "Macbeth", because of some bad production. It will live on, get new and better directors, actors.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:35 PM (GD0B3)

142 Episode VIII: The Great BeyondThe Vibe: 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Battlestar Galactica.The Setup: The signal has summoned "The First Ones," an eldritch, machine-like fleet from beyond the galaxy (The Cylons meet the Star Child). The New Republic’s fleet is decimated in a surprise jump-attack.The Journey: Leia leads a ragtag "Rag-Tag Fleet" of civilian ships across the stars, pursued by an unstoppable, silent enemy. The tone shifts to survival horror and gritty military drama.The Transformation: Luke enters a "Star Gate" within a massive floating Monolith. The sequence is purely visual—distorted colors and echoes of the past. He emerges not as a Jedi, but as something more—a being of pure Force energy, mirroring the "Star Child" evolution.The Twist: Han Solo sacrifices the Falcon to buy the fleet time, a gritty, "Galactica"-style suicide run that leaves the heroes broken and drifting.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 05, 2026 05:36 PM (SRnc7)

143 New Hope trilogy was about Lucas' relationship with his father. The Phantom Menace trilogy was about Lucas' relationship with his then wife, Marcia. Makes sense, no?
Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:34 PM (GD0B3)

Think Marcia was an ex wife by Phantom Menace times.

Interesting to think that Lucas' Dad was a genocidal space wizard though.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:36 PM (8avO+)

144 >>>Watched most of Epire Strikes Back yesterday, probably the best of the bunch

Find the despecialized versions online. They are the best of the bunch, even if the addition of Ewoks in ROTJ for the kids made that movie suck ass.

Hey, Hollywood, space westerns, if you're listening. 70s style, with boobs, foul-language, and R ratings.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 05:36 PM (dK+Kv)

145 >>>141 You can't "kill" Star Wars. Just like you can't kill "Hamlet" or "Macbeth", because of some bad production. It will live on, get new and better directors, actors.

I dunno, Mickey Rooney did like 13 sequels to some movie and they got really bad at the end and they stopped making them and no one remembers them.

most franchises do have an expiration date.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:37 PM (1wjle)

146 137 I've read the Zahn trilogy. As well as he's two books that are basically the sequels to that. I enjoy them. I consider Zahn Stackpole and Allston's books to be the must reads for the Expanded Universe.
Posted by: Buzzion at May 05, 2026 05:35 PM (3tZV2)

This, 100%.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 05, 2026 05:37 PM (tOcjL)

147 You can't "kill" Star Wars. Just like you can't kill "Hamlet" or "Macbeth", because of some bad production. It will live on, get new and better directors, actors.
Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:35 PM (GD0B3)

Something killed Charlie Chan and Westerns.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:37 PM (8avO+)

148 they don't make Jaws movies any longer. One so-so sequel, one bad one, and then one terrible sequel and not even Cannon wanted to make more Jaws sequels.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:37 PM (1wjle)

149 She's going to be playing a transgender in that 'All of Us' or whatever it is zombie show.

It must suck to be a Western actor or actress.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 05:05 PM (Sco7b)

You can't 'play' a trnsjenga; they're supposed to cast a real one, no matter how unhygenic, stupid or insane they are.

Posted by: Nelly at May 05, 2026 05:38 PM (6+ehB)

150 Star Wars literally had an entire galaxy of stuff they could make up and run with that hundreds of millions of fans would pay huge money to watch and re-watch but they chose to go woke and pi$$ off most of their fans.
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Endless stories and characters.

Lando as Space Shaft, banging ho's, gambling and stealing until he scores big and wins Cloud City.

MG-88 as a sort of interstellar "Anton Chigurh"

Anyway, at least with AI, in a few years, I can have it write these plots and create the whole movie.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 05:38 PM (MtSIY)

151 And Disney will not be doing a retcon that removes the sequel trilogy to replace them with a Zahn inspired one. That is wishful thinking. They already stuck Thrawn into Disney Star Wars and completely ruined him. And that lisping loser Filoni is too busy making his player character Ahsoka be the most important person ever.

Posted by: Buzzion at May 05, 2026 05:38 PM (3tZV2)

152 Episode IX: The Celestial ThroneThe Vibe: Flash Gordon (1936) meets Harakiri.The Setup: The fleet reaches the "Throne of the Stars," a massive, gold-plated megastructure at the center of the universe. It’s pure pulp—guards in winged armor, ray guns, and ornate, over-the-top architecture.The Climax: A massive fleet battle that rips off the Return of the Jedi structure—Han (who survived via a "suspended animation" pod) leads a ground assault on the power core, while Leia commands the fleet.The Final Duel: In a minimalist, white-void chamber, Luke faces the "Architect" of the Monoliths. It’s filmed like a Kurosawa stand-off—long periods of silence followed by a single, decisive strike.The End: The machines are deactivated. Luke vanishes back into the Force to guide the next generation, and the New Republic finally finds a "New Earth" (a lush, green moon) to settle on, echoing the end of Battlestar.Would you like me to

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 05, 2026 05:38 PM (SRnc7)

153 The clown Jar-Jar Binks killed the series for me

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 05:38 PM (Ia/+0)

154 It was political from the beginning.

Yes and no. The political subtext is certainly there in the background, but the meat of the first book is Paul's journey from kid to man to leader. Amusingly, it plays out a lot like the original SW trilogy.

Boy has his parental figures killed by an evil empire, learns to use his power, overthrows the evil empire.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:39 PM (sKqQm)

155
I think the gay Klingon character pretty much killed Star Trek. A gay Klingon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 05:39 PM (w6EFb)

156 >>>The whole macguffin of the second book doesn't matter in the end.

MacGuffins aren't supposed to matter. They are just there to give the characters an excuse to to chase after the macguffin.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 05, 2026 05:39 PM (8mulE)

157 It was political from the beginning.

Herbert was writing a cautionary tale about populist leaders and movements.

It's just he made it very clear in the second one that what Paul unleashed was very, very bad.

But Herbert is kind of contradictory because by book 4, the tyrant is necessary and good and no one understands him because he's setting the Golden Path.

Essentially, "Nixon is the devil because he has too much power. I should have all that power because I'm particularly smart and insightful."
Posted by: TJM's phone
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I find Dune boring, the movies even more boring despite great effects.

Foundation was probably a better epic to read and film.

If you really want to get into the sticks, read some Stefan Brust (Jhereg series) mixes fantasy with a touch of sci fi (aliens).

He manages to get politics into his series books without being pedantic. And he uses different writing styles throughout. His three part original takeoff on the Three Musketeers set in his imagined world are pretty good too.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)

158 CGI killed the modelling star (and mattes for that matter).
Posted by: whig
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And I think, personally, that's a crime. It's another artist pushed aside.

Will AI get "better" at it? Sure. But the skills lost are... unforgivable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 05:39 PM (jehhT)

159 But they pay $$$ for big named actors of questionable value and go with a shitty script and then throw the rest away on unneeded CGI...

Posted by: 18-1

And drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 05, 2026 05:39 PM (OUMaO)

160 >> Light this candle and get on with it.

And then had to pee in his spacesuit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 05:39 PM (w6EFb)

161 Has anyone used AI to replace the Ewoks with Wookies yet?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:40 PM (sKqQm)

162 >>>l trilogy to replace them with a Zahn inspired one. That is wishful thinking. They already stuck Thrawn into Disney Star Wars and completely ruined him

yeah but that's what I mean when I say they will ignore the Kennedy Continuity just like she ignored the previous continuity.

they'll just say "the contradictions will all be explained in the fullness of time" and then, guess what, you been okey-doked, they have no explanations and never will and they just hope you forget they promised you explanations

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:40 PM (1wjle)

163 Next SW trilogy is now fully storyboarded

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 05, 2026 05:40 PM (SRnc7)

164 "I think the gay Klingon character pretty much killed Star Trek. A gay Klingon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley"

Actually, I'm bi.

Posted by: Worf at May 05, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)

165 You can't 'play' a trnsjenga; they're supposed to cast a real one, no matter how unhygenic, stupid or insane they are.
Posted by: Nelly at May 05, 2026 05:38 PM (6+ehB)

You're supposed to but she is according to Deadline.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 05:40 PM (Sco7b)

166 Just like you can't kill "Hamlet" or "Macbeth", because of some bad production.

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I don't recall a Macbeth 37: Thane of Glam, where Macbeth is a drag queen or whatever, though. Only a matter of time for Star Wars.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 05:41 PM (BI5O2)

167 taps the Giv-o-Shit meter*
*nothing*

So...how about them Mariners???

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 05:29 PM (2WIwB)

Hopefully we (12U) get a win today. Little has just started throwing a 2 seamer.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 05:41 PM (dK+Kv)

168 Episode VIII: The Great BeyondThe Vibe: 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Battlestar Galactica. >>>
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 05, 2026 05:36 PM (SRnc7)

Find a way to work in some homages to Tremors and to Starship Troopers and it'll be something for sure!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 05:41 PM (wVcYX)

169 But Herbert is kind of contradictory because by book 4, the tyrant is necessary and good and no one understands him because he's setting the Golden Path.

He also makes it explicit in the third book that Paul also knew what Leto II did, but wussed out...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 05, 2026 05:41 PM (OUMaO)

170 Anyway, at least with AI, in a few years, I can have it write these plots and create the whole movie.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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You know someone is going to do Star Whores with AI with that tech. Most likely the first use of AI films will be pron.

Don't want to see Jabba and Leia scenes done in AI.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (E4rtv)

171 The first Alien movie is a little masterpiece.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (Gqar8)

172 Ask Chicago Polacks what it was like to be out numbered

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (wBaIH)

173 The sequel trilogy should have been all about how the Rebellion’s ability to beat the Empire in a guerilla war did not translate in any way to being able to run an interstellar government. “Winning and ruling are not the same,” as Tywin Lannister memorably said. Then you could have had star systems begging for the Empire to come in and restore order, with a shadowy Sith pulling the strings behind the scenes, Palpatine-style.

However, that would have said some uncomfortable things about the Boomers who run Hollywood, so we instead got an inferior remake of ANH because said Boomers can’t ever let go of the 60’s and can’t ever picture themselves as anything other than plucky Rebels fighting The Man, even though they are The Man now.

Posted by: MrUNIVAC at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (RdCIE)

174 Hey, Hollywood, space westerns, if you're listening. 70s style, with boobs, foul-language, and R ratings.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
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Sans special effects on a production level of pre-War John Wayne westerns.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (nzPxx)

175 Foundation was probably a better epic to read and film.

I liked the books when I read them as a young man, but on reflection I'm not so sure I like the direction Asimov took it in.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (sKqQm)

176 155
I think the gay Klingon character pretty much killed Star Trek. A gay Klingon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 05:39 PM (w6EFb)

They were probably always gay. They've dressed like intergalactic leather daddies from almost the start.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (nTGnD)

177 Andor was absolutely amazing. Excellent cast, real dialogue and sets, locations and costumes were top notch.

True to the Star Wars lore.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (aZm/F)

178 And he’s the guy who ripped up women’s right to safe reproductive health care.
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Yeah, its not "reproductive health care"--its *abortion*.

Posted by: Crusader at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (TN0g+)

179 I'm just now glizzing all the day's posts.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 05, 2026 05:43 PM (3uBP9)

180 Are those actors or AI?
"Make Han look like a poofter. Make Luke look like a cuck and as for Leia, make her look like she's on her third margarita and needs a gay dude to walk her to her car"

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 05:43 PM (sDWtc)

181 I have 3 hours of Starfleet Academy on the DVR. Woke shit puts me to sleep so nicely.

And on Canada's aboriginal channel, I dvr'd Rosie, about a little Indian girl taken in by an aunt working in a sex shop with 2 friends who don't follow traditional gender roles.

I don't know how many awards it's won.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 05:43 PM (Sco7b)

182 Sans special effects on a production level of pre-War John Wayne westerns.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (nzPxx)

Dirty, grimey, low value of life, shoot first, ask questions later.

It's ripe for the picking.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 05:43 PM (dK+Kv)

183 The sequel trilogy should have been all about how the Rebellion’s ability to beat the Empire in a guerilla war did not translate in any way to being able to run an interstellar government.

The Old Republic had slavery, crime syndicates, and political corruption.

It would be interesting to see the new Republic face the same problems AND MAKE THE SAME CHOICES...

Having a Galactic Empire/Republic is a bad, bad idea.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:43 PM (sKqQm)

184 Foundation was probably a better epic to read and film.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)
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A series of short stories separated by long intervals of time is completely unsuitable for a film but could have been adapted into an episodic television miniseries (with the longest story being two episodes).

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 05, 2026 05:44 PM (K2ZGE)

185 And I think, personally, that's a crime. It's another artist pushed aside.

Will AI get "better" at it? Sure. But the skills lost are... unforgivable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Part of it was unions. Animators, model builders, and matte artists were in IATSE union.

CGI was so new in the 80's and early 90's that movie producers could hire computer geeks to do it without them being members of IATSE with the assorted work rules and required pay.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:44 PM (E4rtv)

186 I don't think these goobers understand normal females at all. I am Carrie Fisher's age, and when The Movie came out originally, my boyfriend and I went to see it six times in the theater because I was drooling over Peak Harrison Ford and he did not tell me that he was drooling over Peak Carrie Fisher but I didn't ask. Wink.

The last thing I was particularly interested in was seeing a girl have Adventures just for the sake of it, because somehow I was able to watch adventure movies with male leads and enjoy them. If the male leads were good looking, that is!

In other words, the Hollyweirdos assumed young women have the same psychology as young men, except with tits.

Oh, wait...

Posted by: Beverly at May 05, 2026 05:44 PM (reMys)

187 The first Alien movie is a little masterpiece.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (Gqar

Aliens, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 05:44 PM (dK+Kv)

188 Next Generation had too much focus on Worf and Klingon culture in general for me. Well done stuff, yes, but somehow it bores me. Anyway, considering their culture, you'd think a gay Klingon would either be so far back in the closet he'd be smelling mothballs, or he'd have been ejected from an airlock.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 05:44 PM (wzUl9)

189 I put 1st Alien movie in my top 10 Sci-fi

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 05:45 PM (Ia/+0)

190 I'm still waiting for "Ringworld" to make it to the big screen or whatever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 05:45 PM (jehhT)

191 Lucas got lucky with the casting on the original trilogy.

He got Harrison Ford before he became one of the biggest men in Hollywood, Carrie Fisher sober enough, and the best voice Hollywood have ever produced in James Earl Jones...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:45 PM (sKqQm)

192 He manages to get politics into his series books without being pedantic. And he uses different writing styles throughout. His three part original takeoff on the Three Musketeers set in his imagined world are pretty good too.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)

Those are extremely good. The Jhereg series has issues because supposedly there were going to be 17 of them. I don't think I ever got all of those.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:45 PM (8avO+)

193 They were probably always gay. They've dressed like intergalactic leather daddies from almost the start.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May

Aren't they supposed to be space Spartans? That definitely points to "gay."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 05:45 PM (BI5O2)

194 Aliens, too.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 05:44 PM (dK+Kv)

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"Game over, Dude!"

/R.I.P. Bill Paxton

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:45 PM (9Kqhl)

195 Reading this while eating my Cinco de Mayo tacos is quite a pleasure.

Are we sure the Luke, Han and Leia aren't AI?
Because they look AI.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 05:45 PM (6ydKt)

196 Wait -- so you're telling me, there was wars in space, now?

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 05:46 PM (Av6i5)

197 Yeah...but YouTubers like WDW Pro, G&G, Clownfish, etc. are pretending that the prequels were good. Doomcock has been saying that the sequels would be retconned out since 2018.

Are we still believing these people?

Posted by: Jim at May 05, 2026 05:46 PM (D7MKZ)

198 Amy Pascal and David Heyman and Amazon MGM Studios:

James Bond to Infinity and Beyond!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 05:46 PM (wVcYX)

199 Foundation.

Probably as unfilmable as Dune.

Apple has sodomized the Foundation IP recentlyish.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 05:46 PM (nTGnD)

200 Homosexuality is either a social or genetic defect.

One should expect if there are aliens they'd be surprised that anyone would argue for gay pairings.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:46 PM (sKqQm)

201 At AP, 3:29PM CDT: 'Speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday, Rubio said that “Operation Epic Fury” — the attack the U.S. and Israel mounted on Iran on Feb. 28 — “is concluded” because the objectives of the mission were all successfully concluded.'

Posted by: gp at May 05, 2026 05:46 PM (N8ZBc)

202 I think the gay Klingon character pretty much killed Star Trek. A gay Klingon.
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TNG pretty much killed Star Trek. Season 1 included a chick as "Chief Security Officer". And the plots moved slowly (and then faster as time went on) away from fighting Romulans and Klingons to fighting germs and stupid characters that looked like they belonged in a Disney children's park ("Ferengis"--disgusting, whether depicted as friend or foe of the Federation).

Posted by: Crusader at May 05, 2026 05:46 PM (TN0g+)

203 The new Princess Leia looks like the headmistress of an old-time Scottish girls' school. Wowza.

Posted by: Beverly at May 05, 2026 05:46 PM (reMys)

204 "Game over, Dude!"

/R.I.P. Bill Paxton

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:45 PM (9Kqhl)

WTF are we going to do now?!

Why don't you put her in charge?!

So many good Paxton lines delivered.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 05:47 PM (dK+Kv)

205 And then Whoopie crapped on it and rolled in it.

Posted by: Worf at May 05, 2026 05:48 PM (vFG9F)

206
Glad I smoked weed for 2 years after that, sobered up and built networks that became the Internet instead.

Y'all can thank me later.

Thank you, Al Gore.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 05:48 PM (Cqx++)

207 I'm still waiting for "Ringworld" to make it to the big screen or whatever.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026

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After I saw the first SW and its model work, I declared, "They *could* make Ringworld now!" Well, true, the aliens, esp. the puppeteer Nessus, would have been a serious problem to create in 1978.

It's really possible to do it now. But wokists in H'wood would destroy it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 05:49 PM (wzUl9)

208 I liked the books when I read them as a young man, but on reflection I'm not so sure I like the direction Asimov took it in.
Posted by: 18-1
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It is more that the overlaying arc of the story is more understandable than Dune. Dune had a lot of weird digressions that fans dig but others find ridiculous. There is a reason that Tolkien did not like allegories.

The funny thing is commercial failure as writer, Phillip Dick, actually has more movies from his short stories than most of the celebrated artists of the sci fi and fantasy series.

I personally prefer H. Beam Piper's Future History. Heinlein's as second. Space Vikings would be an amazing property to be developed. Little Fuzzy would be likewise as a trilogy.

FWIW, Piper's books, like Uller Uprising, were solid recreations of past history. Lord Kalvan is dripping with it and Paratime would be an excellent source for a TV mini series.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:49 PM (E4rtv)

209 A series of short stories separated by long intervals of time is completely unsuitable for a film but could have been adapted into an episodic television miniseries (with the longest story being two episodes).
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 05, 2026 05:44 PM (K2ZGE)

You could get whole series' from Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation, about 2 seasons from each.

The lack of return characters actually helps modern TV where they extend intermittently over many years. You just need to keep your show runners alive and know how to cast.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:49 PM (8avO+)

210 Lucas got lucky with the casting on the original trilogy.

He got Harrison Ford before he became one of the biggest men in Hollywood, Carrie Fisher sober enough (and braless!), and the best voice Hollywood have ever produced in James Earl Jones...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 05:45 PM (sKqQm)

In space, boobs are weightless, but retain mass and vector momentum!

(edited for me)

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 05:49 PM (wVcYX)

211 "Game over, Dude!"

/R.I.P. Bill Paxton

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:45 PM (9Kqhl)

WTF are we going to do now?!

Why don't you put her in charge?!
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and then the helicopter and aircraft crashed.....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 05:49 PM (jehhT)

212
I was a fan of "Star Wars" in the sense that I was interested in seeing the new movies.

Buuuut, Daisy Trilogy murdered any interest I had. I didn't even watch the last movie.

Don't know if I'd watch anything new even with the redone "old" crew...maybe.

I never was so interested in SW that I read any of the books.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 05:50 PM (iJfKG)

213 The scifi universe I'd like to see filmed (television series really) would be the Culture novels.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 05:50 PM (nTGnD)

214 It's really possible to do it now. But wokists in H'wood would destroy it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Woke is dying along with big studio movies and AI will accelerate that as it makes the Millennial wokesters redundant to the process. I think the new generation Gen Z is ready to get back to entertainment rather than preaching and screeching shit.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:51 PM (E4rtv)

215 So a franchise from a movie that came out when I was in high school is still limping along???

I thought there were 3 and it was over...

I'm a bit shocked.

Posted by: LASue at May 05, 2026 05:52 PM (lCppi)

216 >>>Apple has sodomized the Foundation IP recentlyish.

They were going to lobotomize it, but decided this was better.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 05, 2026 05:52 PM (8mulE)

217 bear with asymmetrical balls

Good visuals in the Culture, but too much like magic as needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 05:53 PM (u82oZ)

218 And on Canada's aboriginal channel, I dvr'd Rosie, about a little Indian girl taken in by an aunt working in a sex shop with 2 friends who don't follow traditional gender roles.

I don't know how many awards it's won.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 05:43 PM (Sco7b)

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We became big fans of the period piece Murdoch Mysteries ... and then somewhere along the line several years ago, they unfortunately went full on #Woke right around the Covid PsyOps and we couldn't take it anymore.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:53 PM (9Kqhl)

219 Here's the problem, Star Wars is so culturally embedded that casting a new Luke, Han, Leia will be nigh impossible.

I mean, they really f***ing blew it with the Sequels, all they had to do was reunite the trio, let them sheapard new young proxi characrters, and give Han, Luke and Leia hero's deaths and they could have f***ing minted money for two more generations.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 05:53 PM (XV/Pl)

220 Is there som known moment when Disney "went woke"?

As far as I know:

History of Disney

1923 - 1937 -- struggling animation studio
1937-1955 -- purveyor of old-timey conservative American values and Western civilization cultural memes
1955-19?? -- corporate money-making machine
200?-2026 -- money-losing woke dumpster fire

When did Stage 3 become Stage 4?

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 05:53 PM (Av6i5)

221 Think Marcia was an ex wife by Phantom Menace times.

Interesting to think that Lucas' Dad was a genocidal space wizard though.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:36 PM (8avO+)

He had a troubled relationship with dad when he was young. And the breakup of his life with Marcia is reflected in the first trilogy - ambition, striving to do more and more, eating it up and so on.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:54 PM (GD0B3)

222 I am reading Lord Valentine's Castle again after 30 years. Silverberg's Majipoor is a very richly developed world. I just think Hollywood would find a way to fuck that up as well.

Oh well, I love being able to watch brain movies as I read.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 05, 2026 05:54 PM (0aYVJ)

223 I personally prefer H. Beam Piper's Future History. Heinlein's as second. Space Vikings would be an amazing property to be developed. Little Fuzzy would be likewise as a trilogy.

FWIW, Piper's books, like Uller Uprising, were solid recreations of past history. Lord Kalvan is dripping with it and Paratime would be an excellent source for a TV mini series.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:49 PM (E4rtv)

Paratime has the advantage that there are many agents besides Verkan Vall and his once and future wife Dalla. So you could have other things going with other agents in isolation. Lord Kalvan is itself a Paratime Story by the time it's done, he's a PA state policemen yanked out of his timeline and dropped in one where Aryans migrated across the Pacific from Asia into North America and settled in what is now the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:54 PM (8avO+)

224
This I didn't know (or if I did, I forgot). Alan Shepard was selected to the first of the Mercury 7 to fly into space on Jan 16, 1961.

Later at home, he told his wife Louise, "Hey honey, you've got your arms around the first man in space." She joked "Who let a Russian in here?"

That turned out to be ... prescient.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 05:54 PM (w6EFb)

225 The scifi universe I'd like to see filmed (television series really) would be the Culture novels.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026

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Poul Anderson's Polesotechnic League and Empire of Earth stories have loads of great material. Nicholas van Rijn would have been a great role for someone like Hugh Griffith or Tim Curry. PA's Imperial spy Dominic Flandry would be a terrific series character.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 05:55 PM (wzUl9)

226 zombie

Good afternoon! Long may you evade the woke bubbles taking you back to the Village.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 05:55 PM (u82oZ)

227 Something killed Charlie Chan and Westerns.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:37 PM (8avO+)

The Mandalorian is very much a Western.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:55 PM (GD0B3)

228 I think the new generation Gen Z is ready to get back to entertainment rather than preaching and screeching shit.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:51 P

I liked kids shows because they wouldn't piss me off and used to not have gay characters and crap.

You're right. DisneyChannel really toned things down but their audience is long gone. One of their biggest advertisers is 'Nervive' - the old guy scared to go down the stairs because of nerve pain.

That's just funny right there.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 05:55 PM (Sco7b)

229 Got some explosions going on at the Hormuz toll gate. Probably the Amish.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 05:55 PM (n5tGW)

230 200?-2026 -- money-losing woke dumpster fire

When did Stage 3 become Stage 4?

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 05:53 PM (Av6i5)

2010-2014 - When obama had forced everything to become politicized.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 05:55 PM (dK+Kv)

231 The Jhereg series has issues because supposedly there were going to be 17 of them. I don't think I ever got all of those.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Brust is an actual commie or commie adjacent but his work doesn't really preach that much. Lyorn is number 17 and was released in 2024. I don't think Brust is in good health anymore and that is slowing his work.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)

232 Woke is dying along with big studio movies and AI will accelerate that as it makes the Millennial wokesters redundant to the process. I think the new generation Gen Z is ready to get back to entertainment rather than preaching and screeching shit.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:51 PM (E4rtv)

Yeah, that's nice for Hollywood. But I worry a lot about the rest of the world. If you think Millennials have been a disaster thus far, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

My generation is about to inherit power in this country, and it will all be wokesters running everything for the next 50 years until they finally die in their offices, unless the country dies first.

It's basically the apocalypse... Having grown up with this cohort, I can say they're worse than you older folks understand.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 05:56 PM (BI5O2)

233 I'd go watch a film adaption of Canticle of Liebowitz, which for some reason has never been made into a movie, despite being perfect for screenplay-ization.

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 05:56 PM (Av6i5)

234 So a franchise from a movie that came out when I was in high school is still limping along???

I thought there were 3 and it was over...

I'm a bit shocked.

Posted by: LASue at May 05, 2026 05:52 PM (lCppi)

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I never saw the originals when they were released -- literally too poor to go to the movies (but I had friends who stood in lines winding around blocks literally for hours to repeatedly see the original again ... and again ... and again. Crazy times (1977) ...

I finally got around to seeing them after college in the mid-80s; the first three were fine, but they lost me after the fourth (prequel).

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 05:56 PM (9Kqhl)

235 When did Stage 3 become Stage 4?
Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 05:53 PM (Av6i5)

it was about to explode out in the Sequel Trilogy. The first one was only mildly woke but the bad writing was already there. Versions 2 and 3 were full cancer.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:56 PM (8avO+)

236 Yeah that looks pretty lame

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 05, 2026 05:57 PM (bXbFr)

237 Woke is dying along with big studio movies and AI will accelerate that as it makes the Millennial wokesters redundant to the process. I think the new generation Gen Z is ready to get back to entertainment rather than preaching and screeching shit.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026

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If so, then Ringworld would be a fantastic project. And Niven has more grand stuff: other Known Space tales, The Mote in God's Eye, and Legacy of Heorot. His work has always had a strong visual element to it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 05:57 PM (wzUl9)

238 Pissney is probably better off literally remaking the original trilogy with modern special effects

Posted by: Elric the Blade at May 05, 2026 05:57 PM (kBnaz)

239 I saw some pics from the Met Gala.

First thought: We are now living in the Hunger Games and these are the people that inhabit the Capital.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 05:57 PM (6ydKt)

240 She joked "Who let a Russian in here?"

That turned out to be ... prescient.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 05, 2026 05:54 PM (w6EFb)

Noice! A funny woman is sexy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 05, 2026 05:57 PM (0aYVJ)

241 216 >>>Apple has sodomized the Foundation IP recentlyish.

They were going to lobotomize it, but decided this was better.
Posted by: No Name Today at May 05, 2026 05:52 PM (8mulE)

The original works are so cerebral in nature it seems impossible one could well adapt it to the screen.

Posted by: Pretty dry sci-fi at May 05, 2026 05:57 PM (TbWk/)

242 Y'all are not into anime, but Rebels was good, The Bad Batch good, all the Tales shorts are good, though some are much better than others. And the last one - Maul Shadow Lord was good too. But you need to know the story from Rebels and to have watched Solo to understand what is going on.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:58 PM (GD0B3)

243 You create a scenario where Han and Leia die a hero's death, Luke and Chewy witnesses their sacrifice and Chewy goes banana sandwiches beast mode, Luke goes Dark Side and they f**king wreck shit and the kids join in as Luke is defeated by multi Jedi and force users and the kids avenge them all.

Tell me that doesn't create a whole new fan base.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 05:58 PM (XV/Pl)

244 Something killed Charlie Chan and Westerns.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:37 PM (8avO+)

The Mandalorian is very much a Western.
Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 05:55 PM (GD0B3)

no, its plagiarism.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:58 PM (8avO+)

245 The sequel trilogy should have been all about how the Rebellion’s ability to beat the Empire in a guerilla war did not translate in any way to being able to run an interstellar government. “Winning and ruling are not the same,” as Tywin Lannister memorably said. Then you could have had star systems begging for the Empire to come in and restore order, with a shadowy Sith pulling the strings behind the scenes, Palpatine-style.

Posted by: MrUNIVAC at May 05, 2026 05:42 PM (RdCIE)
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That's basically what happened in the EU. The New Republic was fractured from the beginning and barely held together. It more or less disintegrated when the Yuuzhan Vong showed up.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 05:58 PM (gnNyN)

246 Having grown up with this cohort, I can say they're worse than you older folks understand.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 05:56 PM (BI5O2)

I was older than 29 before having kids, so I get to associate with millennial asshats more than I care. I understand. They're the post-Weimar they've been waiting for.

It's time for a national conversation on common sense millennial control. Before it's too late.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 05:59 PM (dK+Kv)

247 Has Piers Anthony's series, Bio of a Space Tyrant been mined for movies? I vaguely recall reading it decades ago.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 05:59 PM (wVcYX)

248 Ace wrote regarding the Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy: "* Which I never read, of course, though I heard they were pretty good. Anyone read them? Are they worth it?"

I've read the books as well as the comic book adaption of Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy. They're among the best books of the Star Wars legacy era, along with the Clone Wars series written by Karen Traviss. She and I had a long conversation about writing fiction on Twitter one time. She's very dry and funny in that old British lady kind of way.

Posted by: troyriser at May 05, 2026 05:59 PM (DPeYO)

249 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Parts of the world are living Larry Niven's Organlegger series.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 05:59 PM (u82oZ)

250 You could get whole series' from Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation, about 2 seasons from each.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:49 PM (8avO+)
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There are six stories (counting the prologue written for the publication of the book Foundation), and each would form one hour-long episode, except for The General a.k.a. Dead Hand, which would be two, making seven episodes/hours total.

The rest of the Foundation material (the remainder of Foundation and Empire onward) consists of Asimov throwing out the fundamental premise via the character The Mule and milking fans for all they were worth.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 05, 2026 05:59 PM (IymbY)

251 239 I saw some pics from the Met Gala.

First thought: We are now living in the Hunger Games and these are the people that inhabit the Capital.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 05:57 PM (6ydKt)

Pretty much, as well as the ruling class in general. Conspicuously consuming degenerates living high on the backs of the taxpayers.

Posted by: Flamboyantly dressed pigs at the trough at May 05, 2026 06:00 PM (TbWk/)

252 I'd go watch a film adaption of Canticle of Liebowitz, which for some reason has never been made into a movie, despite being perfect for screenplay-ization.
Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 05:56 PM (Av6i5)

I agree.

Also, there's enough meat there to make a great limited series, if they don't expand the individual sections to much.

Six episodes and out would be about perfect.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 06:00 PM (iJfKG)

253 And Clone Wars, the original that Lucas and Filoni worked on after Lucas sold his baby to Disney. Ahsoka is Lucas' creation that Filoni made happen.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 06:00 PM (GD0B3)

254 Afternoon.

Sorry, but WDW PRO and Geeks & Gamers and the rest of that crowd are nothing but a bunch of gay retarded buffoons. A bunch of fat knuckle dragging imbeciles who sit at their computers day and night skimming Reddit for the most gaywad fan theories and repeat it like it's some kind of rare insider leak. They predicted 67 of Kathleen Kennedy's resignations before getting it right on the 68th. I can confidently predict that exactly 0% of their predictions will come to pass.

Anyway, fuck Star Wars. Star Wars sucks.

Posted by: Robert at May 05, 2026 06:00 PM (Z2yLo)

255 Something killed Charlie Chan and Westerns.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 05:37 PM (8avO+)

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My favorite TV Series as a kid was likely the last Charlie Chan Western: Kung Fu.

/Starring a white guy because Hollywood was too racist to feature an Asian like Bruce Lee (who's idea it was for the show) -- despite his enormous popularity as Cato on The Green Hornet as the lead ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 06:01 PM (9Kqhl)

256 So, no Star Wars is not dead, it entered new mediums and is successful there. Big screen is where they are having problems. Because Disney is 7 deadly sins.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 06:01 PM (GD0B3)

257 Also, there's enough meat there to make a great limited series, if they don't expand the individual sections to much.

Six episodes and out would be about perfect.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026

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Several of Niven's stories from the Neutron Star collection, including that one and the other Beowulf Shaeffer tales, would make a good limited series.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:02 PM (wzUl9)

258 I mean, they really f***ing blew it with the Sequels, all they had to do was reunite the trio, let them sheapard new young proxi characrters, and give Han, Luke and Leia hero's deaths and they could have f***ing minted money for two more generations.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 05:53 PM (XV/Pl)
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That's exactly the story arc of the New Jedi Order.

Han, Luke, and Leia have important roles, but they are eclipsed by the next generation (including their own children), which is as it should be.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 06:02 PM (gnNyN)

259 220 Is there som known moment when Disney "went woke"?

As far as I know:

History of Disney

1923 - 1937 -- struggling animation studio
1937-1955 -- purveyor of old-timey conservative American values and Western civilization cultural memes
1955-19?? -- corporate money-making machine
200?-2026 -- money-losing woke dumpster fire

When did Stage 3 become Stage 4?

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 05:53 PM (Av6i5)

I'd say Disney started flirting with the Dark Side when they purchased Touchstone Pictures, then ABC/ESPN in the 90s and 2000s.

It was at that point they moved away from family friendly fare, and started appealing to the adult market more and more.
At some point in the 2010s they went full indoctrination into LGBTQ and Girl Boss and they haven't looked back since.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:03 PM (6ydKt)

260 Something killed Charlie Chan and Westerns.
Posted by: Oldcat

The Mandalorian is very much a Western.
Posted by: runner

Firefly was a Western, too.

Tombstone might have killed actual cowboys-and-injuns westerns, in the "tough act to follow" way.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 06:03 PM (VHUov)

261 I thought that some of Taylor Sheridan' s work , the neo Western that is Yellowstone and offshoots is good. I particularly liked 1883, for some reason.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 06:04 PM (GD0B3)

262 Hang with me here . . . .

Green Acres . . . .

in space!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 06:06 PM (wVcYX)

263 Tombstone might have killed actual cowboys-and-injuns westerns, in the "tough act to follow" way.
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026

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We've had Unforgiven -- which came out around the same time as Tombstone -- and Appaloosa w/ Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen. But those were tough acts to follow too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:06 PM (wzUl9)

264 I'd say Disney started flirting with the Dark Side when they purchased Touchstone Pictures, then ABC/ESPN in the 90s and 2000s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:03 PM (6ydKt)

[Nerd reply]
Disney didn't buy Touchstone, they created it. Also Hollywood Pictures. And, I think...Miramax?
[/Nerd reply]

Posted by: Robert at May 05, 2026 06:06 PM (Z2yLo)

265 The original works are so cerebral in nature it seems impossible one could well adapt it to the screen.
Posted by: Pretty dry sci-fi at May 05, 2026 05:57 PM (TbWk/)
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Though they certainly aren't the most easily-adapted SF, the Foundation stories could be made into an episode television miniseries, but the audience for this wouldn't be the one that everything is aimed for, so it wouldn't be made.

There's a vast amount of classic science fiction that's never been adapted for either television or movies and, aside from a portion that really is unsuitable for the change in medium, could easily be adapted with today's cheap computer graphics, but this won't occur for the same reason.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 05, 2026 06:07 PM (UclD/)

266 You can't remake Spaceballs. It was perfect.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 06:07 PM (D1E+2)

267 Poul Anderson's Polesotechnic League and Empire of Earth stories have loads of great material. Nicholas van Rijn would have been a great role for someone like Hugh Griffith or Tim Curry. PA's Imperial spy Dominic Flandry would be a terrific series character.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Agreed. The Andersons were good friend with the Heinleins apparently.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:08 PM (E4rtv)

268 There are plenty of SF stories that could be made into streaming movies on Amazon, Netflix or whatever.

They don't even have to be a 3 - 5 part series.

My wife watches a bunch of them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 06:08 PM (jehhT)

269 And was Disney merely a corporate money-making machine after 1955? They produced many a family values film (though not always *really good* ones) as late as the early '70s, didn't they?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:08 PM (wzUl9)

270 252 I'd go watch a film adaption of Canticle of Liebowitz, which for some reason has never been made into a movie, despite being perfect for screenplay-ization.
Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 05:56 PM (Av6i5)

I agree.

Also, there's enough meat there to make a great limited series, if they don't expand the individual sections to much.

Six episodes and out would be about perfect.
Posted by: naturalfake

Now let's develop our elevator pitch and get this thing made!

(Gets into elevator with film producer.)

"12th floor?"

"Press 15th floor for me."

(Awkward silence as elevtor starts moving.)

"OK, imagine a mashup -- Idiocracy meets A Boy and His Dog! A post-apocolyptic hellscape where the world intentionally goes stupid to prevent scientific advancements, and an islated monastery guards the last shreds of human knowledge. Then things go Mad Max and we're in for a hell of a ride...."

"I'm hooked! Get me a 5-page treatment by Thursday."

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 06:08 PM (Av6i5)

271 220 Is there som known moment when Disney "went woke"

DisneyChannel had 'Andi Mack' with their first gay character. After that, it was no longer a safe place for kids and ratings dived.

They still haven't recovered.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 06:08 PM (Sco7b)

272 I've been binge watching Farscape. On season 3. Damn that was a great show.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:08 PM (kxLc1)

273 Brust is still working on the Jhereg series! The 17th book "Lyorn" came out in 24. Which means another one should be coming out soon - two years is a usual interval. He has one more at least to complete The Cycle: Chreotha

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at May 05, 2026 06:09 PM (V362x)

274 We've had Unforgiven -- which came out around the same time as Tombstone -- and Appaloosa w/ Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen. But those were tough acts to follow too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:06 PM (wzUl9)

Open Range is an excellent film. Duvall and Costner had a really fun cantankerous relationship. And they both know how to ride horses.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 05, 2026 06:09 PM (0aYVJ)

275 Disney didn't buy Touchstone, they created it. Also Hollywood Pictures. And, I think...Miramax?
[/Nerd reply]

Ahhh, I remember now.
At any rate, they decided that entertaining kids was no longer as profitable.

Now they appeal to childless Millenials mostly, especially at the theme parks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:09 PM (6ydKt)

276 Agreed. The Andersons were good friend with the Heinleins apparently.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026

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Anderson was a physics major in college. Not sure if he ever went on to a master's; he'd begun selling SF stories by then. His work to me is much like Heinlein's, though not written in the same style.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:09 PM (wzUl9)

277 Open Range is an excellent film. Duvall and Costner had a really fun cantankerous relationship. And they both know how to ride horses.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 05, 2026

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Yes! Tremendous movie.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:10 PM (wzUl9)

278 Hang with me here . . . .

Green Acres . . . .

in space!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 06:06 PM (wVcYX)

Where do I sign?!

Posted by: Link Hogthrob at May 05, 2026 06:10 PM (0aYVJ)

279 247 Has Piers Anthony's series, Bio of a Space Tyrant been mined for movies? I vaguely recall reading it decades ago.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Piers turned to be a pervert so Space Tyrant would be more adjacent to Game of Thrones than anything. Netflix could do it but they would either gender flip it or turn the Tyrant into troon or something. I don't see the appetite for HBO to do it anymore.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:11 PM (E4rtv)

280 Two of my favorite Westerns are Australian. Maybe three if I include The Proposition.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:11 PM (kxLc1)

281 263 Tombstone might have killed actual cowboys-and-injuns westerns, in the "tough act to follow" way.
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026

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We've had Unforgiven -- which came out around the same time as Tombstone -- and Appaloosa w/ Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen. But those were tough acts to follow too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:06 PM (wzUl9)

Bone Tomahawk was good if you don't mind Western meets Eaters of the Dead. But it had some hard scenes.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (XAXi6)

282 The late Jose Ferrer would have made a good Nicholas van Rijn as well!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (wzUl9)

283 My friends (we have a group text set up) could not believe that I found May 4th to be so meh. One of them was enraged at this statement: "There are six Star Wars movies and a seventh there shall never be."

So it began. I was assured Rogue One (I saw it in the theaters, meh) and Solo (avoided like the plague for punishment after the atrocious TLJ) were great movies in the mold of the OT. Which I attacked again and again, and reminded them that I was not interested in giving money to people that hate me. They did not understand my reasoning and just dismissed me as "close minded". Yeah, my mind was closed for sure by TLJ. TFA left me satisfied but my questions grew as time went on. The video linked here confirmed everything I had long suspected. But yeah, after TLJ, I was done. As I told the group chat, "If that makes me closed minded, so fucking be it."

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (T6aVk)

284 I have never seen "Spaceballs". I guess I should, eh? I did see "Galaxy Guest" which I quite enjoyed because I have a sort of crush on Alan Rickman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (2sfNr)

285 269 And was Disney merely a corporate money-making machine after 1955? They produced many a family values film (though not always *really good* ones) as late as the early '70s, didn't they?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:08 PM (wzUl9)

They did. Right up until the early 80s.
Then they lost their touch and the 80s were mostly barren other than animated films.
They had a bunch of bombs and pivoted to making better animated films in the 90s when they started making hits again (bought Pixar too) and expanding into movies for adult audiences.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (6ydKt)

286 Bone Tomahawk was good if you don't mind Western meets Eaters of the Dead. But it had some hard scenes.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (XAXi6

I liked The Missing with Tommy Lee Jones better than Bone Tomahawk.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (kxLc1)

287 282 The late Jose Ferrer would have made a good Nicholas van Rijn as well!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (wzUl9)

I thought he made a good Shaddam IV.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 06:13 PM (T6aVk)

288 Bone Tomahawk was good if you don't mind Western meets Eaters of the Dead. But it had some hard scenes.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (XAXi6)

Yes. I liked a lot of the movie; I am pretty jaded when it comes to movie violence, but this one was jarring.

Posted by: Link Hogthrob at May 05, 2026 06:14 PM (0aYVJ)

289 Good Western novels are still being written. Loren D. Estleman's stories about deputy U.S. Marshal Paige Murdock would make fine films, esp. White Desert. LDE is as good at creating truly nasty and insane Western killers as Larry McMurtry was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:14 PM (wzUl9)

290 Here is what I am going to do, next time I am going to watch Seven Samurai without dubbing or subtitles!

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 06:14 PM (GD0B3)

291 Anderson was a physics major in college. Not sure if he ever went on to a master's; he'd begun selling SF stories by then. His work to me is much like Heinlein's, though not written in the same style.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Like Heinlein, Anderson began on the left and drifted to the right. His UN man short story series was in the early 50's I think. Heinlein lost the glow of leftism a bit earlier I think when he left his first wife and saw post war that the Soviets had bad intentions making a world order defunct except on their terms.

Karen Anderson (Poul's wife), apparently was quite a hit on the con circuit for a long while and was one of the originators of filk singing setting a lot of sci fi and fantasy works to music and singing.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:15 PM (E4rtv)

292 I think the last good kids film that Disney made was the Freaky Friday version with Jodie Foster.

I loved that one as a kid.

Also Herbie the Love Bug movies were favs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:15 PM (6ydKt)

293 *discards pork product sock*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 05, 2026 06:15 PM (0aYVJ)

294 286 Bone Tomahawk was good if you don't mind Western meets Eaters of the Dead. But it had some hard scenes.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (XAXi6

I liked The Missing with Tommy Lee Jones better than Bone Tomahawk.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (kxLc1

That was a great movie. The one scene was short and from a distance so not that bad.

Amazing dialogue.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 06:15 PM (Sco7b)

295 Almost all the Star Wars book post Lucas films were pretty good, and some of them actually great.

Word is Lucas, before he left, sketched out all the sequel trilogy. Every bit of it. he had worked for decades on this. In fact, he sold Lucasfilm, and brought in Kenedy, specifically on the promise they would follow his plan.

As soon as he was out the door, Kennedy stabbed him int he back, and dumped all his scripts for the sequel trilogy, preferring to go with her own vision. Of course, not being very smart, she didn't actually think through that vision, so the first movie was just a remake of the New Hope, and the rest...whatever man.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 06:16 PM (k8xm0)

296 And people still love a good puzzle mystery, if it's told well. One or two of the Ellery Queen novels, done as period pieces ('30s-'50s), would have an audience who love the Knives Out films and the endless remakes of Agatha Christie movies-from-books.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:16 PM (wzUl9)

297 254 Afternoon.

Sorry, but WDW PRO and Geeks & Gamers and the rest of that crowd are nothing but a bunch of gay retarded buffoons. A bunch of fat knuckle dragging imbeciles who sit at their computers day and night skimming Reddit for the most gaywad fan theories and repeat it like it's some kind of rare insider leak. They predicted 67 of Kathleen Kennedy's resignations before getting it right on the 68th. I can confidently predict that exactly 0% of their predictions will come to pass.

Anyway, fuck Star Wars. Star Wars sucks.
Posted by: Robert at May 05, 2026 06:00 PM (Z2yLo)

You are conflating them with Doomcock, who kept saying "KK's FIRING IS IMMINENT!!!" I suggest he look up the word "imminent". Beyond that, tell me you don't watch those channels withut explicitly saying so.

But then, you probably are one of those people from the sounds of it that hate just about everything. (I don't like LOTR but then, I have always been more sci-fi than fantasy inclined.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 06:17 PM (T6aVk)

298 Which I never read, of course, though I heard they were pretty good. Anyone read them? Are they worth it?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:00 PM

Pooky loved them.

Posted by: pookysgirl, passing on the book review at May 05, 2026 06:18 PM (Wt5PA)

299 I liked The Missing with Tommy Lee Jones better than Bone Tomahawk. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (kxLc1

Watch Appaloosa. Great, unsung Western.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 06:18 PM (k8xm0)

300 I get SW as childhood nostalgia, like I still like 50s giant bug movies from time to time, but I never got adults being into it as a story...makes Star Trek seem like highly advanced SF. Nobody sits around thinking about what happened to the characters in Them!, do they?

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 05, 2026 06:18 PM (N/KpB)

301 Come now, Doomcock was right!

Eventually.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at May 05, 2026 06:18 PM (V362x)

302 I remember seeing some pretty fun Disney movies as a kid, featuring Kurt Russell, like The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Strongest Man in the World. There was also one with Jan Michael Vincent, where he was rilly rilly fast.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 05, 2026 06:19 PM (0aYVJ)

303 Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 06:15 PM (Sco7b)

That medicine man was a scary Indian.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:19 PM (kxLc1)

304 Hang with me here . . . .

Green Acres . . . .

in space!

Ollyva! Ollyva!

Posted by: DanMan at May 05, 2026 06:19 PM (8uzBS)

305 292 I think the last good kids film that Disney made was the Freaky Friday version with Jodie Foster.

I loved that one as a kid.

Also Herbie the Love Bug movies were favs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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They had 50 movies in the 70's according to IMDB, I recognized about ten of them.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:20 PM (E4rtv)

306

I think I only saw TFA, and almost walked out.

I def didnt see the last one, and forget if I saw the middle one.

But not only did they do what they did, the movies were so fucking stupid in so many ways that it ripped you out of the fantasy world entirely.

That bar scene with the orange alien with glasses...I mean, what the hell was that. The bar gets blown up and she doesnt even blink an eye.

And the magical superpowers given to that grinning idiot Daisy Ridley with the obviously perfect teeth, who grew up on a desert planet like Luke did.

They dont know how to make movies and dont care to learn. Thats the huge problem.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 05, 2026 06:20 PM (et1vG)

307 Star Wars -

The all turned to shit starting with Return of the Jedi.

Left the theater (while still in HS) saying, "WTH was that?!).

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 06:20 PM (/lPRQ)

308 I'm more Star Trek than Star Wars though I don't geek out about either.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:20 PM (kxLc1)

309 I liked The Missing with Tommy Lee Jones better than Bone Tomahawk. Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:12 PM (kxLc1
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Watch Appaloosa. Great, unsung Western.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026

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No Country for Old Men is technically a Western, though a modern-day one, and disappointing in some aspects (at least to me). But it's hardboiled fiction for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:21 PM (wzUl9)

310 My family watched The Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday. The think it was Sunday.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:22 PM (kxLc1)

311 302 I remember seeing some pretty fun Disney movies as a kid, featuring Kurt Russell, like The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Strongest Man in the World. There was also one with Jan Michael Vincent, where he was rilly rilly fast.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Russell grew up on the Disney lot, I think his first Disney film was Follow Me Boys in 1966.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:22 PM (E4rtv)

312 Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

"Darth Troon" is their most popular character.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 06:22 PM (/lPRQ)

313 Word is Lucas, before he left, sketched out all the sequel trilogy. Every bit of it. he had worked for decades on this. In fact, he sold Lucasfilm, and brought in Kenedy, specifically on the promise they would follow his plan.

As soon as he was out the door, Kennedy stabbed him int he back, and dumped all his scripts for the sequel trilogy, preferring to go with her own vision. Of course, not being very smart, she didn't actually think through that vision, so the first movie was just a remake of the New Hope, and the rest...whatever man.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 06:16 PM (k8xm0)

Yes, some even published the alleged plot/plot points. Then there were writers whose scripts were rejected and later "leaked". They sounded pretty reasonable. I hope, in the fullness of time, Kathy Kennedy is looked at as Stalin of Disney, her legacy destroyed and her name stricken from every book and tablet...

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 06:22 PM (GD0B3)

314 Hildago was a western in the Middle East. One of my favorites.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:22 PM (kxLc1)

315 My family watched The Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday. The think it was Sunday.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026

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It was. Prime time TV started at 6 pm Central on Sundays; there was Lassie on, I believe, CBS, and then Disney on ABC at 6:30.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

316 @311 - he also played a space kid on an episode of "Lost in Space."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 05, 2026 06:24 PM (CHHv1)

317 I remember seeing some pretty fun Disney movies as a kid, featuring Kurt Russell, like The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and The Strongest Man in the World. There was also one with Jan Michael Vincent, where he was rilly rilly fast.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Russell grew up on the Disney lot, I think his first Disney film was Follow Me Boys in 1966.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026

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At age thirteen, 1964, he was in the very first Man From U.N.C.L.E. I ever saw, "The Finny Foot Affair." It may be on YooToob and is well worth watching.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:24 PM (wzUl9)

318 No Country for Old Men is technically a Western, though a modern-day one, and disappointing in some aspects (at least to me). But it's hardboiled fiction for sure.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:21 PM (wzUl9)

I like this one a lot, although I understand why some folks do not. I am okay with some stories ending the way this one did, because that's sometimes how life is.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 05, 2026 06:25 PM (0aYVJ)

319
Then again, as Rick Sanchez said: "Your boos mean nothing. I've seen what makes you cheer."
Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (1wjle)

THIS is the Rick Sanchez clip that makes me cheer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_P3U3XKVvkM

....or is this the wrong Rick Sanchez?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 06:25 PM (y9nCu)

320 When I think of the shittiest remakes ever made, I think of Wild, Wild West. Kline was okay, but Will Smith? Some DEI slapdick chowderhead playing himself. It was abominable. Robert Conrad was Jim West.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 06:25 PM (D1E+2)

321 There is an old review of the Star Wars follow up books/comics from the Caravan of Garbage guys that shows a sequel to A New Hope where Luke cracks Leia across the face with a slap. I can get on board with that story line, especially after her portrayal as a kid in that shit Obi-Wan show.

Posted by: Croaker at May 05, 2026 06:26 PM (b3InZ)

322 May the fifth be vodka

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 06:26 PM (ZxPkt)

323 Left the theater (while still in HS) saying, "WTH was that?!).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 06:20 PM (/lPRQ)

That was Lucas, post divorce, appealing to his kids.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 06:26 PM (N8bpy)

324 They dont know how to make movies and dont care to learn. Thats the huge problem.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq

The new breed that have power in the studios and as script writers literally have no life experiences other than brownnosing and conformity to get to the top. So when they try to adopt written works, it comes out as a bad parody of it, if they try to write original works, it is hackneyed and full of social virtue signalling. The actors are about the same--all products of the upper middle or wealthy classes with a lot of connections but no real talent. Their life experiences are minuscule compared with previous generations.

In other words, theater kids.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:27 PM (E4rtv)

325 Robert Conrad was Pappy Boyington

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at May 05, 2026 06:27 PM (KaHlS)

326 315 My family watched The Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday. The think it was Sunday.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026

One day when I was living in Germany as an impressionable nine year old they showed "Night Crossing". Something they would not DARE make today.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 06:27 PM (T6aVk)

327 Open Range is an excellent film. Duvall and Costner had a really fun cantankerous relationship. And they both know how to ride horses.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 05, 2026 06:09 PM (0aYVJ)

Classic Western. I really enjoyed it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 06:27 PM (iERP6)

328 Did Ace forget to set the next post to auto-publish?

Posted by: the lower depths at May 05, 2026 06:28 PM (GWDtl)

329 I like this one a lot, although I understand why some folks do not. I am okay with some stories ending the way this one did, because that's sometimes how life is.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 05, 2026

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The ending was not my problem. It was *not seeing* the final deadly confrontation midway along between Josh Brolin's character, who'd done well staying ahead of Chigurh for so long, and Anton himself. We needed that payoff.

The novel is the same, so it wasn't the adapters' failure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:28 PM (wzUl9)

330 Robert Conrad was Jim West.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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He made a ludicrous show somewhat believable by his portrayal. Conrad looked as though he would come through the screen and bash your head in if you didn't go along with the story.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:28 PM (E4rtv)

331 124, boom, this!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 06:29 PM (VyBeY)

332 At age thirteen, 1964, he was in the very first Man From U.N.C.L.E. I ever saw, "The Finny Foot Affair." It may be on YooToob and is well worth watching.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:24 PM (wzUl9)

Kurt Russell was Jaimie McPheeters in the short-lived Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. Dan O'Herlihy was Sardius. The Osmond boys were in the cast as well. Charles Bronson was the wagon train boss (after the first dude died)

BTW, one of my favorite books ever.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at May 05, 2026 06:29 PM (0aYVJ)

333 Conrad was also a good battery salesman

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at May 05, 2026 06:29 PM (KaHlS)

334 the crazy SOB did it

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/
2051754837683896415

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 06:30 PM (ZxPkt)

335 324 The new breed that have power in the studios and as script writers literally have no life experiences other than brownnosing and conformity to get to the top. So when they try to adopt written works, it comes out as a bad parody of it, if they try to write original works, it is hackneyed and full of social virtue signalling. The actors are about the same--all products of the upper middle or wealthy classes with a lot of connections but no real talent. Their life experiences are minuscule compared with previous generations.
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It's the same thing in the music industry. The tell is that everyone is from LA and NYC now. When Hollywood and pop music were healthy, people from anywhere could make it big and bring their life experiences with them.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 05, 2026 06:30 PM (GWDtl)

336 Clearing up the story of Neuman's grandfather. First of all, he wasn't even German, he was Austrian. He was a Corporal in WWI. He was a painter who was prosecuted for his political views. Rose through the ranks to that of Der Fuehrer in WWII. He was married shortly before the end of the war, but his wife tragically died in Berlin just before he left for Brazil in 1945. So technically he was not A NAZI, he was THE NAZI. So get your stories straight, untermensch.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at May 05, 2026 06:30 PM (Da7Vv)

337 Chigurh was just Jason or Michael. That's why I disliked the movie . Okay there were other reasons also.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:30 PM (kxLc1)

338
Left the theater (while still in HS) saying, "WTH was that?!).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 06:20 PM (/lPRQ)

That was Lucas, post divorce, appealing to his kids.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 06:26 PM (N8bpy)

To be fair, if we didn't have Return of the Jedi, we wouldn't have Teh Ewok Shelving Jedi Master, the Moron Horde and the HQ.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 06:30 PM (y9nCu)

339 When I think of the shittiest remakes ever made, I think of Wild, Wild West. Kline was okay, but Will Smith? Some DEI slapdick chowderhead playing himself. It was abominable. Robert Conrad was Jim West.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026

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It was travesties like that which made me fearful that the Man From U.N.C.L.E. 2015 film would be awful. I was overjoyed at how good it was. Even if it did not exactly follow the original series, it had the right spirit -- and great casting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:30 PM (wzUl9)

340 I like this one a lot, although I understand why some folks do not. I am okay with some stories ending the way this one did, because that's sometimes how life is.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Movie struck me more as noire hiding out in the garb of a modern Western. A world of shady characters and a worn down lawman who had to clean up the mess they made.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:30 PM (E4rtv)

341 300 I get SW as childhood nostalgia, like I still like 50s giant bug movies from time to time, but I never got adults being into it as a story...makes Star Trek seem like highly advanced SF. Nobody sits around thinking about what happened to the characters in Them!, do they?
Posted by: Azjaeger at May 05, 2026 06:18 PM (N/KpB)

Them! (which I have seen eons ago) does not feature relatable characters on heroic story arcs. That's the key.

And for me, ST is bloody boring. Never got into ST. SW, though, was far more engaging.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 06:30 PM (T6aVk)

342 You are conflating them with Doomcock, who kept saying "KK's FIRING IS IMMINENT!!!" I suggest he look up the word "imminent". Beyond that, tell me you don't watch those channels withut explicitly saying so.

I've seen enough. They're tiresome know nothings.

But then, you probably are one of those people from the sounds of it that hate just about everything.

Do I know you? No, I don't care. Fuck off with your faggot bullshit.

(I don't like LOTR but then, I have always been more sci-fi than fantasy inclined.)

Okay? I dont care. I didn't mention LOTR.

Posted by: Robert at May 05, 2026 06:31 PM (Z2yLo)

343 In other words, theater kids.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:27 PM (E4rtv)

It all comes across as really bad fanfic- not original stories in the universe. They have to add characters (often self inserts) and intertwine them inside the old show rather than building on it.

As a result, it often CANT be good.

I just thought of an exception but it was well before the modern era. The DS9 episode where they go back to TOS during the episode with the tribbles. They managed to make it more an homage than fanfic. Good episode.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 06:31 PM (N8bpy)

344 My family watched The Wonderful World of Disney every Sunday. The think it was Sunday.

we kids would be at the Matizza'a house every Sunday at 6pm to watch the fireworks explode as the opening for WWD on their color TV, they were the first to have one I'm guessing in 1964 or so

Posted by: DanMan at May 05, 2026 06:31 PM (8uzBS)

345 297 You are conflating them with Doomcock, who kept saying "KK's FIRING IS IMMINENT!!!" I suggest he look up the word "imminent".

is typo. was supposed to be "eminent".

Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2026 06:31 PM (oY6Yp)

346 wild wild west was just james bond as a western

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 06:31 PM (ZxPkt)

347 whig.

Heinlein's second wife was the free love, open marriage woman that he left when her drinking got out of control. RAH has a forgotten 1st wife.

He really turned with his third wife, Virginia. But he still was a practicing nudist.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 06:31 PM (u82oZ)

348 I'm waiting for someone to do a flat out, scorching of DEI programming in a parody movie. Make fun of every single facet of their concocted society in over the top stereotypes.

THEN (and this is important), when the usual suspects come wailing with pichforks, torches, and whiny tantrums demanding an apology...laugh at them like they deserve.

Posted by: Orson at May 05, 2026 06:32 PM (dIske)

349 Movie struck me more as noire hiding out in the garb of a modern Western. A world of shady characters and a worn down lawman who had to clean up the mess they made.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026

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Yes! And in that sense it worked fine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:32 PM (wzUl9)

350 Even if it did not exactly follow the original series, it had the right spirit -- and great casting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:30 PM (wzUl9)

The 'feel' was also good and time correct. It was well done even if, as you mentioned, what the hell was up with Ilya?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 06:33 PM (N8bpy)

351 It's the same thing in the music industry. The tell is that everyone is from LA and NYC now. When Hollywood and pop music were healthy, people from anywhere could make it big and bring their life experiences with them.
Posted by: the lower depths
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And now AI is killing the current muzak scene first, it will come for movies and tv in a bit. Spotify and other large streaming houses like AI music because they have to pay less in royalties or can even in house it if needs be. Rick Beato has been charting the decline of real music and artists for the last two years or so.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:33 PM (E4rtv)

352 wild wild west was just james bond as a western
Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026

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Of course. U.N.C.L.E. had hit big on TV the previous year, and the James Bond novels and films were all the rage in the mid-'60s. WWW's enterprising creator mixed two genres together and came up with something fun.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:34 PM (wzUl9)

353 Nood. Hits that are quick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 06:34 PM (N8bpy)

354 If Robert Conrad could outrun Gabe Kaplan, he'd be acknowledged as the Network TV champion.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at May 05, 2026 06:34 PM (KaHlS)

355 If Robert Conrad could outrun Gabe Kaplan, he'd be acknowledged as the Network TV champion.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at May 05, 2026 06:34 PM (KaHlS)

That's when I lost respect for Conrad.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 06:35 PM (kxLc1)

356 The 'feel' was also good and time correct. It was well done even if, as you mentioned, what the hell was up with Ilya?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026

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The contrast between the two leads, Solo and Illya, was essential to the concept working. Solo in the original was not a pro thief before being co-opted into spy work, any more than Illya was a devoted KGB killer. But the contrast between them, their looks and their individual styles, was important to catch. And the film did that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:36 PM (wzUl9)

357 Yes! And in that sense it worked fine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Double Indemnity had a similar plot with the insurance investigator coming in to clean up the mess.

If you hadn't done so, a lot of the early 50's Dragnet episodes are up on Youtube for free. Very noirish and darker LA scene, compared with the later 60's show.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:36 PM (E4rtv)

358
Movie struck me more as noire hiding out in the garb of a modern Western. A world of shady characters and a worn down lawman who had to clean up the mess they made.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 06:30 PM (E4rtv)

In a book on Film Noir in my library, the author describes The Coens as having a similar outlook to Kubrick. Namely that they think that the human penchant for stupidity and cruelty is really, really funny. I think Kubrick was rather more serious than that, but when it comes to the Coens, that nails them.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 06:37 PM (y9nCu)

359 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 06:38 PM (VyBeY)

360 >>>I'm waiting for someone to do a flat out, scorching of DEI programming in a parody movie. Make fun of every single facet of their concocted society in over the top stereotypes.

THEN (and this is important), when the usual suspects come wailing with pichforks, torches, and whiny tantrums demanding an apology...laugh at them like they deserve.

Posted by: Orson

>Get those Wayans brothers and sisters on this. They're pretty good at this shit.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 06:43 PM (D1E+2)

361 I've read the books as well as the comic book adaption of Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy. They're among the best books of the Star Wars legacy era, along with the Clone Wars series written by Karen Traviss. She and I had a long conversation about writing fiction on Twitter one time. She's very dry and funny in that old British lady kind of way.
Posted by: troyriser at May 05, 2026 05:59 PM (DPeYO)

The Clone Wars books were my favorites hands down; those books made me like the Prequel Trilogy movies more because she really told the story of the clones in a fantastic way. Prior to reading that, Zahn was my favorite EU author.

Posted by: Nelly at May 05, 2026 06:57 PM (6+ehB)

362 Kathleen Kenedy literally used to get coffee for Lucas and Spielberg.

Spielberg, 1979 "She was horrible at taking notes... but what she did know how to do was interrupt somebody in midsentence. We'd be pitching ideas back and forth, and Kathy—who was supposed to be writing these ideas down—suddenly put her pencil down and would say something like, "And what if he didn't get the girl, but instead he got the dog?"

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 08:07 PM (eloIc)

363 If they are re casting give leia bigger knockers.

And make her cuter and less of a drunk

And blond.

That is all.

Posted by: The Dog at May 05, 2026 08:44 PM (XodLO)

364 absolutely no idea. never saw any of them. had a pal in high school that kept getting back in line, maybe three or four times... maybe more.
pass.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 08:54 PM (R11M+)

365 Hamell did a turn as a vampire with a beef with Laszlo in an episode of What We are in the Shadows. He's actually got pretty good comedy instincts.

Too bad he's a dolt.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 05, 2026 05:24 PM (l26NL)

Hamell did a pretty good appearance on Big Bang Theory, where he officiated a wedding. My son tells me he voiced an excellent Joker in an animated Batman. Considered on par with Ledger’s portrayal.

Posted by: Advo at May 05, 2026 10:14 PM (jO4mz)

366 Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau have already erased the sequel trilogy.

It starts with a vale of the force or something, which is like that time travel thing in The Flash.

First assumption- Snoke was developed as a clone using research done on Baby Yoda.

In Rebels, Ezra Bridger rescues Ahsoka Tano from being killed in a collapsing Sith Temple.

Ahsoka Tano appearing in The Mandalorian and setting up the rescue of Baby Yoda, means Rebels has been made canon, and has caused a change in the universe. Baby Yoda is no longer available for research, and Snoke was never created.

They did it all under Kathleen Kennedy's nose.

Posted by: MikeN at May 05, 2026 10:37 PM (aUcOg)

367 1) The primary reason that Star Wars, Empire, and Return of the Jedi aren't ranked even higher on that list is because most fans already own copies of those movies on DVD or Blu Ray. If you included people watching those versions at home (and you probably could, since most TV's are now spying on us) those three movies would be ranked 1,2,3.

2) The James Bond franchise has been making profits for six decades now, and the series has included some real clunkers. Make good, Woke-free movies and the audience will come back.

3) There is plenty of gas left in the Star Wars franchise (same goes for Indiana Jones), if they write good movies. The movies don't (and shouldn't) have anything to do with Death Stars or even people named Skywalker. And if there is someone named Skywalker in the movie, they need to cast a real, appropriately aged actor, not a CGI de-aged version of Mark Hamill. You know, the audience might just be smart enough to know that Luke is a fictional character who can be played by more than one actor.

Posted by: LukesTwistedSister at May 06, 2026 01:07 AM (T1vSF)

368 >Zahn is a bad writer caught up in corporate dictates about what has to be included.

I was around for the 1980s and 1990s, going to a lot of SF and gaming cons, and I speak from firsthand experience here.

There are no good Star Wars novels. Period. Look, I like Tim Zahn and he's actually a pretty good writer (check out his _Cobra_ series) but Lucas stopped giving a shit about Star Wars about halfway through the filming of Empire and from that point just milked the fanboys for all they were worth. I am acquainted with or have met in person most of the people who wrote Star Wars novels in the 80s and 90s. Most of them were not authors, they were game writers who did work for the Star Wars RPG (think D&D, but Star Wars). Lucasfilm *did* *not* *care* about the quality or content of the books as long as you didn't violate their shortlist of commandments. So many of those writers wrote whatever the hell they wanted with a light Star Wars gloss on it, and as quick-and-dirty as possible so they could get paid the pittance Lucasfilm was offering.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at May 06, 2026 09:02 AM (LgYtf)

369 "It's really incredible. The biggest IPs in the history of the world destroyed themselves because The Mary Sue claimed that girls liked boys' action-adventure movies just as much as boys and it was #Sexist to not let girls See Themselves in boys adventure/war stories and these fucking idiots believed them and bet $40 billion dollars on what "Princess Weeks" from The Mary Sue told them."

No this wans't a mistake. They destroyed the IP on purpose. That'a what these people do; the commies, freaks, trannies, and miserable cat ladies.

Posted by: heya at May 06, 2026 10:43 AM (nH+RN)

370 "3) There is plenty of gas left in the Star Wars franchise "

No the fuck there is not. There are 3 star wars films; beyond that they are a lesson for my kids about how woketards ruin things, and how you don't reward or forgive them for it.

Anything touched by Disney that isn't pre-Obama is banned from this house.

There is plenty of entertainment without having to resort to modern hollywood slop.

Posted by: heya at May 06, 2026 10:50 AM (nH+RN)

Coconut Kamala Harris Endorses Communist Revolutionary and Epic Incompetent Karen Bass for LA Mayor; Claims Bass Has Reduced Crime and Homelessness

What? Did you say she reduced crime and homelessness?

This is the same nonsense they claimed with Biden. Crime exploded under Biden, but it cannot remain at all-time record levels year after year, so some years it will "decline," but from a historically elevated high, to another historically elevated high (but not a record high).

And then they said: Biden reduced crime, bigots. Look it up. DC murders fell 8%.

Yes down from historic murder levels not seen since the 80s -- yes, it fell off slightly from that grim bloody pace.

And so Coconut Kamala now credits Bass with a "two year decline" in homelessness. Which, by the way, is pure bullshit in itself.

Bass, a Democrat, is facing a challenge from Spencer Pratt, a Republican reality television star, as well as several other candidates from her own party. Harris announced her support for Bass on Monday. Polls show Bass with less than the required 50 percent support to avoid a runoff, with a significant portion of the electorate remaining undecided, so Harris' endorsement could carry weight among undecided Democrats.
Harris praised Bass as the "leader Los Angeles needs right now," touting a decline in homelessness and crime.
"Mayor Karen Bass is the leader Los Angeles needs right now. She has done what so many said couldn't be done -- the first ever two-year decline in homelessness, reducing crime to levels this city hasn't seen since the 1960s, and refusing to back down when the federal government came after our neighbors," Harris said in a statement. "She has my full support for re-election."

Pratt is climbing in the polls. Adam Carolla said of him something like: "Yes, he's inexperienced, inexperienced at destroying Los Angeles, and I'll pick that inexperience over Karen Bass's tremendous experience at destroying Los Angeles."

He's now at 11%, compared to Bass -- the serving mayor, remember -- at 26%.

I'm glad Coconut Kamala endorsed Bass because the other alternative is a communist City Council retard named Nithya Raman who routinely blames the widespread theft of catalytic converters on auto companies for deliberately making them "too easy to steal." LA thieves are now drilling into people's gas tanks to steal their gas and I think I read she also blamed auto companies for not armoring their gas tanks.

Any excuse she needs to avoiding blaming crime on, erm, criminals.

Nithya Raman is at 9%. 40% are undecided.

I like Coconut Kamala's endorsement because I want Bass to remain in the race. I fear that if she drops out, the insane communist Nithya Raman will win.

I do not believe Bass has much of a chance to win. She is so hopelessly incompetent that even Democrats realize it. An incumbent Democrat who can only attract a quarter of the vote in LA is a disaster, obviously.

Pratt claims that when you run as a "Democratic Socialist," as the retarded communist Nithya Raman is doing, you are required to sign a kind of loyalty oath "contract" with the DSA promising to "co-govern" with the DSA itself.

Below, some ads from the former reality TV star. I don't believe the last ad is his, just an AI thing a supporter cooked up.

They not like us pic.twitter.com/78hducHDUE
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) April 29, 2026

Spencer Pratt is really good at this. pic.twitter.com/bpxd8lFnwm
— Billboard Chris 🌎 (@BillboardChris) May 3, 2026

Change the channel pic.twitter.com/mqBBaMK7JO
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) May 5, 2026

Spencer Pratt absolutely destroys Communist LA Mayor Karen Bass…

Reporter: “Karen Bass says you’re exploiting the grief of fire victims”

Pratt: “I’m not sure if she forgot…she let my house burn down…and my childhood neighbours burned alive…she’s disgusting” pic.twitter.com/rbJEG2XDxV
— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) May 5, 2026

How dare Spencer Pratt blame Karen Bass for burning down his house. Why she had nothing to do with it! She was in Africa treating with communist warlords while the fires were raging!!!

The future of political ads, ready or not.

(Personally I hope he wins.) pic.twitter.com/Vr2vNbC2Ol
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) May 5, 2026

Here's another AI ad that sums it up: "We're both communist losers who let this city turn to shit... vote for one of us and Los Angeles is fucked."

Bonus: California has effectively shut down its own oil production, despite being, theoretically, an oil-rich state.

And now they're receiving their last shipment of Persian Gulf oil.

The last California-bound oil tanker to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since war erupted is at the Port of Long Beach offloading its valuable cargo -- 2 million barrels of crude destined to be transformed into gasoline, jet fuel and diesel.
The New Corolla loaded up in Iraq on Feb. 24 -- just days before U.S. and Israeli forces launched attacks on Iran, plunging the region into turmoil and sparking a double blockade of commercial shipping.
In two weeks, the Hong Kong-flagged tanker will have fully unloaded at the Marathon Petroleum terminal and departed again for distant waters. After that, California must figure out how to replace some 200,000 barrels of oil a day that will no longer be arriving from the Persian Gulf.

Senator Suzette Valladares
@SenValladares
California's last major oil shipment is here. After this, we're short about 200,000 barrels a day--and no one has explained the plan to replace it.
@CAProblemSolver asked two weeks ago.
Still nothing.
You can't run the fifth-largest economy on "we'll figure it out."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:57 PM

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1 coconut.

Posted by: IS Roth at May 05, 2026 03:58 PM (x9NCj)

2 Marco Rubio is NOT first!

Somehow.

He's also not pitching for the Nationals tonight.

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 03:59 PM (Sco7b)

3 Now would be a good time for the commenter who has had actual interactions with Harris to tell us an anecdote where she has shown her wit and wisdom.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 03:59 PM (aZm/F)

4 Anyone mention that Kamala sucks yet?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 04:00 PM (cvMzD)

5 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 04:00 PM (xHq83)

6 LA deserves to get what it voted for.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (N1DT3)

7 Put the lime in the coconut she drank 'em both up

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (IifOV)

8 I live in California. Every person in Nextdoor blames Trump for Californias high gas prices. This was before the war.

I am surrounded by insanity

Posted by: The Dog at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (XodLO)

9 I’m glad someone is willing to throw some punches but I don’t think Spencer Pratt is the guy that’s going to fix CA.

The Right needs better recruiting skills.

Posted by: Maroon at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (mi2B9)

10 Bass grins like a lunatic the entire time she's in public.
Newsom can't talk without bobbing and weaving and waving his arms around like a used car inflatable arm display.

Where do these unhuman things come from?

Posted by: bonhomme at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (mkw2N)

11 May they face Justice in the Next Realm ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critic Just Being Critical, Again . . . at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (3ZUWJ)

12 I think it was Gutfeld yesterday highlighting Pratt.

Pratt's really good at social media, he's actually a victim of Bass's policies. He has a video where he showed his 'temporary' housing and he went around lifting up the toilet seat.

Yeah, if I lived there, I'd probably want to get out of the place and run for mayor too.

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 04:02 PM (Sco7b)

13 Homelessness is still sky-high in LA. Bass is simply doing the same 'trcik' they're doing in SF -- they move the homeless around to new areas, where they can't easily be counted and are less visible. It's the ol' "shell game" -- switch 'em around so you can't tell where they are any more.

Nobody is fooled.

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 04:02 PM (Av6i5)

14 It ain't Trump who ended your refining, fuckos. Or marched against nuclear

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 04:02 PM (cvMzD)

15 Immolation tends to have those effects.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 04:02 PM (dK+Kv)

16 OMG, Rubio made a cameo in the Spencer Pratt ad.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 04:03 PM (aZm/F)

17 40% are undecided.

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Methinks this poll is...bullshit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 04:03 PM (w4o6z)

18 Pratt doesn't have to fix CA just L.A.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 04:03 PM (cvMzD)

19 I had this woman economics professor. She had nipples that could penetrate steel plating. We would always pray for hot weather so she would wear thin shirts and the ac was cranked. I would sit through that class with a stiffy that rivaled the Empire State Building. I swear it was probably the best attended class in any college.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 04:03 PM (Py+sj)

20 I know it's AI but still, I like it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 04:03 PM (aZm/F)

21 They don't drill but the oil is there, bubbling up and making tar balls on the beaches but God forbid they drill.

Posted by: steevy at May 05, 2026 04:04 PM (YwEeS)

22 Los Angeles is unfixable. Moreover, the inhabitants don't want it fixed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 04:04 PM (4NO2D)

23 Juke the stats!

Posted by: The Wire at May 05, 2026 04:04 PM (cD7cN)

24 Horner, the FedEx driver who murdered 7 year old Athena is sentenced to death.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 05, 2026 04:04 PM (mkw2N)

25 9 I’m glad someone is willing to throw some punches but I don’t think Spencer Pratt is the guy that’s going to fix CA.

The Right needs better recruiting skills.
Posted by: Maroon at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (mi2B9)

-------

They said that about Trump.
I think any "outsider" is the best first option.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 04:05 PM (aZm/F)

26 "40% are undecided"

Yea sure. Pull this leg and it shits on you. This poll has got to be steaming bullshit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 04:05 PM (iFTx/)

27 Holy crap. That was a GREAT political ad.

I don't even need a reason to hate Bass, but I do more now.

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 04:05 PM (Sco7b)

28 "Reduced" in the same way that, under Obama "jobs created" became, "jobs created, saved or funded."

So she reduced homelessness and crime because it could have been higher--here's a handy graph showing projected increases (that we pulled out of our ass) and the actual rate.

See? Lower.

If you stupids understood math and science, you wouldn't doubt these experts we selected to prove homelessness and crime are down.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 04:05 PM (MtSIY)

29 No Nood is bad Nood

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 04:05 PM (WsJuq)

30 damn, that Spencer Pratt video is fantastic1 Now i waana move to L.A. just so I can vote for him.

Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 04:06 PM (Av6i5)

31 They don't drill but the oil is there, bubbling up and making tar balls on the beaches but God forbid they drill.
Posted by: steevy

Offshore. The onshore stuff is too saline to make it worthwhile for anything other than industrial, ironically.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 04:06 PM (diia5)

32
* flexes *

* double back biceps pose *

* pivots to crab pose *

Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard alumnus at May 05, 2026 04:06 PM (0sNs1)

33 Lord of the Flies: City Edition.

That is what the likes of Karen Bass brings to the political table. Raman sounds more dumb, hence even more hazardous.

Second look at Otisville Lex?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 04:06 PM (2GVsD)

34 Or in the way that Biden "reduced" inflation because the rate of inflation went down.

So it was 10.5% and now it is 10.2% so that is a 70%* reduction in inflation.

* shut up, nerd. Go outside. The smart people say it's 70% and that means it 70%.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 04:07 PM (MtSIY)

35 I thought they were the temporarily unhoused

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 04:08 PM (d997y)

36 30 damn, that Spencer Pratt video is fantastic1 Now i wanna move to L.A. just so I can vote for him.
Posted by: zombie at May 05, 2026 04:06 PM (Av6i5)

What's living in LA have to do with voting in an LA election?

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 04:08 PM (Sco7b)

37 "Horner, the FedEx driver who murdered 7 year old Athena is sentenced to death.
Posted by: bonhomme "

Good. 6AM tomorrow?

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 04:08 PM (vFG9F)

38 Did you say she reduced crime and homelessness?

BWA HA HA HA
I live here bitches

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 05, 2026 04:08 PM (Kt19C)

39 Have they audited CA yet? I'd love to know which politicians got laundered the rail system money and exactly how much.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 04:08 PM (aZm/F)

40 If this Pratt guy keeps out of trouble, he could end up President one day.

He got the words for it.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 04:08 PM (g8tJ5)

41 So back to Wienstein's Kamala is a super genius... He claims that a lot of her babble is straight from Commie Manifestos. Really evil stuff like Mao and Khmer Rouge

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 05, 2026 04:09 PM (wBaIH)

42 Love that commercial...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 04:09 PM (FtULh)

43 Vance better get his ass in gear. Marco is closing on him like a long shot at the Kentucky Derby.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m)

44
"Throwing tomatoes at city/state/federal officials is a hate crime, a dog whistle for assassination, and punishable by law!!"

-Dems portrayed in video

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 05, 2026 04:10 PM (IifOV)

45 41 So back to Wienstein's Kamala is a super genius... He claims that a lot of her babble is straight from Commie Manifestos. Really evil stuff like Mao and Khmer Rouge

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 05, 2026 04:09 PM (wBaIH)

======

That Venn Diagram bit, man. Straight from Ho Chi Min about how to kill Americans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 04:10 PM (w4o6z)

46 "California's last major oil shipment is here. After this, we're short about 200,000 barrels a day--and no one has explained the plan to replace it."

Everybody should just use the Obama plan he floated to reduce gas usage. Make sure you keep your tires fully inflated.

(I'm not making this up)

Posted by: CNN at May 05, 2026 04:10 PM (GUOwU)

47 The families burned out of their homes in a completely preferable fire say otherwise you stupid cunt

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 05, 2026 04:10 PM (qSkgY)

48 Nobody walks in LA.

Posted by: dantesed at May 05, 2026 04:10 PM (TE9sr)

49 if they're talking, they're lying.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 04:10 PM (VyBeY)

50 In Other News the Dept. of "Justice" has stated that Fauci will not be prosecuted for lying to congress.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at May 05, 2026 04:11 PM (V362x)

51 What? Did you say she reduced crime and homelessness?

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Next you'll be telling me that, recently during a "debate," Califzuela Gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra gave Governor Gavin Newsom an "A" for his efforts to address homelessness.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 04:11 PM (9Kqhl)

52 43 Vance better get his ass in gear. Marco is closing on him like a long shot at the Kentucky Derby.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 04:10 PM (viF8m

Have to say I watched his press conference and I was impressed...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 04:11 PM (FtULh)

53 Offshore. The onshore stuff is too saline to make it worthwhile for anything other than industrial, ironically.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 04:06 PM (diia5)
Please explain the saline part????

Posted by: MAC V SOG at May 05, 2026 04:11 PM (P4Pk9)

54 24 Horner, the FedEx driver who murdered 7 year old Athena is sentenced to death.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 05, 2026 04:04 PM

Death is to easy. He needs tortured. No apologies.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 05, 2026 04:11 PM (IifOV)

55 "Mayor Karen Bass is the leader Los Angeles needs right now. She has done what so many said couldn't be done -- the first ever two-year decline in homelessness, reducing crime to levels this city hasn't seen since the 1960s, and refusing to back down when the federal government came after our neighbors," Harris said in a statement.
__________

That's an odd flex considering ICE fucked LA's illegals in the ass with massive raids and deports. I mean, I know mere impotent RESISTENCE is enough to get leftwingers all hot and bothered, but still -- "This fat toad was totally ineffective in stopping ICE but she was very refuse-y about it" ain't a great flex.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 04:11 PM (iFTx/)

56 In other news

Reform UK promises to build immigrant detention camps in Green Party voting areas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 04:12 PM (2GVsD)

57 Coconuts everywhere are insulted by this headline.

Posted by: MrExcitement at May 05, 2026 04:13 PM (ovdkm)

58 Between them, Clown Bass and Commie Nithia can only attract about a third of the Democrat electorate!

Feel that enthusiasm. Ice age levels.

Posted by: Uick Follywood at May 05, 2026 04:13 PM (Qu5vh)

59 CA knows who to blame for the Palisades fire.

State Farm.

They want to pull their insurance license.

Because nothing says, "please continue to lose money writing high-risk policies in our state--made high-risk by our incompetent governance" like "or "we'll yank your license."

Related:
Something like $120k of the price of a new home in CA is fees and regulation costs.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 04:13 PM (MtSIY)

60 >>Have to say I watched his press conference and I was impressed...

He's really come into his own as SoS. Trump clearly has confidence in because he has put him in charge of every opening other than hosting the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 04:14 PM (viF8m)

61 56 In other news

Reform UK promises to build immigrant detention camps in Green Party voting areas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 04:12 PM (2GVsD)

=======

By immigration detention camps they mean buying local homes and giving them to illegal immigrants who arrived by boat that morning.

Reform is filled with the same Conservative Party pols who did that before.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 04:14 PM (w4o6z)

62 LOL

$16 million for 64 beds.
American dollars?

Everywhere needs a death penalty for misuse of public funds.
Their entire families.

I'll volunteer to do the work. I'll have to bring the dog. But still.

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 04:15 PM (Sco7b)

63 Bass is obviously from the same planet of snake people as Carville.

Took a swan dive off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

Like she was lit on fire and beat out with a tube sock full of Coke cans.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 04:15 PM (g8tJ5)

64 LA thieves are now drilling into people's gas tanks to steal their gas and I think I read she also blamed auto companies for not armoring their gas tanks.

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Isn't it time to mandate tamper-proof exploding gas tanks in automobiles?

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 04:15 PM (9Kqhl)

65 Take that last political ad and put it out all over the US!

It's not just about New York City & it's also not just L.A. anymore

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 04:16 PM (NFX2v)

66 Even if Pratt wins and that's a big IF, the city counsel won't do a thing for him.

He might be able to clean up some grift and help the cops. Then since the machine will never back him he will lose reelection.

They will wait him out and start the grift machine up again.

Just like they are trying to do with Trump.
Which is what makes the US Senate all the more infuriating.

Posted by: Inogame at May 05, 2026 04:16 PM (53oGX)

67 Great ad. The AI one was really good too. Degenerate autocrat psychos depicted as, well, degenerate autocrat psychos. The whole end-stage French aristocracy meets Bane's kangaroo court setting was *mwah*.

Posted by: Got good instincts he does at May 05, 2026 04:17 PM (TbWk/)

68 ShainS

Bait cars, filled with directional explosives when the gas tank is drilled. Use Pintos, if available.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 04:17 PM (u82oZ)

69 Any excuse she needs to avoiding blaming crime on, erm, criminals.

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AKA The Democrat-Communist base.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 04:17 PM (9Kqhl)

70 Neat trick how all the Democrats across the country are reducing homelessness while Trump is increasing it

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 04:18 PM (d997y)

71 Spencer is pissed.
Stay pissed Spencer.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 04:18 PM (UjdFS)

72 JackStraw

Time to switch it up. Put Vance front and center for a month.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 04:19 PM (u82oZ)

73 OT:

@jeffmfulgham
·
2h
New: Update on the FBI investigation of Georgia 2020. We've just learned today that the DOJ served a subpoena to Fulton County on April 20th requesting the contact information of individuals (including contractors) who worked the Fulton election in 2020. In other words the FBI raided Fulton and seized evidence on January 28, 2026, and now 2 1/2 months later they are tracking down everyone involved.

-------

I know people are all, "Trust the plan"ned out and all after Trump 1.0 where the DOJ dragged its feet until nothing happened...but...Trump 2.0 is not Trump 1.0.

Really, I think GA Senate this year will be a surprise flip on no one's radar.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 04:19 PM (w4o6z)

74 Nice to see that "homelessness" is still the greatest issue facing the republic...

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 04:19 PM (XuXeR)

75 My favorite Spencer Pratt ad just came out:

https://tinyurl.com/PrattCaliforniaFreedom

Whoever is doing his ads is worth every penny.

Posted by: Cheri at May 05, 2026 04:20 PM (oiNtH)

76 Death is to easy. He needs tortured. No apologies.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 05, 2026 04:11 PM (IifOV)

Pretty sure Satan will take care of that second thing

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 04:20 PM (d997y)

77 So back to Wienstein's Kamala is a super genius... He claims that a lot of her babble is straight from Commie Manifestos. Really evil stuff like Mao and Khmer Rouge
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 05, 2026 04:09 PM (wBaIH)

how does repeating evil crap make her a genius? Of course every leftist and professor vomits up the same old Mickey Marxism quotes to get by with their lives.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 04:20 PM (8avO+)

78 I think we need to colonize California.

Maybe we could put the natives on a reservation because we obviously can't allow them to vote.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 04:20 PM (N1DT3)

79 68 ShainS

Bait cars, filled with directional explosives when the gas tank is drilled. Use Pintos, if available.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 04:17 PM (u82oZ)

There was a show called "Bait Car" that SOMEHOW actually made it onto television just a few years ago.

Police drop off a bait car in an inner city neighbourhood, black guy after black guy goes in to steal the car and HILARITY ensued. I don't think I saw one white person ever take a vehicle.

YouTube may still have clips.

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 04:21 PM (Sco7b)

80 74 Nice to see that "homelessness" is still the greatest issue facing the republic...
Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 04:19 PM (XuXeR)

The Unhoused you h8er !

Posted by: Concern Karens at May 05, 2026 04:21 PM (FtULh)

81 No Duh, Kamaunist is a Cultural Marxist

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 04:21 PM (Ia/+0)

82 man

"Bring out the scoops!" Soylent Green is homeless people.

I am over turning the other cheek. Going to start counter-protesting the No Kings people.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 04:21 PM (u82oZ)

83 Marxists lie with the ease you breath

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)

84 When political solutions, desired by normal people, are made impossible by one party, there are remedies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 04:22 PM (u82oZ)

85 Nice to see that "homelessness" is still the greatest issue facing the republic...
Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 04:19 PM (XuXeR)

Ironic since under Bass' watch over 5400 single family homes were damaged or destroyed by the Palisades fire.

Posted by: Trump's fault. Or State Farm's. at May 05, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)

86 LA thieves are now"

"Now"? This was a thing in the 70s. Now get off my lawn

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 04:23 PM (XuXeR)

87 Who is Karen Bass?

* Was a Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011-2022
* Was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus
* Longtime proponent of normalizing U.S. relations with Communist Cuba
* Former member of the Venceremos Brigades
* Was elected mayor of Los Angeles in 2022

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 04:23 PM (RIvkX)

88 Spencer Pratt is really good at this.

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Heh.

"Goblins like Eunisse are gobbling up all your tax dollars ..."

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 04:24 PM (9Kqhl)

89 "California's last major oil shipment is here. After this, we're short about 200,000 barrels a day--and no one has explained the plan to replace it."

Everybody should just use the Obama plan he floated to reduce gas usage. Make sure you keep your tires fully inflated.

(I'm not making this up)
Posted by: CNN at May 05, 2026 04:10 PM (GUOwU)

If Trump's blockade brings the terrorist supporting government of CA down along with Iran, and China that's quite a trifecta.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 04:24 PM (8avO+)

90 Also Speaker of the California Assembly

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 04:24 PM (RIvkX)

91 Ironic since under Bass' watch over 5400 single family homes were damaged or destroyed by the Palisades fire.
Posted by: Trump's fault. Or State Farm's. "

Well, she's a he....

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 04:24 PM (XuXeR)

92 Out of oil California?
Moose out front should have told you.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 04:24 PM (n5tGW)

93 33 Sorry, Anna, but it’s “Otisberg” (or maybe “Otisburg”

. You’re not the first one on this blog that I’ve had to correct on that point.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 04:24 PM (77rzZ)

94 Oil shortage drives the price up. We can run against Trump and other Republicans for high gas prices. Will people and our economy suffer? Yes, but you know, fuck them. We get to stay in office.

Posted by: California Democrats at May 05, 2026 04:25 PM (Uj3sz)

95 AI, - is there nothing it can't fabricate at the whims of a lunatic?

What was that cheesy throwaway line from the Matrix?

"Buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, 'cause Kansas is going bye-bye!"

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 04:25 PM (D1E+2)

96 * flexes *

* double back biceps pose *

* pivots to crab pose *
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard alumnus at May 05, 2026 04:06 PM (0sNs1)

You know, this is an odd place when you think about it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)

97 Gas here in se Pa is $4,70, getting close to California soon

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 04:26 PM (Ia/+0)

98 Put the lime in the coocoonut.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 05, 2026 04:26 PM (abIsI)

99 Folks, please. Discussions like this are paltry, when compared to one of the most pressing situations in our country today.

President Trump is causing strains in the Obama's marriage. Barack's political activity, necessitated by OrangeManBad, is the culprit!

“It does create genuine tension in our household, and it frustrates her. I’m more forgiving of it; I understand why people feel that way.”

However, Obama went defends himself from left-wing critics who still claim he’s not doing enough to counter Trump.

“No other ex-President was the main surrogate for the Party for four election cycles after they left office."

So, please, have some sympathy for the wookie.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2026 04:27 PM (0sNs1)

100 97 Gas here in se Pa is $4,70, getting close to California soon
Posted by: Skip

Luxury. Quit your complaining.

Posted by: WA at May 05, 2026 04:28 PM (abIsI)

101 Rubio as DJ was a good addition there.

Saw his press conference, still a little too diplomatic but I guess that's one of his jobs.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 04:28 PM (n5tGW)

102 Just bought a box of out of print 9mm Jap revolver ammo online from a shop in Commiefornia.

Good price, old Midway stuff still in the original box. I am so ashamed as I try and not do bizness with any Commiefornia shop.

What ya gonna do?

Posted by: Type 26 at May 05, 2026 04:28 PM (K1Mmf)

103 63 Bass is obviously from the same planet of snake people as Carville.

Took a swan dive off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

Like she was lit on fire and beat out with a tube sock full of Coke cans.
Posted by: Sifty boones
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She is quite literally a commie. Spent time in Cuba being educated in being a commie.

The one lesson that commies learn is that unless you are the head cheese, you scrape and bow and issue what platitudes are necessary to keep you out of a grave. Now Bass is head cheeese and yet has the ability of Nikita Kruschev as Soviet Agriculture Minister.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)

104 > Gas here in se Pa is $4,70, getting close to California soon

$5.80 for regular here in WA. Absolutely nuts.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 05, 2026 04:28 PM (mkw2N)

105 I think we need to colonize California.

Maybe we could put the natives on a reservation because we obviously can't allow them to vote.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

There are huge swaths of conservative areas in CA. Problem is, like in many states, they can't as of yet, beat the cheat, illegals voting, weeks long "ballot counting", and the coastal city Marxists.

Posted by: Cheri at May 05, 2026 04:29 PM (oiNtH)

106 99
“No other ex-President was the main surrogate for the Party for four election cycles after they left office."

So, please, have some sympathy for the wookie.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2026 04:27 PM (0sNs1)

=======

"I was central in creating a seditious conspiracy to sideline and even potentially remove the elected president of the United States in violation of the will of the states as expressed through the electoral college as outlined in the Constitution. What more could I do? Shoot Trump in the head myself? That's why you dumb peasants are being pushed into it. I have a billion dollars to burn on yachts with rich doofuses who think I'm smart."
-cut for time

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 04:29 PM (w4o6z)

107 Bass and Kamala, Newsome are utter incompetents.

So, as utter incompetents, their only hope to stay in power is to convince the voters that a) the problems are not their fault. b) the problems are not solvable. c) there are "other" problems that require their attention. Like climate change, racism, and transgender bathrooms.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 04:29 PM (k8xm0)

108 Haven't a lot of former residents moved of LA since the fires?That would decrease Pratt's voting totals.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 04:29 PM (8Xy/A)

109 In the 1980s, Bass was affiliated with Line of March, a Maoist organization that aligned itself with the New Communist Movement, which in turn was a Maoist initiative inspired by international Communist movements in Cuba, Vietnam, and especially China. Line of March was founded in 1980 in Oakland, California, by the Communist and political activist Irwin Silber, who considered the Communist Party insufficiently radical for his taste.
-Discover the Networks

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 04:29 PM (RIvkX)

110
Nice to see that "homelessness" is still the greatest issue facing the republic...
Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 04:19 PM (XuXeR)

Starting in 1980 through 1992.

Then homelessness was solved until it ballooned again at the end of 2000 through 2008.

2008 to 2016 saw homelessness solved again, until a short relapse from 2016 to 2020.

And all was well until 2024.

I wonder what changed during those relapse years? Hmmmmm.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 04:29 PM (y9nCu)

111 Gas here in se Pa is $4,70, getting close to California soon

You're gonna go up about 2 bucks to match CA.

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 04:29 PM (FtULh)

112 I am thinking walling off California and not letting anyone out

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)

113 >>> And then they said: Biden reduced crime, bigots. Look it up. DC murders fell 8%.

Yes down from historic murder levels not seen since the 80s -- yes, it fell off slightly from that grim bloody pace.

========

You can only kill so many people before the number of murders has to go down.

Or we talking rates here?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 05, 2026 04:30 PM (/lPRQ)

114 I think Spencer Pratt's flame hummingbird is up there with the Hunger Games logo.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 04:30 PM (rbvCR)

115 My favorite Spencer Pratt ad just came out:

https://tinyurl.com/PrattCaliforniaFreedom

Whoever is doing his ads is worth every penny.
Posted by: Cheri
.......

The Gavbaby shoulder shimmy is sweet.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 04:30 PM (UjdFS)

116 So, please, have some sympathy for the wookie.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
=====
My Star Wars based advice to SCOAMF is "Let the Wookie win."

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 04:30 PM (E4rtv)

117 In 1995, Bass helped organize a memorial service for the late Joe Slovo, a leader of the South African Communist Party and an admirer of Joseph Stalin.
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IOW, she doesn't give a sh*t about kulaks who lost their homes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 04:31 PM (RIvkX)

118 116 So, please, have some sympathy for the wookie.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
=====
My Star Wars based advice to SCOAMF is "Let the Wookie win."

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 04:30 PM (E4rtv)

======

My Ayn Rand advice to him is, "Learn the equalizing power of the gun. Women can overpower stronger men with some help."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 04:31 PM (w4o6z)

119 Gas prices are way too high!

Don't drive so much.

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2026 04:31 PM (9lqZe)

120
Where did the coconut Kamala thing come from? I thought her campaign introduced it. Is it because a coconut is brown and filled with milky liquid?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 04:31 PM (VWtfl)

121 Shes a communist revolutionary you say that was 50 years ago thatd how she musgiverns

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 05, 2026 04:32 PM (bXbFr)

122 120
Where did the coconut Kamala thing come from? I thought her campaign introduced it. Is it because a coconut is brown and filled with milky liquid?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 04:31 PM (VWtfl)

======

It was some stupid thing her mother told to her, supposedly, that her campaign turned into a theme.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 04:32 PM (w4o6z)

123 Note that previous D mayors, at least tried to pretend to be competent at their jobs. Tom Bradley wasn't the brightest light, but he tried to do a good job. But he's like a shining star compared to Karen Bass.

It's like each generation of D leaders gets dumber than the last. Bass is shockingly incompetent, and the idea that she would even run for re-election, much less get anyone to endorse her, is absurd.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 04:32 PM (k8xm0)

124 Men are not out here being absolute amazing husbands in every single circumstance.

-
Mrs. Wrecks tells me, with considerable frequency and at considerable volume, that I'm the worst husband in the history of the world. So don't any of you even think about taking my title because I've got this wrapped up.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 04:33 PM (ndZc7)

125 Gas here in se Pa is $4,70, getting close to California soon

You're gonna go up about 2 bucks to match CA.
Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 04:29 PM (FtULh)

CA gets its oil and a lot of gasoline from Asia and the Gulf. I have heard it speculated that the gasoline coming from China and other such places is actually Iranian oil, laundered through small refineries. With the gulf closed, the nearest source of oil for California is Alaska, what little pumping and refining is allowed in CA, and the Gulf of America.

Trump has waived the Jones act for 90 days, and may not be able to get that renewed, so there is not enough hulls allowed to transport from US to US ports under the Jones act without that waiver.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 04:33 PM (rbvCR)

126 Sorry. I didnt the discover the network up threas

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 05, 2026 04:33 PM (bXbFr)

127 Please explain the saline part????
Posted by: MAC V SOG

Geology and some near-shore pumping in the early 1900's drew in salt water.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 04:34 PM (diia5)

128 California's last major oil shipment is here. After this, we're short about 200,000 barrels a day--and no one has explained the plan to replace it.

-------------

"Solar and Windmills, duh H8R!"

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 04:34 PM (9Kqhl)

129 It's like each generation of D leaders gets dumber than the last. Bass is shockingly incompetent, and the idea that she would even run for re-election, much less get anyone to endorse her, is absurd.
Posted by: The Whine Guy

She is 2 steps ahead of the voters, because people are still willing to put her back in office! That is the scarier part of it all for me.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 04:34 PM (OoFl2)

130 I'm still kind of hoping that California, Australia, Europe REALLY run short of fuel for a while.

Make them suffer a bit. Hard.
Good and hard.

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 04:35 PM (Sco7b)

131
Pratt Man!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 04:36 PM (xG4kz)

132 I'm convinced that the only purpose of socialism is to give incompetents a chance at governing too. Otherwise, who the fuck would elect these bozos? It's like a jobs program for overqualified idiots.

Karen Bass has the same energy as a divorced, alcoholic high school guidance counselor hired in Compton. I.e. someone least qualified to give anyone advice on anything.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 04:36 PM (k8xm0)

133 Shes a communist revolutionary you say that was 50 years ago thatd how she musgiverns
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 05, 2026 04:32 PM (bXbFr)

She is CDR alumni. En cada barrio revolución. En cada oficina singao.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 04:36 PM (rbvCR)

134 When the fires break out in the coming weeks and the reservoirs are dry will Bass be in a fact finding tour in Africa. Probably. And the LA idiots will elect her anyway. They get what they deserve, good and hard

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 04:36 PM (gu0hJ)

135 Mrs. Wrecks tells me, with considerable frequency and at considerable volume, that I'm the worst husband in the history of the world. So don't any of you even think about taking my title because I've got this wrapped up.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 04:33 PM (ndZc7)

I am suspect of this claim. 😊.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 04:37 PM (OoFl2)

136 I think we need to colonize California.

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First we'd need to organize a safari.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 04:37 PM (ndZc7)

137 It's like each generation of D leaders gets dumber than the last. Bass is shockingly incompetent, and the idea that she would even run for re-election, much less get anyone to endorse her, is absurd.
Posted by: The Whine Guy
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Because they are hand puppets for the shadowy set of assholes that put them in office. Same with the Biden junta or Prime Minister Starmer.

They use the talking dummy in front to distract the rubes while those in the shadows run the show and make generational wealth for themselves and the donors.

They are figureheads in office while the real power structure is hidden. Robert Dahl termed this junta as a deformed polyarchy when describing local politics in New Haven in the sixties. Since then the polyarchs have just being getting greedier and less caring of the electorate because cheating in big cities has created the illusion of elections with no actual choices being made by actual voters.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 04:37 PM (E4rtv)

138
Red Kammie and Bass are Tweddle Dum and Tweedle Dumber

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 04:37 PM (xG4kz)

139 Stateless

EU has lots of cities full of immigrants and flammable buildings. Those invaders outnumber the official numbers of their host country military, including civilians, and the security staff.

AFAIK, only the French have a plan and a robust Armed Force left.

Poland is immune.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 04:38 PM (u82oZ)

140 It's like each generation of D leaders gets dumber than the last. Bass is shockingly incompetent, and the idea that she would even run for re-election, much less get anyone to endorse her, is absurd.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 04:32 PM (k8xm0)

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. Black
, Female
. Lesbian
. Communist
. Retard
. Death Cultist
. Kill Capitalism
. Kill Prosperity
. Kill Whitey

What's not to like? The Ideal Democrat-Communist "Oppressed Victim" and Candidate ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 04:39 PM (9Kqhl)

141 Suddenly, were further along in socialism than 50- 60 years ago (imo).
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Start looking where your state's opiate settlement is going.

Look at your community, state giving programs. Read about every single recipient or potential, what they do, how they specifically manage funding, salaries, rap sheets, and so on.

Watch how money is dispensed through your Congressional representatives to state and community levels.

We have groups that are considered drug use enablers doling out our money in communities screaming they want the NP enablers out.

There's money going to other continents for what appears to be unrelated programs; money going to programs supporting illegal families embedded in areas immediately outside of major cities, etc.

Civil society

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 04:39 PM (NFX2v)

142 There are huge swaths of conservative areas in CA. Problem is, like in many states, they can't as of yet, beat the cheat, illegals voting, weeks long "ballot counting", and the coastal city Marxists.
Posted by: Cheri
.......

Nobody I have talked to likes Nav Gewsom. Except for my brother who has a Kamala sticker on the back of his Smart phone.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 04:39 PM (UjdFS)

143 Red Kammie and Bass are Tweddle Dum and Tweedle Dumber
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 04:37 PM (xG4kz)

I used to refer to the couple managing my apartment complex as "tweedle-dum and tweedle-dumber"

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 04:40 PM (rbvCR)

144 YouTube may still have clips.
Posted by: Stateless

Bait Car - YouTube

https://tinyurl.com/csube3cn

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 04:40 PM (xHq83)

145 142 Nobody I have talked to likes Nav Gewsom. Except for my brother who has a Kamala sticker on the back of his Smart phone.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 04:39 PM (UjdFS)

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Trans?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 04:40 PM (w4o6z)

146 Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026

I hope to watch things burn.
Here in Canada too.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 04:40 PM (Sco7b)

147 Shame about that Rancho Seco and San Onofre nuclear power plants. They sure could come in handy right about now. Shame also about the Salton Sea Geothermal anomaly - would a been nice if that had gotten tapped. Shame the Ivanpah solar power plant went bust - shame no one listened to the experts who said it was a bad idea. Shame those refineries shut down. Shame that gas line was never built. Shame the utilities were made to pay extortionist claims for fire damage to people who had no insurance.

Shame all around.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 04:41 PM (k8xm0)

148 These ads are sooo good.
It would be fantastic if he wins.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 04:41 PM (NpAcC)

149 L - No nic, another fine day

I will point out that a trend line can be derailed. Takes will.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 04:41 PM (u82oZ)

150 Ten years ago today I told the world that the Trump Tower Grill has the best TACO salads.

Its true. They are really really great. The best. So big. So tasty.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at May 05, 2026 04:42 PM (anL5R)

151 Swaths of many Conservative Americans that get messed into Gerrymandering with Democrats

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 04:43 PM (Ia/+0)

152 She is 2 steps ahead of the voters, because people are still willing to put her back in office! That is the scarier part of it all for me.
Posted by: Piper

Most people have given up on voting in local races. Turnout is rarely about 20 percent in places with off year elections and that is in part why politics is so rotten in urban areas.

Turnout in 2022 Mayor's race was actually pretty decent by municipal race standards, Registered voters, 2,120,515, Turnout 43.86%. How honest that election was with ballot harvesting, paid voters via giftcards and incentives, and fraud, I dunno.

My guess is about 10-20 percent fraud or illegally bought votes which is on the low side of cheat by mail elections.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 04:43 PM (E4rtv)

153 Bait Car - YouTube

https://tinyurl.com/csube3cn
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 04:40 PM (xHq83)

Thanks Rick!

I'm going to play this while I do dishes. I need a laugh.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 04:43 PM (Sco7b)

154 Shame about that Rancho Seco and San Onofre nuclear power plants. They sure could come in handy right about now. Shame also about the Salton Sea Geothermal anomaly - would a been nice if that had gotten tapped. Shame the Ivanpah solar power plant went bust - shame no one listened to the experts who said it was a bad idea. Shame those refineries shut down. Shame that gas line was never built. Shame the utilities were made to pay extortionist claims for fire damage to people who had no insurance.

Shame all around.
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Yes, but abortion "rights" were preserved, so all of the other suffering and misery were deemed to be worth it.

Posted by: Crusader at May 05, 2026 04:43 PM (TN0g+)

155 Karen Bass has been a prominent figure in California and national politics since at least 1990, when she founded the Community Coalition in South Los Angeles.

Kamala Harris has been in politics and public service for over 30 years, beginning her career in the early 1990s before holding her first elected position in 2003.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 04:43 PM (NFX2v)

156 Bradley did not loath this country, unlike many successors

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 05, 2026 04:43 PM (bXbFr)

157 Speaking of California pols . . .

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
Mrs. Potato Head scalds the airwaves with more of her insane rhetoric…

https://tinyurl.com/2s3ep9uk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 04:43 PM (ndZc7)

158

That woman is seriously brain damaged. Something happened to her.

That smile, and the insincere BS she pours out of her melon.

This goes beyond DEI into straight up Communism.

Wonder why our great teachers dont teach anyone about Communism any longer. Gosh, dont know why.

That diseased cunt apparently said she's slow-walking permits on purpose just to spite Trump.

Who the hell does that.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 05, 2026 04:44 PM (et1vG)

159 Coal burning cars. And Flintstone mobiles.

The new wave.

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2026 04:44 PM (9lqZe)

160 Shame also about the Salton Sea Geothermal anomaly - would a been nice if that had gotten tapped.
Posted by: The Whine Guy

My Big Idea™ is to add on to the nuke plants on the coast with a desal plant, dig a pipeline to the Salton Sea and, after remediation, fill it up again.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 04:44 PM (diia5)

161 Geology and some near-shore pumping in the early 1900's drew in salt water.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 04:34 PM (diia5)
There was always salt water or there would not have been able to produce.
Separation has always depended on various weight of components.
Simple gun barrels or centrifuge does the work.

Posted by: MAC V SOG at May 05, 2026 04:45 PM (P4Pk9)

162 City of locusts

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 05, 2026 04:45 PM (bXbFr)

163 "It's like each generation of D leaders gets dumber than the last."

It's their voters that are dumb and getting dumber. Politicians just say whatever their voters want to hear. Just because politicians say something dumb doesn't mean they are dumb.

Posted by: davidt at May 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Q+gd/)

164 I saw Deformed Polyarchy open for the Puppetmastaz at Strandbad in '05.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 04:46 PM (9Kqhl)

165 . Black
, Female
. Lesbian
. Communist
. Retard
. Death Cultist
. Kill Capitalism
. Kill Prosperity
. Kill Whitey

What's not to like? The Ideal Democrat-Communist "Oppressed Victim" and Candidate ...
Posted by: ShainS

Her problem is that blacks are now a fast declining percentage of CA politics. The fastest growing are Hispanics and Asians.

LA Demographics
White alone, percent 33.4%
Black alone, percent(a) 8.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) 1.3%
Asian alone, percent(a) 12.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent(a) 0.2%
Two or More Races, percent 18.9%
Hispanic or Latino, percent(b) 47.2%

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 04:46 PM (E4rtv)

166 Premium in my slice of paradise is $3.77.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 04:47 PM (OoFl2)

167 Spencer Pratt has the added benefit of a smoking hot wife. At least she used to be.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 05, 2026 04:48 PM (QaH55)

168 Do they still have cable car trollies in CA?
F*cking use those or bring back the rickshaw.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 05, 2026 04:48 PM (abIsI)

169 Bass looks like a muppet, but she’s a stone cold Commie who may well have engineered the Palisades fire.
Frightening.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 04:48 PM (4KUe5)

170 Her problem is that blacks are now a fast declining percentage of CA politics. The fastest growing are Hispanics and Asians
by: whig at May 05, 2026 04:46 PM (E4rtv)

And Bass also lacks the charisma and pure raw animal sexuality of Lori Lightfoot.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 04:49 PM (Sco7b)

171 Rickshaw?

https://youtu.be/XtVa2RySaDs

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at May 05, 2026 04:50 PM (2Ez/1)

172 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 04:43 PM (ndZc7)

Mrs. Potato Head. LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 04:51 PM (8Xy/A)

173 149. I will point out that a trend line can be derailed. Takes will.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Agreed. But I also agree with 152, Posted by Whig because that is what is clearly happening.

In part, "Most people have given up on voting in local races. Turnout is rarely about 20 percent in places with off year elections and that is in part why politics is so rotten in urban areas."

Cede locally and it's over, at least for several years. (Dillion's rule, or something along that line.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 04:51 PM (NFX2v)

174 The few clips of the Indian city councilwoman that Pratt is also running against are repellent as well. A female Mamdani who doesn’t even bother with the fake smiley crap.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 04:51 PM (4KUe5)

175 Couldn't we just build a pipeline from Canada to make up for any fuel shortages? No?

Democrats.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 04:51 PM (D1E+2)

176 Well, grand jury subpoena just surfaced for Fulton County Clerk (Atlanta) who is in charge of Fulton County's election records. She had to testify today to a Grand Jury at 9 AM eastern.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 04:52 PM (E4rtv)

177 Buy our kit and make your own gasoline at home !

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2026 04:52 PM (9lqZe)

178 Community is usual a tell its bad news

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 05, 2026 04:52 PM (bXbFr)

179 Her problem is that blacks are now a fast declining percentage of CA politics"

I laughed seeing a "Hispanic" ice cream shop at Florence and Normandie...

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 04:52 PM (XuXeR)

180 Time to fire up the woodchipper.

FedEx driver who kidnapped, then raped and strangled little girl in the back of his truck, gets sentenced to death

Horrific details at the link.

https://tinyurl.com/3s2ehme3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 04:52 PM (ndZc7)

181 Like she was lit on fire and beat out with a tube sock full of Coke cans.
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 04:15 PM (g8tJ5)

beat off with a tube sock > beat out with a tube sock.

Posted by: IYKYK at May 05, 2026 04:53 PM (qivay)

182 The fastest growing percentage of CA politics are mail-in ballots.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 04:53 PM (UjdFS)

183 Goggles they do nothin

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 05, 2026 04:53 PM (bXbFr)

184 @usmccggusa1974

Since they don’t check ID, the entire country should go and vote for him. A taste of their own medicine.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 04:53 PM (NpAcC)

185 107 Bass and Kamala, Newsome are utter incompetents.

So, as utter incompetents, their only hope to stay in power is to convince the voters that a) the problems are not their fault. b) the problems are not solvable. c) there are "other" problems that require their attention. Like climate change, racism, and transgender bathrooms.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 04:29 PM (k8xm0)

They aren't incompetent in that they are accomplishing exactly what they have set out to do. They are there to loot, pillage, destabilize, disrupt and destroy. And they're doing it rather well.

Posted by: Depends on what you're good at at May 05, 2026 04:54 PM (TbWk/)

186 About laurie lightfoot

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 05, 2026 04:54 PM (bXbFr)

187 Tyler perrys other brother was worse

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at May 05, 2026 04:55 PM (bXbFr)

188 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 04:52 PM (ndZc7)

And FedEx is going to pay a huge settlement which unless they had prior knowledge of bad ju ju about this guy , I don't think that is right.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 04:56 PM (kxLc1)

189 I prefer the Jerk Chicken Kamala, myself.

Posted by: Pants down Willie Brown at May 05, 2026 04:57 PM (p6KkC)

190 Gas here in se Pa is $4,70, getting close to California soon"

If only there was a way to transfer gasoline... maybe we could use a series of pipes, laid end to end...

Nah

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 04:58 PM (XuXeR)

191 The fastest growing percentage of CA politics are mail-in ballots.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 04:53 PM (UjdFS)

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Coupled with legalized "ballot harvesting" -- election stealing on steroids.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 04:58 PM (9Kqhl)

192 Speaking of murder . . .

This Ohio teacher fired a surface-to-air truth missile at Bernie for his “oligarch” routine and you should read it

https://tinyurl.com/j6ra4x9u

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 04:58 PM (ndZc7)

193 Mayor BASS has a Nice ASS !!!!!!!!!!!!

Cackle............. Cackle............. Cackle...............

Che for you and Boones Farm for me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Kami Harris at May 05, 2026 04:58 PM (X7dyz)

194 148 These ads are sooo good.
It would be fantastic if he wins.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 04:41 PM (NpAcC)
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Sometimes it takes a TV reality star to understand reality.

Posted by: beckster at May 05, 2026 04:58 PM (kX27y)

195 Coupled with legalized "ballot harvesting" -- election stealing on steroids.

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And I say this as a former Orange County resident from which they've been stealing elections for at least two decades now ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 04:59 PM (9Kqhl)

196 Your California home is gone, and you cannot rebuild but,

I am raising your property taxes on that land !!!!!!!!

SUCKERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mayor Bass at May 05, 2026 05:00 PM (MELMQ)

197 Another look at horses? Streets are full of shit anyway.

Posted by: Case at May 05, 2026 05:00 PM (9lqZe)

198 Who's the husky black woman wearing the PPE talking about graffiti? She could forge diamonds with those thighs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 05:01 PM (D1E+2)

199 And FedEx is going to pay a huge settlement which unless they had prior knowledge of bad ju ju about this guy , I don't think that is right.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

Fair or not, that case has a lot of juror appeal.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 05:02 PM (ndZc7)

200 Nood Star Wars

Posted by: Dad of Six at May 05, 2026 05:02 PM (OI6JV)

201 Another news flash,

Adam Morgan
@RepAdamMorgan
·
57m
💥BREAKING: South Carolina House Speaker moves to Redistrict!

They can do this IN SPITE OF the Governor!

The House will take up Sine Die Resolution that includes Reapportionment paving the way for a Special Session!

Massive first step!

🚨Keep the pressure on the SENATE!

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:02 PM (E4rtv)

202 This is the problem, the 40% are all liberals and I fear nothing will wake them up:
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One woman who voted for Bass last election and who said all you have to do is walk the streets to see that things are worse than they were 20 years ago, admitted that "the city has not got the right polices. They’re not working." That's the good news: she seems like someone who will no longer believe Bass when she tells voters not to believe their lying eyes. The bad news? She couldn't tell Savodnik that she definitely won't vote for Bass again this year.

She's one of the 40% of voters who, according to a new poll from UCLA, are still undecided about this race. Carl Cannon of RealClearPolitics explains that while Pratt, who is at 11% in the poll, is hoping that Raman and Bass will split the progressive vote, "they could still split and maybe beat him because there are so many liberals in Los Angeles."

Posted by: beckster at May 05, 2026 05:02 PM (kX27y)

203 198 Who's the husky black woman wearing the PPE talking about graffiti? She could forge diamonds with those thighs.

That was me !!!!

Any question you lame dicks ????

Posted by: Big MIKE at May 05, 2026 05:03 PM (xl8DV)

204 And Bass also lacks the charisma and pure raw animal sexuality of Lori Lightfoot.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05,

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It's not purely animal. Fauci grafted her together from fish and human DNA in a Congolese laboratory and deployed his bioweapon in Chicago as a testbed for the eventual nationwide attack on America... Operation Turbot Lover.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 05:03 PM (BI5O2)

205 180 Time to fire up the wood chipper.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

OMG! 😭

He pled guilty. So at the minimum, he's molested children before.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 05:04 PM (NFX2v)

206 The scumbag FedEx driver who murdered the little girl got the death penalty. Good

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 05:05 PM (gu0hJ)

207 And Bass also lacks the charisma and pure raw animal sexuality of Lori Lightfoot.
Posted by: Stateless

Fun fact, Hispanics now outnumber blacks in the Windy City. We are about a couple of election cycles away from blacks being a diminishing force in Chicago and Illinois politics.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)

208 We export a LOT of oil, don’t we? Do we have enough onshore refinery capacity to even put gasoline production into overdrive for US consumers? Do we have offshore oil contracts that we are bound to uphold or and above domestic obligations? Do current gas prices reflect future speculative producer concerns, that might not transpire?

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:06 PM (Gqar8)

209 Dang!
Just saw some of the fashions from the Met Gala...whatever that was.
Piper is probably crawled up in her closet somewhere drinking heavily and muttering to herself.
What a croc a crap!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 05:06 PM (2WIwB)

210 She's one of the 40% of voters who, according to a new poll from UCLA, are still undecided about this race. Carl Cannon of RealClearPolitics explains that while Pratt, who is at 11% in the poll, is hoping that Raman and Bass will split the progressive vote, "they could still split and maybe beat him because there are so many liberals in Los Angeles."
Posted by: beckster
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Rick Caruso got about 45.2 percent in 2022. That is Pratt's most likely voter segment.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (E4rtv)

211 209 Dang!
Just saw some of the fashions from the Met Gala...whatever that was.
Piper is probably crawled up in her closet somewhere drinking heavily and muttering to herself.
What a croc a crap!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 05:06 PM (2WIwB)

Our Fashion Doyen must weigh in on this matter!!

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 05:08 PM (Gqar8)

212 Shame all around.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 04:41 PM (k8xm0)
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Also known as, "bad luck"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 05:09 PM (RIvkX)

213 208 We export a LOT of oil, don’t we? Do we have enough onshore refinery capacity to even put gasoline production into overdrive for US consumers? Do we have offshore oil contracts that we are bound to uphold or and above domestic obligations? Do current gas prices reflect future speculative producer concerns, that might not transpire?
Posted by: tubal

First thing up is to junk the required Clean Air Act specialized fuels. Given all OBD-II cars don't benefit from the fuel blends anymore with modern smog engine computers and catalytic converters, this requirement for boutique fuels that are specific to non attainment areas should be junked.

That would allow gasoline to be sold wherever in the US rather than only in specific markets. It would also avoid the seasonal bump and price increases when refineries shifted over to winter blends and back again in summer.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 05:15 PM (E4rtv)

214 It's very easy for the left to reduce crime and homelessness...just redefine what is a crime and what is a home. Crazy Tweakerman lives at the corner of Main street, and his activities are now merely misdemeanors...see?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 05:43 PM (ynpvh)

Minnesota Fraud Investigator and Fomer State Trooper: Senior Tim Walz Officials Ordered Me to Illegally Bury Evidence of Rampant "Childcare" Fraud

Just forget what you leared about childcare fraud, they told him.

A former state trooper who ran fraud investigations inside Minnesota's Department of Human Services told state lawmakers Tuesday that senior officials ordered him to delete findings, harassed his unit, and tried to shut down probes into what he now calls an organized criminal enterprise looting the state's public-benefit system. His testimony landed the same day federal agents raided more than 20 businesses in Minneapolis as part of a widening crackdown on suspected fraud in publicly funded childcare and nutrition programs.
Jay Swanson, who led a DHS fraud investigations unit from 2014 to 2018, appeared before the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee with a blunt account of institutional failure. He described a pattern in which investigators flagged large-scale fraud in the Child Care Assistance Program, only to be met with hostility from the very officials who should have acted on the evidence.
...
Swanson told the committee that his unit's work quickly put it on a collision course with DHS leadership. As the Daily Mail reported, Swanson said a senior DHS official confronted him directly over a document his team had prepared, and demanded that portions of it be removed.
"I soon had a senior DHS official in my office, angry, red-faced, and almost yelling. The senior DHS official told me to delete a number of paragraphs of the document. I then advised this official that I believed what they were telling me to do was illegal."
Swanson did not name the official in the quoted testimony. But he made clear the pressure was not an isolated incident. He described a broader campaign against his investigators that went beyond bureaucratic friction.
...
The former investigator also offered a broader assessment of what his team had uncovered, framing it as the beginning of something far larger than a few bad actors gaming a single program.

"As I look back with the benefit of 2020 hindsight, I realized that what our team saw was the early stages of a somewhat loosely organized criminal enterprise beginning to pillage Minnesota's public benefit system."

One of Swanson's most striking claims concerned how widely known Minnesota's vulnerability had become. He told lawmakers that suspects his unit investigated said they had first learned about the fraud opportunity while still living abroad.
As the New York Post reported, Swanson said investigators found it was common knowledge in Somali refugee camps in Kenya that Minnesota was the place to go.

"They had heard you could run the scam in a number of different states, but it was easiest, and you could make the most money doing it in Minnesota."
That testimony aligns with separate sworn claims from another former DHS investigator, Scott Dexter. As Just the News reported, Dexter said his unit found evidence of large-scale fraud in the Child Care Assistance Program involving Somali-run daycare centers, but that investigations were narrowed or converted from law-enforcement cases to internal administrative matters because of political pressure and accusations of bias.

And we haven't even begun to dig into the greatest Fraud State in the world, California. A 2020 report warned Newsom in no uncertain terms that the state was left wide-open to hospice fraud, and Newsom did nothing, because, of course, the Party of Plunder exists solely to plunder and pillage from the hardworking normies.

“We have unearthed an explosive report.”

“The 2022 document that I am holding is an 87-page report from the then-acting state auditor in California addressed directly to the governor of California, warning in no uncertain terms that the state's weak oversight of hospice agencies… pic.twitter.com/GgajGSYlXt
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) May 4, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:47 PM

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1 FIRST

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

2 Foist???

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (WsJuq)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)

4 We're grays, man. We're greys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)

5 boo

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (CWTWj)

6 First, a broken blog. Now grey everywhere.

Ace is on a ROLL! Buttah, man....straight buttah.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)

7 We have unearthed an explosive report.

Flatulence!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (Kt19C)

8 6 First, a broken blog. Now grey everywhere.

Ace is on a ROLL! Buttah, man....straight buttah.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (w4o6z)

9 "I soon had a senior DHS official in my office, angry, red-faced, and almost yelling. The senior DHS official told me to delete a number of paragraphs of the document. I then advised this official that I believed what they were telling me to do was illegal."

This is what's known as a Protected Disclosure - a report of a violation of a law, rule or regulation to an official who has the responsibility to correct same. Any follow-on negative action taken against (or positive action withheld) constitutes reprisal.

This could get interesting.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (iNUL3)

10 try purina crow chow

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (CWTWj)

11 WHAT A SHOCK

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (N1DT3)

12
Shock bombshell disclosure anyone could have guessed based on who was involved.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (HdYcL)

13 Uh oh. Elric is back.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (77rzZ)

14 13 Uh oh. Elric is back.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (77rzZ)

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But he'll never get first.

Because, definitionally, Sponge is always first.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:50 PM (w4o6z)

15 *sigh* as with the trolls' premature ejaculation, none of this is surprising.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 02:50 PM (zZu0s)

16 If you do fraud in Minnesota, we WILL catch you. On the other hand, if *I* do it....

Posted by: Walz at May 05, 2026 02:50 PM (d997y)

17 Something tells me a hostile take over of Minnesota by the Feds are in order.
Put it into receivership or something until the corruption has been shaken out.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 02:50 PM (WsJuq)

18 "I soon had a senior DHS official in my office, angry, red-faced, and almost yelling. The senior DHS official told me to delete a number of paragraphs of the document. I then advised this official that I believed what they were telling me to do was illegal."

As a state trooper, I'd have had a body cam going.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:51 PM (xHq83)

19 16 If you do fraud in Minnesota, we WILL catch you. On the other hand, if *I* do it....

Posted by: Walz at May 05, 2026 02:50 PM (d997y)

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"This asshole has nothing to do with fraud investigations. We aren't including the MBI at all in our work."
-Kash Patel, paraphrased

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:51 PM (w4o6z)

20 =====

I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (w4o6z)

It made so much more sense before now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:51 PM (Zz0t1)

21
Put it into receivership or something until the corruption has been shaken out.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 02:50 PM (WsJuq)

_____________

Reconstruction!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 02:51 PM (HdYcL)

22 “The 2022 document that I am holding is an 87-page report from the then-acting state auditor in California addressed directly to the governor of California, warning in no uncertain terms that the state's weak oversight of hospice agencies has created opportunities for large-scale abuse and fraud.”

Sounds great! Gavin's our man in '28!

Posted by: The Media-DNC Complex at May 05, 2026 02:52 PM (Riz8t)

23 Would it be unconstitutional to harvest their organs as part of restitution? I mean if we did it in a humane, common ordinary way. Like an assembly line.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 05, 2026 02:52 PM (w/O5Q)

24 Still cant belive the reports of giant sacks of cash just being flown over seas. This is a frigging jack reacher story.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 05, 2026 02:53 PM (7mCLy)

25 Uh oh. Elric is back.

Where did he go? He doesn't seem like the flouncing type.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 02:53 PM (Riz8t)

26 For those who haven't been paying attention:

The left isn't the loyal opposition. They are not our countrymen.

They see the government (and by extension, YOU) as an object to be looted for their own benefit.

In addition, they want you dead. It's not a contradiction, cause while they don't have the power to kill you, they'll settle for looting you for their own benefit. (Remember how much money the fraudsters "donated" to the Democrat Party and the Socialists in Minnesota.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 02:53 PM (N1DT3)

27 22 Sounds great! Gavin's our man in '28!

Posted by: The Media-DNC Complex at May 05, 2026 02:52 PM (Riz8t)

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Gavin's polling support has halved in the last two months.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM (w4o6z)

28
*ransacks closet for carpetbag*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM (HdYcL)

29 Also, water is darned wet.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM (7anGw)

30 Apparently IIhan Omar the Eleventh has refused to turn over documents related to a part she may have played in this fraud. I believe yesterday was the deadline.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM (OoFl2)

31
Gavin's polling support has halved in the last two months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM (w4o6z)

But, he's just like black people!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)

32 Like where did these guys get all their bills from. The state didn't pay them in greasy 10s and 20s. Those halal money business are problem breaking every banking rule ever. That was a reacher novel as well.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 05, 2026 02:55 PM (7mCLy)

33
This was the nicest, most polite raping of the public fisc evahhh!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 02:55 PM (HdYcL)

34 Would it be unconstitutional to harvest their organs as part of restitution? I mean if we did it in a humane, common ordinary way. Like an assembly line.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

Calling Doctor Lecter. Dr. Lecter, please pick up the blood red courtesy phone.
Call for Dr. Lecter.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:56 PM (xHq83)

35 The Democrats funneling money to Third Worlders they want to replace us with.

Posted by: steevy at May 05, 2026 02:56 PM (YwEeS)

36 Apparently IIhan Omar the Eleventh has refused to turn over documents related to a part she may have played in this fraud. I believe yesterday was the deadline.
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM (OoFl2)

And look at that..........nothing happened.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:56 PM (Zz0t1)

37 Remember, Bill DeBlasio's wife straight jacked nearly 2B dollars and when asked where the money went she said, do I look like an accountant to you?

Her net worth is estimated at north of 50m dollars.

Pretty good for a community organizer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 02:56 PM (XV/Pl)

38 ======

"This asshole has nothing to do with fraud investigations. We aren't including the MBI at all in our work."
-Kash Patel, paraphrased
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:51 PM (w4o6z)

Imma put my ballz to the walz.

Posted by: Shorter Kash patel at May 05, 2026 02:57 PM (7mCLy)

39
Calling Doctor Lecter. Dr. Lecter, please pick up the blood red courtesy phone.
Call for Dr. Lecter.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:56 PM (xHq83)

Calling Dr. Howard. Calling Dr. Fine. Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)

40 There is no fine line between "weak oversight" and getting a cut of the business. Indict the entire Newsom administration in one huge RICO action . Do the same for Walz in Minn and Hochul in NY. Hilarity will ensue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 02:57 PM (gu0hJ)

41 30 Apparently IIhan Omar the Eleventh has refused to turn over documents related to a part she may have played in this fraud. I believe yesterday was the deadline.
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM

May it lead to her expulsion from Congress and after serving time in prison for fraud, expulsion from these shores.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 02:57 PM (WsJuq)

42 Apparently IIhan Omar the Eleventh has refused to turn over documents related to a part she may have played in this fraud. I believe yesterday was the deadline.
Posted by: Piper

Sounds like she's about to bolt.
I'd be running bloodhounds thru the airports and planes.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:57 PM (xHq83)

43 Uh oh. Elric is back.

Where did he go? He doesn't seem like the flouncing type.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 02:53 PM (Riz8t)
_______

The Blade was away for a race. When travelling, I avoid social media and any news at all as much as possible. Recommended.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)

44 39
Calling Doctor Lecter. Dr. Lecter, please pick up the blood red courtesy phone.
Call for Dr. Lecter.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:56 PM (xHq83)

Calling Dr. Howard. Calling Dr. Fine. Calling Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)

Calling Dr. Herman. Dr. PW Herman

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 05, 2026 02:59 PM (7mCLy)

45 >>>The Democrats funneling money to Third Worlders they want to replace us with.

plus 10% for themselves

Posted by: brak at May 05, 2026 02:59 PM (jGJov)

46 So we going to arrest Walz now?

If I did this sort of crap with information at my company I'd get arrested. Not just fired...but arrested.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)

47 California is built on fraud. It's the only industry.

California is a river of underground shit and the only way to survive there is to stick the biggest straw you can into the ground and suck like a hooker with late rent.

It isn't America anymore. Not the place I grew up in by a damn sight.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 02:59 PM (7anGw)

48 42 Apparently IIhan Omar the Eleventh has refused to turn over documents related to a part she may have played in this fraud. I believe yesterday was the deadline.
Posted by: Piper

Sounds like she's about to bolt.
I'd be running bloodhounds thru the airports and planes.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:57 PM (xHq83)

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I think she feels confident that nothing will happen to her.

Her feelings aren't reality, though.

The SPLC thing probably took a year to assemble before indictments, and that was relatively straight forward wire fraud.

I doubt the DOJ asked for these documents and will just roll over in not getting them. Dollars to donuts, the DOJ already has everything they asked from her. They knew exactly what they were asking for.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:00 PM (w4o6z)

49 37 Remember, Bill DeBlasio's wife straight jacked nearly 2B dollars and when asked where the money went she said, do I look like an accountant to you?

Her net worth is estimated at north of 50m dollars.

Pretty good for a community organizer.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 02:56 PM

As much as I loathe Comrade DeBolshevik and his skank wife, I believe the amount was 600 million.

Still, there should have been accountability to what happened to my tax dollars, but it NYC and it is continuing its decent into Hell

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 03:00 PM (WsJuq)

50 46 So we going to arrest Walz now?

If I did this sort of crap with information at my company I'd get arrested. Not just fired...but arrested.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)

Telling subordinates to commit a crime in a corporate setting would kick off some serious sarbanes oxley crap.....said not a lawyer.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 05, 2026 03:00 PM (7mCLy)

51 Somolisota is just California with more pirates.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:01 PM (7anGw)

52 Get a rope.

Posted by: Pace Picante Sauce at May 05, 2026 03:01 PM (w9Wax)

53 Something tells me a hostile take over of Minnesota by the Feds are in order.
Put it into receivership or something until the corruption has been shaken out.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 02:50 PM (WsJuq)

Reconstruction.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:01 PM (8avO+)

54 Newsom was never a contender; the Obama faction hate his guts.

Recall he jumped aboard GavinAir and was actively sniffing around the Biden>Harris DNC switcheroo and was sent packing.

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 03:01 PM (fnZRl)

55 So now we know why the Somali desert pirates relocated to the frozen north that is Minnesota. It's where the loot is, and the looting is good.

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 05, 2026 03:02 PM (TezPK)

56 I'm so old, I remember when Democrats said they were going to lower your taxes by focusing on government waste, fraud, and abuse. Now they deny that those things even exist.

Posted by: Wally at May 05, 2026 03:02 PM (0e5Te)

57 Waiting for the arrest, trials, and maximum setences.

Waiting.

What are "Things that will never happen" for $500, Alex.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 03:02 PM (lgmVC)

58 ...warning in no uncertain terms that the state's weak oversight of hospice agencies has created opportunities for large-scale abuse and fraud.

The mistake here is assuming that was not the purpose, the goal.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 03:02 PM (uEYKS)

59 Still, there should have been accountability to what happened to my tax dollars, but it NYC and it is continuing its decent into Hell
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 03:00 PM (WsJuq)

They stole it, that's what happened. Just like every dime allocated to them for the last 50 years at least.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:02 PM (8avO+)

60
As much as I loathe Comrade DeBolshevik and his skank wife, I believe the amount was 600 million.

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I thought 800 million. How many starving Appalachian children could that have fed?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 03:02 PM (HdYcL)

61 this sounds illegal!

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (GD0B3)

62 who led a DHS fraud investigations unit from 2014 to 2018

And he's only talking about it NOW? EIGHT ( 8 ) years later?! Either he needs to be going to jail, too, or there better be evidence of true extortion for which the authorities will be charged. Because that's incredible. (Particularly since I'm guessing any charges would now be past the statute of limitations on the fraud itself.)

Posted by: GWB at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (Vh4Jp)

63
he jumped aboard GavinAir and was actively sniffing around the Biden>Harris DNC switcheroo and was sent packing.
Posted by: 13times

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I bet Harris is licking her chops over these revelations. Harris 2028 here we come!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (n7rxJ)

64 As much as I loathe Comrade DeBolshevik and his skank wife, I believe the amount was 600 million.

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I thought 800 million. How many starving Appalachian children could that have fed?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 03:02 PM (HdYcL)

None, because they wouldn't send them any.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (8avO+)

65 54 Newsom was never a contender; the Obama faction hate his guts.

Recall he jumped aboard GavinAir and was actively sniffing around the Biden>Harris DNC switcheroo and was sent packing.

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 03:01 PM (fnZRl)

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White progressives blame the black caucus for both Biden and Kamala. They openly talk about needing to sideline the black vote in primaries.

The thing is, they have to consolidate all of the not-black vote into one candidate, and that's not happening, especially when 30% of white Democrats support the same candidate as the black caucus.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (w4o6z)

66 Apparently IIhan Omar the Eleventh has refused to turn over documents related to a part she may have played in this fraud. I believe yesterday was the deadline.
Posted by: Piper

Sounds like she's about to bolt.
I'd be running bloodhounds thru the airports and planes.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:57 PM (xHq83)

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I think she feels confident that nothing will happen to her.

Her feelings aren't reality, though.

The SPLC thing probably took a year to assemble before indictments, and that was relatively straight forward wire fraud.

I doubt the DOJ asked for these documents and will just roll over in not getting them. Dollars to donuts, the DOJ already has everything they asked from her. They knew exactly what they were asking for.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:00 PM (w4o6z)
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She knows the odds of anything happening are very low. Maybe not zero-point-zero, but very low. I'd love to be surprised and see that something happens.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (iFTx/)

67 Democrats have long ago decided that the laws mean nothing.

I'm beginning to see their point.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:04 PM (7anGw)

68 So now we know why the Somali desert pirates relocated to the frozen north that is Minnesota. It's where the loot is, and the looting is good.

==

they did they same in Europe - Sweden, Norway

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 03:04 PM (GD0B3)

69 He described a pattern in which investigators flagged large-scale fraud in the Child Care Assistance Program, only to be met with hostility from the very officials who should have acted on the evidence.

GOLLY!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 03:04 PM (wVcYX)

70
"Finance is the art of moving money from place to place until it all disappears."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 03:04 PM (HdYcL)

71 I've also doubted Gavin. My gut doubts Kamala, even though TJM's reasoning is sound- I just don't think the party apparatus will go for her.

All that being said, there's a lot of time before 2028 and the dems are certifiable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)

72 Swanson did not name the official in the quoted testimony.
________________________

I must be an un-sophisticated, reactionary, reprobate. If an official waltzed into my fraud investigation and told me to look the other way while supported by other officials...you'd have a difficult time not seeing the official's name in the media after my second or third press conference and 12th news interviews.

Posted by: Orson at May 05, 2026 03:04 PM (dIske)

73 66 She knows the odds of anything happening are very low. Maybe not zero-point-zero, but very low. I'd love to be surprised and see that something happens.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (iFTx/)

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The DOJ just indicted the freaking SPLC and froze $800 million of their assets.

This DOJ is not the Bill Barr "I see nothing" DOJ.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:04 PM (w4o6z)

74 Will Tampon Tim circle the bloody drain?

/And ... in before the "Nothing Will Happen" crowd.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 03:05 PM (9Kqhl)

75 ...warning in no uncertain terms that the state's weak oversight of hospice agencies has created opportunities for large-scale abuse and fraud.

The mistake here is assuming that was not the purpose, the goal.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 03:02 PM (uEYKS)

yep, reversing cause and effect there. The oversight personnel made it weak to start the fraud. One could not create a system like this without the cooperation of the entire system.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:05 PM (8avO+)

76 NONE of the rampant fraud that exists all across Federal and state governments could have taken root without compromising or outright sellout by the various regulatory and audit systems that were put in place DECADES AGO for the explicit purpose of preventing ANY OF THIS from taking place.

Any organization, public or private, of any size would have in place an internal audit program. Otherwise, leadership couldn't trust their data enough to make good operating decisions.

Any state and federal regulatory agency would have on their radar any organization of any size to do periodic reviews/examinations to ensure they're following the rules, and they would REVIEW and COMMENT on the adequacy (or lack thereof) of the organization's internal audit program.

Lastly, the "Big" accounting firms willingly looked the other way and certified sets of books that were largely fictional.

Its grift and intentional negligence all.the.way.down.

Posted by: Crusader, Former Federal Bank Examiner at May 05, 2026 03:05 PM (TN0g+)

77 DOJ is suing Denver for an illegal weapons ban. This is great , because many D states, counties, cities just outright banned the so called "assault weapons". marxist pervs.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 03:06 PM (GD0B3)

78 Crazy internet conspiracy I saw recently:

This weekend, they triggered the internet "kill switch" for 0.7 seconds at 3am (I think?)
Unnoticeable in real time.
That time is the only daily overlap between Japan, Europe and American banks, where they all reconcile their transfers and accounts.
But, that instant froze all traffic long enough for the US to take a snapshot.
How much money, who, and where; the trillions of off-books money propping up the global system and hidden from the people.
That now the US is going to use to take them all down.

Kinda a "Live Free or Die Hard" plot I guess

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 03:06 PM (MtSIY)

79 Unless the majority of voters "in the middle" say no and tell DFL to go fuck itself this is just an interesting diversion, in a sane society DFL would be out of power in New Somalia for a quarter century....anyone have a sane society handy?

Posted by: sven at May 05, 2026 03:06 PM (Int1s)

80
The DOJ just indicted the freaking SPLC and froze $800 million of their assets.

This DOJ is not the Bill Burr "I see nothing" DOJ.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:04 PM (w4o6z)

ITS FUNNY BECAUSE BILL BURR IS A COMIC.

Posted by: Ben Rothliesbergergler at May 05, 2026 03:06 PM (7mCLy)

81 TOUSI just started 10 minutes ago. He's starting with POTUS and Rubio after the initial report on Iran.

https://www.youtube.com/live/vXGBWppENl4

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:06 PM (aUMnT)

82 The mental health BS that DiBlasio and his ex wife pulled was around $850m. Alleged to help the seriously mentally ill whatever was paid out went for middle class mental health. Most went to bureaucrats and political hacks to line their pockets , especially through not-for-profits and NGOs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 03:06 PM (gu0hJ)

83 People need to go to prison for these frauds. Period.

Posted by: Chairborne...Desk From Above! at May 05, 2026 03:07 PM (49ANY)

84 The DOJ just indicted the freaking SPLC and froze $800 million of their assets.

As a point to consider I assume this is when they'd be starting to line up resources to work on the election. But now they have no money to pay them...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:07 PM (sKqQm)

85
This is why Somali immigrants can have both a low average IQ and also commit prolific fraud. They didn't need a clever plan to evade law enforcement, the evasion was done for them. And they didn't need to know much about the system they were defrauding, they were guided through the necessary steps by the people who ran the system. I look forward to discovering the way the skim was transferred to the politicians who made this happen.

Why were Somalis used for this? Maybe because they take naturally to thievery, and were beyond reproach as a protected class. Like cardboard cutouts otherwise.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 03:08 PM (t1fZA)

86 Still cant belive the reports of giant sacks of cash just being flown over seas. This is a frigging jack reacher story.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 05, 2026 02:53 PM (7mCLy)

Where do you think he got his storylines?

Posted by: GWB at May 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Vh4Jp)

87 83 People need to go to prison for these frauds. Period.

Posted by: Chairborne...Desk From Above! at May 05, 2026 03:07 PM (49ANY)

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Remember, this all started BECAUSE the DOJ was putting people in prison.

There was a press conference from the MN USA announcing arrests and then a week later Nick Shirley released his first video.

Also, FBI raided twice, once about 4 months ago and the second time last week.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:08 PM (w4o6z)

88 I must be an un-sophisticated, reactionary, reprobate. If an official waltzed into my fraud investigation and told me to look the other way while supported by other officials...you'd have a difficult time not seeing the official's name in the media after my second or third press conference and 12th news interviews.
Posted by: Orson

Like I said, State Trooper = body cam.

"I put my body cam back in the charging rack. Someone must hast grabbed it and found it. No, I have no idea how that interaction was released".

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 03:08 PM (xHq83)

89 I bet Harris is licking her chops over these revelations. Harris 2028 here we come!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (n7rxJ).

There's a short video clip of Gavin grousing about getting ousted.

Getty not welcome!

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 03:08 PM (fnZRl)

90 NONE of the rampant fraud that exists all across Federal and state governments could have taken root without compromising or outright sellout by the various regulatory and audit systems that were put in place DECADES AGO for the explicit purpose of preventing ANY OF THIS from taking place.
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a/k/a how we have $38 trillion in debt.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 03:08 PM (MtSIY)

91 Remember, Bill DeBlasio's wife straight jacked nearly 2B dollars and when asked where the money went she said, do I look like an accountant to you?
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If youre gonna rip people off, do it big, and make sure you laugh in the face of your victims. Ah to be a leftard.

Posted by: Walz at May 05, 2026 03:08 PM (d997y)

92 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 03:06 PM (MtSIY)

I like the idea. But, how can it be hidden if it is reconciled , one way or the other. I think it is just one of those conspiracy theories...

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 03:09 PM (GD0B3)

93 Famous old Jimmy Cagney movie "Never Steal Anything Small"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 03:09 PM (gu0hJ)

94 Wow. Did you guys see the video of the United Airlines Boeing 767 hitting a bakery truck? The driver's OK and everyone on the plane is OK. That must have been terrifying.

http://tiny.cc/xtv2101

Posted by: bonhomme at May 05, 2026 03:09 PM (mkw2N)

95 White progressives blame the black caucus for both Biden and Kamala. They openly talk about needing to sideline the black vote in primaries.

The thing is, they have to consolidate all of the not-black vote into one candidate, and that's not happening, especially when 30% of white Democrats support the same candidate as the black caucus.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (w4o6z)

If they had made the black caucus partners instead of sharecroppers on their grievance estate they wouldn't have to do any of that. And the same problem exists in the non racial college grad woke / commie / palestinian / islamist subgroups as well. They actually are zealots for the lies they have been told all these years.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:10 PM (8avO+)

96 People need to go to prison for these frauds. Period.
Posted by: Chairborne...Desk From Above!

Prison? No. Gallows or firing squad.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 03:10 PM (xHq83)

97 a/k/a how we have $38 trillion in debt.

Every time there is an investigation we find 25-50% in formal fraud.

This is on top of the informal fraud - paying for tranny operas in Chile and the like...

We've gone from a $2T budget to an $8T one. I suspect ALL of that increase is fraud.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)

98 73 66 She knows the odds of anything happening are very low. Maybe not zero-point-zero, but very low. I'd love to be surprised and see that something happens.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (iFTx/)

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The DOJ just indicted the freaking SPLC and froze $800 million of their assets.

This DOJ is not the Bill Burr "I see nothing" DOJ.

She'll scream "RACISM!!!" at the top of her voice, and the rest of the Dems will do the same.

I read about "extinction rage" for the first time today, and you can bet you'll be seeing it in all its glory for awhile, but it won't work. This is not 2008, and the Race Card has been refused.

https://is.gd/10HFNa

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 03:11 PM (Riz8t)

99 Wow. Did you guys see the video of the United Airlines Boeing 767 hitting a bakery truck? The driver's OK and everyone on the plane is OK. That must have been terrifying.

http://tiny.cc/xtv2101
Posted by: bonhomme

I have no idea how he hit the bakery truck, the streetlight AND landed without issue.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 03:11 PM (xHq83)

100 .

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 05, 2026 03:11 PM (49ANY)

101 @49

>>As much as I loathe Comrade DeBolshevik and his skank wife, I believe the amount was 600 million.

She was put in charge of two initiatives, one was funded to the tune of 800m dollars, the other was funded to the tune of 700m dollars.

Both of her initiatives delivered jack squat nothing except kickbacks to herself and other affiliated cronies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 03:11 PM (XV/Pl)

102 > a/k/a how we have $38 trillion in debt.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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It's been the largest theft of public wealth in history. Every fucking tax dollar collected was pissed away on fraud, bribes, money laundering, kickbacks, etc.

Every. Tax. Dollar. Ever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 03:11 PM (jehhT)

103 One could not create a system like this without the cooperation of the entire system.

I think its the usual coalition of the foolish empaths who want to Do Good and are unaware of consequences, and the crafty left who scheme this stuff out for power and money.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 03:12 PM (uEYKS)

104 I seriously doubt a stupid, corrupt white pretty boy like Newsom will be the Dem nominee in 28. He'll crash hard before then or he will be treated to a full on Swalwell

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 03:12 PM (gu0hJ)

105 AND landed without issue.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 03:11 PM (xHq83)

Define "issue".

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:12 PM (aUMnT)

106 This is why Somali immigrants can have both a low average IQ and also commit prolific fraud. They didn't need a clever plan to evade law enforcement, the evasion was done for them. And they didn't need to know much about the system they were defrauding, they were guided through the necessary steps by the people who ran the system. I look forward to discovering the way the skim was transferred to the politicians who made this happen
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My guess?

Somali submits $5k for reimbursement.
Which gets entered as two $5k reimbursements, both to the Somali--one to the Somali's bank and one to the employee's dummy bank account.

I recall many of those confronted were in denial, not in a "I never was paid" way but in a "no way it's that much" way.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 03:12 PM (MtSIY)

107 POTUS up on TOUSI now.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:13 PM (aUMnT)

108 California and Minnesota should pay their own way.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 05, 2026 03:13 PM (rJ48h)

109 98
She'll scream "RACISM!!!" at the top of her voice, and the rest of the Dems will do the same.

I read about "extinction rage" for the first time today, and you can bet you'll be seeing it in all its glory for awhile, but it won't work. This is not 2008, and the Race Card has been refused.

https://is.gd/10HFNa

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 03:11 PM (Riz8t)

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That Florida rep who stole $5 million from FEMA tried it too.

She didn't have Omar's national profile, but she is a black woman who did obvious bad things and go no traction at all out of the racism card.

Omar's national profile will make it not a direct comparison, but I suspect that the DOJ, should they pursue charges (which I assume is the point of this whole thing) will have so much that they'll be able to bury her in 99% of courts. Fortunately, she won't be tried in DC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:13 PM (w4o6z)

110 100 .
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 05, 2026 03:11 PM (49ANY)

Well done.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 03:13 PM (N1DT3)

111 I for one would love for EVERY State go through a thorough forensic audit of their books for lets say the past 5 years.

And every finding publicized.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 03:13 PM (WsJuq)

112 ... oops, forgot I'm 10 minutes behind on the stream ... but there was a fair bit of gulf news.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:14 PM (aUMnT)

113 AND landed without issue.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 03:11 PM (xHq83)

Define "issue".
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:12 PM (aUMnT)

Well the huge tear in the plane from the light pole it took out was a bit of an issue, at least for taking off again.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:14 PM (8avO+)

114 104 I seriously doubt a stupid, corrupt white pretty boy like Newsom will be the Dem nominee in 28. He'll crash hard before then or he will be treated to a full on Swalwell

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 03:12 PM (gu0hJ)

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People act like he's regularly leading polling.

He's led like 2 polls in the last 6 months.

He's lost all of the others.

To one person.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:14 PM (w4o6z)

115
71 I've also doubted Gavin. My gut doubts Kamala, even though TJM's reasoning is sound- I just don't think the party apparatus will go for her.

All that being said, there's a lot of time before 2028 and the dems are certifiable.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)

I don’t discount Pritzger the Hutt, because he’s keeping all the lefts interest groups appeased, and has a whole lot of money to throw around .

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 03:14 PM (XcvNy)

116 I seriously doubt a stupid, corrupt white pretty boy like Newsom will be the Dem nominee in 28. He'll crash hard before then or he will be treated to a full on Swalwell

I don't know if it will be Gavin, but it won't be Kamala. The Dems are in a real pickle here, and it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of sociopaths.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 03:15 PM (Riz8t)

117 Relocating an entire culture here with low IQ and no morals and letting them do what came naturally so you can skim off the top was as brilliant as funding the Klan so you can make money fighting the Klan.

People need to get their minds around the fact that we are no longer on the same battlefield. This isn't a Carter Reagam debate.

This is a dog fight.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:15 PM (7anGw)

118 Well done.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 03:13 PM (N1DT3)

I see you got my point. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 05, 2026 03:15 PM (49ANY)

119 Define "issue".
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

Landing gear went thru a semi & a lightpole and didn't collapse or blow a tire.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 03:15 PM (xHq83)

120 Just frigging deport them all down to the last man, woman, and crotchfruit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 03:15 PM (snZF9)

121 The smart pick for the Dems for '28 is a Dem governor from a red or purple state with a small, "moderate" profile.

Shapiro for example.

But since the Dems hate Jews now....

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:16 PM (sKqQm)

122 @114

>>People act like he's regularly leading polling.

Doesn't matter, if the people that run sh*t wan't him to be the guy, he will be the guy.

The problem is that the donks have so jacked up elections that you simply don't know what the level of cheat is going to be election to election.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 03:16 PM (XV/Pl)

123 I should note that if stupidity, corruption, and white skin were what disqualified Democrat candidates for president, Joe Biden would never have gotten close.

Newsom's problem is that...the black voting base of the party doesn't like him and the white progressives are split.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:16 PM (w4o6z)

124 he smart pick for the Dems for '28 is a Dem governor from a red or purple state with a small, "moderate" profile.

Shapiro for example.

But since the Dems hate Jews now....

That's why I didn't mention him. Maybe Pete B.?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 03:16 PM (Riz8t)

125 I saw Crotchfruit open for El Gato at Trees in '98.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 03:17 PM (Zz0t1)

126 I have no idea how he hit the bakery truck, the streetlight AND landed without issue.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 03:11 PM (xHq83)

The pole is a breakaway pole to avoid killing drivers who clip one. The bottom of the wheels smecked the top of the truck cab/trailer. The ground was too close to allow it to react much.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:17 PM (8avO+)

127 So the national debt is due to fraud? Is that how this is all shaking out? I mean, what state and group isn't fraud-y at this point? Each day another layer of the rotten onion is peeled back to show us the decay and it's amazing how no one ever knew.

They knew. Both sides.

Posted by: turambar at May 05, 2026 03:17 PM (Q0yOR)

128 I don’t discount Pritzger the Hutt, because he’s keeping all the lefts interest groups appeased, and has a whole lot of money to throw around .
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 03:14 PM (XcvNy)

Dems just making sure they have all the 7 deadly sins represented for the primary.

Gluttony, pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, and sloth.

Seriously, that's the left's platform right there.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 03:17 PM (N1DT3)

129 She knows the odds of anything happening are very low. Maybe not zero-point-zero, but very low. I'd love to be surprised and see that something happens.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (iFTx/)

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The DOJ just indicted the freaking SPLC and froze $800 million of their assets.

This DOJ is not the Bill Barr "I see nothing" DOJ.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:04 PM (w4o6z)
_________

Going after organizations is not the same thing as going after highly protected individual politicians.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

130 I don’t discount Pritzger the Hutt, because he’s keeping all the lefts interest groups appeased, and has a whole lot of money to throw around .

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 03:14 PM (XcvNy)

That's frightening. To stop that fat miscreant we just need to hang the whole transgender mutilation of kids thing around his neck.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 05, 2026 03:18 PM (49ANY)

131 122 Doesn't matter, if the people that run sh*t wan't him to be the guy, he will be the guy.

The problem is that the donks have so jacked up elections that you simply don't know what the level of cheat is going to be election to election.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 03:16 PM (XV/Pl)

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South Carolina with its relatively clean elections being 1/2 in the calendar really messes up their ability to tip the scales.

If you think they'll cancel the primary completely, that's one thing. But if the primary actually happens, well the path goes through black heavy south before California is a twinkle in the primary's eye.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:18 PM (w4o6z)

132 "Supremacist Muslims stealing billions from the infidels. Well done!"

say all the Muslims, that think the American "dogs" only good for theft.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 05, 2026 03:18 PM (vbXSk)

133 Some fat fuck who has never held a shovel on "our side" will mumble a few platitudes about this tonight on a show and then go out for drinks with a Democrat and laugh at it all.

I'm telling you, if a laidback dude like me is done with this shit, the fuckin boiler is gonna pop soon.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:18 PM (7anGw)

134 Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 03:15 PM (xHq83)

I expect there will still be an investigation. Getting lucky doesn't really seem as if it's an easy ticket out.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:18 PM (aUMnT)

135 Wow. Did you guys see the video of the United Airlines Boeing 767 hitting a bakery truck? The driver's OK and everyone on the plane is OK. That must have been terrifying.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 05, 2026 03:09 PM (mkw2N)

Especially for the honey buns.

Posted by: GWB at May 05, 2026 03:18 PM (Vh4Jp)

136 Some of the feel good programs just need to be ended. Home hospice is ripe for abuse regardless but last week I heard a talk radio interview and the program was expanded to pay family to do basic cooking, cleaning, visiting with elderly relatives. Not a a quote but the caller said people should just do basic care for family w/o the gub'mint having to pay them. In home care subsidies should only cover people that need actual medical care. Hell my dad needed low level medical care and I just did that after a (privately paid) aide showed me how. I know not everyone is blessed to be in the laptop class and have the care situation overlap their work getting paranoid about the wuhan lung rot and wanting them to work from home; but people need to do for family and the people who don't have decent family need to save a bit more and pay for someone to come in and cook and clean x hours a week themselves instead of thinking the taxpayers need to fund it.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2026 03:19 PM (Bu2hG)

137 I should note that if stupidity, corruption, and white skin were what disqualified Democrat candidates for president, Joe Biden would never have gotten close.

Newsom's problem is that...the black voting base of the party doesn't like him and the white progressives are split.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:16 PM (w4o6z)

'Comes from CA' has been a killer in National Politics since the 90s. This will likely be a problem for Gavin Newsome too.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:19 PM (8avO+)

138 129 Going after organizations is not the same thing as going after highly protected individual politicians.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

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SPLC is holy to the left.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:19 PM (w4o6z)

139 117 Relocating an entire culture here with low IQ and no morals and letting them do what came naturally so you can skim off the top was as brilliant as funding the Klan so you can make money fighting the Klan.

People need to get their minds around the fact that we are no longer on the same battlefield. This isn't a Carter Reagam debate.

This is a dog fight.
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:15 PM

When you import the 3rd world, you become the 3rd world.

Would love to see all of these "refugees" and other ilk sent back to their country of origin.
The US, Canada, Britain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France and Germany will all be better for it.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 03:19 PM (WsJuq)

140 Maybe it's time to put a little pressure on the investigators like this guy. He only feels safe to make these accusations well after they were documented. In Minnesota there are a slew of "mandatory reporting crimes." One such crime is welfare fraud.

I say we bring this investigator up on charges for not reporting this fraud sooner, or giving into the pressure of "officials" telling him to look the other way.

Transparancy is the best disinfectant. It's about time people were motivated to push that philosophy.

Posted by: Orson at May 05, 2026 03:20 PM (dIske)

141 "...suspected fraud in publicly funded childcare and nutrition programs."

That would include about 95% of NGO's working on ending hunger.

Posted by: CNN at May 05, 2026 03:20 PM (GUOwU)

142 People act like he's regularly leading polling.

He's led like 2 polls in the last 6 months.

He's lost all of the others.

To one person.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:14 PM (w4o6z)

Dude, you were needling me for saying "Newsom ist kaput," and then responding with banal crap like "it may not be a coronation .. but ..)

Pfui!

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 03:20 PM (DRokf)

143 Fkin Watz is a Chinese stooge

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0)

144 Can't wait for a similar document in Ohio, and one in Maine too. All the "Somali states".

Denaturalize. Prosecute. Deport.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (V6x/S)

145 Pritzker has the same problem that Shapiro has amongst Dems, he's Jewish. Not popular among a large segment of Dem voters these days.
Plus Pritzker is short , fat, ugly and stupid. He got where he is via his money and machine politics

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (gu0hJ)

146 Maybe 10-20 years ago a couple of FNM news orgs started probing non profits and found most were basically stealing the money. This led to some half hearted attempts at reform but then just died off...

I suspect this is the time frame where the left found this was a great way to make money with no consequences. There has always been fraud in government spending, but it has increased dramatically since 2008

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)

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Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)

148 139 When you import the 3rd world, you become the 3rd world.

EXACTLY! Been saying that for years!

Posted by: turambar at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (Q0yOR)

149 Relocating an entire culture here with low IQ and no morals and letting them do what came naturally so you can skim off the top"

Aleric smiles.

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (XuXeR)

150 It's not just Minnesota or California. It's every state. The federal government facilitates it everywhere because of the rakeoff for Dems, and because they prefer all scum to working Americans - even twelve-toed homunculi.

If you're a hardworking, ethical, taxpaying jerkoff, you're a member of the servile class whose natural role is to buy luxury cars for elected pederasts and illiterate foreigners who get their sisters ready for love with a pair of thread nippers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (BI5O2)

151 Interviewee: "I'd like to join the Secret Service, but I'm afraid it will get in the way of my day drinking and public masturbation."

Bob, Secret Service: "Well just hold on there a sec, big guy..."

Posted by: DC Follies at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (qUkBO)

152 Marco has stolen Karoline's job.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (aUMnT)

153 Walz needs this like guys need tampons.

Let's do it anyways...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 03:22 PM (Sco7b)

154 142
Dude, you were needling me for saying "Newsom ist kaput," and then responding with banal crap like "it may not be a coronation .. but ..)

Pfui!

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 03:20 PM (DRokf)

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I'd love to see the Democrat Party cancel its primary again, this time without the winner of the primary just deciding to step aside for reasons.

It would entertain me.

But the chances of that are...very low.

And anyone watching Democrats trying to actually control their presidential primary over the past 10 years should come to the conclusion that they have lost completely control and barely had it in 2016 when their sacrificial lamb almost beat the most qualified person in human history to run a country.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:22 PM (w4o6z)

155
Would love to see all of these "refugees" and other ilk sent back to their country of origin.
The US, Canada, Britain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France and Germany will all be better for it.

Yep, Trump deporting illegals is a good *start* but re-migration needs to be on the table - starting with fake refugees like Somalis and Haitians.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

156 Honey Buns!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 03:22 PM (wVcYX)

157 Maybe 10-20 years ago a couple of FNM news orgs started probing non profits and found most were basically stealing the money. This led to some half hearted attempts at reform but then just died off...

I suspect this is the time frame where the left found this was a great way to make money with no consequences. There has always been fraud in government spending, but it has increased dramatically since 2008
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)

The reform was to have DNC operatives move in and get their cut, which led to Catholic Charities moving illegals about the country.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:23 PM (8avO+)

158 Tim Waltz attempting to take credit for rooting out fraud in MN is ridiculous and hilarious.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 03:23 PM (aZm/F)

159 155 Yep, Trump deporting illegals is a good *start* but re-migration needs to be on the table - starting with fake refugees like Somalis and Haitians.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

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Natural born citizens can't be deported.

Naturalized citizens can have their naturalization revoked and be deported if convicted of a crime.

The Trump admin is going for 400 of the latter this year. That's more than the last 7 presidencies combined. I suspect that the number of those will increase over the next three years as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:23 PM (w4o6z)

160 The only real question the Dems have in 2028 is whether to set us on fire or stab us in the neck.

Pushing us in front of a train is lagging in the polls.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (7anGw)

161 This will likely be a problem for Gavin Newsome too.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:19 PM (8avO+)
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Gavin Newsom's problem isn't that he is a Californian, it is that he is a crook, he has no discernable beliefs other than machine politics, be is glib but stupid, he is a lousy manager, and he chases every skirt in the office.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (V6x/S)

162 @121

>>
South Carolina with its relatively clean elections being 1/2 in the calendar really messes up their ability to tip the scales.

Brandon was a joke with no shot, until that black dude who I forget his name basically said Biden's the guy, then everyone started dropping out and that's how that goes.

They did the same sh*t to Bernie, twice, and Hillary once.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (XV/Pl)

163 The SS agent who was caught wanking was actually trying out a SS pilot program . Stop assassinations but ejaculation in the assassins eyes

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (gu0hJ)

164 I expect there will still be an investigation. Getting lucky doesn't really seem as if it's an easy ticket out.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

Oh, there will be. I'm just amazed that it didn't pop a tire of munge the landing gear. It could have been a hell of a lot worse. And no one would have known it until they crashed.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (xHq83)

165 has increased dramatically since 2008

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)

If only we knew what happened to the government in 2008

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (d997y)

166 152 Marco has stolen Karoline's job.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (aUMnT)

On MS Now, CNN, Fox News AND the CBC.

Seems like he's kicking ass.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (Sco7b)

167 162
Brandon was a joke with no shot, until that black dude who I forget his name basically said Biden's the guy, then everyone started dropping out and that's how that goes.

They did the same sh*t to Bernie, twice, and Hillary once.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (XV/Pl)

========

https://is.gd/mCGfbC

I invite you to look at the polling.

Biden won every poll save 1 in SC for a year before Clyburn opened his mouth.

Clyburn acknowledged the inevitable and took credit for what was going to happen no matter what. That's all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:25 PM (w4o6z)

168 Would love to see all of these "refugees" and other ilk sent back to their country of origin"

Well, one fugee was busted....

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 03:25 PM (XuXeR)

169 ejaculation in the assassins eyes

Posted by: Smell the Glove

Eewww

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:25 PM (aUMnT)

170 This will likely be a problem for Gavin Newsome too.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:19 PM (8avO+)
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Gavin Newsom's problem isn't that he is a Californian, it is that he is a crook, he has no discernable beliefs other than machine politics, be is glib but stupid, he is a lousy manager, and he chases every skirt in the office.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (V6x/S)

Yes but other democrats only see the first as a liability.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:25 PM (8avO+)

171 Kamala is their obvious nominee next Presidential round. But who wins the governator's office in California. My bet is Becerra. After him comes Republicans, because California is well and truly screwed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:26 PM (V6x/S)

172 I'd love to see Waltz and Newscum arrested for fraud. I think it might be a possibility with Waltz, but I suspect Gavin was shrewd enough that any kickbacks he got were laundered enough to not be easily tied to him.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2026 03:26 PM (Bu2hG)

173 152 Maybe Karoline’s getting ready to pop?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 03:26 PM (77rzZ)

174 Marco has stolen Karoline's job.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (aUMnT)

On MS Now, CNN, Fox News AND the CBC.

Seems like he's kicking ass.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (Sco7b)

I can't wait to see the outfit he has in that photoshopped pic of him sitting on the lounge this time.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:27 PM (8avO+)

175 Yes but other democrats only see the first as a liability.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:25 PM (8avO+)
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Heh.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:27 PM (V6x/S)

176 How Gavin (what a gay fucking name) has the audacity to point to the flaming wreckage of his state and advocate for PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE is stunning.

He should be in jail based on the severity of the decline in such a short time.

How many times did his state catch on fire (not counting the most recent "wild" fire)

Who looks at that flaming pile of shit (the state, I mean) and says Yeah! That's what we need! More people shitting in the streets gay parades.

Delusional

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 05, 2026 03:27 PM (61TgR)

177 Trump needs a non-DEIdiot protection detail.

If I was him, I'd have the Delta boys shave for a couple years. Give em nice suits.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:27 PM (7anGw)

178 I got an article from the Independent for some reason in my news feed, "The ‘walkaway wives’: Why so many Gen X women are leaving their marriages"

Their thesis? "Most marriages are more beneficial for men because women are only allowed the freedom of self-expression once everything is done in the home"

Which is comical.

A more obvious answer that they sort of mention without much depth? Menopause. Its a big change and if you live with a definition of marriage that says you should only stick with marriage when it meets your specific immediate needs and then your needs change? Divorce.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)

179 If only we knew what happened to the government in 2008"

Sí se puede...

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 03:27 PM (XuXeR)

180 Some more jobs
Brett Shumate

@AAGShumate
47m
Office of Immigration Litigation:

GS-15:
https://usajobs.gov/job/867938300

GS-11 to GS-15: https://usajobs.gov/job/866653900

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (E4rtv)

181 Why is it people here still think Democrats follow "rules"? Did you not just watch them implant the candidate of their choosing as a nominee? Or do you really think they were forced to go with that idiot Kamala? They weren't, any more than they were forced to go with the first vegetable.

Democrats don't give a fuck about rules and they are certainly not going to do something stupid like let their voters decide.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (d997y)

182 Marco will be tapped as the midwife.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (7anGw)

183 Gavin Newsom's problem isn't that he is a Californian, it is that he is a crook, he has no discernable beliefs other than machine politics, be is glib but stupid, he is a lousy manager, and he chases every skirt in the office.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM (V6x/S)

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Yes, I particularly like the "glib but stupid" part.

I do think he's an idiot. But idiots can be managed and controlled.

See also: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden,

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (aZm/F)

184 181 Why is it people here still think Democrats follow "rules"? Did you not just watch them implant the candidate of their choosing as a nominee? Or do you really think they were forced to go with that idiot Kamala? They weren't, any more than they were forced to go with the first vegetable.

Democrats don't give a fuck about rules and they are certainly not going to do something stupid like let their voters decide.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (d997y)

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How are they going to win SC for Newsom?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (w4o6z)

185 And these would be related probably to fraud investigations by DoJ.

Federal Programs Branch:

GS-15:
https://usajobs.gov/job/867981100
GS-11 to GS-15:
https://usajobs.gov/job/867980700

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (E4rtv)

186 any kickbacks he got were laundered enough to not be easily tied to him.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2026 03:26 PM (Bu2hG)
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That's why he is married; somebody has to take the money.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (V6x/S)

187 152 Maybe Karoline’s getting ready to pop?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 03:26 PM (77rzZ)

Yeah I think the shooting and the couple of tongue lashings she gave the press were her goodbye for now. She's heading home to relax with a frustrating toddler and crying infant.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (8avO+)

188 182 Marco will be tapped as the midwife.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (7anGw)

Surrogate.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:29 PM (aUMnT)

189 Swanson did not name the official in the quoted testimony.
.......

Why not?

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 03:29 PM (UjdFS)

190 Lol .... CBC news scroll

US Secretary of State to meet with Pope Leo and Italian PM over Iran war.

Marco Rubio - He's everywhere you want him to be....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 03:30 PM (Sco7b)

191 That's why he is married; somebody has to take the money.

Joe Biden's use of his uncle and son as his moneymen, while traditional, is comical. It doesn't make it any harder to find the bribes but I guess in the end it worked.

Romney for example had a non related minion charged with getting his money from Ukraine (he went with Hunter and Whitey Bulger's nephew)

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:30 PM (sKqQm)

192 178.

The bra burners taught Gen X that a man was just a retirement plan.

Marry him, wait a few years, watch some tv, get a lawyer, take all his shit. Go have fun.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:30 PM (7anGw)

193 Who, me?
/maintains bland ignorance

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at May 05, 2026 03:30 PM (RIvkX)

194 Kamala is their obvious nominee next Presidential round. But who wins the governator's office in California. My bet is Becerra. After him comes Republicans, because California is well and truly screwed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:26 PM (V6x/S)

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Califzuela will likely secede and become a ChiComm Protectorate before they allow -- among the worst rigged elections in the country -- a Republican Governor (who would likely be impotent regardless given the super majorities in the rigged Legislature.

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 03:30 PM (9Kqhl)

195 A more obvious answer that they sort of mention without much depth? Menopause. Its a big change and if you live with a definition of marriage that says you should only stick with marriage when it meets your specific immediate needs and then your needs change? Divorce.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)

oh it happens then, but it happens long before that too. Democrat grievance philosophy and Feminist theory all urge married women to split with a husband whenever something makes them dissatisfied.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:31 PM (8avO+)

196 194 Califzuela will likely secede and become a ChiComm Protectorate before they allow -- among the worst rigged elections in the country -- a Republican Governor (who would likely be impotent regardless given the super majorities in the rigged Legislature.

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 03:30 PM (9Kqhl)

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"A Republican governor of California?! We must secede from America!"
-if you think like a Democrat, it makes sense

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:31 PM (w4o6z)

197 Hillary must look at the Democrat field and think, "if only I was ten years younger and forty pounds lighter"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:32 PM (V6x/S)

198 How are they going to win SC for Newsom?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (w4o6z)

No idea nor did I say it will be Newsom. I just know their voters won't be choosing the candidate. They are at best herded like sheep. I do doubt very much it's Kamala UNLESS (key caveat) the general is in the bag for her.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:32 PM (d997y)

199 FWIW, here is a checklist of DoJ Civil Litigation in the Trump administration from the Asst AG in charge of it.

Brett Shumate

@AAGShumate
·
3h
The
@DOJCivil
has been working overtime under the leadership of @DAGToddBlanche to advance and defend
@POTUS priorities in court:

✅Defended hundreds of lawsuits seeking to block
@POTUS policies
✅Filed over 120 motions to combat unlawful injunctions pending appeal
✅Filed 23 denaturalization lawsuits for immigration FRAUD
✅Filed 17 lawsuits challenging sanctuary jurisdiction laws
✅Filed 9 lawsuits challenging in-state tuition laws for illegal aliens
✅Filed 5 lawsuits challenging state regulation of prediction markets
✅Filed 2 lawsuits challenging state laws increasing egg prices
✅Filed 2 lawsuits challenging local bans on natural gas appliances
✅Filed 1 lawsuit challenging a state AI law

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:32 PM (E4rtv)

200
163 The SS agent who was caught wanking was actually trying out a SS pilot program . Stop assassinations but ejaculation in the assassins eyes
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM

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That was his explanation. I could understand his desperation to go from "retarded pervert looking at jail time" to "hero," but that's just sad.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 03:32 PM (PquBa)

201 US Secretary of State to meet with Pope Leo and Italian PM over Iran war.

Marco Rubio - He's everywhere you want him to be....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 03:30 PM (Sco7b)

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I hope he tells them both to eff off. But I mean that in a nice way.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 03:33 PM (aZm/F)

202 I seriously doubt a stupid, corrupt white pretty boy like Newsom will be the Dem nominee in 28.

-
In a sane world, Gavin would be an obsequious waiter recommending the veal.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 03:33 PM (ndZc7)

203 @167

>>I invite you to look at the polling.

This is what I think of that poll.

https://tinyurl.com/mrz6twnb

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 03:33 PM (XV/Pl)

204 One interesting change that is already happening in society is that the Karen and their younger versions have had fewer children.

A few generations ago most women had extended family to focus their attentions on but now? Their one child lives far away and isn't going to have a grandchild either. So its either get more cats or get into politics...

And this is very much a political split - right leaning women have twice as many children as left leaning women.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)

205 Gavin's polling support has halved in the last two months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
.......

Needs moar hand jive.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 03:33 PM (UjdFS)

206 17 Something tells me a hostile take over of Minnesota by the Feds are in order.
Put it into receivership or something until the corruption has been shaken out.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 02:50 PM (WsJuq)

Revert MN to a Territory.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 03:33 PM (rkhDX)

207 I got an article from the Independent for some reason in my news feed, "The ‘walkaway wives’: Why so many Gen X women are leaving their marriages"

Their thesis? "Most marriages are more beneficial for men because women are only allowed the freedom of self-expression once everything is done in the home"

Which is comical.

A more obvious answer that they sort of mention without much depth? Menopause. Its a big change and if you live with a definition of marriage that says you should only stick with marriage when it meets your specific immediate needs and then your needs change? Divorce.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)
_________

I don't think it's specifically "Gen X" wives so much as Gen X is at the age now where divorces tend to spike. Their kids are grown or at least no longer kids, careers are stable, and both spouses are still young enough to start over in greener pastures.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 03:33 PM (iFTx/)

208 TJM

CalDem's just denounced and cancelled Cesar Chavez which set Swalwell for the fall. And Gloria Alred was there holding Swalwell's noose - she's Pelosi's hatchetwoman.

And now they're after Steyer.

You know who they've selected for the jungle run? Xavier Becerra. Obama approved it. You know how that was transmitted to the faithful? CalMatters.

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 03:34 PM (DRokf)

209 US Secretary of State to meet with Pope Leo and Italian PM over Iran war.

Marco Rubio - He's everywhere you want him to be....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 03:30 PM (Sco7b)

--------------

What, Father Guido Sarducci wasn't available?

Make Find the Popes in the Pizza Contests Great Again!

/I denounce myself ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 03:34 PM (9Kqhl)

210 Democrats have lots of ways of doing things. If "they" don't want Kamala and are afraid she will somehow be the voters choice, they will conduct any number of operations to take her out of the running. She has been protected somewhat but it's early days.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:34 PM (d997y)

211 13 Uh oh. Elric is back.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (77rzZ)
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He knows the rules: "FIRST you will blow me"

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 03:34 PM (F5Pkl)

212 California's secesh would be many people's wet dream.

For the same reason South Carolina's was.

Oh man, the scores that would be settled.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:34 PM (7anGw)

213 oh it happens then, but it happens long before that too. Democrat grievance philosophy and Feminist theory all urge married women to split with a husband whenever something makes them dissatisfied.

IN my own circle I know several left leaning women who in their late 40s/early 50s decided to divorce and suddenly found they were "born this way" lesbians.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)

214 181 Eric Weinstein claims Kamala is a super genius Marxist playing dumb to appeal to her low IQ voters, but actually talking in code to other Marxist super geniuses.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 05, 2026 03:34 PM (wBaIH)

215 198 How are they going to win SC for Newsom?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:28 PM (w4o6z)

No idea nor did I say it will be Newsom. I just know their voters won't be choosing the candidate. They are at best herded like sheep. I do doubt very much it's Kamala UNLESS (key caveat) the general is in the bag for her.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:32 PM (d997y)

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They almost lost the Democrat primary in 2016 to a sacrificial lamb no one took seriously.

They lost completely control of the 2020 primary and had to settle with Biden (no, they hadn't decided on Biden early because of language around the impeachment, that's why they put money in Kamala, Warren, Buttigieg, and Beto before getting them all to drop out and let Biden take the nomination from Bernie, the actual frontrunner).

"But, they did 2024!" Yes, by having the guy who won the nomination quit and then handing everything over to his VP (despite supposed behind the scenes plans to do something else which was stupid on its face).

2028 will be like 2020 but without a Bernie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:35 PM (w4o6z)

216 178 I got an article from the Independent for some reason in my news feed, "The ‘walkaway wives’: Why so many Gen X women are leaving their marriages"

Their thesis? "Most marriages are more beneficial for men because women are only allowed the freedom of self-expression once everything is done in the home"

A more obvious answer that they sort of mention without much depth? Menopause. Its a big change and if you live with a definition of marriage that says you should only stick with marriage when it meets your specific immediate needs and then your needs change? Divorce.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)
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It's social media poisoning the minds of every one of them. Instagram is to weak-willed women what porn is to weak-willed men. It can give you a false sense of what life (or sex) actually is, when in reality both of them are just a highlight reel of people being paid to do what they're doing and never showing the actual work behind the scenes or what it takes to have a healthy relationship IRL.

Posted by: ballistic at May 05, 2026 03:35 PM (oqH4h)

217 Eric Weinstein claims Kamala is a super genius Marxist playing dumb to appeal to her low IQ voters, but actually talking in code to other Marxist super geniuses.

I assume this is a thesis that gets him on other people's shows that he doesn't really believe either

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)

218 211.

Cant beat the classics.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:36 PM (7anGw)

219 IN my own circle I know several left leaning women who in their late 40s/early 50s decided to divorce and suddenly found they were "born this way" lesbians.

Posted by: 18-1

Joke's on them. Lesbian relationships have the highest levels of domestic violence and highest divorce rate of all marriages. FWIW, gay males have the lowest, probably because they don't care about monogamy.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:36 PM (E4rtv)

220 Trump ought to remove Leo and install Marco as Pope. Sure, it's unconventional but the Donks installed Kamala.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 03:37 PM (ndZc7)

221 If they have to win a general election and Vance isn't owned and operated then it is not going to be Kamala. Or probably any woman. The only one with a shot on their side is AOC - she has the correct attitude - but I don't think the is wanted by the higher ups.

I know they won't be telegraphing their nominee so far out while a strong Trump still has a chance to brand them. He basically ended Walz's political career with a single name.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:37 PM (d997y)

222 Marco is doing great. Karoline needs to look over her shoulder.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:37 PM (aUMnT)

223 ejaculation in the assassins eyes

[ Bob Costas has entered the chat ]

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 03:37 PM (4NO2D)

224 California's secesh would be many people's wet dream.

For the same reason South Carolina's was.

Oh man, the scores that would be settled.
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:34 PM (7anGw)

First thing - have all those troops in the bases here wall off LA and SFO. Then form "East California" from the rest of the state.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:37 PM (8avO+)

225 CalDem's just denounced and cancelled Cesar Chavez which set Swalwell for the fall. And Gloria Alred was there holding Swalwell's noose - she's Pelosi's hatchetwoman.

And now they're after Steyer.

Why would they be after Steyer?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (Riz8t)

226 urge married women to split with a husband whenever something makes them dissatisfied"

Eat, tourist, wine

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (XuXeR)

227 The Trump admin is going for 400 of the latter this year. That's more than the last 7 presidencies combined. I suspect that the number of those will increase over the next three years as well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:23 PM (w4o6z)
====================
I saw this reported exactly once and then the story sank beneath the waves. I wonder if the lefties think they can use it to scare the chardonnay suburban lefties next election round, and they want to save it. Well, screw that, I voted hard for exactly this!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (RQRKj)

228 WTF is right.....

Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
·
7h
🚨 Minnesota had sent $67 million to nine daycare centers that were raided last week.

Funding for these nine providers more than doubled from 2023 to 2025—even though they reported serving roughly the same number of children.

KSTP requested this data back in December, but the state has refused to provide it. The records had to be obtained through Fraud Oversight Chair Rep. Kristin Robbins (R).

WTF?

Posted by: beckster at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (kX27y)

229 Rubio's great to watch.

This is kind of fun.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (Sco7b)

230 200
163 The SS agent who was caught wanking was actually trying out a SS pilot program . Stop assassinations but ejaculation in the assassins eyes
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 03:24 PM

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That was his explanation. I could understand his desperation to go from "retarded pervert looking at jail time" to "hero," but that's just sad.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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He is in the uniformed division which are basically checkpoint security types, not the one's wearing suits.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (E4rtv)

231 221 If they have to win a general election and Vance isn't owned and operated then it is not going to be Kamala. Or probably any woman. The only one with a shot on their side is AOC - she has the correct attitude - but I don't think the is wanted by the higher ups.

I know they won't be telegraphing their nominee so far out while a strong Trump still has a chance to brand them. He basically ended Walz's political career with a single name.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:37 PM (d997y)

======

There are also several major donors, like the former Mrs. Bezos, who fucking love Kamala and keep donating to her.

The establishment is not exactly unified in being anti-Kamala.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (w4o6z)

232 I'm not sure what my algorithm is telling me; regardless, I get sent videos on my YouTube account about how women in their 50's and 60's can't find men and are bowing out of dating after divorce because the options are so bad.

I have chosen to watch these videos and have come to the conclusion that women shouldn't vote. They seem emotional, delusional and pathetic.

But I mean that in a nice way.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (aZm/F)

233 Newsome has been very direct in saying he supports the fake train because he doesn't want to give back federal grants "to Trump."

Jesse James was a gentleman compared to these shitbirds.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 05, 2026 03:39 PM (wBaIH)

234 Why would they be after Steyer?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (Riz8t)

They don't think he can win here.

Posted by: beckster at May 05, 2026 03:39 PM (kX27y)

235 Instagram is to weak-willed women what porn is to weak-willed men. It can give you a false sense of what life (or sex) actually is, when in reality both of them are just a highlight reel of people being paid to do what they're doing and never showing the actual work behind the scenes or what it takes to have a healthy relationship IRL.

I had a left leaning female friend who had a lot of trouble meeting men. She was smart and funny, but she didn't take care of herself physically/dress well and bathed in social media all day long which led her to two flawed conclusions:

1) I shouldn't have to change anything about me or my habits to get a partner - men should find me and just love me for who I am!

2) It is normal to have fancy vacations, cool expensive events, and a constant party going on in your own personal life

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:39 PM (sKqQm)

236 227 I saw this reported exactly once and then the story sank beneath the waves. I wonder if the lefties think they can use it to scare the chardonnay suburban lefties next election round, and they want to save it. Well, screw that, I voted hard for exactly this!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (RQRKj)

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Because it was only reported once, people will forget it completely.

Much like new H1-Bs being down 80% or green cards being cut in half or all visa classes being down double digits or asylum grantees being down 99%.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:40 PM (w4o6z)

237 136 Some of the feel good programs just need to be ended. Home hospice is ripe for abuse regardless but last week I heard a talk radio interview and the program was expanded to pay family to do basic cooking, cleaning, visiting with elderly relatives. Not a a quote but the caller said people should just do basic care for family w/o the gub'mint having to pay them. In home care subsidies should only cover people that need actual medical care. Hell my dad needed low level medical care and I just did that after a (privately paid) aide showed me how. I know not everyone is blessed to be in the laptop class and have the care situation overlap their work getting paranoid about the wuhan lung rot and wanting them to work from home; but people need to do for family and the people who don't have decent family need to save a bit more and pay for someone to come in and cook and clean x hours a week themselves instead of thinking the taxpayers need to fund it.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2026 03:19 PM (Bu2hG)

This is what civil society is for. Also: next do “free” school lunches.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 03:40 PM (rkhDX)

238 And now they're after Steyer.

You know who they've selected for the jungle run? Xavier Becerra. Obama approved it. You know how that was transmitted to the faithful? CalMatters.
Posted by: 13times
.......

Yeah, my brother appears to have gotten the Xavier memo on his Smart phone from MS NOW.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 03:40 PM (UjdFS)

239 The Trump admin is going for 400 of the latter this year. That's more than the last 7 presidencies combined. I suspect that the number of those will increase over the next three years as well.
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It really is fascinating what he's doing.

The target cases are lay-ups--legally.
But, even allowing one to succeed opens the door to thousands more; proof of concept, as they say.
So it's forcing the left to deploy their full defenses, exposing their tactics.
The left has built up a de facto amnesty, that naturalization citizenship is a right if even a single toe touches American soil.
Not a privilege you have to earn and work to keep.

Trump is building a legal wall, case by case.
And the only hope they have is to keep it from being built until the Dems take over.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 03:40 PM (MtSIY)

240 Rubio's great to watch.

This is kind of fun.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (Sco7b)
*******
He's masterful with the press.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 03:40 PM (NpAcC)

241 Probably take the Vatican with about 1000 Marines. All the guards have are those little knives.

We airlift in all the Mexicans, Haitians, and Somalians that will fit.
Drop in aboit 2000 Karens.

Declare victory and go eat popcorn.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:40 PM (7anGw)

242 In a sane world, Gavin would be an obsequious waiter recommending the veal.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 03:33 PM (ndZc7)
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He would be the soused old dude at the end of the Balboa Cafe bar, who has a lot to say but makes no sense.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 03:41 PM (RIvkX)

243 226 urge married women to split with a husband whenever something makes them dissatisfied"

Eat, tourist, wine
Posted by: man
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You left out the rest of the progression,

Eat, Tourist, Wine, Wall, Cats, Dying Alone with said cats munching on body.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:41 PM (E4rtv)

244 239 Trump is building a legal wall, case by case.
And the only hope they have is to keep it from being built until the Dems take over.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 03:40 PM (MtSIY)

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Yeah, but sometimes Trump says something kind of stupid like no more raids on farms (which Stephen Miller and Tom Homan ignore completely and just keep raiding).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:41 PM (w4o6z)

245 Joke's on them. Lesbian relationships have the highest levels of domestic violence and highest divorce rate of all marriages. FWIW, gay males have the lowest, probably because they don't care about monogamy.

I suspect part of it is their sex drive died, and partnering with another women who is in a similar point in her life means that they can be asexual roommates together while still doing "the fun stuff" together like going to brunch or antiquing...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

246 240 Rubio's great to watch.

This is kind of fun.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (Sco7b)
*******
He's masterful with the press.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 03:40 PM (NpAcC)

Trump is a great mentor. This is not the Rubio who ran against him in 2016.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:42 PM (aUMnT)

247
Funding for these nine providers more than doubled from 2023 to 2025—even though they reported serving roughly the same number of children.

Of?

I hate that bloody word. And yes I know the context. It is still stupid.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 03:42 PM (rkhDX)

248 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:35 PM (w4o6z)

You believe the Bernie story on the surface, I believe that he was working for "them" to keep the Left, who hated the vile Hillary and would have had little interest, involved in the election.

Hence "America is tired of your emails" and hence Bernie giving all the valuable voter data they collected over to her campaign. Hillary could have never gotten those names and numbers by herself. Never.

These are things I said at the time, not hindsight. Predicting the future is very very hard but I have a clarity that drives my opinions and more often than not they bear fruit. I have said don't be so sure about Kamala but if by some chance she IS the nominee she will win because it means there is some cheat in effect.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:42 PM (d997y)

249 Hillary must look at the Democrat field and think, "if only I was ten years younger and forty pounds lighter"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:32 PM (V6x/S)

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And didn't come off as every man's worst ex-wife nightmare as well as "The Most Cheated On Woman In The World."

[h/t El Rushbo]

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 03:42 PM (9Kqhl)

250 There have been anti-Steyer ad running for weeks bankrolled by the unions, realtors, PG&E, builders.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 03:42 PM (RIvkX)

251

Imagine, Faggot Walz and his insane bonkers bitch wife and that shitty daughter are all in on this, but then also accusing others of not "caring" enough.

If someone can get all hot and bothered about the smell of arson, its not far to say that idiot would also love to take the WHITE system down by rampant crime.

What a shitbag family.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 05, 2026 03:42 PM (et1vG)

252 238 And now they're after Steyer.

You know who they've selected for the jungle run? Xavier Becerra. Obama approved it. You know how that was transmitted to the faithful? CalMatters.
Posted by: 13times
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Heh. Shit Midas has an awful track record on endorsements and political judgment.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:42 PM (E4rtv)

253 Taking names; kicking ass.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivers a message to Iran amid Project Freedom:

"To what remains of Iran's forces, if you attack American troops or innocent commercial shipping, you will face overwhelming and devastating American firepower. The president has been very clear about this. We prefer this to be a peaceful operation, but are locked and loaded to defend our people, our ships, our aircraft, and this mission without hesitation."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 03:43 PM (ndZc7)

254 I got an article from the Independent for some reason in my news feed, "The ‘walkaway wives’: Why so many Gen X women are leaving their marriages"

Their thesis? "Most marriages are more beneficial for men because women are only allowed the freedom of self-expression once everything is done in the home"

Which is comical.

A more obvious answer that they sort of mention without much depth? Menopause. Its a big change and if you live with a definition of marriage that says you should only stick with marriage when it meets your specific immediate needs and then your needs change? Divorce.
Posted by: 18-1

That's all bullshit. It's a fucking payday for the women.

If it wasn't, the divorce filings wouldn't be 80/20 women.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 03:43 PM (xHq83)

255 248 These are things I said at the time, not hindsight. Predicting the future is very very hard but I have a clarity that drives my opinions and more often than not they bear fruit. I have said don't be so sure about Kamala but if by some chance she IS the nominee she will win because it means there is some cheat in effect.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:42 PM (d997y)

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Like a month ago you said it was definitely going to be Buttigieg.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:43 PM (w4o6z)

256
Eric Weinstein claims Kamala is a super genius Marxist playing dumb to appeal to her low IQ voters, but actually talking in code to other Marxist super geniuses.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

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Weinstein says this? It's certain her silly "joyful" talk belies a mind that's focused when it comes to hatred of America, but if she were a super genius she'd pivot to data and facts when the occasion calls for it. Her joint presser with the Polish president was a doozy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2026 03:43 PM (n7rxJ)

257 Marco seems to be kicking ass, worrying he might burn out at this pace

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 03:43 PM (Ia/+0)

258 The bra burners taught Gen X that a man was just a retirement plan.

Marry him, wait a few years, watch some tv, get a lawyer, take all his shit. Go have fun.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:30 PM (7anGw)

Then when the dude comes home with a shotgun and wastes everybody in the house they'll say it was a case of "if I can't have her, nobody else can". Uh...no. Its a case of you're not taking my shit, and you and your next stunt dick aren't going to enjoy it either, so fuck you die.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 03:43 PM (snZF9)

259 If a legitimate audit of the US government was conducted, it would discover that 85% of the increase in the national debt from $8 trillion when The Emperor Shit Midas Obama took office, to $39 trillion now, has simply been stolen by Democrats, their families and their welfare pets.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 05, 2026 03:43 PM (+Xb5w)

260 250 There have been anti-Steyer ad running for weeks bankrolled by the unions, realtors, PG&E, builders.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Making Steyer spend all his money to counter those ads and still lose is a rather funny I think.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

261 Gavin isn't smart. He's a perfectly average douchebag. But he isn't flat out mentally disabled like Tard Tim. And his aunt is smart, and her cutthroat political machine covers Gavin's tracks.

I doubt he'll be nearly as easy to implicate as the Minneapolis Mongoloid.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 03:44 PM (BI5O2)

262 Spencer Pratt is killing it with his ads and democrat voters are noticing and liking his approach. He may be able to pull this off......

https://tinyurl.com/3pnpm6wy

Posted by: beckster at May 05, 2026 03:44 PM (kX27y)

263 The establishment is not exactly unified in being anti-Kamala.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (w4o6z)

I hope you and I are both here to see where this goes. Gonna be fascinating.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:44 PM (d997y)

264 Marco is probably going to ride bulls at the Caldwell Nigjt Rodeo this year at this rate.

Dude's resume is a 100ft parchment scroll.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:45 PM (7anGw)

265 Probably take the Vatican with about 1000 Marines. All the guards have are those little knives.
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I thought they all carried HK's inside those suits...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:45 PM (RQRKj)

266 Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 03:40 PM (NpAcC)

I hadn't been watching it,but had been listening on tnhe radio. He's very smart and quick on his feet . It would drive me crazy to have all the urinalists (journalists)shouting at me at the same time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 03:45 PM (8Xy/A)

267 Personally, I've told my wife more than once that if she ever finds a better deal than me she should run don't walk. I'll hold the door open for her. No point in trying to see a marriage if one partner feels the grass is greener.

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 03:45 PM (F5Pkl)

268 263 The establishment is not exactly unified in being anti-Kamala.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:38 PM (w4o6z)

I hope you and I are both here to see where this goes. Gonna be fascinating.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:44 PM (d997y)

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We'll see!

(Kamala wins the primary and loses the general because she takes it as her revenge tour where she just needs to be sassy drunk and promise citizenship for all deported illegals.)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:45 PM (w4o6z)

269 Making Steyer spend all his money to counter those ads and still lose is a rather funny I think.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)
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It's great!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:46 PM (RQRKj)

270 256
Eric Weinstein claims Kamala is a super genius Marxist playing dumb to appeal to her low IQ voters, but actually talking in code to other Marxist super geniuses.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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People engage in political talk like Weinstein without any knowledge of the history nor the actual dynamics of campaigns. About as useful as those psychologists that diagnose GOP politicians like Trump from afar.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:46 PM (E4rtv)

271 I saw Minneapolis Mongoloid open for…

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

272 258.

We just became best friends.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:47 PM (7anGw)

273 On K-JB, you can see what 3 more Marxists would do with their votes on a case, Live by Cultural Marxism and be dammed with written law.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 03:47 PM (Ia/+0)

274 270 256
Eric Weinstein claims Kamala is a super genius Marxist playing dumb to appeal to her low IQ voters, but actually talking in code to other Marxist super geniuses.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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People engage in political talk like Weinstein without any knowledge of the history nor the actual dynamics of campaigns. About as useful as those psychologists that diagnose GOP politicians like Trump from afar.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:46 PM (E4rtv)

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"Kamala has to be a genius who purposefully sound stupid because if she's just actually stupid, then I've hitched my horse to an idiot and have to justify that to myself."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:47 PM (w4o6z)

275 271.

Everyone. Like a manila folder.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:48 PM (7anGw)

276 273 On K-JB, you can see what 3 more Marxists would do with their votes on a case, Live by Cultural Marxism and be dammed with written law.

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 03:47 PM (Ia/+0)

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And yet...the votes would be pretty much the same as they are now because there's no real difference anymore between respectable liberal and crazed, idiot Marxist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:48 PM (w4o6z)

277 Eric Weinstein claims Kamala is a super genius Marxist playing dumb to appeal to her low IQ voters, but actually talking in code to other Marxist super geniuses.

I assume this is a thesis that gets him on other people's shows that he doesn't really believe either
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)

Is he the dope that got evicted from a grade Z Oregon college by a student takeover, or his brother?

Why anyone would listen to either of them as intellectuals after that is a wonder.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 03:48 PM (8avO+)

278 Like a month ago you said it was definitely going to be Buttigieg.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:43 PM (w4o6z)

Quote the post and timestamp it if that's exactly what I said, otherwise take it easy with the claims. I have been clear for about five years that Booty was "next" behind Kamala but that doesn't mean I think they are sticking with it now. Nor have I said so.

Trump being alive and winning in 2024 altered things. Not in a way that would make Kamala more likely but definitely in a way that would make Booty less so.

That said I *absolutely* believe he would be shoved in if they could.

I have not declared who it will definitely be, because who knows? I don't believe it will be a woman again and definitely not Kamala, that I've been pretty sure of.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (d997y)

279 270 256
Eric Weinstein

Professor Lockhart

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (aUMnT)

280 Are we back on the only time a marriage ends is because the wife is stupid? Come on, y’all. Men are not out here being absolute amazing husbands in every single circumstance. I promise.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Wmg4n)

281 The entire federal government and Blue States are one giant fraud used to steal taxpayer money and launder it to Democrat party operations and benefactors. Every tax increase put on the taxpayers was simply a squeeze from greedy mafia like political operatives for more of your hard earned cash.

And I can even get a damn decent peanut.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Py+sj)

282 I suspect part of it is their sex drive died, and partnering with another women who is in a similar point in her life means that they can be asexual roommates together while still doing "the fun stuff" together like going to brunch or antiquing...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

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[Just an anecdote:] I've had the good fortune to have had monogamous relationships with two beautiful women whose sex drives increased post-menopause.

I presume it's owing to the relief that they can no longer become impregnated ... but it could also be something hormonal (as their female hormones subside, I wonder of the lower male hormones become accentuated or dominant?). I could look it up but am too lazy ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (9Kqhl)

283 DeSantis says being a SCOTUS Justice is his "dream job". Now, maybe he isn't lying (unusual for a politician, but maybe...), and if he is serious I'd say appoint him in a nanosecond.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (RQRKj)

284 Oh, and one interesting aspect of the argument that "marriage is more valuable for men" is that married men live longer.

But the correlation here is different then they are trying to present it.

Higher status/wealthier men are more likely to get married and more likely to stay married.

And as you might expect higher status/wealthier men also live longer irrespective of whether they are married or not.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 03:50 PM (sKqQm)

285 Maybe one of you can remember who said that if we stopped all Medicare/Medicaid fraud, not only would it be fully funded, but we could increase benefits or decrease the SS deduction.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 03:50 PM (aZm/F)

286 .
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Why no leaks?
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What a bunch of blue state cunts.
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Posted by: Marooned at May 05, 2026 03:50 PM (kt8QE)

287 247 Of?

I hate that bloody word. And yes I know the context. It is still stupid.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 03:42 PM

Well there goes "Of Mice and Men" or "A Tale of Two Cities"

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 03:50 PM (4q/mG)

288 Men are not out here being absolute amazing husbands in every single circumstance. I promise.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Wmg4n)
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You mean, we might be real morons?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:51 PM (RQRKj)

289 I still wouldn't be surprised to see Hillary make another run in 28. She'll be a widow by then and the old crones in the Dem party will rally round her

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 03:51 PM (gu0hJ)

290 It's helpful that Mr. Pratt has a background in media.

I hope he has some good security.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 03:51 PM (8Xy/A)

291 Seriously, stories about Tim Walz going to prison make me hungry.

Its Cinco De Mayo - I could murder a Taco Salad right now.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at May 05, 2026 03:51 PM (anL5R)

292 And I can even get a damn decent peanut.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Py+sj)

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Where have you gone, James Earl Carter?
A nation turns its hungry eyes to you ... woo hoo hoo

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 03:51 PM (9Kqhl)

293 FWIW, I have no opinion on who might be the Dem nominee. Ask me again in November to December 2027. Invisible primary starts then requiring donors to pony up for the primary runs.

You might have some idea of who is floating running seriously for the top job about summer of 2027 with a lot of Dem politicians that are technically running, are doing so for VP or for cabinet offices.

GOP is a bit easier, Vance, Rubio, DeSantis are certainly in the running right now. All can get money to run and have name recognition.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:51 PM (E4rtv)

294 Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Wmg4n)

What a shocking conclusion!!?/sarc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (8Xy/A)

295 I hadn't been watching it,but had been listening on tnhe radio. He's very smart and quick on his feet . It would drive me crazy to have all the urinalists (journalists)shouting at me at the same time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 03:45 PM (8Xy/A)
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I think the press actually likes him. He's got a charming personality and he knows his stuff.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (NpAcC)

296 [Just an anecdote:] I've had the good fortune to have had monogamous relationships with two beautiful women whose sex drives increased post-menopause.

I presume it's owing to the relief that they can no longer become impregnated ... but it could also be something hormonal (as their female hormones subside, I wonder of the lower male hormones become accentuated or dominant?). I could look it up but am too lazy ...
Posted by: ShainS

They were most likely on HRT.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (Wmg4n)

297 Ace puts out the cheap shit. Probably from Aldi’s- those Chinese peanuts lace with melamine.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (Py+sj)

298 GOP is a bit easier, Vance, Rubio, DeSantis are certainly in the running right now. All can get money to run and have name recognition.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 03:51 PM

Will Trump endorse a successor?

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (4NO2D)

299 Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Wmg4n)

Men get the shit end of the majority of divorces. Let us have bragging rights at least.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (d997y)

300 >> 62 who led a DHS fraud investigations unit from 2014 to 2018

> And he's only talking about it NOW? EIGHT ( 8 ) years later?! Either he needs to be going to jail, too, or there better be evidence of true extortion for which the authorities will be charged. Because that's incredible. (Particularly since I'm guessing any charges would now be past the statute of limitations on the fraud itself.)
Posted by: GWB at May 05, 2026 03:03 PM (Vh4Jp)

Including the subversive bureaucrat conspiracy to cover it up, the crime may not even be over yet, let alone past the statute of limitations.

Posted by: SciVo at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (Sy6m/)

301 283 DeSantis says being a SCOTUS Justice is his "dream job". Now, maybe he isn't lying (unusual for a politician, but maybe...), and if he is serious I'd say appoint him in a nanosecond.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (RQRKj)

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Yes. I do think he is a true believer. We love him in Florida, and he's used the Constitution (State) to his advantage. He's fearless like Trump, but like Trump, his legislature and senate don't have the balls to fully back him.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 03:53 PM (aZm/F)

302 Will Trump endorse a successor?

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (4NO2D)

And put a target on their back? Tough situation. I think he will more work with that person. Not that he is a wallflower but some things are smarter to do than others.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:53 PM (d997y)

303 I still wouldn't be surprised to see Hillary make another run in 28. She'll be a widow by then and the old crones in the Dem party will rally round her

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 03:51 PM (gu0hJ)

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Dude! You're channeling my hyperbolicism.

I predicted in 2020 and again in 2024 that Hillary -- had Bubba not gone straight to hell naturally -- would have him Arkancided just before the Dem convention so she could ride the "Sentimental" and "Sympathy" vote to the Nomination.

So would not be surprised if you're right ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 03:54 PM (9Kqhl)

304 Will Trump endorse a successor?

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (4NO2D)

Not publicly.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 03:54 PM (aUMnT)

305 302 Will Trump endorse a successor?

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (4NO2D)

And put a target on their back? Tough situation. I think he will more work with that person. Not that he is a wallflower but some things are smarter to do than others.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:53 PM (d997y)

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Vance is obviously the heir apparent to the point where Rubio has pre-endorsed him.

The 2028 GOP primary is going to be as boring and predictable as the 2024 GOP primary.

Maybe some ancillary figures jump in, but no one will consider them serious at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:55 PM (w4o6z)

306 280.

Nothing is always anything. Nobody got it easy in a marriage.

I find having to write disclaimers an insult to women's intelligence. My wife of 20+ years doesn't need me to look over at her and say "But not you, Honey" every time I point out some AWFUL fuckin up. Moronettes don't need it either.

I speak from a man's perspective because I was born one and intend to stay one.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:55 PM (UMLdy)

307 "Kamala has to be a genius who purposefully sound stupid because if she's just actually stupid, then I've hitched my horse to an idiot and have to justify that to myself."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:47 PM
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Kamala is not dumb, she is just the inevitable result of a one-party political system. She is accustomed to ruling, not governing. She is used to propagandists, not adversarial questions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 03:55 PM (RIvkX)

308 Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (NpAcC

Yes, he is very charming and funny, but I don't think they like his views or support of Trump..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 03:55 PM (8Xy/A)

309 307 Kamala is not dumb, she is just the inevitable result of a one-party political system. She is accustomed to ruling, not governing. She is used to propagandists, not adversarial questions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 03:55 PM (RIvkX)

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I mean...you have personal interactions with her.

So, I'll have to bow to your personal experience.

But do you have an anecdote of her displaying intelligence you could share?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:56 PM (w4o6z)

310 Kamala is not dumb but she is for sure a plum idiot.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:56 PM (d997y)

311 Rubio is confident because he knows his WTF he's talking about. The press hit him with talking points and he schools the dumbasses. Much like Miller.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 03:56 PM (aZm/F)

312 >> He's fearless like Trump, but like Trump, his legislature and senate don't have the balls to fully back him.

Huh? If kbj got across the finish line with that dork Romney, and the dunce sisters Collins and Mutcokeski, we can surely get Ron across.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 03:56 PM (Py+sj)

313 hyperbolicism
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Hold on just one second now.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 03:57 PM (RIvkX)

314 Eric Weinstein claims Kamala is a super genius Marxist playing dumb to appeal to her low IQ voters, but actually talking in code to other Marxist super geniuses.

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LOL, what a knee slapper. Oh yes, she's dumbing down her super genius IQ to appeal to dummies, while at the same time, sending coded messages to her other Marxist geniuses. Like she's blowing a dog whistle only they can hear. These people are so delusional.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 03:57 PM (qBdHI)

315 299 Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 03:49 PM (Wmg4n)

Men get the shit end of the majority of divorces. Let us have bragging rights at least.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:52

We can analyze all the reasons for that. But not now, I have to go teach 2 classes. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 03:57 PM (Wmg4n)

316 Hang them all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 03:57 PM (dK+Kv)

317
Eric Weinstein claims Kamala is a super genius Marxist playing dumb to appeal to her low IQ voters, but actually talking in code to other Marxist super geniuses.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

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She never broke character and looked smart for a few seconds, not even once. And everyone, including in other countries, knows she started her career by being a whore to powerful men. She's as dumb as she looks. Weinstein knows this, and I'm not clear how his scheme of saying otherwise is supposed to work.

On the other hand, look how far she got. And Biden, and other morons. She is stupid, but does it matter?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 03:57 PM (VWtfl)

318 Ace puts out the cheap shit. Probably from Aldi’s- those Chinese peanuts lace with melamine.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 03:52 PM (Py+sj)

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lol

I think this Crow meme has some legs ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 03:57 PM (9Kqhl)

319 Holy shit. Be serious. I have a bag of dirt that’s smarter than Kamala.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 03:58 PM (Py+sj)

320 Nothing is always anything. Nobody got it easy in a marriage.

I find having to write disclaimers an insult to women's intelligence. My wife of 20+ years doesn't need me to look over at her and say "But not you, Honey" every time I point out some AWFUL fuckin up. Moronettes don't need it either.

I speak from a man's perspective because I was born one and intend to stay one.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:55 PM (UMLdy)

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This cannot be stated enough. Tips hat.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 03:58 PM (aZm/F)

321
"They had heard you could run the scam in a number of different states, but it was easiest, and you could make the most money doing it in Minnesota."

Minnesota California Minnesota California..

Hopefully investigations are expanding. There are many more states and U.S. territories to exam before some statute of limitations runs out or there's no one left to answer to massive fraud.

Key actions taken by US territories regarding Medicaid during the pandemic included:

Expansion of Coverage: Puerto Rico used increased funds to raise eligibility thresholds, adding thousands of new beneficiaries.

Provider Rate Increases: Territories, including Puerto Rico, utilized funds to increase payments to physicians and hospitals.

Service Enhancements: The U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) implemented a personal care attendant (PCA) program and expanded hospice benefits.

Vaccine Coverage: Medicaid payments for COVID-19 vaccines during the emergency were exempted from the normal federal funding caps.

Funding Utilization: Territories saw 22% to 50% increases in federal funding to support health centers during the pandemic.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 03:58 PM (NFX2v)

322 I bet Kamala and Obama have roughly the same IQ

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:58 PM (d997y)

323 On the other hand, look how far she got. And Biden, and other morons. She is stupid, but does it matter?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 03:57 PM (VWtfl)

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The stupider and most psychopathic the better -- as their base can most definitely relate.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 03:59 PM (9Kqhl)

324 Our "elite"class = classic Mafia. With even less honor, likeability, and charisma

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 05, 2026 03:59 PM (N/KpB)

325 Kamala is not dumb, she is just the inevitable result of a one-party political system. She is accustomed to ruling, not governing. She is used to propagandists, not adversarial questions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 03:55 PM (RIvkX)

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I mean...you have personal interactions with her.

So, I'll have to bow to your personal experience.

But do you have an anecdote of her displaying intelligence you could share?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:56 PM (w4o6z)
__________

There are earlier interviews of her where she at least displayed average intelligence -- or at least didn't sound like an idiot -- and some level of charisma. The stoned, drunken, gyrating, gaggling verbal diarrhea seems to be something that started later in her career.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

326 But do you have an anecdote of her displaying intelligence you could share?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 03:56 PM (w4o6z)
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It was so long ago nothing stands out in particular other than several occasions she got her way despite opposition from people who mattered, or didn't care as much as she did. For example, she was able to force me to engage with people whom did not want to be engaged.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 04:00 PM (RIvkX)

327 I bet Kamala and Obama have roughly the same IQ sperm consumption.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 03:58 PM (d997y)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 04:00 PM (dK+Kv)

328 I am still baffled why people claim Barry Soetoro is smart.

The one thing we know from his hidden academic record is that he was not even a National Merit Semi-Finalist.

If he is at or above a 100 IQ it's not by much.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 04:00 PM (4NO2D)

329 If you're going to be a dunce, at least be an amiable one.

Posted by: Shit John Wayne probably said at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (TbWk/)

330 Nudity

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (4NO2D)

331 I had this woman economics professor. She had nipples that could penetrate steel plating. We would always pray for hot weather so she would wear thin shirts and the ac was cranked. I would sit through that class with a stiffy that rivaled the Empire State Building. I swear it was probably the best attended class in any college.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (Py+sj)

332 258.

We just became best friends.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 03:47 PM (7anGw)

I knew a guy who ended up divorced, she tried to take all his shit, he ended up falling behind on property taxes because of the divorce shit, some asshole bought the debt and tried to get him out of the house. He had a massive guitar and amp collection, harley's, cars, etc. He broke all the gas line connections, sat in the house with a candle and blew it all the fuck up. Nobody got nothing except for a smoldering crater.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 04:04 PM (snZF9)

333 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 04:00 PM (dK+Kv

IQ = Intimate Quaffing?

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 04:05 PM (d997y)

334 Divorce is a racket and women are the beneficiaries of it, not men. Women frequently and cynically abuse the system because it was designed to be abused by them. Much, much more frequently than men are bad husbands who deserve to be divorced and cleaned up.

This isn't deniable. There are mountains of statistical evidence, but anyone with eyes can see it. If you're pretending otherwise, it's just a reflexive defense of Duh Sisterhood.

Stop trying to put this on men. We don't blame women for the rape problem.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 04:17 PM (BI5O2)

335 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 04:20 PM (RIvkX)

336 When are people going to start going to prison over this massive fraud in Minnesota? Maybe they are waiting until after the mid-terms. Probably not.

Posted by: sidney at May 05, 2026 04:28 PM (Uy/WF)

337 The part of the State Trooper's report printed here, especially the part about how Somalians knew that the place to go was Minnesota, did not mention the suitcases with millions in cash which were regularly departing MSP. Oh yes, that whole thing was an international operation.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at May 05, 2026 04:31 PM (bufu1)

338 And the libs in my area of CA believe every word:
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Governor Newsom Press Office
@GovPressOffice
Harry, a friendly reminder: Trump started a war with no plan, and everyone's paying for it. Other states are paying so much more than CA that the gap between CA and national prices is DOWN, not up.

⛽ Ohio: up 72%
⛽ Indiana: up 69.8%
⛽ Texas: up 53.3%
⛽ California: up 32%

California's gas tax: upheld by voters in 2018 — funds safer roads, bridge repairs, and clean air. It hasn’t changed a cent since the war started.

Trump's Iran war surcharge: nobody voted for inflation — higher groceries, higher airfares, higher everything.

(((Harry Enten)))
@ForecasterEnten
·
5h
Oh my goodness on California's gas prices: the nation's highest.

1 reason? Cali's gas tax/fees are nation's highest, & the gap between Cali & the avg. state is way up per CNN’s partner @USAFacts.

Posted by: beckster at May 05, 2026 04:48 PM (kX27y)

339 Every dollar everyone on this site has paid was stolen by fraud.
If you aren't mad as hell, what the heck will make you mad?
Audit every damn penny.
Red Chinese execute the fraudsters, really helps with recidivism.

Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at May 05, 2026 09:15 PM (gWfAG)

Woke Reich Lefties Ian Carroll, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, and Tuq'r Qarlson Join Coordinated Op to Merge the Far Left with the Woke Right

Their new op is decrying the artificial schism between communists and "the right" -- by which they mean national socialists -- and calling for communists and "the right" to merge and defeat the "real enemies," who are capitalists, normies, Christian Zionists, and, obviously, Jews.

This has been the op for two years. It is now so undeniable they're no longer denying it. It's now their open political ambition.

The far left knows it cannot command a majority. After trying, and failing, to take over the conservative movement through psyops and subterfuge -- good old communist subversion, inversion, and demorailzation -- the Woke Reich now knows there is no path to power in the GOP or conservative movement.

So they've decided to unite. Or, rather: they're now announcing their plan they've always been set on, uniting the most disgusting elements of the left and the pseudoright.

Cavernous Nostrils called for "fixing the fracture" between the left and "right," and Nazi fan Ian Carroll immediately jumped on board. (Well, actually, this had been gamed out behind the scenes. They're trying to make the new op appear "organic.")

Gal Sharpton was always on the left. She briefly pretended to "convert" to the right when she realized that a black female "right wing" grifter could make much, much more money than a been-there, done-than black female left-wing grifter.

The same logic explains why full-left liberals like David French continue pretending they're "on the right." The money is better pretending to be on the right while agreeing with every single policy imperative of the far left.

And now Gal Sharpton's campaigning for rightists (or people who falsely believe they're on the right) to join her in uniting with the left:

$fixthefracture.jpg$

You and Cavernous Nostrils are the most diabolical part of the parties, Nazi John Waters.

Green Beret Nap Time
@GBNT1952
Have you noticed how the Halal Right has shifted its messaging to push "coming together" with the left? In this clip they are talking about a new party.
There won't be a new party. They are all full blown leftists and are uniting with the left and our enemies.
Candace said it yesterday. So did the gay pizza delivery guy.
Nick Fuentes has been saying it for a while.
Shawn [Ryan] glizzed fat Cenk and literally didn't disagree with him once on his show because he's now also a gay race communist.
If you don't see the op it's because you don't want to see it.

"Glizzed"? I've heard "glazed." I guess "glizzed" is the more sexually suggestive version of "glazed." I will use that.

Oh, look y'all ... the memo is out ... the most divisive, destructive, dividing, gaslighting, doomer grifters on the planet are now going to bring us all together through love and harmony - 😂

Seriously, how low does your IQ have to be to fall for these ridiculous, laughable… pic.twitter.com/oIpbaWRENE
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) May 5, 2026

Nick Fuentes: "I'm a non-woke moderate Democrat."

"We have to Impeach the Orange. It's time to put this nigga in a peach."

"No Vance, no Rubio, we have to burn down the whole party."

Nick Fuentes confirms he is a now a moderate Democrat, calls for President Trump to be impeached, and wants the GOP to be destroyed.

Fuentes has been attacking Trump since 2016 and has admitted he never cared about immigration, and his sole litmus test is hatred of Israel. pic.twitter.com/e1cuuLaCEl
— Lucky Teter (@TheMagaHulk) May 5, 2026

Matt Forney
@mattforney
2h
Watching this creep speedrun the Richard Spencer arc is made even more surreal by the duper's delight smile he's struggling to conceal.
If you started watching Fuentes six months ago and attacked anyone who criticized him, this is your one-time amnesty. Get out of the cult.

I continue to be pleased that all of the most reprehensible people in politics are consolidating.

It makes it far, far easier to draw lines. https://t.co/a78ntQkGOs
— Legal Phil (@Legal_Fil) May 5, 2026

DataRepublican (small r)
@DataRepublican
12h
I've been relatively quiet on the subject of right-wing influencers who defected from MAGA.
But if they are actually proposing unity with left wing populist movements, then they are proposing unity with Communists.
That is the red line for me.

Almost as if this is all part of some pre-arranged coordinated op!

“The New York Times is so funny,” says @MarkHalperin, remarking on the Times’ big interview with Tucker Carlson. “Their heroes now are people who used to support Donald Trump, but no longer do. If you supported Donald Trump, like Marjorie Taylor Greene or Tucker, and now now… pic.twitter.com/AKuK3Go7QE
— 2WAY (@2waytvapp) May 5, 2026

Firing all my @TheBabylonBee writers for not coming up with this headline before the media did pic.twitter.com/WQgrz0KGkV
— Kyle Mann (@The_Kyle_Mann) May 4, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM

Comments

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1 who is funding these loons?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (CWTWj)

2 Where

Far Left = The Left

and

Woke Right = Also The Left

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (d997y)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (NcvvS)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)

5 THOSE guys are FAGS!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 05, 2026 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)

6 Ace summarizing the news that I can't read elsewhere without vomiting.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 01:25 PM (aUMnT)

7 posted this yesterday evening:

just saw this: raw story: the headline

This phony Democrat got blown out of the water -- and that's terrifying for Trump

text:
Maine just handed Democrats a wake-up call that they’d damn well better actually listen to this time.

Governor Janet Mills suspended her Senate campaign Thursday, leaving Marine veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner as the presumptive Democratic nominee to take on Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 01:25 PM (CWTWj)

8 Chaos on the right! (No actually, they were never on the right)

Posted by: steevy at May 05, 2026 01:25 PM (YwEeS)

9 Nazis (original) were always leftists, if you define "leftism" as what it really is, not cool hippies, but people attempting to seize control of all facets of society thru a state mechanism by whatever force they can apply

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 05, 2026 01:25 PM (60Adx)

10 Could aspiring artist with charisma and some good ideas be the Democrats' new champion?

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:25 PM (d997y)

11 Good afternoon, Ace! What are you wearing??

Posted by: fly gal at May 05, 2026 01:25 PM (Otsi6)

12 "We have to Impeach the Orange. It's time to put this nigga in a peach."

Wow, I'm very impressed that you are so street and authentic and s***! I'll have to support you because obviously you're keeping it real.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (Riz8t)

13 And yes, Yahoo. A Nazi oyster farmer is the new Democrat champion.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (iNUL3)

14 It’s time for the Great Divorce.

Let’s just do it.

Posted by: The Dog at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (XodLO)

15 What the f*ck is the "Epstein Class?"

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)

16 Oyster farmer?

I've plowed a few myself.

Posted by: Rando Poolboy at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (TezPK)

17 Cavernous Nostrils

Big enough for me to fly up there, maybe build a nest?

Posted by: a Bushtit at May 05, 2026 01:27 PM (UjdFS)

18 I continue to not be bothered by these fuckknuckles. Their whole existence is an op. The be an influencer, you have to influence. These internet generals have no divisions.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 01:27 PM (yfRPb)

19 CNO is toxic.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 01:27 PM (aUMnT)

20 I wonder how long it will take the eunuchs at The Bulwark and National Review to sign on.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:27 PM (Riz8t)

21 I guess "glizzed" is the more sexually suggestive version of "glazed." I will use that.

I also propose "glizzed out" to be the mental state more politely described as "in the afterglow." Related to both "blissed out" and "glitched out," of course.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:28 PM (VHUov)

22 Where’s “It’s Go Time Donald” to trumpet the virtues of Nick Fuentes, how we need to embrace him and take him seriously, and how young people love him and therefore we should?

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 01:28 PM (rkhDX)

23 I have found my political home at last!

Posted by: Captain Ahoy Krystol at May 05, 2026 01:28 PM (Riz8t)

24 18 I continue to not be bothered by these fuckknuckles. Their whole existence is an op. The be an influencer, you have to influence. These internet generals have no divisions.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 01:27 PM (yfRPb)

If you are referred to by that fake word, your influence is zero.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 01:29 PM (rkhDX)

25 What the f*ck is the "Epstein Class?"

They don't know, it just sounds good.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:29 PM (Riz8t)

26 Coordinated Op to Merge the Far Left with the Woke Right

Isn't there an old theory that the "Left/Right" thing isn't a line, but a circle, and they meet at both the "moderate" and "extremist" "ends?"

Here we go again.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:30 PM (VHUov)

27 1 who is funding these loons?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (CWTWj)

It was Quatar but they had to drop them so IRCG picked up the ball for a few days but I think they've also stepped down. Soros seems to be the only one left.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 01:30 PM (aUMnT)

28 It’s time for the Great Divorce.

Let’s just do it.

Posted by: The Dog at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (XodLO)

Can't.

Democrats are the crazy ex-wife (or ex-husband, if you prefer) who will drown your kids and burn the house down rather than let you leave with them.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 05, 2026 01:30 PM (iNUL3)

29 They should close "NotTheBee" as redundant. Reality is now fully Babylon Bee territory.

Oh, btw, don't miss this California ad. "Moderate Democrats", whoever those people might be, are starting to wonder if maybe their heroes suck rotten eggs.

https://tinyurl.com/yjmxpcku

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 01:30 PM (09oQ1)

30 "She turned me into a newt!"

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 05, 2026 01:30 PM (YlWIZ)

31 Great news that nick f. now identifies as a democrat and funny too.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 01:30 PM (n5tGW)

32 What the f*ck is the "Epstein Class?"
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli

4" more leg room, and a 14-year-old.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:31 PM (VHUov)

33 Nazis (original) were always leftists, if you define "leftism" as what it really is, not cool hippies, but people attempting to seize control of all facets of society thru a state mechanism by whatever force they can apply

I don't care what you call yourself, a boot in my face forever is a boot in my face forever.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:31 PM (Riz8t)

34 Oyster farmer.

Maryland man.

WTF is going on here?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:31 PM (Zz0t1)

35 epstein class = the clintons

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 01:31 PM (CWTWj)

36 Isn't there an old theory that the "Left/Right" thing isn't a line, but a circle, and they meet at both the "moderate" and "extremist" "ends?"

Here we go again.
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:30 PM (VHUov)

That thinking is not tolerated here but I happen to think that theory is quite valid.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 01:31 PM (rkhDX)

37 Flatulencer >>> influencer

Posted by: Bean Bagger at May 05, 2026 01:31 PM (TezPK)

38 5 THOSE guys are FAGS!
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 05, 2026 01:25 PM (Zz0t1

In behavior they are. And this is as useful as captioning all New Yorker cartoons, "I think I'll jusy kill myself."

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at May 05, 2026 01:33 PM (YlWIZ)

39 The Epstein class is :

A bunch of prominent Dem pols
A bunch of prominent European pols
Much of Hollywood
Much of Academia
The occasional GOPer

Why do I expect these knuckleheads are going to be focused on attacking MAGA instead?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

40 1 who is funding these loons?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (CWTWj)

It was Quatar but they had to drop them so IRCG picked up the ball for a few days but I think they've also stepped down. Soros seems to be the only one left.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

True! Just ignore us.

Posted by: CCP at May 05, 2026 01:34 PM (TezPK)

41 who is funding these loons?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (CWTWj)

The SPLC

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 01:34 PM (8avO+)

42 Spencer Pratt is lit.

https://tinyurl.com/ytnw5cna

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 01:34 PM (09oQ1)

43 Carlson, Greene, Kelly, Owens , Fuentes etc
I stand by my comment yesterday. " Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 01:34 PM (gu0hJ)

44 Is history's greatest monster Winston Churchill or is it the half-you-know-who daughter of Patricia Swanson who refuses to deliver the TV dinner fortune to its rightful heirs?

Just asking questions.

Serious questions.

Posted by: C. Tarlson at May 05, 2026 01:35 PM (X2tZ4)

45 1 who is funding these loons?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (CWTWj)
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If you click on any link to anything any of them has ever posted, you are.

Posted by: ballistic at May 05, 2026 01:35 PM (oqH4h)

46 This phony Democrat got blown out of the water -- and that's terrifying for Trump

text:
Maine just handed Democrats a wake-up call that they’d damn well better actually listen to this time.
.

How is Mills a phony Dem? She stood for every single thing the extreme left wanted. The only difference between her and Platner is that she doesn't have any NAZI tattoos...that we know of

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

47 There's going to be another looney tranny shooting as sure as God makes little green apples.

Posted by: torabora at May 05, 2026 01:35 PM (mNG4E)

48 Who are these people? Serious question.

Sure, I know some of these slimy turd-herder griffs.

But Ian Carroll? Shawn Ryan? "Gay pizza delivery guy"?

Who the fuck are these losers? They couldn't ankle-bite a snake.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 05, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

49 yes, stalin on the left, hitler on the right, liberal democrats and gop establishment in the middle. like saying that water freezes at 32 and also freezes at 212. more bull crap from a cow, what a surprise

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 01:36 PM (CWTWj)

50 True! Just ignore us.

Posted by: CCP at May 05, 2026 01:34 PM (TezPK)

CCP is out of money. China is a wreck.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 01:36 PM (aUMnT)

51 I'd be surprised if Tucker Carlson and Graham Platner weren't already acquainted . Both live in Maine. They live about 120 miles from each other.

Posted by: Orson at May 05, 2026 01:36 PM (dIske)

52 So what does “glazed” mean in this context?

You kids and your slang…

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)

53 Spencer Pratt is lit.

https://tinyurl.com/ytnw5cna
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 01:34 PM (09oQ1)

Well, a butthurt antifa retard supported by the Democrats lit his house on fire......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:36 PM (Zz0t1)

54
They make it sound so "reasonable". That is where the danger is.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 05, 2026 01:37 PM (IifOV)

55 And now you know what happened to moo moo.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 01:37 PM (viF8m)

56 When James Fishback gets 5% in the FL gubernatorial primary, you'll realize the true power of the woke right in the Republican Party.

You shall weep in despair at how all the young Republicans are going full on national socialist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:37 PM (w4o6z)

57 The union of the left with this sort of Islamic friendly NAZI interest group makes perfect sense:

They both hate Jews
They both want socialism
They both hate America

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

58 Pro tip: all these juvenile nicknames for your enemies every other sentence only serves to make them look like the adults. Nobody is going to join a movement of 70yo's who act like 7yo's. Its embarrassing.

Posted by: No one at May 05, 2026 01:37 PM (CQ3Qb)

59 "Glizzed"? I've heard "glazed." I guess "glizzed" is the more sexually suggestive version of "glazed." I will use that.

It's all one big bukkake party.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:37 PM (Zz0t1)

60 The left allows no differences of opinion. They will be crushed out or turned into identical clones of the others before long.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 01:38 PM (8avO+)

61 I just had a fun fantasy.

Kagan and Sotomayor retire to be with their softballs and donuts.

Leaving Jackson as the only progressive on the court.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:38 PM (w4o6z)

62 Sean Ryan (who's Joe Rogan, but with military experience) seems to be part of this, too, based on tweets and apparently youtube shorts (I've watched some, but not a lot of his stuff).

Posted by: Methos at May 05, 2026 01:38 PM (vSvIl)

63 I'll take their premise at face value rather than assume the bad faith that they are making it in.

While both the right populists and the left populists have a problem with the Corporatists, the solutions they present are not the same.

We need LESS government. Corporatists wouldn't be able to wield the power they do without the government. (See the COVID shutdowns- small business got destroyed while the large corporations all were allowed to continue business.)

Just because the populist left and right have problems with the "elite" doesn't mean they should join forces. When you join forces with people who have competing ideas of what a "solution" looks like, you end up with the reign of terror and thousands (probably millions today) dead.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 01:38 PM (N1DT3)

64 58 Pro tip: all these juvenile nicknames for your enemies every other sentence only serves to make them look like the adults. Nobody is going to join a movement of 70yo's who act like 7yo's. Its embarrassing.

Posted by: No one at May 05, 2026 01:37 PM (CQ3Qb)

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Yeah, MAGAts, listen to him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:38 PM (w4o6z)

65 I have no interest in finding common ground with people who have been screaming for the last 20 years they want me dead, my family dead and all my friends dead for the crime of not being a rabid leftist.

That my mere vote for a Republican is a death sentence.

Fuck you.

Die screaming in a fire, that's the common ground I'll give you.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 01:39 PM (MtSIY)

66 Nobody is going to join a movement of 70yo's who act like 7yo's. Its embarrassing./i]

You know I've been known to throw around some silly names for silly people.

And they had a fancy poll in 2024 that said most Americans agree with me...

Posted by: Donald Trump at May 05, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

67
The Nazi Oyster farmer is going to try and do the Ronald Reagan "Yes, because I used to be a democrat" line. You can bet on it.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 05, 2026 01:39 PM (IifOV)

68 Ace, you can add a name to the list:

https://tinyurl.com/7ddp2p3a

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 01:39 PM (Sk2hR)

69 We should have always called them what they were. Trans Republicans.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:40 PM (d997y)

70 What the f*ck is the "Epstein Class?"
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (Zz0t1)

Democrats. That's what makes this funny.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 01:40 PM (8avO+)

71 22 Where’s “It’s Go Time Donald” to trumpet the virtues of Nick Fuentes, how we need to embrace him and take him seriously, and how young people love him and therefore we should?
Posted by: Cow Demon

Out changing his party affiliation in concert with this crowd?

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 01:40 PM (Wmg4n)

72 I guess I also have to stop watching Shawn Ryan's YT channel, which is slightly annoying but I guess I won't miss a whole lot.

Posted by: ballistic at May 05, 2026 01:40 PM (oqH4h)

73 The Left has been infiltrating the GOP and conservative organizations forever. They are easy to spot but for some reason people are easily fooled. I think the Left infiltrators found out all they have to do is be outspoken on the controversial issue of the day and people on the Right will embrace them. Then they can gaslight on other issues before people realize they were fooled.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:40 PM (kxLc1)

74 I have no interest in finding common ground with people who have been screaming for the last 20 years they want me dead, my family dead and all my friends dead for the crime of not being a rabid leftist.

AND they are shooting right leaning pols and...school children.

Hell, they just arrested a candidate for state office in PA because not only did he saw he was going to murder Trump, but he was going to murder Fetterman's daughter as well

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

75 eunuchs at The Bulwark"

Wilson Combat whimpers...

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 01:41 PM (cGjQu)

76 Big enough for me to fly up there, maybe build a nest?
Posted by: a Bushtit at May 05, 2026 01:27 PM (UjdFS)

Feel free, 'cause however roomy it is, it's not roomy enough for the whole murder.

Posted by: The Crows at May 05, 2026 01:41 PM (+5+0t)

77 Ace, you can add a name to the list:

https://tinyurl.com/7ddp2p3a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 01:39 PM (Sk2hR)

He wears his baseball cap backwards.

He's automatically a douchenozzle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:41 PM (Zz0t1)

78 https://x.com/goynip/status/
2051714244479971532

Someone knows something about the SCOVA ruling on the VA congressional maps case.

I hope I'm wrong and the GOP on SCOVA decide that they can't save themselves from a Democrat governor replacing them by placating her on this one issue and just burn down her great achievement.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:41 PM (w4o6z)

79 I denounce this attempt by a venomous coalition of globalists to cancel our own people and police the conscience of Christians.

Posted by: Femboys are the Future of the Foundation at May 05, 2026 01:41 PM (X2tZ4)

80 >>Out changing his party affiliation in concert with this crowd?

It's Go Time Donald was moo moo.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 01:41 PM (viF8m)

81 After trying, and failing, to take over the conservative movement through psyops and subterfuge -- good old communist subversion, inversion, and demorailzation -- the Woke Reich now knows there is no path to power in the GOP or conservative movement.

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They appear to be Step 7 of the GloboHomo Deep State Color Revolution here (employing the "Destabilization Strategy" as depicted in the TV Series "Slow Horses"):

1, Compromise an enemy agent (or insider) ✔️
2. Mass shooting / Spectacular violence ✔️
3. Disrupt transport / Infrastructure ✔️
4. Seize the media / Distraction ✔️
5. Assassinate a populist leader ✔️
6. Blind the enemy ✔️
7. Sting in the Tail

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 01:42 PM (9Kqhl)

82 74
Hell, they just arrested a candidate for state office in PA because not only did he saw he was going to murder Trump, but he was going to murder Fetterman's daughter as well

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

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Fetterman has voted against all but one of Trump's judicial picks, but the left acts like he's some kind of traitor because he says, "Don't call Republicans Nazis."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:42 PM (w4o6z)

83 eunuchs at The Bulwark"

Here at the Lincoln Project we certainly couldn't be confused for eunuchs. Just ask the boys we have locked in our basements!

Posted by: John Weaver at May 05, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

84 Coordinated Op to Merge the Far Left with the Woke Right

Isn't there an old theory that the "Left/Right" thing isn't a line, but a circle, and they meet at both the "moderate" and "extremist" "ends?"

Here we go again.
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:30 PM (VHUov)

The first lie was that the Commies and Nazis were on opposite sides. The Circle thing was just yet another way to cloud the issue.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 01:42 PM (8avO+)

85 Trying to make him out to be just a working class oyster farmer is also a lie .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:42 PM (kxLc1)

86 80 >>Out changing his party affiliation in concert with this crowd?

It's Go Time Donald was moo moo.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 01:41 PM (viF8m)

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He's back with a new name.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:42 PM (w4o6z)

87 re 60: no, they often have different opinions about whom to imprison (us and mostly each other)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 01:43 PM (CWTWj)

88
He's back with a new name.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:42 PM (w4o6z)

Paul? Sid? Average Joe makes a comeback?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:43 PM (Zz0t1)

89
Yeah, MAGAts, listen to him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:38 PM (w4o6z)

It’s TACO Tuesday!

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 01:43 PM (Wmg4n)

90 all these juvenile nicknames for your enemies every other sentence only serves to make them look like the adults.
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I was always partial to Mocha Messiah. But if you put some play on fag in front of any name that works pretty well too so it's not like you're expending too much effort which can be gauche.

For example, Fag Fuentes. Be honest. How good does THAT sound?? Or Fagger Carlson.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:43 PM (d997y)

91 Someone knows something about the SCOVA ruling on the VA congressional maps case.

Saw a new story that .1% of Polymarket accounts get 67% of the earnings.

I suspect there is rampant insider betting...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

92 Trying to make him out to be just a working class oyster farmer is also a lie .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:42 PM (kxLc1)

They're democrats. All they HAVE is lies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:44 PM (Zz0t1)

93 85 Trying to make him out to be just a working class oyster farmer is also a lie .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:42 PM (kxLc1)

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Collins is going to win by 12 points if Platner stays in the race. She will win no polls before the election, though.

If the rumors of some terrible oppo being held back until the official nomination are true, though...

Well, Platner will stay in the race because he's stupid. The Democrat Party will write him off. And Collins will win by 25.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:44 PM (w4o6z)

94 Candace as a “unifier.”
Nick Fuentes as a “unifier.”

Sure this isn’t a Babylon Bee joke?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 01:44 PM (4KUe5)

95 >>>Or, rather: they're now announcing their plan they've always been set on, uniting the most disgusting elements of the left and the pseudoright.

Can they even be said to be of the pseudo-right, since they have long since abandoned any and all precepts that could at some time be considered right or conservative?

I mean, are they currently really even fooling anyone of any note or critical mass?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 01:45 PM (dK+Kv)

96 Candace as a “unifier.”
Nick Fuentes as a “unifier.”

Sure this isn’t a Babylon Bee joke?

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 01:44 PM (4KUe5)

Weren't they just in Greece together or some shit?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:45 PM (Zz0t1)

97 Shawn Ryan turned out to be not very bright. In fact, a dumb tool.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 05, 2026 01:45 PM (INQN/)

98 91 Someone knows something about the SCOVA ruling on the VA congressional maps case.

Saw a new story that .1% of Polymarket accounts get 67% of the earnings.

I suspect there is rampant insider betting...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

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Of course there is.

Which is why those kinds of huge moves like in the xeet are indications of insiders with most of the shares making a move. This ain't the stock market where it takes Vanguard selling off its entire portfolio to tank a stock 50%.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:45 PM (w4o6z)

99 He's back with a new name.

Which is?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

100 And they included Islamists at their lil’ unity event.
Holy sh$t, are they really pretending it’s, like, 2005 or something??????

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 01:45 PM (4KUe5)

101 The first lie was that the Commies and Nazis were on opposite sides. The Circle thing was just yet another way to cloud the issue./i]

Yep.

Fascism is a socialist heresy. Standard socialism says it has to be the whole world, or as much as they can take over.

Mussolini rejected that and argued you could have socialism in one country.

Now, this isn't just an academic dispute, it led to the German-Soviet side of the conflict in WWII but...both sides are still socialists. Its like the Sunni-Shia dispute. Sure it matters to Muslims, but as a non-Muslim they are all just Muslims to me...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)

102 This phony Democrat got blown out of the water -- and that's terrifying for Trump

text:
Maine just handed Democrats a wake-up call that they’d damn well better actually listen to this time.
.

How is Mills a phony Dem? She stood for every single thing the extreme left wanted. The only difference between her and Platner is that she doesn't have any NAZI tattoos...that we know of
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

Like all leftists, who purges who is a matter for discussion. Her stepping down means at least in Maine the Nazis are in charge.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 01:46 PM (8avO+)

103 99 He's back with a new name.

Which is?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

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He has the same commenting pattern, quoting pattern, and tendency to bring in Reddit insights randomly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:46 PM (w4o6z)

104 New footage of that United jet's landing in Newark a few days ago:

https://tinyurl.com/3dtmer7p

How low can you get?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 01:46 PM (Sk2hR)

105
Saw a new story that .1% of Polymarket accounts get 67% of the earnings.

I suspect there is rampant insider betting...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

Why can’t one of us be part of this crowd?

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 01:46 PM (Wmg4n)

106 I wonder if handwringing fuckwit Ian Carroll could point out a single "extreme right" policy being implemented today, even though that's the basis of his "both sides are being too extreme" argument.

Fuck you, you lying sack of shit.

Posted by: far cry at May 05, 2026 01:46 PM (X+NGn)

107 102 How is Mills a phony Dem? She stood for every single thing the extreme left wanted. The only difference between her and Platner is that she doesn't have any NAZI tattoos...that we know of
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:35 PM (sKqQm)

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Platner is going to be the Todd Akin of 2026.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:47 PM (w4o6z)

108 Just weird.

So who is funding this? All of these people are retards of the first order.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 01:47 PM (9YP4A)

109 Almost as if this is all part of some pre-arranged coordinated op!
=
Which just happens to coincide with the candidates who "used to* work for the CIA.

Posted by: Methos at May 05, 2026 01:47 PM (vSvIl)

110 I love how people don't want Tucker being called names when the shtick that elevated him was literally making funny faces at people while they were talking.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:47 PM (d997y)

111 trump can unify the country by giving the dems what they want

dems will later unify the country by arresting trump the day after he leaves office

win/win

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 01:47 PM (CWTWj)

112 If the rumors of some terrible oppo being held back until the official nomination are true, though...

I hope the rest of the GOP is ready to "pounce".

If there is a video of the guy at a Neo-NAZI rally or similar every Republican nationwide had been be ready to run those ads.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

113 He has the same commenting pattern, quoting pattern, and tendency to bring in Reddit insights randomly.

Are you protecting the name for a reason?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:47 PM (Riz8t)

114 36 Isn't there an old theory that the "Left/Right" thing isn't a line, but a circle, and they meet at both the "moderate" and "extremist" "ends?"

Here we go again.
Posted by: mikeski

Horseshoe theory. But that is also problematic. Jerry Pournelle and later libertarians in the World's Smallest Ideological Quiz propose a two axis placement of ideology instead which fits empirical results better.

From wiki
"The x-axis, "Attitude toward the State" (labeled statism), refers to a political philosophy's attitude toward the state and centralized government. The furthest right is "state worship" and the furthest left represents the state as the "ultimate evil", preferring individual freedom.

The y-axis, "Attitude toward planned social progress" (labeled rationalism), refers to the extent which a political philosophy is compatible with the idea that social problems can be solved by the use of reason."

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (E4rtv)

115 The first lie was that the Commies and Nazis were on opposite sides. The Circle thing was just yet another way to cloud the issue.

Commies (international socialists) and Nazis (national socialists) are on "opposite sides" like Coke and Pepsi are on opposite sides or Ford and Chevy are on opposite sides. They're enemies because they're vying for the same target market.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (vTZFs)

116 112 If the rumors of some terrible oppo being held back until the official nomination are true, though...

I hope the rest of the GOP is ready to "pounce".

If there is a video of the guy at a Neo-NAZI rally or similar every Republican nationwide had been be ready to run those ads.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

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The GOP did this with Tom Cotton one year.

8-10 years ago, or so. They waited quietly for the Dems to complete the nomination. Then they dumped a mountain of oppo literally the next day.

Dude dropped out of the race and Cotton ran unopposed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (w4o6z)

117 Isn't there an old theory that the "Left/Right" thing isn't a line, but a circle, and they meet at both the "moderate" and "extremist" "ends?"
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Nope.

It's a stupid story dull-witted Education majors repeat as some sort of wisdom.
But with the pernicious intent of deceiving that "extremes" are the danger and the extreme left is really just extreme conservative; left is centrist.

It is not.

Reality is, governance is a scale of individual freedoms between anarchy and totalitarianism.
There is no "extremes meet" because they are and always have been on the same side of the scale.

The retarded "circle" ignores consideration of individual freedoms.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (MtSIY)

118 >>>Or, rather: they're now announcing their plan they've always been set on, uniting the most disgusting elements of the left and the pseudoright.

Can they even be said to be of the pseudo-right, since they have long since abandoned any and all precepts that could at some time be considered right or conservative?

I mean, are they currently really even fooling anyone of any note or critical mass?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 01:45 PM (dK+Kv)

If they were they would still be in place undermining MAGA. This is a huge admission of failure.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (8avO+)

119 Which is?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

You'll recognize it as soon as he starts misbehaving again.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (d997y)

120 113 He has the same commenting pattern, quoting pattern, and tendency to bring in Reddit insights randomly.

Are you protecting the name for a reason?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:47 PM (Riz8t)

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What if I'm wrong?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (w4o6z)

121 Anyone wanna take a wild guess why?

@ConwayShow 29m
San Pedro tunnel fire closes northbound 110 Freeway lanes indefinitely | KTLA

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (diia5)

122 Baby's got a brand new bag.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (9YP4A)

123 Yay! we aren't all going to die in a global fire! The earth got over its fever!

"The IPCC and broader research community has now admitted that the scenarios that have dominated climate research, assessment and policy during the past two cycles of the IPCC assessment process are implausible. They describe impossible futures."

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (n5tGW)

124 FWIW, Jerry Pournelle had a Phd and taught political science at Pepperdine before moving to NASA (and later writing and computers).

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (E4rtv)

125 Why would any self-respection oyster farmer give up his glamorous, mentally stimulating career to run for Senate?

Oh, right, Nazi.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (wBaIH)

126 What if I'm wrong?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (w4o6z)

Like you were about Prometheus?

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (d997y)

127 104 New footage of that United jet's landing in Newark a few days ago:

https://tinyurl.com/3dtmer7p

How low can you get?!

Who was the pilot, Wei Tu Lo?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (Riz8t)

128 What if I'm wrong?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (w4o6z)

When has that stopped you?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (9YP4A)

129 126 What if I'm wrong?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (w4o6z)

Like you were about Prometheus?

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (d997y)

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I was very wrong that it was Scott's 4th best movie.

Really, it's his 3rd.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (w4o6z)

130
If you can stand someone calling you a mean name in politics and carry on with whatever your ideology tells you to do you don't belong in politics.

Trump has people shooting at him. Yes he calls other people silly names. Why the *hell* are people more worried about the latter then the former?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

131 Ugh, I really liked Shawn Ryan's work. He had a lot of great discussions, especially with the vets. But I've learned as a recovering GWB supporter to let go of support when warranted.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 05, 2026 01:50 PM (cZMme)

132

"I had a lengthy discussion with Cenk Yugurt"

Was it a REASONABLE DISCUSSION! JUST WANTS TO HAVE A REASONABLE DISCUSSION!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 05, 2026 01:50 PM (et1vG)

133 Are you protecting the name for a reason?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:47 PM (Riz8t)

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What if I'm wrong?

Then I will taunt you a second time.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)

134 Theory: the vaccines made everyone retarded.

(I was already retarded so I didn't need to take them)

Posted by: Max Power at May 05, 2026 01:50 PM (q177U)

135 Does Platner have the libertarian line also? The Dems are famous for running a "libertarian" who is really a Dem to try and drain votes from the Republican. That's a possibility in Maine if Platner is the nominee

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 01:50 PM (gu0hJ)

136 128 What if I'm wrong?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (w4o6z)

When has that stopped you?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (9YP4A)

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If you people can't accept that Marion Barry was set up, I don't know what I can or can't believe anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:50 PM (w4o6z)

137 I did get a kick out of Ted Cruz being some kind of standard bearer. Puhlease.

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 05, 2026 01:50 PM (cS1cw)

138 The y-axis, "Attitude toward planned social progress" (labeled rationalism), refers to the extent which a political philosophy is compatible with the idea that social problems can be solved by the use of reason."
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:48 PM (E4rtv)

I just reject the entire premise. How some French radicals sat in a tennis court in the 1780-90s isn't any kind of theory at all.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 01:50 PM (8avO+)

139 46 This phony Democrat got blown out of the water -- and that's terrifying for Trump

text:
Maine just handed Democrats a wake-up call that they’d damn well better actually listen to this time.
.

How is Mills a phony Dem? She stood for every single thing the extreme left wanted. The only difference between her and Platner is that she doesn't have any NAZI tattoos...that we know of

Word is she has a tramp stamp, or auf deutsch:
(from google translate)

Arschgeweih is a German colloquial term, literally translating to "ass antlers," used to describe a popular 1990s and early 2000s lower-back tattoo. It refers to symmetrical tribal or floral designs positioned above the tailbone, often called a "tramp stamp" in English. The term became cultural shorthand for this trend, which fell out of fashion later.

"ass antlers" really cracks me up

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at May 05, 2026 01:51 PM (Iwv3U)

140 133 Then I will taunt you a second time.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)

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Archimedes is French!

And here I thought he was Greek...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:51 PM (w4o6z)

141 The left calls Jerry Pournelle a NAZI.

No based on his stated political views it doesn't make any sense.

I do wonder as this union of NAZI and internal socialists continue though what the left will start to call its enemies...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

142 Isn't there an old theory that the "Left/Right" thing isn't a line, but a circle, and they meet at both the "moderate" and "extremist" "ends?"

Here we go again.
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:30 PM (VHUov)

That thinking is not tolerated here but I happen to think that theory is quite valid.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 01:31 PM (rkhDX)

It's not that it's not tolerated, it's that it's not true. All of the Nazi "right" turn out to be folks whose world view should put them on the left, but they had some kind of snitfit and 'changed sides' by becoming the left's caricature of the right. Eventually they decide to go home. That's all you're seeing.

Posted by: Methos at May 05, 2026 01:51 PM (vSvIl)

143 Reality is, governance is a scale of individual freedoms between anarchy and totalitarianism.
There is no "extremes meet" because they are and always have been on the same side of the scale.

The retarded "circle" ignores consideration of individual freedoms.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

And that is why political philosophy ignores the concept. Instead, there are various forms of charting ideology via at several axis using a core value. See Nominate Scores for example rather than the pawltry cherry picked scorecards used by interest groups. You can get good information from scorecards if you aggregate them but by themselves as individual scorecards, they are pretty useless.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)

144 If you people can't accept that Marion Barry was set up, I don't know what I can or can't believe anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:50 PM (w4o6z)

All one can know is that one knows nothing. This is the path to wisdom.
-Butchered Quotes'R'Us

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 01:52 PM (9YP4A)

145 I haven't seen anything made by the femboy who proudly declares himself a nazi, but he's enormously popular, and it's not a smart thing to declare him a nazi.

Posted by: n itwit at May 05, 2026 01:53 PM (X2tZ4)

146 A$$ antlers

That is perfection!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 01:53 PM (4KUe5)

147 145 I haven't seen anything made by the femboy who proudly declares himself a nazi, but he's enormously popular, and it's not a smart thing to declare him a nazi.

Posted by: n itwit at May 05, 2026 01:53 PM (X2tZ4)

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Enormously popular...where?

With whom?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:53 PM (w4o6z)

148 I always got an "ick" feeling about Shawn Ryan starting with the Army guy who allegedly set explosives off in his Tesla in front of a LV Trump hotel. Shawn Ryan comes across as a sleazy con artist with his bedroom voice and his cheesy home cocktail lounge.

Posted by: fly gal at May 05, 2026 01:53 PM (Otsi6)

149 And here is a point on the whole "extremes" - imagine a government completely made up of Trumps. Or Santorums. Or Pat Robertsons. Whoever the left has as their boogie man of the moment

Such a government would have fewer laws, a smaller scope, and more freedom then what we have now. This isn't up for any sort of serious question.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

150 New footage of that United jet's landing in Newark a few days ago:

https://tinyurl.com/3dtmer7p

How low can you get?!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
.......

almost a total catastrophe.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 01:53 PM (v0R5T)

151 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Sid at May 05, 2026 01:54 PM (y4Ge6)

152 Why would any self-respection oyster farmer give up his glamorous, mentally stimulating career to run for Senate?

Oh, right, Nazi.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (wBaIH)

Maybe he wore his arm out, fertilizing all those oysters.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 01:54 PM (utfVc)

153 f you can stand someone calling you a mean name in politics and carry on with whatever your ideology tells you to do you don't belong in politics.

Trump has people shooting at him. Yes he calls other people silly names. Why the *hell* are people more worried about the latter then the former?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

Because the only gravity these people have is a charade given to them by the loud job titles. When was the last time one of them said anything worth hearing rather than cribbing lines from a 1930s Soviet Poster?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 01:55 PM (8avO+)

154 The whole American Left and Right meet somewhere is bs.

There is one thing the Left and Right "meet" on, and it's hatred of Jews.

You will note that is the "intersection" here.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:55 PM (d997y)

155 Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm

Trump has been calling opponents stupid nicknames before he was officially in politics. And it's non-partisan.

Ridicule is a powerful political weapon though.

My position is to ridicule when the opponent will never be open to reasonable discussion. Which is what the Democrats have become.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:55 PM (kxLc1)

156 Saw a new story that .1% of Polymarket accounts get 67% of the earnings.

I suspect there is rampant insider betting...
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You can bet on what the temperature will be in a specific location.

So a guy placed a huge bet it'd be higher than predicted.

And went out to the official weather station with a heat gun.

LOL.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 01:56 PM (MtSIY)

157 155 Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm

Trump has been calling opponents stupid nicknames before he was officially in politics. And it's non-partisan.

Ridicule is a powerful political weapon though.

My position is to ridicule when the opponent will never be open to reasonable discussion. Which is what the Democrats have become.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:55 PM (kxLc1)

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But, Harry, Americans greatly value restrained statesmanship in their politicians. All of electoral history bears this out because of the long line of boring academics who became dominant political forces.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:56 PM (w4o6z)

158 Enormously popular...where?

With whom?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:53 PM (w4o6z)
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Was poking fun at a troll from threads past, but it seems a similar one named "Sid" has just shown up.

Posted by: n itwit at May 05, 2026 01:57 PM (X2tZ4)

159 They may may not necessarily think it's a good idea, but they are probably sponsored by the same people, both the extreme pro-Hamas left and the fake right. Their sponsors think it's a good idea to bring them together and these fake "influencers" would do anything to keep the money coming.

Posted by: PG at May 05, 2026 01:57 PM (du9mZ)

160 There is one thing the Left and Right "meet" on, and it's hatred of Jews.

You will note that is the "intersection" here.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:55 PM (d997y)

Dude again those people were never on the Right even if they pretended to be.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:57 PM (kxLc1)

161 I prefer no tats at all on people but the left' reaction is even more comical than ever.

Jerusalem Cross = white supremacist crazy evil racist

Actual SS Death's Head = silly mistake in the past, totally good guy

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 01:57 PM (uEYKS)

162 132 "I had a lengthy discussion with Cenk Yugurt"

Goldie G. calls him Chunky Yogurt ... publicly, if not to his face.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 01:57 PM (aUMnT)

163 Posted by: No one at May 05, 2026 01:37 PM (CQ3Qb)

Is that you Burt? That sounds like you Burt! Don't be a Burt, Burt!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 05, 2026 01:57 PM (zBgIx)

164 141 The left calls Jerry Pournelle a NAZI.

No based on his stated political views it doesn't make any sense.

I do wonder as this union of NAZI and internal socialists continue though what the left will start to call its enemies...
Posted by: 18-1
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Jerry has been dead for awhile now. He got some bug at Dragon Con and died shortly thereafter. Think Roberta now has passed on as well. Kids did still have his Chaos Manor website up though last time I checked.

Guy knew his political theory and worked to get Sam Yorty, probably the last good mayor of LA, elected.

He always mentioned a key book, very readable btw, by C. Northcote Parkinson (of Parkinson's Law--"The number of workers within public administration tends to grow, regardless of the amount of work to be done." You can still buy an out of print copy--The Evolution of Political Thought. Dry, sarcastic, and a very good summary of the past political theory of the past.

Parkinson later wrote novels, in part, to escape the 1970's pessimism I guess from his career in analyzing political theory and its future application in society.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)

165 145 I haven't seen anything made by the femboy who proudly declares himself a nazi, but he's enormously popular, and it's not a smart thing to declare him a nazi.

Posted by: n itwit at May 05, 2026 01:53 PM (X2tZ4)

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Enormously popular...where?

With whom?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:53 PM (w4o6z)

The dems cut him off from banking and such a while ago and it cost them nothing. Sometime after that he at least was able to get finances for his sweet podcast studio setup.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 01:57 PM (8avO+)

166 >>>Once the US cuts off Israel, peace can finally reign.
Posted by: Sid at May 05, 2026 01:54 PM (y4Ge6)

Is this a joke account?

Posted by: Max Power at May 05, 2026 01:58 PM (q177U)

167 166 Is this a joke account?

Posted by: Max Power at May 05, 2026 01:58 PM (q177U)

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The world was at peace before 1947 and the establishment of the modern state of Israel

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:58 PM (w4o6z)

168 New footage of that United jet's landing in Newark a few days ago:

https://tinyurl.com/3dtmer7p

How low can you get?!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 01:46 PM (Sk2hR)

I love the question to @grok in that string:

@grok did the glideslope malfunction, account for the pole?

Um, the weather was sunny and clear. In that case the glideslope is only a backup to the visual approach. Both pilots screwed the pooch on that one.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 05, 2026 01:58 PM (Y1sOo)

169 Could oyster farmer with a Nazi tattoo scandal be Democrats' new champion?

--------

🎶

Devil with the Death Head, Death Head, Death Head
Devil with the Death Head tat

🎶

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 01:58 PM (9Kqhl)

170 Anyone, anywhere asking me to agree with, come together with, or fight with, the left (today's leftist Americans) is fucking nuts.

We have nothing in common. Nothing.

I don't want troops on the ground in Iran. So, maybe I'm wrong.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 01:59 PM (aZm/F)

171 Don't take Chunky Yogurt if you are allergic to Chunky Yogurt.

Posted by: Big Yogurt at May 05, 2026 01:59 PM (v0R5T)

172 148 I always got an "ick" feeling about Shawn Ryan starting with the Army guy who allegedly set explosives off in his Tesla in front of a LV Trump hotel. Shawn Ryan comes across as a sleazy con artist with his bedroom voice and his cheesy home cocktail lounge.
Posted by: fly gal
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If you care to find it online, Shawn tells an interviewer that he was a drug dealer for a time in Colombia while being a CIA operative and heavy substance abuser. Dunno if that has been scrubbed recently but I saw it a couple of months ago when he started becoming a thing on YT.

Guy ain't to be trusted as stable nor moral.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:00 PM (E4rtv)

173 Dude again those people were never on the Right even if they pretended to be.

I agree, but unfortunately yes there are those on the right who are very anti-Jewish, including some who visit here.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:00 PM (uEYKS)

174 Um, the weather was sunny and clear. In that case the glideslope is only a backup to the visual approach. Both pilots screwed the pooch on that one.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 05, 2026 01:58 PM (Y1sOo)

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DEI FTW?

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 02:00 PM (9Kqhl)

175 all I want out of this divorce is to lead a squad to blow up a dam to take out a bridge stacked with communists

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 05, 2026 02:01 PM (jrgJz)

176 Dude again those people were never on the Right even if they pretended to be.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:57 PM (kxLc1)

I didn't say they were. In fact you will find me among only a select few that has long called Tucker and Megyn (and Vivek and others) exactly what they were. I do not require an education on this subject. (unless you're a leggy redhead in which case educate away)

The reality is there is a "far right" that blames Jews for the ills of the world. I don't know how "right" they really are but unless it's all astroturf, they are not of the Left. Plus I've known a number of real life righties that have some "interesting" things to say about Jews among others.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:01 PM (d997y)

177 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:56 PM (w4o6z)

Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, the Continental Liar from the State of Maine

Ma Ma Where's my Pa?

( Gone to the White House Ha Ha Ha.) Awesome retort.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:01 PM (kxLc1)

178 But, Harry, Americans greatly value restrained statesmanship in their politicians. All of electoral history bears this out because of the long line of boring academics who became dominant political forces.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 01:56 PM (w4o6z)

In fact, this is a fairly recent thing, this name calling. It was unheard of in our history. In fact, it is merely by happenstance that the dem party is represented by a Jackass and has nothing to do with the fact that Andrew Jackson was called one, and instead of being a baby, he embraced it. This parlayed right into the symbol representing Dems to this day on this fairytale.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:02 PM (Wmg4n)

179 178 In fact, this is a fairly recent thing, this name calling. It was unheard of in our history. In fact, it is merely by happenstance that the dem party is represented by a Jackass and has nothing to do with the fact that Andrew Jackson was called one, and instead of being a baby, he embraced it. This parlayed right into the symbol representing Dems to this day on this fairytale.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:02 PM (Wmg4n)

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Those John Adams/Thomas Jefferson accusations were lit.

“A blind, bald, crippled, toothless man who is a hideous hermaphroditic character with neither the force and fitness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.”

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:02 PM (w4o6z)

180 I don't want troops on the ground in Iran. So, maybe I'm wrong.

I think everyone but Lindsay Graham agrees on this.

But what we are seeing right now is what happens to a society when you violate the unwritten rule of no politics or religion in polite company. The left violated that worse than a Hollywood party passing around a Disney starlet. They didn't just decide to ignore the rule, they began forcing their positions and opinions on everyone, in every setting, without rest.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:03 PM (uEYKS)

181 Jerry Pournelle had his own 2 dimensional political chart.

He rates NAZIs and commie as in agreement as the state as good, with the NAZIs fully irrational and the commies fully rational.

I get what he's going for but I don't agree. Socialism enthrones pseudo-science and then rejects any test of their nominal science out of hand - for example look at a simple comparison of North and South Korea since WWII.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 02:03 PM (sKqQm)

182 It would be nice to see “fugacity,” “glizzed,” and “ass antlers” all used in a limerick. The same limerick.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 02:03 PM (77rzZ)

183 Nick Fuentes: "I'm a non-woke moderate Democrat."

"We have to Impeach the Orange. It's time to put this nigga in a peach."

"No Vance, no Rubio, we have to burn down the whole party."

Sorry. But I'm past time for the trigger pulling to begin.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:04 PM (xHq83)

184 I am barely smart enough, and barely care enough, to divide the political world into statists and sane people.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 05, 2026 02:04 PM (GPa4z)

185 Sorry if anyone has already commented on this; it looks to me like they're trying to do a hostile takeover of Turning Point USA. The infrastructure of the organization is established, there's a large base of support, and it's an easier way of getting your message out rather than building your own organization from scratch.

Posted by: RPL at May 05, 2026 02:04 PM (6lCOl)

186 Goldie G. calls him Chunky Yogurt

I prefer Chunk Wheezer, or when I am really annoyed, Chuck Whigger.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:05 PM (uEYKS)

187 Politics exists in L-dimensional space, where L is sufficiently large as to be non-comprehensible. The "World's Smallest Ideological Quiz" with its two axes is intended to direct people in a certain direction (toward libertarianism), and is about as enormous an oversimplification as a one-axis view of right versus left or as "horseshoe theory".

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 05, 2026 02:05 PM (d09E8)

188 Kyle Mann of the Babylon Bee is right. It's a fabulous headline.
Reminder: Nazis are on the left wing of politics. The name is National Socialist in English.

Posted by: Roland Hirsch at May 05, 2026 02:05 PM (Imt38)

189 I agree, but unfortunately yes there are those on the right who are very anti-Jewish, including some who visit here.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:00 PM (uEYKS)

I am always amazed by how much the Jews are hated.

It doesn't make sense... until I remember it's a spiritual battle, not a logical one.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 02:05 PM (N1DT3)

190 Maybe we should start calling them "The Boys from Brazil".

Owens is just a self-aggrandizing lunatic. I doubt she understands or believes half the stuff she says. Megan Kelly is more in this group than the former.

Posted by: Orson at May 05, 2026 02:05 PM (dIske)

191 190 Maybe we should start calling them "The Boys from Brazil".

Owens is just a self-aggrandizing lunatic. I doubt she understands or believes half the stuff she says. Megan Kelly is more in this group than the former.

Posted by: Orson at May 05, 2026 02:05 PM (dIske)

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Owens has never been wrong about anything ever.

I just need to know how she defeated the French/Israeli assassination squad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:06 PM (w4o6z)

192 Saw a new story that .1% of Polymarket accounts get 67% of the earnings.

I suspect there is rampant insider betting...
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You can bet on what the temperature will be in a specific location.

So a guy placed a huge bet it'd be higher than predicted.

And went out to the official weather station with a heat gun.

LOL.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 01:56 PM (MtSIY)

That's pretty much global warming research in a nutshell. Weather stations used to be in cooler areas around airports, out of the city's heat island. Now these stations are all inside the heat island. They have found stations surrounded by black asphalt parking lots, next to A/C exhausts, or even missing entirely and 'projected' from stations they liked the results from.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:06 PM (8avO+)

193 Just as a basic point here - Donald Trump is a moderate Democrat from the 90s, implementing what were considered moderate Dem ideas from the time.

So when Fuentes calls himself a moderate Dem and then calls for removing Trump he is negating himself.

Moderate Dem positions:
All illegals should be sent home and immigration kept at low to moderate levels
Taxes are about where they should be.
A $2T federal budget is high enough
We need don't ask don't tell but homosexuality should be forced in anyone's fake and trannies are mentally ill

and on and on...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

194 Who are all these idiots who don't know how to use hyphens, and why am I seeing this everywhere lately?

This- is incorrect.

This - is correct.

Why is that so hard?

Posted by: massideas at May 05, 2026 02:06 PM (q2B29)

195 Ian Carrol is clinical moron, not a good one like you fine people here at AoS.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 05, 2026 02:07 PM (xvV+O)

196 Megan Kelly is more in this group than the former.

For her, I think its about money: she goes wherever she figures the earning is.

Someone hacked into Tucker Carlson's x account and found that he has 7500 subscribers. His huge numbers are purchased bots and people from places like Iran, Pakistan, and Indonesia.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:07 PM (uEYKS)

197 Name Calling Gem:

"Go get another booster, you angry drunk."

about You Know Who

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 05, 2026 02:07 PM (DgMqy)

198 DEI FTW?
Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 02:00 PM (9Kqhl)

Either way, ALPA will go to bat for them.

(I was a member of ALPA for 30 years, so I've seen some shit where pilots keep their jobs after events such as this).

Posted by: one hour sober at May 05, 2026 02:07 PM (Y1sOo)

199 The first lie was that the Commies and Nazis were on opposite sides. The Circle thing was just yet another way to cloud the issue.
Posted by: Oldcat

The first lie is a lie, Nazis are leftist and always have been, if left/right means anything.

I said the circle theory exists, not that I subscribe to it, or that it makes sense in the real world. "The pure communism where everyone is the government is really the same as the pure anarchism where nobody is the government." I think Syndrome said something about that. But neither one can happen in a society that's not made up of robots or angels.

And I apologize for derailing the thread with an offhand comment. Please return to discussions of corvids, shelving, and boobs.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 02:08 PM (VHUov)

200 The Dems are always the rule when describing evil positions.

The Republicans are always the exception to the rule when describing those same evil positions.

But it's always used to frame both parties as the same.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:08 PM (kxLc1)

201 I agree, but unfortunately yes there are those on the right who are very anti-Jewish, including some who visit here.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:00 PM (uEYKS)

I am always amazed by how much the Jews are hated.

It doesn't make sense... until I remember it's a spiritual battle, not a logical one.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 02:05 PM (N1DT3)

pretty simple. Jews, as a group, tend to be smarter and more successful. In days of yore they were excluded from a lot of jobs that gave status like landholding, so they worked in trade and lending. So people soon owed them money.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:08 PM (8avO+)

202 Ian Carrol is clinical moron

To use a term I learned here, she's a bunny boiler. She's the kind of crazy woman they make movies warning about.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:08 PM (uEYKS)

203 I agree, but unfortunately yes there are those on the right who are very anti-Jewish, including some who visit here.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

I'm always amazed at the amount of JINO there are. When half the world wants you dead, hoping the alligator eats you last is a funny way to game it out.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:09 PM (xHq83)

204 I prefer Chunk Wheezer, or when I am really annoyed, Chuck Whigger.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:05 PM (uEYKS)

That's nice but both Goldie and Tousi are regularly invited on to Fox and some other channels. The interviewers appear very nervous sometimes ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 02:10 PM (aUMnT)

205 I sincerely believe anyone who encourages or believes a democrat congress and Presidency would be good for the country is insane.

I said yesterday and stand by it that being on the left, you're just varying degrees of crazy. And not temporarily have an off day, crazy, I mean you're nuts.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 02:10 PM (aZm/F)

206 It is an op. I specifically delineated the shape of this op, a year or more ago, before there was even a whiff of it. I saw what was happening, here and other places, and called it. It was obvious the Left had nothing to sell so the next best thing would be breaking the competition..

They had it all laid out and were going to use the power of the Epstein Story to do it. But Trump saw it coming and defused it like a magician. They've carried it on of course but it did not have the weight it was supposed to once Trump pulled the plug on it by calling "some" of his supporters crazy. It was a risk but he had to do it.

It was intended to bifurcate the entire movement but instead Trump dictated the shape and size of the split. With Iran they had another chance to try again. But this is now more about headlines than engineering a split.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:10 PM (d997y)

207 I just reject the entire premise. How some French radicals sat in a tennis court in the 1780-90s isn't any kind of theory at all.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Past echoes to the present. Dialectical Leninism used a variant of it and thus the commies brought it into today. That is why they never value the present or past.

If you read some of the literature by the troon, feminism, or whateve movement for example, they regard it as self evident that everyone is born a blank slate and society warps them inevitably so we must destroy it.

E.g. If we want Iran to be peaceful, then all we have to do is think happy thoughts about it and shovel them money to make them happy. Empiricism is NOT viewed as compatible with rationalism from first principles on the left but is why Pournelle combines this axis with another regarding the state.

Pournelle is not talking about logic here, but the philosophy of rationalism. From another approach, Terry Guillam's "Adventures of Baron von Munchausen" demonstrates the absurdities of believing that one can think something into existence and ignore reality that contradicts one's thought.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:10 PM (E4rtv)

208 Those John Adams/Thomas Jefferson accusations were lit.

“A blind, bald, crippled, toothless man who is a hideous hermaphroditic character with neither the force and fitness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.”
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:02 PM (w4o6z)

What ever you say YOU HATCHED FACED NUTMEG DEALER

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 05, 2026 02:10 PM (ubCxQ)

209 Lunatics seeking lunatics for fun and frolic, and some murder and mayhem.

Posted by: mrp at May 05, 2026 02:11 PM (rj6Yv)

210 The Evolution of Political Thought.

Free at the best hack site on Earth.

Archive.org; The Evolution of Political Thought; PDF

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 02:11 PM (fnZRl)

211 206 It is an op. I specifically delineated the shape of this op, a year or more ago, before there was even a whiff of it. I saw what was happening, here and other places, and called it. It was obvious the Left had nothing to sell so the next best thing would be breaking the competition..

They had it all laid out and were going to use the power of the Epstein Story to do it. But Trump saw it coming and defused it like a magician. They've carried it on of course but it did not have the weight it was supposed to once Trump pulled the plug on it by calling "some" of his supporters crazy. It was a risk but he had to do it.

It was intended to bifurcate the entire movement but instead Trump dictated the shape and size of the split. With Iran they had another chance to try again. But this is now more about headlines than engineering a split.
Posted by: ...
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James Lindsay was saying something similar about the same time.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:11 PM (E4rtv)

212 36 Isn't there an old theory that the "Left/Right" thing isn't a line, but a circle, and they meet at both the "moderate" and "extremist" "ends?"

Here we go again.
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:30 PM (VHUov)

That thinking is not tolerated here but I happen to think that theory is quite valid.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 01:31 PM (rkhDX)

I think that "horseshoe theory" is an artifact of oversimplification. Human society is n-dimensional, so of course politics is; and if you try to model it one dimension, that's even worse than shining a flashlight past a complex object and trying to understand it from its shadow. Flattening three dimensions into two is already so bad as to make the comprehensible not; flattening n into one is just ridiculous.

Posted by: SciVo at May 05, 2026 02:11 PM (Sy6m/)

213 Hey, what happened?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 02:12 PM (77rzZ)

214 Middle ground for the left is a conservative 6ft under. No ground given for them. None!

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 05, 2026 02:12 PM (tJBLS)

215 Ace broke the blog again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:13 PM (Zz0t1)

216 I said the circle theory exists, not that I subscribe to it, or that it makes sense in the real world. "The pure communism where everyone is the government is really the same as the pure anarchism where nobody is the government."
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 02:08 PM (VHUov)

Pure communism is just another lie, so pretending it lies anywhere on a political spectrum "past" totalitarianism is just yet another lie. As is that anarchy is an extension of the conservative ideas of religion, morals, and limited government.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:13 PM (8avO+)

217 213 Hey, what happened?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 02:12 PM (77rzZ)

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Ace is still learning the backend to the blog.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:13 PM (w4o6z)

218 Except for the trannies and black idolization, name one difference between the NAZI party and the democrap party.

You can't because there isn't one. They are the same.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 05, 2026 02:13 PM (xvV+O)

219 So people soon owed them money.

That was a big part, also Jews refuse to blend in, they are always distinct. A polite part of culture, but dress and behave differently, ass God told them to. That makes them stand out and ignorant people can easily choose them as the enemy.

But those things are about the past. You can identify them as the causes of Jew-hate up to around 1950. These days? I figure its just billions of dollars of propaganda and pressure on culture by Muslims who hate Jews religiously - literally its part of their religion.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:13 PM (uEYKS)

220 217 213 Hey, what happened?

I thought The Rapture might finally be here.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 05, 2026 02:14 PM (DgMqy)

221 this thread disappeared for a while

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 02:14 PM (sKqQm)

222 Poor Ace, so clueless. He sounds vaccinated.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at May 05, 2026 02:15 PM (XZjgl)

223 THREAD DOWN! THREAD DOWN!

MAN OVERBOARD!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:15 PM (xHq83)

224 Gaslighting the Astroturf!

Crossing the streams...

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 05, 2026 02:15 PM (mP0Kj)

225 187 Politics exists in L-dimensional space, where L is sufficiently large as to be non-comprehensible. The "World's Smallest Ideological Quiz" with its two axes is intended to direct people in a certain direction (toward libertarianism), and is about as enormous an oversimplification as a one-axis view of right versus left or as "horseshoe theory".
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan
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Not really if you can use it as the basis for prediction. Nominate scores have been used as such and are quite accurate in predicting legislative and now judicial voting behavior.

That is where positing infinite space ultimately is self defeating--same reason we use Newton's laws as the basis of engineering even though they are a simplication of reality.

Look up heuristics sometime.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:15 PM (E4rtv)

226 Donald Trump is a moderate Democrat from the 90s, implementing what were considered moderate Dem ideas from the time.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)
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The political positions of Donald Trump are largely the opposite of those actually implemented by the Clinton administration in the 1990s, though not as far from those claimed by Bill when he was running for president.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 05, 2026 02:15 PM (cD7cN)

227 I guess they had a very fruitful Rome getaway... This is an op, has always been an op, and Cucker tried to take over TPUSA to promote it. That did not go as well as he planned, but many groypers did infiltrate TPUSA. They have beed doing it while Charlie Kirk was astill live, and continue infiltrating today.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:15 PM (GD0B3)

228 James Lindsay was saying something similar about the same time.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:11 PM (E4rtv)

I don't know who that is but I assume he is smart, funny and wildly handsome.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:16 PM (d997y)

229 We have once again reached the merge where Al Sharpton meets David Duke to support Cindy Sheehan.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 02:16 PM (85V9g)

230 Hey, what happened?

I thought The Rapture might finally be here.
Posted by: Bad Andrew

I fully expect it to go that way.

BOOM!

And there I am, staring at my phone and no one is answering.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:16 PM (xHq83)

231 The same logic explains why full-left liberals like David French continue pretending they're "on the right." The money is better pretending to be on the right while agreeing with every single policy imperative of the far left.

First off, Gal Sharpton is a great name, gotta remember that one.

Second, David French is much worse than the others to me. He's not just a grifter, he's trying to use the Bible, to use Christianity to support these evils and this insanity. Like John Piper, he uses empathy for his arguments, but he goes far further than Piper in not just opposing what he dislikes on the right to openly endorsing the left based on sophistry and twisting Biblical teachings.

Its diabolical in the most literal terms.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:17 PM (uEYKS)

232 The dash in L- dimensional space was used correctly

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:17 PM (d997y)

233 Except for the trannies and black idolization, name one difference between the NAZI party and the democrap party.

You can't because there isn't one. They are the same.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 05, 2026 02:13 PM (xvV+O)

There were a lot of homos in the Nazi party and Hitler was an incestuous pedo so tranny love really not a stretch.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:17 PM (kxLc1)

234 232 The dash in L- dimensional space was used correctly

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:17 PM (d997y)

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That's up for the dash police to decide, peasant.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:17 PM (w4o6z)

235 banned trolls cannot help themselves when Woke Reich is mentioned, just can't stay away. I guess it's a plus for AOS engagement numbers.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:18 PM (GD0B3)

236 In fact, this is a fairly recent thing, this name calling. It was unheard of in our history. In fact, it is merely by happenstance that the dem party is represented by a Jackass and has nothing to do with the fact that Andrew Jackson was called one, and instead of being a baby, he embraced it. This parlayed right into the symbol representing Dems to this day on this fairytale.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:02 PM (Wmg4n)

Aaron Burr put a bullet into Alexander Hamilton. I think we have had little disagreements from the start.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:18 PM (8avO+)

237 Donald Trump is a moderate Democrat from the 90s, implementing what were considered moderate Dem ideas from the time.

Yeah although he's been moved to the right pretty strongly by the left's over the top violent crazed opposition.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:18 PM (uEYKS)

238 210 The Evolution of Political Thought.

Free at the best hack site on Earth.

Archive.org; The Evolution of Political Thought; PDF
Posted by: 13times
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Parkinson is rare of scholars of his era as he includes Asian examples in his work. Roughly follows Aristotle in his forms of government in chapter outline.

Again worth reading, especially if one has no inclination to read the Durants multiple volumes for the endless variations seen in civilization.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:18 PM (E4rtv)

239 "Glizzed"? I've heard "glazed." I guess "glizzed" is the more sexually suggestive version of "glazed." I will use that.

I love to lick glizzed donuts!

Posted by: Ariana Grande at May 05, 2026 02:19 PM (0sNs1)

240 >>>58 Pro tip: all these juvenile nicknames for your enemies every other sentence only serves to make them look like the adults. Nobody is going to join a movement of 70yo's who act like 7yo's. Its embarrassing.

Your Concern is

[ ] Noted
[X] Not Noted

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 02:19 PM (1wjle)

241 Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

I voted for Trump the first time because I hoped he would burn the Republican party to the ground and something better might be born from it.

He didn't and though he certainly has done things that other politicians only talk about doing, much of the core problems within our country have remained the same.

And one of those core problems IS that both sides are played against each other; both sides project their own sins onto the other, act from this ignorance, and so no real, meaningful, lasting change occurs. We just get reactive pendulums that do little to change the status quo.

Democrat voters are not the enemies of Republican voters. They are a mirror. The more grotesque we look in each others eyes says more about us as viewers than us as viewed.

Nick Fuentes and Candace Owens might be bad faith grifters but they are only symptoms, not the disease. I don't care that they are spergs trying to become the sperg queens. Two wings. Same bird. It doesn't take many election cycles to figure this shit out.

Posted by: Mad Jojo at May 05, 2026 02:19 PM (LTRDy)

242 240 Your Concern is

[ ] Noted
[X] Not Noted

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 02:19 PM (1wjle)

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"i'm never noted..."
-the post status drop down

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:20 PM (w4o6z)

243 banned trolls cannot help themselves when Woke Reich is mentioned, just can't stay away.

The groypers are pretty crazed in their zealotry. These are the idiots who were klansmen in the past, then John Birchers, then Buchananites and now Nick Fuentes followers. Its not like the last two groups were wholly wrong and messed up, but they attracted a lot of the worst kind of humanity as followers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:20 PM (uEYKS)

244 This op was tried here in Nebraska with the Senate run of Dan Osborn. He ran as an independent, referring to himself as a mechanic and Navy vet. He didn't use the word "socialist" in any ads, though he'd been one for decades. He talked about those rich guys in Washington from both parties, although the only ones he ever mentioned by name were Republicans. And then -Surprise!- the Dems endorsed him and the source of his campaign funds came out.
The ploy worked for a while, until Senator Fischer finally spent some money and exposed Osborn for what he was. But the op will be tried again.

Posted by: Wally at May 05, 2026 02:20 PM (0e5Te)

245 "Glizzed"? I've heard "glazed." I guess "glizzed" is the more sexually suggestive version of "glazed." I will use that.

I love to lick glizzed donuts!
Posted by: Ariana Grande

Give me a minute. Almost there. Toobin.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:20 PM (xHq83)

246 A third US-registered ship safely transited the Strait of Hormuz, "guided" by US naval vessels. South Korea is making noises about being next.

Posted by: mrp at May 05, 2026 02:20 PM (rj6Yv)

247 I don't know who that is but I assume he is smart, funny and wildly handsome.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:16 PM

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Harvey, standing by the outdoor ficus at May 05, 2026 02:21 PM (0sNs1)

248 >>>Poor Ace, so clueless. He sounds vaccinated.
Posted by: Billygoatpuke

the nazi gayboys have been alerted

why are all of you gay? Just curious. Is it something about power and male sweat that turns you on?

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 02:21 PM (1wjle)

249 58 Pro tip: all these juvenile nicknames for your enemies every other sentence only serves to make them look like the adults. Nobody is going to join a movement of 70yo's who act like 7yo's. Its embarrassing.

Your Concern is
[ ] Noted
[X] Not Noted
Posted by: ace

Haw haw!

Posted by: the 7yo's in the back of the class at May 05, 2026 02:21 PM (VHUov)

250 Again worth reading, especially if one has no inclination to read the Durants multiple volumes for the endless variations seen in civilization.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:18 PM (E4rtv)

CliffsNotes version:

https://archive.org/details/parkinsons-law

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 02:21 PM (DRokf)

251 >> Trump is a moderate Democrat from the 90s,

70s

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 02:21 PM (aUMnT)

252 235 banned trolls cannot help themselves when Woke Reich is mentioned, just can't stay away. I guess it's a plus for AOS engagement numbers.
Posted by: runner
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They swarm over certain X feeds as well. As if some compulsion from mental illness existed or in some cases, as if they were getting notified and paid for their trolling.

Then you have gaymondo which is probably a composite troll and deviants between extreme incomprehensible pronouncements or readable ones. Either a person who goes off and on their meds or a composite troll name with multiple people doing it for the money.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:21 PM (E4rtv)

253 They would not exist if there was no heavy funding and boosting. You can literally buy bots to boost the numbers in the "online space". Musk needs to clean up X. They are already doing it and change the algo of who gets paid and how, but there is much more to do.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:21 PM (GD0B3)

254
"Pro Tip" was a condom brand back in the 70"s.

Posted by: Auspex at May 05, 2026 02:21 PM (Y8DZL)

255 This is a non-starter. I kept trying to tell people who are gay for Carlson, Fuentes, etc. that these weird grifters are not leadership material and can't build a movement, regardless of whether or not young people are hungry for Jew-baiting.

Now that these parasites are being rejected by the mainstream Right host they've been feeding on, this third-party "unity against the Jews" push is the natural next grift. But for it to ever be more than a fringe grift, they'd have to, you know... Build a fucking mass movement.

Which they can't do, because they're all charisma vacuums who've never had an original thought. They'll be absorbed and then forgotten by the Leftist media borg cube in short order, now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 02:22 PM (BI5O2)

256 Donald Trump is a moderate Democrat from the 90s, implementing what were considered moderate Dem ideas from the time.

Yeah although he's been moved to the right pretty strongly by the left's over the top violent crazed opposition.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:18 PM (uEYKS)

To me, this is the most fascinating piece of the Trump phenomenon. If the left just made mouth noises about being able to work with a New York real estate baron with whom they were ALL friendly, he'd have given them a solid 40% of what they wanted and we'd be here bitching about what a squish Trump is.

Instead, they debanked his family and tried to kill him, so now this is happening.

The left could have gotten damn near everything they wanted but their ego wouldn't permit it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 05, 2026 02:22 PM (iNUL3)

257 Posted by: Mad Jojo at May 05, 2026 02:19 PM (LTRDy)

You're going to get run over trying to stand in the middle of the road. Just more bullshit about both sides being the same. Take the blinders off and quit virtue signaling.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:22 PM (kxLc1)

258 the nazi gayboys have been alerted

why are all of you gay? Just curious. Is it something about power and male sweat that turns you on?
Posted by: ace

It's really simple. They are like Native Americans. They believe if they absorb your essence, they can have your power.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:23 PM (xHq83)

259 I started to suspect something had broken with Tucker when he started doing the UFO shows in the final days at FOX.

Posted by: BRYAN at May 05, 2026 02:23 PM (3idXb)

260 https://archive.org/details/parkinsons-law
Posted by: 13times

Back in the 40's and 50's, political scientists were broadly read in the discipline including public administration. By the late 60's, people began specialization due to the necessity of behavioralism requiring computers and math to do the survey analysis correctly. That moved right into the use of econometrics and game theoretical models by the 80's and 90's. Those that could not do math or logic became the swamp of 'studies'--gender, race, etc. And those commies ate the field eventually.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:24 PM (E4rtv)

261
It's really simple. They are like Native Americans. They believe if they absorb your essence, they can have your power.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:23 PM (xHq83)/i]

So, they've substituted essence with jizz?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)

262 So people soon owed them money.

That was a big part, also Jews refuse to blend in, they are always distinct. A polite part of culture, but dress and behave differently, ass God told them to. That makes them stand out and ignorant people can easily choose them as the enemy.

But those things are about the past. You can identify them as the causes of Jew-hate up to around 1950. These days? I figure its just billions of dollars of propaganda and pressure on culture by Muslims who hate Jews religiously - literally its part of their religion.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:13 PM (uEYKS)

Not just Muslims. Left Wingers have always had a solid stripe of Jew hatred due to their implantation in East Europe where the populations were higher. And its always a big seller to the disgruntled to offer to overturn the lender, the landlord, and the law.

And part of refusing to blend in was often Jews were required to wear identifying clothes by law. And stay in parts of the cities. It was often useful for the upper strata to have someone who would be rioted against before themselves.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:24 PM (8avO+)

263 >>>Democrat voters are not the enemies of Republican voters. They are a mirror. The more grotesque we look in each others eyes says more about us as viewers than us as viewed.

finally we get to hear from a Concerned Christian Conservative!

Thank you for your input!!!

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 02:25 PM (1wjle)

264 "Pro Tip" was a condom brand back in the 70"s.
Posted by: Auspex

"Just the Tip" would be a great Moron Horde brand name for condoms. Little picture of a Jolly Roger up and down the sides.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:25 PM (xHq83)

265 This is a weird thread to watch

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 02:25 PM (zZu0s)

266 They are like Native Americans. They believe if they absorb your essence, they can have your power.

They do not avoid men, Mandrake. But they... they... do deny them my essence.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:26 PM (uEYKS)

267 It's really simple. They are like Native Americans. They believe if they absorb your essence, they can have your power.
Posted by: rickb223
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Comment of the month right there. Well played.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:26 PM (E4rtv)

268
Thank you for your input!!!

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 02:25 PM (1wjle)

A true man of the people!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)

269
Low IQ Gay Nazi Goose Step or Low IQ Gay Nazi Goosing Self?

Seems about the same, amirite?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 02:26 PM (iJfKG)

270 I like Sean Ryan's interviews with veterans.
I find his political interviews less appealing.

Posted by: Inogame at May 05, 2026 02:26 PM (53oGX)

271 Low IQ Gay Nazi Goose Step or Low IQ Gay Nazi Goosing Self?

Seems about the same, amirite?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 02:26 PM (iJfKG)

Elephant Walk.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)

272 Democrat voters are not the enemies of Republican voters. They are a mirror. The more grotesque we look in each others eyes says more about us as viewers than us as viewed.

You're completely correct.

Except they are actively trying to kill babies and us, and we're actively trying to change their political opinions.

But other than that small almost incidental point, exactly the same.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 05, 2026 02:27 PM (iNUL3)

273 I want to go on record that I don't think ace's name calling is funny either. He's only really funny in a narrow band, which travels a minimal distance from pop culture references, to 16th century French philosophy, to body part humor, to basic logic and math, to science, to wry absurdity, to regular absurdity, to straight humor, to gay humor, to Raymond Chandler, and of course, to cruelty.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:27 PM (d997y)

274 >>>Democrat voters are not the enemies of Republican voters. They are a mirror. The more grotesque we look in each others eyes says more about us as viewers than us as viewed.

Put down the bong. Step away from the bong.

Now what the fuck does that even mean, retard?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 02:27 PM (zZu0s)

275 A projectile poop on all your houses!

Posted by: Big Penguin at May 05, 2026 02:27 PM (hcr/o)

276 Somebody hacked into the super duper code of Cucker's platform, and found that he allegedly (did I do that right?) has 7K or so subscribers. But..the supposedly his "viewing" is in the millions. Then we get a pictures of bot farms in Phakistan and Turkey (another very very bad actor). Certain very bad ideas got normalized in the last number of years. Courtesy of these bad actors. The sooner they are poor the better.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:27 PM (GD0B3)

277 I don't even know who Ian Carroll is.

And if all of the others decided to go into cloistered, silent religious orders and we never heard from them again, Id be relieved. I'd feel bad for the religious orders, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 02:27 PM (8Xy/A)

278 The only political divide that has relevance in this country is "Hate Trump" v. "MAGA".

There is no leadership for the "Hate Trump" people because the US economy is strong and is getting stronger. All the whining and b*tching going on is coming from MSM-fomented bile, grifters heading for the dustbin of history, university faculties, and social influencers on foreign payrolls.

Posted by: mrp at May 05, 2026 02:28 PM (rj6Yv)

279 I want to go on record that I don't think ace's name calling is funny either. He's only really funny in a narrow band, which travels a minimal distance from pop culture references, to 16th century French philosophy, to body part humor, to basic logic and math, to science, to wry absurdity, to regular absurdity, to straight humor, to gay humor, to Raymond Chandler, and of course, to cruelty.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:27 PM (d997y)

Check out the big brain on 3 dots!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Zz0t1)

280 Somebody tell the new nics they are transperent and most (not all) AOS commenters are a ton smarter then them.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM (GD0B3)

281 Fuentes is such an electoral force, he said he was going to Michigan to campaign against Trump in September of 2024.

Sure, he didn't go because he was afraid of Vance's security detail murdering him, but that's just proof that if he had gone Trump would have lost Michigan!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM (w4o6z)

282 Give me a minute. Almost there. Toobin.
Posted by: rickb223
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Another comment of the week. Dude, you are on fire today.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM (E4rtv)

283 "Just the Tip" would be a great Moron Horde brand name for condoms. Little picture of a Jolly Roger up and down the sides.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:25 PM

But ribbed for her pleasure, right?

Right?

Posted by: J. Random Moron at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM (0sNs1)

284 Fix the fracture? I like the fracture!

Posted by: Weasel at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM (GNqmQ)

285 Aaron Burr put a bullet into Alexander Hamilton. I think we have had little disagreements from the start.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:18 PM

It’s actually very interesting how some of the concerns of the past mirror concerns to this day. We should do a game where we just post insults and insinuations from the past.

I have a few ONT connections. But fair warning, I have brought a few ideas up and they all stare at me for a few seconds, look at each other and then go on about something else entirely.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM (OoFl2)

286 When someone says "pro tip " the only thing they are a pro at is being a troll. Ignore it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM (gu0hJ)

287 Check out the big brain on 3 dots!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Zz0t1)
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He's a smart mf'er.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 02:30 PM (xvhJH)

288 If a Democrat is a mirror please don't let it be David French

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:30 PM (d997y)

289 Howabout? Trump is simply a JFK democrat.

I've used that in meatspace and get asked "what is a JFK democrat," and at that point I just walk away.

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 02:30 PM (DRokf)

290 277 I don't even know who Ian Carroll is.

And if all of the others decided to go into cloistered, silent religious orders and we never heard from them again, Id be relieved. I'd feel bad for the religious orders, however.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Some Canadian on X I think that is one of the dudes that shows up on the other's podcasts. The Woke Right are very insular in that. Honest people want nothing to do with them.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:31 PM (E4rtv)

291 So the judge groveling and apologizing to the attempted assassin story gets worse:

The issue had been resolved, was moot, the defense lawyer asked for the hearing to be cancelled and the judge insisted it proceed specifically so he could grovel and apologize.

Because the judge is disappointed he didn't succeed, is the reasonable conclusion.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 02:31 PM (MtSIY)

292 I've used that in meatspace and get asked "what is a JFK democrat," and at that point I just walk away.

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 02:30 PM (DRokf)

One they keep trying to shoot

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:31 PM (d997y)

293
Rough audience today. Guess it's time for a nap.

Tomorrow early trout fishing. Raw-dogging Panther Martin #6's on 4lb. test.

Posted by: Auspex at May 05, 2026 02:31 PM (Y8DZL)

294 Democrat voters are not the enemies of Republican voters. They are a mirror. The more grotesque we look in each others eyes says more about us as viewers than us as viewed.

Put down the bong. Step away from the bong.

Now what the fuck does that even mean, retard?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 02:27 PM (zZu0s)

it means "accept my assumed authority". But I don't go for slogans from a fortune cookie for my political analysis.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:32 PM (8avO+)

295 I don't even know who Ian Carroll is.
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The Ernst Roehm of Heinrich Himmlers?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 02:32 PM (xvhJH)

296 289 Howabout? Trump is simply a JFK democrat.

I've used that in meatspace and get asked "what is a JFK democrat," and at that point I just walk away.
Posted by: 13times

Most of the people that can actually remember JFK's politics (not visuals) are Silent Generation or older. Few voters left from that era.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:32 PM (E4rtv)

297 Never a Joe Rogan podcaster fan but he should be jumping the shark now for those that became fans.

I loved him on News Radio though. His stand up was hit or miss.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:32 PM (kxLc1)

298 Not just Muslims. Left Wingers have always had a solid stripe of Jew hatred due to their implantation in East Europe where the populations were higher

The left used to love Jews though. They were considered the ultimate oppressed other, the direct victim of the Ultimate Evil nazis. That changed pretty recently.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:32 PM (uEYKS)

299
Now what the fuck does that even mean, retard?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 05, 2026 02:27 PM (zZu0s)

It means he's had sex with his mother more than once.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)

300 I have a few ONT connections.
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM

Yeah, well, not all of have the high membership card status you do.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2026 02:32 PM (0sNs1)

301 What is the"woke right"?I still don't understand that term..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 02:33 PM (8Xy/A)

302 So the judge groveling and apologizing to the attempted assassin story gets worse:

The issue had been resolved, was moot, the defense lawyer asked for the hearing to be cancelled and the judge insisted it proceed specifically so he could grovel and apologize.

Because the judge is disappointed he didn't succeed, is the reasonable conclusion.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 02:31 PM (MtSIY)

Appeal at once for him to be removed from this and all cases for bias against law and order.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:33 PM (8avO+)

303 stare at me for a few seconds, look at each other and then go on about something else entirely.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM (OoFl2)

That's a feature of the place.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 02:33 PM (aUMnT)

304 What is the"woke right"?I still don't understand that term..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 02:33 PM (8Xy/A)

traitors.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:33 PM (8avO+)

305 I have a few ONT connections.
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM

So, what happened last night?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)

306 It's really simple. They are like Native Americans. They believe if they absorb your essence, they can have your power.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02

Do not make me break out the war drums and get my fellow natives involved. Essence is the least of your worries.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:34 PM (OoFl2)

307 What is the"woke right"?I still don't understand that term..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 02:33 PM (8Xy/A)

What if we called them trans right?

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:34 PM (d997y)

308 Democrat voters are not the enemies of Republican voters. They are a mirror. The more grotesque we look in each others eyes says more about us as viewers than us as viewed.
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"we have met the enemy and it is us"

Or some retarded shit I've seen commie dipshits bandy about.

Piss off, you moldy cum sock.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 02:34 PM (MtSIY)

309 305 I have a few ONT connections.
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:29 PM

So, what happened last night?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026

Don’t know- I am only connected. They won’t let me drive.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:34 PM (OoFl2)

310 The only good commie is a dead commie.

Posted by: pookysgirl, freedom-lover at May 05, 2026 02:34 PM (Wt5PA)

311 Molotov-Ribbentrop in the 21st century.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (PDF0v)

312 I like how the talking heads in the media claim to be "conservative" or "progressive" or blah blah blah. They are all full of shit and only care about fame and money.

Hell even Rush said he was an entertainer and to go find out about shit on your own.

Posted by: Turn Off The Media Scumbags at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (K1Mmf)

313 Aaron Burr put a bullet into Alexander Hamilton.

Is that what you kids are calling it nowadays?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (xHq83)

314 The only political divide that has relevance in this country is "Hate Trump" v. "MAGA".

There is no leadership for the "Hate Trump" people because the US economy is strong and is getting stronger. All the whining and b*tching going on is coming from MSM-fomented bile, grifters heading for the dustbin of history, university faculties, and social influencers on foreign payrolls.
Posted by: mrp at May 05, 2026 02:28 PM (rj6Yv)

All this far right/far left mix is trying to do is muddy the water (or mixing horseshit with snakeshit). They're trying very hard to confuse people. They will be partially successful.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (g8Ew8)

315 Not just Muslims. Left Wingers have always had a solid stripe of Jew hatred due to their implantation in East Europe where the populations were higher

The left used to love Jews though. They were considered the ultimate oppressed other, the direct victim of the Ultimate Evil nazis. That changed pretty recently.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:32 PM (uEYKS)

Protocols of the Elders of Zion anyone? Blood Libel?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (8avO+)

316 280 Somebody tell the new nics they are transperent and most (not all) AOS commenters are a ton smarter then them.
Posted by: runner
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To some regulars here, it is kind of like a mouse being batted around by a cat. The only difference is that in such a case, the mouse (new nic) doesn't think they've won the argument.

Our trolls are objectively less intelligent than that mouse.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)

317 They are trying to break up Trump's coalition, make Rs lose 2026, 2028 even.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (GD0B3)

318 "we have met the enemy and it is us"

Or some retarded shit I've seen commie dipshits bandy about.

Piss off, you moldy cum sock.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 02:34 PM (MtSIY)

"Are we the baddies?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)

319 You people quit staring at Piper!

Posted by: Weasel at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (GNqmQ)

320 So, what happened last night?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Don’t know- I am only connected. They won’t let me drive.
Posted by: Piper

Someone gorgot the booster seat.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (xHq83)

321 Do not make me break out the war drums and get my fellow natives involved.

it can't be worse than Haka dancing. Maori really need to stop doing that

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (uEYKS)

322 Piper, did you try to hijack the ONT into another fashion Thread?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (0sNs1)

323 Aaron Burr put a bullet into Alexander Hamilton.

Is that what you kids are calling it nowadays?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (xHq83)

well to be more accurate it probably was a spherical lead ball that killed him.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (8avO+)

324 They are trying to break up Trump's coalition, make Rs lose 2026, 2028 even.
Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (GD0B3)

Because selling your soul out for communism in America is SOOOOO in right now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)

325 317 They are trying to break up Trump's coalition, make Rs lose 2026, 2028 even.
Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (GD0B3)

Do they actually have that much power ? I'm thinking not...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (iTbY5)

326 DOJ sues Colorado over unconstitutional gun grab.

Posted by: torabora at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (mNG4E)

327 317 They are trying to break up Trump's coalition, make Rs lose 2026, 2028 even.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (GD0B3)

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Most of these people were trying to do it in 2024.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (w4o6z)

328 How many of today's retards would be able to say "Boys have a penis; girls have a vagina" without their heads exploding?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (WMyc4)

329 Raw-dogging Panther Martin #6's on 4lb. test.
Posted by: Auspex at May 05, 2026 02:31 PM

No idea what raw dogging means and likely don't want to know.

Panther Martin with yellow blade with red dots nets trout in the northern Sierra Nevada-Cascades.

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 02:37 PM (DRokf)

330 All this far right/far left mix is trying to do is muddy the water (or mixing horseshit with snakeshit). They're trying very hard to confuse people. They will be partially successful.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Most normal people shut down on talk about politics nowadays anyway. Very few are ideological and the Woke Reich are stupid enough to believe they can reprogram the existing ideological people here to their viewpoint using stupid debating tactics and talking points.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:37 PM (E4rtv)

331 You people quit staring at Piper!

Posted by: Weasel at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (GNqmQ)

It's gotta be the pants.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:37 PM (Zz0t1)

332 Check out the big brain on 3 dots!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Zz0t1)

Beyond my pay grade.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 02:37 PM (aUMnT)

333 No idea what raw dogging means and likely don't want to know.

You don't.

Especially don't use the Urban Dictionary to look it up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

334 How many of today's retards would be able to say "Boys have a penis; girls have a vagina" without their heads exploding?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (WMyc4)

They have a Toomah ?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:38 PM (kxLc1)

335 Last night's ONT was to be sponsored by Sloth World Orlando but they went out of businesses because the sloths died.

Posted by: Sorry about that at May 05, 2026 02:38 PM (vFG9F)

336 I am so hungry for a TACO salad right now.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at May 05, 2026 02:38 PM (anL5R)

337 "we have met the enemy and it is us"

Or some retarded shit I've seen commie dipshits bandy about.

Piss off, you moldy cum sock.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 02:34 PM (MtSIY)

They quoting cartoon possums living in a swamp now? LOL

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (8avO+)

338 it can't be worse than Haka dancing. Maori really need to stop doing that
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Especially when half the rugby team are crackers.

It loses it je ne sais quoi.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (xHq83)

339 Check out the big brain on 3 dots!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:28 PM

You realize that was said sarcastically?

Posted by: Jules Winnfield at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (0sNs1)

340 336 I am so hungry for a TACO salad right now.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at May 05, 2026 02:38 PM (anL5R)

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I remember when Trump wasn't even going to attack Iran at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (w4o6z)

341 Last night's ONT was to be sponsored by Sloth World Orlando but they went out of businesses because the sloths died.
Posted by: Sorry about that at May 05, 2026 02:38 PM (vFG9F)
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As long as they don't debauch the sloth.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (xvhJH)

342 >>> 333 No idea what raw dogging means and likely don't want to know.
==

You don't.

Especially don't use the Urban Dictionary to look it up.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Zz0t1)

It means WEAR YOUR MASK!!!

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz, 27-year-old SMAAHHHHHRRRT person at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (WMyc4)

343 Do they actually have that much power ? I'm thinking not...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (iTbY5)

We have to see. It is my understanding that one of the candidates in OH election today is favored by Cucker.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (GD0B3)

344 319 You people quit staring at Piper!
Posted by: Weasel at May 05, 2026 02:35

Thank goodness you are here! They are getting close. Next thing you know a bunch of kids in a van with a talking dog are going to hop out!

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:40 PM (OoFl2)

345 I want to go on record that I don't think ace's name calling is funny either. He's only really funny in a narrow band, which travels a minimal distance from pop culture references, to 16th century French philosophy, to body part humor, to basic logic and math, to science, to wry absurdity, to regular absurdity, to straight humor, to gay humor, to Raymond Chandler, and of course, to cruelty.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:27 PM (d997y)

------------

Ace is a wordsmith for our times.

"Roll over George Orwell
Tell Bill Shakespeare the news ..."

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 02:40 PM (9Kqhl)

346 I remember when Trump wasn't even going to attack Iran at all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (w4o6z)

I remember when Iran had a navy, and ...cooking oil...

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:40 PM (GD0B3)

347
You realize that was said sarcastically?
Posted by: Jules Winnfield at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (0sNs1)

I'm fully aware when I use sarcasm, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)

348 it can't be worse than Haka dancing. Maori really need to stop doing that
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

===

Especially when half the rugby team are crackers.

It loses it je ne sais quoi.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM

They make up for it at the elephant walk during the post-match social function.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 05, 2026 02:40 PM (0sNs1)

349 Howabout? Trump is simply a JFK democrat.

I've used that in meatspace and get asked "what is a JFK democrat," and at that point I just walk away.
Posted by: 13times

Most of the people that can actually remember JFK's politics (not visuals) are Silent Generation or older. Few voters left from that era.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:32 PM (E4rtv)

I would say that the vast majority of people who voted for JFK are dead.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 05, 2026 02:40 PM (g8Ew8)

350 >>> 341 Last night's ONT was to be sponsored by Sloth World Orlando but they went out of businesses because the sloths died.
Posted by: Sorry about that at May 05, 2026 02:38 PM (vFG9F)
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As long as they don't debauch the sloth.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (xvhJH)

Sloth?! I wanted seagulls!!!

Posted by: immoral porpoise at May 05, 2026 02:41 PM (WMyc4)

351 ITS NOT A TOOMAH!!!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:41 PM (uEYKS)

352 Do they actually have that much power ? I'm thinking not...
Posted by: It's me donna

They don't. Some are gay for pay, others because they have mental problems. Subcultures like the Woke Reich often become echo chambers like Bluesky for the left that are even much more conformist than they allege the broader culture is.

Like the left, the Woke Reich use 'magic' spells containing the magic invocation of Epstein, Jews, Capitalism, Constitution, etc. that are supposed to overawe and befuddle their political opponents.

But there is no logic nor empirical support to their endless Texas Sharpshooter fallacies because at heart, they don't even believe much of the claptrap they spout.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:41 PM (E4rtv)

353 It means WEAR YOUR MASK!!!
Posted by: Taylor Lorenz, 27-year-old SMAAHHHHHRRRT person at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (WMyc4)

Says some old biddy who's never been raw dogged in her long, long life.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:41 PM (Zz0t1)

354 343 Do they actually have that much power ? I'm thinking not...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 02:36 PM (iTbY5)

We have to see. It is my understanding that one of the candidates in OH election today is favored by Cucker.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:39 PM (GD0B3)

=====

Tucker endorsed a candidate in a House race in a Texas primary a month or so ago.

Primary. Small race. Easy to show some influence.

The dude came in 6th.

He's endorsed James Fishback in the FL GOP primary for governor. Tucker called him the future of the GOP. Fishback hasn't polled above 5%.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:41 PM (w4o6z)

355 That changed pretty recently.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:32 PM (uEYKS)

It wasn't recent, and it wasn't long lived. 19 years, start to finish.

It was a brief blip starting in 1948 when Stalin was the first leader to recognize Israel. But Israel kept consistently failing to go Communist. Then after 1967, the US invited Israel into its coalition, and the American Left instantly reverted to form.

And I mean instantly. An American Communist Fulbright Scholar from UCLA was killed fighting for the fedayeen in 1970, by which time every right-thinking Leftist in the country had denounced the Zionist Entity.

The only thing that's changed recently is that Dem politicians have finally quit pandering for Jewish money, from fear of their base.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

356 >>> 344 319 You people quit staring at Piper!
Posted by: Weasel at May 05, 2026 02:35

Thank goodness you are here! They are getting close. Next thing you know a bunch of kids in a van with a talking dog are going to hop out!
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:40 PM (OoFl2)

I don't get it.

You look *nothing* like Clippy.

Posted by: and I've even met you, so I know at May 05, 2026 02:42 PM (WMyc4)

357 331 You people quit staring at Piper!

Posted by: Weasel at May 05, 2026 02:35 PM (GNqmQ)

It's gotta be the pants.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:37 PM

What Sponge said.

And Weasel, I was only trying to determine windage.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 02:42 PM (WsJuq)

358 Jules said that in earnest in reply to Brad clocking the metric system when Jules himself did not. It was a statement of sincere humility.

Doesn't mean it was a compliment. See, there are many different kind of smart, some of which are very dumb.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:42 PM (d997y)

359 344 Thank goodness you are here! They are getting close. Next thing you know a bunch of kids in a van with a talking dog are going to hop out!
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 02:40 PM

Ruh Roh

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 02:43 PM (WsJuq)

360 I would say that the vast majority of people who voted for JFK are dead.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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They would have been born prior to 1940 to have voted in 1960. Youngest would be 86-87 now depending on birthdate. You had to be 21 at the time to vote.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)

361 The big change is the Democrats are now trying to ingratiate themselves to the Islamists, and so can be more forthright as to what they really think about Jews and other things.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:44 PM (d997y)

362 I saw Debauch The Sloth open for The Lemon Twigs at the Vibe Lounge in '15.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 02:44 PM (9Kqhl)

363 >>> 361 The big change is the Democrats are now trying to ingratiate themselves to the Islamists, and so can be more forthright as to what they really think about Jews and other things.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:44 PM (d997y)

"jooos"

Posted by: commie style guide at May 05, 2026 02:44 PM (WMyc4)

364 360 I would say that the vast majority of people who voted for JFK are dead.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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They would have been born prior to 1940 to have voted in 1960. Youngest would be 86-87 now depending on birthdate. You had to be 21 at the time to vote.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)

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You have to also consider their children.

Brought up in a home that honored Saint John F. Kennedy has an effect.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:44 PM (w4o6z)

365 > born after he was retired! > JFK

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 02:44 PM (DRokf)

366 361 The big change is the Democrats are now trying to ingratiate themselves to the Islamists, and so can be more forthright as to what they really think about Jews and other things.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:44 PM (d997y)

This is more concerning to me...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 02:45 PM (iTbY5)

367 Fishback hasn't polled above 5%.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Fishback has had slight problems with the law and is a genuine loon.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

368 WaPo: Looks like half a dozen high-ranking DC police officers are being fired for falsifying their crime numbers under Biden.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 05, 2026 02:45 PM (iNUL3)

369 JFK was in office less than 3 years. The Dems were already who they are today. The Camelot , moderate Dem story is all bullshit imo. They were evil lying shits then just like they are now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:45 PM (kxLc1)

370 367 Fishback hasn't polled above 5%.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Fishback has had slight problems with the law and is a genuine loon.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

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He supports Mamdani, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:45 PM (w4o6z)

371 ITS NOT A TOOMAH!!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

It's Lupus.
Posted by: Gregory House

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:45 PM (xHq83)

372 It was a brief blip starting in 1948 when Stalin was the first leader to recognize Israel. But Israel kept consistently failing to go Communist. Then after 1967, the US invited Israel into its coalition, and the American Left instantly reverted to form.

That makes sense, actually but the Democrat party definitely only recently began to openly hate Jews.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:46 PM (uEYKS)

373 Nood Tim Walz.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 05, 2026 02:46 PM (iNUL3)

374 You have to also consider their children.

Brought up in a home that honored Saint John F. Kennedy has an effect.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Not really, doesn't mean that you actually bothered to inform oneself of JFK's politics which is what the original post was about. Not looks. And that is also true in part because JFK did not have much success politically before his death on his domestic agenda and his foreign policy agenda was uneven to say the least.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

375 The big change is the Democrats are now trying to ingratiate themselves to the Islamists, and so can be more forthright as to what they really think about Jews and other things.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:44 PM (d997y)

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To paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill:

"An appeaser is one who feeds a Muzzie, hoping it will behead him last."

/obligatory Churchill

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (9Kqhl)

376 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:41 PM (w4o6z)

Yeah, I've seen that. Let's see what OH is going to do. In KY he is promoting Massie of course.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (GD0B3)

377 361 The big change is the Democrats are now trying to ingratiate themselves to the Islamists, and so can be more forthright as to what they really think about Jews and other things.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 02:44 PM (d997y

Pretty sure a senator by the name of priss durphy put on his John Kerry mask and has been passing encouragement to the irgc.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (7mCLy)

378 Nood

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (WsJuq)

379 376 Yeah, I've seen that. Let's see what OH is going to do. In KY he is promoting Massie of course.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (GD0B3)

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Massie put out an ad about how close he is to Trump.

Because he's gonna win easily, or something, so he had to completely put on a new face for his constituents from what he's been doing for more than a year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:48 PM (w4o6z)

380 255 This is a non-starter. I kept trying to tell people who are gay for Carlson, Fuentes, etc. that these weird grifters are not leadership material and can't build a movement, regardless of whether or not young people are hungry for Jew-baiting.

Now that these parasites are being rejected by the mainstream Right host they've been feeding on, this third-party "unity against the Jews" push is the natural next grift. But for it to ever be more than a fringe grift, they'd have to, you know... Build a fucking mass movement.

Which they can't do, because they're all charisma vacuums who've never had an original thought. They'll be absorbed and then forgotten by the Leftist media borg cube in short order, now.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 02:22 PM (BI5O2)

Yes, this. The male Socio-Sexual Hierarchy is a very useful theory, and one of the lessons is that strong leadership ability is mostly inborn and very rare. Alphas are just one part of three kinds of apex males (along with "right-hand man" bravos and "lone wolf" sigmas); and then after the mass of steady deltas, there's "secret king" gammas, outcast omegas, and gay lambdas.

Charlie Kirk is a crippling loss.

Posted by: SciVo at May 05, 2026 02:48 PM (Sy6m/)

381 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

If Stalin wasn't an atheist he would have known God would not have allowed Israel to become a godless state.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (kxLc1)

382 The Dems were already who they are today. The Camelot , moderate Dem story is all bullshit imo. They were evil lying shits then just like they are now.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:45 PM (kxLc)

Camelot was bullshit. And no, Democrats were not 100% commie lunatics. The commies were fringe; beat poets at al.

Posted by: 13times at May 05, 2026 02:49 PM (fnZRl)

383 Saying Trump is a democrat at all is stupid. It lays the groundwork for future stupidity too.

"The best President in our lifetime was a democrat...see Trump was a 90's dem."

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 05, 2026 02:50 PM (cS1cw)

384 The Camelot , moderate Dem story is all bullshit imo.

That time period is so odd. There was a whole mythology built up around a series of wholly undeserving events and people. James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Woodstock, Kent State, JFK "camelot" on and on. Pretty much everything in Forrest Gump.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 05, 2026 02:51 PM (uEYKS)

385 What ever you say YOU HATCHED FACED NUTMEG DEALER
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 05, 2026 02:10 PM (ubCxQ)

Whoa! Whoa! Why bring Jon Townsend into this??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 02:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

386 Not really, doesn't mean that you actually bothered to inform oneself of JFK's politics which is what the original post was about. Not looks. And that is also true in part because JFK did not have much success politically before his death on his domestic agenda and his foreign policy agenda was uneven to say the least.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

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My mom -- a Catholic Democrat at the time -- campaigned for JFK and was most distraught after his assassination (although I was only two years old at the time).

Anyway, the first book she ever bought for me to read was "Profiles in Courage" -- for which he won the Pulitzer -- which I greatly enjoyed and admired.

Being cast way too cynical during and after the 90s owing to the Clinton Crime Syndicate, I suppose I was not surprised -- but was disappointed -- to learn in 2008 that it was largely ghostwritten by his speechwriter, Ted Sorensen.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 02:52 PM (9Kqhl)

387 I was told there would be no Greek.

I didn't pack any olive oil.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 02:52 PM (7anGw)

388 369 JFK was in office less than 3 years. The Dems were already who they are today. The Camelot , moderate Dem story is all bullshit imo. They were evil lying shits then just like they are now.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

To be honest, there wasn't much difference between Ike Republicanism and JFK. Nixon and JFK's debates were about trivialities like Quemoy and Matsu that were important at the time to the elites, but indecipherable to the public.

The GOP establishment was firmly pro globalism as part of its anti communism stance and was quite liberal on race issues, moreso than Democrats at the time. Taft against Ike in 1952 never had a chance and Dewey was a liberal GOP member in the mold of someone like Hoover.

GOP was founded as a progressive party after all, not a particularly conservative one.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

389 Being cast way too cynical during and after the 90s owing to the Clinton Crime Syndicate, I suppose I was not surprised -- but was disappointed -- to learn in 2008 that it was largely ghostwritten by his speechwriter, Ted Sorensen.
Posted by: ShainS
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If it makes you feel better, JFK did actually nail a lot of tail himself rather than passing it off to his aides like Sorensen.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM (E4rtv)

390 Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

The evil started in 1962 banning school prayer and 73 with Roe v Wade.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM (kxLc1)

391 GOP was founded as a progressive party after all, not a particularly conservative one.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

Anti-Sovery

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:55 PM (kxLc1)

392 That time period is so odd. There was a whole mythology built up around a series of wholly undeserving events and people. James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Woodstock, Kent State, JFK "camelot" on and on. Pretty much everything in Forrest Gump.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Happens that it occurred during a certain massive generation which shall remain nameless.

But the Millennials have the cheery tales of the Clinton years to bolster them in their old age.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:56 PM (E4rtv)

393 Charlie Kirk is a crippling loss.

Posted by: SciVo at May 05, 2026 02:48 PM (Sy6m/)

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Absolutely. They pre-assassinated a likely future charismatic conservative Christian POTUS.

And I'm convinced it wasn't a "lone spoof" ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 02:56 PM (9Kqhl)

394 Motherfucker autocorrect is a troll.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 02:56 PM (kxLc1)

395 Not just Muslims. Left Wingers have always had a solid stripe of Jew hatred due to their implantation in East Europe where the populations were higher. And its always a big seller to the disgruntled to offer to overturn the lender, the landlord, and the law.

You also had Marx writing a screed against Jews, and the falling out really got rolling when Israel rejected communism.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at May 05, 2026 02:57 PM (PDF0v)

396 If it makes you feel better, JFK did actually nail a lot of tail himself rather than passing it off to his aides like Sorensen.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM (E4rtv)

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lol

That gives me great comfort, whig!

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 02:57 PM (9Kqhl)

397 We don’t want to fight wars for Israel. America first!
And yes we’re still talking about Epstein.

Posted by: Billygoatpuke at May 05, 2026 02:58 PM (XZjgl)

398 391 GOP was founded as a progressive party after all, not a particularly conservative one.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

Anti-Sovery
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

It was a weird conglomeration of splinter parties and the Northern wing of the Whig party. Free Soilers, Anti Masonic Party, the No Nothing nativists, and rump Northern Whigs without a home. Basically everyone that was NOT a Democrat after the Whig party died after the Compromise of 1850.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 02:59 PM (E4rtv)

399 So the people who push the wacked out conspiracy theories are the "Normal" ones?

Sure

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 05, 2026 03:16 PM (61TgR)

400 The call for unity and compromise always comes from the Left when they are losing.

Can't we all just get along??

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 03:17 PM (4NO2D)

401 "I guess "glizzed" is the more sexually suggestive version of "glazed." I will use that."

I've heard people on line call hot dogs 'glizzies'. Make of that what you will.

As for me, it's still a hot dog. Drag it troo da garden, dere/Chicago style.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at May 05, 2026 03:20 PM (Ft5W9)

402 Marco Rubio has been speaking live on Tousi TV (YT) Live.

Iran.

Posted by: mrp at May 05, 2026 03:21 PM (rj6Yv)

403 e.g. Nostrildoomus

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Assist#3 at May 05, 2026 03:43 PM (vUhDf)

404
I briefly was interested in that CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, because he was spilling the beans on all the right people. The dude actually HATES Obama, the Clintons, Brennan, Kerry etc, and had lots to say about them all, and none of it good.

Then I quickly came to my senses. He's an anti-semitic grifter who would love to see Israel burned to the ground, he does fawning interviews with Cucker Tarleson and that commie asswipe cartoonist Ted Rall, and he rather proudly admits to having his YT channel financed by the Russians because "they pay me". He came right out and said it during an interview with that other YT CIA grifter Bustamante.

I rather suspect that he's involved in this Woke Right/Left op.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 03:46 PM (y9nCu)

405 Heya i'm for the first time here. I found this board and I find It truly useful & it helped me out much.
I hope to give something back and help others like you helped me.

Posted by: BEST SITE TO BUY VIAGRA ONLINE at May 05, 2026 04:01 PM (FKrx1)

406 Steely Dan dissing John Lennon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhtLaMo3nT4

Posted by: He who questions all of it at May 05, 2026 04:26 PM (ubDLf)

Supreme Court Grants Motion to Immediately Finalize Gerrymander Decision, Allowing Lousiana to Implement It Now

I guess there's some period of time that usually passes after a decision is announced until it is considered implementable law -- thirty two days before it is "reported" to the lower court.

But this is just a general practice, not a firm rule. The Court has adjusted this clock before when justice demanded it.

The Supreme Court granted Louisiana's motion to speed up that clock and finalize the decision immediately.

The Supreme Court on Monday night granted a request to immediately finalize its opinion in Louisiana v. Callais, in which it struck down that state's congressional map, to allow Louisiana to draw a new map in time for the 2026 elections. That map is expected to favor Republicans, who currently hold four of the state's six seats in the U.S. House of Representatives but could pick up one or even two more under a revised map.

Was it justified to speed up the clock? Yes, for two reasons.

1, the racially discriminatory maps are unconstitutional right now. Not in two years, right now. The citizens of Louisiana are living under racist congressional maps right now. And what's the left's favorite propaganda slogan...? "Justice delayed is justice denied."

2, we now have almost complete confirmation of the rumor that Obama hack Kagan deliberately dragged her heels on submitting her dissent not because she needed seven months to perfectly craft it, but specifically to avoid the ruling taking effect a half year ago, giving southern states plenty of time to adjust without having to scramble right before voting began.

Because it's now revealed that the Supreme Court "conferenced" the case seven months ago -- meaning they debated and voted on the decision.

But Kagan needed Moar Time to craft her perfect dissent.

The first Alito footnote is notable: he says the original case was conferenced 7 months ago. That says there’s more than a little smoke to the rumors the liberal justices drug their feel to impact the midterms, and now Jackson is throwing a fit the majority is fixing that delay https://t.co/HIa4creaiD
— Daniel Vaughan (@dvaughanCI) May 5, 2026

🚨 Justice Samuel Alito just destroyed Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent in the Louisiana redistricting case.

Joined by Thomas and Gorsuch, he slammed it hard:

“The dissent would require that the 2026 Congressional elections in Louisiana be held under a map that is… pic.twitter.com/Mya9MjE7K0
— Don Keith (@RealDonKeith) May 5, 2026

Unqualified DEI Fake Justice Ketanji-Brown through another one of her racialist hissy-fits. She is appalled that the Court will not allow the leftwing Justice's deliberate seven-month delay to stand. She has no good reason for this -- she says that granting this motion would show "partisanship" but, as Alito says, she does not explain why not granting it would equally show partisanship, but in favor of the Always Racist Democrat Party.

Alito blasted the racist swamp-hag:

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 HOLY CRAP!! Justices Sam Alito and Clarence Thomas just PUMMELED Ketanji Jackson's dissent, calling it "trivial at best, and the other is baseless and INSULTING"
🔥🔥
Jackson basically ATTACKED the majority, and argued Louisiana should be required to use an *unconstitutional* racially gerrymandered map in the 2026 midterms -- directly against the majority ruling.
Alito didn't take too kindly to that:
"The dissent goes on to claim that our decision represents an unprincipled use of power...that is a groundless and utterly irresponsible charge."
"What principle has the Court violated? The principle that Rule 45.3's 32-day default period should never be shortened even when there is good reason to do so? The principle that we should never take any action that might unjustifiably be criticized as partisan?"
"The dissent accuses the Court of 'unshackl[ing] itself from 'constraints...' It is the DISSENT'S rhetoric that lacks restraint."
"The dissent in this suit levels charges that cannot go unanswered. The dissent would require that the 2026 congressional elections in Louisiana be held under a map that has been held to be unconstitutional."
"The dissent does not claim that it is now too late for the state legislature or the District Court to adopt a new map that complies with the Constitution."
"Nor does the dissent assert that it is not feasible for the elections to be held under such a map. Instead, the dissent offers two reasons for its proposed course of action."
"One is trivial at best, and the other is baseless and insulting."
Gorsuch signed onto this as well.

Once again, not a single other leftwing justice was willing to sign her name to Ketanji-Brown's pig-ignorant doctrine of "the law must constantly shape-shift to guarantee that blacks, women, gays and Democrats always win" bullshit:

Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke
15h
There was a routine Supreme Court procedural order today not to delay fixing Louisiana's unconstitutional gerrymander. Normally these things are handled quietly without revealing who thought what but this time was different because Jackson insisted on writing a bizarre diatribe, which prompted Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch to respond. And they did not hold back. They described her claims as "baseless and insulting" and "groundless and utterly irresponsible." They really, really cannot stand her.
What really says it all is that the other liberals would not touch it, let alone join Jackson or defend her. She is simply too embarrassing even for them to sign onto. Also interesting, but not surprising, that Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett sat this one out, as usual, because they are too timid to call out someone who, by any sane standard, should not be anywhere near a judge's chambers, especially not this one.

KBJ is single-handedly discrediting progressive jurisprudence for a generation

May she stay on the court for as long as she wants, writing lone, angry dissents https://t.co/3xJRDI6qgv
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) May 5, 2026

Flashback: the unqualified DEI racialist larped as a Broadway "star" in a gay rewrite of Romeo and Juliet featuring nonbinary characters.

She infamously cannot define the word "woman" because, see, she's not a biologist.

NEW: Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes Broadway debut in “& Juliet,” a queer twist on Romeo and Juliet.

The play features ‘May,’ Juliet’s he/she/they best friend.

Jackson previously said it was her life goal to perform on a Broadway stage.

“I, a Miami girl… pic.twitter.com/FauTkn0uBJ
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 16, 2024

Hello! Good afternoon to all. Except those on the west coast or further west. Good morning!

Crow update: I am getting one crow visitor. (I think it's one.) He comes most days now. I didn't tell you before because I wanted to post a good photo of him, but my photos are terrible. Also, they're not improving.

When he sees me he flies off, so I've only got a second to grab the picture.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:09 PM

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1 yay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 12:10 PM (CWTWj)

2 And what's the left's favorite propaganda slogan...? "Justice delayed is justice denied."

I kinda like that one myself.

* motions towards Fauxci and the rest of the deep state *

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:11 PM (VHUov)

3 The judicial coup encompasses SCOTUS. The solution for the widespread coup isn't even being debated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 12:12 PM (jehhT)

4 Did anyone argue that these gerrymanders were equivelent to racial ghettos.
Because they are.

Posted by: Operator Error at May 05, 2026 12:12 PM (yk/I+)

5 anyone appointed by biden is not only suspect but nonexistent, since biden was not the one making the decisions

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 12:12 PM (CWTWj)

6 I really think Jackson is going to be of great value to us on the Court.

She's stupid, opinionated, loud, and genuinely unpleasant by all accounts.

If Biden had put someone halfway smart, there'd be one more loyal vote for the left but who can actually make an argument.

At best, Jackson will be a non-entity, the equivalent of putting a simple machine that goes only asks if good for Dem party or not as the reasoning. At worst, she's going to argue so badly that it'll help keep the right part of the court unified.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:12 PM (w4o6z)

7 Why is it always necessary to culturally appropriate a play and deform it into something ugly ?

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 12:12 PM (RHGPo)

8 I see the NAACP has "asked" for an emergency motion to stop Louisiana from implementing it's new map...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 12:13 PM (iTbY5)

9 >>>And when he sees me he flies off, so I've only got a second to grab the picture.

Don't worry. Deep inside, he really likes you.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 05, 2026 12:13 PM (8mulE)

10 Once again, not a single other leftwing justice was willing to sign her name to Ketanji-Brown's pig-ignorant doctrine of "the law must constantly shape-shift to guarantee that blacks, women, gays and Democrats always win" bullshit:

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It's a stupid procedural motion that should have been granted unanimously with a single line on a single pdf.

And she went full Leroy Jenkins.

It's not the kind of thing to go full Leroy Jenkins on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:14 PM (w4o6z)

11 what do you call a guy in illinois who has sex with an under age girl? romeo in joliet. read that probably when nixon was president

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 12:14 PM (CWTWj)

12 I'm shocked that enough of the Supreme Court had the courage to do the right thing.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 12:15 PM (N1DT3)

13 I really think Jackson is going to be of great value to us on the Court.

She's stupid, opinionated, loud, and genuinely unpleasant by all accounts.

If Biden had put someone halfway smart, there'd be one more loyal vote for the left but who can actually make an argument.

She's so bad, she embarrasses the other leftist rubber stamps into not siding with her, or at least not joining the dissent. I've never seen such enmity on SCOTUS, who typically make a fetish of collegiality.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

14 7 Why is it always necessary to culturally appropriate a play and deform it into something ugly ?

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 12:12 PM (RHGPo)

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Ask the left post-WWI that saw the war as an excuse to advance ugliness instead of beauty.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:15 PM (w4o6z)

15 So the liberals will have to have 3 minutes of hate this hour instead of the usual two.

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 12:15 PM (Sco7b)

16 Crow update: I am getting one crow visitor. (I think it's one.) He comes most days now. I didn't tell you before because I wanted to post a good photo of him, but my photos are terrible. Also, they're not improving.

When he sees me he flies off, so I've only got a second to grab the picture.
___________________________

Skip the unsalted peanuts. Start using grapes. Wear a helmet.

Posted by: Orson at May 05, 2026 12:15 PM (dIske)

17 >>>Don't worry. Deep inside, he really likes you.

The first time I saw him (if this is just one crow), he did allow me to come out on to the deck and throw some cereal towards him without fleeing. I don't know why he's more skittish now, flying away if he even sees me through the window.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 12:15 PM (1wjle)

18 13 She's so bad, she embarrasses the other leftist rubber stamps into not siding with her, or at least not joining the dissent. I've never seen such enmity on SCOTUS, who typically make a fetish of collegiality.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

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Yeah, she's going to be on the court for 40 years.

But, on the other hand, she's going to be on the court for 40 years!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:16 PM (w4o6z)

19 >KBJ is single-handedly discrediting progressive jurisprudence for a generation

As Neil Rogers would say, this is swishful thinking.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 05, 2026 12:16 PM (rJ48h)

20 hell yeah, now the rest of us need to do so,

and the SC needs to smake VA down hard

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 12:16 PM (v6XNT)

21 rule one: never accept a court ruling if it goes again liberal beliefs. rule two: denounce trump for not obeying a lower court ruling that has been thrown out by a higher court

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 12:16 PM (CWTWj)

22 I always assumed that the liberal justices had to "drug their feel" simply as a requirement for being liberals.

Posted by: CayleyGraph2015 at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (gJ7tw)

23 "But she needed that time to craft the perfect response that you rethuglicans could understand because you're too stupid to grasp context!"

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (BpO1e)

24 Whoa, what a fugly little troll Action Jackson is. In my day, she would be a lazy DMV drone, doing the least work possible with a smirk on her face.

Posted by: Promoted Beyond All Reason at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (oftw2)

25 Did he like the cereal?

Posted by: No Name Today at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (8mulE)

26 >>>Skip the unsalted peanuts. Start using grapes. Wear a helmet.

oh, I stupidly threw away some older blueberries. I'll rescue them from the trash and put them out there.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (1wjle)

27 20 hell yeah, now the rest of us need to do so,

and the SC needs to smake VA down hard

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 12:16 PM (v6XNT)

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The case is before SCOVA, not SCOTUS.

And SCOTUS would side with the new maps based on the rulings in the CA and TX rulings.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (w4o6z)

28 Ace, thanks for the CORVIDUS UPDATAE.

Posted by: pookysgirl, breaking out the fake Latin at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (Wt5PA)

29 NEW: Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes Broadway debut in “& Juliet,” a queer twist on Romeo and Juliet.

Watched the video....

Will these sexual temptations ever stop????

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (Sco7b)

30 crows all look alike to white people

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 12:18 PM (CWTWj)

31 Ask the left post-WWI that saw the war as an excuse to advance ugliness instead of beauty.

Dada dada
Is all I want to say to you

Posted by: The Police at May 05, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

32 "Drug their feet"?

Did they overtoes?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 12:19 PM (Sk2hR)

33 And what's the left's favorite propaganda slogan...? "Justice delayed is justice denied."

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Well, maybe second-favorite ... after "Kill Whitey!""

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:19 PM (JqXxE)

34 Because it's now revealed that the Supreme Court "conferenced" the case seven months ago -- meaning they debated and voted on the decision.

But Kagan needed Moar Time to craft her perfect dissent.

You get one week to "craft your dissent".

You lost. You're lucky we're even letting you comment.

Your "dissent" changes nothing.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 12:19 PM (xHq83)

35 Using Ace as my Crow Spirit Guide, i tried to attract a crow over the weekend. I put some bread out on one of my backyard tables, and he/she/it/them/lol came to grab it.

But I then put it on a glass table and it spent ten minutes hoping from chair to chair really wanting that bread but freaking out because apparently birds and glass confuse each other (well I suppose glass is rather stoic in its appreciation of birds, until it gets splatted with bird poop, which creates great anger in glass...)

Posted by: TheMewTwix at May 05, 2026 12:20 PM (XodLO)

36 Why is it always necessary to culturally appropriate a play and deform it into something ugly ?
Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 12:12 PM (RHGPo)

Because EVERYTHING will be turned to support the left's religion, or destroyed.

I have to give them credit, though. The left is FAR more zealous for their demonic religion than most Christians are for Jesus, to their utter shame.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 12:20 PM (N1DT3)

37 Yeah, that footnote is brutal.
It was completely not needed except to say one thing:
We are tired of your bullshit and your lies.

Not only does it confirm that the Left Bloc were dragging their feet to draft their dissent, it confirms another thing:
The majority had acceded to demands--and promises--of the Left Bloc to take the highly unusual step of ordering additional argument and briefing.

I don't know what lies and promises the Left Bloc made, but they convinced the majority they were acting in good faith 7 months ago.
The footnote makes it clear they have burned all their credibility and good will.
Especially Jackson.

Every Justice, but Roberts, has now written a specific response to attacks by Jackson.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 12:20 PM (MtSIY)

38 And what's the left's favorite propaganda slogan...? "Justice delayed is justice denied."
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Well, maybe second-favorite ... after "Kill Whitey!""

I'm gonna get me a shotgun
and kill all the whiteys I see!

Posted by: Garrett Morris at May 05, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

39 Did he like the cereal?
Posted by: No Name Today at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (8mulE)

It was Kaboom. Probably. No wonder the crow flees.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 05, 2026 12:20 PM (T5E0t)

40 34 You get one week to "craft your dissent".

You lost. You're lucky we're even letting you comment.

Your "dissent" changes nothing.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 12:19 PM (xHq83)

======

Kagan et al are taking advantage of the comity of the court, and the rest of the court are figuring it out.

The only thing holding back Thomas and Alito from demanding such things is Roberts who controls calendars.

I think it's most noteworthy, though, that Gorsuch signed onto the opinion by Alito.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:20 PM (w4o6z)

41 It's a stupid procedural motion that should have been granted unanimously with a single line on a single pdf.

And she went full Leroy Jenkins.

It's not the kind of thing to go full Leroy Jenkins on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:14 PM (w4o6z)

When you're stupid, you pick stupid things to take a stand on.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 12:21 PM (N1DT3)

42 Good afternoon Ace. May your shelves be properly aligned
I can't understand it. Paul Ryan said that his sister-in-law KBJ would be a great addition to the court. He wouldn't lie would he?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:21 PM (gu0hJ)

43 I really think Jackson is going to be of great value to us on the Court.
She's stupid, opinionated, loud, and genuinely unpleasant by all accounts.

So...like many co-workers, fast food customers and subway riders I am familiar with. Good that the SCOTUS has to put up with it too.

Posted by: Welcome To My World at May 05, 2026 12:21 PM (K1Mmf)

44 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 12:22 PM (yTBF+)

45 25 Did he like the cereal?

Posted by: No Name Today at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (8mulE)

Crows are not vegan. Road kill (or maybe steak) is more likely.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 12:22 PM (aUMnT)

46 Well, maybe second-favorite ... after "Kill Whitey!""

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:19 PM (JqXxE)

I always hear that phrase in Chris Farley's voice. Tommy Boy is the better of the two movies, but Black Sheep has some golden moments.

Posted by: pookysgirl's brothers used to tape SNL for her at May 05, 2026 12:22 PM (Wt5PA)

47 Ask the left post-WWI that saw the war as an excuse to advance ugliness instead of beauty.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Much of it ugly, Bauhaus, Brutalism, but Art Deco was also spawned with pretty decorative elements. The Post WW11, International Style, steel and glass was boring. No prettiness whatsoever.

Posted by: Compare Building Lobby 1925 vs. 1955 at May 05, 2026 12:22 PM (oftw2)

48 The first time I saw him (if this is just one crow), he did allow me to come out on to the deck and throw some cereal towards him without fleeing. I don't know why he's more skittish now, flying away if he even sees me through the window.

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 12:15 PM (1wjle)

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The other crows told him you're a big KBJ fan.

Posted by: The_Hoser at May 05, 2026 12:22 PM (H4qGm)

49 deliberately dragged her heels on submitting her dissent
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Well I have a dissent to your dissent -

Go fuck yourself. Legally speaking.

And physically. Cunt.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 12:22 PM (d997y)

50 That congressional district that was gerrymandered black in Louisiana was insane. A squiggle line that connected all the black areas outside of New Orleans. The state was required to create that monstrosity....there would be no other way to get a majority black district any other way in Louisiana. There is no reason outside of race that Shreveport shares any meaningful connection to Baton Rouge or Alexandria. Different Louisiana cultures....

Posted by: mishdog at May 05, 2026 12:22 PM (IbrTD)

51 she says that granting this motion would show "partisanship" but, as Alito says, she does not explain why not granting it would equally show partisanship

"A fish doesn't know it's underwater."

And Ketanji doesn't even know whether a fish needs a bicycle.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:23 PM (VHUov)

52 >>.25 Did he like the cereal?

yup

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 12:23 PM (1wjle)

53 >>I am getting one crow visitor. (I think it's one.)

Long ago, would walk a couple of blocks to a convenience store to pick up the morning papers. For some reason, this enraged the local crow population, which would announce their displeasure from 3-4 trees on my block. Never did anything to bother them, and the only thing they did to bother me. Crows are a mysterious bunch.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 05, 2026 12:23 PM (NcvvS)

54 ... we now have almost complete confirmation of the rumor that Obama hack Kagan deliberately dragged her heels on submitting her dissent not because she needed seven months to perfectly craft it ...

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Next you'll be telling me that Kagan and the Commies leaked and slow-walked Dobbs hoping that one of their base would assassinate Kavanaugh and/or more of the "conservative" justices -- or one of them might "retire" or some reason -- first.

Wait, wut?

[h/t Mollie Hemingway]

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:23 PM (JqXxE)

55 Debbie Wasserman Schultz being bounced out of her seat on her seat is the cherry on top of the icing on the cake of gerrymandering. Bye Felicia

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:24 PM (gu0hJ)

56 A fish doesn't know it's underwater.
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Or butter

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 12:24 PM (d997y)

57 Watching the left howl and sputter as their bullshit rules, that they used to illegally build their power, are swept away is hilarious.

And it is illegal power. Built on unconstitutional rules.

And when the Court rules that ballots cannot be counted after Election Day, expect more.

Note:
In her frothing dissent, Jackson defines "election" as starting as soon as ballots are sent out--and we can't change the rules in the middle of an election, she whines.
But in VA, the Dems are arguing that "election" means only when the votes are fully counted--after election day.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 12:25 PM (MtSIY)

58 Her "perfect" dissent, aka:

The Ketanji Brown trousers moment.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 12:25 PM (O7YUW)

59 >>>But I then put it on a glass table and it spent ten minutes hoping from chair to chair really wanting that bread but freaking out because apparently birds and glass confuse each other

hah

Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 12:25 PM (1wjle)

60 Crows will eat dog food btw. Our border collie refuses to eat until just before bedtime. So crows will come by and snatch kibble all day from his bowl.

Posted by: mishdog at May 05, 2026 12:25 PM (IbrTD)

61 I see the NAACP has "asked" for an emergency motion to stop Louisiana from implementing it's new map...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 12:13 PM (iTbY5)

I'm waiting for some no name lower court judge to grant a nation wide injunction against redrawing of any maps,

unless the change benefits democrats in the november midterms...

/s?

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 12:25 PM (v6XNT)

62
Ace Ka-Booms the crows?

Posted by: Auspex at May 05, 2026 12:26 PM (Y8DZL)

63 Long ago, would walk a couple of blocks to a convenience store to pick up the morning papers. For some reason, this enraged the local crow population, which would announce their displeasure from 3-4 trees on my block. Never did anything to bother them, and the only thing they did to bother me. Crows are a mysterious bunch.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 05, 2026 12:23 PM (NcvvS)

They were trying to do you a favor by squawking out the morning news so you wouldn't have to buy the newspaper.

Posted by: pookysgirl, with the most charitable explanation at May 05, 2026 12:26 PM (Wt5PA)

64 57 Watching the left howl and sputter as their bullshit rules, that they used to illegally build their power, are swept away is hilarious.

And it is illegal power. Built on unconstitutional rules.

And when the Court rules that ballots cannot be counted after Election Day, expect more.

Note:
In her frothing dissent, Jackson defines "election" as starting as soon as ballots are sent out--and we can't change the rules in the middle of an election, she whines.
But in VA, the Dems are arguing that "election" means only when the votes are fully counted--after election day.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 12:25 PM (MtSIY)

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Oh, tea leaves!

I love tea leaves.

But Earl Grey is overrated.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:27 PM (w4o6z)

65 >>>the first time I saw him (if this is just one crow), he did allow me to come out on to the deck and throw some cereal towards him without fleeing. I don't know why he's more skittish now, flying away if he even sees me through the window.
Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 12:15 PM (1wjle)

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Peer pressure. The murder is murder.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 05, 2026 12:27 PM (NYInA)

66 I really think Jackson is going to be of great value to us on the Court.

She's stupid, opinionated, loud, and genuinely unpleasant by all accounts.

If Biden had put someone halfway smart, there'd be one more loyal vote for the left but who can actually make an argument.
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This. She's so bad she's pushed the moderates more towards the Thomas/Altio/Gorsuch wing.

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 12:27 PM (G0vdT)

67 @60/mishdog:

Crows work on a "The Quick and the Hungry" principle.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 12:28 PM (O7YUW)

68 Long ago, would walk a couple of blocks to a convenience store to pick up the morning papers. For some reason, this enraged the local crow population, which would announce their displeasure from 3-4 trees on my block. Never did anything to bother them, and the only thing they did to bother me. Crows are a mysterious bunch.
Posted by: Nazdar

We were warning you that you were just falling for bullshit propaganda, and could save your money.

Posted by: the crows at May 05, 2026 12:28 PM (VHUov)

69 The picture will only happen if there is an offering made of one box of Capn Crunchs Crunchberries!

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:28 PM (fue0v)

70 Who'd athunk prioritizing racism over competence would lead to this?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 12:28 PM (ndZc7)

71 The first time I saw him (if this is just one crow), he did allow me to come out on to the deck and throw some cereal towards him without fleeing. I don't know why he's more skittish now, flying away if he even sees me through the window.
Posted by: ace at May 05, 2026 12:15 PM (1wjle)

Maybe hide your boner?

Posted by: Denny Crane - That's What I Do! at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (dmDsy)

72 As was noted by TJM last thread the Virginia SC is majority GOP, albeit wishy washy. However the number of procedural errors by the Dems which flew right in the face of black letter law are so large I don't think they'll be able to do anything but throw out the gerrymandering. That doesn't even include the BS language of the ballot.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (gu0hJ)

73 Unqualified DEI Fake Justice Ketanji-Brown through another one of her racialist hissy-fits.

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"You do what you think is right and let the law catch up."

-- Thurgood Marshall, The O.G. DEI Hire

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (JqXxE)

74 KBJ looks like an extra from The Wiz.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (utfVc)

75
Well, Collins, Murkowski and Romney seemed to think she was o.k.

Posted by: Auspex at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (Y8DZL)

76 So Jumanji Jackson Browne is a theater kid. This explains everything.

Posted by: Walks, quacks, shucks and jives like one at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (TbWk/)

77 This. She's so bad she's pushed the moderates more towards the Thomas/Altio/Gorsuch wing.

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 12:27 PM (G0vdT)

What she's apparently done is fool people into thinking there are leftard "moderates".

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (d997y)

78 So much was made about her being a black woman, but no one mentioned she's the first midget on the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (wGerL)

79 72 As was noted by TJM last thread the Virginia SC is majority GOP, albeit wishy washy. However the number of procedural errors by the Dems which flew right in the face of black letter law are so large I don't think they'll be able to do anything but throw out the gerrymandering. That doesn't even include the BS language of the ballot.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (gu0hJ)

=======

Retort:

"It's a tax."

Really, it should be thrown out, but underestimating the cowardice and craven nature of GOP appointed judges is a dangerous game.

"Maybe if I do this, I'll get reappointed."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:30 PM (w4o6z)

80 Oh, tea leaves!

I love tea leaves.

But Earl Grey is overrated.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:27 PM (w4o6z)

Oolong is nice, as is rooibos.

Posted by: Spilling tea at May 05, 2026 12:30 PM (TbWk/)

81 I wonder if recent leftist assassination attempts, KBJ's stupidity and general insanity are behind the SC pushing on this.

Who the hell wants a Dem congress when they are this out of control?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

82 and the SC needs to smake VA down hard

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 12:16 PM (v6XNT)

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The case is before SCOVA, not SCOTUS.

And SCOTUS would side with the new maps based on the rulings in the CA and TX rulings.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (w4o6z)

i know it's with state, but we all know it'll end up in front of scotus, so thomas and alito might as well just hand them their ass now...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 12:31 PM (v6XNT)

83 82 i know it's with state, but we all know it'll end up in front of scotus, so thomas and alito might as well just hand them their ass now...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 12:31 PM (v6XNT)

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Alito and Thomas let CA do its thing even though there were also arguable breaks with the law around ballot wording.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:32 PM (w4o6z)

84 Maybe hide your boner?

Posted by: Denny Crane - That's What I Do! at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (dmDsy)

https://youtu.be/BbiJBHGVZE4

Professional Eater vs. Grizzly Bear: Hot Dog Eating Contest

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 12:32 PM (aUMnT)

85 Jackson previously said it was her life goal to perform on a Broadway stage.

The entire federal bench is GAY AF for this kind of nonsense, reflecting the class aspirations of the kind of mid-wits who become lawyers these days.

Federal judges still cannot shut the fuck up about Hamilton, like a bunch of Millennials who've only ever read Harry Potter and have made it their touchstone for discussing anything and everything.

Judge Ho, a conservative on the Fifth Circuit, littered an opinion with Hamilton references, for example. You know, because that's a sober way to write a judicial opinion and spend the limited time and resources of a federal appellate court.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (yfRPb)

86 Also interesting, but not surprising, that Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett sat this one out, as usual, because they are too timid to call out someone who, by any sane standard, should not be anywhere near a judge's chambers, especially not this one.

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I haven't consistently called them "The Weak Sisters" for nothin' ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (JqXxE)

87 Did anyone argue that these gerrymanders were equivalent to racial ghettos.
Because they are.
--
It's not racist to stuff blacks into districts where they can't vote for any other candidate except a Democrat.
Who is white.

That's literally several of minority-majority districts.

Also, those districts segregated blacks from the greater American governance--they have no say in or appeal to the rest of America.

And they eradicated any moderate or centrist Dems in the South because, instead of having to appeal to the general constituency and changing voting patterns of the state as a whole, they were safely cocooned inside illegal bubbles of blue.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (MtSIY)

88 Every time I read Louisiana v. Callais I can't help but think this is between a state and a city in France.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (n5tGW)

89 >>They were trying to do you a favor by squawking out the morning news so you wouldn't have to buy the newspaper.

Sadly, not a crow-speaker.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (NcvvS)

90 86 Also interesting, but not surprising, that Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett sat this one out, as usual, because they are too timid to call out someone who, by any sane standard, should not be anywhere near a judge's chambers, especially not this one.

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I haven't consistently called them "The Weak Sisters" for nothin' ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (JqXxE)

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Barret called Jackson stupid in another ruling a few months ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (w4o6z)

91 Blatant homophobia.

Prominent Canadian drag queen, AKA the "Grand Marshal of Progress," found guilty of sex trafficking

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (ndZc7)

92 I think the issues with Ketanji sort of pale in comparison to Kagan's slow walking her dissent so blue states had the opportunity to get ahead of the ruling.

But, by all means, let's discuss how SCOTUS is totally nonpartisan there Mr. Roberts.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (jehhT)

93 Crow is a sign!

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (GD0B3)

94 Did he like the cereal?

yup
Posted by: ace

He likes it! Hey Mikey!

Posted by: Life Lessons at May 05, 2026 12:34 PM (w9Wax)

95 Crow update: I am getting one crow visitor. (I think it's one.) He comes most days now.
.......

I get a huge one every morning. He likes the bird bath.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 12:34 PM (UjdFS)

96 Grackles are much more common than crows around here. They take the cat food on the back step where I feed my kitty. Dip it in the cat's water bowl to soften it. They only do it April through June and are disinterested the remainder of the year.

Posted by: Bird Hijinks at May 05, 2026 12:34 PM (oftw2)

97 She's so bad, she embarrasses the other leftist rubber stamps into not siding with her, or at least not joining the dissent. I've never seen such enmity on SCOTUS, who typically make a fetish of collegiality.
Posted by: Archimedes

Oh, there was emnity. Warren Burger was hated by those on the right and those on the left. Before that, William Douglas, Felix Frankfurter were hated by some of their colleagues and before those guys, Harlan Fiske Stone.

There is a book, Battles on the Bench, that describes some of the animosity. Petty feuding and dislike are common when you have people stuck in a nearly lifelong 'marriage' with each other and strong views.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:34 PM (E4rtv)

98

I hope the old guys retire soon and scumbags like Thune and the like have no say if they're going to place more liberal idiots like that fuckhead Bush did.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (et1vG)

99 Take the Louisiana win. It’s a big one to go along with the others. Virginia - well it could be a win too.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (Gqar8)

100 Roberts retiring, Thomas getting to be Chief for a year, and then Thomas, Alito, and Roberts all getting replaced by Ho, Oldham, and Willett would be fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (w4o6z)

101 But Earl Grey is overrated.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

You nothing about teas.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (GD0B3)

102 Prominent Canadian drag queen, AKA the "Grand Marshal of Progress," found guilty of sex trafficking

The left will point out that most pedos are NOT trannies or gender fluid people.

But gay people are a couple of percent and trannies/related are a fraction of a percent.

And they commit sex crimes at orders of magnitude higher rates then straight people

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (sKqQm)

103 I haven't consistently called them "The Weak Sisters" for nothin' ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (JqXxE)

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Barret called Jackson stupid in another ruling a few months ago.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (w4o6z)
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Yes she did. When you get ACB dissing you, you know everyone is tired of your BS.

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (G0vdT)

104 ..know..

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (GD0B3)

105 I love tea leaves.

But Earl Grey is overrated.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:27 PM (w4o6z)

It has to be "hot".

Posted by: Denny Crane - Quoting The Next Generation... at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (dmDsy)

106 >>We were warning you that you were just falling for bullshit propaganda, and could save your money.

This was when they still ran conservative columnists, and being able to do 4 crosswords & a sudoku in the morning was nice. Already knew about 'Name That Party' & 'Republicans Pounce'.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (NcvvS)

107 I had a crow visitor the other day. He had a single feather sticking straight up out of his back. He was making a strange keening sort of sound. I talked to him a little bit, doing that silly thing where you ask if they're OK, as if they can answer you. I didn't notice my neighbor watching. He told me they make that sound all the time and he thinks they're begging.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (mkw2N)

108 >>I get a huge one every morning.

Posted by: that's what she said! at May 05, 2026 12:36 PM (Y1sOo)

109 KBJ is dumb, Kagan is smart.

You should always hope your enemies are stupid.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)

110 I can't stop laughing at Jumanji in her Official Midget Dunce costume in that clip. She should wear it in court.

Posted by: far cry at May 05, 2026 12:36 PM (X+NGn)

111 101 But Earl Grey is overrated.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

You nothing about teas.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (GD0B3)

======

I'm very much with Ted Lasso when it comes to tea.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:36 PM (w4o6z)

112 Squirrels > Crows

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)

113 All crow groomers know that you've got to start 'em young...

Posted by: UncleJefe at May 05, 2026 12:36 PM (gAuAm)

114 Maybe hide your boner?

Posted by: Denny Crane - That's What I Do! at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (dmDsy)

I get a huge one every morning. He likes the bird bath.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 12:34 PM (UjdFS)

Sorry about that.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 12:36 PM (aUMnT)

115 English Breakfast > Earl Grey

Posted by: More PG Tips about tea at May 05, 2026 12:36 PM (TbWk/)

116 Jumanji Samuel L Jackson-Brown is the epitome of DEI hires.

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 05, 2026 12:37 PM (IifOV)

117 If that crow asks you if you like wearing mime makeup or if there is anyone you want to take revenge on, I'd stop talking to him for a while.

Posted by: Nelly at May 05, 2026 12:37 PM (6+ehB)

118 Crow is a sign!

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 12:33 PM (GD0B3)

That Ace has a thing for Zombie Brandon Lee?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 12:37 PM (dK+Kv)

119 KBJ also won't shut up. She often talks twice as much as everyone else put together.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 12:37 PM (dVqc8)

120 NEW: Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes Broadway debut in “& Juliet,” a queer twist on Romeo and Juliet.

The play features ‘May,’ Juliet’s he/she/they best friend.

Jackson previously said it was her life goal to perform on a Broadway stage.

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What, a gender- and race-swapped Othello wasn't available?

She could have played Othello's white male nobleman husband "Desmonda" ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:37 PM (JqXxE)

121 36 Why is it always necessary to culturally appropriate a play and deform it into something ugly ?
Posted by: SMOD

Because they are violently ugly and want everything in the world to reflect that so they look normal.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 12:37 PM (BpO1e)

122 > KBJ looks like an extra from The Wiz.

She has a really strange physiognomy. From the short videos I've seen of her Broadway appearance, she looks practically disabled. As if she can only walk a short ways. And she looks really, really short. Like 4'11" short.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 05, 2026 12:37 PM (mkw2N)

123 Why do crows fly back to the sky every time you walk by?

Posted by: If I were a Carpenter at May 05, 2026 12:37 PM (Cqx++)

124 One of the crows is the three-eyed raven.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:37 PM (w4o6z)

125 Hi Ace. I’m gonna be the obnoxious spelling police.
Threw not through. Otherwise, great article.

Posted by: LMD at May 05, 2026 12:37 PM (hUI3V)

126 The left is FAR more zealous for their demonic religion than most Christians are for Jesus, to their utter shame.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 12:20 PM (N1DT3)

I don't think it's so much that. Christ does not demand zealotry. Demons do.

When pushed - the world and in particular Satan and his minions - is going to find that there is no one more firm or certain in their belief than those in Christ the Lord.

Communists and Islamists mistake the "tolerance" level of Christians for many assorted levels of their constant streams of bullshit insult and injustice, for weakness and a faint heart, as opposed to a fealty and will they could never dream up let alone imitate or understand. By the time they feel its force, it will be too late.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 12:38 PM (d997y)

127 One of the crows is the three-eyed raven.

Oh don't worry about him, that's completely normal

Posted by: Tzeentch at May 05, 2026 12:38 PM (sKqQm)

128 KBJ on Broadway? WTAF
*searches online for tickets*

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 12:38 PM (UjdFS)

129 Why is it always necessary to culturally appropriate a play and deform it into something ugly ?
Posted by: SMOD

Post-modernism. Anything that embodies truth or beauty must be destroyed in pursuit of the belief that there is no truth or beauty.

Posted by: Merely narratives and preferences at May 05, 2026 12:39 PM (TbWk/)

130
Justice delayed is justice denied, but the left owns justice so...

Posted by: Auspex at May 05, 2026 12:39 PM (Y8DZL)

131 Persistence is key with seducing crows. It took a full summer for my local flock to understand the "peanuts" whistle, and that I wouldn't always produce peanuts on demand. (I didn't want the WHOLE SKY OF CROWS that would otherwise descend on me...) Now it is just a family group of about 20.

Sounds like you have a scout sent by the Head Crow to see if it is safe. They have Heard Things about your shelves, and what if you want to use crows to fix them?

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at May 05, 2026 12:39 PM (Y9Vvl)

132 When he sees me he flies off, so I've only got a second to grab the picture.

Install a game camera?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 05, 2026 12:39 PM (vTZFs)

133 May she stay on the court for as long as she wants, writing lone, angry dissents

Some on X wrote that she may be unintentionally pushing the other lefties on the court to avoid going with extra-constitutional decisions because they don't want to have to share any space with her. Minor blessings, I hope.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 12:39 PM (diia5)

134 And SCOTUS would side with the new maps based on the rulings in the CA and TX rulings.
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Agree.

But if--and this is a big if--and only if VA had followed the law in enacting and passing the redistricting.

The redistricting in VA is fully legal but for the illegal methods undertaken to pass it.

But, as others have pointed out, it would not have passed if they had followed the rules in passing it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 12:39 PM (MtSIY)

135 "When he sees me he flies off, so I've only got a second to grab the picture."

So, build a shelf, and while your crow visitor is admiring your craftmanship, snap a quick photo.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at May 05, 2026 12:40 PM (Vpqw1)

136 Here is my take on gerrymandering.

When I see 40% of the Representatives from New England as Republicans, I will start to listen to the sudden leftist complaints about gerrymandering.

Until that point you FA and now you've FO

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)

137 Problem is: all those old white guys (and Thomas, who is just a white guy wannabe, according to the Left), are all going to retire or croak, and that ignorant bitch will still be there, and may have more fellow travelers by then.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at May 05, 2026 12:40 PM (QaH55)

138 Paul Ryan personally assured us she could handle the job of SCOTUS Justice.

NARRATOR: Paul Ryan lied.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 12:40 PM (dVqc8)

139 Crow update: I am getting one crow visitor. (I think it's one.)

Are you saying that we all look alike?!

Posted by: The Crows at May 05, 2026 12:40 PM (4NO2D)

140 Romeo and Julius?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:40 PM (gu0hJ)

141 >>Posted by: Paul at May 05, 2026 12:38 PM (rJjpq)

Never heard you complain about New England's complete lack of Republican representation before. Thanks!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 05, 2026 12:41 PM (NcvvS)

142 Paul Ryan personally assured us she could handle the job of SCOTUS Justice.

NARRATOR: Paul Ryan lied.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 12:40 PM

In fairness, she's his sister-in-law. What else could he say?

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 12:41 PM (4NO2D)

143 Paul Ryan personally assured us she could handle the job of SCOTUS Justice.

NARRATOR: Paul Ryan lied.

In fairness my gym bro offered to let me do that thing in his mouth if I said that so...come on your guys understand right?

Posted by: Paul Ryan at May 05, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)

144 134 Agree.

But if--and this is a big if--and only if VA had followed the law in enacting and passing the redistricting.

The redistricting in VA is fully legal but for the illegal methods undertaken to pass it.

But, as others have pointed out, it would not have passed if they had followed the rules in passing it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 12:39 PM (MtSIY)

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I seem to remember CA breaking a law or two in getting their maps to the voters, and SCOTUS signed off on it 9-0.

Best case at SCOTUS challening it would be a 5-4 decision supporting it (Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh in the minority).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:41 PM (w4o6z)

145 One of the crows is the three-eyed raven.
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Oh don't worry about him, that's completely normal

I know I'd like to have three eyes. Wouldn't you?

Posted by: Montgomery Burns at May 05, 2026 12:42 PM (vTZFs)

146 Some GOP state legislators are dragging their feet on fixing these SCOTUS -declared unconstitutional gerrymanders. They're far more concerned about the welfare of a select few politicians than of the party or the country.

Posted by: 29Victor at May 05, 2026 12:42 PM (0MjtC)

147 Crow update: I am getting one crow visitor. (I think it's one.) He comes most days now. I didn't tell you before because I wanted to post a good photo of him, but my photos are terrible. Also, they're not improving.

When he sees me he flies off, so I've only got a second to grab the picture.

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We once setup a motion-sensor video camera to identify neighbors whose dogs were shitting in our front yard without cleaning up after their dogs -- so we could confront them with evidence after they continually denied it.

Anyway, maybe you could rig-up some kind of motion detector in order to snap some good photos. Only problem is, of course, you might get the camera tripped by other movements in the area ... especially on windy days.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:42 PM (JqXxE)

148 >>crows all look alike to white people

The other day there were 3 crows doing some sort of dogfight over the conservation land next door. It was pretty cool to watch but got confusing cause they all do look alike and it was hard to tell who was chasing whom.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 12:42 PM (viF8m)

149 You get one week to "craft your dissent".

You lost. You're lucky we're even letting you comment.

Your "dissent" changes nothing.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 12:19 PM (xHq83)

This. There should be no time wasted for "dissents", well-crafted or otherwise.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 12:42 PM (utfVc)

150 146 Some GOP state legislators are dragging their feet on fixing these SCOTUS -declared unconstitutional gerrymanders. They're far more concerned about the welfare of a select few politicians than of the party or the country.

Posted by: 29Victor at May 05, 2026 12:42 PM (0MjtC)

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There will be a lot more changes for 2028.

Some of these states have real procedural issues like calling legislatures into session just to hear it, all while primaries have already started.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:43 PM (w4o6z)

151 135 "When he sees me he flies off, so I've only got a second to grab the picture."

So, build a shelf, and while your crow visitor is admiring your craftmanship, snap a quick photo.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at May 05, 2026 12:40 PM (Vpqw1)

The noisy collapse will scare them all off.

Posted by: Rattle bang crash and clang at May 05, 2026 12:43 PM (TbWk/)

152 132 When he sees me he flies off, so I've only got a second to grab the picture.

Install a game camera?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 05, 2026 12:39 PM (vTZFs)

Or re-focus your toilet cam to the outside?

Posted by: Denny Crane - Again, I Have Been Here..... at May 05, 2026 12:43 PM (dmDsy)

153 I know I'd like to have three eyes. Wouldn't you?
Posted by: Montgomery Burns at May 05, 2026 12:42 PM (vTZFs)

We have a club. Free membership for the first 100 new acolytes! And yes, your first three mutations are free!

Posted by: The Tzeentch booster club at May 05, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

154
Impeachment.
Just saying.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 05, 2026 12:43 PM (2Ez/1)

155
I see the NAACP has "asked" for an emergency motion to stop Louisiana from implementing it's new map...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 12:13 PM (iTbY5)

This is the same NAACP that was founded in 1910 by a bunch of pasty white people (and that commie WEB DuBois as the token negro), and didn't have a black President of the organization until 1975.

The NAACP is still nothing more than a commie cocksucker Donk organization who only exists as a means of controlling Black Americans by white leftists.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 12:44 PM (y9nCu)

156 Oh goodness I have season tickets to the theatre and " & Juliet" is coming up. I had no idea that was the 'plot.' Hard pass.

Posted by: LASue at May 05, 2026 12:44 PM (tZg+I)

157 I would imagine that if the Democrats get back into power and pack SCOTUS we may be looking at Ketanji Brown Jackson as a moderate, compared to the clown show they'd force down our throats.

If not moderate, at least wholly ineffectual.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 12:44 PM (jehhT)

158 78
lol

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 12:44 PM (UjdFS)

159 All you white people look alike to us.

Posted by: The crows at May 05, 2026 12:44 PM (2Ez/1)

160 It would be amusing to see the Rs impeach KBJ for stupidity.

A lot of other things would have to shift towards sanity in our culture before you get to that though.

Hell Kagan wrote Obamacare then ruled it constitutional and that is a clear ethics violation that should have gotten her impeached...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)

161 Kemp is allegedly fighting doing anything regarding gerrymandered facial districts in Georgia. He is a first class douchebag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:44 PM (gu0hJ)

162 he did allow me to come out on to the deck and throw some cereal towards him without fleeing. I don't know why he's more skittish now, flying away if he even sees me through the window.
Posted by: ace

Did you provide milk?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 05, 2026 12:44 PM (qRa1H)

163 154
Impeachment.
Just saying.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 05, 2026 12:43 PM (2Ez/1)

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I can give you 3 GOP senators who would vote for acquittal.

Can you give me 17 Democrat senators who would vote for conviction?

Impeachment is failure theater. And moral victories of the asterisk on her name mean nothing when she gets to go back to work and take her anger out on us.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:44 PM (w4o6z)

164 I had a cute little interaction yesterday.

My gym has an elevator. I'm walking by the elevator and a little guy, maybe two years old comes out. He's alone. I glance around and I see his mom coming from the stairway. She has that mom look as she's approaching her son, like, "Don't do that again. You can't do that. It's not safe."

Little guy has the biggest grin on his face and he doubles over and dances as he celebrates his adventure.

I smiled at the mom and said, "He's so proud of himself!"

She agreed.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 05, 2026 12:45 PM (mkw2N)

165 I know I'd like to have three eyes. Wouldn't you?
Posted by: Montgomery Burns

Doesn't end well.

Posted by: 3rd Eye Blind at May 05, 2026 12:45 PM (w9Wax)

166 The redistricting in VA is fully legal but for the illegal methods undertaken to pass it.

But, as others have pointed out, it would not have passed if they had followed the rules in passing it.

Even if they had followed every procedural rule (they didn't - at all) it should never have been allowed to go to a referendum with the language used to describe it on the ballot. Restore fairness?! Howzabout you KMA.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

167 Alito and Thomas let CA do its thing even though there were also arguable breaks with the law around ballot wording.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
====
Rule of Four. Got to have four justices willing to hear a case and then there is the whole strategy around defensive denials. The whole federal courts muddle on the right comes from the wishy washy application of constitutional principles like equal protection clause to the nasty business of election law and process. Same problem with firearm laws. How much 'federal' should the rulings on processes and law be versus states.

I don't particularly think that most of the justices really want to be state supervisors of elections so they naturally defer on a lot of state based crap that they really shouldn't. Like states not following their own laws in cases involving federal elections should technically result in reversals by federal courts.

But the fact that these often occur most in blue states with blue state judges picked via the blue slip veto by Democrat senators, you get cases with bad facts and little to go by to reverse at higher appellate court levels.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)

168 Racial not facial. Hmm....

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:46 PM (gu0hJ)

169 We once setup a motion-sensor video camera to identify neighbors whose dogs were shitting in our front yard without cleaning up after their dogs -- so we could confront them with evidence after they continually denied it.

Anyway, maybe you could rig-up some kind of motion detector in order to snap some good photos. Only problem is, of course, you might get the camera tripped by other movements in the area ... especially on windy days.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:42 PM (JqXxE)

Most cheapo webcams now come with software that allows setting up motion detection and capture.

We know who you are, dogshitters.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 12:46 PM (dK+Kv)

170 Whenever I see that clip I wonder if she is abnormally short, or everyone else is tall. And her costume makes her look like a dwarf.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 12:46 PM (OoFl2)

171 Flashback: the unqualified DEI racialist larped as a Broadway "star" in a gay rewrite of Romeo and Juliet featuring nonbinary characters.

I hope the SecServ had the decency to offer the agents who covered her psych help afterward.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 12:46 PM (diia5)

172 So much was made about her being a black woman, but no one mentioned she's the first midget on the Supreme Court.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM

Is she shorter than the skeksi RGB?

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 12:46 PM (4NO2D)

173 I named my crow visitor Jim Crow 2.0.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 12:47 PM (UjdFS)

174 164 I had a cute little interaction yesterday.

My gym has an elevator. I'm walking by the elevator and a little guy, maybe two years old comes out. He's alone. I glance around and I see his mom coming from the stairway. She has that mom look as she's approaching her son, like, "Don't do that again. You can't do that. It's not safe."

Little guy has the biggest grin on his face and he doubles over and dances as he celebrates his adventure.

I smiled at the mom and said, "He's so proud of himself!"

She agreed.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 05, 2026 12:45 PM (mkw2N)

Narrator: later that day, she permanently beat the child's confidence, curiosity, independence, and sense of adventure out of him.

Posted by: For her convenience, which is paramount at May 05, 2026 12:47 PM (TbWk/)

175
Romeo and Julius?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Black Romeo and Orange Julius.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 12:47 PM (Cqx++)

176 Romeo and Julius?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:40 PM (gu0hJ)

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* snort *

Antoinette and Cleopatra

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:47 PM (JqXxE)

177 Grok sez KBJ is 5'1", but I think 2 inches of that is the calluses on her feet.

Posted by: Homely Troll at May 05, 2026 12:48 PM (oftw2)

178 KBJ is supposedly an inch taller then RBG.

So in the future Satan might not be able to put his beer on her head like he is doing now with RBG

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 12:48 PM (sKqQm)

179 I have a chicken named Crow, does that count? I’ll send him your way.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 05, 2026 12:48 PM (yUiGU)

180 KBJ’s single objective is to subvert the constitution and undermine American jurisprudence- just as her friends in the lower courts have done.

Caw.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:48 PM (JW6Az)

181 But I don't understands why every time I farts I blows off my tenny shoes.

Posted by: KBJ at May 05, 2026 12:48 PM (GSuqO)

182 When you're stupid, you pick stupid things to take a stand on.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 12:21 PM (N1DT3)

Gentlemen, this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture to be done on somebody's part.

And we're just the jurists to do it!

Posted by: Kagan, Jackson and Sotomajor at May 05, 2026 12:48 PM (zafwz)

183 I just misgendered my chicken…oh the humanity.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 05, 2026 12:48 PM (yUiGU)

184 173 I named my crow visitor Jim Crow 2.0.
Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 12:47 PM
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That creepy old guy in Delaware used to call me Jim Eagle.

Posted by: Jim Crow 2.0 at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (2Ez/1)

185 God forbid if Sotomayor's diabetes causes her to die before November. If you think the Dems are nuts now, Katie bar the door.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (gu0hJ)

186 149 You get one week to "craft your dissent".

You lost. You're lucky we're even letting you comment.

Your "dissent" changes nothing.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 12:19 PM (xHq83)

This. There should be no time wasted for "dissents", well-crafted or otherwise.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 12:42 PM (utfVc)
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I'm a little more forgiving. After the majority finalizes their opinion, dissent has, hmmm, 2 weeks.

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (G0vdT)

187 185 God forbid if Sotomayor's diabetes causes her to die before November. If you think the Dems are nuts now, Katie bar the door.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (gu0hJ)

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I thought she looked like shit and at death's door in 2017 at Trump's first inauguarl.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (w4o6z)

188 Today I learned that there is a real word called 'fugacity,' a term I would previously have judged to be high in bogosity.

Posted by: gp at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (N8ZBc)

189 Has Skip been by? I am starving. It’s almost noon.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (OoFl2)

190 We have a club. Free membership for the first 100 new acolytes! And yes, your first three mutations are free!
Posted by: The Tzeentch booster club at May 05, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm

******

Are there any free Crunch berries? That's the deal- breaker for me.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:50 PM (fue0v)

191 he did allow me to come out on to the deck and throw some cereal towards him without fleeing. I don't know why he's more skittish now, flying away if he even sees me through the window.
Posted by: ace

Did you provide milk?
Posted by: Stu Podaso
......

Ace, instead of cereal try some of those scrambled eggs.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 12:50 PM (UjdFS)

192 I can give you 3 GOP senators who would vote for acquittal.

Can you give me 17 Democrat senators who would vote for conviction?

Math is raciss.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 05, 2026 12:50 PM (vTZFs)

193 Piper is here. Ixnay on the shortie jokes.

Posted by: Homely Troll at May 05, 2026 12:50 PM (oftw2)

194 Imagine this. Biden said he was searching for the best black woman to put in the court, and he found this dunce. If this is the best I’d hate to see the worst.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:50 PM (JW6Az)

195 How KBJ writes her dissents now:

Dear Law Clerks: Write like the dissent thing. And you better make it sound GOOD

How KBJ will write her dissents in the future:

Dear ChatGPT: Write like the dissent thing. And you better make it sound GOOD

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

196 Maybe Ace could put out fresh hobo meat for the crows.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:50 PM (77rzZ)

197 I see the NAACP has "asked" for an emergency motion to stop Louisiana from implementing it's new map...
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Why are they so desperate to hold that single, illegal, extra seat?
Folks don't understand how extremely perfected gerrymandering has become.

I posted it before but Rs flipped 8 seats in 2024.
In what would have been, 20+ years ago, a wave election that would have seen 20-40 House seats flip.

That is how precise, and how far, Dems have pushed the limit of gerrymandering--so many seats are safe even in a wave.
But that cuts the other way--Rs are isolated in blue states to such safe districts, they can't flip them in a blue wave either.

4 of those flipped in 2024 were by less than 2%. All of those incumbents are running.

All the "conventional wisdom" of 2026, that the party out-of-power loses seats never answers "which seats?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 12:50 PM (MtSIY)

198 188 Today I learned that there is a real word called 'fugacity,' a term I would previously have judged to be high in bogosity.
Posted by: gp at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM
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The pomposity!

Posted by: Jackie Chiles at May 05, 2026 12:51 PM (2Ez/1)

199 The 14th Amendment is outdated as there are no longer any freed slaves for it to protect.

Just saying

Posted by: Operator Error at May 05, 2026 12:51 PM (yk/I+)

200 191 Concur. Crows love eggs.

Posted by: gp at May 05, 2026 12:51 PM (N8ZBc)

201 BTW I don’t dance for peanuts, cheap bitch.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:51 PM (JW6Az)

202 Beretta Holding and Ruger Agree to Partnership

by FRANK MINITER posted on May 4, 2026
NEWS, ARMED CITIZEN

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. and Beretta Holding S.A. have announced a strategic cooperation agreement.
This collaboration began last year as a contentious disagreement between the two companies—as of last March, Beretta Holding S.A., the Luxembourg-based parent of the iconic Italian gunmaker Beretta, had amassed a 9.95 percent stake in Ruger.

The shared agreement will allow Beretta to increase its ownership of Ruger to up to 25 percent of the company’s outstanding shares (NYSE: RGR). According to the press release, the minimum partial tender offer price shall be $44.80 per share in cash.
Beretta had been promoting four individuals for seats on the Ruger board. But, according to this agreement, Beretta will “nominate up to two independent directors following the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and regulatory approval.

https://tinyurl.com/43y76tvh

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 12:51 PM (xHq83)

203 >>>85 God forbid if Sotomayor's diabetes causes her to die before November. If you think the Dems are nuts now,

they will insist it is now a permanent "Wise Latina" seat and only abuelas are elgible

Posted by: brak at May 05, 2026 12:51 PM (jGJov)

204 This Juliet play, like many other examples, aren't really about making good art or theater. It's about always pushing the leftist propaganda. And they get people to pay for it!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 12:52 PM (n5tGW)

205 Stop stealing my nic, racist.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:52 PM (JW6Az)

206 Doesn't end well.
Posted by: 3rd Eye Blind at May 05, 2026 12:45 PM (w9Wax)

Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 05, 2026 12:52 PM (zafwz)

207 Impeachment is failure theater. And moral victories of the asterisk on her name mean nothing when she gets to go back to work and take her anger out on us.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Parliament gave that power up because they found it useless themselves. Framers were mixed on it due to the Convention occurring while the famous failed impeachment trial of Hastings was going on in Parliament. That went on for years before it finally ended in failure.

With a unitary executive that could fire and hire who they wanted, the only thing impeachment could really be aimed at was the President and VP, despite early attempts to use it (Sen. Blount) for senators and later for a Supreme Court justice, Chase, that they hated. Both of those impeachments failed. It only worked on lower court judges like one that went literally insane, and for those that were convicted of crimes.

The major flaw in the Founder's thinking was the universal approbation of political parties but yet these same gentlemen promptly created a party system that is literally extra-constitutional and to have expected otherwise was foolish as a matter of history and political theory (see Why Parties by Aldrich).

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv)

208 177 Grok sez KBJ is 5'1", but I think 2 inches of that is the calluses on her feet.
Posted by: Homely Troll at May 05, 2026

Hmmm. I am 5’1. Maybe her proportions are all wonky. In which case I feel badly about making fun of her.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 12:52 PM (OoFl2)

209 203 >>>85 God forbid if Sotomayor's diabetes causes her to die before November. If you think the Dems are nuts now,

they will insist it is now a permanent "Wise Latina" seat and only abuelas are elgible
Posted by: brak at May 05, 2026 12:51 PM (jGJov)
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She must be on Ozempic for her diabetes. She's lost a lot of weight.

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 12:52 PM (G0vdT)

210 Piper is here. Ixnay on the shortie jokes.
Posted by: Homely Troll at May 05, 2026 12:50 PM (oftw2)

Bring on the kale jokes!

Posted by: far cry at May 05, 2026 12:52 PM (X+NGn)

211 Flashback: the unqualified DEI racialist larped as a Broadway "star" in a gay rewrite of Romeo and Juliet featuring nonbinary characters.

But, hard! what cock through yonder window throbs?
It is the east, and Julio is the sun.

Posted by: Homeo and Julieit at May 05, 2026 12:53 PM (TbWk/)

212 Stop stealing my nic, racist.
Posted by: The Crow

Up your beak.
Posted by: Brandon Lee

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 12:53 PM (xHq83)

213 204 This Juliet play, like many other examples, aren't really about making good art or theater. It's about always pushing the leftist propaganda. And they get people to pay for it!
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 12:52 PM (n5tGW)
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So, like late night shows?

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 12:53 PM (G0vdT)

214 fugacity

Bach's production rate when on tour.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 12:53 PM (aUMnT)

215 Crows are a menace to other birds and their chicks. Crows raid nests, eat the eggs, gobble up nestlings and cause chaos!

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 12:53 PM (GD0B3)

216 KJB is the result of social media politics

Get these clowns the hell out of here.

Its always a countdown to violence with these assholes

Fuck you and your "Social Justice"

We have Justice per The god damned US Constitution

Posted by: melodicmetal at May 05, 2026 12:53 PM (61TgR)

217 Beretta Holding and Ruger Agree to Partnership"

That's nothing. Wilson Combat has a new model out.
It's called...
...
...

The Bulwark.

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 12:54 PM (XuXeR)

218 We eat by sight, not smell. If you read the comments you would know that. Pieces of apples are one good visual clue, dummy.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:54 PM (JW6Az)

219 There is probably a nice bird nest nearby and the crow is trying to destroy it.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 12:54 PM (GD0B3)

220 204 This Juliet play, like many other examples, aren't really about making good art or theater. It's about always pushing the leftist propaganda. And they get people to pay for it!
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at

And it’s such a disrespectful way to use a rare talent God gave them. Broadway voices are amazing.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 12:54 PM (OoFl2)

221
KJB is just Jasmine Crockett on the supreme court

Posted by: Frank Barone at May 05, 2026 12:54 PM (IifOV)

222 Piper is here. Ixnay on the shortie jokes.
Posted by: Homely Troll at May 05, 2026 12:50 PM (oftw2)

Bring on the kale jokes!
Posted by: far cry

Always cook kale in coconut oil. Makes it much easier to slide out into the trash can.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 12:54 PM (xHq83)

223 .
KBJ be RBG reincarnated.
.
Lawsy, lawsy ... I be terrified.

Posted by: Marooned at May 05, 2026 12:55 PM (kt8QE)

224 KJB looks like 10 pounds of shit on a 2 pound bag.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:55 PM (JW6Az)

225 How far are we from hearing about brawls in the cloak room!

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 12:55 PM (G0vdT)

226 One advantage of having a short girlfriend/wife is that as a guy you can put your favorite snacks in the high shelves and be confident she won't snag them

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)

227 Kale is no different than okra, right ?

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 12:55 PM (GD0B3)

228 he did allow me to come out on to the deck and throw some cereal towards him without fleeing. I don't know why he's more skittish now, flying away if he even sees me through the window.
Posted by: ace

Did you provide milk?
Posted by: Stu Podaso

Don't try to chestfeed the crows. It just won't work.

Posted by: Unless you lure them with something shiny at May 05, 2026 12:55 PM (TbWk/)

229 The Dems have plans to pack the court with crazies far more radical than KBJ.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 12:56 PM (NpAcC)

230 227 Kale is no different than okra, right ?
Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 12:55

Both delicious.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 12:56 PM (OoFl2)

231 Today I learned that there is a real word called 'fugacity,' a term I would previously have judged to be high in bogosity.

Posted by: gp at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (N8ZBc)

That was the bane of many a Thermodynamics student.

Thermo Professor seemed to relish torturing students with it every year.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 12:56 PM (dK+Kv)

232 She's so bad, she embarrasses the other leftist rubber stamps into not siding with her, or at least not joining the dissent. I've never seen such enmity on SCOTUS, who typically make a fetish of collegiality.
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We're going to see something like 6-1-2 opinions, where Kagan and Sotomayor have a single line of their concurrence opinion to the dissent: "we join the minority in the ruling only but do not join the dissent opinion."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 12:56 PM (MtSIY)

233 I would imagine that if the Democrats get back into power and pack SCOTUS we may be looking at Ketanji Brown Jackson as a moderate, compared to the clown show they'd force down our throats.

If not moderate, at least wholly ineffectual.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 12:44 PM (jehhT)

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Can you say Supreme Court Justices Maxine Waters and Hank Brown?

/I might consider defecting to Venezuela ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 12:56 PM (JqXxE)

234 KBJ be RBG reincarnated.
.

I suspect if you gave them each a truth drug RBG would claim that KBJ is one of those inferiors for which R v W was intended, and KBJ would argue RBG was one of those white devils that need to be gotten rid of...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)

235 KBJ was put on the court for her politics, not her jurisprudence.

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 12:56 PM (G0vdT)

236 >> I don't know why he's more skittish now, flying away if he even sees me through the window.

Wearing a bag over your face is an option. Just sayin.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:57 PM (JW6Az)

237 Talking about crows and racial gerrymandering.

That's rayciss, yo

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:57 PM (gu0hJ)

238 I was her stand-in on Broadway. Humble brag.

Posted by: Tamera McLaughlin at May 05, 2026 12:57 PM (Y1sOo)

239 Anybody here ever dealt with ravens?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:57 PM (77rzZ)

240 Ketangi Brown Jackson is the Temu Whoopie Goldberg of The Supremes.

Posted by: fly gal at May 05, 2026 12:57 PM (Otsi6)

241 Crow #1 - There's some good food over there, but be careful.

Crow #2 - Why?

Crow #1 - That Ewok throws stuff at you if he sees you.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 05, 2026 12:58 PM (n5tGW)

242 >>>She must be on Ozempic for her diabetes. She's lost a lot of weight.

she's on the RBG powerlifting/ Crossfit plan

Posted by: brak at May 05, 2026 12:58 PM (jGJov)

243 >> Both delicious

Stone her!!

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:58 PM (JW6Az)

244 >>Hmmm. I am 5’1. Maybe her proportions are all wonky. In which case I feel badly about making fun of her.

Don't. There's so much about her to make fun of!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 05, 2026 12:58 PM (NcvvS)

245 I'm a little more forgiving. After the majority finalizes their opinion, dissent has, hmmm, 2 weeks.
Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (G0vdT)

Only time a dissent might be useful is if the court revisits the issue in future, which could be many years later, if at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 12:58 PM (utfVc)

246 227 Kale is no different than okra, right ?
Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 12:55 PM (GD0B3)

No, you can actually prepare okra in a manner that makes it edible.

Posted by: Kale is animal fodder for animals you hate at May 05, 2026 12:58 PM (TbWk/)

247 I'll show all you dumb hillbilly h8ters how smart I akshully be when I write an opinion that clearly defines what a woman is!

Posted by: Ketanji! at May 05, 2026 12:58 PM (5rh/l)

248 Oolong is nice, as is rooibos.

LOVE

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 05, 2026 12:59 PM (DgMqy)

249 We eat by sight, not smell. If you read the comments you would know that. Pieces of apples are one good visual clue, dummy.

Posted by: The Crow at May 05, 2026 12:54 PM (JW6Az)

Crows are protected but can be dispatched if they are in the act of depredation, in the sense of crop depredation.

A common saying is that Crows are always in the act of depredation or coming from or going to an act of depredation.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 12:59 PM (dK+Kv)

250 Completely irrelevant but there is 1 kitty in Saijo’s crate and1 kitty on top of it. He is very upset about this but isn’t allowed to chase kitties or roo roo at them (he does not bark. He only says roo roo). He is just sitting there staring at them, then staring at me, then back at them.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 12:59 PM (OoFl2)

251 239 Anybody here ever dealt with ravens?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:57 PM (77rzZ)

Bruh.

Posted by: Edgar Allen Poe at May 05, 2026 12:59 PM (TbWk/)

252 199 The 14th Amendment is outdated as there are no longer any freed slaves for it to protect.
Posted by: Operator Error
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Had not the Scotus before the Civil War interpreted the privileges and immunities provision in the US Constitution properly, there was no need for it. But they didn't, in part because slavery became THE issue for the roughly 50 years before the Civil War. Simply put, privileges and immunities should have been interpreted as the Rights of Englishmen encoded via common law at the time of Independence. And that no state could deny such to its citizens nor legitimate travelers going through the state. The Marshall court ignored rights of citizens for the most part and Barron v. Baltimore refused to apply the Bill of Rights to the states. Taney was no friend of civil rights and liberties either. So we had a civil war because the branches could not come to an agreement to end slavery which contradicted our own statements on independence.

The Court in Slaughterhouse and Cruikshank promptly shat on the duplicative and clear language imposing the privileges and immunities clause in the 14th on states as well when they had the chance.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)

253 194 Imagine this. Biden said he was searching for the best black woman to put in the court, and he found this dunce. If this is the best I’d hate to see the worst.

Count your blessings. Biden might have decided to put the first openly tranny justice on SCOTUS, and we'd all be talking about Justice Dylan Mulroney.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:00 PM (Riz8t)

254 Anybody here ever dealt with ravens?"

Nevermore

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 01:00 PM (XuXeR)

255 I'm starting to worry Ace is becoming Brooks Hatlen.

Posted by: Fatty McFattington at May 05, 2026 01:00 PM (uHU6e)

256 English Breakfast > Earl Grey

Posted by: More PG Tips about tea at May 05, 2026 12:36 PM (TbWk/)

---

Lipton Canned Iced Tea > all others

Posted by: That's BRISK, baby! at May 05, 2026 01:01 PM (H4qGm)

257 Ace, you need to set up a camera where he normally lands. Then you can post footage of man-crow interaction.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 05, 2026 01:01 PM (w6EFb)

258 FWIW, Clarence Thomas is about the only justice interested in killing some of these old bad decisions by Scotus that were literal amendments to the Constitution by the court by ruling that the plain language of the provisions did not mean what they said.

See 9th Amendment, the Guarantee Clause, the Contract clause, the 4th Amendment, privileges and immunities (twice!), etc.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)

259 KBJ is the Hank Johnson of Jasmine Crocketts

Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 05, 2026 01:01 PM (affD0)

260 There is no progressive jurisprudence. It is entirely outcome-based decision making.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at May 05, 2026 01:02 PM (RAxGY)

261 Today I learned that there is a real word called 'fugacity,' a term I would previously have judged to be high in bogosity.
Posted by: gp at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (N8ZBc)

Yeah. I have heard it used in chemistry, to describe the "potency", if you will, of a reactant in a reaction. It does not have a number attached to it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 01:02 PM (utfVc)

262 Ace, you need to set up a camera where he normally lands. Then you can post footage of man-crow interaction.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 05, 2026 01:01 PM (w6EFb)

That's hot.

Posted by: AOFHQ at May 05, 2026 01:02 PM (TbWk/)

263 Crows are a menace to other birds and their chicks. Crows raid nests, eat the eggs, gobble up nestlings and cause chaos!
Posted by: runner
......

Democrats of the bird world?

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 01:02 PM (UjdFS)

264 No, you can actually prepare okra in a manner that makes it edible.
Posted by: Kale is animal fodder for animals you hate

Kale is decoration for a salad bar so you don't see the ice.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 01:02 PM (xHq83)

265 Today I learned that there is a real word called 'fugacity,' a term I would previously have judged to be high in bogosity.

Posted by: gp at May 05, 2026 12:49 PM (N8ZBc)

That was the bane of many a Thermodynamics student.

Thermo Professor seemed to relish torturing students with it every year.

Fugacity sounds like it should be an attribute of Sly and the Family Stone.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:02 PM (Riz8t)

266 I think the key with animals, any sort, is to be consistent. Same clothes, same time, same food.

Even today, after 10 years, if I've got sunglasses and a hoodie on they freak out like they don't know me.

They're also stupid.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 01:02 PM (jehhT)

267 Romeo and Julius?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Gnomeo and Julius...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b)

268 Anybody here ever dealt with ravens?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:57 PM (77rzZ)

Bruh.
Posted by: Edgar Allen Poe

Twice a season.

Posted by: Pittsburgh Steelers at May 05, 2026 01:03 PM (K4JMi)

269 >>>Oolong is nice, as is rooibos.

Speaking of made up words.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 01:03 PM (dK+Kv)

270 he did allow me to come out on to the deck and throw some cereal towards him without fleeing. I don't know why he's more skittish now, flying away if he even sees me through the window.
Posted by: ace
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Maybe don't wear your KABOOM! clown mask, and see if he is calmer.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 01:03 PM (kj/CD)

271 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:03 PM (Zz0t1)

272 Can you say Supreme Court Justices Maxine Waters
Posted by: ShainS
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Apparently Waters has been missing votes and is MIA in public for awhile now. Would not be surprised to see a sudden vacancy in her district soon.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:03 PM (E4rtv)

273 The Dems last three picks for the SC have been 1) the first lesbian justice, Kagan (probably), 2) Hispanic, Sotomayor 3) black woman , KBJ. How's the diversity working out for you Dems?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 01:03 PM (gu0hJ)

274 What really says it all is that the other liberals would not touch it, let alone join Jackson or defend her. She is simply too embarrassing even for them to sign onto. Also interesting, but not surprising, that Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett sat this one out, as usual, because they are too timid to call out someone who, by any sane standard, should not be anywhere near a judge's chambers, especially not this one.

Roberts does not believe there are right wing judges or left wing judges. Only judges.

I hope the things they have against him are revealed, soon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:04 PM (Zz0t1)

275 The best thing about the Obama library is that it looks just like my favorite butt plug, except I can go inside of it instead of the other way around!

Posted by: Pete Buttegag at May 05, 2026 01:04 PM (864Ya)

276 fugacity

Bach's production rate when on tour.
Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know

The ~~judges~~ justices would also have accepted a Carnac The Magnificent sock.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:04 PM (VHUov)

277 He gave up and told the kitties they can have the stupid crate. He doesn’t really use it anyway.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 01:04 PM (OoFl2)

278 See 9th Amendment, the Guarantee Clause, the Contract clause, the 4th Amendment, privileges and immunities (twice!), etc.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)

Second Amendment.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 01:04 PM (dK+Kv)

279 Roberts does not believe there are right wing judges or left wing judges. Only judges.

That's what he says, because he's trying to act as a PR agent for SCOTUS. He isn't so stupid as to actually believe it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)

280 They're also stupid.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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And yet smarter with a much smaller brain than Justice Action Jackson. They just don't have the law clerks to put out her bird brained decisions in English word salads.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv)

281 7 Why is it always necessary to culturally appropriate a play and deform it into something ugly ?
Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 12:12 PM (RHGPo

Uncreativity.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 01:05 PM (rkhDX)

282
Democrats of the bird world?
Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 01:02 PM (UjdFS)

Have you heard?

About the bird?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:05 PM (Zz0t1)

283 Ketanji, Ketanji
When will those clouds all disappear?
Ketanji, Ketanji
Where will it lead us from here?
With no lovin' in our souls
And no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
Ketanji, Ketanji
You can't say we never tried

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at May 05, 2026 01:06 PM (FXPhD)

284 A semi truck with a full load made a delivery from Houston to Dallas yesterday. No big deal except it was fully autonomous with no observer or back up driver or any human involvement. It was not a test run.

That is kind of scary and awesome at the same time.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:06 PM (kxLc1)

285 >>>239 Anybody here ever dealt with ravens?

pretty sure that was the very first post on this blog

Posted by: brak at May 05, 2026 01:06 PM (jGJov)

286 They're also stupid.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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And yet smarter with a much smaller brain than Justice Action Jackson.

Sooo... you're saying the other justices should distract her with bright, shiny objects and she'd forget to vote?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:06 PM (Riz8t)

287 I saw Slaughterhouse and Cruikshank open for Immolation and Dismember at The Dawn Has Come - European Possession Tour in '91.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 01:07 PM (zko5i)

288 Sotomayor is as pure an affirmative action situation as the idiot Jackson. Back to her days at Princeton. Dumb.

Will Chamberlain is a darkly unintentionally humorous member of the Legal Cult. "Progressive jurisprudence discredited for a generation". Every word and concept of that idiotic sentence is ridiculous.

As if dim totalitarians ("progressives") can be "discredited" when their entire schtick is just ruthless pursuit of power and control for its own sake or to impose their vile racist or ideological atrocities. And as if the little Stalinist oblast secretaries being churned out by law schools would understand or care about actual constitutional principles or intellectual standards or cultural norms.

With enough bad breaks, there will be a lone justice with any meaningfully American or non-totalitarian/racist mindset ignored and abused by the mindless Revolutionary Command Council majority on the court as it completes the evisceration of the former constitutional system. Legal Cult cultists are among the dumbest of the non-elite elites.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 05, 2026 01:07 PM (U/Byj)

289 The sad thing is that I am 100% positive that one day Northside ISD in San Antonio will name after KBJ.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 01:07 PM (rkhDX)

290 The Dems last three picks for the SC have been 1) the first lesbian justice, Kagan (probably), 2) Hispanic, Sotomayor 3) black woman , KBJ. How's the diversity working out for you Dems?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

It's only not working because they don't have the presidency and have not packed the court with even more diversity.

A SAVE Act to help prevent that would be nice.....

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:07 PM (VHUov)

291 Anybody here ever dealt with ravens?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:57 PM (77rzZ)

I have responded to their calls when walking in the woods. Sometimes they call back. Can be fun to get a "conversation" going.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 01:07 PM (utfVc)

292 282
Democrats of the bird world?
Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 01:02 PM (UjdFS)

Have you heard?

About the bird?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

The bird is the word.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 01:08 PM (OoFl2)

293 I saw Slaughterhouse and Cruikshank open for Immolation and Dismember at The Dawn Has Come - European Possession Tour in '91.
Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 01:07 PM (zko5i)

How the hell did they fit all that on a poster?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:08 PM (Zz0t1)

294 When you have one crow visitor, you will eventually have a couple at least. They are very social, though during nesting season they tend to be in breeding pairs.
They are also pretty careful in new areas until they feel them out.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 01:08 PM (rbvCR)

295 I wonder if it bothers Sotomayor that she's basically become invisible since KBJ stole her dunce hat.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 05, 2026 01:09 PM (EcHpA)

296 It sure is nice to live in a country where low-functioning, room-temp-IQ retards have risen to the highest offices in the land.

It's the effluence to affluence pipeline.

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (TezPK)

297 I saw Slaughterhouse and Cruikshank open for Immolation and Dismember at The Dawn Has Come - European Possession Tour in '91.
Posted by: ShainS

How the hell did they fit all that on a poster?
Posted by: Sponge

Double-sided.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (VHUov)

298 Have you heard?

About the bird?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:05 PM (Zz0t1)

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Bird is the Word.

/I miss Larry ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (zko5i)

299 Lol. GatewayPundit

Barack Obama: Trump Has Caused “Genuine Tension” in My Marriage to Michelle

If they can get over her penis, I think they can ,ake it.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (Sco7b)

300 How the hell did they fit all that on a poster?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:08 PM (Zz0t1)

The punk bands used to print up mini posters on a quarter size sheet, and post them on telephone poles. When you can get that close you don't care much about about the readability beyond arm's length

Posted by: Kindltot at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (rbvCR)

301 Second Amendment.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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That was sort of a revived amendment after being dead from Cruikshank and later Miller decisions.

Explicitly in the 14th Amendment discussions, the right of having firearms was mentioned as part of the privileges and immunities clause (see the English Bill of Rights of 1689 as the origin).

Thomas noted it early on and has publicly hated on Cruikshank and Slaughterhouse cases for eviscerating the application of the Bill of Rights to the states intended by the privileges and immunities clause in the 14th. Instead, when the court got around to it this century, they used the ridiculous due process approach and selective incorporation of parts of the Bill of Rights to the states instead of incorporating the whole thing.

And that is because too many of the elites on the court after the turn of the century disfavored citizens owning firearms as they saw average people as causing mayhem and death needlessly in criminal cases.

The Sullivan acts of New York should never had been allowed to be constitutional in the first place.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (E4rtv)

302 I wonder if it bothers Sotomayor that she's basically become invisible since KBJ stole her dunce hat.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 05, 2026 01:09 PM (EcHpA)

I guess KBJ was god for something.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

303 A semi truck with a full load made a delivery from Houston to Dallas yesterday. No big deal except it was fully autonomous with no observer or back up driver or any human involvement. It was not a test run.

That is kind of scary and awesome at the same time.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:06 PM (kxLc1)

We'll get it next time.

Posted by: United 767 pilots at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (X+NGn)

304 I bet Whoopi knows a thing or two about fug-assity.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (77rzZ)

305 The bird is the word.
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 01:08 PM (OoFl2)

She gets it.

Posted by: Peter Griffin, Family Guy at May 05, 2026 01:11 PM (Y1sOo)

306 Never mistake the things a leftard says for the things they actually believe.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:11 PM (d997y)

307 Lol. GatewayPundit

Barack Obama: Trump Has Caused “Genuine Tension” in My Marriage to Michelle
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Say what? LOL. I'd love to hear the details on this.

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 01:11 PM (G0vdT)

308 >>Anybody here ever dealt with ravens?

Nevermore.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 01:11 PM (viF8m)

309 Always Racist Democrat Party. ARDP. That is what they should be called.

You now, if Black people wanted to get more blacks elected, maybe they should become republicans? We are perfectly fine with electing black people to office. That is the funny part here - dems want to gerrymander their states along party lines, and so do republicans. The problem is black people vote 80-90% D, hence they lose seats in republican states. The Ds call this racist, but what the Ds just want more seats. They don't give a crap about black people and never have.

Again, simple solution, more blacks become republican.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 01:12 PM (k8xm0)

310 Barack Obama: Trump Has Caused “Genuine Tension” in My Marriage to Michelle
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"She" wants to date him?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:12 PM (Zz0t1)

311 Barack Obama: Trump Has Caused “Genuine Tension” in My Marriage to Michelle

Oh, just shut your cakehole, you whiny little b***h.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:12 PM (Riz8t)

312 whig @258, and that's why the outlook is so dark, and the system so collapsed.

I chuckle at the concept of "originalism".

If I contemptuously inform the bank holding my mortgage that the terms of the contract are not what they plainly state, but I have a new interpretation, is their lawyers' response to me "originalism", or just common sense backed up by plain language.

Thought so.

Inertia is our friend, and really all that's left.

Posted by: rhomboid at May 05, 2026 01:12 PM (U/Byj)

313 The Court in Slaughterhouse and Cruikshank promptly shat on the duplicative and clear language imposing the privileges and immunities clause in the 14th on states as well when they had the chance.
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Reminder:
Thomas is on record for decades now, that he wants to overturn Slaughterhouse.

I think that will be his grand farewell majority opinion.

Almost the entirety of lefty governance, taxes and regulation rest on that stupid opinion.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 01:13 PM (MtSIY)

314 It sure is nice to live in a country where low-functioning, room-temp-IQ retards have risen to the highest offices in the land.

It's the effluence to affluence pipeline.

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (TezPK)

------------

OUT: The Peter Principle.
IN: The Bleater Principle.

/The Sheeple Have Spoken!

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 01:14 PM (zko5i)

315
Oh, just shut your cakehole, you whiny little b***h.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:12 PM (Riz8t)

"She" hates the White House, but is incredibly pissed off she can't live in it anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:14 PM (Zz0t1)

316 Ketanji-Brown is stupid. And partisan. But mostly deeply, embarrassingly stupid. Stupid to the point you wonder how the hell she even got a law degree.

But it turns out not only is she a deeply stupid person, but she is also highly disagreeable. Obnoxious. Rude. Vain. Filled with hubris.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 01:14 PM (k8xm0)

317 I can se Illinois going scorched earth and getting rid of every gop seat. I’ve seen a map where this is possible. Basically every district touches Chicago.

Posted by: Heroq at May 05, 2026 01:14 PM (bzsoO)

318 But it turns out not only is she a deeply stupid person, but she is also highly disagreeable. Obnoxious. Rude. Vain. Filled with hubris.

But other than that...

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:15 PM (Riz8t)

319 It's chaos I tells ya.

Posted by: a Bushtit at May 05, 2026 01:15 PM (UjdFS)

320 Stupid to the point you wonder how the hell she even got a law degree.

Affirmative. Action.

Period. In no sane world would she have a degree, much less one of higher education.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 01:15 PM (Zz0t1)

321 146 Some GOP state legislators are dragging their feet on fixing these SCOTUS -declared unconstitutional gerrymanders. They're far more concerned about the welfare of a select few politicians than of the party or the country.
Posted by: 29Victor at May 05, 2026 12:42 PM (0MjtC)

You say that as if that’s a bad thing.

Posted by: Dustin Burrows, Speaker of the TX House and Head of the Burrowcrats at May 05, 2026 01:16 PM (rkhDX)

322 Just an FYI, bread is not good for any birds, ducks, geese. It provides zero nutritional value and fills them up so they don't go looking for actual nutritional food and their health suffers if you do it regularly.

Posted by: Jaimo at May 05, 2026 01:16 PM (BCuCF)

323 That's what he says, because he's trying to act as a PR agent for SCOTUS. He isn't so stupid as to actually believe it.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)

I don't know. He's enough of an institutionalist to actually believe the lie. It's possible.

I was at a luncheon where the Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit spoke (not an impressive figure), and she too trumpeted how non-partisan the federal judiciary is based on how often they all vote together despite who appointed them (something that is more attributable to the weight of existing precedent, the role/status of intermediate appellate judges within the judicial hierarchy, and shared class culture - upper middle class with aspirations, than to lack of political difference between the parties). Federal judges are both so lacking in self-awareness and egocentric enough to believe such myths as the apolitical judiciary (apart from a few bad apples). Kind of like how it takes higher education and fancy degrees to believe certain kinds of nonsense.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 01:16 PM (yfRPb)

324 That is kind of scary and awesome at the same time.

I suspect that autonomous trucks are safer on a per-mile basis than human-driven ones, especially if the human is at best semi-English literate but the court case stemming from the first fatal accident is going to be a doosey.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 05, 2026 01:16 PM (vTZFs)

325 I guess KBJ was god for something.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

Can you imagine a world where she was sovereign over everything? I'm pretty sure gravity would be broken. And Guam really would tip over.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:16 PM (d997y)

326 She's lucky Scalia isn't still around He would have ripped her ass up and down.

She is really crossing the line with the others. It's gonna turn the court in to a mini congress

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 05, 2026 01:17 PM (S+j2h)

327 307 Lol. GatewayPundit

Barack Obama: Trump Has Caused “Genuine Tension” in My Marriage to Michelle
-------------

Say what? LOL. I'd love to hear the details on this.
Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 01:11 PM (G0vdT)

I imagine he (you pick which one is he) has performance anxiety watching how Trump wields the power of the Presidency.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 05, 2026 01:17 PM (N39Ws)

328 New England has 21 seats. New England votes 60-40 Democrat. Yet of the 21 seats, all 21 are Democrat.

I always point this out when some jackoff complains about Republican gerrymandering.

Posted by: Heroq at May 05, 2026 01:17 PM (bzsoO)

329 No doubt, Biden's handlers were looking for the dumbest, black woman, political tool in the country, and they found her.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 01:17 PM (aZm/F)

330 Kagan is highly partisan, but smart. I don't agree but see her logical point.

Sotomayor is not smart but makes emotional appeals. I don't agree, but I do feel what she is saying.

Ketanji-Brown manages to be partisan, but not smart, and is very poor at making emotional appeals, because she is also a highly unpleasant and unprofessional person.

Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch are downright gentlemanly. Polite. For them to get riled by her...is quite a feat.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 01:18 PM (k8xm0)

331 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 01:16 PM (yfRPb)

How come Roberts has never corrected a leftist when they complain about Republican judges?

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:19 PM (d997y)

332 289 The sad thing is that I am 100% positive that one day Northside ISD in San Antonio will name after KBJ.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 01:07 PM (rkhDX)

should be “name a HS after KBJ”. NISD schools are named after SCOTUS justices. There are schools there named for John Paul Stevens and Sonia Sotomayor.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 01:19 PM (rkhDX)

333
"Fugacity" is equivalent of "activity," but for gases. Activity is the thermodynamically effective or apparent concentration of a component in solution relative to some reference state; it has the units of concentration. I think fugacity is expressed as units of gas pressure (it's been a while). In both cases, the values can be represented by a coefficient, a dimensionless number. E.g., multiply actual concentration by an activity coefficient, and you get activity, the thermodynamically apparent concentration. Actual gas pressure times fugacity coefficient gives apparent/effective gas pressure.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 01:19 PM (HLgI3)

334 Barack Obama: Trump Has Caused “Genuine Tension” in My Marriage to Michelle

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This could explain the (so far that we know) two dead employees in and around their residences.

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 01:19 PM (zko5i)

335 Inertia is our friend, and really all that's left.
Posted by: rhomboid
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I am not as pessimistic as that. History is never a straight line progression as it depends on the unpredictable individuals and actions in the future when an existential crisis appears.

Simply put, regimes have to fit the citizenry and society they exist in. When there is a mismatch, you get dysfunction and it is primarily because of the 'elites' in society more than the rank and file.

The rank and file are recruited by elites during fights with other elites.

John Adams really should be considered higher than James Madison on the scale of political philosopher. His superb 3 volume Defense of the Constitutions of the United States completed just prior to the constitutional convention is an overlooked work of a serious scholar of constitutional law and philosophy.

And since he more or less ghostwrote the Massachusetts state constitution post independence, he knew both the practicalities and problems of practice applying theory.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:20 PM (E4rtv)

336 KBJ fits the phrase "Some peoples' only purpose in life is to serve as a bad example to others." to a tee.

Posted by: farquad at May 05, 2026 01:20 PM (CFMhl)

337 Can you imagine a world where she was sovereign over everything? I'm pretty sure gravity would be broken. And Guam really would tip over.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:16 PM (d997y)

You authors, there is your premise. Go.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 01:20 PM (dK+Kv)

338 I was told there'd be no thermodynamics.

And don't even get me started on organic chemistry ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 01:21 PM (zko5i)

339 How come Roberts has never corrected a leftist when they complain about Republican judges?
Posted by: ...
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His wife makes millions by being a legal recruiter for law firms is why. Big Law is definitely pro leftist at this point because the entire legal education field is run by leftists now.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:21 PM (E4rtv)

340 "Fugacity" is equivalent of "activity," but for gases. Activity is the thermodynamically effective or apparent concentration of a component in solution relative to some reference state; it has the units of concentration. I think fugacity is expressed as units of gas pressure (it's been a while). In both cases, the values can be represented by a coefficient, a dimensionless number. E.g., multiply actual concentration by an activity coefficient, and you get activity, the thermodynamically apparent concentration. Actual gas pressure times fugacity coefficient gives apparent/effective gas pressure.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 05, 2026 01:19 PM (HLgI3)

lol

That clears it up.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 01:21 PM (dK+Kv)

341 That diamond is a fugacity.

Posted by: Donnie Brasco makes a fatal error at May 05, 2026 01:22 PM (X+NGn)

342 New one:

Nazis Ian Carroll, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, and Tuq'r Qarlson Join Coordinated Op to Merge the Far Left with the Woke Right

Posted by: Archimedes at May 05, 2026 01:22 PM (Riz8t)

343 Why do Democrats continue to pick the absolute worst possible representatives of their precious black race?

Because it's still blackface, just with black people now.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:22 PM (d997y)

344 I was told there'd be no thermodynamics.

And don't even get me started on organic chemistry ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 01:21 PM (zko5i)

All your base are belong to us.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (dK+Kv)

345 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (NcvvS)

346 By the way, I have a friend who is a lawyer and reads the supreme court arguments and decisions. He's also a lefty.

He says Kagan is PhD law, Sotomayor is first year law, and Ketanji Brown is a liberal arts major pretending to know the law.

He is very embarrassed about this.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (k8xm0)

347 New one:

Nazis Ian Carroll, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, and Tuq'r Qarlson Join Coordinated Op to Merge the Far Left with the Woke Right
Posted by: Archimedes

It's all socialists.

Posted by: Joe Mama at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (TezPK)

348 I wonder if it bothers Sotomayor that she's basically become invisible since KBJ stole her dunce hat.
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 05, 2026 01:09 PM (EcHpA)
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I think she is glad she is no longer the village idiot of SCOTUS, but also aware she is heartbeat away from being the village idiot again.

Posted by: Penfold at May 05, 2026 01:23 PM (Fbt5B)

349 Nood nazis

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 05, 2026 01:24 PM (iNUL3)

350 343 Why do Democrats continue to pick the absolute worst possible representatives of their precious black race?
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 01:22 PM (d997y)

Because dumb people are more easily controlled.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 01:24 PM (k8xm0)

351 Archimedes said it first.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 05, 2026 01:25 PM (NcvvS)

352 The fact that KBJ graduated high school, let alone got a bachelor's degree then a JD, passed the bar and eventually became a judge and eventually a Supreme Court Justice is a wild indictment of our educational system, justice system as a whole, the practice of Law in general, and of Joe Biden's Autopen.

The woman is a fucking retard. I would just as soon go deep into Appalachia and find a person who can barely write their own name and install them on the highest court in the land, because at least that illiterate rube probably has some basic, foundational sense of right and wrong without trying to bend everything to fit a racist, sexist, Marxist worldview.

Posted by: ballistic at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (oqH4h)

353 284 A semi truck with a full load made a delivery from Houston to Dallas yesterday. No big deal except it was fully autonomous with no observer or back up driver or any human involvement. It was not a test run.

That is kind of scary and awesome at the same time.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 05, 2026 01:06 PM (kxLc1)

Scary. Eventually as more are in operation, there will be two in approximately the same location, on an interstate in the same direction. Eventually they will end-up side-by-side due to occasional single-lane traffic at reduced speed due to construction or accidents. They will both run at the speed limit in their GPS database, making passing impossible. No. Thanks.

Posted by: Ketanji! at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (5rh/l)

354 348 I wonder if it bothers Sotomayor that she's basically become invisible since KBJ stole her dunce hat. Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 05, 2026 01:09 PM (EcHpA)

Honestly, I think Sotomayor has improved a bit. Agreeing with KBJ makes you FEEL stupid. hence anything KBJ says that you might agree with makes you think a lot more deeply about the issues.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (k8xm0)

355 Bless those Obamas...
Look at how they continue to sacrifice for our nation.
Yes, yes, Barry, if only America didn't need you so badly, you could spend more time braiding Moochelle's back hair...

Posted by: UncleJefe at May 05, 2026 01:28 PM (gAuAm)

356 Thing is, though, Chief Justice Johnny Cartel allowed her to stall for seven months to Rig the Election.

Just like he let night court judges block the President until he was forced to rule against it–but still lets them ignore it.
Just like he sicced the FISA Court on the President.
Just like he lets CIA Enforcer Boasberg protect Money Launderer Powell.
Just like he stocks the courts with foreigners who apologize to assassins and impose #SwaziLaw on Americans.

If John Roberts had been the deciding vote, he would have voted against the redistricting repeal. But since he couldn’t stop it, he went along for the conservative street cred, like John Thune in a black dress.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at May 05, 2026 01:32 PM (JuQSv)

357 Reminder:
Thomas is on record for decades now, that he wants to overturn Slaughterhouse.

I think that will be his grand farewell majority opinion.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Slaughterhouse is a perfect example of bad facts in the case were compounded by Scotus. Essentially a group of independent butchers did not want to use the mandated state slaughterhouse for meat packing. New Orleans had had multiple times where the offal from the animals was discarded in the river above where the city got its drinking water from. So you got nasty diseases from drinking the water.

The independent butchers were challenging (which goes back to Dr. Bonham's case), the Louisiana legislature creating a monopoly by state action and claiming they had a right to pursue an occupation that the state was hindering by requiring them to use the state slaughterhouse that put its sewage downstream of the drinking water taps for New Orleans.

I would actually use Cruikshank to overturn the privileges and immunities clause jurisprudence. Better facts there. Cruikshank involved blacks and GOP trying to protect the courthouse and voting from Southern Democrat racists. Race riot occurred.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 01:35 PM (E4rtv)

358 I have a crow that visits me regularly. Each time I see him I talk nice to him. And I ask him if he wouldn't like to perch, just for a minute on my finger. he never does, but he gets closer every time.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 01:37 PM (k8xm0)

359 Ace seems to have changed the headline...and put the post back into draft.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 02:12 PM (w4o6z)

360 Uh oh....ace broke the blog again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 02:13 PM (Zz0t1)

361 THREAD DOWN! THREAD DOWN!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 02:13 PM (xHq83)

362 Oh, good, it's not just me being banned for stupid comments.

Posted by: Seems Legit at May 05, 2026 02:14 PM (aZm/F)

363 If you dissent like ten times in a row on Supreme Court decisions do you win a special prize like a t-shirt or a free sub sandwich from the Supreme Court cafeteria?

Posted by: JB1000 at May 05, 2026 02:20 PM (w/MRC)

364 Honestly, I think Sotomayor has improved a bit. Agreeing with KBJ makes you FEEL stupid. hence anything KBJ says that you might agree with makes you think a lot more deeply about the issues.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 05, 2026 01:26 PM (k8xm0)

That's KBJ's Super Power, and why she's so ineffective for and damaging to the left.

The other members adore their Grand and Mighty Intellects Which Allow Them to (Inessense) Rule Over Us Without Recourse.

KBJ makes it clear that any retard can rule in that position, so her fellow libs have to make sure that she's looked upon as a freak accident of some sort,

to agree with KBJ is to self-proclaim your self to be aligned with and at the same level of a witless retard.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 02:20 PM (iJfKG)

365 In her frothing dissent, Jackson defines "election" as starting as soon as ballots are sent out--and we can't change the rules in the middle of an election, she whines.
But in VA, the Dems are arguing that "election" means only when the votes are fully counted--after election day.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 12:25 PM (MtSIY)

Words are just tools to the left.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:48 PM (8avO+)

366 As was noted by TJM last thread the Virginia SC is majority GOP, albeit wishy washy. However the number of procedural errors by the Dems which flew right in the face of black letter law are so large I don't think they'll be able to do anything but throw out the gerrymandering. That doesn't even include the BS language of the ballot.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 12:29 PM (gu0hJ)

And if they don't throw it out, it probably violates the new Supreme Court rules banning race based districts.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:50 PM (8avO+)

367 She's lucky Scalia isn't still around He would have ripped her ass up and down.

She is really crossing the line with the others. It's gonna turn the court in to a mini congress
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 05, 2026 01:17 PM (S+j2h)

Good. Pretending your enemies are non political when they are is the worst of all worlds.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:54 PM (8avO+)

368 Completely irrelevant but there is 1 kitty in Saijo’s crate and1 kitty on top of it. He is very upset about this but isn’t allowed to chase kitties or roo roo at them (he does not bark. He only says roo roo). He is just sitting there staring at them, then staring at me, then back at them.
Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 12:59 PM (OoFl2)

You need one box or crate or cat bed for each of the cats you have, and one for the dog. I had a female cat that would always swipe the preferred spots of the boys when they got up. Peace was had when a good spot was then left empty for the lad.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 05, 2026 02:59 PM (8avO+)

369 I think ending racism cannot wait.
Unlike "Justice" KJB, pbuh, so stupid she may be inbred. That's what the pbuh is for. Muzzie inbreeding is the worst.

Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at May 05, 2026 09:33 PM (gWfAG)

The Morning Rant

When supposedly conservative organizations reach a certain size, they begin that sad journey into wishy-washy bullsh*t language, so as not to attract the attention of the legal departments of their competition, or the libel attorneys working for the Democrat opposition.

Of course there is a different interpretation, and that is they are protecting their carefully cultivated access to the movers and shakers of the Corporate GOP apparatus, and the excellent cocktail parties they throw with the superb passed hors d'œuvres (especially the scallop with bacon!) and top-shelf bourbon.

Why else would The Federalist bury the obvious lead until the penultimate paragraph? They are minimizing the glaringly obvious conclusion that the Democrat talking points about lack of access to citizenship documents being a horror on par with genocide and puppy rape are absolute unmitigated lies, and the real issue is that the reason so many of their voters can't prove they are citizens is BECAUSE THEY AREN'T!

WaPo Admits Many Democrat Voters Can't Prove They're Citizens

Ayres and Slaughter estimate that Democrats are 13 percentage points “less likely than Republicans to hold qualifying registration documents” in New Mexico. And while Ayres and Slaughter estimate the passage of the SAVE America Act would only have “modest” consequences for the midterms because those currently registered to vote would be “unaffected,” “as more people would need to register after moving, changing their names or reaching voting age, this document shortfall could flip New Mexico to an electorate where Republicans have a 3.3-percentage-point advantage.”

They are buying into the nonsense that poor people and people of color and non-binary trans-women and downtrodden housewives simply can't get the vital documents to prove they are citizens. No...not "buying into," but purposefully obfuscating so their donors in the GOPe don't get too frustrated by the threats to their labor force...wetbacks and non-citizen guest workers, many of whom vote.

The correct headline should read:

WaPo Admits Many Democrat Voters Are Not Citizens

Everybody with a pulse and a few functioning neurons knows that's the case, but Conservative Inc. can't seem to admit it.

Rushing out articles debunking the Democrat lies about the difficulty of access to basic documentation is allowing the Democrat/Progressive cabal to control the narrative. The issue is not documentation access...it is that illegals are voting.

That's it. Nothing else matters.

[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 1st?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

2 Woo-hoo!

I’ll cull the otters.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

3 They're citizens of the world.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

4 3rd?

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at May 05, 2026 11:03 AM (fue0v)

5 the reason so many of their voters can't prove they are citizens is BECAUSE THEY AREN'T!
_-_
Ayup

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 11:03 AM (nFsD6)

6 con inc doesn't want to do any real work when the canned "we need money to do anything" stuff is already on file and ready to go.

can't you please to donate just 50 dollars a month to stop cucky schemer?

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 05, 2026 11:04 AM (zBgIx)

7 Morning. Missed the Art thread.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 11:04 AM (utfVc)

8 I want, and will accept no less than, every illegal out of the US.

I know I will be disappointed, but that's my standard.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:04 AM (xHq83)

9 "Voting." That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems at May 05, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

10 Killer Joe Scarborough is pulling this crap with "My ditz wife can't find her birth certificate so under the SAVE Act she can't vote" BS.

If she's already registered, she doesn't need it, Joe. But of course, you already know that.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 11:06 AM (gtcuf)

11 Might as well read the content.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 11:06 AM (aUMnT)

12 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 11:06 AM (N1DT3)

13 Aside from needing to cheat, the Dem base think that any resident no matter how temporary should be able to vote. They are all about students attending college out of state voting. (preferable twice, absentee from their parent's state and in person in the state where they are going to college)

Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2026 11:07 AM (PV+Zw)

14 Nothing else matters.
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Never cared for what they do

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:07 AM (d997y)

15 >>WaPo Admits Many Democrat Voters Are Not Citizens

Nor citizens
Not alive
Not an actual real person
Not living in that state anymore
Not using that maiden name anymore

The voter rolls have been wildly inflated for decades by design. Forcing people to provide ID in order to vote under one of the existing bogus entries will destroy A LOT of the fraud they've got going.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 11:07 AM (5xoct)

16 WaPo Admits Many Democrat Voters Are Not Citizens

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But they're registered.

And if you're registered, that means your vote isn't illegal. Even if the registration is illegal.

Duh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:07 AM (w4o6z)

17 This could relate to the going theory that Angel Studios released Andy Serkis' pro-communist version of 'Animal Farm' to ingratiate themselves with Hollywood, even though this has enraged their paying customers.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 05, 2026 11:08 AM (Dg7ng)

18 In the last thread I was last seen waving forlornly from a distant iceberg.

Posted by: The SAVE Act at May 05, 2026 11:08 AM (2Ez/1)

19 But remember, it's totally believable that 82 million people voted for Biden!!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 11:08 AM (5xoct)

20 My standard is every leftist to guantanamo

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:08 AM (d997y)

21 7 AOP, a note will go in your permanent record, and this will be reflected in your annual review.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)

22 Killer Joe Scarborough is pulling this crap with "My ditz wife can't find her birth certificate so under the SAVE Act she can't vote" BS.

If she's already registered, she doesn't need it, Joe. But of course, you already know that.
Posted by: Delurker

And if she's too stupid to figure out how to get it, she doesn't need to be voting.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:08 AM (xHq83)

23 Lizzy nailed it.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2026 11:08 AM (PV+Zw)

24 im too stupid to get an id
and sid's ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (hw2G4)

25 17 This could relate to the going theory that Angel Studios released Andy Serkis' pro-communist version of 'Animal Farm' to ingratiate themselves with Hollywood, even though this has enraged their paying customers.

Posted by: the lower depths at May 05, 2026 11:08 AM (Dg7ng)

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Serkis has a supporting role in their new summer movie Young Washington.

Nick Searcy had a post recently about how Angel is happy to work with leftists because they're happy to use the name and don't mind supporting them financially while the hard leftists, like Serkis, don't mind doing the work because they know that none of the people they actually know and work with will ever see it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (w4o6z)

26 https://youtu.be/CHAsXAfJl9c

Cover ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (aUMnT)

27 WaPo Admits Many Democrat Voters Are Not Citizens

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But they're registered.

And if you're registered, that means your vote isn't illegal. Even if the registration is illegal.

Duh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

It's also proof in writing that they are criminals.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (xHq83)

28 Long ago, when I moved from NY to CO, I discovered that the birth certificate I'd been using for everything, my entire life, wasn't my real BC (city-issued, not county or state) and wasn't accepted by the DMV. My real BC was sitting in some vault in Albany.

The very helpful DMV clerk (I know, wonders never cease) showed me how to get it. It took all of 10 days and 70 bucks to get it, and that's from the dysfunctional state of NY.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (gtcuf)

29 Lizzy nailed it.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 05, 2026 11:08 AM (PV+Zw)

Evergreen

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (d997y)

30 I wonder how many pets are registered to vote.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (77rzZ)

31 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:10 AM (+sD5M)

32 Voting should be reserved for land-owning males aged 25 years or older

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 11:10 AM (ZxPkt)

33 >>This could relate to the going theory that Angel Studios released Andy Serkis' pro-communist version of 'Animal Farm' to ingratiate themselves with Hollywood, even though this has enraged their paying customers.

Angel Studios went public recently, "through a merger with Southport Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in September 2025."

They are going mainstream. Thanks for the support, Christians, we've cashed in our shares from the IPO!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 11:10 AM (5xoct)

34 They're citizens of the world.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:10 AM (+sD5M)

35 The entirety of the political process if the shroud the truth in euphemisms and distractions.

Like you're supposed to say that 2020 had many "voting irregularities" when we saw blatant and obvious fraud happening in front of our eyes. (But much more outside of our purview because they KICKED THE OBSERVERS WHO ENSURE A FAIR ELECTION OUT. In what reality is that not prima facie evidence of fraud and deception? "Yeah, we kicked out the refs, but we totally scored 4 touchdowns while they were gone and won the game. I mean, it's on the scoreboard and everything!")

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 11:11 AM (N1DT3)

36 >>Voting should be reserved for land-owning males aged 25 years or older

Looking at how SBA loans and other entities have been giving priority to foreigners in recent years, that may not be the solution for now.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 11:11 AM (5xoct)

37 I wonder how many pets are registered to vote.
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (77rzZ)

A woman was recently arrested for registering her dog and voting with that registration. She was proving a point. But, seemingly picked the wrong state to try that in.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:11 AM (+sD5M)

38 These people don't understand that they themselves are going to be the ones replaced by the illegals. The politicians, the talking heads on TV... all of them will be out of a job because the non-citizens get preferential treatment.

Not every illegal who comes here is all in for the free shit. Many are, but some have political aspirations. Take one Ilhan Omar for example. Or any of the Hispanic transplants who now dot Congress.

It's amusing when one of the proponents of illegal immigration in Congress gets stomped out of office by the very illegal they championed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 11:12 AM (jehhT)

39 WaPo Admits Many Democrat Voters Are Not Citizens

Everybody with a pulse and a few functioning neurons knows that's the case, but Conservative Inc. can't seem to admit it.
Rushing out articles debunking the Democrat lies about the difficulty of access to basic documentation is allowing the Democrat/Progressive cabal to control the narrative. The issue is not documentation access...it is that illegals are voting.
==========
And the GOP has been cheap labor and pro free trade corporatism types since the New Deal era. Democrats flipped in the 1960's and Dick Gephardt was the last representative of old Dem nativist and private sector labor union politics.

Now the Dems are all in on racialism and importing the world including its criminals here to bring about communism with an Islamic flavor. Green-Red alliance which is going in most of the Western World.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)

40 That’s a hell of an admission on their part. Brazen, in fact. I have to assume that they believe they can act with impunity.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:14 AM (Gqar8)

41 Forgot to mention:

Same day voting registration by out of state people

College students using college ID to vote in the state of their school, and voting absentee in their home state

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 11:14 AM (5xoct)

42 im too stupid to get an id
and sid's ass is the best tasting ass
Posted by: Paul at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (hw2G4)

Says the troll. But if they are at the point of being so uninvolved with life that they need no ID, maybe they should not be voting, either. If they still give a shit, they can get ID. If they don't give a shit, they should not be voting. And any Democrat that tires to vote in their name should be immersed in molten sodium.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 11:14 AM (utfVc)

43 John Thune is the face of the GOP insiders that are standing athwart the will of the GOP voters, yelling "Stop". F that guy in particular.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 05, 2026 11:16 AM (864Ya)

44 Let's see, have they added a new step?

1) it's not happening
2) maybe it's happening a little bit but it's not enough to affect anything
3) it's happening but here's why it's a good thing
4) it's happening and we need to ensure more of it.

From "illegals aren't voting" to "we need to help more illegals vote."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 05, 2026 11:16 AM (MtSIY)

45 I suppose until we get a court that is at least more balanced we fight at a disadvantage.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar8)

46 Posted by: Paul at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (hw2G4)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 05, 2026 11:18 AM (+sD5M)

47 Angel Studios went public recently, "through a merger with Southport Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in September 2025."

They are going mainstream. Thanks for the support, Christians, we've cashed in our shares from the IPO!
Posted by: Lizzy
======
Pretty much. Our upper crust left and right go to the same schools, attend the same social events, share the same tastes, and that is to be pseudo aristocrats complete with privileges. But to do that in the US requires money, not having the right ancestors. So they use the right's money to get where they are and then sell out for generational wealth and access to the pseudo aristocracy.

The current 'woke' right podcasters are a perfect example--they view their audience as rubes to be fooled, tricked, and defrauded just like any other con man would.

After all, some of them did that gig for the real media back in the day and got paid for it, so why not repeat the con in a new arena.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

48 Got a local news item in my feed last night.

Townhome sales in the Charlotte area.

https://is.gd/Deb6XZ

"Townhome sales plummeted nearly 14% compared to this time last year, while listings increased 18.9% to just over 2,000 in March."

"Charlotte’s overall home sales also saw one of the steepest slides in the country, falling 7.6% in March.

Part of that can be blamed on an unusually snowy February, pushing closings back."

"“We’ve also seen job growth slow down during the first few months of 2026 across most sectors except professional services,” McShane says. “That could be keeping some middle-income buyers on the sidelines.”"

I been sayin for a while. Deportations are going to be wide and deep and have huge effects.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:21 AM (w4o6z)

49 Eat the rice!

Sarah Paulson wears dollar bill over her eyes to call out the ‘One Percent.’
he actress, who is worth an estimated $12 million, used her outfit to call out the world’s elite while attending the $100,000 per person Met Gala.

https://tinyurl.com/vwfdybey

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7)

50 Angel Studios needs to maybe not make another Brave New World.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:21 AM (Gqar8)

51 "“We’ve also seen job growth slow down during the first few months of 2026 across most sectors except professional services,” McShane says. “That could be keeping some middle-income buyers on the sidelines.”"

I been sayin for a while. Deportations are going to be wide and deep and have huge effects.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:21 AM (w4o6z)

I'm sure the murder of a young white woman on the Charlotte public transport system by an insane black man "known to authorities" has NOTHING to do with that either.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:22 AM (+sD5M)

52 Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (aUMnT)

Talented

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:22 AM (d997y)

53 I had the feeling Angel Studios was a grift when they kept sticking "buy a free extra ticket!!" appeals at the end of their movies.
Pity. I liked the Shift and loved Sound Of Freedom.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 11:22 AM (wYjRZ)

54 arah Paulson wears dollar bill over her eyes to call out the ‘One Percent.’
he actress, who is worth an estimated $12 million, used her outfit to call out the world’s elite while attending the $100,000 per person Met Gala.

https://tinyurl.com/vwfdybey
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 11:21 AM (ndZc7)

Who?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:22 AM (+sD5M)

55 The Chosen has become pretty irritating with their endless email barrage. Time to cut them loose.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:23 AM (Gqar8)

56 Now the Dems are all in on racialism and importing the world including its criminals here to bring about communism with an Islamic flavor. Green-Red alliance which is going in most of the Western World.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)

Needs to be fought by the silver and gold (lead and brass) juggernaut.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:23 AM (snZF9)

57 51 I'm sure the murder of a young white woman on the Charlotte public transport system by an insane black man "known to authorities" has NOTHING to do with that either.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:22 AM (+sD5M)

======

Also that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:24 AM (w4o6z)

58 43 John Thune is the face of the GOP insiders that are standing athwart the will of the GOP voters, yelling "Stop". F that guy in particular.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
=========
The older Bush era GOP desperately wants to get back to selling the US to the world's worst countries and inviting the world for their WEF buddies worldwide who are doing the same shit to their countries.

And these globalist cloud people despise and hate the common people in their countries much more than they hate and despise their nominal political opponents like the Dems/Labour/Social Democrats etc.

The US Senate is the keystone to the Uniparty establishment much more than the House and the fact that its members are got filthy rich by selling their votes and enriching their entire families like crime bosses, indicate why old timers don't want the party to ever stop.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)

59 The red rat commie bastards of the Democrat Party are our opponents. The Republicans are our enemy.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at May 05, 2026 11:25 AM (4NO2D)

60 Sarah Paulson wears dollar bill over her eyes to call out the ‘One Percent.’
he actress, who is worth an estimated $12 million, used her outfit to call out the world’s elite while attending the $100,000 per person Met Gala.

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Who the hell is Sarah Paulson?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 05, 2026 11:25 AM (g8Ew8)

61 54

Who?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:22 AM (+sD5M)

My thought exactly. I would assume some acting slug who fancies herself important.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:25 AM (Gqar8)

62 It's 2026...voting should be online using a credit card or Paypal.

$19.99 per vote.

Posted by: Zombie Miss Cleo at May 05, 2026 11:25 AM (w+ZZu)

63 Talented

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:22 AM (d997y)

That one is two years old. They've improved a lot since then.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 11:26 AM (aUMnT)

64 Who the hell is Sarah Paulson?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 05, 2026 11:25 AM (g8Ew

Her name is Sarah Paulson.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:27 AM (d997y)

65 Angel Studios needs to maybe not make another Brave New World.
Posted by: tubal

Angel Studios maybe needs to not make another dime from conservatives.

And here I was, thinking about dropping a few and picking them up.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:27 AM (xHq83)

66 I need a Y chromosome to figure out how to prove my identity!!

Posted by: LASue at May 05, 2026 11:27 AM (lCppi)

67 Thx CBD
Angel Studios proves Eric Hoffer right. "Every cause begins as a movement, then becomes a business,then degenerates into a racket"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:27 AM (gu0hJ)

68 Posted by: LASue at May 05, 2026 11:27 AM (lCppi)

LOL seriously

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:28 AM (d997y)

69 ]
Her name is Sarah Paulson.
Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:27 AM (d997y)

Every image I find shows her face giving this holier than thou pretentious look.

F*ck that b*tch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:28 AM (+sD5M)

70 Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?

Posted by: angel studios at May 05, 2026 11:28 AM (rJ48h)

71 > Angel Studios maybe needs to not make another dime from conservatives.
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Money changes everything. Somebody should put that to lyrics.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 11:28 AM (jehhT)

72 Latest. Fortunate Son (cover).

https://youtu.be/nntqkq_8Qss

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 11:29 AM (aUMnT)

73 Who the hell is Sarah Paulson?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 05, 2026 11:25 AM (g8Ew

Lesbian actress who thinks she's all that.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 05, 2026 11:29 AM (/HDaX)

74 66 I need a Y chromosome to figure out how to prove my identity!!
Posted by: LASue at May 05, 2026 11:27 AM (lCppi)

I would help you out, but I only have one and I’m using it.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:29 AM (Gqar8)

75 Needs to be fought by the silver and gold (lead and brass) juggernaut.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
=====
I prefer not to have a civil war because the wrong assholes die--it is never the leaders nowadays that get their just deserts as they flit off to safe places and avoid leading from the front. The old real aristocracy, did not have that disadvantage, they were required to lead from the front (at least the males did).

I prefer Bukele's solution--mass incarceration of their pets until death do they part with prison. And these elites and their bootlickers should be impoverished and imprisoned on an wholesale basis using the very tools they used to oppress the people--NSA intercepts, financial intercepts, etc.

The evidence is there of clear betrayals of the people of the US (and most Western countries) because to coordinate these criminal actions, they must communicate and must be able to exchange money. That is the Achilles heel of the global society and any real conspiracy--the need to communicate and move money around.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:29 AM (E4rtv)

76 67 Thx CBD
Angel Studios proves Eric Hoffer right. "Every cause begins as a movement, then becomes a business,then degenerates into a racket"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:27 AM (gu0hJ)

======

Just a bit further backstory:

Animal Farm was independently produced, shown to distributors, and no one bought it. Eventually, Angel Studios bought the distribution rights, probably at a cheap price because everyone else had passed.

It also probably has something to do with how Serkis is in Angel Studio's actual production coming out this year, Young Washington.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:29 AM (w4o6z)

77 Money, it's a gas.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 11:30 AM (4NO2D)

78 Sarah Paulson is 51, her lesbian lover is Holland Taylor who is 83. That's all I have to say about that

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (gu0hJ)

79 Every image I find shows her face giving this holier than thou pretentious look.

F*ck that b*tch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:28 AM (+sD5M)

She got something between resting bitch face and resting hag face.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (snZF9)

80 Sarah Paulson wears dollar bill over her eyes to call out the ‘One Percent.’
he actress, who is worth an estimated $12 million, used her outfit to call out the world’s elite while attending the $100,000 per person Met Gala.

--------

Who the hell is Sarah Paulson?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Whacked out nut from American Horror Story.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (xHq83)

81 Bow down before the one you serve

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (9NPTz)

82 WSJ has an interesting analysis on Polymarket that shows that .1% of accounts get 67% of the profits.

There are two possible explanations for this:

1) Fraud - people betting with insider info or people using Polymarket to launder money

2) Someone has a bot net that locks for poorly bet scenarios and then just uses that: eg if one bet should be 60-40 but it is currently at 80-20 you come in and bet on the lower probability event.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)

83 Who the hell is Sarah Paulson?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 05, 2026 11:25 AM (g8Ew

Lesbian actress who thinks she's all that.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 05, 2026 11:29 AM (/HDaX)

Ah so. Another Hollywood carpet muncher. There's so many of them.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 05, 2026 11:32 AM (g8Ew8)

84 I don't give a shit about Angel Studios, or any other movie studio. It's all crap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 11:32 AM (utfVc)

85
Barriers to the Ballot Box - a limerick

A young trannie prostitute named Bull jax
Plied his services out on East Colfax
His surcharge was a dandy
Ten percent for a handy
Which basically amounts to a pull tax

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 11:32 AM (I0N4X)

86 80

Who the hell is Sarah Paulson?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Whacked out nut from American Horror Story.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (xHq83)

Huh. Explains why I would not know. I knew that show was shit without ever needing to watch it.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:32 AM (Gqar8)

87
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 11:33 AM (y9nCu)

88 I been sayin for a while. Deportations are going to be wide and deep and have huge effects.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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And that in turn is driving the GOP corporatist developer complex nuts--they got dependent on a fast rising population and the downside of a declining one means less money, less political influence, less ability to make bank.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

89 Sarah Paulson is 51, her lesbian lover is Holland Taylor who is 83. That's all I have to say about that
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (gu0hJ)

I just threw up in my mouth....a LOT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:33 AM (+sD5M)

90 @76 TJM , heard that. However being bought out by investment group kind of screws the original intent

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:33 AM (gu0hJ)

91 Bow down before the one you serve
Posted by: gKWVE

I kneel before God. No one else.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:33 AM (xHq83)

92 Sarah Paulson wears dollar bill over her eyes to call out the ‘One Percent.’
he actress, who is worth an estimated $12 million, used her outfit to call out the world’s elite while attending the $100,000 per person Met Gala.

It amazes me how many rich leftists we have running around demanding we eat the rich. I see this among the left LIVs I know that might be in the $1-5M range. They damn Elon but don't realize that to normal Americans they are ALSO "the rich"

The median household wealth in America is under $200k

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:34 AM (sKqQm)

93 Which basically amounts to a pull tax
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 11:32 AM (I0N4X)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:34 AM (+sD5M)

94
You know who else has too much money?

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:34 AM (d997y)

95 90 @76 TJM , heard that. However being bought out by investment group kind of screws the original intent

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:33 AM (gu0hJ)

=====

It's just people seem to be thinking that Angel was instrumental in the film creatively. They're really just a distributor.

If that's the red line for you, all good.

But it really does feel like this particular instance is a professional courtesy and cheap investment more than anything else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:34 AM (w4o6z)

96 Sarah Paulson is 51, her lesbian lover is Holland Taylor who is 83. That's all I have to say about that
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (gu0hJ

I'd make a wise crack about that, but I got nothing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 11:34 AM (utfVc)

97 and what is truth?

Posted by: Pontius Pilate at May 05, 2026 11:34 AM (y9tbG)

98 84 I don't give a shit about Angel Studios, or any other movie studio. It's all crap.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
======
There is some decent stuff out there including a few of Angel's previous films. But depends on taste. Same with music, same with the arts, and with gaming.

Gresham's law applied to entertainment, bad crap drives out the good.

But when budgets are squeezed, like for our pseudo ngo-fraud class, demand drops.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)

99 And that in turn is driving the GOP corporatist developer complex nuts--they got dependent on a fast rising population and the downside of a declining one means less money, less political influence, less ability to make bank. off of State and Federal Governments funding illiegals
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

FTFY.

It's all just another grift.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 11:35 AM (N1DT3)

100 It amazes me how many rich leftists we have running around demanding we eat the rich. I see this among the left LIVs I know that might be in the $1-5M range. They damn Elon but don't realize that to normal Americans they are ALSO "the rich"

The median household wealth in America is under $200k
Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:34 AM (sKqQm)

All of them can write a check as big as they want to the federal government EVERY YEAR. None of them ever do. Yet, they BEG for the government to hold the proverbial gun to their heads FORCING them to write big checks every year.

It makes no f*cking sense whatsoever.

They are mentally deranged.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:35 AM (+sD5M)

101 92 It amazes me how many rich leftists we have running around demanding we eat the rich. I see this among the left LIVs I know that might be in the $1-5M range. They damn Elon but don't realize that to normal Americans they are ALSO "the rich"

The median household wealth in America is under $200k

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:34 AM (sKqQm)

=======

I advocate for anyone who argues to tax the rich gets taxed at 90%. We're all rich compared to the rest of the world.

Also, ask them if we should stop fraud at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:35 AM (w4o6z)

102 Sarah Paulson is 51, her lesbian lover is Holland Taylor who is 83. That's all I have to say about that

A fair number of lesbian couples are really just roommates. This is why you can see the pattern of post-menopausal women with kids divorcing their husbands and "discovering" they are lesbians.

Its not really that they have a sexual attraction to women. They don't have ANY sexual attraction.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)

103 Sarah Paulson is 51, her lesbian lover is Holland Taylor who is 83. That's all I have to say about that
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (gu0hJ)

She's a lesbian? But she was engaged or married to some guy at one time. How can this be?

Posted by: Mariann Edgar Budde, not a lesbian yet at May 05, 2026 11:36 AM (K1Mmf)

104 89 Sarah Paulson is 51, her lesbian lover is Holland Taylor who is 83. That's all I have to say about that
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (gu0hJ)

Holland Taylor - the mother from 'Two and a Half Men?'

Why can't we get lipstick Hollywood lesbians....?

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Sco7b)

105 > Sarah Paulson wears dollar bill over her eyes to call out the ‘One Percent.’
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That's just sad. She should have had at least a Benji on. A dollar? LMFAO

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 11:36 AM (jehhT)

106 Sarah Paulson is 51, her lesbian lover is Holland Taylor who is 83. That's all I have to say about that
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (gu0hJ)

That's plenty.

Posted by: LASue at May 05, 2026 11:36 AM (lCppi)

107 Sarah Paulson is 51, her lesbian lover is Holland Taylor who is 83. That's all I have to say about that
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (gu0hJ)

Soooo, she's also a paleontologist.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:36 AM (snZF9)

108
I kneel before God. No one else.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:33 AM (xHq83)

There are 3 I will kneel for.

God.
The fallen.
Asking my wife for her hand in marriage. And the rest of her to come along for the ride.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:37 AM (+sD5M)

109
She's a lesbian? But she was engaged or married to some guy at one time. How can this be?
Posted by: Mariann Edgar Budde, not a lesbian yet at May 05, 2026 11:36 AM (K1Mmf)

It took her 50 years to figure out she was "born that way."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:37 AM (+sD5M)

110 Angel Studios jumped the harp.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (gtcuf)

111 Also, ask them if we should stop fraud at all.

This is a point I've hammered on repeatedly. The lefties that tell us people are literally dying because of lack of government funds should also be the people most angry about fraud because it is killing those same people.

At best they ignore and minimize it, but often they celebrate it. One lefty hot take on the Somali fraud in MN was that it was a good thing because it shows Somalis aren't the retards the right claims if they could pull off such a scam.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (sKqQm)

112
Soooo, she's also a paleontologist.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 11:36 AM (snZF9)

Forensic Anthropologist.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (+sD5M)

113
Poor Diana thinks she's going on a trip.

But Diana is not going on a trip.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (aH3bq)

114 Before I head out, MS Now is still very sad and horrified over the 'gutting' of the Voter's Right Act. I'm not sure if their 1.7 million 'viewers' give much of a damn.

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (Sco7b)

115 But it really does feel like this particular instance is a professional courtesy and cheap investment more than anything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
=======
It is a rather stupid branding mistake if the studio wants to be a continuing operation. Same reason that Disney back in the 80's put its PG and R movies under a different studio name.

If you are selling the brand, you screw it up really quickly when you do something that messes with your brand identity. Marketing 101.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)

116 Eating Eggs Regularly May Significantly Slash Alzheimer’s Risk

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (RHGPo)

117 Quick! Which of these menu items can be included in a typical Chinese meal?

Egg Foo Young?

Chicken Chow Mein?

Hot and Sour Soup?

None of the above.

Your answer will probably depend on where you live in the world. Those inside China would probably argue that none of those dishes resemble anything from a traditional Chinese menu.

But others might disagree.

For them, the idea of "western Chinese food" isn't an oxymoron, it's a genuine style of cuisine primarily developed by generations of Chinese immigrants to the United States.

Now, one restaurant in Shanghai is trying to bring American Chinese food back to China.

[...]

One of the biggest challenges was finding the right ingredients to use in the kitchen.

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (RHGPo)

118 Damn! Just looked up a pic of ol' Sarah. She looks like a rigid, bitter bitch.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 05, 2026 11:39 AM (g8Ew8)

119 Eating Eggs Regularly May Significantly Slash Alzheimer’s Risk
Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (RHGPo)

So eggs are good again?

I'm so confused.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:39 AM (+sD5M)

120 Sloan on the Art Thread AND a righteous Rant. All within an hour and a half. CBD has swung for the fences today-and connected. Will his Hot Streak continue?

Posted by: Stay Tuned at May 05, 2026 11:39 AM (oftw2)

121 I kneel before God. No one else.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:33 AM (xHq83)

If only Zod were here to correct your error.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 05, 2026 11:39 AM (yfRPb)

122 111 At best they ignore and minimize it, but often they celebrate it. One lefty hot take on the Somali fraud in MN was that it was a good thing because it shows Somalis aren't the retards the right claims if they could pull off such a scam.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (sKqQm)

=====

Then they should go back to Somalia and build it into a superpower.

I mean, here in racist, oligarchal, capitalist, fascist police state America, they just face micro-aggressions and murder by cops while mean people on social media accuse them of being fraudsters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:39 AM (w4o6z)

123 Why can't we get lipstick Hollywood lesbians....?

I remember when this really became a thing - MTV had some awards show where Madonna made out with Britney Spears and Christiana Agulerah (sp?)

Note all three of those women prefer men in their private lives...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

124 This is a point I've hammered on repeatedly. The lefties that tell us people are literally dying because of lack of government funds should also be the people most angry about fraud because it is killing those same people.

At best they ignore and minimize it, but often they celebrate it. One lefty hot take on the Somali fraud in MN was that it was a good thing because it shows Somalis aren't the retards the right claims if they could pull off such a scam.
Posted by: 18-1
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Half of the current leftists are commies, the other half think they will run society when the commies take over. So both think Piven-Cloward is just fine because it hastens the time to which they get full power. Then they start shooting each other and purging after the victory.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:40 AM (E4rtv)

125 The greatest Guitarists are as follows:
1. Lindsey Buckingham
2. Eric Clapton
3. Phil Keaggy
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. EVH
Honorable Mention:
6. SRV

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 11:40 AM (XV/Pl)

126 A new book.

That's What Heroes Do
By: Adam Kinzinger

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 11:41 AM (ndZc7)

127 Mark Knopfler.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:41 AM (Gqar8)

128 116 Eating Eggs Regularly May Significantly Slash Alzheimer’s Risk
Posted by: SMOD

This is why my brain werks so good!

Posted by: Preznit Joe Emeritus at May 05, 2026 11:41 AM (oftw2)

129
Who the hell is Sarah Paulson?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Whacked out nut from American Horror Story.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:31 AM (xHq83)

Also, in the movie Serenity, she was the hologram crew member who makes the warning message about Miranda and the Pax drug that The Alliance put into the atmosphere processors while terraforming the planet.

She also gets raped to death by Reavers before she can put a bullet in her dome.

I love a film with a happy ending.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 11:42 AM (y9nCu)

130 97 and what is truth?
Posted by: Pontius Pilate

The climactic statement of a very long, disjointed book.

Posted by: Auspex at May 05, 2026 11:42 AM (Y8DZL)

131 Roger McGuinn.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:42 AM (Gqar8)

132 Are the Cocaine Hippos doing okay?

Posted by: torabora at May 05, 2026 11:42 AM (fZu7e)

133 Then they should go back to Somalia and build it into a superpower.

The leftwing answer to this is to bring up Jews in WWII.

But almost all refugees in the US are fleeing traditional kleptocracies. If a person is going to succeed in the US they will most likely succeed back home too.

But most immigrants/refugees just go on welfare which doesn't exist back home. And you can see this in practice - Trump has deported 2M+ illegals and America hasn't lost a million jobs over that time has it?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)

134 Where does McCartney fall on that list?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

135
The lefties that tell us people are literally dying because of lack of government funds should also be the people most angry about fraud because it is killing those same people.

Posted by: 18-1

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

That's not how it works. You keep subsidizing the people who need it, AND you subsidize the people who steal it -- because of who they are. Now git back to the mines.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2026 11:43 AM (n7rxJ)

136 134 Where does McCartney fall on that list?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

Maybe flat on his ass.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:43 AM (Gqar8)

137 Steve Howe, Alex Lifeson, David Gilmour

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 11:43 AM (gtcuf)

138 One of the biggest challenges was finding the right ingredients to use in the kitchen.
Posted by: SMOD

You don't want ingredients from China. Trust me.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 11:43 AM (diia5)

139 Where does McCartney fall on that list?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

Giving SRV an honorable mention makes that list not serious.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:44 AM (+sD5M)

140 👍 CBD

Ballotpedia - Proof of citizenship requirements for voter registration by state

All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment.[1][2]

Some states* have enacted laws requiring individuals to provide proof of citizenship at the time of voter registration or if there are questions regarding their citizenship status.

*A very few have an actual process.
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Governor Shapiro Implements Automatic Voter Registration in Pennsylvania, Joining Bipartisan Group of States That Have Taken Commonsense Step to Make Voter Registration More Streamlined and Secure
By automatically combining the verification processes of DMV registration and voter registration, Shapiro Administration will enhance the accuracy and security of Pennsylvania voter rolls while saving taxpayers time and money. Sep. 9, 2023
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Currently - MILPA (Movement of Immigrant Leaders in PA)

At MILPA, we don’t just fight for driver’s licenses. We fight for dignity. We fight for health. We fight against poverty.

We believe that everyone deserves the basics.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 11:44 AM (NFX2v)

141 Jorma Kaukonen.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar8)

142 138 One of the biggest challenges was finding the right ingredients to use in the kitchen.
Posted by: SMOD

You don't want ingredients from China. Trust me.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 05, 2026 11:43 AM (diia5)

Eat your melamine round-eye!

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:45 AM (Gqar8)

143 >Where does McCartney fall on that list?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

He plays bass.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 05, 2026 11:45 AM (rJ48h)

144 "92 It amazes me how many rich leftists we have running around demanding we eat the rich. I see this among the left LIVs I know that might be in the $1-5M range. They damn Elon but don't realize that to normal Americans they are ALSO "the rich""

My peers at work who are in the top 1% or better globally, and top 5-10% in the US, won't shut the fuck up about how poor and oppressed they are and how we need to destroy capitalism.

It's a combination of trannies and freaks parroting what they know they need to parrot to not get burned in the town square, and spoiled shits who aren't as smart as they think they are and convinced they live lives of hardship because eating out 20 times a week drains their budget vs blue hive rent and the omnipresent cost of the crime, bums, and invaders they voted for.

Fuck all these people.

Posted by: heya at May 05, 2026 11:45 AM (VczSh)

145 Smoking a fag or two a day greatly reduces the chance of Alzheimer's Risk.

Posted by: Barney Fag, Not Dead Yet at May 05, 2026 11:45 AM (K1Mmf)

146 Rise Of Alberta @RiseOfAlberta

IT’S OFFICIAL: Mitch Sylvester has announced 301,620 signatures for the Alberta independence petition outside Elections Alberta’s office in Edmonton.

He called on the Premier to recognize this as a clear expression of the democratic will of Albertans and move forward with putting the question on the October 19, 2026 referendum ballot.

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (RHGPo)

147 The greatest Guitarists are as follows:
1. Lindsey Buckingham
2. Eric Clapton
3. Phil Keaggy
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. EVH
Honorable Mention:
6. SRV
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 11:40 AM (XV/Pl)

That you don't have Wes Montgomery on that list indicates a significant lack of education.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (N1DT3)

148 ---
Governor Shapiro Implements Automatic Voter Registration in Pennsylvania, Joining Bipartisan Group of States That Have Taken Commonsense Step to Make Voter Registration More Streamlined and Secure
By automatically combining the verification processes of DMV registration and voter registration, Shapiro Administration will enhance the accuracy and security of Pennsylvania voter rolls while saving taxpayers time and money. Sep. 9, 2023
---

Everything that guy just said is bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (+sD5M)

149 You don't want ingredients from China. Trust me.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Melamine, formaldehyde and asbestos are the building blocks of good health.

Posted by: Your Rexall Druggist. at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (oftw2)

150 143 >Where does McCartney fall on that list?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

He plays bass.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 05, 2026 11:45 AM (rJ48h)

Bass. The Kaboom! of guitars.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (Gqar8)

151 85
Barriers to the Ballot Box - a limerick

A young trannie prostitute named Bull jax
Plied his services out on East Colfax
His surcharge was a dandy
Ten percent for a handy
Which basically amounts to a pull tax
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 11:32 AM (I0N4X)
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LOL

Posted by: ballistic at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (oqH4h)

152 That you don't have Wes Montgomery on that list indicates a significant lack of education.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (N1DT3)

Howard Roberts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (+sD5M)

153 Killer Joe Scarborough is pulling this crap with "My ditz wife can't find her birth certificate so under the SAVE Act she can't vote" BS.

--

Not to mention, it's very easy to go to your state's Vital Statistics website and request another birth certificate if yours is lost or destroyed.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 11:47 AM (qBdHI)

154
Bass. The Kaboom! of guitars.
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (Gqar

Stu Hamm farts in your general direction.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:47 AM (+sD5M)

155 That you don't have Wes Montgomery on that list indicates a significant lack of education.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (N1DT3)

Also, Prince.

Posted by: ballistic at May 05, 2026 11:47 AM (oqH4h)

156 McCartney played quite a bit of guitar. That's all him on the studio version of "Maybe I'm Amazed," for starters.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 11:47 AM (gtcuf)

157 Giving SRV an honorable mention makes that list not serious.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:44 AM (+sD5M)

That too.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 11:47 AM (N1DT3)

158
Bass. The Kaboom! of guitars.
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (Gqar

Billy Sheehan kicks you square in the nuts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:47 AM (+sD5M)

159 158
Bass. The Kaboom! of guitars.
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (Gqar

Billy Sheehan kicks you square in the nuts.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:47 AM (+sD5M)

I’ll look him up.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:48 AM (Gqar8)

160 Rise Of Alberta @RiseOfAlberta

IT’S OFFICIAL: Mitch Sylvester has announced 301,620 signatures for the Alberta independence petition outside Elections Alberta’s office in Edmonton.

He called on the Premier to recognize this as a clear expression of the democratic will of Albertans and move forward with putting the question on the October 19, 2026 referendum ballot.

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (RHGPo)

Excellent news! The threshold was 175,000 signatures, so I would say it's a done deal. Plenty of extras, should there be any challenges.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 11:49 AM (utfVc)

161 So bass guitar is not considered a guitar?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:50 AM (77rzZ)

162 It's a combination of trannies and freaks parroting what they know they need to parrot to not get burned in the town square, and spoiled shits who aren't as smart as they think they are and convinced they live lives of hardship because eating out 20 times a week drains their budget vs blue hive rent and the omnipresent cost of the crime, bums, and invaders they voted for.

Yep, the rich lefty LIVs I know have:

A mortgage on a multi-million dollar home
Two new cars with loans
Take multiple overseas vacations a year
Eat out a lot
Have "help" as in nannies, maids, and a lawn service
and on and on

Then they tell me they are already taxed too much AND the government needs to tax the rich more. They mean Elon because they refuse to acknowledge they are the rich as well

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:50 AM (sKqQm)

163 Bass. The Kaboom! of guitars.
Posted by: tubal

Up yours!

Posted by: Noel Redding, Felix Pappalardi, Geddy Lee, and Phil Lesh at May 05, 2026 11:50 AM (oftw2)

164
Now, one restaurant in Shanghai is trying to bring American Chinese food back to China.

[...]

One of the biggest challenges was finding the right ingredients to use in the kitchen.
Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (RHGPo)

The tough part is getting the kitchen management to wash the dishes in a semi-clean kitchen sink, rather than taking them into the sewer drain.

"All you need is water. The sewer water is just sitting there free, and unused, round-eye."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 11:50 AM (y9nCu)

165 Will his Hot Streak continue?

Posted by: Stay Tuned at May 05, 2026 11:39 AM (oftw2)

Probably not.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 11:50 AM (iERP6)

166 125 147 Roy Clark.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 05, 2026 11:51 AM (gm9Sb)

167 The greatest Guitarists are as follows:

Posted by: Thomas Bender

**********

A-chording to you...

...but don't fret over it.

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 11:51 AM (I0N4X)

168 A lot of bass enthusiasts here at the HQ.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar8)

169 Excellent news! The threshold was 175,000 signatures, so I would say it's a done deal. Plenty of extras, should there be any challenges.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 11:49 AM (utfVc)

Can't we just trade Minnesota for Alberta?

I can't say everyone would be better off, because both Minnesota and Canada would be worse off, but they'd be getting what they want, good and hard.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 11:51 AM (N1DT3)

170 168 A lot of bass enthusiasts here at the HQ.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar

=====

At least we're avoiding the fish puns.

*oh god...what have I done...?*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:51 AM (w4o6z)

171 The internet says there are 2.9M voters in Alberta so more then 10% voted for getting it on the ballot.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

172 Jerry Reed.

Posted by: Guitar Man at May 05, 2026 11:51 AM (K1Mmf)

173
That you don't have Wes Montgomery on that list indicates a significant lack of education.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (N1DT3)

Howard Roberts.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (+sD5M)

Chet Atkins *mic drop*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (y9nCu)

174 Best jazz guitarist almost nobody's heard of: Grant Green.

Played on more Blue Note sessions than any other guitar player. He could play it all: bop, post-bop, soul jazz, big band, but he really excelled at Jazz-Blues. Lots of great LPs like Matador, Iron City, Green Street, Idle Moments, Grantstand.

And he really ripped it up, playing lots of single line stuff like a rock guy. Check him out, check him outers.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (gtcuf)

175 Eating Eggs Regularly May Significantly Slash Alzheimer’s Risk

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (RHGPo)

By what mechanism? I eat eggs pretty much every day. Quick easy protein and versatile.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (d997y)

176 The greatest Guitarists are as follows:

Posted by: Thomas Bender

**********

A-chording to you...

...but don't fret over it.
Posted by: muldoon

We shouldn't pick on him.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (K4JMi)

177
Chet Atkins *mic drop*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (y9nCu)

Roy Clark........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (+sD5M)

178 I personally only know of one case where someone was disenfranchised...My Dad.
When he moved in to live with my brother in Missouri, he didn't have a passport, and his birth certificate only had "baby [surname]". There was a process he could have gone through to get everything fixed, but my brother made a deal with my Dad...he'd vote the way Dad wanted to vote on his ballot! LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (ynpvh)

179 170 168 A lot of bass enthusiasts here at the HQ.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar

=====

At least we're avoiding the fish puns.

*oh god...what have I done...?*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:51 AM (w4o6z)

Well it’s a low comment day - we gotta do our part.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)

180 We shouldn't pick on him.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (K4JMi)

Some will let it slide.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (+sD5M)

181 Being deficient in protein increases risks of cognitive decline in general.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

182 Bass. The Kaboom! of guitars.
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (Gqar

Stu Hamm farts in your general direction.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:47 AM (+sD5M)

John Paul Jones sneers at all of them.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (g8Ew8)

183
Then they should go back to Somalia and build it into a superpower.

Black Gypsy Empire

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (Cqx++)

184 Are the Cocaine Hippos doing okay?
Posted by: torabora

I thought they made them into burgers?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (xHq83)

185 A-chording to you...

...but don't fret over it.
Posted by: muldoon

Don't stick your neck out.

Posted by: My Philosophy Of Life at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (oftw2)

186 Bass. The Kaboom! of guitars.
Posted by: tubal
=======
John Entwistle may have something to say to you.
"The Real Me" by the Who
https://youtu.be/6y1c3xllo8c

Notably he called himself a bass guitarist.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv)

187 He plays bass."

mama sang tenor?

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (XuXeR)

188 For those keeping score at home, Fuentes now admits he's a "moderate Democrat", the GOP needs to be destroyed and Trump impeached.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (viF8m)

189 One thing to vote, when Somali was more of a power historically its because they were the key slave traders in the region.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

190 Excellent news! The threshold was 175,000 signatures, so I would say it's a done deal. Plenty of extras, should there be any challenges.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 11:49 AM (utfVc)

The CBC - lololol - had a 'hard-hitting- report yesterday on the 'threat' of anonymous people hiring actors to do videos promoting Albertan independence.

This was HORRIBLE!

Because people are just too freaking stupid to make up their own minds.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 11:54 AM (Sco7b)

191 177
Chet Atkins *mic drop*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (y9nCu)

Roy Clark........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:52 AM (+sD5M)

https://youtu.be/lxDQQDF6j0Y

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 11:54 AM (ynpvh)

192 That you don't have Wes Montgomery on that list indicates a significant lack of education.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 05, 2026 11:46 AM (N1DT3)

That there are no blues guitarists on that list is itself a travesty, given that the rock musicians "stole" a lot of their licks from the blues guys (which Clapton freely admits).

And what about Chuck Berry? Would "rock guitarist" even be a job category if he had not made flashy guitar playing a popular thing?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 11:54 AM (utfVc)

193 188 For those keeping score at home, Fuentes now admits he's a "moderate Democrat", the GOP needs to be destroyed and Trump impeached.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (viF8m)

======

Saying he was going to Michigan to campaign against Trump in September of 2024 wasn't a clue for a lot of people.

His Pakistani audience will be surprised, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:54 AM (w4o6z)

194
Jeff Beck *mic drop, along with the rest of the stadium PA system*

And Clapton is easily the most overrated guitarist in rock history.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 11:54 AM (y9nCu)

195 Any list without Duane Allman is having a laugh

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:54 AM (d997y)

196
https://youtu.be/lxDQQDF6j0Y
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 11:54 AM (ynpvh)

Ridiculous.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 11:54 AM (+sD5M)

197 Oh, Gutfeld yesterday had a segment stating Swalwell hosted meetings at 'Hooters.'

My opinion went up.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 05, 2026 11:55 AM (Sco7b)

198 189 One thing to vote, when Somali was more of a power historically its because they were the key slave traders in the region.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

======

Ah, when George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin ran Somali domestic policy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:55 AM (w4o6z)

199 147 Roy Clark.
Posted by: bill in arkansas
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Roy Clark and Glen Campbell trading licks on Ghost Riders in the Sky. Was on Hee Haw episode.

https://youtu.be/v_kbgjsuCec

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:55 AM (E4rtv)

200
Glenn Campbell was quite good.

So was Charo, believe it or not.

Posted by: Auspex at May 05, 2026 11:55 AM (Y8DZL)

201 Three little letters: GOP.

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 05, 2026 11:56 AM (cS1cw)

202 They're claiming it's the yolk which has lecithin and choline

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:56 AM (d997y)

203 I mentioned in JJ's TMR that Ventura County emailed me a notice that my mail in ballot is on it's way. Never mind that I've not lived in VC since last July and am now registered here in Florida. I'm sure that ballot will end up in a special folder along with others bearing the names of fellow California expats and deployed as needed...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 05, 2026 11:57 AM (nbLIj)

204 Apparently VA Dems are freaking out thinking they're going to lose the SCOVA case on gerrymandering.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:57 AM (w4o6z)

205 Eggs are good for putting on weight.

You eat them, and you get lessythin.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)

206 One of my brothers is a professional bass player, so I shant disparage the bass. No, I shannot.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 11:58 AM (gtcuf)

207 Are the Cocaine Hippos doing okay?

*********

Yeah Baby!

Posted by: Hip Hippo doing a line off a she-hippo's...um...hips at May 05, 2026 11:58 AM (I0N4X)

208 Joe Robinson

https://youtu.be/UU1Xl4-bHpU

@jonjones6749
1 year ago
Probably the best Guitar player I have ever heard and I have seen Clapton, BBKing, SRV, Mayer in concert.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 11:58 AM (aUMnT)

209 > What's this? SSA gov - Help America Vote Verification (HAVV) Transactions by State

Interesting.

A few states have several 'single match deceased' entries for the week chosen.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 11:58 AM (NFX2v)

210 204 Apparently VA Dems are freaking out thinking they're going to lose the SCOVA case on gerrymandering.

We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:57 AM (w4o6z)

You offhand the partsan makeup of that court?

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:58 AM (Gqar8)

211 Oh, and the Indiana primaries are tonight, and consensus seems to be that at least 4 if not 7 of the 8 targeted GOP state senators (2 refused to run for re-election) will end up losing.

Still, votes gotta happen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:58 AM (w4o6z)

212 156 McCartney played quite a bit of guitar. That's all him on the studio version of "Maybe I'm Amazed," for starters.
Posted by: Delurker
======
On Abbey Road album, 'The End' has three out of the four Beatles trading guitar licks.

AI summary.
"John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison traded guitar solos during the track "The End". This iconic sequence features George Harrison playing the first solo, followed by Paul McCartney, and finally John Lennon, who delivered a "funky, dirty" lead performance described by McCartney as sounding like a "dog barking."

You can easily tell who is who listening to it as it reflects their personalities.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)

213 205 Eggs are good for putting on weight.

You eat them, and you get lessythin.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)

LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 11:59 AM (ynpvh)

214 *plays a few warm-up riffs on the concertina*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 11:59 AM (xvhJH)

215 210 204 Apparently VA Dems are freaking out thinking they're going to lose the SCOVA case on gerrymandering.

We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:57 AM (w4o6z)

You offhand the partsan makeup of that court?

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 11:58 AM (Gqar

=====

Majority GOP.

But VA GOP, so spineless quislings.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:59 AM (w4o6z)

216 if in the year 2026 you don’t have photo ID, you are not a functioning member of society and you should not be voting.

Posted by: Heroq at May 05, 2026 12:00 PM (bzsoO)

217 211 Oh, and the Indiana primaries are tonight, and consensus seems to be that at least 4 if not 7 of the 8 targeted GOP state senators (2 refused to run for re-election) will end up losing.

Still, votes gotta happen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
======
Ain't that a shame. Now get rid of Marvin Stutzman too who wants amnesty and open borders.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

218
*plays a few warm-up riffs on the concertina*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 11:59 AM (xvhJH)

Reminds me of one of the best Far Side cartoons ever.

"Welcome to Heaven, here's your harp."

"Welcome to Hell, here's your accordian."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2026 12:01 PM (y9nCu)

219 217 Ain't that a shame. Now get rid of Marvin Stutzman too who wants amnesty and open borders.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

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I was told that GOP voters have no memory, would forget about it all, and no one who likes Trump votes when he's not on the ballot, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:01 PM (w4o6z)

220 215

Majority GOP.

But VA GOP, so spineless quislings.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 11:59 AM (w4o6z)

If it goes badly, what? On to the the USSC?

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 12:01 PM (Gqar8)

221 Roy Clark also played a mean banjo.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:01 PM (77rzZ)

222 The Statist stooges who insist we must show government ID to see Gaylord's bathhouse or to buy a six-pack of beer now say such documents are too onerous?

They deserve all the respect they give us, absolutely none.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:01 PM (2GVsD)

223 Who said I even wanted to be rescued?

Posted by: Hip Hippo doing a line off a she-hippo's...um...hips at May 05, 2026 12:01 PM (I0N4X)

224 >>> WaPo Admits Many Democrat Voters Are Not Citizens

This is true - fabricated vote tallies are not citizens.
They want you to think one vote == one person, citizen or not.

In reality a significant number of their votes are not people at all.
Just bubbles on a sheet of paper, numbers in a machine, vote talliez on a pad of paper or taped to the side of a locked ballot box.

Posted by: Operator Error at May 05, 2026 12:02 PM (yk/I+)

225 Plenty of extras, should there be any challenges.

I went thru tat process, not for a major change, but just to put someone on a ballot.

The rules vary for state to state, but can include:
1) each petition sheet may only contain names from the geographic area .. one name for outside, the sheet is dumped.

I only needed 3 sheets, had 4, but 2 got dumped. No Joy.

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 12:02 PM (RHGPo)

226 Who said I even wanted to be rescued?
Posted by: Hip Hippo doing a line off a she-hippo's...um...hips at May 05, 2026 12:01 PM (I0N4X)
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Mud mud, glorious mud
Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 12:03 PM (xvhJH)

227 220 If it goes badly, what? On to the the USSC?

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 12:01 PM (Gqar

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It'll stand.

I think there's a way to get it to SCOTUS, but if that happened, all the recent SCOTUS decisions about procedure on redistricting have just allowed the state's to have their way (it's why the CA and TX cases both bowed to the wills of the state governments).

There'd need to be some kind of new case brought to challenge it under Callais, if that's what you're thinking, and even then I think the new map actually would fit post-Gingles jurisprudence better than the old map. They actually broke up a couple of black districts to get the new map.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:03 PM (w4o6z)

228 Gas has gone up 30 cents since Saturday. It's now $4.29 here in upstate SC. This is...not good.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 12:03 PM (qBdHI)

229 221 Roy Clark also played a mean banjo.
Posted by: Bulg
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Not going to post it but there is a hilarious version of Roy Clark and Buck Trent doing Duelin' Banjos from Deliverance (video quality could be better).

Complete with comedic mugging and flourishes. They redid that during a much later Hee Haw reunion video that is also on line.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

230 /🦛 sock off

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 12:05 PM (I0N4X)

231 There are 600,000 graves in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn. You know they all continue to vote.

Posted by: Ward Heeler at May 05, 2026 12:05 PM (oftw2)

232 Gas has gone up 30 cents since Saturday. It's now $4.29 here in upstate SC. This is...not good.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 12:03 PM (qBdHI)
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It's $5.50+ near me.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 12:05 PM (xvhJH)

233 Texas SB 4 “is one of the most extreme anti-immigrant laws ever passed by any state legislature in the country” and will “separate families and directly lead to racial profiling,” the ACLU argues.

... sure seems that the ACLU is racially profiling the state legislature

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 12:05 PM (RHGPo)

234 Gas has gone up 30 cents since Saturday. It's now $4.29 here in upstate SC. This is...not good.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 12:03 PM (qBdHI)
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It's $5.50+ near me.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 12:05 PM (xvhJH)

It's 100% price gauging that no one is doing a damn thing about.

Trump is taking it on the chin with this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 12:06 PM (+sD5M)

235 Texas SB 4 “is one of the most extreme anti-immigrant laws ever passed by any state legislature in the country” and will “separate families and directly lead to racial profiling,” the ACLU argues.

... sure seems that the ACLU is racially profiling the state legislature
Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 12:05 PM (RHGPo)

The ACLU can go f*ck itself.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 12:07 PM (+sD5M)

236 232 Gas has gone up 30 cents since Saturday. It's now $4.29 here in upstate SC. This is...not good.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 12:03 PM (qBdHI)
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It's $5.50+ near me.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 12:05 PM (xvhJH)

The price of gas, short term, should not be a voting factor, but I really believe it might be.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 12:07 PM (Gqar8)

237 Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 12:03 PM (qBdHI)

I am hoping slash imagining Trump has a long term plan and/or had a damn good reason to do all this. Best I can tell he is doing as much damage to the globalists and our enemies (BIRM) as he possibly can. They already showed what they were willing to do in his first term - basically steal his first AND second - if they were counting on him not taking chances because "midterms" they gravely miscalculated.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 12:07 PM (d997y)

238 SPONGE!!!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 12:07 PM (xvhJH)

239 233 Texas SB 4 “is one of the most extreme anti-immigrant laws ever passed by any state legislature in the country” and will “separate families and directly lead to racial profiling,” the ACLU argues.

... sure seems that the ACLU is racially profiling the state legislature
Posted by: SMOD
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ACLU hates families and tries to destroy them supporting all sorts of deviance, kid grooming, rape, murder etc. by their pets.

All the ACLU is mad about is that their precious Dems might lose votes and thus power/money/grifting in Texas. Like the SPLC, NAACP, Amnesty Intl,etc., any good these NGOs did is long past, now they are a skinsuit for communists seeking power by any means.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:08 PM (E4rtv)

240 235 Texas SB 4 “is one of the most extreme anti-immigrant laws ever passed by any state legislature in the country” and will “separate families and directly lead to racial profiling,” the ACLU argues.

... sure seems that the ACLU is racially profiling the state legislature
Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 12:05 PM (RHGPo)

=====

Texas is trying to save brown people from the evils of the oligarchal and capitalist police state that is America.

Why isn't the ACLU celebrating how these immigrants will be able to leave and go to enlightened countries that have single payer healthcare?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:08 PM (w4o6z)

241 I went thru tat process, not for a major change, but just to put someone on a ballot.

The rules vary for state to state, but can include:
1) each petition sheet may only contain names from the geographic area .. one name for outside, the sheet is dumped.

I only needed 3 sheets, had 4, but 2 got dumped. No Joy.
Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 12:02 PM (RHGPo)

I am not up on what the Alberta rules are, but I am pretty sure that the rules were followed. I signed it in Mesa, AZ. Lots of Alberta snowbirds down there. They sent a team there to gather signatures, and got a lot, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 12:08 PM (utfVc)

242 The price of gas, short term, should not be a voting factor, but I really believe it might be.
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 12:07 PM (Gqar

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Here in Oregon, I wonder how much the price is due to the current unpleasantness, and how much due the closing of two major refineries on the West Coast.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 12:08 PM (xvhJH)

243 Long ago, when I moved from NY to CO, I discovered that the birth certificate I'd been using for everything, my entire life, wasn't my real BC (city-issued, not county or state) and wasn't accepted by the DMV. My real BC was sitting in some vault in Albany.

The very helpful DMV clerk (I know, wonders never cease) showed me how to get it. It took all of 10 days and 70 bucks to get it, and that's from the dysfunctional state of NY.
Posted by: Delurker

Needing money to get ID! Poll Tax! Unconstitutional! QED!

Posted by: Leftist twits at May 05, 2026 12:10 PM (VHUov)

244 I'm absolutely baffled as to what made Trump go full neocon, tossing aside everything he's stood for foreign policy-wise since he came down the golden escalator over a decade ago.

I want to puke every time I hear that old Bushian bullshit coming out of this admin's mouths. "They're dancing in the streets and greeting us as liberators! The citizens will rise up...any day now...any day...." LMAOGFY.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 12:10 PM (gtcuf)

245 If they don't vote, how will we win? If we don't win, who will represent the criminal aliens?

Posted by: The DNC at May 05, 2026 12:10 PM (3arSl)

246 Again - are Democrats even associated with low gas prices? Republicans are. What are they promising to do to fix gas prices?

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 12:10 PM (d997y)

247 Gas prices are complex, right? Of course the Democrats will cut through all of the complexities with OrangeManBad.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 12:10 PM (Gqar8)

248 if they were counting on him not taking chances because "midterms" they gravely miscalculated.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 12:07 PM (d997y)

Trump has several things going for the midterms. He's not counting on the RINOs for anything. SCOTUS just came through.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 12:11 PM (aUMnT)

249 211 Oh, and the Indiana primaries are tonight, and consensus seems to be that at least 4 if not 7 of the 8 targeted GOP state senators (2 refused to run for re-election) will end up losing.

Still, votes gotta happen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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I voted but my state senator was the one pushing for the re-districting and wasn't up for a vote. Dang it. Will be interesting to see the results.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 05, 2026 12:11 PM (VkY89)

250 And what about Chuck Berry? Would "rock guitarist" even be a job category if he had not made flashy guitar playing a popular thing?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 11:54 AM (utfVc)

Thanks man! I was also a pioneer in the woman's restroom toilet camera thingee. Boy, did I have it all or what?

Posted by: Zombie Chuck Berry, nasty nasty man at May 05, 2026 12:12 PM (K1Mmf)

251 Nood Degerrymandering

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:12 PM (VHUov)

252 The amount of times I have heard "this time Trump has really lost it" only for it not to be complete bullshit is innumerable. The best anyone had on Trump was covid response but he was cornered into most of that bs and a ton of it was local and he couldn't stop it if he tried, without just taking blame for deaths with no good outcome.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 12:13 PM (d997y)

253 Has anyone ever considered that perhaps gas prices are being manipulated as a means of defeating Trump? Which is why concern trolls are so invested in the gas price whine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 12:13 PM (utfVc)

254 Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 12:10 PM (gtcuf)

Check out Tom Luongo and "The Ladies from Promethean Action".

They're all mad but they believe they have decifered Trump's plan and there's nothing Bushian about it.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 12:13 PM (aUMnT)

255 244 I'm absolutely baffled as to what made Trump go full neocon, tossing aside everything he's stood for foreign policy-wise since he came down the golden escalator over a decade ago.

I want to puke every time I hear that old Bushian bullshit coming out of this admin's mouths. "They're dancing in the streets and greeting us as liberators! The citizens will rise up...any day now...any day...." LMAOGFY.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 12:10 PM (gtcuf)

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You really think there aren't decades of video of Trump advocating for the toppling of the mullahs in Iran?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 05, 2026 12:13 PM (w4o6z)

256 Amusing story of Shit Midas,

"Johnny St.Pete@JohnMcCloy

🔥👀 WOW.. THE TRUTH COMES OUT. The reason “THE OBAMALISK” is so ugly is because Obama himself was so hands on. He insisted it be huge and kept asking for it to be larger and bolder according the architects.

Final cost? $850 million. The original budget was $350 million LOL

“ Oh my God. This is serious sh*t. He wouldn’t LET IT REST” - Architect Tod Williams

This guy ruins everything he touches and it’s all to feed his ego. He was marking up EVERYTHING when they gave him designs. Apparently Obama was almost as sh*tty and architect as he was as President."

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)

257

Beretta Holding and Ruger Agree to Partnership

by FRANK MINITER posted on May 4, 2026
NEWS, ARMED CITIZEN

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. and Beretta Holding S.A. have announced a strategic cooperation agreement.
This collaboration began last year as a contentious disagreement between the two companies—as of last March, Beretta Holding S.A., the Luxembourg-based parent of the iconic Italian gunmaker Beretta, had amassed a 9.95 percent stake in Ruger.

The shared agreement will allow Beretta to increase its ownership of Ruger to up to 25 percent of the company’s outstanding shares (NYSE: RGR). According to the press release, the minimum partial tender offer price shall be $44.80 per share in cash.
Beretta had been promoting four individuals for seats on the Ruger board. But, according to this agreement, Beretta will “nominate up to two independent directors following the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and regulatory approval.

https://tinyurl.com/43y76tvh

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 12:16 PM (xHq83)

258 244 I'm absolutely baffled as to what made Trump go full neocon, tossing aside everything he's stood for foreign policy-wise since he came down the golden escalator over a decade ago.

I want to puke every time I hear that old Bushian bullshit coming out of this admin's mouths. "They're dancing in the streets and greeting us as liberators! The citizens will rise up...any day now...any day...." LMAOGFY.

Posted by: Delurker
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Objection: Facts not in Evidence.

None of what you said represents statements by Trump. Neocons plan to invade and change the government internally, Trump is doing punitive expeditions to keep them from getting nukes.

That is what this is about-the Iranians were gloating that they had enough enriched uranium for 11 nukes and missiles to deliver them.

And they told us that in the negotiations after we went after their nuke program.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)

259 236 232 Gas has gone up 30 cents since Saturday. It's now $4.29 here in upstate SC. This is...not good.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 12:03 PM (qBdHI)
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It's $5.50+ near me.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 05, 2026 12:05 PM (xvhJH)

The price of gas, short term, should not be a voting factor, but I really believe it might be.
Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 12:07 PM (Gqar

I'm afraid this is unavoidable. A lot of people do not take the long view or understand the broader picture. President Trump is singlehandedly administering correctives for 47+ years of disastrous American foreign policy toward Iran, 54+ years of the same toward China, and Cuba, and South America, as well as the utter lawlessness of the Obama and Biden administrations regarding illegal immigration among other things. The more advanced the disease the more painful the treatment. So there are people freaking out without understanding why we are where we are, and that corrections can bring short-term discomfort.

Posted by: My 2 cents at May 05, 2026 12:18 PM (TbWk/)

260 The shared agreement will allow Beretta to increase its ownership of Ruger to up to 25 percent of the company’s outstanding shares (NYSE: RGR). According to the press release, the minimum partial tender offer price shall be $44.80 per share in cash.
Beretta had been promoting four individuals for seats on the Ruger board. But, according to this agreement, Beretta will “nominate up to two independent directors following the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and regulatory approval.

https://tinyurl.com/43y76tvh
Posted by: rickb223
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Not a fan of consolidation in industries--stifles innovation, makes companies more amenable to doing governmental bidding, etc.

Beretta was going after Ruger because growth in Euroland is stymied and they have had trouble doing much in the American markets.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:19 PM (E4rtv)

261 And they told us that in the negotiations after we went after their nuke program.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)

The number of tons of U235 claimed has been upped considerably recently. Very likely untrue but the regime is desperate because they only have a few days left before the oil goes to hell ... or so I am told.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 12:20 PM (aUMnT)

262 t's 100% price gauging that no one is doing a damn thing about.

Trump is taking it on the chin with this.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 12:06 PM (+sD5M)

And you have proof of the price gouging.
A gallon of coca cola is more than a gallon of gas.

Posted by: MAC V SOG at May 05, 2026 12:20 PM (P4Pk9)

263 If any US citizen is too screwed up to obtain a valid, State issued, photo ID; I do not want them to vote at all. No more mail in ballots except for the military.
Real, both party monitoring of the counting process.
Mandatory paper ballots.
All ballots are to be serialized, watermarked, and have a QR or barcode to eliminate mystery extra ballots.
All ballots must be accounted for.
And MOST IMPORTANTLY: Anybody caught voting illegally or otherwise tampering with the vote/talley gets a minimum of 10 years in federal prison - after the horrifying 2 weeks in the barrel.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at May 05, 2026 12:35 PM (JNTt1)

264 The GOPe and Wall Street Dems both want cheap (read: illegal) laborers who can be paid off the books. GOPe wants them for its donors' in the Chamber of Commerce, Dems want them for their nannies and votes.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at May 05, 2026 02:06 PM (uY1j2)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Six O'Clock, Winter
John French Sloan

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 First, do no harm.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (xHq83)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (+sD5M)

4 kool

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (/+uur)

5 FIST

Posted by: Otto Penn at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (sJHOI)

6 Where's the snow?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (+sD5M)

7 I feel elevated.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

8 Chicago El? Or NYC?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (xHq83)

9 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

10 More train art. Very nice.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

11 The commuters were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

12 i see royko.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

13 The Phillips Collection is an “intimate museum combined with an experiment station.”–Duncan Phillips, 1926

Period
Twentieth-Century
Materials
Oil on canvas
Object Number
1759
Dimensions
26 1/8 x 32 in.; 66.3575 x 81.28 cm.; Framed: 33 7/8 in x 40 1/2 in x 3 in; 86.04 cm x 102.87 cm x 7.62 cm
Credit Line
Acquired 1922; © 2022 Delaware Art Museum/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (/+uur)

14 It's Train Week! Yes!

Posted by: Jerry Jeff Walker at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (0e5Te)

15 This tracks.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 05, 2026 09:32 AM (w9Wax)

16 Is this Ashcan School?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

17 Train, train...take me on out of this place...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 05, 2026 09:32 AM (OUMaO)

18 Were I into trains, I'd hang this one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:32 AM (+sD5M)

19 I can’t wait for November.

Cold, wet, dark and the beach is empty, save me and the seagulls.

Plus, pumpkin spice!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 09:32 AM (A5RD0)

20 I sense a theme this week.

Posted by: Tuna at May 05, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

21 Getting off the train looks dangerous.

Posted by: huerfano at May 05, 2026 09:32 AM (VJX5o)

22
Looks like a U-boat used as a restaurant. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (HdYcL)

23 8 Chicago El? Or NYC?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (xHq83)

NYC. Sloan was New York based.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (x0n13)

24 21 lucky to make it off.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+)

25 I took the train to nowhere.

I got off at the road to nowhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (+sD5M)

26 More rail art, ay. Which day this week will we get to see the midnight train to Georgia?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (uSu5D)

27 i like it. very nice.

would hang if i had a room for it.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (v6XNT)

28 Guess this week we're gonna 'do the locomotive' with CBD!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (5xoct)

29 Wonderful! Thank you. The dark right in the center of the piece hits you like an oncoming apple cart.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 05, 2026 09:34 AM (2ap+5)

30 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (x0n13)

Nick link FIXED! Well done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:34 AM (+sD5M)

31
Popeye Doyle driving like hell under the tracks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 09:34 AM (HdYcL)

32 Well, it's no Wabash Cannonball.

Posted by: J. Cash at May 05, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

33 Positively Bidenesq

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 09:34 AM (jehhT)

34 And after they got off the train they went to a diner and became Nighthawks
Like this one, would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 09:34 AM (gu0hJ)

35 I was expecting a margarita, a taco or a Mexican artist.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

36 The subject of Six O’Clock, Winter—the Third Avenue El (short for “elevated train”

at the peak of the evening rush hour—reflects Sloan’s ability to catch the drama in everyday scenes.

The IRT Third Avenue Line, commonly known as the Third Avenue Elevated, Third Avenue El, or Bronx El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City. Originally operated by the New York Elevated Railway.

Big Govt bought it and closed it down, much like Liawatha closed down Spearit Airlines.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:35 AM (/+uur)

37 I see three lights!

Posted by: Following Train at May 05, 2026 09:35 AM (w9Wax)

38 Very good. The more I look at it, the more I like it!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 05, 2026 09:35 AM (DgMqy)

39 Reminds one of the cartoon from back in the day where the train arrived, train cars peeled open like sardine cans and the sardines flooded out as the cans were refilled by more sardines and the lid rolled closed again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:35 AM (+sD5M)

40 Guess this week we're gonna 'do the locomotive' with CBD!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (5xoct)

rather do the locomotion with Kylie Minogue....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 09:35 AM (v6XNT)

41 I like it. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 09:36 AM (8Xy/A)

42 The same artist who painted "McSorley's Bar"

Posted by: Tuna at May 05, 2026 09:36 AM (lJ0H4)

43 glirp gleep glop

Posted by: Paul at May 05, 2026 09:36 AM (zl0bi)

44
A somber portrayal of the emptiness of American life. Commuters and pedestrians unaware of their manipulation and future robbed by billionaires.

*submits for PhD thesis*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 09:36 AM (HdYcL)

45 Thought I recognized this guy's work. He also painted McSorley's Bar.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 09:37 AM (gu0hJ)

46
The couple at the left, bottom, are startled and crying out, "Wouldja look at the size of those RATS!"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:37 AM (xG4kz)

47 John French Sloan

I prefer American sloan.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:37 AM (gtcuf)

48 Ahhh. Perfectly captures the peace and tranquility of living like rats in a decaying urban hellscape Habitrail.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:37 AM (YOetg)

49 Know who else liked trains?

Posted by: Shifty eyes at May 05, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

50 that guy with the date is going to bowler over.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)

51 But... it's not a monorail. 🤔

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 09:38 AM (jehhT)

52 >>rather do the locomotion with Kylie Minogue....

Heh

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 09:38 AM (5xoct)

53 John French Sloan? Haven't we seen him before?

Posted by: dantesed at May 05, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

54
Early 15 minute city school of art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 09:38 AM (HdYcL)

55 Six O'Clock, Winter.

Well, it's Spring, but ok.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

56 I want to like this guy's works but they are pretty dark. Maybe it's my eyes.

Posted by: javems at May 05, 2026 09:39 AM (zFsEm)

57
"Where's a fella got to go to get some privacy to urinate in public 'round here?"

-- a "romantic street person" of those times

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:39 AM (xG4kz)

58 Yay! A Sloan! Delaware Art Museum has the best Sloan collection, mostly because his widow, who was much younger than him and a good artist in her own right, had a long association with the DAM. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: Ashcan Rocks! at May 05, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2)

59
Drug-crazed homeless guy stabbing people on that train.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 09:39 AM (HdYcL)

60 He does a good job of depicting the big-city bustle below.

I get the feeling there's a point being made here that I'm not getting, though.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:40 AM (gtcuf)

61 Soviet transportation, American style.

You'll go where we decide, when we decide, and with whom we decide.

Ignore the feces and occassional murderer you'll encounter.

Not sure on the who/whom thing. I have calluses and don't lift my pinky when I drink.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:40 AM (YOetg)

62
All those bowlers and nary a 300 game among the lot of them. Sad!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:41 AM (xG4kz)

63 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Hey California! Look! Trains can be built!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:41 AM (2WIwB)

64 I lived in a home on Palisade Avenue in Riverdale that was the "summer house" of the man who owned the Third Avenue El. The beams supporting the house were huge girders, surplus to construction of the El.

Posted by: 3020 Palisade Avenue. at May 05, 2026 09:41 AM (oftw2)

65 French Sloan as opposed to English Sloan?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 05, 2026 09:42 AM (GYOcA)

66 This looks familiar. We've had something similar, but I can remember if it was a different artist.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

67
Those two guys on the cart, middle, "... got to move these refrigerators. [They] got to move these colour TVs"

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:42 AM (xG4kz)

68 Love this one, and I was prepared not to since industrial urban scenes are not my usual cup of tea. Maybe it's the remarkable sky/train contrast. Anyway, thanks CBD.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 09:43 AM (CBln3)

69 NYC. Sloan was New York based.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (x0n13)
====

Kinda looks like the 7 train

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 09:43 AM (RIvkX)

70 Boxcar Willie has you in his crosshairs with a .308.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 09:43 AM (D1E+2)

71 Upper left, just out of frame on the roof, lurks the Batman.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 05, 2026 09:44 AM (GYOcA)

72 Nice painting. I LOVE the lack of diversity.

Can always use more attractive asian women though.

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 09:44 AM (Sco7b)

73 Some wonderful details from Sloan's Wikipedia page -
He married an alcoholic prostitute
He took a job teaching at an art school but informed his students, "I have nothing to teach you that will help you to make a living."

Posted by: Wally at May 05, 2026 09:44 AM (0e5Te)

74 74 for that, nyc is king.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)

75
Yay! A Sloan!

I see no Sloane Peterson here, much less a Mia Sara

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:45 AM (xG4kz)

76 Sloan sets a mood and location with color (the sky is especially well done) detailed, realistic backgrounds and objects. The people are comparatively indistinct, interchangeable and, maybe, unimportant. He did the same with "McSorley's Bar". I may not care for the subject of the painting or the urban mindset, but can admire the talent.

Posted by: JTB at May 05, 2026 09:45 AM (yTvNw)

77 PA system in background:
"Mind the murder."
"Mind the murder."

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 05, 2026 09:46 AM (YOetg)

78 The IRT Third Avenue Line, commonly known as the Third Avenue Elevated, Third Avenue El, or Bronx El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City. Originally operated by the New York Elevated Railway.
===
Thanks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 09:46 AM (RIvkX)

79 Nice picture.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 05, 2026 09:46 AM (sl73Y)

80 Trump approval collapses as Zionist war drags on.

Shapiro show viewership down 85% Daily Wire lays off 50% of staff

America has had enough of “the chosen people”.

Sad!

Posted by: Le Haim at May 05, 2026 09:46 AM (ZGTXg)

81 Thick marine layer out there this morning. Chilly.

And it’s Tummy Rub Tuesday! Best day of the week!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 05, 2026 09:46 AM (A5RD0)

82 61 “Who” is subject, “whom” is object. Easy peasy.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

83 When the D.C. Metro (subway) finally made it out to Silver Spring, then Wheaton, MD. we'd get a $5 fare card and ride down to the Mall, spend the day at the various museums, ride it into VA to Pentagon City's underground mall and then, about dark, come home.

Back when the capitol city wasn't a smoldering pile of crap.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 09:46 AM (jehhT)

84
Some wonderful details from Sloan's Wikipedia page -
He married an alcoholic prostitute

Hey! Just like William Jefferson Clinton!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:46 AM (xG4kz)

85 NYC. Sloan was New York based.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Wasn't sure. The elevated supports don't quite look like NYC.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:46 AM (xHq83)

86 I kind of like this one CBD.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2026 09:47 AM (0nHVk)

87 Kinda looks like the 7 train
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Part of the fun of the World's Fair,
Is the Subway Special that takes you there.

Posted by: The Flushing Flash at May 05, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)

88 why?

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 09:48 AM (ZxPkt)

89 I was expecting a margarita, a taco or a Mexican artist.
Posted by: redridinghood

Bing homepage will help you out.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:48 AM (xHq83)

90 Thanks, Bulg.

Now about that...gonna need a couple more explanations...

You said you were a tutor...

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 09:48 AM (Sbumo)

91 Last time I carried golf clubs on a train, I got some weird looks. Pretty sure they were people going to work and not out to play. Just as I am now for Tuesday Geezer Golf!
Woohoo!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 09:48 AM (2WIwB)

92 Part of the fun of the World's Fair,
Is the Subway Special that takes you there.
Posted by: The Flushing Flash at May 05, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)
=====

Wow did you just trigger me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

93 90 Sure, fire away, Sifty.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

94 When's Elon buying that too?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 09:50 AM (9hv2t)

95 I haven't been in years, but there was a pretty good Jewish deli under the El in the North Bronx.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:50 AM (iERP6)

96
He took a job teaching at an art school but informed his students, "I have nothing to teach you that will help you to make a living."

That reminds me of a professor at Berkeley -- he specialized in computational chemistry -- who introduced himself to his Quantum Chemistry class thuswise: "Hello, I am Professor ___. My research interests are systems where the number of particles are less than or equal to one. If systems with more that one particle are of interest to you, then you should enroll in Professor ___'s class."

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:52 AM (xG4kz)

97 92 i keep crossing paths with a guy named francesco. i have taken to calling him franpsycho, shorts and sandals with socks year round is a qualifier.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)

98 Looked into his works a bit further. He does like the naked ladies.

Posted by: javems at May 05, 2026 09:52 AM (zFsEm)

99 Wow did you just trigger me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I know the whole song.

Posted by: Ashamed To Say... at May 05, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:53 AM (/+uur)

101
hunnert!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:53 AM (xG4kz)

102 ("poor ol' charlie")

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)

103 12 i see royko.
Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

Mike Royko, writing his column for the Chicago Daily News afternoon edition.

Posted by: Roy at May 05, 2026 09:54 AM (qwype)

104 Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:52 AM (xG4kz)

Markowitz?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:54 AM (iERP6)

105
Curse you, r hennigantx! I demand reparations!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:54 AM (xG4kz)

106 103 quite the marathon.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)

107 On the theme of mass transit (discussed earlier) , if Musk buys Sprint and reactivates it, he needs to place some of his AI robots in the waiting area, and program them to go Chinese Robot Spastic if anyone acts up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 09:55 AM (XcvNy)

108 What in the EL is going on here?

Posted by: Ben Had at May 05, 2026 09:55 AM (z2aPa)

109 CBD, loving this weeks picks so far... take a shot of Makers Mark out of petty cash, you earned it!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 05, 2026 09:55 AM (dmDsy)

110
An Elevated Discourse - a limerick

There once was a commuter named Snell
Whoo was late for the opening bell
His car was in the shop
and the A Bus didn't stop
"You expect me to take a train? What the 'ell?"

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 09:55 AM (I0N4X)

111 93.

Haha.

Better discussed on a boat catchin fish than on a smart military blog.

Hate to blow my reputation here as a genius.

BWAHAHAHAHA

As my Dad said when I enrolled for my 15minutes in art school.
"ART is cool. I've seen some of it on my way to and from work trying to keep your ungrateful ass from starving to death all these years."

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 09:56 AM (X0WIh)

112 take a shot of Makers Mark out of petty cash, you earned it!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 05, 2026 09:55 AM (dmDsy)

My morning bourbon is usually Wild Turkey 101, but thanks!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 09:56 AM (iERP6)

113 I lived in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn 1955-66. The N Train was the hinterlands of the MTA, and was still using 1917 era subway rolling stock. Can still remember the look, sounds, and smells. Wicker seats, porcelain hanger straps, over head fans, no A/C, of course.

Posted by: Next stop-Coney Island at May 05, 2026 09:57 AM (oftw2)

114 Wild Turkey.

The gentleman's Listerine.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 09:57 AM (X0WIh)

115 Oh dear. Harmeet Dillon might be a moronette.
tinyurl.com/myt5cy3u

Posted by: gKWVE in his bunk at May 05, 2026 09:57 AM (9hv2t)

116 That sky sure has a hazy shade.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 09:58 AM (/TlUl)

117 Tucker tells the NYT that President Trump puts a literal “spell” on people to “weaken them and make them compliant” and it might be “supernatural.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:58 AM (/+uur)

118 Alternate title:

"Meh, It's Not A Monorail"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG)

119
Markowitz?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Bob Harris was the speaker

(Robert?) Schaffer was the other prof

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:59 AM (xG4kz)

120 Did we ever find out what happened to the ONT last night?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

121 aline kominsky's parents, "he's a vitch? vitch is he? an aahtist? he's a bum!"

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

122
Tucker tells the NYT that President Trump puts a literal “spell” on people to “weaken them and make them compliant” and it might be “supernatural.”
Posted by: r hennigantx

Now, there's a call for an erectile dysfunction medication prescription!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 10:00 AM (xG4kz)

123 A shot of hot butterscotch bourbon in the morning coffee is a good thing.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 05, 2026 10:01 AM (z2aPa)

124 Sure, Tuck. Trump has an army of genies at his beck and call like the prophet Solomon. He's got a secret ring with the six pointed star for that purpose. So you better mind your manners or the zutt are coming for you in your bed again

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:02 AM (9hv2t)

125 122.

I'm thinking Qatarzan has taken too much mercury.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:02 AM (X0WIh)

126 CBD will leave no Sloane unturned.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:02 AM (/TlUl)

127
I'm thinking Qatarzan has taken too much mercury.
Posted by: Sifty Boones

Salts of white mercury!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 10:03 AM (xG4kz)

128 I'm thinking Qatarzan has taken too much mercury.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:02 AM (X0WIh)

*sips tea*
*goes back to sleep*

Posted by: the dormouse at May 05, 2026 10:03 AM (9hv2t)

129 The shots rang out.
Then the murders started.
What the bloody El?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 05, 2026 10:03 AM (w9Wax)

130 120 Did we ever find out what happened to the ONT last night?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

It was attending the Met Gala and forgot to get us a sitter.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:03 AM (/TlUl)

131 i keep crossing paths with a guy named francesco. i have taken to calling him franpsycho, shorts and sandals with socks year round is a qualifier.
Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)
====

Shorts and sandals with socks definitely a psycho.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 10:04 AM (RIvkX)

132
I see no Sloane Peterson here, much less a Mia Sara
Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:45 AM (xG4kz)

But that Rooney. What an asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:04 AM (+sD5M)

133 ONT can't start until tankdemon gets there

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:04 AM (9hv2t)

134 Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 09:59 AM (xG4kz)

Yeah...they didn't teach anything I took!

That was a serious chemistry department in the early 80s.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 10:04 AM (iERP6)

135 Tucker tells the NYT that President Trump puts a literal “spell” on people to “weaken them and make them compliant” and it might be “supernatural.”
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:58 AM (/+uur)

Wish he’d do that to some Republican senators.

Posted by: Heroq at May 05, 2026 10:05 AM (bzsoO)

136 98 Looked into his works a bit further. He does like the naked ladies.
Posted by: javems
+++
Well, who doesn't?

Posted by: Guys everywhere at May 05, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

137 I like this one! You can almost hear all the sounds.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:05 AM (Wmg4n)

138 Tucker isn’t even reliably leftist, he’s just batshit crazy now. A bit more goofball crazy than Candace, who is now psycho-bitch bunny boiler crazy.

Best of Tucker lately was the Times asking why he said Trump was the Antichrist, and Tucker claimed “I never said that.” So they played the video clip of Tucker saying that Trump was the Antichrist, and he mumbled something like that was someone else, not me.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 10:05 AM (XcvNy)

139 Random top ten train tunes. No. 1 is Aerosmith, Train Kept A'Rollin'. Which I don't think I've ever heard.

https://tinyurl.com/2s4dcyc4

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 05, 2026 10:05 AM (XvL8K)

140 I like this one! You can almost hear all the sounds.

Posted by: Piper at May 05, 2026 10:05 AM (Wmg4n)

Winter, so the smells are a bit toned down......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:06 AM (+sD5M)

141 Best of Tucker lately was the Times asking why he said Trump was the Antichrist, and Tucker claimed “I never said that.” So they played the video clip of Tucker saying that Trump was the Antichrist, and he mumbled something like that was someone else, not me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 10:05 AM (XcvNy)

Time for an Exorcism ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 10:06 AM (iTbY5)

142 131.

Fun people watching game:

Europeon tourist or psychopath?

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:06 AM (X0WIh)

143 "What in the EL is going on here?"

"You expect me to take a train? What the 'ell?"

Nowadays you 20 times more likely to get stabbed.

Posted by: Rex B at May 05, 2026 10:06 AM (rgnea)

144 On the theme of mass transit (discussed earlier) , if Musk buys Sprint and reactivates it, he needs to place some of his AI robots in the waiting area, and program them to go Chinese Robot Spastic if anyone acts up.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Spirit Airlines - may have been cheap, but never had a plane fall out of the sky.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:06 AM (xHq83)

145 Tucker tells the NYT that President Trump puts a literal “spell” on people to “weaken them and make them compliant” and it might be “supernatural.”
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:58 AM (/+uur)

Ok, someone needs to test Qatucker. He's on drugs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:07 AM (+sD5M)

146 133 ONT can't start until tankdemon gets there
Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:04 AM (9hv2t)

I was cavorting in the Cafe when the ONT usually posts.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:08 AM (/TlUl)

147 Looked into his works a bit further. He does like the naked ladies.
Posted by: javems
+++
Well, who doesn't?
Posted by: Guys everywhere

Ahem.
Posted by: Don Lemon

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:08 AM (xHq83)

148 Best of Tucker lately was the Times asking why he said Trump was the Antichrist, and Tucker claimed “I never said that.” So they played the video clip of Tucker saying that Trump was the Antichrist, and he mumbled something like that was someone else, not me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 10:05 AM (XcvNy)

That guy's turned out to be a bigger asshole than TJM.

GFY, Qatucker. Your 15 minutes are up. Enjoy shoving your peen in Cavernous Nostrils' nostril.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:09 AM (+sD5M)

149 142 "spot the turk"

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:10 AM (R11M+)

150 Open warfare has broken out between Justice Alito and "Justice" Jumanji.

Now, with this judgment, there was a harsh rebuke of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent, where Justice Alito, in an academic tone, essentially called her a reckless clown who doesn’t understand the law. We’ve seen a similar attitude on the liberal side as well, with Justices Kagan or Sotomayor disagreeing with the majority but avoiding Jackson’s dissents since they usually don’t make much sense.

https://tinyurl.com/4y7xfv6r

[T]here was an unspoken baseline that, for the highest court in the land, and really the world, you could appoint ideological opposites, but you did not cheapen the institution by lowering the intellectual bar.
But the autopen removed that baseline, and with it degraded the level of discourse and eroded the professional respect that made those relationships possible in the first place. So for someone who has spent two decades on the Court, that has to be very painful to watch, seeing an institution slide into idiocracy and performative nonsense.

https://tinyurl.com/2bh3ha3h

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

151 It was attending the Met Gala and forgot to get us a sitter.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:03 AM (/TlUl)

I don't really care about the Met Gala,who came there and what they wore. I laughed at Donkey Chompers last year orbeforewearing a gown which said "Eat the Rich" on the back side, as if she's not rich. However, I enjoyed the headline about the Gala this year from the NYPost which said "Frock and Awe."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:11 AM (8Xy/A)

152
Now, with this judgment, there was a harsh rebuke of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent, where Justice Alito, in an academic tone, essentially called her a reckless clown who doesn’t understand the law. We’ve seen a similar attitude on the liberal side as well, with Justices Kagan or Sotomayor disagreeing with the majority but avoiding Jackson’s dissents since they usually don’t make much sense.

This is what affirmative action/DIE gets you. Incompetent fools in positions of great power, destroying everything around them.

F*ck you, liberals. You are a bane on all civilization.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:12 AM (+sD5M)

153 Tucker's insanity ploy is likely netting him bigtime clicks and therefore... $$. It's a put-on. An Eminence Front, if you will.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 10:13 AM (jehhT)

154 LeftIn News has a comical headline about the Met Gala BS.

How it isn't sufficiently woke and communist this year.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:13 AM (X0WIh)

155
John Frenched Sloane?

The Title of the Sad Sequel to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 10:14 AM (iJfKG)

156 I don't really care about the Met Gala,who came there and what they wore. I laughed at Donkey Chompers last year orbeforewearing a gown which said "Eat the Rich" on the back side, as if she's not rich. However, I enjoyed the headline about the Gala this year from the NYPost which said "Frock and Awe."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:11 AM (8Xy/A)

I think her dress said 'Tax the Rich' and she owed $3000 that she illegally used campaign money to pay for.

Nothing like living in 2 different worlds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:14 AM (+sD5M)

157 152.

Only leftists can make being rich miserable.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:15 AM (X0WIh)

158 142 Fun people watching game:

Europeon tourist or psychopath?

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:06 AM (X0WIh)

Lots of overlapping on that Venn diagram.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 05, 2026 10:15 AM (/TlUl)

159 This is what affirmative action/DIE gets you. Incompetent fools in positions of great power, destroying everything around them.

F*ck you, liberals. You are a bane on all civilization.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:12 AM (+sD5M)

Who does not know that the Louisiana District was fake fake fake from the beginning.
It aligned people from just South of Shreveport (they think they are in East Texas) all the way down thru Coonass Country and then connected to Baton Rouge Welfare State.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 10:15 AM (/+uur)

160 Nigerian Drives Car Into ICE Agents At Brooklyn Hospital, Triggering Protest

-
Kind of confusing headline but the protest was against ICE because they objected to cars being driven into them.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

161

Ah! Back when America worked and you could travel on the subway and not step in poop, get stabbed or shoved onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train.

High Trust Society, we hardly knew ye!

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 10:16 AM (iJfKG)

162 It is very hard to be optimistic about anything observing an Embassey Suites breakfast franzy in Atlanta.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:16 AM (X0WIh)

163 Oil-rich province could hold vote on leaving Canada as early as October

AMF

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 10:16 AM (/+uur)

164 Nigerian Drives Car Into ICE Agents At Brooklyn Hospital, Triggering Protest

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Kind of confusing headline but the protest was against ICE because they objected to cars being driven into them.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

Karma In Action: Car Strikes Protest Protesting ICE Car Strikes

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:17 AM (+sD5M)

165 Nancy Mace:

The files are out.
Our subpoena has uncovered settlements totaling $338,000 from Congress's sexual harassment slush fund.
Nine members named. Records before 2004 - destroyed.
357 members of Congress voted to keep it hidden. We’re leading the charge to release them despite their opposition.

2007: Rodney Alexander ($15,000)
2009: Office of Carolyn McCarthy (2 cases resulting in 1 settlement) ($8,000)
2010: Eric Massa I ($85,000)
2010: Eric Massa II ($20,000)
2010: Eric Massa III ($10,000)
2010: John Conyers I ($50,000)
2014: Blake Farenthold ($84,000)
2014: John Conyers (Severance pay $27,111.75)
2017: Patrick Meehan (2 cases resulting in 1 settlement) (Severance pay $39,250)

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:18 AM (xHq83)

166 There is one thing we can agree on, The Brady Bunch had the most accurate Parents to Children casting.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 10:18 AM (XV/Pl)

167 John French Sloan

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

Quoi? Il ne sait pas! - another limerick

As an artist he flirted with danger
Imperilment wasn't a stranger
But his scheduling was deficient
So he hired a office assistant
Who was known as the French Sloan Arranger!

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 10:18 AM (I0N4X)

168 *Car Strikes Protest Protesting ICE Car Strikes*

Duuuude. Wheels within wheels, man.

Posted by: Stoner in his parent's basement at May 05, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1)

169 There is one thing we can agree on, The Brady Bunch had the most accurate Parents to Children casting.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Mom riding the oldest stepson & dad queer as a three dollar bill?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:20 AM (xHq83)

170 Rep. Rashida Tlaib Introduces “Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights” — It’s as Bad as It Sounds

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Finally, a chance for utopia!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)

171
"My dear Smythe, what we do on our Court is unique, at least in the United States. A lifetime of study of the Supreme Court has left me unconvinced that lawyers are better qualified to staff such a tribunal than would be philosophers, historians, or litterateurs." - Walter Murphy, The Vicar of Christ

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 10:21 AM (HdYcL)

172 @169

>>Mom riding the oldest stepson & dad queer as a three dollar bill?

That was behind the scenes drama, I'm talking about looking at the Mom and Dad and going, yep, those are their kids.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 10:21 AM (XV/Pl)

173 > Rep. Rashida Tlaib Introduces “Unhoused Persons Bill of Rights”
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Another one that needs a one way on "Deportation Airlines."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 10:22 AM (jehhT)

174 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:14 AM (+sD5M)

You are correct. Sorry. It probably would have been too over the line to have "Eat the Rich" but yes, she is a liar.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:22 AM (Yl2Ob)

175 169 alice did what?

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:22 AM (R11M+)

176 165.

There have been some years I earned less working full time.

Should have just let Congress fondle my nuts.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:22 AM (X0WIh)

177 I don't think anyone who was a kid back then thought about the sexual antics of the people on the show, which is appropriate.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:24 AM (Yl2Ob)

178 169 alice did what?
Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:22 AM (R11M+)

Sam the butcher.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:24 AM (+sD5M)

179 That was behind the scenes drama, I'm talking about looking at the Mom and Dad and going, yep, those are their kids.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Ahhh. 👍🏻👍🏻

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:25 AM (xHq83)

180 I knew Mr Brady was a fruit but that's news to me that Mrs Brady got herself caught in the dryer

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:26 AM (3EtqZ)

181 Ratchita Tlabia is 10lbs of ugly in a 3lb sack.

She looks like an angry bluegill.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:26 AM (X0WIh)

182 John Loftus: Americans Farmers Appear To Be Screwed

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Ehh, who needs them?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

183 You are correct. Sorry. It probably would have been too over the line to have "Eat the Rich" but yes, she is a liar.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:22 AM (Yl2Ob)

Well, you asked for it..........

https://youtu.be/z8a8nbTjwnI

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:26 AM (+sD5M)

184 178 ah, yes. corporal henshaw.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:26 AM (R11M+)

185 Did we ever find out what happened to the ONT last night?
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

Does it really matter? It's not like anyone reads ONT content anyway!

Posted by: Therapist for Disco and Dino at May 05, 2026 10:27 AM (FenX4)

186 Ratchita Tlabia is 10lbs of ugly in a 3lb sack.

She looks like an angry bluegill.
Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:26 AM (X0WIh)

Someone here appropriately named her Rancid Tilapia.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:27 AM (+sD5M)

187 And since "The Brady Brunch" was on in the 70's we didn't have all the LBGT stuff so we knew nothing about the fathers sexual orientation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:27 AM (Yl2Ob)

188 Here is some relevant classical literature, it seems:
Passer-by, Aphrodisios is my name; I'm a citizen of Alexandria Troas and a leader of the chorus. I die a most pathetic death because of my wife, the dirty adulteress (whom Zeus will destroy). Her secret lover, Lychon—a member of my own family!—slaughtered me, still in my youth. He threw me from the heights like a discus. I was twenty years old, so full of beauty, when the Moirai spun my fate and sent me as a delight to Hades.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 10:27 AM (3EtqZ)

189 181 you said (t)labia huh heh, heh.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:27 AM (R11M+)

190 186.

Nobody nails it like the morons.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:28 AM (X0WIh)

191 189.

Bill Buckley I aint.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:29 AM (X0WIh)

192 Sefton has repeatedly compared Tlaib to a coelacanth.

Which is an injustice to coelacanths.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

193 Open warfare has broken out between Justice Alito and "Justice" Jumanji.
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Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, and ACB in a prior opinion, have put in writing their contempt for KBJ's legal reasoning.

Posted by: WisRich at May 05, 2026 10:29 AM (G0vdT)

194 I knew Mr Brady was a fruit but that's news to me that Mrs Brady got herself caught in the dryer
Posted by: gKWVE

Greg caught her in the dryer, under the bed & in the couch.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:29 AM (xHq83)

195 187 it was kinda obvious back then. gabbin' knew some is not the first person to sit like that.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:30 AM (R11M+)

196 148 Best of Tucker lately was the Times asking why he said Trump was the Antichrist, and Tucker claimed “I never said that.” So they played the video clip of Tucker saying that Trump was the Antichrist, and he mumbled something like that was someone else, not me.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Someone on the X mentioned it is also possible that he is simply reading a script.

It has often been noted that Tucker relied on others to write his scripts for his shows on Fox.

Same as ghostwriters for biographies where they spike the controversy factor for bucks.

A lot of these podcasters rely on 'talent management' companies that do the hard work in packaging the ads, ensuring compliance with various laws, booking guest, etc. where the 'talent' is simply the newsreader on the cast. And curiously enough for people that track them, people using the same management companies tend to swim in the same direction on their podcasts.

The old media manufactured objectivity is now viewed as dead but that trust has simply been put now on podcasters who do the same damn trick.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:30 AM (E4rtv)

197 192.

They prefer to be referred to as "coelacan"s.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:31 AM (X0WIh)

198 Is Gov. DeSantis Preparing for 2028 Presidential Campaign?

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We have a strong bench, Vance, Rubio, DeSantis to mention only a few. And the Donks . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

199 Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:30 AM (R11M+)

I was a kid. I didn't notice or care.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:31 AM (Yl2Ob)

200 [ponders the pic]

Alas, Gallo stopped production:

https://drunkard.com/63-night-train-express/

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 05, 2026 10:32 AM (XeU6L)

201 193 Open warfare has broken out between Justice Alito and "Justice" Jumanji.
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Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, and ACB in a prior opinion, have put in writing their contempt for KBJ's legal reasoning.
Posted by: WisRich
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And thanks to autopen Biden junta, we have these patently activist judges that at the same time are incompetent at actually being a judge. They start with results first and work their way back picking and choosing whatever law they can cram into their opinionated bullshit.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

202 192 the third individual i have known that i would describe as a monkfish. damn things cook like pork tenderloin.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:32 AM (R11M+)

203 MidSouth Shooter's Supply - Aguila Plinko de Mayo Sale.

LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:32 AM (xHq83)

204
Well, you asked for it..........

https://youtu.be/z8a8nbTjwnI

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:26 AM (+sD5M)

Raised. lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh3t49NsWBA

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:32 AM (snZF9)

205
This was back when people showed up for work at 6 a.m. and went home at 6 p.m. and actually did stuff and were better people than we are.

Posted by: Auspex at May 05, 2026 10:33 AM (Y8DZL)

206 "...that Mrs Brady got herself caught in the dryer."

Is that what you kids are calling It nowadays?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at May 05, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

207 194 it was either that, or pushups.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:33 AM (R11M+)

208 164 Nigerian Drives Car Into ICE Agents At Brooklyn Hospital

Count Dankula has a funny story from Glasgow yesterday:

https://youtu.be/X9mfhBGJO8Y

Drive mistook graffiti for tunnel entrance ... road runner jokes ensued.

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 10:33 AM (aUMnT)

209 Go Go Go Godzilla!

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 10:33 AM (4NO2D)

210 We have a strong bench, Vance, Rubio, DeSantis to mention only a few. And the Donks . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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The left relies on illegal votes, rigging elections, and flood of illegal fundraising, ngos, etc. They don't WANT a strong horse, they want someone that they can tell what to do. See Biden as an example. Obama and his cohort still think they can run the country as a shadow junta just like a lot of the world is run.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:34 AM (E4rtv)

211 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE "QUOI? IL NE SAIT PAS!" IS FRENCH FOR "QUE? NO SABE!"

Posted by: BEN R. at May 05, 2026 10:34 AM (I0N4X)

212 just saw the trailer for The Odyssey

do you think people called their fathers 'Dad' in ancient Greece?

"My Dad's coming home."

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:34 AM (ZxPkt)

213 Six O’Clock on a Christmas morning? (H/t, Dream Theater, “6:00”; “The Dead”

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 10:35 AM (rkhDX)

214 Looks like the El in Chicago … which looks like the El in NYC … in other words, it ain't 'such a much' …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 05, 2026 10:36 AM (ayRl+)

215 just saw the trailer for The Odyssey

do you think people called their fathers 'Dad' in ancient Greece?

"My Dad's coming home."
Posted by: Don Black

Pliney probably just said, "the Elder is home".

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:36 AM (xHq83)

216 Walter Murphy, The Vicar of Christ
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Murphy was a scholar of the judiciary and produced some classic works on how justices strategized on the court (Elements of Judicial Strategy). Also a soldier and deeply involved in the Catholic Church in his lifetime. Interesting guy.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:36 AM (E4rtv)

217 Biological warfare.

Rolling Stone moved Eric Clapton down from the top 10 of greatest guitar players of all time to 35 because he admitted to being Covid "vaccine" injured & refused to discriminate on entry to his concerts based on "vaccine" status. They even admit the reasoning in the explanation!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)

218 Raised. lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh3t49NsWBA

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 10:32 AM (snZF9)

CURSES!!!!! Foiled again!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:38 AM (+sD5M)

219 217.

1-10 are Mark Knopfler anyway. No big deal.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at May 05, 2026 10:40 AM (X0WIh)

220 204 raised indeed. "here, have a bottle of jack."

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:40 AM (R11M+)

221 Rolling Stone moved Eric Clapton down from the top 10 of greatest guitar players of all time to 35 because he admitted to being Covid "vaccine" injured & refused to discriminate on entry to his concerts based on "vaccine" status. They even admit the reasoning in the explanation!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:36 AM (ndZc7)

Seriously. Who gives a flying f*ck what Rolling Stone has to say about anything anymore?

They've been mostly irrelevant for a long time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:40 AM (+sD5M)

222 We have a strong bench, Vance, Rubio, DeSantis to mention only a few. And the Donks . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
======
The left relies on illegal votes, rigging elections, and flood of illegal fundraising, ngos, etc. They don't WANT a strong horse, they want someone that they can tell what to do. See Biden as an example. Obama and his cohort still think they can run the country as a shadow junta just like a lot of the world is run.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:34 AM (E4rtv)

Once again the SAVE bill waves at you forlornly as it floats out of sea on an iceberg.

If nothing else, the latest attempted assassination of Trump should've caused the Republicans to ram that bill through. Just to rub the Democrats nose in it for their insane assholery.

But, no. Thune points and laughs gaily on the shore as SAVE floats into oblivion.

Ball-less Leaders, huh?

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 10:40 AM (iJfKG)

223 Six O'Clock, Winter
John French Sloan

Like this painting a great deal - it actually reminded me of Chicago quite a few years ago - though I'd pass hanging it unless it was a set (see article below) of Sloan's painting.

>It Might Be Art Organization, The Poetry of Everyday Life: John Sloan’s New York Paintings, April 25, 2023

A lovely article that begins,

"John Sloan is known for his unflinching eye. His New York could be transcendent, full of heartbreaking moments, like the sunset captured in his 1906 painting, “Sunset, West Twenty-Third Street.” Sloan’s New York could also be a dark, hard place.

Some of my favorite Sloan paintings capture those small moments of joy, or pleasure, that creep up on us, moments that overtake us, in an ecstasy that takes us out of our present.

Others, like his painting of the bar at McSorley’s, freeze the flow of ordinary time. Frozen, in paint, the moment becomes monumental. Even the most ordinary moments and gestures, revealed like this, carry a heft, and dignity, that render them both solemn, and sad."

(More followed, reading all suggested.)

A nice art selection for a Tuesday. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)

224 217.

1-10 are Mark Knopfler anyway. No big deal.
Posted by: Sifty Boones
________

He was dropped to 96 in the rankings. Not sure what his political sin was.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 05, 2026 10:41 AM (XvL8K)

225 This is a seriously whacked out broad. We covered this yesterday a little bit.

Michigan trial attorney and Democratic fundraiser Kelly Neumann, the co-chairwoman of Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow’s campaign, threatened the Free Beacon with “legal action” unless we retract our story about her Veterans Day Facebook post honoring her grandfather who served “on the German side” in World War II, our Andrew Stiles reports.

The Free Beacon and others reported in January about Neumann’s bizarre Facebook post praising her “Grandfather, Albert Neumann,” who she said was “on the German side in WWI & WWII” and “escaped to Brazil … after Germany lost.” The post included several photos of the man in his Wehrmacht uniform. Neumann recalled that her grandfather was one of the first people to accept her homosexuality, a demonstration that “people can change and love can indeed win.” Heartwarming.

“Last week, the Free Beacon received a letter from Neumann’s attorney demanding a ‘formal retraction’ of the ‘false and defamatory’ statement in the article,” writes Stiles.

https://tinyurl.com/2pne579m

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:41 AM (xHq83)

226 Rolling Stone moved Eric Clapton down from the top 10 of greatest guitar players of all time to 35 because he admitted to being Covid "vaccine" injured & refused to discriminate on entry to his concerts based on "vaccine" status. They even admit the reasoning in the explanation

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

Old School: Fingering the strings.

Brave New World: Toeing the line.

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 10:43 AM (I0N4X)

227 Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:41 AM (xHq83

If she ousted this why is it defamatory to post it again?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:44 AM (2sfNr)

228 227- meant "posted"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:46 AM (2sfNr)

229 Rolling Stone moved Eric Clapton down from the top 10 of greatest guitar players of all time to 35 because he admitted to being Covid "vaccine" injured & refused to discriminate on entry to his concerts based on "vaccine" status. They even admit the reasoning in the explanation!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:36 AM (

Grok says Neil Young is ranked 17th On that list. He aint singing for pepsi or coke, but he'll chirp all day long for pfizer!

Posted by: Rex B at May 05, 2026 10:46 AM (rgnea)

230 *Old School: Fingering the strings.*
----
And chicks for free.

Posted by: I miss my... at May 05, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1)

231
I saw Seriously Whacked Out Broad open for Janis Joplin at Woodstock in '69.

They tried the Brown Acid.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 10:47 AM (iJfKG)

232 Grok says Neil Young is ranked 17th On that list. He aint singing for pepsi or coke, but he'll chirp all day long for pfizer!
Posted by: Rex B at May 05, 2026 10:46 AM (rgnea)

this makes the list completely irrelevant and should be destroyed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:47 AM (+sD5M)

233 Speaking of the Krauts . . .

German authorities are investigating two Christian men for saying Islam is antisemitic

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Damn blasphemers!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)

234 German authorities are investigating two Christian men for saying Islam is antisemitic

Uh.....it's in their book.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:48 AM (+sD5M)

235 228 227- meant "posted"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:46 AM (2sfNr)

I thought you meant "outed" ...

Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 10:48 AM (aUMnT)

236 "hash browns and bacon strips
i like the way that you lick your lips"
hahaha.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:49 AM (R11M+)

237 Jann Wenner is gay, ergo, Rolling Stone is gay

Last time I read RS, Hunter S Thompson had a byline

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:50 AM (ZxPkt)

238 You guys probably already found this one, but I just noticed it:

Can't build big data centers everywhere we want - no problem, we'll just put your portion of the control grid in your backyard!

https://tinyurl.com/2ww5nbn2

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 10:50 AM (nFsD6)

239 Posted by: You Really Don't Want to Know at May 05, 2026 10:48 AM (aUMnT)

She sounds more than a little highly strung and engaged in frivolous lawsuits.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:51 AM (2sfNr)

240 FYI, SRV is the presumptive #1

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:52 AM (ZxPkt)

241 Okay. I'm done.

Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 10:52 AM (I0N4X)

242 Square peg in round hole?

Obama celebrates Star Wars Day by … acknowledging his library looks like the Death Star?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:52 AM (ndZc7)

243 If she ousted this why is it defamatory to post it again?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It's not. She's just trying everything to get them to take it down. You post anything on Facebook and it's PUBLIC.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:52 AM (xHq83)

244 Regrading Rolling Stone: Humans tested by fame often perform poorly. I think it is probably a blessing to have enough money and good friends. Fame and fortune seems to ruin many lives.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 10:52 AM (nFsD6)

245 Once again the SAVE bill waves at you forlornly as it floats out of sea on an iceberg.

If nothing else, the latest attempted assassination of Trump should've caused the Republicans to ram that bill through. Just to rub the Democrats nose in it for their insane assholery.

But, no. Thune points and laughs gaily on the shore as SAVE floats into oblivion.

Ball-less Leaders, huh?
Posted by: naturalfake
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I think the coming decision by Scotus killing the after election vote stuffing scam using absentees is probably more useful than the SAVE act.

The massive culling of voter registrations is also going to leave a mark. The Democrats were reactivating inactive voters on the lists, casting an absentee ballot, and then deactivating them. Which is why the vote tallies never match the actual number of voters. Apparently the Dems have been monkeying around with voter histories and inactive registrations since about 2007.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)

246 FYI, SRV is the presumptive #1
Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 10:52 AM (ZxPkt)

There's a plethora of guitar players out there through out history that Rolling Stone can't hold their guitar strap. They haven't known anything about music and musicians in decades.

Case in point: They said the silly band No Doubt was the future of rock n' roll.

Um, yeah.....about that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:53 AM (+sD5M)

247 German authorities are investigating two Christian men for saying Islam is antisemitic

Uh.....it's in their book.
Posted by: Sponge

The instant someone says something that is against the truth, they need to be backhanded across the mouth with a billy club.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:54 AM (xHq83)

248 236 "hash browns and bacon strips
i like the way that you lick your lips"
hahaha.
Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:49 AM (R11M+)

Sittin' here in a hired tuxedo
You wanna see my bacon torpedo

Posted by: Sausages out for Lemmy at May 05, 2026 10:54 AM (TbWk/)

249 Okay. I'm done.
Posted by: muldoon at May 05, 2026 10:52 AM (I0N4X)

With?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:54 AM (+sD5M)

250 229 Rolling Stone moved Eric Clapton down from the top 10 of greatest guitar players of all time to 35 because he admitted to being Covid "vaccine" injured & refused to discriminate on entry to his concerts based on "vaccine" status. They even admit the reasoning in the explanation!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:36 AM (

Grok says Neil Young is ranked 17th On that list. He aint singing for pepsi or coke, but he'll chirp all day long for pfizer!
Posted by: Rex B
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Listicles simply reflect the prejudices of the people that are surveyed.

Want a guitar hero treat, dig up on youtube some live performances of Richard Thompson. In fact, one of his recent songs is Guitar Heroes where he does solos in the song of each of his guitar heroes of the past.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:55 AM (E4rtv)

251 231 lemmy played the parking lot at woodstock.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:56 AM (R11M+)

252 German authorities are investigating two Christian men for saying Islam is antisemitic

Uh.....it's in their book.
Posted by: Sponge

The instant someone says something that is against the truth, they need to be backhanded across the mouth with a billy club.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 10:54 AM (xHq83)

Step One: Define our terms!

Something tells me that 'antisemitic' doesn't mean what we think it means any more.

Posted by: LASue at May 05, 2026 10:57 AM (lCppi)

253 Once again the SAVE bill waves at you forlornly as it floats out of sea on an iceberg.

If nothing else, the latest attempted assassination of Trump should've caused the Republicans to ram that bill through. Just to rub the Democrats nose in it for their insane assholery.

But, no. Thune points and laughs gaily on the shore as SAVE floats into oblivion.

Ball-less Leaders, huh?
Posted by: naturalfake
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I think the coming decision by Scotus killing the after election vote stuffing scam using absentees is probably more useful than the SAVE act.

The massive culling of voter registrations is also going to leave a mark. The Democrats were reactivating inactive voters on the lists, casting an absentee ballot, and then deactivating them. Which is why the vote tallies never match the actual number of voters. Apparently the Dems have been monkeying around with voter histories and inactive registrations since about 2007.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)

From your lips to God's ear.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 05, 2026 10:58 AM (iJfKG)

254 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 10:41 AM (NFX2v)

Thanks for the informative posting on the art.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 10:58 AM (2sfNr)

255 Richard Thompson, live in Germany
"Tear Stained Letter"
https://youtu.be/DfBYoakHe4E

Another upbeat song, "Valerie" on acoustic
https://youtu.be/W8SCOvLVjlE

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)

256 trains!

Posted by: amtrak joe at May 05, 2026 10:58 AM (oY6Yp)

257 lemmy played the parking lot at woodstock.
Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 10:56 AM (R11M+)

Where'd he attach the strings?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:58 AM (+sD5M)

258 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Chicago Alderman William Hall wants to see Walgreens face charges for closing (over a shoplifting crisis)

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Damn drug store thinks it can go broke without consequences!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 05, 2026 10:58 AM (ndZc7)

259 I think the coming decision by Scotus killing the after election vote stuffing scam using absentees is probably more useful than the SAVE act.

The massive culling of voter registrations is also going to leave a mark. The Democrats were reactivating inactive voters on the lists, casting an absentee ballot, and then deactivating them. Which is why the vote tallies never match the actual number of voters. Apparently the Dems have been monkeying around with voter histories and inactive registrations since about 2007.
Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)

From your lips to God's ear.

Posted by: naturalfake

Yeah...the ACA "ruling" back in the day taught me not to take SCOTUS rulings for granted. We'll see.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 05, 2026 11:01 AM (OUMaO)

260 256 trains!
Posted by: amtrak joe

Trains! They run in the family!

(Hunter Biden, Amtrak Board of Directors from 2006 to 2009.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 11:01 AM (NFX2v)

261 249 extrapolating.

Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at May 05, 2026 11:02 AM (R11M+)

262 Step One: Define our terms!

Posted by: LASue

You post something on a public forum and try to claim it's private.

WHACK.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 11:02 AM (xHq83)

263 193 Open warfare has broken out between Justice Alito and "Justice" Jumanji.
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Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, and ACB in a prior opinion, have put in writing their contempt for KBJ's legal reasoning.
Posted by: WisRich

At the event for Justice Thomas, he was asked about the well-known camaraderie between the justices, regardless of their political leanings and other disagreements. He firmly implied that was the situation on the previous court, but was not the case anymore.

Posted by: LASue at May 05, 2026 11:02 AM (lCppi)

264 Train I ride
fifteen coaches long

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 11:02 AM (ZxPkt)

265 248 You wanna see my bacon torpedo

hide your salami in my ~~weapons bay~~ cargo hold, big boy!

Posted by: lusitania at May 05, 2026 11:02 AM (oY6Yp)

266 U nas yest’ NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

267 254. Thanks for the informative posting on the art.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

You're very welcome.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 11:03 AM (NFX2v)

268 261 extrapolating.

extrapolating is best polating

Posted by: anachronda at May 05, 2026 11:04 AM (oY6Yp)

269 Yeah...the ACA "ruling" back in the day taught me not to take SCOTUS rulings for granted. We'll see.
Posted by: Brother Tim
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Not the same court nor is the President the same. Obama was threatening the court at the time.
Alito, Thomas, Sotomayor, and Roberts are all that is left of that particular court.

And the left did not have Action Jackson, the repulsive Justice that everyone does not want including her leftist colleagues.

Posted by: whig at May 05, 2026 11:04 AM (E4rtv)

270 They've been mostly irrelevant for a long time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 10:40 AM (+sD5M)

They were never relevant to me for a single second.

They hate Eric Clapton but love the guy who exploded a pressure cooker into children. My God but the Left are some upside down hateful retard faggots.

Posted by: ... at May 05, 2026 11:05 AM (d997y)

271 253 she's monaural, and the train's not?

Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at May 05, 2026 11:06 AM (R11M+)

272 255 there is only "the vincent song."

Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at May 05, 2026 11:07 AM (R11M+)

273 257 ha. to the blisters on his fingers.

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 11:08 AM (R11M+)

274 268 well, ultrapolating...

Posted by: cmeat at May 05, 2026 11:09 AM (R11M+)

275 I think the coming decision by Scotus killing the after election vote stuffing scam using absentees is probably more useful than the SAVE act.
Posted by: whig

Michigan Sec state and gubanatorial candidate Jocylin Benson just lost in court over her efforts to hide ballot information.

The vote cheat is Democrats' biggest effort here, and she's been fanatic about it..

Posted by: Auspex at May 05, 2026 11:10 AM (Y8DZL)

276 The greatest Guitarists are as follows:
1. Lindsey Buckingham
2. Eric Clapton
3. Phil Keaggy
4. Jimi Hendrix
5. EVH
Honorable Mention:
6. SRV

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 11:38 AM (XV/Pl)

277 The Sixth Street El was also bought in 1939, closed down, and sold for scrap, to Japan. Hence the 1944 e.e. cummins anti-war poem referring to a young soldier dying with a ‘nipponized piece of the sixth street el’ in his head.

Posted by: Lester Fahrner at May 05, 2026 12:38 PM (+jqKS)

The Morning Report — 5/ 5/26

Morning Report intro.jpg

Good morning kids. Lots of ground to cover today so let's dive right in. Well despite the repeated attempts on our President's life most recently less than couple weeks ago this still happened yesterday:

Gunshots were fired near the White House complex and the Washington Monument Monday, prompting the Secret Service to lock down nearby locations.
United States Secret Service confirmed that law enforcement shot one individual at 15th Street and Independence Avenue during the incident, and a bystander was struck; both are alive, authorities confirmed at a press briefing Monday. Agents reportedly engaged in a heated confrontation with an armed man near the White House and National Mall before President Donald Trump’s event in the East Room of the White House began, RealClearPolitics national correspondent Susan Crabtree first reported... The suspect is currently in custody and no Secret Service agents were harmed. He is reportedly recovering from his gunshot wounds at George Washington Hospital, and Secret Service agents recovered his firearm.

You may well ask, given the fact that President Trump and his entire cabinet and really all of us who support and voted for him have a big fat (literal, not Mark Kelly imaginary) target painted on them, how could something like this happen, yet again?! Well how about this for starters?

Secret Service Agent Arrested for Alleged Public Masturbation in Miami. John Spillman, age 33, had been in Miami to work exterior security for President Donald Trump’s appearance at the PGA Tour’s Cadillac Championship on Sunday, per CNBC: The incident involving Spillman occurred at the DoubleTree by Hilton Miami Airport & Convention Center on Sunday night, according to WSVN-7 News Miami, which cited an arrest report by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

Well, that's bad enough but if we want to talk about root causes, let's get down to brass tacks:

Joe Biden, the last Democrat to occupy the White House, said it was “time to put Trump in the bull’s-eye.” Five days later, Thomas Matthew Crooks evaded the Secret Service and fired seven shots, one wounding candidate Trump in the ear. Jump ahead to April 25, 2026.
By all indications, Joe Biden issued no post after Cole Thomas Allen aimed to assassinate Trump. Take Obama’s post as another admission that, as David Samuels acknowledged in “The Obama Factor” in 2023, the hapless Biden was a puppet and the “fictional character” created in Dreams from My Father was still running the country and “responsible for the disaster that we are living through now.”
For all but the willfully blind, leading Democrats are now all-in on political violence. Obama serves as a pro-bono attorney for assassins like Cole Thomas Allen and jihadists like Nidal Hasan. The mass murderer was sentenced to death in 2013 but remains alive at this writing.

And that's how someone like Spillman gets to spill his seed while on duty. But the institutional rot predates even Obama/Biden. As horrendous as this creep may be, how is it that a known and avowed communist like John Brennan was able to become a CIA agent let alone was able to rise to become its director? I will never understand that one.

Elsewhere, and in a not necessarily unrelated story, President Trump is disrupting and dismantling the global order. With all eyes still on Iran, there are still rumblings about potential moves to at long last liberate the tropical island gulag 90 miles to the south of Florida.

Trump Goes All In On Regime Change In Cuba: The Trump administration just slammed the door on an effort by Cuba’s communist government to secure an economic lifeline while appearing to embrace reform. A May 1 executive order expands and sharpens longstanding American sanctions on Cuba, and appears to deliberately target a recent gesture at partially opening the Cuban economy. “All property and interests in property that are in the United States,” the order says, are barred from operating “in the energy, defense and related materiel, metals and mining, financial services, or security sector of the Cuban economy, or any other sector of the Cuban economy,” under the penalty of economic sanctions.

Fresh off the exposure of the Great Somalian Simoleon Swindle real journalist Nick Shirley is once more entering the breach:

If you'll remember, in March, a group of far-leftist folks from the U.S. and Europe — including members of Code Pink, commie activist Hasan Piker, and Ilhan Omar's daughter — flew into the crumblingly communist country and stayed in five-star hotels, enjoyed fancy meals, held concerts, and recorded podcasts, all while the Cuban people starve and live without electricity or water much of the time. They took photos with "president" Miguel Díaz-Canel and came back declaring that all was well on the island.
This crew spent some of their time riding around the city and viewing the Cubans as if they were on some sort of poverty safari, and Piker said the people just had an "island mindset" and that's why they just hung around in the streets all day. They came back reporting that things were just groovy down there and would be even better if Trump and Rubio would stop bullying them.
Well, independent journalist Nick Shirley recently visited Cuba and attempted to do the same thing... but he wanted to tell the real story of what's happening after decades of failed and corrupt communist rule. As you can imagine, he didn't get quite the welcome the others did. Not only that, but according to him, his equipment was seized, "spies" followed him around, and he barely escaped without being "kidnapped."

It is my fervent hope and prayer that Nick Shirley is not a one-off and that there are growing numbers of millennials and the younger generations that while not perhaps as open and brave as to put themselves in direct danger at least will become the next literal "Silent Majority" that will reject the insanity of Democrat/Leftism and once again secure America's future as the shining city on a hill.

On that unusually positive note for me . . .

Have a good day!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

The federal government built a system that let unvetted ‘experts’ feed partisan analysis directly into ‘domestic terror’ work products.
SPLC Indictment Shows Partisan Activists Were Running The FBI Domestic Terror Program
Shirley has put himself in some precarious situations in the past, but this one may have been the most dangerous. Thankfully, he did make it out alive, but here's exactly what happened, according to him. . .
Nick Shirley Went to Cuba. He Almost Didn't Make It Home
Victor Davis Hanson: The Iran war didn’t just break Tehran—it shattered old alliances, exposed Europe’s weakness, checked China and Russia, and accelerated an American-led geopolitical realignment.
The Global Ripples from the Iran War

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

Central Command (CENTCOM), the U.S. military formation responsible for operations in the Middle East, moved to dispel a claim by Iran that it had landed a blow on one of its warships on Monday morning. The unequivocal response from CENTCOM noted the assertion of a successful attack on a U.S. warship and stated: “No U.S. Navy ships have been struck. U.S. forces are supporting Project Freedom and enforcing the naval blockade on Iranian ports.”
Iran Claims Two-Missile Strike on U.S. Warship, CENTCOM Denies
Belmont Club/Richard Fernandez: If Project Freedom succeeds, the Strait will essentially be controlled not by Iran, but the United States.The USN will essentially turn Iran’s ultimate weapon, a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, against it. This is a feat that both Britain and France have long declared as physically impossible.
The Horns of Hormuz
Daily Caller that the U.S. has cleared an “effective pathway” through the strait. Two U.S. ships have passed through the strait in the last 24 hours. Following the exchange of fire, Cooper declined to speak about whether the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was now over.
US Destroys Six Iranian Ships In Straight Of Hormuz During ‘Project Freedom’
An Islamist system built on anti-Americanism and export of terrorism will not abandon the very tools that sustain it.
In Iran, Behavior Changes Only When The Regime Does
Iran’s shifting peace proposals, escalating Strait confrontations, and nuclear defiance point to a crisis diplomacy cannot contain and only force can resolve.
Iran Proposes Peace but Provokes War
“you can’t have an unarmed population against people with AK-47s and stand there, even if you have 250,000 people.
Trump: Iranian People Need Guns, ‘I Think They’re Getting Some’ and Will ‘Fight as Good as Anybody’ When They Do
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
United States Secret Service confirmed that law enforcement shot one individual at 15th Street and Independence Avenue during the incident. Agents reportedly engaged in a heated confrontation with an armed man at the White House before President Donald Trump’s upcoming event began and wound up shooting him, RealClearPolitics national correspondent Susan Crabtree first reported.
Gunshots Fired Near White House
The shooting led to heightened security measures in the area, including a White House lockdown, underscoring the ongoing challenges of maintaining security in the nation’s capital. Notably, an event involving President Donald J. Trump and small business owners took place as planned, although journalists at the White House were taken to a briefing room for safety.
Secret Service Shoots Man Near Washington Monument, White House Locked Down.
Grace Carol Brown was arrested Jan. 22 by the New Braunfels Police Department on suspicion of arson and burglary after employees at the Comal County Republican Party headquarters discovered the building had been broken into and a small fire had been set on Jan. 14, according to a Jan. 23 release. A Comal County grand jury added the terrorism charge on April 15, the San Antonio News-Express reported.
Woman Charged With Terrorism For Allegedly Setting Fire To Texas GOP Office
A road paved by Barack Hussein Obama.
From DC Hilton to Fort Hood
Heather Mac Donald: In a now-notorious video, play-acting revolutionaries celebrate stealing and normalize political violence.
The New York Times’s Latte Logic of Social Collapse
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
What should we do with subhuman humans?
Migrant from Sierra Leone molested a child, but gets to stay so he can remain on disability benefits
This coincides with the reality that President Donald Trump has one of his highest approval ratings on the issue of immigration, clocking in at 47 percent. For greater comparison, former [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden’s approval on immigration stood at 34 percent in January 2025, prior to Trump beginning his second term.
Poll: Most Americans Believe Democrats Are for Open Borders
When a toddler threatens to scream and cry while out to dinner, it’s easier to throw a phone or tablet at them to stop the chaos. However, all you are teaching them is that they’ll get their way if they make a big enough scene. Now, every time you are out in public, and they don’t get what they want, they will resort to the behavior that gets them the reward. Children need structure and clearly defined rules. If you allow them to be disruptive, you’ve relinquished your control and ability to take care of the family.
DHS Should Use Age-Old Parenting Tactic While Conducting Deportations

THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
It’s Minnesota all over again. And this one might actually be worse.
Massive Medicaid Fraud Exposed in Ohio
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH
“At a minimum I should be apologizing to him. We are obligated to make sure he’s taken care of. Mr. Allen, I’m sorry that things have not been the way they are supposed to.”
Judge Apologizes, Says Alleged Trump Assassin Treated Worse Than Jan. 6 Defendants
Investigate him. Impeach him. Indict him. Demonize him. When none of it works — what comes next?
The Dangerous Endgame of "He Must Be Stopped"

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John Spillman, age 33, had been in Miami to work exterior security for President Donald Trump’s appearance at the PGA Tour’s Cadillac Championship on Sunday, per CNBC: The incident involving Spillman occurred at the DoubleTree by Hilton Miami Airport & Convention Center on Sunday night, according to WSVN-7 News Miami, which cited an arrest report by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Secret Service Agent Arrested for Alleged Public Masturbation in Miami
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The Community Development Block Grant is meant to revitalize low-income areas, but it does little to help communities in need.
Congress Should Repeal This Wasteful, Failed Program
“Our investigation found that State Farm delayed, underpaid, and buried policyholders in red tape at the worst moment of their lives,” Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a statement. “That is unacceptable, and we are taking decisive action to hold them accountable.” (
California Regulators Seek to Suspend State Farm License for Mishandling Los Angeles Wildfire Claims (Suspend Bass and Newsom from a lamp post first - jjs)
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
What could go wrong with letting the jackals into the hen house?
Canada: When a Government Stops Defending its Citizens
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
An overwhelming accumulation of evidence can sometimes force CNN to reassess these conclusions, but nothing can ever dislodge the prejudices that produced them.
LOVE TO SEE IT: Dying CNN still crying over Paramount's takeover
"I'm pro-stealing from big corporations."
The New York Times Finds a Glamorous Backer of Theft and Murder

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Patel: “The FBI uses all tools to do our mission.” The bureau is buying detailed profiles of American citizens from their movements, habits, and associations from commercial data brokers. No warrant necessary, no judge, no probable cause—just a purchase order made by some low-level staffer. What seems to be a clear violation of the 4th Amendment is a Washington problem, one that has been festering for years across administrations on both sides of the aisle.
Our Data Is For Sale To An Unexpected Buyer
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Affordability is just the Democrats’ latest excuse for giving out free stuff to their supporters, paid for by you and me.
Now I Get It: Affordability is a Con
Democrats simply cannot be trusted with power.
Make The Midterms The Spirit Airlines Election
Revenue losses from a billionaire exodus will overshadow initial gains.
California’s Wealth Tax Will Backfire
"I think that every idea, as long as it's reasonable and makes some amount of sense, should be entertained and should be discussed."
Why Hitting The Gym Could Soon Cost You More Under Dem Governor
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Cooper lavished Boviet Solar with millions of dollars in taxpayer funds
Trump Forces Departure of Chinese Solar Firm Roy Cooper Lured to North Carolina With Tax Incentives

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
“A third of the crime doesn’t happen here, so we’re taking 1,500 of those folks and moving them out. Every state is getting a plus up,” Patel said.
FBI Shifts Agents Out of DC in Major Overhaul
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Public schools survive what no business could: monopoly protection, union entrenchment, and taxpayer bailouts—proof that education works best when government gets out of the way.
It’s Time to Abolish Public Schools
Examples in the complaint, filed with the EEOC, include union members laughing and clapping at the mention of an 82-year-old Jewish woman killed in a terror attack
‘Threatening and Intimidating’: Largest Teachers’ Union in United States Hit With Federal Antisemitism Complaint
Georgetown's Bridge Initiative has promoted terror-tied imams featured in Qatar’s 'educational videos'
Georgetown 'Islamophobia' Initiative Required To 'Consult' With Qatar on Guest Speakers, University Contract With Qatari Regime Reveals
“I'm here to smash White supremacist capitalism, not defend civil society.”
Academic Assailant: Dwayne Dixon, UNC-Chapel Hill
ABORTION
The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor.
Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies
Leftism forces us to look at things only from the woman’s viewpoint, but the baby’s life is equally important, no matter the circumstances of its conception.
I Was Not Really Pro-Life (And What Changed My Mind)
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Not a single Democrat in the Senate is willing to support the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, and a new op-ed from The Washington Post might just explain why.
WaPo Admits Many Democrat Voters Can’t Prove They’re Citizens
The charges highlight the Trump administration’s focus on voter fraud, particularly involving noncitizens, which undermines election integrity. The penalties for such offenses can be severe, including up to 10 years in prison for false statements leading to citizenship. Election integrity proponents say such cases prove the need for voter identification laws, such as the SAVE America Act.
Multiple Immigrants Charged with Voting Illegally.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Cognetti, running in Pennsylvania swing district, touts herself as a champion of 'transparency'
Dem House Candidate Paige Cognetti Owns Secret Second Home at ‘Fairy Tale’ Ski Resort
Moore didn’t report to basic officer training for nearly seven years, local Maryland news outlets report
Wes Moore Shirked His Military Obligations for Years, Investigation Finds, Barely Showing Up Despite Army Paying Tuition: Democrat’s Service Record Again Under Fire
POLITICS
The question is no longer whether Republicans can redistrict, but IF they will.
SCOTUS gave the GOP a generational opportunity with redistricting—will they take it?
“Signed, Sealed, and Delivered.”
DeSantis Signs New Florida Congressional Map
Democrat Illinois Gov. and billionaire JB Pritzker has been quietly throwing his political weight and checkbook around, bankrolling major campaign committees, senior leaders, and 2026 congressional election challengers viewed as critical to the Democrat Party.
Meet The Heavy Hitter Quietly Bankrolling Democrats Ahead Of Possible Presidential Run
The stakes are particularly high because the invalidated map had been drawn under pressure to include an additional majority-Black district, a change widely expected to benefit Democrats.
Republicans Poised to Outmaneuver Democrats in Redistricting Fight
Republicans are hoping to snag the seat of Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), who was first elected in 2021 and has been dubbed the “most vulnerable” Democrat up for reelection.
Poll Shows Rep. Mike Collins Leading Georgia GOP U.S. Senate Primary
Seattle used to be a place where the arts were bigger than Antifa, food culture was bigger than fentanyl, and where hardworking citizens were prized above homeless addicts. With every utterance or move she makes, however, the humorless, public school teacher–like scold telegraphs her communist priorities for what once was a great American city. These priorities boil down to more homeless, more crime, and fewer jobs.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson: A Dumber and More Unlikeable Version of Commie Mamdani

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
One report suggested that Rubio, who is a Cuban-American Catholic, will also address the dire situation that the Caribbean island is facing after nearly 70 years of communist devastation.
Vatican Confirms Marco Rubio Will Meet Pope Leo XIV on May 7
The Trump administration just slammed the door on an effort by Cuba’s communist government to secure an economic lifeline while appearing to embrace reform. A May 1 executive order expands and sharpens longstanding American sanctions on Cuba, and appears to deliberately target a recent gesture at partially opening the Cuban economy.
Trump Goes All In On Regime Change In Cuba
This is not the first time Amsterdam has served as a site for far-left social engineering programs. In early January, an investigation revealed that students living with asylum seekers as part of an integration experiment in Amsterdam reported years of sexual assaults, violence, and harassment.
European Capital Outlaws Ads for Burgers, Gas Cars, and Cruises.
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS
Horrors! The latest atrocity in Gaza, reports Al Jazeera, is a wave of “luxurious” cafes and restaurants that have sprung up, “revealing a new genocidal reality.” (Table for two, right here by the mass grave! - jjs)
Luxurious Gaza cafes poke quite the hole in the ‘genocide’ narrative
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
...the President ordered the withdrawal of 12,000 troops from Germany, citing the country’s insufficient NATO contributions. The new withdrawal allows the U.S. to shift its military resources to other zones of interest.
Trump Plans Further Troop Reductions in Europe.
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Naomi Wolf: Buried documents expose a haunting and disturbing tale.
The Shocking Story of NIH Secretly Funding COVID
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“Trouble reached my door...“I would also not be able to say that I was in the program...“‘Sex worker’ is what you have to say now...“Writers have no problem censoring other writers.
The Wrong Kind of Black
‘Relied heavily on enslaved labor and the displacement of indigenous peoples’
Philadelphia Museum Marks America’s 250th By Dwelling on Its Faults
Christian Toto: No one apparently wanted a re-imagined take on George Orwell classic
5 Hard Lessons from ‘Animal Farm’s’ Box Office Debacle
A new documentary tries to justify one of the most depraved television shows of the medium’s history.
A Whitewash for Jerry Springer
HITHER & YON
Daniel Greenfield: Bigger isn’t always better.
Should We Cap America’s Population?
Alarmed, our principal pleaded with the Ministry of Health. “These are eighth‑grade children,” she insisted. The response was immediate and categorical: there was zero danger.
40 Years Since Chernobyl: ‘May Day’ and Radioactive Spinach
Turley is equally concerned about the state of higher education, where the ingredients for populist rage abound.
review of Jonathan Turley’s new book, Rage and the Republic

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1 Oh look! Leftists being violent once again. That's never happened before.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 07:12 AM (BpO1e)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 07:13 AM (Sk2hR)

3 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 07:15 AM (/+uur)

4 Not good. So for in the last 12-14 hours, 2 US refueling tankers in the Hormuz area issued code 7700. Unconfirmed reports say that one of them went off radar.

Also, those 2 US serviceman who went missing in Morocco:

https://tinyurl.com/5jsrmw67

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 07:16 AM (Sk2hR)

5 top 10

Posted by: TALACHULITNA at May 05, 2026 07:19 AM (qxOSq)

6 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 07:21 AM (jehhT)

7 This crew spent some of their time riding around the city and viewing the Cubans as if they were on some sort of poverty safari, and Piker said the people just had an "island mindset" and that's why they just hung around in the streets all day.
===================
What a great description!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:25 AM (A4jJ3)

8 I'm supposed to be in the gym but, today, I kind of have an island mindset.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:26 AM (A4jJ3)

9 Nothing about the most important thing that happened yesterday?

Posted by: The Met Gayla at May 05, 2026 07:26 AM (vFG9F)

10 Cornell's President, a very sour guy imo, ran over a couple of kids promoting free speech at the university last night. Cornell Police (and they are actual, real police!) released video showing Kotlikoff (the Prez) tried to back out of his parking spot after a speech but the students surrounded his car. Usually its the lefties who do this stuff. No big injuries, but he probably should have let the cops clear a path instead of driving over feet. I'm sympathetic to him though, even if I'm not a fan.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:30 AM (A4jJ3)

11 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 05, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e)

12 9 I'm supposed to be in the gym but, today, I kind of have an island mindset.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:26 AM (A4jJ3)

Elton John's "Island Girl" suddenly an earworm.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 07:30 AM (x0n13)

13 The Philadelphia Museum of Art—in the city where the Declaration of Independence was drafted and signed—is marking the 250th anniversary of the founding of America with an exhibit that harps on our country’s flaws so obsessively that the wall labels read more like an indictment than a celebration.
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Fuck 'em. It's a mediocre museum anyway.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:32 AM (A4jJ3)

14 Can we please institute an interview process for trolls! We deserve better than stupid!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:33 AM (A4jJ3)

15 Migrant from Sierra Leone molested a child, but gets to stay so he can remain on disability benefits

Good link: https://tinyurl.com/24p889da

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 05, 2026 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

16 JJ, I beg you to please leave that post up for awhile. Every word is spelled correctly, which is an achievement for that twit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:35 AM (A4jJ3)

17 Cornell's President, a very sour guy imo, ran over a couple of kids promoting free speech at the university last night. Cornell Police (and they are actual, real police!) released video showing Kotlikoff (the Prez) tried to back out of his parking spot after a speech but the students surrounded his car. Usually its the lefties who do this stuff. No big injuries, but he probably should have let the cops clear a path instead of driving over feet. I'm sympathetic to him though, even if I'm not a fan.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:30 AM (A4jJ3)

i would be sympathetic, but their rules, f him. throw him in jail for attempted murder with a vehicle. they want to play those games to ur side, we should do the same.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 07:36 AM (v6XNT)

18 Can we please institute an interview process for trolls! We deserve better than stupid!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:33 AM (A4jJ3)

he's proof that commies ruin everything, including trolls.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 07:37 AM (v6XNT)

19 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

20 It’s Naomi Wolf with Outspoken. I’m here tonight to talk about a huge news story that broke in the last couple of days. It could be thread that unravels the whole COVID virus/vaccine perpetrator issue.

A criminal syndicate, essentially.
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You go woman! Get Fauci in front of the Hague! The guy has well earned his appointment with destiny.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:38 AM (UJBtD)

21 The Philadelphia Museum of Art . . . .

Ah yes, in the city of Brotherly Shove.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2026 07:38 AM (Kyh8Y)

22 Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 07:36 AM (v6XNT)
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Their rules. You are right.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:38 AM (UJBtD)

23 For months, I’ve been a bit confused about “affordability,” the latest Democrat meme. Then, early last week, I read a piece about “affordability” and realized: “of course.” Affordability is just the Democrats’ latest excuse for giving out free stuff to their supporters, paid for by you and me.

That became obvious back when all the social media drones were pushing it. As Bonchie from Red State says: Know the op when you see it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 05, 2026 07:38 AM (ExV1e)

24 Not sure if it was confirmed, but the shooter yesterday in DC was 45 year old Michael Marx, 45, a Texas driver’s license holder. He remains in the hospital with shots to the back and leg.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 05, 2026 07:39 AM (tOcjL)

25 Cuba might be close to collapse, but revitalizing the island is going to take decades. Our political class is the gold standard when it comes to incompetence and corruption, but Havana's not far behind.

Plus the entire infrastructure is crap and in need of replacement.

There's potential there, but it'll be expensive.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 07:39 AM (jehhT)

26 Five days later, Thomas Matthew Crooks evaded the Secret Service and fired seven shots, one wounding candidate Trump in the ear. and murdered an innocent bystander

fixed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)

27 18 Migrant from Sierra Leone molested a child, but gets to stay so he can remain on disability benefits

Good link: https://tinyurl.com/24p889da
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 05, 2026 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

LINK FIXED!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 07:40 AM (x0n13)

28 ...how is it that a known and avowed communist like John Brennan was able to become a CIA agent let alone was able to rise to become its director? I will never understand that one.
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JJ, they're inside the house. They've been inside for 30 years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

29 Looks like Spillman was rubbing one out when they took his mugshot.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 05, 2026 07:41 AM (R86kT)

30 Affordability is a feeling, not a fact.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 05, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)

31 31 ...how is it that a known and avowed communist like John Brennan was able to become a CIA agent let alone was able to rise to become its director? I will never understand that one.
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JJ, they're inside the house. They've been inside for 30 years.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

Has to be longer than that as Brennan is an old man and he must've been recruited at least 50 or more years ago. The CIA could not have been that rotten that long ago, or could it???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 07:43 AM (x0n13)

32 Something tells me Spillman will get off.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 05, 2026 07:45 AM (R86kT)

33 Has to be longer than that as Brennan is an old man and he must've been recruited at least 50 or more years ago. The CIA could not have been that rotten that long ago, or could it???
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

They've been against the American public since the OSS days.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2026 07:45 AM (Kyh8Y)

34 Seattle used to be a place where the arts were bigger than Antifa, food culture was bigger than fentanyl, and where hardworking citizens were prized above homeless addicts.
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Channeling Katie Wilson, "Like, bye" to Seattle.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:45 AM (UJBtD)

35 Poll: Most Americans Believe Democrats Are for Open Borders

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Then they had damned well do some serious introspection on what that means to them for their own lives, for the country, for our culture, from now on...because the first nanosecond another Democrat gets into the WH, it will be Biden's open borders on steroids. And this will not be changing. You elect a Democrat, you will get the flood of the the world's worst populations overrunning this country all over again.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 07:46 AM (qBdHI)

36 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 07:46 AM (xHq83)

37 ** Singing **

We're d*****g around...
D*****g around...
D*****g around in the Straight of Hormuz
We're d*****g around...

No end in sight of D*****g around...

(Repeat Chorus)

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 07:47 AM (XV/Pl)

38 Has to be longer than that as Brennan is an old man and he must've been recruited at least 50 or more years ago. The CIA could not have been that rotten that long ago, or could it???
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 07:43 AM (x0n13)
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Of course it was, imo, as was it's civilian arm, the State Department.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 07:47 AM (UJBtD)

39 >>Has to be longer than that as Brennan is an old man and he must've been recruited at least 50 or more years ago. The CIA could not have been that rotten that long ago, or could it???

The Church Committee was run in 1975. The following year The Safari Club was started.

The CIA has been corrupt since the day it was founded.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 05, 2026 07:47 AM (viF8m)

40 How is beating it in a bathroom public? Sounds like a George Michael situation

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 07:47 AM (eSVH+)

41 JJ, they're inside the house. They've been inside for 30 years.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

They have been inside the house since the FDR admin and achieved control after Kennedy was murdered.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 05, 2026 07:47 AM (zBgIx)

42 Happy 5/5!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 07:47 AM (wVcYX)

43 The CIA could not have been that rotten that long ago, or could it???"

DC has been "all in" on Marxist/Lenin/Engsoc for a century now...

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 07:47 AM (XuXeR)

44 "Elect." That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems. at May 05, 2026 07:47 AM (2Ez/1)

45 Has to be longer than that as Brennan is an old man and he must've been recruited at least 50 or more years ago. The CIA could not have been that rotten that long ago, or could it???
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

CIA was rotten since it's inception.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 07:48 AM (xHq83)

46 >>Something tells me Spillman will get off...

...with only a stiff fine.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 05, 2026 07:49 AM (Y1sOo)

47 Something tells me Spillman will get off...

...with only a stiff fine.
Posted by: one hour sober

He already did hard time.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2026 07:49 AM (Kyh8Y)

48 Something tells me Spillman will get off...

...with only a stiff fine.
Posted by: one hour sober

He already did hard time.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2026 07:49 AM (Kyh8Y)

He made splashy headlines.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 07:50 AM (wVcYX)

49 18 Migrant from Sierra Leone molested a child, but gets to stay so he can remain on disability benefits

Good link: https://tinyurl.com/24p889da
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Australia. It's like what the left dies to small population red states, easy to turn blue after a couple of decades of locusts migrating from California and the blue islands of University town traitors within.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 05, 2026 07:52 AM (864Ya)

50 No end in sight of D*****g around...
(Repeat Chorus)
Posted by: Thomas Bender

The perfect job for our Secret Service professionals, then.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 07:52 AM (eSVH+)

51 17 Can we please institute an interview process for trolls! We deserve better than stupid!
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Have you ever sat in on one of those interviews? I have. It took two bottles of vodka before I felt clean again.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 07:52 AM (BpO1e)

52 Crooks... murdered an innocent bystander
fixed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

But fuck him, right? Eggs and omelets. BRB gonna teach my dog a lesson./hasan

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 07:54 AM (eSVH+)

53 But fuck him, right? Eggs and omelets. BRB gonna teach my dog a lesson./hasan
Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 07:54 AM (eSVH+)
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He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
-generic low IQ local leftist politician and Chicago Alderman

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

54 hey youse. noticed at 'raw story':

President Donald Trump lives in an ever-shrinking bubble, and as he loses his mental faculties and the country falls to pieces under his leadership, it's become increasingly obvious he'll have no mainstream defenders after this chapter closes.

That's according to former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who made the comments to MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on Monday's edition of "Deadline: White House."

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 05, 2026 07:57 AM (CWTWj)

55 The second I saw the headline for the massive Medicaid fraud coming out of Ohio, I knew it was the Columbus area before I even heard one word. Why? It is yet another area completely saturated with Somalis. A community of miscreants that has been growing in that area in my home state for many years. Go listen to JJ's link. It's blood boiling.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 07:57 AM (qBdHI)

56 I stopped reading Mr. Greenfield’s screed when he made it about race and talked about “white births”. So only white people can be habituated in the government of this country? What a racist argument, while I agree we should not have mass immigration and immigration must be tightly controlled, this is a dumb argument,

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 07:57 AM (rkhDX)

57 Hmm. JJ might be interested in this. At 7:10 central, MeTV will begin airing a crime drama series, ripped from the NY headlines in the 60s. It follows the cases of officers Gunther Toody and Francis Muldoon.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 05, 2026 07:57 AM (gm9Sb)

58 Twenty-six bones in each foot. If lefty Antifas were surrounding my car, I would endeavour to rollover all 52. That could hurt and maybe end their "protesting" careers.

Posted by: Wrap 'Em Up, Roll 'em Out.... at May 05, 2026 07:58 AM (oftw2)

59 Can we please institute an interview process for trolls! We deserve better than stupid!
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Have you ever sat in on one of those interviews? I have. It took two bottles of vodka before I felt clean again.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 07:52 AM (BpO1e)

you're supposed to DRINK the alcohol, not bathe in it....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 07:58 AM (v6XNT)

60 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at May 05, 2026 07:58 AM (53oGX)

61 you're supposed to DRINK the alcohol, not bathe in it....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler

I'm referring to the purge afterward.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 07:59 AM (BpO1e)

62 I think it's difficult for American soldiers to watch the sunrise over the Atlantic from Morocco.

Posted by: pawn at May 05, 2026 08:00 AM (+rSJz)

63 But fuck him, right? Eggs and omelets. BRB gonna teach my dog a lesson./hasan
Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 07:54 AM (eSVH+)
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He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
-generic low IQ local leftist politician and Chicago Alderman
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

that's what he gets for supporting drumph...
/typical leftist commie scum

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 08:00 AM (v6XNT)

64 And if our adversaries purchase that data, it can and will be used to target and kill American military members. Indeed, it was reported that the Iranian drone strike in March that killed six U.S servicemembers in Kuwait may have used targeting data gathered from these same sources, raising concerns surrounding whether or not these massive data aggregators and brokers are being used in the tracking, targeting, and killing of United States troops.

WTFO
No service member should be ALLOWED to use devices that share their location.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:00 AM (/+uur)

65 They were watching the sunset.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 05, 2026 08:01 AM (qFwJc)

66 The CIA's mission is to overthrow governments.

All of them.

They sometimes get a bit over enthusiastic with "the mission." You'd literally have to stand-up an entity with a similar mission mindset to "overthrow" the CIA.

It would be bloody.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 08:03 AM (jehhT)

67 I stopped reading Mr. Greenfield’s screed when he made it about race and talked about “white births”. So only white people can be habituated in the government of this country? What a racist argument, while I agree we should not have mass immigration and immigration must be tightly controlled, this is a dumb argument,
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 05, 2026 07:57 AM (rkhDX)
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I got a very different impression from reading the entire article.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

68 66 I think it's difficult for American soldiers to watch the sunrise over the Atlantic from Morocco.
Posted by: pawn at May 05, 2026 08:00 AM (+rSJz)

Sunset maybe.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 08:04 AM (x0n13)

69 Pentagon giving update now.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 08:04 AM (NpAcC)

70 Good morning Horde again Horde thx as always JJ good report.
So Wes Moore is a lying sack of Dem crap, Fauci is up to his eyeballs in the creation of COVID and the SS, like most of the the rest of our government, are incompetent dipshits
Reading about the Georgia Senate race you really get a feel of what am idiot Kemp is. He's supporting a former Tenn football coach who's polling last. On top of that Kemp is refusing to redistrict. He should be tossed from the Republican party

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 08:05 AM (gu0hJ)

71
The video of Lulu Garcia-Navarro of the New York Times interviewing Qatucker Qatarlson that was included somewhere in yesterday's posts is illuminating.

https://x.com/AllyJKiss/status/2050741110801096718

His closed body language when he's pressed for answers, to me, matches up with him say continually, "I don't know", when she pressed him for specific names and acts. He cheerfully asserts "this is a big thing" and then withdraws, turtle-like, into his shell when pressed for specific evidence.

He's a bloviating circus clown: "All blow and no show".

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 08:06 AM (xG4kz)

72 33 Affordability is a feeling, not a fact.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 05, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)

This, plus the Cuban Happiness Excursion, along with literally everything the Democrat-Media Complex broadcasts, is 'Politics is Perception' taken to the maximum possible false limit.

Systemic Racism will never end!
Iran is winning!
White straight men are evil!
We all know all the other false crap constantly broadcast as reality.

Posted by: Gref at May 05, 2026 08:07 AM (5rh/l)

73 Happy Cinco De Mayo. 🌮

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 08:07 AM (NpAcC)

74 Are we all destined to sit around making macramé

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 08:07 AM (u9LDy)

75 "All blow and no show".
_______

I don't see any problem with this.

Posted by: Willie Brown at May 05, 2026 08:08 AM (864Ya)

76 77 Happy Cinco De Mayo. 🌮
Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 08:07 AM (NpAcC)

Cinco meets Taco Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:08 AM (/+uur)

77 Are we all destined to sit around making macramé
Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 08:07 AM (u9LDy)

"Ooh hot!"

- - Roosevelt 'rosy' Greer

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 08:08 AM (x0n13)

78 California’s tax code relies heavily on high-income taxpayers. Households with more than $5 million in annual income account for about 0.06 percent of filers but pay about 21 percent of income taxes.

2% of Taxpayers in NY are about 70% of tax collections.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:09 AM (/+uur)

79 No service member should be ALLOWED to use devices that share their location.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:00 AM (/+uur)

So no cell phones?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 05, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

80 During a recent episode of Mark Halperin’s ‘2Way’ podcast, Mark and guest, conservative talk radio host Larry O’Connor, teased that something major is going to drop on far left Maine senate candidate Graham Platner that is so bad he will have to ‘leave the state.’

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 08:10 AM (u9LDy)

81 "All blow and no show" must have appeared on Hunter's performance review once or twice

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:10 AM (eSVH+)

82 "All blow and no show".
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It'll get you a long way.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at May 05, 2026 08:10 AM (2Ez/1)

83 59 The second I saw the headline for the massive Medicaid fraud coming out of Ohio, I knew it was the Columbus area before I even heard one word. Why? It is yet another area completely saturated with Somalis. A community of miscreants that has been growing in that area in my home state for many years. Go listen to JJ's link. It's blood boiling.

-Presided Over by Our Gov. Mike DeWeasel

Posted by: Bad Andrew at May 05, 2026 08:11 AM (DgMqy)

84 "All blow and no show" - me too- Pete Buttgiggle, he speaks Norwegian you know

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 08:11 AM (gu0hJ)

85 Nice to see Paul on the anti Obama care bandwagon

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:11 AM (eSVH+)

86 Morning JJ and the Horde

Posted by: Jonah at May 05, 2026 08:11 AM (YCxFk)

87 Rosie Greer was a needlepoint guy, as was Gene Rayburn, who did needlepoint on his cross country commute from Scituate, MA to Hollywood when he hosted Match Game.

Posted by: Bill Needle at May 05, 2026 08:11 AM (oftw2)

88 Sadly, I am going to class tonight so celebrating today is not a possibility.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 08:12 AM (BpO1e)

89 Mortgage foreclosures are at a 6 year high
The economy sucks
People are losing their homes
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Sh*tty haiku.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

90
That's according to former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who made the comments to MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on Monday's edition of "Deadline: White House."
Posted by: gnats local 678

Self-hatred quite often produces telling big reveals about oneself, Weepy. Go back and check yourself and your life against what you said.

Tell us about your hydration routine -- it has to be boss for such a human faucet as your bad self!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 08:12 AM (xG4kz)

91 Sunrise, Sunset....

/Fiddler

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 08:12 AM (XuXeR)

92 In the old days, a guy like Planter would have been protected by the legacy media before the Internet, like Klansman Robert Byrd.

New media has destroyed that premise

Posted by: Jonah at May 05, 2026 08:13 AM (YCxFk)

93
The book Oblivion by Harry Maihafer about the disappearance of Richard Colvin Cox explained a LOT about how the CIA ended up with people like Brennan: they INTENTIONALLY went out of their way to recruit people from disreputable backgrounds, Communist ties, etc. in order to have them gather intel from those groups... without thinking that those people would eventually end up promoted into positions where they got to decide who the enemies were.

Posted by: American Hawkman at May 05, 2026 08:14 AM (6so3e)

94 The Times is reporting that school children on Long Island are being intimidated by children of Republican parents who show up to school with American flags. Frankly, we were a little intimidated by rioters standing on the roofs of burning cars in Los Angeles, waving the Mexican flag, so we can relate.

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 08:14 AM (u9LDy)

95 Let he who has not chased women in hotel hallways while naked and jacking off cast the first boulder.

Posted by: Sekrit Squirrel at May 05, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)

96 ICE agents have turned Nassau County’s fire stations into rest stops, pulling into parking lots to take a break from patrolling. Sandra Valencia, who runs a youth leadership program on Long Island through Rural & Migrant Ministry, an advocacy group, said that agents park outside schools after classes are released, frightening parents.

“Children of Republican parents have intimidated our kids,” Ms. Valencia said in Spanish. “They showed up to school with American flags.”

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 08:16 AM (u9LDy)

97
The next would-be John Wilkes Booth ventilated by the Secret Service in the vicinity of the White House should be carted out to the White House lawn, laid there, have a water hose jammed up its ass, and the water turned on.

Find your useful purpose as a fountain-like lawn sprinkler, dummy.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 08:16 AM (xG4kz)

98 Posted by: Paul at May 05, 2026 08:10 AM (RZsS2)

Bwack! All is lost. Bwack! We're all doomed. Bwack! Paul-e want a cracker.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 05, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)

99 I was hesitant about the Iran engagement at first, but it seemed like it has been successful on many levels at this point. I have noticed, though, a spread of the "Derangement Syndrome" (symptoms, phrases & behaviors surrounding TDS, jew hate, transgender support, etc) pertaining to Iran effort by people who I considered political friendlies. When I see that pattern of behavior of this derangement syndrome, it makes me think that PDJT is absolutely on the right track with Iran.

Even if he is not, there is no reason to throw the baby out with the bath water! Things were SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much worse the last administration.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 05, 2026 08:17 AM (cZMme)

100 “Children of Republican parents have intimidated our kids,” Ms. Valencia said in Spanish. “They showed up to school with American flags.”
Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 08:16 AM (u9LDy)
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Que bueno! Todos afuera!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

101 The Times is reporting that school children on Long Island are being intimidated by children of Republican parents who show up to school with American flags.

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Insinuation: Of course it's "Republican" parents. Democrats hate America.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 05, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

102 SS Checks go to workers
Medicare pays for patients services at their doctor
Section 8 pays rent for families
EBT gives people cash to buy food
School Taxes go to Unions

See the diff?

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:19 AM (/+uur)

103
People are losing their homes
Posted by: Paul

Nanzi's giving you the boot, Anvil Boy?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 08:19 AM (xG4kz)

104 A new documentary tries to justify one of the most depraved television shows of the medium’s history.

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Piers Morgan Uncensored?

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 08:20 AM (GD0B3)

105 102 Find your useful purpose as a fountain-like lawn sprinkler, dummy.

I would like Trump to have a board with "Number of Days Since a Democrat Tried to Kill Me" on it with a number counter attached.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 08:20 AM (BpO1e)

106 Yo, Paulie. How about a nice drive to Joisey?

Posted by: Clemenza at May 05, 2026 08:21 AM (gnkbn)

107
DataRepublican (small r)
@DataRepublican
🚨🧵 BREAKING: Former DHS Chief Miles Taylor's prank site collected death threats against the President and 4,000+ people's personal data. Then exposed them through all an open API. 🚨

Two days ago, I showed you how Miles Taylor's GTFO ICE site exposed 17,000+ people's data on an open API. That site halted sign-ups and is still "under construction."

But Taylor's organization DEFIANCE[.]org didn't just build one leaky site. They built two. On the same server.

UndoTrump[.]org — launched April 1, 2026 as an "April Fools' joke" — collects names, emails, and political messages from people signing up for fictional "Removal Parties" at government buildings. The White House Ballroom. The Kennedy Center. The DOJ. Battleships.

4,000+ signup records. 3,300+ unique people. Same vulnerability. Same API. Same zero authentication.

And this one has death threats against a sitting President in the database.

The man who was deputy chief of staff for the department that houses the Secret Service couldn't secure a sign-up form. Again.

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 08:21 AM (u9LDy)

108 He is reportedly recovering from his gunshot wounds at George Washington Hospital, and Secret Service agents recovered his firearm.

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The D.C. Judge in the case will apologize fto him for having failed in his Assassination Culture Mission and for having been wounded and so inconvenienced -- and maybe even initiate a civil lawsuit to try and personally & professionally bankrupt President Trump & the The Trump Organization, respectively.

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 08:21 AM (JqXxE)

109 Stop it , people. Trolls always post fake news from legacy media.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 08:22 AM (GD0B3)

110 Cinco meets Taco Tuesday
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:08 AM (/+uur)
********
Margaritas and Tacos for lunch!

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

111 Newsweek: Donald Trump Says US Will Take Over Cuba ‘Almost Immediately’

The damage to the US from this presidency is immeasurable. The president isn’t supposed to be able to unilaterally cause all of this damage. The GOP in Congress has fully ceded their responsibilities and duties.

It doesn’t help that literally brain damaged Fetterman is helping stop efforts to curtail Trump's power.

He's bored with Iran and wants to move on to something new. He finds Iran frustrating and unsatisfying. He needs something new to excite his very small attention span and continue the distraction from the Epstein mess.

"On the way back from Iran." Like it's a grocery store run? "Yeah, let's just swing the USS Abraham Lincoln by Havana, pick up some cigars, and manifest some destiny." The casualness of suggesting a regime change via a pit stop is peak 2026 timeline.

All it will take is a phone call from Ronald Lauder and the carrier group will be heading to Greenland after killing a load of Cubans. I wish the rest of the world would sanction the fuck out of warmongering fascist America.

The world should be sanctioning the US at this point.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 05, 2026 08:23 AM (uYvMy)

112 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

113 Take it easy on the SS man. At least he was just beating off on the job. That puts him in the group of good agents, who aren't setting up the President to be shot.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 08:24 AM (BI5O2)

114 Secret Service Agent Arrested for Alleged Public Masturbation in Miami.

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[Shamelessly stolen from Greg Gutfeld:] “It’s harder to get into Paris Hilton than the D.C. Hilton.”

Imagine if a team of well-trained Special Forces enemies had crashed the WHCD — and the potential subsequent carnage done.

I don’t call it the Secret Cervix for nothing, and Director Curran (frankly, another horrible pick by President Trump) has got to go. They’re still playing by the #Woke DEI Playbook over there. WHO HAS BEEN PUNISHED THUS FAR FOR ALL THE SCREWUPS and SECURITY FAILURES? /rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 08:24 AM (JqXxE)

115 o7 salty

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:25 AM (gnkbn)

116 You may well ask, given the fact that President Trump and his entire cabinet and really all of us who support and voted for him have a big fat (literal, not Mark Kelly imaginary) target painted on them, how could something like this happen, yet again?! Well how about this for starters?

Until the people funding, organizing, and giving material assistance to these assassins are arrested this will continue.

So far none of those people has been touched so...this will continue.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 08:25 AM (sKqQm)

117 Happy Cinco De Mayo. 🌮
Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 08:07 AM (NpAcC)

Cinco meets Taco Tuesday
Posted by: r hennigantx

*cough Tequila Tuesday cough*

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 08:25 AM (xHq83)

118
"Cinco de Quatro", a phrase coined by the highest genius ever to reside at the White House. A person singularly versed in all cultures of the world, who himself was a verbal stumblebum in his own native tongue.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 08:25 AM (xG4kz)

119 Secret Service! Hands up or we'll squirt!

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:26 AM (gnkbn)

120 So, is Li'l Marco taking over as Pope on the 7th? Seems plausible. The high-dollar Pope Hat will make him seem taller.

Posted by: Papal Nunzio at May 05, 2026 08:26 AM (oftw2)

121 "Six Walgreens have closed on [Chicago's] South Side during the past year," reports ABC 7 Eyewitness News. "One alderman calls it pharmaceutical genocide."

Pharmaceutical genocide. That alderman is William Hall, who wants Walgreens to face charges of "corporate abandonment" in light of another location closing on June 4 because of high levels of theft and violent incidents.

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 08:26 AM (u9LDy)

122 Mortgage foreclosure rates are well below pre pandemic levels. There are several reasons they are high the primary being a backlog of foreclosure processing that was delayed and moved into the current window largely by Covid era programs ending. The rate environment and therefore market has also greatly changed impacting some people on the margin who borrowed on the edge of their ability to repay and were only allowed to do so because the Biden administration was pressuring lenders.

Dunce.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 05, 2026 08:27 AM (rBp1O)

123 He's bored with Iran and wants to move on to something new.

One of the things I remember from Shrub's presidency is that he would continually claim he could only do one thing at a time - the WoT.

Biden, Obama, and Clinton all of course implemented multiple policy initiatives in parallel.

Trump is going the same thing here and it is as it should be

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 08:27 AM (sKqQm)

124 Of all 50 states, Indiana had the most properties in foreclosure (1,864), and West Virginia had the least (20). As for the states with the highest foreclosure rates, Florida, South Carolina, and Indiana took the top three spots.

Of IN 2,976,568 housing units, 1,864 were in foreclosure.

0.0626%

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:27 AM (/+uur)

125 There’s a reason some leftists are calling for bodycams to stop being used.

“They have been a propaganda tool.”

Meaning, bodycams are a tool that have been very inconvenient to their narratives.

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 08:29 AM (u9LDy)

126 The Times is reporting that school children on Long Island are being intimidated by children of Republican parents who show up to school with American flags."

Ok, that's funny right there...

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)

127 Happy Cinco De Mayo. 🌮
Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 08:07 AM (NpAcC)

Cinco meets Taco Tuesday
Posted by: r hennigantx

*cough Tequila Tuesday cough*
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 08:25 AM (xHq83)

working from home today, so i'm smoking corned beef at lunch for dinner tonight. could always turn that into tacos or burritos....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 08:29 AM (v6XNT)

128 "WaPo Admits Many Democrat Voters Can’t Prove They’re Citizens"

That's the headline from The Federalist. And it's a weaselly load of bullshit.

The conservative movement has allowed the talking heads of the Democrat/Progressive apparatus to change the conversation. It's not about people being unable to prove they are citizens, because that is a non-issue.

It is about illegals and other non-citizens voting. They can't prove they are citizens BECAUSE THEY AREN'T!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 05, 2026 08:29 AM (iERP6)

129 A new documentary tries to justify one of the most depraved television shows of the medium’s history.

"Married with Children?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 05, 2026 08:29 AM (qFwJc)

130 No terrorist attack at the Met Gala last night, though some protester made a run for the stage. I guess there's next year.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 08:29 AM (gu0hJ)

131 Cinco de Mayo. A holiday commemorating a Mexican victory against the French. In Germany, it's called Dienstag.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 08:29 AM (BpO1e)

132 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

LMFAO! SecWar Pete Hegseth responds to reports Iran will deploy "kamikaze dolphins" against the US:

"I can't confirm or deny whether WE have kamikaze dolphins, but I can confirm they don't!"

https://tinyurl.com/4xe33wyf

Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

133 Ah, I see the Reddit NPCs view threats to Cuba's regime as "damaging."

I can see arguments for and against toppling Canel's regime. But this is not damaging to America, at least in a first-order context. And redditors are incapable of thinking in anything but first-order terms, because they are NPCs stuck in the Eternal Present of their constantly updating Hatefeeds.

No, it's damaging to Communism, not us. It's nice when Leftists let slip where their loyalties lie.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 08:30 AM (BI5O2)

134 But the Covids shot isn't pharmaceutical genocide.

🤡 🌎.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 05, 2026 08:30 AM (K4JMi)

135 Millions will be made by communities this evening as tequila imbibers weave their way home from likker establishments. Sure to be some good Youtube vids of roadside sobriety fails. Me?, I'm staying home.

Posted by: Sinko De Drunko at May 05, 2026 08:30 AM (oftw2)

136 There’s a reason some leftists are calling for bodycams to stop being used."

Hey, we believed our own bs!

/libnutz

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

137 Obama serves as a pro-bono attorney for assassins like Cole Thomas Allen and jihadists like Nidal Hasan. The mass murderer was sentenced to death in 2013 but remains alive at this writing.

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Too bad he isn't being held in a New York prison (instead of Leavenworth) as he might soon be released "on parole" with all the other mass-murderers held there to murder again.

I haven't been calling it A Death Cult over the last decade for nothin' ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 08:31 AM (JqXxE)

138 "Married with Children?"
Posted by: no one of any consequence

I have a more positive view of that show. Al was able to keep a roof over his family's head in the suburbs with a job field known for high turnover. And despite the sniping from his wife and children, they loved each other and stayed loyal. Al wasn't a spineless milquetoast either.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 08:31 AM (BpO1e)

139 Re: The Wrong Kind of Black

Images by Tyrone Greene …

Dark and lonely on the summer night.
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
Watchdog barking – Do he bite?
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
Slip in his window,
Break his neck!
Then his house
I start to wreck!
Got no reason —
What the heck!
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
C-I-L-L …
My land – lord …

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 05, 2026 08:31 AM (IhL8c)

140
"I can't confirm or deny whether WE have kamikaze dolphins, but I can confirm they don't!"

Keeping the sharks with laser beams mounted on their heads on the down low, eh, Petey Boy? That's smart!

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 08:32 AM (xG4kz)

141 The left wants to protect Cuba partially because they've lauded the regime there for so long but mostly because it is a cheap place for underage sex tourism.

Yes, that why Canucks and Euros like it so much.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 08:32 AM (sKqQm)

142 I saw Kamikaze Dolphins open for Suicidal Tendencies.

Real downer of a show.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 08:32 AM (gtcuf)

143 One day, Rabbi Yehuda bar Ilai, Rabbi Yossi and Rabbi Shimon were sitting together. Yehuda ben Geirim joined them. Rabbi Yehuda said: “Look what fine projects this nation undertakes. They built marketplaces, bridges and bathhouses.”
Rabbi Yossi remained silent and said nothing. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai replied: “They did everything for their own benefit. They set up the marketplaces for their own pleasure and good. They built bathhouses to indulge in their own pleasure. They built bridges so that they would be able to charge tolls for using them.”

--Australian Jewish news

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:34 AM (gnkbn)

144 If you'll remember, in March, a group of far-leftist folks from the U.S. and Europe — including members of Code Pink, commie activist Hasan Piker, and Ilhan Omar's daughter — flew into the crumblingly communist country and stayed in five-star hotels, enjoyed fancy meals, held concerts, and recorded podcasts, all while the Cuban people starve and live without electricity or water much of the time. They took photos with "president" Miguel Díaz-Canel and came back declaring that all was well on the island.

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Sean Penn hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at May 05, 2026 08:34 AM (JqXxE)

145 Married with Children was a spoof of older family sitcoms that cranked things to 11. But they kept the core of a loving family.

Though I think the missed an opportunity to have the wife tell Al one night that he was a little too rough on the Beaver...err...Bud

Posted by: 18-1 at May 05, 2026 08:34 AM (sKqQm)

146 “89 percent of Democrats and 90 percent of Republicans hold qualifying citizenship documents, a difference that is not statistically significant.”

That seemingly meaningless 1 percent difference, however, would actually be state-flipping.

About 13% of New Mexico voter do not have SAFE act required documents.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:34 AM (/+uur)

147 "Married with Children?"
Posted by: no one of any consequence

I have a more positive view of that show. Al was able to keep a roof over his family's head in the suburbs with a job field known for high turnover. And despite the sniping from his wife and children, they loved each other and stayed loyal. Al wasn't a spineless milquetoast either.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 08:31 AM (BpO1e)

I'll never understand how he didn't want to bang Katy Segal nightly, and twice on sunday....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 08:35 AM (v6XNT)

148 Sean Penn hardest hit ..."

No red solo cups, so...

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR)

149
I have nothing but positive feelings about Married with Children. Al was an everyman, who called out radical feminism and culture war issues from the perspective of somebody being destroyed by the world that they made.

Posted by: American Hawkman at May 05, 2026 08:36 AM (6so3e)

150 declaring that all was well on the island.

Never mind the hospital that lost power because the hotel was a priority and people died. But it wasn't real communism and they were probably poors so the activists don't care.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 08:36 AM (BpO1e)

151 89 percent of Democrats and 90 percent of Republicans hold qualifying citizenship documents, a difference that is not statistically significant

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The illegals who vote don't have a Party registration. The Democrats don't need or want them voting in primaries.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 08:36 AM (BI5O2)

152 I saw Kamikaze Dolphins open for Suicidal Tendencies.

Real downer of a show.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 08:32 AM (gtcuf)

did you get a pepsi?

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 08:37 AM (v6XNT)

153 Life of Brian should be taught in yeshiva.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:37 AM (gnkbn)

154
Obama serves as a pro-bono attorney for assassins like Cole Thomas Allen and jihadists like Nidal Hasan. The mass murderer was sentenced to death in 2013 but remains alive at this writing.

How come the press does not cover the true victim of that incident? I mean, of course, the schlub who was in the same meeting as O'Bumbles and for whom Barky just had to deliver a shout out for his excellent participation in said meeting. All this before SCOAMF said a single thing about Hasan's killing spree.

How is the shout out recipient faring these days? How is his self-esteem? His mental health?

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 05, 2026 08:38 AM (xG4kz)

155 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 08:38 AM (77rzZ)

156 Moore’s commission was conditional, according to Spotlight. He had two requirements to fulfill as an officer in the Early Commissioning Program: complete his bachelor’s degree within 24 months of his appointment, and complete his initial officer training within 36 months.

Moore failed to meet both requirements.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:38 AM (/+uur)

157 “ I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

Matthew 22:32

Posted by: Marcus T at May 05, 2026 08:39 AM (d9i2R)

158 JJ, the Jerry Springer link comes right back here.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 08:40 AM (77rzZ)

159 Florida will still have 28 Congressional districts.

The Republicans hold 20 of those Congressional seats.

The new map has four seats that lean Republican represented by the following Democrats:

Darren Soto
Kathy Castor
Jared Moskowitz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz

AMF

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:40 AM (/+uur)

160 Al Bundy was 6'1". How did he sire a little sawed-off runt like Bud?
Same with Fred MacMurray on My Three Sons. He was 6'3" and all the sons were little shrimps. Every Hollywood teen actress from 4'10" to 5'2" was hired to be classmates and girlfriends to the boys.

Posted by: Tall Paul at May 05, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)

161 Buying commercial data for surveillance (that is not initially collected for a Govt investigation) seems similar to rooting thru someone's trash. Is it a 4th amendment violation to root thru trash without a warrant? I forget.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 05, 2026 08:41 AM (hybOl)

162 Happy Cinco De Mayo. 🌮
Posted by: redridinghood at May 05, 2026 08:07 AM (NpAcC)

Cinco meets Taco Tuesday
Posted by: r hennigantx

*cough Tequila Tuesday cough*
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 08:25 AM (xHq83)
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The REAL No Kings Day.

Posted by: mustbequantum at May 05, 2026 08:42 AM (2OYwF)

163 Why are we celebrating a day for mayonnaise?

Posted by: dantesed at May 05, 2026 08:43 AM (Oy/m2)

164 In response to a question about Iran's claim to possess kamikaze dolphins, SecWar says he can not confirm or deny that WE have kamikaze dolphins, but states categorically that the Iranians do not.

I love it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 05, 2026 08:44 AM (iNUL3)

165 For awhile it was a running joke that Bud couldn't get laid and then once he did, he'd get snu snued by some enormous biker chick or something

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:44 AM (gnkbn)

166 r hennigantx

This is a pattern. Unearned credentials, plus incompetent, but DEM so untouchable.

I would mandate an exhaustive exam cycle of Thomas Sowell, Hayek, and von Mises to qualify candidates.

Private property is one of the keys to prosperity, bitches.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ)

167 The Iranians will fear our Kamikaze penguin and otter brigades

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 08:45 AM (gu0hJ)

168 I could never, ever get used to Fred Macmurray playing a bad guy or heavy. My only exposure was My Three Sons for the most part.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 05, 2026 08:45 AM (drP55)

169 Recently read an entertaining discussion on Reddit about TV sitcom families where none of the kids look anything like each other, or their parents.

Just the Ten of Us was particularly egregious, just based on the sheer number of family members alone.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 08:45 AM (gtcuf)

170 163 Why are we celebrating a day for mayonnaise?
Posted by: dantesed

Because I have "Twang".

Posted by: The Duke at May 05, 2026 08:45 AM (oftw2)

171 California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy
By Susana Guerrero,Senior News Reporter
May 5, 2026

Central California farmers are expected to gain up to $9 million in federal aid to help remove 420,000 clingstone peach trees following the closure of Del Monte Foods’ canneries earlier this year.
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You need to buy more canned peaches at a new higher price, comrades.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

172 gKWVE

I never saw the show, but my Chinese Communist lab partner, from the Chemical Corps of the Red Army, would rather watch that show in fascination than work on experiments. She bombed out of the program.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

173 163 Why are we celebrating a day for mayonnaise?

Bring out the Best Foods, and bring out the best!

(actually I prefer Duke's, but that jingle was catchy.)

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 08:47 AM (gtcuf)

174 The city council of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, has approved a ban on public advertising for meat and fossil fuel products, including burgers, gasoline cars, airlines, and cruises.

Oh no. No, in this case, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.

And we're just the guys to do it.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

175 I didn’t know that Del Monte had gone bankrupt. Too bad.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 08:47 AM (77rzZ)

176 Our daughter's anniversary is today. Cinco De Mayo. She and her husband were married in Las Vegas about a decade or so ago. (Last time I was on a plane too.)

I will have Tequila in their honor today. And probably a taco or two.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 08:47 AM (jehhT)

177 Delurker

Saying Duke's is a quality signifier. I shun people who say Miracle Whip is best.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

178 >>Recently read an entertaining discussion on Reddit about TV sitcom families where none of the kids look anything like each other, or their parents.

Eight is Enough

Posted by: one hour sober at May 05, 2026 08:48 AM (Y1sOo)

179 You need to buy more canned peaches at a new higher price, comrades.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

My monthly card for canned peaches increased to 10 cans from 15.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:48 AM (/+uur)

180 Sounds like your lab partner was a weapons grade autist

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:48 AM (gnkbn)

181 Miracle Whip is for small children and psychopaths.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 08:49 AM (gtcuf)

182 It's taco and tequila Tuesday. Break out your Willard Romney sombreros and have a go at the piñata.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 08:49 AM (D1E+2)

183 San Franpsycho

Is that a water issue?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

184 Secret Service needs to aim better. A taxpayer fiscal savings plan is what these lunatics deserve.

Posted by: Indy Bill at May 05, 2026 08:49 AM (Oe2Ms)

185 Eight is Enough
Posted by: one hour sober at May 05, 2026 08:48 AM (Y1sOo)

Yep, totally! That one got mentioned a lot.

But man did I have the hugest crush on Elizabeth (the gorgeous Connie Needham.)

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 08:50 AM (gtcuf)

186 What is this Duke's ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 08:50 AM (FtULh)

187 167 The Iranians will fear our Kamikaze penguin and otter brigades
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 08:45 AM (gu0hJ)

How many penguins in your Brigade Sgt Major?
15
SQUAAAALLLKKKKKK
14 sir.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 08:50 AM (/+uur)

188 On Full House the girls looked plausibly like sisters. Maybe.

Posted by: Who Killed Bob Saget? at May 05, 2026 08:50 AM (oftw2)

189 I need help in properly observing this holiday. I need to attend a Cinco de Mayo clinic.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)

190 gKWVE

She was the leading edge of Chinese fraud in STEM. Very high test scores, likely fraudulent. And no lab skills. She could not even make a 3M solution of hydrochloric acid!

Got several stories of her ineptitude. Like destroying the lab's C drive.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:52 AM (u82oZ)

191 Is it a 4th amendment violation to root thru trash without a warrant? I forget."

Nein.

Posted by: man at May 05, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)

192
Good morning, Hordians. Spending this morning getting Her Majesty, The Big Dummy and Rosalind on the road for points north (Lawrence, then Lincoln, then Kalamazoo, then Oklahoma City). Spare a thought for safe and uneventful travels.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:52 AM (HdYcL)

193 Sounds like your lab partner was a weapons grade autist
Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:48 AM (gnkbn)

Lol, vegging out on the couch, watching TV and eating bonbons.

The heathen Chinee sent her here to become the next Chemical Ali, and got back a Peg Bundy. Our execrable pop culture truly is our strongest weapon.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 05, 2026 08:52 AM (BI5O2)

194 Sour Cream is preferable to Mayonnaise anyhow.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 05, 2026 08:53 AM (drP55)

195 I note for the record that the Secret Service shoot, and the target is not killed. Be better.

Range time for the entire bunch.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:53 AM (u82oZ)

196 Is that a water issue?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:49 AM (u82oZ)
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Water and over-regulation. Tastes and market changes too no doubt.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

197 Cinco de Mayo. A holiday commemorating a Mexican victory against the French. In Germany, it's called Dienstag.
Posted by: NR Pax

In Germany, it's called Again?

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 08:53 AM (xHq83)

198 Spare a thought for safe and uneventful travels.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:52 AM (HdYcL)
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And soft landings.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 08:54 AM (RIvkX)

199 Hadrian the Seventh

May her travels be safe, fun, and free of maintenance issues. And hope she enjoys Kansas. Even Lawrence, that Beijing on the Kaw River.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)

200 Since we all have permission to be overly sensitive nowadays I'll mention my beef with the Brady Bunch theme song. The females are described as lovely with hair of gold. But the males are described as simply being "all alone."
Feminist misandry put downs: the early days.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 05, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

201 197 Cinco de Mayo. A holiday commemorating a Mexican victory against the French. In Germany, it's called Dienstag.
Posted by: NR Pax

Best to stay off the road here tonight... Always have a slew of drunk driving Hispanics...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 08:55 AM (FtULh)

202 Is it a 4th amendment violation to root thru trash without a warrant? I forget."

Once it's at the curb, it's fair game.

Pulled many a trash bag working for a PI.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 08:55 AM (xHq83)

203 Dienstag - Tuesday

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 08:56 AM (l0Xoq)

204 Spare a thought for safe and uneventful travels.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Amen. 🙏🏻

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 08:56 AM (xHq83)

205 Ammonia and bleach. HCl for the masses.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:56 AM (gnkbn)

206 What is this Duke's ?
Posted by: It's me donna

Best mayonnaise on the market, bar none.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 08:57 AM (xHq83)

207 I shun people who say Miracle Whip is best.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)

and you are allowed to sit there and be wrong in your wrongness...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 08:57 AM (v6XNT)

208
Best mayonnaise on the market, bar none.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 08:57 AM (xHq83)

Never seen it here in NorCal

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 08:57 AM (FtULh)

209 Recently read an entertaining discussion on Reddit about TV sitcom families where none of the kids look anything like each other, or their parents.

Eight is Enough
Posted by: one hour sober at May 05, 2026 08:48 AM (Y1sOo)
====

My SiL is a ginger but Mrs. F. is normal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX)

210 Duck's, I say.

Posted by: Little Bill at May 05, 2026 08:58 AM (Q+gd/)

211 SPY Magazine used to have a feature where they'd dig through a celeb's trash, and not tell you who the celeb was. You had to try and guess from the trash. They even showed pics of the trash. iirc they did Trump's once.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 08:58 AM (gtcuf)

212 Okay I looked it up, apparently a lot.of.chloramine gas is given off too.
Probably why I didn't follow.my dad into the chem field.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 05, 2026 08:58 AM (gnkbn)

213
May her travels be safe, fun, and free of maintenance issues.

___________

That's my concern. She had major tire issues on the last trip. A combination of vehicle weight and bad roads. We replaced all four rear tires for ones with a higher capacity, but I shudder to think what The Beast weighs fully loaded.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 08:59 AM (HdYcL)

214 Sturmtoddler

Of course. I wear the Moron Horde T-Shirt.

Been wrong, in doubt, and sometimes apologetic for decades.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

215 Used to be hard to find Duke's east of the Mississip.

I hear Wegmans stocks it now.

Whole Foods' 365 brand is pretty close to Duke's.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:00 AM (gtcuf)

216 Never seen it here in NorCal
Posted by: It's me donna

The power of Amazon compels you:

https://tinyurl.com/3ekvt48v

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:00 AM (xHq83)

217 gKWVE

I recommend your reaction to all Leftists.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 09:00 AM (u82oZ)

218 801 and thru da links

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:01 AM (/+uur)

219 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 09:02 AM (5xoct)

220 And not only Duke's Mayo, but a bunch of different Duke's dipping sauces.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:02 AM (xHq83)

221 Hey, I tried to take out Beijing on the Kaw. Don’t blame me for that place.
— Zombie William Quantrill

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:02 AM (77rzZ)

222 Yes, Wegmans carries Duke’s.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:04 AM (77rzZ)

223 A million years ago, I'm in LA with a friend and we decide to drop into Madam Wong's West and who strolls in but William Faustino (Bud) and Christina Applegate. I did a double take. (I think it was William's birthday). Christina was very pretty in person.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 05, 2026 09:04 AM (hybOl)

224 Duke’s mayo is okay. Commonplace in our stores. Different than Hellman’s for sure but not “ better”. It’s just mayonnaise.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 09:05 AM (Gqar8)

225 Bulg

Quantrill sent the Lincoln voters to other parts of the state.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 09:05 AM (u82oZ)

226 Miracle Whip vents a lot of Chloramine Gas also when you open it. Do it by an open window or take the jar outside.

Posted by: Prudence Dictates at May 05, 2026 09:06 AM (oftw2)

227 @politico
·
Follow
Democrats fear body cameras could be ICE’s new mass surveillance tool

hahahaha

POPO demands cameras

hahahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

228 Sturmtoddler

Of course. I wear the Moron Horde T-Shirt.

Been wrong, in doubt, and sometimes apologetic for decades.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

don't forget to wave next time through on your way to OBX. and tis the moron way to be wrong.

my miracle whip is just a different cut. the twang makes a sandwich. imo

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 09:06 AM (v6XNT)

229 We should debate mustard sometime. In fact, all of the condiments should be put before the Horde Tribunals.

Posted by: tubal at May 05, 2026 09:08 AM (Gqar8)

230 Democrats fear body cameras could be ICE’s new mass surveillance tool

The whole bodycams thing was such a self-own for the libs. Entertained, I am.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:08 AM (gtcuf)

231

Suzi De Quatro?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:09 AM (x0n13)

232 > Democrats fear body cameras could be ICE’s new mass surveillance tool
------------
Snickers....

Posted by: Flock Surveillance at May 05, 2026 09:09 AM (jehhT)

233 This is pure D unmitigated bullshit.

Active-Duty Navy Sailor Serving 20 Years Over Demilled Parts and Replicas as SAF Pushes Supreme Court for Review

WASHINGTON, DC — The Second Amendment Foundation has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in the case of Patrick “Tate” Adamiak, the former active-duty U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms serving 20 years in federal prison on machine gun and destructive device charges that gun rights advocates have argued for years are based on demilled equipment, non-firing replicas, and unfinished parts that are still openly sold online today.

https://tinyurl.com/4kk8ujr2

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:10 AM (xHq83)

234 >>The whole bodycams thing was such a self-own for the libs. Entertained, I am.

THIS

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 09:10 AM (5xoct)

235
We should debate mustard sometime.

____________

The stuff put on soft pretzels and hot dogs must be fluorescent yellow. No alternatives acceptable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 09:10 AM (HdYcL)

236 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:11 AM (+sD5M)

237 Justice Alito fires back at Justice Jackson, calling her solo dissent "baseless and insulting" and "utterly irresponsible" after she accused the majority of abandoning principle for power.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

238 Pray for Nick Shirley. He needs The Lord's protection. Bigly.

And it's ok to call him Shirley. It's his name.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:11 AM (+sD5M)

239 Justice Alito fires back at Justice Jackson, calling her solo dissent "baseless and insulting" and "utterly irresponsible" after she accused the majority of abandoning principle for power.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

How racist.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:11 AM (+sD5M)

240 Duke's mayo is also gluten-free!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 09:12 AM (5xoct)

241 Hantavirus kills multiple people on a cruise ship, others sickened. Don't blame me!

Posted by: Rickey the Pizza Rat at May 05, 2026 09:12 AM (oftw2)

242 In WNY where I grew up, they love Webers horseradish mustard.

Can't touch it now. That stuff wreaks havoc with my guts.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:12 AM (gtcuf)

243 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Tartar sauce at May 05, 2026 09:13 AM (2Ez/1)

244 >>"Six Walgreens have closed on [Chicago's] South Side during the past year," reports ABC 7 Eyewitness News. "One alderman calls it pharmaceutical genocide."

*shakes head in disbelief*

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 09:13 AM (5xoct)

245 In WNY where I grew up, they love Webers horseradish mustard.

Can't touch it now. That stuff wreaks havoc with my guts.
Posted by: Delurker

Duke's also has a horseradish mustard.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:13 AM (xHq83)

246 The stuff put on soft pretzels and hot dogs must be fluorescent yellow. No alternatives acceptable.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 09:10 AM (HdYcL)

the big soft pretzels need spicy ground mustard

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 09:13 AM (v6XNT)

247
the big soft pretzels need spicy ground mustard

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 09:13 AM (v6XNT)

_________

*fearfully holds out crucifix at arm's length*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 09:14 AM (HdYcL)

248

Egg Cream and a stick pretzel at my corner candy store.

A Brooklyn memory. Sigh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:15 AM (x0n13)

249 Duke's also has a horseradish mustard.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:13 AM (xHq83)

que? you have my attention with this.

horseradish is required for a roast beef sandwich, and mustard doesn't go amiss...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 09:15 AM (v6XNT)

250 > the big soft pretzels need spicy ground mustard
---------
Salt. They need lots of salt.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 09:15 AM (jehhT)

251
Bodycam videos provide hours of entertainment. The airport ones especially. Proof that alcohol and travel do not mix well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 09:16 AM (HdYcL)

252 Horseradish mustard goes great with Polish sausage.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:16 AM (gtcuf)

253 Got the tractor out to the property over the weekend. Did a bit of mowing. Man that thing is violent and unforgiving. Gonna take some getting used to.

But, wish I had the box plow as I would've spent some time leveling out all the hog damage. That'll make things a lot easier.

Box plow will be coming soon, I hope.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:16 AM (+sD5M)

254 I'm a very popular condiment.
Except on Sundays.

Posted by: Chick-fil-A sauce at May 05, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)

255 I’ve never liked pretzels.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:16 AM (77rzZ)

256 Morning, Horde.

Was dutifully informed by Ventura County that my vote by mail ballot for the upcoming primary should arrive in about seven days. Problem is, I've not lived in Ventura County since last July, and have since become a registered voter in Florida. Apparently, this is not enough to prevent California from issuing mail in ballots to folks who no longer live there. The spice must flow...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 05, 2026 09:17 AM (nbLIj)

257 255 I’ve never liked pretzels.
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 09:16 AM (77rzZ)

Me either

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 09:17 AM (FtULh)

258 >"Six Walgreens have closed on [Chicago's] South Side during the past year," reports ABC 7 Eyewitness News. "One alderman calls it pharmaceutical genocide."

But liberal policies and crime had NOTHING to do with it, I'm sure. It's the evil Big Convenience Store's greed.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:17 AM (+sD5M)

259 the big soft pretzels need spicy ground mustard
Posted by: Sturmtoddler

This is one of the central tents of Communism. You've been co-opted.

Posted by: Rock-Ribbed Ronnie at May 05, 2026 09:18 AM (oftw2)

260 Horseradish mustard goes great with Polish sausage.
Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:16 AM (gtcuf)

ok so that is thursday's dinner sorted.

grilled polish sausage with horseradish mustard, and perogies with sour cream and applesauce.

i'mma gain weight again....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 09:18 AM (v6XNT)

261 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:15 AM (x0n13)

I love how egg creams contain neither eggs nor cream. It sounds like a Coffee Talk topic LOL

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:18 AM (gtcuf)

262 Proof that alcohol and travel do not mix well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

But when a flight attendant kindly offers you a free tequila because of the ear splitting shriek from a toddler that woke you up from a deep sleep, you approve of it.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 09:18 AM (BpO1e)

263 255 I’ve never liked pretzels.
Posted by: Bulg
____
They're making me thirsty!

Posted by: Kramer at May 05, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

264
"On the way back from Iran." Like it's a grocery store run? "Yeah, let's just swing the USS Abraham Lincoln by Havana, pick up some cigars, and manifest some destiny." The casualness of suggesting a regime change via a pit stop is peak 2026 timeline.”

I think this is an absolutely awesome idea!

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 09:19 AM (XcvNy)

265
Horse radish or "Chrain" in Yiddish was especially nice on momma's pot roast.

Gold's brand in NYC.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:19 AM (x0n13)

266 ...we are still talking about Duke's mayo ??

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 09:19 AM (GD0B3)

267 Pretzels are greatness. I used to eat the pretzel logs so much as a yute, I gave them up for Lent multiple times. It was a sacrifice, let me tell you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:19 AM (+sD5M)

268 Joe Kidd

The only way voter fraud stops is if the GOPe use it to win elections.

Vote like a Democrat; early and often.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

269 the big soft pretzels need spicy ground mustard
Posted by: Sturmtoddler

This is one of the central tents of Communism. You've been co-opted.

Posted by: Rock-Ribbed Ronnie at May 05, 2026 09:18 AM (oftw2)

not commie, kraut. look at the nic...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 05, 2026 09:19 AM (v6XNT)

270 aw man I missed a pretzel thread

Posted by: Don Black at May 05, 2026 09:20 AM (ZxPkt)

271 I mostly use de mayo for tuna salad or egg salad sandwiches.

Don't have time to make my own, so it's usually best foods.

I don't ever recall having a chicken salad sandwich.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 09:20 AM (D1E+2)

272 261 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:15 AM (x0n13)

I love how egg creams contain neither eggs nor cream. It sounds like a Coffee Talk topic LOL
Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:18 AM (gtcuf)

Indeed! I often wondered how the name came about.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:20 AM (x0n13)

273 Ketchup or Ketsup ??

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 09:20 AM (GD0B3)

274
258 >"Six Walgreens have closed on [Chicago's] South Side during the past year," reports ABC 7 Eyewitness News. "One alderman calls it pharmaceutical genocide."

I wonder if that alderman realizes that there’s a name for forcing people to work when and where they don’t want to.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 09:20 AM (XcvNy)

275 Tom Servo

It's got to be the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-7

. She is the CVN returning from her epic deployment.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 09:21 AM (u82oZ)

276 the big soft pretzels need spicy ground mustard
---------
Salt. They need lots of salt.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 09:15 AM (jehhT)

Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps - mustard and onion flavored.

Posted by: The Donald at May 05, 2026 09:21 AM (kxLc1)

277 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:20 AM (x0n13)

FYI.

The link in your nic is teh screwed up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:21 AM (+sD5M)

278 Ketchup or Ketsup ??
Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 09:20 AM (GD0B3)

Or Catsup.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:22 AM (+sD5M)

279 >>Hantavirus kills multiple people on a cruise ship, others sickened. Don't blame me!

Yeah, someone explain that one, please.
Are some of their mouse guests from Arizona aboard the ship.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 09:22 AM (5xoct)

280 251
Bodycam videos provide hours of entertainment. The airport ones especially. Proof that alcohol and travel do not mix well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 09:16 AM (HdYcL)

Here I am again
Mixing misery and gin

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 05, 2026 09:22 AM (/+uur)

281 Pixy did fix the smiles.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 09:22 AM (u82oZ)

282 Mustard - Thomy Scharfer Senf. Nice and hot. Supplied in a tube, like toothpaste.

El-cheapo Yellow mustard is perfectly fine for burgers and such. Condiments don’t need to be a vehicle for snobbery. A classic burger needs onion, pickles, mustard and ketchup.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 05, 2026 09:22 AM (Fn30I)

283 Pixy did fix the smiles.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 09:22 AM (u82oZ)

Woof. That's been an issue for quite some time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:22 AM (+sD5M)

284 Lizzy

Evidently, lots of rats from a previous port of call. Likely in South America.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

285 48 Something tells me Spillman will get off...

...with only a stiff fine.
Posted by: one hour sober

He already did hard time.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 05, 2026 07:49 AM (Kyh8Y)

He made splashy headlines.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2026 07:50 AM (wVcYX)

In late, knew I'd be...beaten to it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:23 AM (ynpvh)

286 277 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:20 AM (x0n13)

FYI.

The link in your nic is teh screwed up.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:21 AM (+sD5M)

Hmm?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:23 AM (x0n13)

287 Max Miller did a deep dive on the ketchup/catsup thing on Tasting History. iirc it's derived from a Chinese (?) word for fish sauce.

Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:23 AM (gtcuf)

288
Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps - mustard and onion flavored.
Posted by: The Donald at May 05, 2026 09:21 AM (kxLc1)

Snyder's Pretzel Bites - Jalapeno.

Addictive as hell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:24 AM (+sD5M)

289 I don't ever recall having a chicken salad sandwich.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Mmmmm. Diced apples & shredded chicken and iced cold.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:24 AM (xHq83)

290 >>Evidently, lots of rats from a previous port of call. Likely in South America.

Welp, there ya go!

Posted by: Lizzy at May 05, 2026 09:24 AM (5xoct)

291 How can you not love Heather MacDonald?

The video’s most memorable feature is the visual contrast between the participants’ studied downtown chic and their professed identification with what Piker calls the “masses.” Tolentino’s makeup is flawless, accentuating her exotic feline beauty; her nails gleam with shell-pink lacquer; her carefully styled waves glow with tawny highlights; her low-cut denim tank top, jeans, and high-heeled boots signal urban sophisticate. This outfit may not be ideally suited to organizing the proletarian “sabotage and, sort of, engagement with property destruction” she evokes with wistful nostalgia. But it fits perfectly in the all-white Brooklyn loft where the interview was filmed.

Piker sports a powder-blue, long-sleeved Ralph Lauren shirt, complete with polo pony logo. His tennis shoes are by Adidas, the very embodiment of the “system of global capital” that he claims to want to overthrow, complete with allegations of labor abuses in its Chinese, Vietnamese, and Indonesian factories...

Posted by: Oglebay at May 05, 2026 09:25 AM (2ap+5)

292 288
Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps - mustard and onion flavored.
Posted by: The Donald at May 05, 2026 09:21 AM (kxLc1)

Snyder's Pretzel Bites - Jalapeno.

Addictive as hell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:24 AM (+sD5M)

Both sound good...Costco had pickle-flavored potato chips. Pretty darn good when eaten with a sammich...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:25 AM (ynpvh)

293 Max Miller did a deep dive on the ketchup/catsup thing on Tasting History. iirc it's derived from a Chinese (?) word for fish sauce.
Posted by: Delurker at May 05, 2026 09:23 AM (gtcuf)

Rings True ! kôechiap.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 09:25 AM (GD0B3)

294 Cinco de Mayo! The day we sit down with fat white women and drink a Margarita in honor of when the Mexicans beat the French.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 05, 2026 09:25 AM (GD2xa)

295 As long as you don't put ketchup on hot dogs, I don't care what you people put on your food.

Posted by: dantesed at May 05, 2026 09:25 AM (Oy/m2)

296 >>Hantavirus kills multiple people on a cruise ship, others sickened.
---------
IMO cruise ships and airplanes are bacteria infested, moving bio-labs. Germ factories. That you pay to be inside of.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 09:25 AM (jehhT)

297
Hmm?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:23 AM (x0n13)

it's got acecomments.mu.nu attached to the front of your cutjibnewsletter.com

https://https://acecomments.mu.nu/ cutjibnewsletter.com

Is how it looks (without the space).

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:25 AM (+sD5M)

298 289 I don't ever recall having a chicken salad sandwich.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Mmmmm. Diced apples & shredded chicken and iced cold.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:24 AM (xHq83)

My chicken salad has no apples...celery, but no apples...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:26 AM (ynpvh)

299 damn....not 2 https

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:26 AM (+sD5M)

300 Testing 123!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:26 AM (x0n13)

301 IMO cruise ships and airplanes are bacteria infested, moving bio-labs. Germ factories. That you pay to be inside of.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Hospitals too!!

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (GD0B3)

302 Both sound good...Costco had pickle-flavored potato chips. Pretty darn good when eaten with a sammich...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:25 AM (ynpvh)

There's a puffed cheese ball spicy pickle thing out there.......It's......Odd.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (+sD5M)

303 My chicken salad has no apples...celery, but no apples...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:26 AM (ynpvh)

Celery and green onions...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (FtULh)

304 *except for the moving part

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (GD0B3)

305 Heaven:

Grilled bratwurst 🌭 with mustard & sauerkraut on a bun, hot German pretzel and an ice cold Falstaff beer.

Can get everything but the Falstaff. 😢

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (xHq83)

306 Interesting population control effort in Chicago. Allow crime to go insane driving the pharmacies out of the city. The local cannot get their meds and die. Racist!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (gu0hJ)

307 296 >>Hantavirus kills multiple people on a cruise ship, others sickened.
---------
IMO cruise ships and airplanes are bacteria infested, moving bio-labs. Germ factories. That you pay to be inside of.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 09:25 AM (jehhT)

And the cruise rooms probably would, as said by Starlord in "Guardians of the Galaxy", look like a Jackson Pollock painting under black light...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (ynpvh)

308 Testing 123!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:26 AM (x0n13)

Link still broke.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (+sD5M)

309 296 >>Hantavirus kills multiple people on a cruise ship, others sickened.
---------
IMO cruise ships and airplanes are bacteria infested, moving bio-labs. Germ factories. That you pay to be inside of.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 05, 2026 09:25 AM (jehhT)

BUT THE WOMEN!!!

I've never been on a cruise ship. Is it like a nude beach where imagination tops reality?

Posted by: Stateless at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (Sco7b)

310 So it's a food thread?

Posted by: Just got here at May 05, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

311 303 My chicken salad has no apples...celery, but no apples...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:26 AM (ynpvh)

Celery and green onions...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (FtULh)

Yes!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:28 AM (ynpvh)

312
Can get everything but the Falstaff. 😢
Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:27 AM (xHq83)

Holy crap. Falstaff.....Haven't heard that beer name in a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:28 AM (+sD5M)

313 So...rumors Elon Musk may try to buy what's left of Spirit Airlines:

https://x.com/robertlufkinmd/status/2051274497894826276

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 05, 2026 09:28 AM (OUMaO)

314 Holy crap. Falstaff.....Haven't heard that beer name in a while.
Posted by: Sponge

I grew up in St. Louis. It was everywhere.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 05, 2026 09:29 AM (xHq83)

315 313 So...rumors Elon Musk may try to buy what's left of Spirit Airlines:

https://x.com/robertlufkinmd/status/2051274497894826276

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 05, 2026 09:28 AM (OUMaO)

Why? Did Spirit Airlines give up the ghost?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:29 AM (ynpvh)

316 Hmm. worked fine until now.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (x0n13)

317 So...rumors Elon Musk may try to buy what's left of Spirit Airlines:

https://x.com/robertlufkinmd/status/2051274497894826276

==

I approve! Musk will totally revolutionize the industry. It need a little imagination. I am tired of having to pay increased fees for constant degradation of services !

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (GD0B3)

318 315 313 So...rumors Elon Musk may try to buy what's left of Spirit Airlines:

https://x.com/robertlufkinmd/status/2051274497894826276

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 05, 2026 09:28 AM (OUMaO)

Why? Did Spirit Airlines give up the ghost?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

And may go from an ex-airline to an X-Airline...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (OUMaO)

319 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (+sD5M)

320 Hmm. worked fine until now.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 05, 2026 09:30 AM (x0n13)

It's fixed now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (+sD5M)

321 >>So...rumors Elon Musk may try to buy what's left of Spirit Airlines:

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THIS WOULD DRIVE LEFTIES LIKE ELIZABETH WARREN, WHO ENGINEERED ITS DEMISE AND HAAATE ELON, CRAZY.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (5xoct)

322 Musk knows about flying stuff, that's for sure.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (GD0B3)

323 >>And may go from an ex-airline to an X-Airline...

DAMN, MISSED THAT ONE!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at May 05, 2026 09:32 AM (5xoct)

324 322 Musk knows about flying stuff, that's for sure.

Posted by: runner at May 05, 2026 09:31 AM (GD0B3)

And making babies...lots of babies...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (ynpvh)

325 Of all the news this morning one story jumped out at me, actress Cameron Diaz 53 (and husband) welcomed a newborn son. Alright, 53 years old so she gave birth herself or was this surrogate?

Posted by: JROD at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Qc7+O)

326 325 Of all the news this morning one story jumped out at me, actress Cameron Diaz 53 (and husband) welcomed a newborn son. Alright, 53 years old so she gave birth herself or was this surrogate?

Posted by: JROD at May 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Qc7+O)

Coulda been implanted in her too...like that grandmother who gave birth to her grandson...

On my Mom's side, she had a aunt that was over 50 when she gave birth to a kid...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 05, 2026 09:35 AM (ynpvh)

327 Joe Kidd

The only way voter fraud stops is if the GOPe use it to win elections.

Vote like a Democrat; early and often.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 05, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

Sure. Listen to the howling now that we're taking the lead on redistricting. For now, I imagine my ballot will be filled out by a designated postal resource and placed in a special container that will be secured in the trunk of a large automobile, to be driven to a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife, and it may ask itself:

"Well, how did I get here?"

Posted by: Same as it ever was at May 05, 2026 09:36 AM (nbLIj)

328 This world is toast. Redemption is coming tho.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 05, 2026 09:41 AM (Bgs9Z)

329 There is one thing we can agree on, The Brady Bunch had the most accurate Parents to Children casting.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 10:13 AM (XV/Pl)

330 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

From above, 'Philadelphia Museum Marks America’s 250th By Dwelling on Its Faults'

Pope Leo XIV will be awarded the 38th annual Liberty Medal in Philadelphia on July 3, 2026, during the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. The National Constitution Center will honor him for promoting religious liberty, freedom of conscience, and human dignity, with the Pope accepting via a virtual broadcast from Rome. The award is part of the 2026 Wawa Welcome America festivities.

This could be the worst celebration of Independence Day in the Philadelphia area ever, and it seems so in-your-face including the following, especially given the Roman Catholic Church's 'treatment' in the region:

Within just one collar county of the city, some examples:
Delco officials began eminent domain proceedings in 2021 to acquire roughly 213 acres of land in Marple Township from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia & an alleged developer to create the county's largest park. The site, the former Don Guanella Village, was targeted for preservation, preventing its development. The county tendered only $21 million as "estimated just compensation." Absurd and still open.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

331 Little Flower Manor (Darby & Upper Darby), originally owned by the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer, this 37.5-acre property served as an orphanage and nursing home until its closure. Delaware County purchased the site for $1.7 million in 2016 to prevent commercial development and create a public park.

Sisters of St. Francis Property (Aston Township) transaction involved land formerly owned by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, located near Neumann University. Aston Township purchased 46 acres from the religious order for approximately $1.9 million and intends it to become a passive-use township park featuring hiking trails through meadows and woodlands.

2025, Brookhaven closed the purchase of the former Our Lady of Charity school property located on Upland Road. The 7.4-acre parcel was appraised at $1.55 million.

In September 2019, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia sold the historic Archbishop Prendergast High School building and 8.5 acres in Drexel Hill to Delaware County Community College (DCCC) for $3 million. The new campus is designed as a $66.5 million project aimed at providing education, workforce training, and community resources.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

332 (Note, the new community college campus also sits on the border of Philly while the entire county community college system is now supported by far fewer school districts than the original 21 county signers/supporters decades ago.)

AI - These actions reflect a trend of the cash-strapped Archdiocese selling land, while local government seeks to convert large, open Catholic tracts into public, green space.

And it is shocking to see the Roman Catholic Church so cash strapped in PA - it HAS done a lot of good - now joining many of the historic, mainline protestant denominations rapidly fading away.

And in county, rather than Greening, the true goals seem to be for Democratic county council - and pals - to control large land buffers that also keep certain schools at desirable educational levels, local taxes manageable, and any residential building appropriate for the surrounding towns.

After all, it's quite the deal as ALL the county is taxed to pay for county parks & security even when they're just sitting with little to no park development.

Democrats 🤬 but they give away diapers, tampons, Narcan & lots of $ to hinkey non-profits.
--
Good day! 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

333 The attempted assassin’s lawyer tried to cancel this hearing because the issue was solved but the judge REFUSED to cancel it because he wanted to put this performative show on where he apologized to a guy who tried to kill the President last week. That’s how crazy Democrats are.

Posted by: SMOD at May 05, 2026 10:33 AM (RHGPo)

334 Bruce Springsteen’s Philadelphia concert ('Land of Hope and Dreams' - for BFF Obama - and 'No Kings' - for the Indivisibles and Occupies) on May 8, 2026, at the Xfinity Mobile Arena is rescheduled to Saturday, May 30, 2026, due to NBA/NHL playoff conflicts.

👏

Will take a small win but would like to see the entire tour cancelled.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 10:57 AM (NFX2v)

335 The world should be sanctioning the US at this point.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 05, 2026 08:23 AM

They must ban imports of US petroleum and exports of products as well.

It's the only moral thing to do.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 05, 2026 11:15 AM (4NO2D)

336 I'm going to be politically incorrect here (surprise!).
If the guy who got shot yesterday was white, it was probably a half-assed assassination event. If he was black, he was probably just a bog-standard local criminal who didn't have his piece well concealed.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 05, 2026 12:51 PM (TNGIV)

Daily Tech News 5 May 2026

Top Story

Can investors trust AI sales figures. (WSJ) (archive site)

Good question.

No.
OpenAI has added pet companions to its Codex programming assistant. (Mashable)

It's not a bubble.

Tech News

The "audio industry" is grappling with the rise of podslop. (Bloomberg) (archive site)

Where by audio industry they mean, basically, Spotify.

The problem is a company called Inception Point, that is spewing out 3000 podcasts a week using AI-generated voices.

Does anyone listen to them?

Well, the number is probably not zero. I listened to an AI-generated science fiction story that was tolerable if not particularly original. But when I was automatically forwarded to the next story on the channel it was exactly the same with a few names and details changed.

Slop is right.
You could turn your classic 1966 Mustang into a Tesla. (Electrek)

Or, alternately, you could not do that.
Ask.com, which was in the natural language search query business before it was cool - or indeed, worked - has closed its doors. (The Register)

The site racked up 245 million visits over 25 years... Which is not remotely enough for a business to survive on. Which makes me wonder a little how they did.
Intel's TPU bet hinges on increasing yield from 90% to 98%. (WCCFTech)

Counterpoint: No it fucking doesn't. Are you stupid or what?
The analyst adds that not only is jumping from a 90% yield to a 98% yield significantly more difficult than achieving 90% from 0%, but also that the 90% yield is a validation figure instead of a production figure. As a result, he believes cautious optimism is the better approach when following the packaging technology.
Getting from 0% to 90% yield is taking a process that simply doesn't work and making it into a reliable production line. Getting it to 98% is nice, but irrelevant on the broader scale.

Musical Interlude

And since the audio on that version is a little muddy:

>

Disclaimer: Fly, be free! (Splut.)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 05:20 AM

Comments

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1 I'll let the others know.

Mornin' Pixy.

Glad you're out of the meeting heck.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

2 G'Day everyone
Seems no end to long commutes
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Mornin' Skip. May your conveyance to and from work continue to work well.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 05:25 AM (sAmhv)

5 good morning.

Who is the Nazi ?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 05, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)

6 BOING!

Meeting shmeeting!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 05:30 AM (N12hz)

7 Beautiful psalm of praise read by David Suchet:

Psalm 145:

https://tinyurl.com/3bkvaety

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 05:30 AM (2sfNr)

8 You could turn your classic 1966 Mustang into a Tesla. (Electrek)

Or, alternately, you could not do that.

No. Just no.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 05:30 AM (sAmhv)

9 @Pixy: "Or, alternately, you could not do that."

Too late. He did it. And now his classic car is a classic car body on a modernish something. It's a Frankencar. No longer a classic.

What a shame.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

10 w00t

Posted by: m at May 05, 2026 05:31 AM (RtN13)

11 First there was The Mamas & The Papas, and then there was The Mamas & The Papas & A Ham Sandwich.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 05:33 AM (D1E+2)

12 Somebody made a Clippy Codex Pet:

https://codex-pets.net/#/?sort=popular

And Pepe the Frog, and Doge the dog.

There's even a Xi Jinping, who, unfortunately, is not in the shape of a Pooh.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 05:33 AM (6ydKt)

13 I want to find this dude and buy up his leftover parts so I can put a tesla body on a 66' mustang chassis.

That ought to help keep people from trying to interact with me, right?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 05, 2026 05:34 AM (Ot/FD)

14 from the ONT:

156 I got the 2026 Canadian Census form last night. First I verified it wasn't a scam, because so much is. Then I started the online process of filling it out.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:20 AM (O7YUW)

How did you verify that it wasn't a scam? (You might have said this earlier; if so, I missed that.)

Posted by: m at May 05, 2026 05:35 AM (RtN13)

15
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 05, 2026 05:36 AM (GFMEh)

16 Morning friends

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 05, 2026 05:37 AM (hybOl)

17 >>>Counterpoint: No it fucking doesn't. Are you stupid or what?

Language!

Posted by: m at May 05, 2026 05:37 AM (RtN13)

18 Dear "Not so Grumpy and Recalcitrant"

I saw a post of yours yesterday about your disappointment and/or with Pope Leo for appointing the guy to be Bishop in WV who is an illegal alien and that you had decided not to go back to the RCC

Please, brother, Reconsider that.Popes come and go but the Lord stands forever. Here is a bit that Former Pope Benedict wrote about St. Catherine of Sienna and her life of faith

And we can all let our hearts be transformed and learn to love like Christ in a familiarity with him that is nourished by prayer, by meditation on the Word of God and by the sacraments, above all by receiving Holy Communion frequently and with devotion

I think if you felt a yearning to go back to church that comes from God.

If is not a requirement to be a RC that with political announcements of the Pope. Hadrian woukd tell you the same thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 05:38 AM (2sfNr)

19 18- meant disappointment and anger

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 05:39 AM (2sfNr)

20 You could turn your classic 1966 Mustang into a Tesla.

This happened because we stopped burning heretics at the stake.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 05:45 AM (BpO1e)

21 @FenelonSpoke: I did not post about going back (or not going back) to the RCC. You've got the wrong person, my dear.

Might have been a similar sounding name perhaps?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:47 AM (O7YUW)

22 21 @FenelonSpoke: I did not post about going back (or not going back) to the RCC

That might have been me. I've been getting more and more annoyed with various churches and to have the Pope condemn us for having borders when he lives behind walls is hypocrisy .

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 05:49 AM (BpO1e)

23 Oh, sorry G & C

I hope whoever that was reads this -and I don't tink there is another handle quite that handle of yours 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 05:49 AM (2sfNr)

24 Our Lady at Garabandal predicted two anti-popes in succession. The one after them will be saintly.

You don't have to believe in private revelations. But you don't need to be a seer to see that Francis and Leo are heretics, apostates, and anti-popes.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 05, 2026 05:50 AM (qFwJc)

25 Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 05:49 AM (BpO1e

Of sorry. I was having a senior moment.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 05:50 AM (2sfNr)

26 @14/m: "How did you verify that it wasn't a scam?"

Went to Statistics Canada's site to verify that yes indeed a Census was on and it was in fact yesterday that they launched it.

(And yes, they have the power to ensure that the forms, overall, hit mailboxes on the start day.)

Physical form's URL matched the base URL of Statistics Canada's web site.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:50 AM (O7YUW)

27 Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 05:49

It's quite understandable to be annoyed at the Pope, but he's unlikely to visit your local church.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 05:52 AM (2sfNr)

28 Unanswered questions, unshakeable faith. Nice op ed from "Christian Post:

https://tinyurl.com/mv5ukram

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 05:55 AM (2sfNr)

29 FML.

It's middle of the night:51, and someone's septic alarm has been going off for the last hour. Intermittently, as if he keeps restting the alarm, instead of silencing it and running the pump in hand.

At least my life is better than that guy's.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 05:55 AM (dK+Kv)

30 Duo sings old time hymn, "Great is thy faithfulness ":

https://tinyurl.com/4xvk8rtw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 05:57 AM (2sfNr)

31 You don't have to believe in private revelations. But you don't need to be a seer to see that Francis and Leo are heretics, apostates, and anti-popes.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

I'm not RC, but it seems the cardinals missed a golden opportunity to elevate I think his name is Sarah. African and from what I read a very good catholic. How cool would that have been?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 05, 2026 05:57 AM (l26NL)

32 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 05, 2026 05:59 AM (VyBeY)

33 “ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Matthew 6:33

Posted by: Marcus T at May 05, 2026 05:59 AM (EJWxb)

34 Reposted from ONT.

Such a nice interview with the policeman who stopped a young man from jumping off a bridge in Jacksonville, FL:

https://tinyurl.com/3zc3cvb3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 06:00 AM (2sfNr)

35 Thank the maker. He seems to have figured it out.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 06:02 AM (dK+Kv)

36 Would the church have multiple corrupt popes if the church itself was not corrupt? The point of joining a church is to find spiritual guidance, I think. So, if the church is fallen, how can it lead to salvation? There are Christian alternatives to the Catholic Church.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 05, 2026 06:04 AM (EcHpA)

37 There's a teenage Kurt Russell in a 1967 episode of Daniel Boone on the background noise TV at the moment.

Must've been a few years before he played in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:06 AM (6ydKt)

38 It's quite understandable to be annoyed at the Pope, but he's unlikely to visit your local church.

True. But the policies of the local church would likely reflect his pronouncements.

Fun trivia about me. Back in 198(censored), I was at a Catholic School in Montana. Monsignor Joseph Gluszek lived in the rectory. He was a friend of Pope John Paul II since seminary school. Nice guy too. Really patient with us young pups.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 06:08 AM (BpO1e)

39 @Pixy:

From the ONT, my comment # 153 there:

@143/Pixy: "Trapped in meeting heck."

Blink twice if Phil the Prince of Insufficient Light is in the room with you.

(I hope you get that reference)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 06:09 AM (O7YUW)

40 G&R, the other night you mentioned thinking about dual booting, because Windows still had you for games.

I'd recommended putting Win 11 on a VM on a Linux host and give gaming on Steam/Proton a try. Except for games requiring kernel-level anticheats, such as FPS games, the results are shockingly good.

Plus you get the benefits of Windows in a VM, rather than dual boot, such as snapshots that can easily and quickly remedy a borked Windows update, Windows not working your bootloader, etc.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 06:10 AM (dK+Kv)

41 Mustang story takes me back to the one I had, '66 baby blue. Only a four cylinder. I bought it used. Installed an eight track tape player, hidden in the center console. Fun for a while.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 05, 2026 06:11 AM (3y5S4)

42 I think the Vatican went hard left when it lost most Europeans to secular atheism and their most die-hard faithful congregations were located in Latin America.

So they got rid of Benedict and went full Marxist Liberation Theology with Francis to satisfy the Latinos.

American Catholics are only considered as a reliable income stream but also have very little growth potential.

Now they have Leo to balance out Trump, but still have a bit of a Marixst running the show.

I'd expect another Latin/Asian (a Filipino would be perfect), or African pope next as that's where their largest growth potential is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:13 AM (6ydKt)

43 Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 06:08 AM (BpO1e

I don't think so. I think priests vary in their political views while still believing in the doctrine and the efficacy of the Sacraments. I've sat in various RC churches ( and no, dear RC morons and ettes, I don't take the Eucharist) and no priest said anything that veered off from the Scriptures of the day and I doubt they would be doing a "campaign appearance" for Pope Leo. As one guy said yesterday " I don't give money to the Bishops appeal" or whatever it is called .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 06:13 AM (Yl2Ob)

44 There's a teenage Kurt Russell in a 1967 episode of Daniel Boone on the background noise TV at the moment.

Must've been a few years before he played in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
****
I was watching some old Lost in Space episodes last December and teenage Kurt Russell popped-up in one of those. That guy has had a heckuva career.

Posted by: Biergood at May 05, 2026 06:14 AM (PwgSL)

45 @40/Comrade Flounder: Windows in a VM only is a good end-goal, I'll definitely consider it. For now though, dual boot so I can maintain (without modification) any game I CAN'T get working on the Linux side through Proton.

Also I have a laptop with Windows 11 and Linux Mint 22.3 (dual boot) that I do a FULL drive backup of using CloneZilla before I load Windows every year to do the taxes. As part of that I start with a Windows Update, and if it borks things, I'd just restore the entire drive and start doing research.

Once the update is done and I prove I can still dual boot to Linux, THEN I start the taxes.

Excellent idea for tax purposes though. That software should run on Windows in a VM without issue. Thank you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

46 John Carpenter loved working with Kurt Russell.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 06:15 AM (O7YUW)

47 Evening and morning, all! I see we had a "substitute" ONT after all.

Mustang story takes me back to the one I had, '66 baby blue. Only a four cylinder. I bought it used. Installed an eight track tape player, hidden in the center console. Fun for a while.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 05, 2026

Ford offered a four in the Mustang? I thought there were only the sixes and V-8s. Was yours a manual?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:17 AM (wzUl9)

48 I just rewatched The Thing with the little. Gotta rewatch Escape From NY.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 06:17 AM (dK+Kv)

49 And intermittent septic alarm is back.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 06:17 AM (dK+Kv)

50 I was watching some old Lost in Space episodes last December and teenage Kurt Russell popped-up in one of those. That guy has had a heckuva career.
Posted by: Biergood

If you remember the famous Phoenix Lights UFO sighting, the first person to alert authorities to it was Kurt Russell. He's evidently a private pilot and was flying his son to college (or back maybe).

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 05, 2026 06:18 AM (l26NL)

51 Good morning horde. Interesting youtube travels so far this A.M.

It all started with the Mommas and Poppas video Pixy posted. Somehow, I made may way through several different bands and now the Allman Brothers got served up, and I am listening to Live at Fillmore East. Not a bad start to the day, since coffee is also included.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 05, 2026 06:18 AM (Yk3/2)

52
Well! What happened last night? I do declare, this place has gone plumb to the devil.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 06:19 AM (HdYcL)

53 Going to take a walk, now, dear fellow posters and look at some lovely flowers and hear some birds.

Have a great day, everyone. You are valued by more people than you may realize.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 06:20 AM (Yl2Ob)

54 There's a teenage Kurt Russell in a 1967 episode of Daniel Boone on the background noise TV at the moment.

Must've been a few years before he played in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
****
I was watching some old Lost in Space episodes last December and teenage Kurt Russell popped-up in one of those. That guy has had a heckuva career.
Posted by: Biergood at May 05, 2026

***
Kurt, age twelve or so, was in the very first Man From U.N.C.L.E. I ever watched, as the "innocent" (non-spy) character in 1964's "The Finny Foot Affair" -- a very good script, too. It may be on YooToob and is worth your time. Prior to that he'd been Dan O'Herlihy's co-star in the Western The Travels of Jamie McPheeters.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

55 @53/FenelonSpoke: Enjoy your walk!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 06:22 AM (O7YUW)

56 Excellent idea for tax purposes though. That software should run on Windows in a VM without issue. Thank you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

Most things work that way, except games, unless you can get GPU passthroughto VM working, but that requires pretty new hardware, and it is more than I am wanting to spend.

The only downside is memory overhead of the host. I used to clonezilla, a lot, because Microsft. And, frankly, Windows in a VM feels like the first breath of fresh air after prison. I haven't touched clonezilla since, simply backing up my user data.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 06:24 AM (dK+Kv)

57
You are valued by more people than you may realize.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 06:20 AM (Yl2Ob)

Thanks. I know Her Majesty would never be able to get anything off the top shelf if it wasn't for me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 06:24 AM (HdYcL)

58 I have backed up my VMs, too, from time to time.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 06:26 AM (dK+Kv)

59 I was watching some old Lost in Space episodes last December and teenage Kurt Russell popped-up in one of those. That guy has had a heckuva career.

Posted by: Biergood at May 05, 2026 06:14 AM (PwgSL)

He's still working, too.
Currently working on the Monarch show on Apple TV. with his son Wyatt playing the character's younger self, about an agency that fights huge monsters; Godzilla, King Kong, etc.

He and Michelle Pfeiffer are also in The Madison on Paramount+ which is another Taylor Sheridan Yellowstone spin-off.

Kurt was MIA for about a decade or so, but apparently his family needs some cash because I've been seeing Goldie Hawn pop up in articles lately like she's looking for work, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:28 AM (6ydKt)

60 If you were going to update a '66 Mustang (to me, the best-looking year of the first gen), give it modern power brakes, starter, battery, ignition system, suspension components, and tires -- if you can find whitewalls! -- all the things that either don't show or don't look radically different from the originals, while updating the car's safety and reliability. It might be possible to boost the engine's power and update the transmission too.

No, it won't be "all-original." But to me a car is to be used and driven, and those things would make it far more enjoyable to drive.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)

61 I seem to recall Kurt took a break from Hollywood after his Disney movies, and played minor-league baseball (?) for a time. His real comeback was in the very late '70s when he played Elvis, a couple of years after the latter's demise, in a TV-movie and garnered positive reviews. He did have the right Elvis look about his face for sure.

His fireball phase began with Escape and The Thing, I thought.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)

62 I remember the Phoenix lights incident, had friends who saw it (half the city did). Bizarre not just for the lights themselves, but because the military spent a month or two saying they had no operations there and had no idea what they were, then suddenly pivoted and said “oh yeah that was a helicopter exercise of ours.”

If it was just a helicopter exercise, why deny it for two months? On the other hand, if it wasn’t, why suddenly say that it was? Neither explanation makes any sense.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 05, 2026 06:33 AM (XcvNy)

63 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 05, 2026 06:34 AM (V0/Sp)

64
Because, there was no ONT last night!!! I missed out on a belated 29th anniversary (May 3, 1997) of one of the great set-tos in NHL history, covered by one of the great announcers for set-tos.

"And here comes Shields! Shields says, 'No you don't. I want a little piece of this action.' And Shields wants Snow!"

https://youtu.be/Nm6L5tCoLyo?si=wB-IeqKiORPYg3IS

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 06:34 AM (HdYcL)

65 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at May 05, 2026 06:35 AM (2Ez/1)

66 "If you were going to update a '66 Mustang"

Just don't change the headlights to those ugly ass rectangular ones.

mornin yall

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 06:35 AM (vFG9F)

67 How did Kurt and Goldie meet? Did they work together in something, or were they just in the same circles in Hollywood? He's a few years younger than she is, I believe. When she first made a splash on Laugh-In as a young adult, he'd have still been about sixteen or so.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

68 Okay: That Elvis TV-movie that kicked off Kurt's return to films was directed by John Carpenter. He met Goldie when they worked on a 1968 film (he was seventeen), and then met her again when they did Swing Shift in 1984.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)

69 Russell was in a couple of pretty decent Fugitive episodes as well; in one of 'em (Nemesis, 3d season I think) he played Lt Gerard's son.

He also did a TV movie based on the Charles Whitman-Texas Tower shootings, and played Whitman. Scary in that one as I recall.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at May 05, 2026 06:42 AM (q3u5l)

70 "If you were going to update a '66 Mustang"

Just don't change the headlights to those ugly ass rectangular ones.

mornin yall
Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026

***
No, don't change any of the iconic exterior bits, just the safety and reliability ones. Maybe soup it up a little under the hood and make sure the transmission can handle it. If it were possible to have brighter headlights, to put brighter E-code bulbs into the housings while keeping the same look, that would add to the value as a *car.*

Of course, one of the great things about headlights back then were the simple sealed beam units. You bought a pair at K-Mart and installed them yourself; done.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:45 AM (wzUl9)

71 He also did a TV movie based on the Charles Whitman-Texas Tower shootings, and played Whitman. Scary in that one as I recall.
Posted by: Just Some Guy

He was in a recent Western called Bone Tomahawk that is unsettling. He filmed it about the same time as the Hateful Eight, so he looks similar (same beard anyway). Not for the squeamish.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 05, 2026 06:46 AM (l26NL)

72 Didn't Kurt play a monkey boy on Gilligan's Island?

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 06:49 AM (vFG9F)

73 I always wanted an original Lincoln Continental, the '61-'66 generation. The gas mileage on that heavy V-8 beast would be horrendous in our day, though. Or a '64-'66 T-Bird, likewise, though I expect it was not quite as heavy a vehicle.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

74
I always wanted an original Lincoln Continental, the '61-'66 generation.

Unfortunately, SSX-100 is now at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn.

https://tinyurl.com/9fcjhtm3

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026 06:57 AM (HdYcL)

75 67 How did Kurt and Goldie meet? Did they work together in something, or were they just in the same circles in Hollywood? He's a few years younger than she is, I believe. When she first made a splash on Laugh-In as a young adult, he'd have still been about sixteen or so.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

I believe, but wouldn't bet the farm on it, that Kurt and Goldie got together after they did the original Overboard movie in the mid-80s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:57 AM (6ydKt)

76 Ahh, yes, I'd forgotten about Swing Shift
So yeah, they coupled up (don't think they ever got married officially) in the 80s.

Then they moved out to Idaho, or something, to get away from L.A. after they started having kids.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 06:59 AM (6ydKt)

77 The Sixties cars were designed to run on leaded gas, though. I understand there is an improvement -- "hardened" valve seats? -- that makes it possible for them to run on unleaded. The V-8s would require premium, I'm sure. Maybe a Mustang with the six could run on regular or on 89 octane.

I always regret that I never had a chance to put premium ethanol-free gas in the 2015 BMW 3 Series. It got great mileage, ca. 27 city and highway mixed, on the E10 premium. I can only imagine that E0 would have yielded close to 30 mpg in everyday driivng.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

78 I want to get a new laptop. Need it for doing jobs with an architecture app I use and to produce the photorealistic camera views a fast card like an RTX4070 is desirable. I now run an older MSI with an RTX3070.

It's amazing the premium you need to pay to go just one notch up at or near the top end, such as going from a 5060 to a 5070.

Posted by: M. Gaga at May 05, 2026 06:59 AM (KiBMU)

79 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:01 AM (RIvkX)

80 Good morning everyone. Maybe some rain tomorrow and Thursday. Probably just jinxed it, I hope not. Have a wonderful day.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 05, 2026 07:01 AM (DW+p+)

81 https://tinyurl.com/9fcjhtm3
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 05, 2026

***
I once got to sit in a used Continental limo. Dark green, with black leather everywhere inside except the rear-facing jump seats, which were light tan. An impressive vehicle. I've only ever seen it on TV or in a movie in the pilot for Get Smart. Probably not that many were made; a standard Lincoln C. was a pretty darn roomy car all by itself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)

82 Kurt must've been one of the very rare child actors that didn't lose his mind and went bad living in L.A. rich & famous.

I think he said he moved away after having kids because he didn't want his children growing up in that environment because he knew what happened to wealthy kids there.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 07:03 AM (6ydKt)

83 Oops! Time to feed he furry thugs on their new schedule. Last night I forgot to feed them for forty-five minutes, and little Dagny was jumping up near me and bumping me with her head -- an uncharacteristic behavior for that generally aloof little cat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)

84 That damn dyke at Advance Auto parts pissed me off for the last time yesterday. From now on I will be going to a different store that's only a couple of miles further away. I could live with the tats and piercings but her SFA (shitty fucking attitude) I cannot.

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 07:05 AM (vFG9F)

85 It's amazing the premium you need to pay to go just one notch up at or near the top end, such as going from a 5060 to a 5070.

Posted by: M. Gaga at May 05, 2026 06:59 AM (KiBMU)

Nvidia is putting out new versions of the 5070 laptop chip soon.
Going from 8GB to 12GB VRAM.
They had complaints because both the 5060 & 5070 had 8GB and there wasn't much of a difference between the two because of it.

If you can still find an older laptop with a 4080 in it you'd save some cash that way, but I don't know if any are still for sale new.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 07:06 AM (6ydKt)

86
Stupid local news for Huntsville, AL is racisty rasiss racist. Just had a report that high supplier costs of chicken, beef, rice, and flour are driving up costs for Mexican restaurants.

Completely ignoring the fact that ALL restaurants use those same ingrediants. Dumb dumbs.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 05, 2026 07:07 AM (QVmho)

87 Today I have to install the new toilet seat I bought at Lowe's. I'd originally bought a round model. I'd forgotten that the apartment mismanagement had installed an entirely new commode since I last changed the seat -- and the new one has the elongated bowl style, so I needed to get a 18" one. With any luck I've got it right this time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

88 Speaking of laptops, my mom had to send hers in for repair. Given that she is not very tech savvy, I'm preparing to invest in a new laptop for her and paying the tech dude to get it up and running with what she needs.

There have been times she grumbles about being stupid on things like this. I pointed out that I could call her at three in the morning, give her a hypothetical about a patient's symptoms and she'd know what was wrong before she completely woke up. Whereas for me, I know "Apply pressure, grab a band aid or give them water."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 05, 2026 07:11 AM (BpO1e)

89 That damn dyke at Advance Auto parts pissed me off for the last time yesterday. From now on I will be going to a different store that's only a couple of miles further away. I could live with the tats and piercings but her SFA (shitty fucking attitude) I cannot.
Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026

***
I gave up on them after the officious SS Obersturmbannfuhrer, aka "manager," at the nearby AAP harassed me roughly about not wearing a face diaper in 2022 -- while not even wearing one himself. I complained to higher management about his rudeness and got him and his employees in trouble. Heh, heh, heh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 07:12 AM (wzUl9)

90 Voted for Steve Hilton yesterday in my quadrennial exercise in futility.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:13 AM (RIvkX)

91 Morning Horde thx Pixy.
The interesting Kurt Russell story was him befriending Charles Bronson by giving him a gift . Bronson became a mentor and protector of the young Russell. Probably had a significant impact on how Russell turned out.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026 07:13 AM (gu0hJ)

92 The interesting Kurt Russell story was him befriending Charles Bronson by giving him a gift . Bronson became a mentor and protector of the young Russell. Probably had a significant impact on how Russell turned out.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 05, 2026

***
That might have been when they did the Jamie McPheeters show. There is a movie version of a two-parter from the show that has aired on Grit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

93

I always regret that I never had a chance to put premium ethanol-free gas in the 2015 BMW 3 Series. It got great mileage, ca. 27 city and highway mixed, on the E10 premium. I can only imagine that E0 would have yielded close to 30 mpg in everyday driivng.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

The modern 2015 - 2023ish Chargers and Challengers run great on premium ethanol free fuel. My 2016 Charger would scream while averag___ 23mpg in the city and ~30 on the highway @75. Big 5.7 liter (it's a damned 350 Dodge, get with the freedom units) with variable valve timing and multi-displacment. I miss that car, lots of fun to force it to get 2mpg.

The Multistrada only runs the premium ethanol free. It will kill the rear (vertical) two cylinders at stop lights, to reduce heat. When I get on the throttle, a baffle opens in the exhaust deleting the muffler. Whoa baby. Sounds like a dream forcing it to get 20mpg.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at May 05, 2026 07:15 AM (QVmho)

94 I thought about speaking to the manager about that woman behind the parts counter but then I figured everyone that worked there already knew she's an asshole.

Posted by: fd at May 05, 2026 07:15 AM (vFG9F)

95 Time I changed and had some breakfast. Later, shower and shave, the toilet seat business, and a trip to the library and the cleaners. Also I need to touch up some paint chips on the Buick and polish its front bumper and the mirror housings, which have collected some filth from my Kansas road trip.

How *did* I ever get all my errands and chores done when I was working??? (Answer: They filled up my Saturdays and Sundays, that's how.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

96 How *did* I ever get all my errands and chores done when I was working??? (Answer: They filled up my Saturdays and Sundays, that's how.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)
---
One of the perks of working from home is that I can work in little chores here and there during a "break time."

It's kind of nice.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026 07:20 AM (gnNyN)

97 My oldest friend called me while I was in Kansas, saying he plans to be in town this week to visit his 94-year-old mother. If he and his wife visit Casa Wolfus, I want the place to look shipshape. Time to vacuum and dust a few surfaces.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)

98 ne of the perks of working from home is that I can work in little chores here and there during a "break time."

It's kind of nice.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 05, 2026

***
Same here. During the Sniffle Scare, I managed an afternoon nap nearly every day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 05, 2026 07:21 AM (wzUl9)

99 Girl F.'s FiL is in town so I will take him to breakfast in Nopa. If I am lucky that means mandarin orange pudding.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:21 AM (RIvkX)

100 Excellent idea for tax purposes though. That software should run on Windows in a VM without issue. Thank you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

Make sure to drop a review with the manager or corporate.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 07:21 AM (dK+Kv)

101 CP fail. That was to the AAP dyke.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 07:22 AM (dK+Kv)

102 I see reports everyone seems to expect resumption of major operations in Iran in the next 24 hours.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 05, 2026 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

103 Noodlum

Posted by: Noodist at May 05, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)

104 Experts?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 05, 2026 07:27 AM (dK+Kv)

105 26 @14/m: "How did you verify that it wasn't a scam?"

Went to Statistics Canada's site to verify that yes indeed a Census was on and it was in fact yesterday that they launched it.

(And yes, they have the power to ensure that the forms, overall, hit mailboxes on the start day.)

Physical form's URL matched the base URL of Statistics Canada's web site.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:50 AM (O7YUW)

Got it!

Posted by: m at May 05, 2026 08:30 AM (RtN13)

Monday Night Substitute ONT

Uh-oh. Just noticed.

Been mesmerized by some random misinformation sites. So strange. Seems to be spreading. Another shooting near the White House . . .

But let's not get upset and do foolish things under the influence:

Because we have some villains to deal with. How does this guy survive in politics?

- - - - - -

Heard about the new cars that won't drive if they can't read your eye characteristics?

Pleasant memories via Donald Sensing:

Happy rest of the night.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:06 AM

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1 First

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 01:06 AM (XV/Pl)

2 Second

Posted by: Methos at May 05, 2026 01:06 AM (vSvIl)

3 Haha take that Blade!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 01:06 AM (XV/Pl)

4 Instead of denying that he's a Nazi, why didn't he claim that totenkopf tattoo was from a motorcycle gang?

If K.T. was hoping to be the first to put up a zero comment post, I just wrecked it.

Goodnight.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at May 05, 2026 01:07 AM (bufu1)

5 G-d bless you, KT.

Posted by: gdgm+ at May 05, 2026 01:07 AM (C5GSe)

6 It's never a good or healthy thing
To trip and to stumble and fall
Be careful when out in the wilderness
And when you just walk down the hall.
-Karma Shave

Posted by: mindful webworker - cute at May 05, 2026 01:08 AM (k0Y0k)

7 The random people near the WH or in FL with guns sure seem stupid. Suicide by cop much?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 05, 2026 01:08 AM (WONhk)

8 It's not just that appliances are shit now, they're expensive and shit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 01:08 AM (XV/Pl)

9 Yo, all.
Got a nibble on a job application this afternoon, here's hoping that it or something else comes through soon. There's a world of difference between 'can't afford to keep the house' vs 'selling to move to a new job'.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 05, 2026 01:08 AM (aJQbY)

10 Yay! Thanks, KT!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

11
RandomDave,

I wish for you good luck.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 01:10 AM (3ek7K)

12 @9

>>Got a nibble on a job application this afternoon, here's hoping that it or something else comes through soon.

Good luck, wife's friend has been out of work for 6 months with nary a nibble.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 01:10 AM (XV/Pl)

13 Today, my second-oldest cat forgave me for releasing the mom and four kittens (after neutering) from the garage and showed herself at feeding time. A relief.

Treats all around.

Posted by: KT at May 05, 2026 01:11 AM (7vIsy)

14 Already said my g'nite on the cafe thread. Not gonna repeat it here. G'nite ^3

Posted by: mindful webworker - acute at May 05, 2026 01:11 AM (k0Y0k)

15 I'll buy the drinks for these Morons, too, JQ. Just keep.the spicy Margaritas for me, por favor.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:12 AM (U94Dl)

16 Well, not going to make800 on the cafe tonight. Too bad.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 05, 2026 01:13 AM (TNGIV)

17 Thanks KT, I just had to run downstairs and grab my spicy margarita.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2026 01:13 AM (0nHVk)

18 Odd time to be willowed.....

But. I'll leave it to the Wyomans. Wyomingans?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Wyomingites, believe it or not.

Wyomans would be betterer, though. They should change it.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:15 AM (VHUov)

19 What does K.T. stand for?

Some likely possibilities:

Kangaroo Terrorist

Killer Toad

Kamikaze Tuna

Kleptomaniac Toes

Kryptonian Toddler

Posted by: Ask the Important Questions at May 05, 2026 01:16 AM (ERSvt)

20 Howdy all. I liked Jesse's comment about Pocahontas...she has no "reservations" about killing the merger that led to Spirit's demise.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 05, 2026 01:16 AM (55Qr6)

21 It's not just that appliances are shit now, they're expensive and shit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 05, 2026 01:08 AM (XV/Pl)

We have a 16 year old Samsung dryer acting out. Hubby is buying parts. I bought a drying rack from Walmart .

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:16 AM (U94Dl)

22 Woohoo, BScaryMary!

Thinking about visiting Japan, right? What time of year will you likely go?

I went with XH for his tour of duty there. Only wish we'd had more time to prepare! I mean, he was fresh out of training school and we only found out where he was going next, a couple of WEEKS in advance. I'd like to have been able to study/gain some basic language skills beforehand. Sheesh.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

23 Once he gets that Raspberry Pi and AI interface wired into the elephant's brain, we'll really have some fun. Everybody loves a smartass elephant.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 01:19 AM (rzCjW)

24 Ask the Important Questions at May 05, 2026 01:16 AM

You are closer than you think with the first one. Except for the terrorist part.

Posted by: KT at May 05, 2026 01:20 AM (7vIsy)

25 May 4 1070 Kent State. Revenged April 30 1975 saigon now Ho Chi Minh City. Those killed by ice in Minnesota will be revenged next! Revenge is a dish best eaten KOLD. Kleon saying.

Posted by: raimondo at May 05, 2026 01:20 AM (NK/B9)

26 Go back to bed, rainmandodo. Your mama's waiting for you.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

27 Eveni.....

(looks at clock)

Well nuts.

youtu.be/RdjBrnV-U9M

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 01:22 AM (sAmhv)

28 Monday Night Substitute ONT

Monday Night Substitute mystery click?

https://youtu.be/Q98uUWzrb8k

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:23 AM (VHUov)

29
JQ,

The assholes never rest.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 01:23 AM (3ek7K)

30 It's almost time for Bloody Marys. Poached eggs and pancakes. Brunch will be served early. Menudo, sirloin steak street tacos with tequila shooters. Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 01:24 AM (IYDXm)

31 4 Instead of denying that he's a Nazi, why didn't he claim that totenkopf tattoo was from a motorcycle gang?

If K.T. was hoping to be the first to put up a zero comment post, I just wrecked it.

Goodnight.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at May 05, 2026 01:07 AM (bufu1)

Yuz Guyz bettah knock it off... or I'll give ya duh fingah!

Posted by: Eric Von Zipper at May 05, 2026 01:24 AM (mP0Kj)

32 Thinking about visiting Japan, right? What time of year will you likely go?

I went with XH for his tour of duty there. Only wish we'd had more time to prepare! I mean, he was fresh out of training school and we only found out where he was going next, a couple of WEEKS in advance. I'd like to have been able to study/gain some basic language skills beforehand. Sheesh.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

JQ, we are just thinking. Our anniversary is in May, which seems a high season for Japan. I was thinking fall. We don't mind heat or humidity. I'm thinking of when it would be less crowded. Hokkaido is most interesting to me. Hubby hasn't looked at much yet. We like hiking a lot. Nature.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:24 AM (U94Dl)

33 Thanks, K.T. 👍

Posted by: L -No nic, another fine day at May 05, 2026 01:26 AM (NFX2v)

34 We have a 16 year old Samsung dryer acting out. Hubby is buying parts. I bought a drying rack from Walmart .
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:16

Last appliance guy we had out said keep the old ones as long as possible, keep fixing em. New ones are sheeet.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 05, 2026 01:26 AM (55Qr6)

35 Last appliance guy we had out said keep the old ones as long as possible, keep fixing em. New ones are sheeet.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at May 05, 2026 01:26 AM (55Qr6)

Yes sir. We are trying . Next time, I'm going with commercial Speed Queen.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:28 AM (U94Dl)

36 Thank you, KT. Working on a bit for the Pet Thread.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 05, 2026 01:29 AM (CHHv1)

37 >>>It's not just that appliances are shit now, they're expensive and shit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender

>I bought my washer and dryer from my brother after 15 years of service. They both ran great for 5 years and then died within the same week. The new ones didn't last 3 years before the electronics and sensors took a shit.

Appliance tech told me it would be cheaper to buy a new appliance.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 01:30 AM (IYDXm)

38 Except the Vietnamese just call it Saigon and they are pro free markets. If they are communist at all, it's a pose.

K.T. = Kilo Tango

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 01:30 AM (sAmhv)

39 For tonight's musicians birthdays, you get three bassists. They also do other things, but that's the common theme. You don't have to hunt for it.

First is Darryl Hunt of The Pogues, who was born on this date in 1950 and passed on August 8, 2022. He started out as the band's roadie, took over as bassist when Cait O'Riordan left in 1986, and even had sole writing credit for a track on their final album, Pogue Mahone (1996):

The Pogues - Love You 'Till the End (2006 Remaster) [Audio]
https://youtu.be/bbrMw89di2k

Mike Dirnt, who turned 54 today, is co-founder, bassist, and backing vocalist for Green Day. No deep cut here; for a showcase, Brave AI recommended their first major-label single (off their 1994 breakout third studio album Dookie), where his iconic bassline is the song's primary hook:

Green Day - Longview [Official Music Video] (4K Upgrade)
https://youtu.be/42BBdzzgPNM

It's also the 57th birthday for Chuck Folds, younger brother of Ben (of the Ben Folds Five). He played bass for a Greensboro, NC band, and here's a nice chill jazzy pop track off their second album, A Little Faster (1993):

Bus Stop - Come Back Home (Audio)
https://youtu.be/B2rve2gbMQ8

Posted by: SciVo at May 05, 2026 01:30 AM (Sy6m/)

40 Subliterate and drunk is no way to go through life.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 01:30 AM (rzCjW)

41 Raimondo is a retard. I hope he dies in a fire.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:31 AM (U94Dl)

42 Yay, ONT!

Now I can go to sleep.

Posted by: Blanco Basura -Z28.310 at May 05, 2026 01:31 AM (+9wcF)

43
Our dishwasher crapped out the week before Thanksgiving.

The store we bought it from will not do installation. Insurance probably.

We live in rural Wyoming and no one will install it.

We have a dishwasher in the garage and no one will install it.

We have gone back to washing everything by hand.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 01:34 AM (3ek7K)

44 What does K.T. stand for?
Some likely possibilities:
Kangaroo Terrorist
Posted by: Ask the Important Questions

You are closer than you think with the first one. Except for the terrorist part.
Posted by: KT

Kangaroo..... Terrier?

Theocracy? Tranquilizer? Trampoline? Traditions? Threesome? Troubador? Telescope? Tapdance? Travelogue?

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:35 AM (VHUov)

45 We have a 16 year old Samsung dryer acting out. Hubby is buying parts. I bought a drying rack from Walmart .
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

I had an LG front load washer. Thou plus. SS tub, cast aluminum spindle. In an alkaline chemical bath. Guess which part corroded? Guess who aced both electro-chemistry class and business econ, then got a job designing consumer, er, consumable, appliances? Guess which part they stopped selling 10 years later? Guess which kind the boss wanted? FML. 10 more years ro same problem.

I wish Godzilla upon their tyne Korean ballz. Fucking cocksuckers.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 05, 2026 01:36 AM (sA3Xn)

46 Next appliances I want will have "International Harvester" name plates...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 05, 2026 01:38 AM (sA3Xn)

47 @FaytuksNetwork - 5h

The Iranian attack on the UAE, Oman, and in the Straight of Hormuz was done by the IRGC without the knowledge or coordination of the Iranian government.

Iranian President Pezeshkian is "extremely angry" at the actions of Ahmad Vahidi, the commander of the IRGC, and has called for an urgent meeting to stop attacks on Persian Gulf countries.
--

hahahahahah

Kill him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 01:38 AM (NaHHR)

48 We have a dishwasher in the garage and no one will install it.

We have gone back to washing everything by hand.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 01:34 AM (3ek7K)

We would install your dishwasher I'd we were close. Are you on the Utah side of Wyoming, lol. We love that area.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:39 AM (U94Dl)

49 Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:24 AM

I was at Misawa, Aomori prefecture. It's not terrible in summer, in the northern part. Never got to go to Hokkaido, and that's a shame.. always wanted to go to the snow festival. We drove to Towada, following the Oirase River, many times. Gorgeous in autumn! And Lake Towada had boat cruises in summer.. Hachinohe was good for shopping, ended up with a calico cat (good luck kitty) "presento" one time. She was a good kitteh, LOL.

If you hike, beware of venomous Mamushi snakes. Wiki has a good page on it.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

50 Who unchained Raimondo from the truck stop glory hole?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 05, 2026 01:42 AM (sA3Xn)

51 I wish Godzilla upon their tyne Korean ballz. Fucking cocksuckers.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings
---

They laughing at you round eye.
Go to Homely Depot and buy a cheap GE with...
...KNOBS.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 01:43 AM (NaHHR)

52 We live in rural Wyoming and no one will install it.

_-_
My younder sis has that trouble right now, but with bathroom drain in the crawl space. Called out a plumber from town (about 20 miles away), said they'd be out last Tuesday, then called on Tuesday and said they'd be out Thursday, no show no call on Thursday, so oldest boy and I are headed to rural Texas this weekend to help. She's used to just working on her own stuff, but this one is going to be a big mess.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 01:43 AM (rzCjW)

53 "Iranian President Pezeshkian is "extremely angry" at the actions of Ahmad Vahidi"

Well?! We're waiting!!

Posted by: Drink Like Judge Smails at May 05, 2026 01:44 AM (sA3Xn)

54 I made sure I didn't get any smart appliances in the new kitchen. They are the stooooopidest frigging things. Yeah I need my fridge to give me a shopping list. My list is Mrs B, she runs records like the nazis, she knows what to buy. And nooooo I don't need to use my smart phone to turn my oven on before I get home. Just not into burning the fucking house down while nobody is home. Who thinks of this shit???

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 01:46 AM (snZF9)

55 I had an LG front load washer. Thou plus. SS tub, cast aluminum spindle. In an alkaline chemical bath. Guess which part corroded? Guess who aced both electro-chemistry class and business econ, then got a job designing consumer, er, consumable, appliances? Guess which part they stopped selling 10 years later? Guess which kind the boss wanted? FML. 10 more years ro same problem.

I wish Godzilla upon their tyne Korean ballz. Fucking cocksuckers.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 05, 2026 01:36 AM (sA3Xn)

I wish that my hubby Mr Scary posted here. He would find help. Or at least, consolation. I just shit post jolly videos. We will manage

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:47 AM (U94Dl)

56 I believe I've mentioned before that my inlaws bought a washer/dryer when they bought the house. That one lasted around 50 years (a couple of repairs along the way... these were Sears Kenmore and Sears used to keep parts forever). Finally the tranny went out (which has nothing to do with Dylan Mulvaney's Saturday night). Sears was bankrupt by then. No parts to be had. Second one lasted about 4 years. Current one has two years on it. We'll see how long it lasts.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2026 01:47 AM (qpyNK)

57 We have a dishwasher in the garage and no one will install it.
Posted by: four seasons
------
The real.problem is getting the correct size "hole".
If the new dishwasher is the same size as the old one (width, height, depth) it's not that difficult to install. The instructions that came with it will spell out what has to.be done. This is one place where I give YouTube props.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 05, 2026 01:47 AM (TNGIV)

58 We have a dishwasher in the garage and no one will install it.

We have gone back to washing everything by hand.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 01:34 AM (3ek7K)

Do you have a dishwasher now? If so, installing it would be easy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 01:47 AM (snZF9)

59 On the appliance thing - I talk about this when I am addressing audiences in the cyber security area (I work in insurance) - I usually say: "I don't want my appliance to be 'smart!' I don't want it connected to the internet - why the hell does my washing machine need to surf the WWW? Wth? Its just another threat vector for cyber criminals. No, don't give me a 'smart' appliance give me a 'stupid' one. I want my washing machine to do one thing: wash clothes. Period. end of story."

And frankly, between the hord and me, let's get rid of the computer circuit board on all appliances, let's go back to analog toggles, switches and dials. I suggested to a friend recently that we should start a company for appliances called "Just Appliances Ltd." That makes appliances like washing machine designed with similar workings (modern materials safety etc.) to those of the 1970s. They would be retro/analog and simply "just" wash or "just" refrigerate or "just" dry etc.

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 05, 2026 01:49 AM (/aZwr)

60 Who thinks of this shit???
_-_
The world is automating things that should never be automated.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 01:49 AM (rzCjW)

61
Mary,

We are in SW Wyoming.

If you and your hubby ever want visit to this area you are welcome to stay in our home.

Hubby and I are easy and we have room for you.

We would be delighted to have you visit.

Plus you will meet the most awesome grandchildren ever.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 01:49 AM (3ek7K)

62 Just Appliances Ltd
_-_
Next do Automobiles.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 01:50 AM (9Rvz4)

63 If you hike, beware of venomous Mamushi snakes. Wiki has a good page on it.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

Thanks ! Will look them up. If they are no worse than rattlesnakes we will ne fine. So many snakes on our property, so immune to that idea

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:51 AM (U94Dl)

64 Kangaroo..... Terrier?

Theocracy? Tranquilizer? Trampoline? Traditions? Threesome? Troubador? Telescope? Tapdance? Travelogue?
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:35 AM

The "Kangaroo" part is from a childhood nickname.

The "T" goes with "bar the door". Because who needs kangaroos in the house?

Posted by: KT at May 05, 2026 01:54 AM (7vIsy)

65 New appliances? Repair guys call them "Yang Poon."

My 4 year old furnace is acting up.. Probably the bloody igniter..

Can't have a foolproof pilot light---O no!!

Posted by: Beverly at May 05, 2026 01:56 AM (reMys)

66 Burn trumpsters not oil. Oldie from 1973.

Posted by: raimondo at May 05, 2026 01:56 AM (NK/B9)

67 I get home. Just not into burning the fucking house down while nobody is home. Who thinks of this shit???
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
---

And the big secret, no matter the price, inside the oven the temperature will be the same, 425° is 425°.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 01:56 AM (NaHHR)

68 foolproof pilot light---O no!!
_-_
Been nursing along a Myson tankless water heater that is 30 years old just because it has a pilot light and uses zero electricity. Nearly impossible to find parts, though.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 01:58 AM (rzCjW)

69 Is too funny.
No one understands, gettin up off the floor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 01:59 AM (NaHHR)

70 I can tell raimondo's been burning something all right. "Whoa, Dude! Look! A keyboard!"

Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 02:01 AM (9Rvz4)

71 I actually had an International Harvester refrigerator in my first apartment, that thing was a beast and it was really old too. I prefer that any appliance in my house not be smarter than I am.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2026 02:01 AM (0nHVk)

72 @JoumannaTV - 2h Overnight updates day 67:

* UAE says it has intercepted 15 missiles, 4 drones in the last day. Iranian drone strike caused a large fire at its Fujairah industrial port that hospitalized 3 people.

* An oil tanker owned by the UAE’s state oil company ADNOC was also struck by Iranian drones in a separate episode outside the Strait

* US CentCom chief Adm Cooper says US military fought off attacks from Iranian drones and missiles as it facilitated the passage of TWO US-flagged navy destroyers through the Strait. (CBS saying these vessels were not struck)

* a South Korean ship has been damaged going through the Strait. Trump urges S Korea to join in on Project Freedom

* Asked about Iranian sea mines in Hormuz, Centcom’s Cooper said “it’s not so extensive”

* Trump on TS “We’ve shot down seven small Boats or, as they like to call them, ‘fast’ Boats" that attempted to interfere

* Trump to Fox: if Iran attacks any US ships around the Strait of Hormuz, they will be “blown off the face of the earth.”

* 2 people injured in Oman, on its coast along the Strait , when a residential building was targeted (state media)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 02:02 AM (NaHHR)

73 I suddenly realized I hadn't smoked my pipe (tobacco only, sorry) today. Thanks to this ONT, I have a reason to stay up and fix that situation. Thanks, KT!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 02:02 AM (mjROD)

74 25 Sorry i was late. I was naked. Then squirrels showed up...

Posted by: raimondo at May 05, 2026 01:20 AM (SKZNX!) geshundheit!

George Takei: Oh myyy! And then what happened?

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at May 05, 2026 02:02 AM (xbXDr)

75 Mary,

We are in SW Wyoming.

If you and your hubby ever want visit to this area you are welcome to stay in our home.

Hubby and I are easy and we have room for you.

We would be delighted to have you visit.

Plus you will meet the most awesome grandchildren ever.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 01:49 AM (3ek7K)

Oh four seasons! You could be in trouble. We might actually visit. I do love that part of the country.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 02:03 AM (U94Dl)

76 41 Raimondo is a retard. I hope he dies in a fire.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:31 AM (U94Dl)

That's not a Christian response to a retard. Maybe just notice his pointed little head and explain how to comb his hair differently?

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 05, 2026 02:06 AM (DwqWV)

77 My parents had an old International Harvester deep freezer. Man, that thing could hold A LOT of stuff! Was grandma's, but then she moved to a smaller house & had no room for it.

There was a power outage, and then it wouldn't come back on. Surprised Dad didn't repair it, I'm sure it was just a motor/capacitor issue. Maybe couldn't find parts?

Mom was heartbroken-- that freezer could hold a half-beef, cut & wrapped, plus other goodies...

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

78 The one thing I didn't do is match the appliances. Some people go with one brand for everything. Years of doing kitchens and baths in a former life taught me that some companies just can't make certain appliances for shit. Some make great stoves, other make great dishwashers, etc. As long as every piece was the same color I was good. What used to be good isn't good anymore. I remember my mom having a kitchen aid dishwasher that was made by hobart. My father did that kitchen in 1970, and that dishwasher went over 30 years and was still working when he removed it to do a new kitchen in the early 90's. I went through 3 dishwashers in 30 years starting on 1990 when I did the kitchen in my first house. By the time I sold it 5 years ago it was on the 3rd, and the second stove, and was just about ready for the 3rd fridge. When I did this kitchen a few years ago I called my brother to see what was good since he's still doing kitchens. He says, "buy what you want, just get the insurance because everything is shit". Ok, that was a lot of help. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 02:10 AM (snZF9)

79 >>>Next do Automobiles.

Posted by: Don in SoCo

>>Electric door windows. Why do I need that? I loved my hand crank windows and they never failed. Now I have to replace the switches every two years because the rain drips in exactly at that location.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 02:10 AM (IYDXm)

80 @chrisman - 4h --- this trial is wild.

elon: they stole a non profit to make themselves billionaires.

openai founder: no way.

openai founders journal: man i can’t believe we are stealing this non profit. feels unethical but at least i’ll be a billionaire.
---

Musk will win this one and Sam Altman will be wearing a big diaper.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 02:10 AM (NaHHR)

81 Raimondo is a retard. I hope he dies in a fire.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:31 AM (U94Dl)

That's not a Christian response to a retard. Maybe just notice his pointed little head and explain how to comb his hair differently?

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 05, 2026 02:06 AM (DwqWV)

Is it okay that I wish him to be anally raped by the followers of MoMo ? That seems to be accepted by the cool kids.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 02:12 AM (U94Dl)

82 Four Seasons, at the Cafe you said that you're hesitant to click on links.

For TinyURL and some other short link services, you can append a "+" sign to the link and you will get a notification page (from TinyURL, for example) showing you the full URL.

Try it:

https://tinyurl.com/4s5nxvbp+

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 02:13 AM (kN4PS)

83
You all are welcome here.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 02:15 AM (3ek7K)

84 I suddenly realized I hadn't smoked my pipe (tobacco only, sorry) today. Thanks to this ONT, I have a reason to stay up and fix that situation. Thanks, KT!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 02:02 AM (mjROD)

My bass player has a tobacoo fetish. He bounces from cigarettes, to cigars, to pipes, and vapes. I never know what he'll pull out. This last saturday he pulls out a church warden pipe from some lord of the rings collection. he managed to find a place that had pipe tobacco. Old world style where they got the huge glass jars with different blends. Not some bullshit stuff in a pouch or can. Frigging church warden, that was some radical shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 02:17 AM (snZF9)

85 Thanks four seasons. I don't wish ill of anyone, besides the Islamist goat fuckers who would do us all harm.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 02:18 AM (U94Dl)

86 There's no need to go back to complicated mechanical timers, etc.
Electronics are not intrinsically less reliable or long lived as mechanical parts. Just keep the marketing guys in check demanding "features" and a simple control board with reliable relays can be produced cheaper than mechanical parts doing the same thing that will last 25 years.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 05, 2026 02:19 AM (TNGIV)

87 We're planning a big trip for Pookette this summer, but I might need help with specifics. I want to make a loop through wesrern South Dakota (Pookette desperately wants to go to the Petrified Forest), and hit Estes Park, Colorado (my family went there a few times when I was a kid and it's the scene of The Thumb-Biter Incident). I don't know what stops we'll do in-between. I know we'll be going through eastern Wyoming and allllll across Nebraska.

Posted by: pookysgirl needs ideas at May 05, 2026 02:20 AM (Wt5PA)

88 @RandPaul - 9h

The DOJ has ONE WEEK left to charge Anthony Fauci for the worst cover-up in modern medical history.

He lied to Congress about funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan. Millions died.

Trillions were spent. And Fauci walked away with book deals and fawning media coverage instead of handcuffs.

I re-upped my criminal referral to the DOJ because the evidence is overwhelming, and justice has been delayed long enough.

RT if you’re ready to see Fauci behind bars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 02:22 AM (NaHHR)

89 Mornin', Horde. S'up?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2026 02:25 AM (l6rhB)

90 62 Just Appliances Ltd
_-_
Next do Automobiles.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at May 05, 2026 01:50 AM (9Rvz4)

Yeah - Thought of that too: Just Motorworks Ltd. or Just Automobiles Ltd.

Great engine, suspension, power breaks and windows, (and a manual window version for true purists) AC, a radio and that's it - all dashboard displays would be analog. No video screens. But all would be made with modern materials and safety features and there would be two versions: a manual and and an automatic for each of the following models:

2 door sports
2 door coupe
4 door coupe
2 door sedan
4 door sedan
Station Wagon (4 door)
Pickup Truck

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 05, 2026 02:25 AM (/aZwr)

91 For a dedicated pipe smoker, the internet is your friend. There are a couple of distributors who are happy to sell you bulk pipe tobacco by the pound.

A quart Mason jar will hold 8 ounces of pipe tobacco. I stocked up a few years ago, when I was worried that internet cigar and pipe tobacco sales would be banned "for the children."

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 02:27 AM (mjROD)

92 Fauci was pardoned by Biden's auto pen.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 02:27 AM (sAmhv)

93 New York Post columnist Miranda Devine reveals that old Twitter leadership worked with the FBI so closely to suppress the Hunter Biden Laptop story, that they classified all links to the story as “child porn” to stop it from being shared

“It was completely blacklisted on Twitter in 2 hours. It was classified as child porn internally, if you like, sent it in a private, like if I DM'd you privately, the link, it would disable as it would if you were sending something criminal. The reason why it was so immediate and so severe was because the FBI was briefing Twitter executives”

This would instantly flag the DMs and stop them from being sent, it would make the links inactive

She also reveals that the FBI knew about the laptop all the way back before the first Trump impeachment

Literally treason. No one in old Twitter has been held accountable either
---

That's why they want to kill Giuliani, he has a copy of the original HD.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 02:29 AM (NaHHR)

94 Time for me to sign off. Thanks again, KT!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 05, 2026 02:30 AM (mjROD)

95 My summer car is a 1961 Ford Falcon Coupe, two-door, and the fancy kind with automatic transmission. It cures me of electronics, back up cameras, beeps for no good reason, flashing idiot lights, etc.

Plus I look good driving all that chrome around town.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 05, 2026 02:30 AM (DwqWV)

96 Pookysgirl. That sounds like a great trip. I wish I could give you ideas.. we saw a lot of Wyoming but want to see the Dakotas.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 02:30 AM (U94Dl)

97 92 Fauci was pardoned by Biden's auto pen.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 02:27 AM (sAmhv)

Indict his ass anyway and prove the pen was non-sentient.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 05, 2026 02:31 AM (DwqWV)

98 We're planning a big trip for Pookette this summer, but I might need help with specifics. I want to make a loop through wesrern South Dakota (Pookette desperately wants to go to the Petrified Forest), and hit Estes Park, Colorado (my family went there a few times when I was a kid and it's the scene of The Thumb-Biter Incident). I don't know what stops we'll do in-between. I know we'll be going through eastern Wyoming and allllll across Nebraska.

Posted by: pookysgirl needs ideas at May 05, 2026 02:20 AM (Wt5PA)

if you're doing western S Dakota you seriously want to see Mt Rushmore in the black hills. The loop will bring you through deadwood, past the crazy horse monument, and into Custer. Then grab the needles highway and iron mountain road, and it brings you right into Mt Rushmore. Can do that all in a day easy. Devils tower is right in eastern Wyoming, maybe an hour in from the S Dakota border.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 02:31 AM (snZF9)

99 We're planning a big trip for Pookette this summer, but I might need help with specifics. I want to make a loop through wesrern South Dakota (Pookette desperately wants to go to the Petrified Forest), and hit Estes Park, Colorado (my family went there a few times when I was a kid and it's the scene of The Thumb-Biter Incident). I don't know what stops we'll do in-between. I know we'll be going through eastern Wyoming and allllll across Nebraska.
Posted by: pookysgirl
------
Uhhhh...
I live about 40 miles away from the Petrified Forest National Park.
I live in northeast Arizona.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 05, 2026 02:32 AM (TNGIV)

100 Well the hour grows late, sweet dreams Horde.

RMBS, I hope that you have another fine day of adventure in Greece.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2026 02:34 AM (0nHVk)

101
I count drone and missile attacks, sea mines, and attempts from 7 small boats. So when is this going to happen?

* Trump to Fox: if Iran attacks any US ships around the Strait of Hormuz, they will be “blown off the face of the earth.”

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2026 02:35 AM (n7rxJ)

102 71 I actually had an International Harvester refrigerator in my first apartment, that thing was a beast and it was really old too. I prefer that any appliance in my house not be smarter than I am.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2026 02:01 AM (0nHVk)

MY best friend growing up (early 80s) bought an old (1967) International Harvester Scout truck for $500, which we fixed up a little, promptly took the hard top off and then drove for almost 10 years until it literally fell apart. We loved it and so, shall we say, did the "chicks" (chicks, man!).

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 05, 2026 02:36 AM (/aZwr)

103 There's a little petrified forest park near Rapid City that we discovered last year. A few years ago, we took Pookette along to the Black Hills and did all the Rushmore/Crazy Horse/Deadwood stuff.

Posted by: pookysgirl needs ideas at May 05, 2026 02:37 AM (Wt5PA)

104 I live about 40 miles away from the Petrified Forest National Park.
I live in northeast Arizona.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 05, 2026 02:32 AM (TNGIV)

That is a cool place. We found a little hammer outside the gate. Some douchebag came to dig up petrified wood.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 02:38 AM (U94Dl)

105 MY best friend growing up (early 80s) bought an old (1967) International Harvester Scout truck for $500, which we fixed up a little, promptly took the hard top off and then drove for almost 10 years until it literally fell apart. We loved it and so, shall we say, did the "chicks" (chicks, man!).

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 05, 2026 02:36 AM (/aZwr)

Did you feel like Daktari and shit? lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 02:39 AM (snZF9)

106 2 door sports
2 door coupe
4 door coupe
2 door sedan
4 door sedan
Station Wagon (4 door)
Pickup Truck

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 05, 2026 02:25 AM (/aZwr)

How do you distinguish between a 4 door coupe, and a 4-door sedan? Where I come from, 4-door coupe does not exist. All coupes are 2 doors. There should not be enough room on coupe body for rear doors. Sedans can be 2 doors or 4, but there is enough room on the 2-door body for rear doors.
My body list: coupe, hardtop coupe, convertible coupe, 4 door sedan, 4-door hardtop, station wagon, pickup.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 02:41 AM (utfVc)

107 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 02:31 AM (snZF9

My friend is in South Dakota now with an outfit called "Roads Scholar".. They have a lecture.a day about the history , surroundings, etc. she has been on other of their trips and is enjoying it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 02:41 AM (2sfNr)

108 >>>Uhhhh...
I live about 40 miles away from the Petrified Forest National Park.
I live in northeast Arizona.

Posted by: buddhaha

>There's a nice little place called the Tom Miner Basin north of Yellowstone that provides access to a petrified forest. But you have to be mindful of the grizzlys because they rule.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 02:42 AM (IYDXm)

109 We're going to need a bigger hoax." LOL. Thanks, KT

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 02:43 AM (2sfNr)

110 RMBS, I hope that you have another fine day of adventure in Greece.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2026 02:34 AM

Thanks, DDS. Sleep hard.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2026 02:45 AM (l6rhB)

111 Blonde Morticia it's a pertinent question. And you're not the only one asking it.

My preferred, and assumed, strategery here was to pause (ceasefire) to rest, resupply, and augment our forces (this has been done, and it's a pretty massive fist we have). Meanwhile, the blockade would do its thing, along with the global financial assault on Iranian assets. Finally, force the Strait open, forcing Iran to try to respond militarily - this leading to a comprehensive degradation of their anti-shipping capabilities.

Thus shredding their only remaining "card".

Things track with the above, so far. Question is will we (my preference) use Iranian interference in the Strait as the go-signal to obliterate their last significant remaining kinetic tool*. Or continue with the dance - downplaying attacks as long they're thwarted or blunted, bluster about destroying their military, with very limited military response. We're all about to find out.

* ballistic missiles remain a threat to the region, but a crude and largely ineffective one to date

Posted by: rhomboid at May 05, 2026 02:46 AM (U/Byj)

112 It must be post breakfast time in Greece. Have a great day with your mom, RMBS.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 02:47 AM (2sfNr)

113 I live about 40 miles away from the Petrified Forest National Park.
I live in northeast Arizona.

Posted by: buddhaha

>There's a nice little place called the Tom Miner Basin north of Yellowstone that provides access to a petrified forest. But you have to be mindful of the grizzlys because they rule.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 02:42 AM (IYDXm)

I know of a site near Edson, Alberta, where I saw a petrified tree stump in growth position exposed in a cut bank. Quite a lot of petrified wood can be collected there. I have a bunch of it. It's actually silicified wood intermingled with coal. I am guessing it is of Tertiary age.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 02:48 AM (utfVc)

114 Had the same V8 in one of my mid-range IH's.
Monster strong engine. Never missed a beat... until it dropped a valve, the bane of that engine.
IH replaced it over the weekend. They understood downtime.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 02:48 AM (NaHHR)

115 Thanks, Fen. Heading out for coffee with the cousins, then on to Thessalonika.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2026 02:48 AM (l6rhB)

116 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 05, 2026 02:48 AM (l6rhB)

Enjoy your coffee and what a great way to combine family history and Biblical history and scenery. God bless your travels!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 02:51 AM (2sfNr)

117 Ok, I.didn't realize that there was any local "petrified" park. Avoid the Black Hills Aug 6-17, when half the Harleys in the US show up. Jewel Cave is a great visit in that general.area.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 05, 2026 02:52 AM (TNGIV)

118 How do you distinguish between a 4 door coupe, and a 4-door sedan? Where I come from, 4-door coupe does not exist. All coupes are 2 doors. There should not be enough room on coupe body for rear doors. Sedans can be 2 doors or 4, but there is enough room on the 2-door body for rear doors.
My body list: coupe, hardtop coupe, convertible coupe, 4 door sedan, 4-door hardtop, station wagon, pickup.
Alberta Oil Peon

Agree AOP - meant to delete the 4 door coupe.

It should have read:

2 door sports - Like a pure sports car model
2 door coupe
2 door sedan
4 door sedan
Station Wagon (4 door)
Pickup Truck

But I like your list better (except I do like those old 2 door sedan length cars like the old Cadillacs 1969-70) and I hadn't thought about convertibles so let's say :

Pure performance sports car model (hard top and convertible); coupe (hardtop coupe, convertible coupe)
2 Door sedan; 4 door sedan; 4-door hardtop; Station wagon; pickup

Posted by: Publius Redux at May 05, 2026 02:56 AM (/aZwr)

119 Almost 0100 here. Getting real sleepy. Time to call it a night. Later, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 02:58 AM (utfVc)

120 @visegrad24 -

Christians in Sudan have been particularly targeted by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), which has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and views Christians as its ideological enemy.

Rafat Samir, general secretary of the Sudan Evangelical Alliance, told Fox News that “opposing Christians is their religious duty.

Whoever does something to harm Christians is considered favourable to the law or to Allah.”
---

They want to kill us. People over here take that lightly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 03:05 AM (NaHHR)

121 Happy Passo de Mayo everyone!

Hope you enjoyed your Star Wars Day!

Thank you for stepping in KT!

I resolved my tire pressure monitoring system issue on Friday last.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 05, 2026 03:15 AM (QGaXH)

122 25 May 4 1070 Kent State.

I don't think Kent State was around in the year 1070.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 05, 2026 03:17 AM (QGaXH)

123 Did you pull the stems and put in dumb one's?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 03:18 AM (NaHHR)

124 @DefiantLs - May 4

Ilhan Omar:
"The idea that America is a White nation that must be preserved is disgusting."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 03:29 AM (NaHHR)

125 87 We're planning a big trip for Pookette this summer, but I might need help with specifics. I want to make a loop through wesrern South Dakota (Pookette desperately wants to go to the Petrified Forest), and hit Estes Park, Colorado (my family went there a few times when I was a kid and it's the scene of The Thumb-Biter Incident). I don't know what stops we'll do in-between. I know we'll be going through eastern Wyoming and allllll across Nebraska.
Posted by: pookysgirl needs ideas at May 05, 2026 02:20 AM (Wt5PA)

I thought Petrified Forest was in northern Arizona off I-40. Jumping off point is Holbrook, Az. Is there another in SD?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 05, 2026 03:31 AM (QGaXH)

126 Whoever does something to harm Christians is considered favourable to the law or to Allah.”
---

They want to kill us. People over here take that lightly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 03:05 AM (NaHHR)

Was just on U tube, and listened to a first react video from a Brit to Battelhymn of the Republic.

We've forgotten our mission, to set Men free.... there are an estimate 30 Million slaves currently in Africa and the Mid East... The US Civil War? 4 Million slaves.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 05, 2026 03:35 AM (mP0Kj)

127 124 @DefiantLs - May 4

Ilhan Omar:
"The idea that America is a White nation that must be preserved is disgusting."

Posted by: Braenyard

Whatever. You're a fraud! Get out!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 03:38 AM (sAmhv)

128 >>>Ilhan Omar:
"The idea that America is a White nation that must be preserved is disgusting."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

>11han Omar must be jettisoned like the vermin she chooses to be. Nasty, angry, - a person who chooses to divide this country and create havoc.

Democrats, - woke, - but haven't waken the fuck up yet.

Self awareness is difficult when your IQ is less than 75.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 03:39 AM (IYDXm)

129 123 Did you pull the stems and put in dumb one's?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 03:18 AM (NaHHR)

No. I took it back again to the big box membership store and they said they had just received an alternate part number, but still insisted the part they put in covered all years. Whatever they did, the system works like it should now so I'm happy and they didn't charge me anything additional.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 05, 2026 03:41 AM (QGaXH)

130 Good Nite all....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 05, 2026 03:43 AM (QGaXH)

131 American bought a brand new printer. She bought the ink for the printer, she bought the paper for the printer, now she’s at home and is ready to print

She can’t print

“They remotely shut off my printer until I paid $7.50 cents to print in my own home, to print on my printer, that I own in my home”

This is the new $7.50 subscription plan by HP Printers

Here’s how the plans work

HP’s Instant Ink and newer All-in Plan programs are subscription services options:

- You pay a monthly fee based on pages printed (not ink used).
- Plans start low, from $1.79–$7.99 per month for 10–100 pages
- $7–$8 per month plans are for around 100 pages

If your payment fails. HP will remotely shutoff your printer

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 03:46 AM (NaHHR)

132 Don't buy HP. My last HP was thrown out due to HP turning it to a brick and this was 5+ years ago. I've hadn't had a printer since.
I need to get one sometime. I'll get a laser printer next time. Maybe a Brother. Haven't heard any nightmare stories about them, yet.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 03:50 AM (sAmhv)

133 There are many areas with "petrified" wood.
The thing about the Petrified Forest NP is the sheer area and amount. There are acres covered with "stumps" and "logs" of 2 to 3 feet in diameter, and lengths up to 15'.

Posted by: buddhaha at May 05, 2026 03:52 AM (TNGIV)

134 I have a Brother laser - it uses a toner cartridge-
Owned it for 8 years and until last week not a flaw.
H/T, don't use DDG AI to help. It was a little problem that a human could resolve in minutes. After four hours I was ready to hurt something.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 03:56 AM (NaHHR)

135 I don't want to get up

Posted by: Skip at May 05, 2026 03:59 AM (Ia/+0)

136 I'm b&w none of this dry ink bs. There's no ink to dry. the cartridge can sit for 3 months and it's ready to go. If the toner has settled, take the cartridge out and gently shake it and stick it back in. Bam.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 03:59 AM (NaHHR)

137 >>>If your payment fails. HP will remotely shutoff your printer

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

>Everything is like this with this generation. The IRS sent me a letter for my tax refund demanding a drivers license, selfie, new account, etc before they would place my refund in the account that I gave my CPA. They could have just sent me a live check instead of a bullshit notice letter.

IT has gone off its rails.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 04:01 AM (IYDXm)

138 AmyMek @Johngalt196@EDSecMcMahon @LeoTerrellDOJ @FBIDirectorKas @SenTedCruz

You need to listen to these two brave, boys from Wylie Texas...

Islam is infiltrating in our public schools to indoctrinate our youth. This has to stop now. Thank you Marco and Leland! God bless you both!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 04:03 AM (NaHHR)

139 Such a nice interview with the policeman who stopped a young man from jumping off a bridge in Jacksonville, FL:

https://tinyurl.com/3zc3cvb3

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 04:03 AM (2sfNr)

140 They sent me a check last year I expect a check this year. If I don't get a check there will be letters.
--

There's so much crap going on I'm going to bed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 04:06 AM (NaHHR)

141 Until recently, I had a Brother all-in-one. Loved it. It stopped communicating with my computer. It would scan but wouldn't print; whatever was sent from the computer to the printer would die. Tried everything. Bought another Brother and it works fine. Oh, the first one lasted almost 20 years.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 05, 2026 04:13 AM (W5mpo)

142 Law should require any company doing business in the US must have customer service reps fluent in English.

Posted by: Going deep. Out at May 05, 2026 04:19 AM (x69Nb)

143 Trapped in meeting heck. Tech thread will be up eventually.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 05, 2026 04:33 AM (BLOW1)

144 Don't let those wombats push you around, Pixy!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 04:42 AM (sAmhv)

145 Puddlegum, I've got an Epson EcoTank printer. No cartridges, instead you fill up the CMYK tanks with liquid ink.

I've had it for several months, and I don't print much, but no problems with it yet, and no subscriptions.

Epson makes other inkjets that use cartridges, too.

Brother is also an option.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 04:50 AM (6ydKt)

146 *adds an L to Puddleglum*

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 04:51 AM (6ydKt)

147 Trump has managed to maneuver around Congress and the War Powers Act.

Since he declared hostilities over before the sixty day deadline, he no longer has to report to Congress.

Instead he declared the mission in the Strait of Hormuz a "humanitarian mission" which requires no report to Congress under War Powers.

But now, if Iran attacks a U.S. ship it becomes a defensive operation against Iran when we respond with force, which can be open-ended as defensive operations don't fall under War Powers either.

Quite a smooth move, and Trump was counting on the IRGC to start doing exactly what they've done.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 05:00 AM (6ydKt)

148 >>>Trapped in meeting heck. Tech thread will be up eventually.

Posted by: Pixy Misa

>Never offer anything unless directly asked. The narcissists and sociopaths will contradict everything you say.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 05:00 AM (IYDXm)

149 Man from FL reflects on giving thanks and Luke 17:11-19:

https://tinyurl.com/yz233273

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 05, 2026 05:05 AM (Yl2Ob)

150 Thank you, Pixy!

Posted by: m at May 05, 2026 05:05 AM (RtN13)

151 The ONT was late?

Pixy's late.

But I. I am not late. At least not yet. And when I am finally late, I doubt I'll care anymore.

G'mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:05 AM (O7YUW)

152 146 *adds an L to Puddleglum*
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 04:51 AM (6ydKt)

Puddlegluml?

Posted by: m at May 05, 2026 05:07 AM (RtN13)

153 @143/Pixy: "Trapped in meeting heck."

Blink twice if Phil the Prince of Insufficient Light is in the room with you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:10 AM (O7YUW)

154 Mornin' m.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:13 AM (O7YUW)

155 Puddlegluml?

Posted by: m at May 05, 2026 05:07 AM (RtN13)

I originally typed Puddlegum without the second L.

Corrections had to be made just to soothe my semi-perfectionist mind.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 05:13 AM (6ydKt)

156 @SpeakingOf: I'm living up to my moniker this morning. I got the 2026 Canadian Census form last night. First I verified it wasn't a scam, because so much is. Then I started the online process of filling it out.

An hour later, I'm only 42% into the process, and on question 36, and it's asking about the family member's sexual orientations.

I opted to save it for later, because I was too angry at that point to continue.

And I noticed a little thing after creating the password and challenge/response question it demanded I do so I could "come back to this later".

It told me that if I didn't submit anything further by Thursday, March 14, that my responses so far would be submitted as an incomplete survey.

Now maybe they meant that to scare people into completing it, but I'm seeing a loophole.

I answered your stupid census. You got the important information already (number of people, names, citizenships, languages spoken.) Anything else isn't really "need to have" it's just "want to have".

Bottom line: I responded, as I needed to, by law, so I'm in the clear, and I think that yeah, I'm done with that nonsense.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:20 AM (O7YUW)

157 .
NOOD

Pixy's up!

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:21 AM (O7YUW)

158 Bottom line: I responded, as I needed to, by law, so I'm in the clear, and I think that yeah, I'm done with that nonsense.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:20 AM (O7YUW)

We like to call that "malicious compliance" these days.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 05, 2026 05:30 AM (6ydKt)

159 @158/SpeakingOf: Well I'm liking me some malicious compliance, then. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 05, 2026 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

160 Clearing up the story of Neuman's grandfather. First of all, he wasn't even German, he was Austrian. He was a Corporal in WWI. He was a painter who was prosecuted for his political views. Rose through the ranks to that of Der Fuehrer in WWII. He was married shortly before the end of the war, but his wife tragically died in Berlin just before he left for Brazil in 1945. So technically he was not A NAZI, he was THE NAZI. So get your stories straight, untermensch.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at May 05, 2026 06:21 PM (Da7Vv)

Demanding Doggos Cafe

Pienza, the so-called "ideal city" in Tuscany
by Max Morriconi
More here.
There's a short video here.

Jets vs. Sharks but more butch.

Kittens being lazybones.

Handing out toys to rando dogs.

Straight from the tap.

DID YOU KNOW? Baby goats make outstanding mechanic's assistants.

Cat won't get hustled by some street haggler.

Don't give me that static.

Providing a booster chair for ducklings.

For the discriminating connoisseur of toe beans.

That's the mustard.

I've got something to say!

Living the best life.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/qxo39UyO8v
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 4, 2026

Is it play time yet?

Play with me.. 🥺 pic.twitter.com/DB6oVQDE15
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 3, 2026

Are you coming already?!

A smile for your timeline.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/eZIAhf8tGY
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 3, 2026

That tail.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/8F7I9d370f
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) May 2, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:55 PM

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1 Cafe! Woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 07:56 PM (VyBeY)

2 Thanks, Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 07:56 PM (VyBeY)

3 nooded

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 07:57 PM (VyBeY)

4 and the trifecta!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 07:57 PM (VyBeY)

5 Do they have unhoused people in an ideal city?

Posted by: fd at May 04, 2026 07:59 PM (vFG9F)

6 Nooded, and good night, all 'Rons, 'Ettes, and other reprobates!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 04, 2026 07:59 PM (NcvvS)

7 everyone's having too much fun on the previous thread, I guess ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 07:59 PM (VyBeY)

8 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)

9 Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 07:57 PM (VyBeY)

Hah! beat you to the nood, amigo!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 04, 2026 08:02 PM (NcvvS)

10 Good evening from a very pleasant locale in Portland! Doggeh clips are the best clips!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 04, 2026 08:02 PM (rjSw7)

11 handing out dog toys video is so fun!

I might try that myself ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 08:02 PM (VyBeY)

12 We're all good. Peaceful evening, sock_rat_eez!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 04, 2026 08:03 PM (NcvvS)

13 that you did, Nazdar! that you did! probably a better typist overall ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 08:03 PM (VyBeY)

14 DID YOU KNOW? Baby goats make outstanding mechanic's assistants.

* ponders ISO standard goat behavior *

I bet those lamps on their foreheads don't last very long.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 08:03 PM (VHUov)

15 Top picture, it's only a model.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 08:03 PM (2GVsD)

16 handing out dog toys video is so fun!

I might try that myself ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 08:02 PM (VyBe

I like he left the tags on the toys which made the owners feel more comfortable.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 08:04 PM (kxLc1)

17 and yes, all good! same to you!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 08:04 PM (VyBeY)

18 In Italy if a pigeon shits on you it is good luck. React accordingly.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2026 08:05 PM (z2aPa)

19
Baths for Diana, Rosalind and The Big Dummy today. Everyone else got their nails ground. Still have to load Her Majesty's clothes and food in the RV.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 08:05 PM (HdYcL)

20 16, yeah, handing out used dog toys would be extremely poor form.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 08:06 PM (VyBeY)

21 BTW

Kelly Neumann looks like she is the product of Lebensborn. How do we know she is really gay, it may all be an act.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 08:07 PM (2GVsD)

22 Yeah, OK, booster chair for ducklings.

____________________

Not good for either party. Ducks poop more regularly than just about any animal out there. They are, definitely, pooping in that pool. Anybody using that pool runs a high risk of conjunctivitis (pink eye)...which isn't fun.

Chorine is, likely, in that pool, and guess what. Chlorine is bad for ducks and can cause significant health issues if they swim in or drink it regularly. It strips the natural oils from their feathers, leading to waterlogging, and can damage their kidneys if consumed.

I have a pool. I regularly have to contend with the errant Canadian goose who likes to explore up from the pond down in the pasture. Some people think fences around pools are to keep the kids in the neighborhood from drowing accidentally. I could care leas about those brats. I just want to keep the geese out of my pool.

Posted by: Orson at May 04, 2026 08:07 PM (dIske)

23 >>probably a better typist overall ...

Summer school typing teacher would collapse into V-Fib, especially since my physical state includes essential tremour - even 45 years in IT hasn't solved it.

And now, truly, tomorrow starts in 7 hours.

Bless you all!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 04, 2026 08:07 PM (NcvvS)

24 Are dog toys treated with some chemical that dogs like to smell?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 04, 2026 08:07 PM (Cqx++)

25 just saw this: raw story: the headline

This phony Democrat got blown out of the water -- and that's terrifying for Trump

text:
Maine just handed Democrats a wake-up call that they’d damn well better actually listen to this time.

Governor Janet Mills suspended her Senate campaign Thursday, leaving Marine veteran and oyster farmer Graham Platner as the presumptive Democratic nominee to take on Republican Senator Susan Collins in November.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 08:08 PM (CWTWj)

26 Kelly Neumann looks like she is the product of Lebensborn. How do we know she is really gay, it may all be an act.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 08:07 PM (2GVsD)

Are you saying this is an Apt Pupil situation?

Kind of a shit movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 08:10 PM (zZu0s)

27 All this talk of Nazis. I wonder if in 2000 years will they be thought of like the Romans, every day.

Posted by: fd at May 04, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)

28 Looks more like a small burg than a "city."

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 04, 2026 08:11 PM (XMwZJ)

29 Wasn't Apt Pupil by Paul "Pedobear" Singer?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 08:11 PM (gKWVE)

30
What percentage of Maine's population are "immigrants"? Maybe a Nazi is just the guy they want.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 08:11 PM (HdYcL)

31 *Bryan Singer.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 08:12 PM (gKWVE)

32 Pienza, the so-called "ideal city" in Tuscany

Far from ideal! I see way too many single-family homes, and not a single solar panel! And that car in the foreground is not electric.....

Posted by: any random socialist at May 04, 2026 08:12 PM (VHUov)

33 I just threw up in my mouth. No idea who Jack Watts is.
Supposedly:

So, Spartacus and AOC did the deed, at least according to Swallwell, who has just outed them.

Here's my question: Which is more nauseating, the thought of having sex with Corey Booker or AOC?

I think Booker would be worse. What do you think?

—Jack Watts

Posted by: rickb223 at May 04, 2026 08:13 PM (DSLf3)

34 28 Looks more like a small burg than a "city."
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 04, 2026 08:11 PM (XMwZJ)
________________

I thought the same, and looked up the population. About 2,000. That's not a city. That's a very small town.

Posted by: Orson at May 04, 2026 08:13 PM (dIske)

35 Spartacus don't swing that way...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 04, 2026 08:14 PM (XMwZJ)

36 How can it be ideal without a Walmart?

Posted by: fd at May 04, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)

37 I could use a goat helper

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2026 08:15 PM (Ia/+0)

38 All I can say is, I hope is her entire family history is getting audited with the hot needle of inquiry.

I doubt the family really was poor when they came to the US. How did they come to the US from Brazil anyway?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 08:15 PM (2GVsD)

39 I would not have thought that AOC was man enough for Booker.
Swalwell's credibility is not high.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 08:15 PM (gKWVE)

40 28 Looks more like a small burg than a "city."
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 04, 2026 08:11 PM (XMwZJ)

Another of the pictures in the link definitely looks like a city. I'd like a place out in the country surrounding it, where I could admire the city from a distance.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 04, 2026 08:16 PM (zYpTz)

41 All this talk of Nazis. I wonder if in 2000 years will they be thought of like the Romans, every day.
Posted by: fd at May 04, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)

doubtful - Rome itself lasted more than a thousand years and Byzantium another thousandish beyond that.

Hitler's blip lasted less than 15.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:16 PM (8avO+)

42 I could use a goat helper
Find it next to the Hamburger Helper at your local grocer.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 04, 2026 08:16 PM (XMwZJ)

43
I could use a goat helper
Posted by: Skip

It's on the shelf next to Hamburger Helper.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 04, 2026 08:17 PM (Cqx++)

44 Are dog toys treated with some chemical that dogs like to smell?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 04, 2026 08:07 PM (Cqx++)

Yes. A lot of them are supposed to be bacon or peanut butter or cheese flavored.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 08:18 PM (zZu0s)

45 Although I guess reefs cow hoof is beef flavored.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

46 Here's my question: Which is more nauseating, the thought of having sex with Corey Booker or AOC?

I think Booker would be worse. What do you think?

—Jack Watts

Posted by: rickb223 at May 04, 2026 08:13 PM (DSLf3)

This dude even had to frigging ask? Any..any dude would be worse than AOC. Letting AOC talk while munching my junk is light years better than sex with a dude. Did this dude have the swing set too close to the house as a kid?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 08:19 PM (snZF9)

47 Speaking of pillowbiters named Brian, Gov. Kemp is not redrawing Georgia's map. It remains racially gerrymandered and the GOP will not be competing in three seats it might otherwise get.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 08:19 PM (gKWVE)

48 35 Spartacus don't swing that way...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 04, 2026 08:14 PM (XMwZJ)

____________________

The portrayal of Spartacus by Hollywood is always amusing. He was a Thracian....who were tattooed barbarians known for drinking rituals to their God of Wine. Even the Thracian women had full body tattoos, and very few morals. They were always fragmented because they chose fighting over farming every single time. Spartacus was a thug.

Posted by: Orson at May 04, 2026 08:19 PM (dIske)

49 Did I miss all the Star Wars/May the Fourth jokes today?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 04, 2026 08:20 PM (mjROD)

50 Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2026 08:20 PM (Ia/+0)

51 We knew Kemp was bought and paid for.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 08:22 PM (zZu0s)

52 Did this dude have the swing set too close to the house as a kid?
Posted by: Berserker

I never heard that one before, and it's hilarious. I've got the animated gif of it playing in my head, now.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 08:23 PM (VHUov)

53 Idaho Spudboy, you did but you're early for Cinco de Mayo.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2026 08:23 PM (z2aPa)

54 Did I miss all the Star Wars/May the Fourth jokes today?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

I've got a bad feeling about this comment.....

Posted by: mikeski solo at May 04, 2026 08:23 PM (VHUov)

55 The portrayal of Spartacus by Hollywood is always amusing. He was a Thracian....who were tattooed barbarians known for drinking rituals to their God of Wine. Even the Thracian women had full body tattoos, and very few morals. They were always fragmented because they chose fighting over farming every single time. Spartacus was a thug.
Posted by: Orson at May 04, 2026 08:19 PM (dIske)

Thracian was also one of the fighting styles gladiators used - sword and buckler. It has been tossed around that saying he was 'a thracian' was a cover for a Roman who had been broken down to the gladiator ranks which would explain why he was able to lead his slave army with such success.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:24 PM (8avO+)

56 Orson, I find your comments re Thracian fascinating. I only know their jewelry, but their gold work was so, so good. Perhaps later in a later period of their history they became more civilized?

Posted by: Wenda at May 04, 2026 08:24 PM (dXTLm)

57 1933 to 1945

12 years.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 08:25 PM (2GVsD)

58 I could use a goat helper
Posted by: Skip

I've had hamburger helper, squirrel helper, possum helper, but I've never had goat helper.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 04, 2026 08:25 PM (DSLf3)

59 Kemp plays for the other team, I don't mean he's gay. Well, maybe that too...

Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2026 08:26 PM (YwEeS)

60 I never heard that one before, and it's hilarious. I've got the animated gif of it playing in my head, now.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 08:23 PM (VHUov)

I picture either Bart Simpson or a young Peter Griffin.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 08:26 PM (snZF9)

61 1933 to 1945

12 years.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 08:25 PM (2GVsD)

I rounded up.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:26 PM (8avO+)

62 "Hitler's blip lasted less than 15.
Posted by: Oldcat "

He's the ultimate villain though. People may still speak of Stalin and Mao, Pol Pot and Idi Amin, but Hitler is 20th Century gold standard.

Posted by: fd at May 04, 2026 08:26 PM (vFG9F)

63 How can it be an ideal city? It's full of Italians.

Posted by: Bay Ridge Refugee Since 1966 at May 04, 2026 08:26 PM (oftw2)

64 I just saw a picture of Plantner's new tattoo to cover up the Totenkopf.

It looks like the Picts or Celts are about to have boiled dog for dinner.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 08:28 PM (2GVsD)

65 Kathleen Kennedy has killed May the Fourth Be With You.

And no baby Yoda can save it now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 08:30 PM (2GVsD)

66 Did I miss all the Star Wars/May the Fourth jokes today?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 04, 2026 08:20 PM (mjROD)

I am waiting for the "July Sixth Park" day on 7/6. Got my inflatable dino costume and logo'd jeep, and everything.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2026 08:31 PM (rbvCR)

67 Well, Disney has done something truly remarkable, they took a vital, thriving Fandom and destroyed it in the name of chasing an audience that never would have watched it anyway.

Everything sacrificed at the altar of Kathleen Kennedy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 08:33 PM (zZu0s)

68 Oh and Marvel too.

And the Disney brand in general.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 08:34 PM (zZu0s)

69 Orson, I find your comments re Thracian fascinating. I only know their jewelry, but their gold work was so, so good. Perhaps later in a later period of their history they became more civilized?
Posted by: Wenda at May 04, 2026 08:24 PM (dXTLm)

The Romans were incredible chauvinists, and rarely gave credit to their enemies. It could also be bad press for not being like Romans

Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)

70 Well, Disney has done something truly remarkable, they took a vital, thriving Fandom and destroyed it in the name of chasing an audience that never would have watched it anyway.

Everything sacrificed at the altar of Kathleen Kennedy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 08:33 PM (zZu0s)
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She's hardly alone in that. Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Lord of the Rings are effectively dead as well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 04, 2026 08:35 PM (gnNyN)

71 Orson, I find your comments re Thracian fascinating. I only know their jewelry, but their gold work was so, so good. Perhaps later in a later period of their history they became more civilized?
Posted by: Wenda at May 04, 2026 08:24 PM (dXTLm)

The Romans were incredible chauvinists, and rarely gave credit to their enemies. It could also be bad press for not being like Romans
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)

The Gauls were also noted for good metalcrafting.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:36 PM (8avO+)

72 Well, Disney has done something truly remarkable, they took a vital, thriving Fandom and destroyed it in the name of chasing an audience that never would have watched it anyway.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Wokeism, summed up in a 4-panel comic:

https://is.gd/DAlolb

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 08:37 PM (VHUov)

73 I think the most villainous ideology of all is the one that killed 100 million and the adherents somehow get to pretend it never happened and actively want it to happen again.

Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 08:37 PM (vE0+H)

74 She's hardly alone in that. Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Lord of the Rings are effectively dead as well.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 04, 2026 08:35 PM (gnNyN)

It's surprising what turning over 250 million dollars to insane people who hate your IP and your customers and can't write for beans can do....wait, it isn't surprising at all.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:38 PM (8avO+)

75 Wow... Somali plead GUILTY to $11 million in fraud... but due to deal with AG, will serve NO FUCKING JAIL TIME.

5 years probation.... and I would guess they get to stay in the US?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 04, 2026 08:38 PM (mP0Kj)

76 She's hardly alone in that. Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Lord of the Rings are effectively dead as well. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 04, 2026 08:35 PM (gnNyN)

It is shocking, isn't it? How many billions of $ in shareholder value they just...lit on fire. And Nobody stopped them.

One. I could see there being ONE bad Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Lord of the Rings. ONE bad Star Wars movie. It went on for literally years, with fans screaming the whole time, and profits in the toilet.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 04, 2026 08:39 PM (eloIc)

77 I think the most villainous ideology of all is the one that killed 100 million and the adherents somehow get to pretend it never happened and actively want it to happen again.
Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 08:37 PM (vE0+H)

It's hardly where you need to name 1 winner. All of the big three Naziism, Communism and Maoism are left wing Socialist movements.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:39 PM (8avO+)

78 ellipsis, well, obviously, Communism only went so bad because the Russians were running it... now if only it had some nice German efficiency...
/sarc

Posted by: RandomDave at May 04, 2026 08:40 PM (aJQbY)

79 74 She's hardly alone in that. Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Lord of the Rings are effectively dead as well.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 04, 2026 08:35 PM (gnNyN)

It's surprising what turning over 250 million dollars to insane people who hate your IP and your customers and can't write for beans can do....wait, it isn't surprising at all.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:38 PM (8avO+)

Hmm.... series.... Woke, Woker, Wokier? now add in Watch her, I mean Witcher... and a bit of Reacher?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 04, 2026 08:40 PM (mP0Kj)

80 Hmm.... series.... Woke, Woker, Wokier? now add in Watch her, I mean Witcher... and a bit of Reacher?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 04, 2026 08:40 PM (mP0Kj)

Bond, Indiana Jones, the live action Disney movies... all the same cause and result.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:41 PM (8avO+)

81 All this talk of Nazis. I wonder if in 2000 years will they be thought of like the Romans, every day.
Posted by: fd at May 04, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
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Americans have a unique obsession with Nazis. In Europe, the Nazis have lots of competition and there were many countries where the Communists were much, much worse, and so (I'm talking about the Baltics specifically) their "honored veterans" were in the SS.

More Danes and Dutch died fighting for Germany than against it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)

82 #63-jealous much?

Posted by: vivi at May 04, 2026 08:43 PM (OFw3k)

83 Hmm.... series.... Woke, Woker, Wokier? now add in Watch her, I mean Witcher... and a bit of Reacher?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 04, 2026 08:40 PM (mP0Kj)

Wheel of Time (thank God I never watched it.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

84 ellipsis, well, obviously, Communism only went so bad because the Russians were running it... now if only it had some nice German efficiency...
/sarc
Posted by: RandomDave at May 04, 2026 08:40 PM (aJQbY)
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It isn't a political or economic system, it is a religious heresy built on the sins of pride, envy, and wrath, and that it why it never loses its appeal. It says that "You ARE the best, society is unfair, and all the people with things you want must given them to you, and the people you hate DESERVE to be hated."

It's really quite simple.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 08:45 PM (ZOv7s)

85
Frankly, in a list of Republican senators I'd like to see lose their seat, Susan Collins is near the top of the list.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 08:45 PM (HdYcL)

86 Frankly, in a list of Republican senators I'd like to see lose their seat, Susan Collins is near the top of the list.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 08:45 PM (HdYcL)

Not as much as Murk, Thune or McConnell right now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 08:46 PM (zZu0s)

87 I'm anticipating a Bee headline

Platner Covers Up Nazi Tattoo with a Burning Cross.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 08:46 PM (kxLc1)

88 >> I just saw a picture of Plantner's new tattoo to cover up the Totenkopf.

Vie are not Nazis. Vie are Swiss.

Posted by: The Crow at May 04, 2026 08:46 PM (f4tQo)

89 77 - I read that 270 million people were killed during the scope of Muslim conquests. maybe its "the Big Four?"

Posted by: vivi at May 04, 2026 08:47 PM (OFw3k)

90 Americans have a unique obsession with Nazis. In Europe, the Nazis have lots of competition and there were many countries where the Communists were much, much worse, and so (I'm talking about the Baltics specifically) their "honored veterans" were in the SS.

More Danes and Dutch died fighting for Germany than against it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)

Just about every Euro country had volunteers for the SS. Yes even Finland. Spain sent a division of regular troops to fight the USSR.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:47 PM (8avO+)

91 Hell, the woke translators even perverted a lot of anime.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s)

92
g'early evenin', 'rons

greetings from Warren, Ohio

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 04, 2026 08:48 PM (GFMEh)

93 Frankly, in a list of Republican senators I'd like to see lose their seat, Susan Collins is near the top of the list.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 08:45 PM (HdYcL)

She's had some crucial favorable votes unlike Murkowski.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 08:48 PM (kxLc1)

94 That's the mustard.

That dog is bloody huge. It's like the gamma Pit Bull from the Ang Lee Hulk movie.

Posted by: Happy looking face-ripper-offer at May 04, 2026 08:49 PM (TbWk/)

95 Just about every Euro country had volunteers for the SS. Yes even Finland. Spain sent a division of regular troops to fight the USSR.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:47 PM (8avO+)
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Finland had it's own White Terror. Tough neighborhood and all that.

And yes, Franco paid his debts to Adolf. He also fought Commies before it was fashionable. Ike respected that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 08:52 PM (ZOv7s)

96 77 - I read that 270 million people were killed during the scope of Muslim conquests. maybe its "the Big Four?"
Posted by: vivi at May 04, 2026 08:47 PM (OFw3k)

The original ones were pretty quick and clean, as far as conquering ground goes. Maybe things add up over 1300ish years after that but it seems like a high number.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:52 PM (8avO+)

97 92
g'early evenin', 'rons

greetings from Warren, Ohio
Posted by: AltonJackson
....................................
Lose a bet?

I kid! I grew up in New Castle, about 30-40 min east.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 04, 2026 08:52 PM (sAmhv)

98 >>>Play with me..

And this clip demonstrates why your pets do NOT need squeaky toys.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 04, 2026 08:53 PM (syz1S)

99 Frankly, in a list of Republican senators I'd like to see lose their seat, Susan Collins is near the top of the list.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 08:45 PM (HdYcL)
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I give Collins a pass because she is from a blue state. I'll accept her 50-50 voting record because it beats a 0% one.

But guys like McConnell have no excuse. Same with Thune.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 08:54 PM (ZOv7s)

100
Lose a bet?

I kid! I grew up in New Castle, about 30-40 min east.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 04, 2026 08:52 PM

no, travelling for work

gots to go to the plant in Kinsman tomorrow

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 04, 2026 08:54 PM (GFMEh)

101 Spain sent a division of regular troops to fight the USSR.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:47 PM (8avO+)
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Can you think of a better way to get rid of your die-hard Nazi types?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 04, 2026 08:54 PM (xvhJH)

102 The original ones were pretty quick and clean, as far as conquering ground goes. Maybe things add up over 1300ish years after that but it seems like a high number.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:52 PM (8avO+)
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Let me tell you about what happened to India...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)

103 Pienza, the so-called "ideal city" in Tuscany
by Max Morriconi

------------

Any relation to Ennio?

* cue the Main Theme to "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966)" *

Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 08:56 PM (JqXxE)

104 Can you think of a better way to get rid of your die-hard Nazi types?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 04, 2026 08:54 PM (xvhJH)
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Yeah, Franco himself was apolitical, but the True Believers in the Phalange wanted more radical change, and there is a credible case that he packed them all off to the Eastern Front in the Blue Division for a reason.

Solved two problems at once - kept Hitler off his back and got rid of the radicals.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 08:57 PM (ZOv7s)

105
One hundred years ago, who would have thought New England would be solidly Democratic and the South would be solidly Republican?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 08:58 PM (HdYcL)

106 Spain sent a division of regular troops to fight the USSR.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:47 PM (8avO+)
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Can you think of a better way to get rid of your die-hard Nazi types?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 04, 2026 08:54 PM (xvhJH)

And Spanish commies were a big part of other countries resistance forces against Nazi occupation. The French resistance was mostly made up of commies.

Also Franco basically ghosted Hitler.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 08:58 PM (kxLc1)

107 One hundred years ago, who would have thought New England would be solidly Democratic and the South would be solidly Republican?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 08:58 PM (HdYcL)
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New England is "solid" because of gerrymanders. It remains 40% Republican and Republicans have won statewide office even amongst the Massholes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)

108 So, there was a horrible hate incident. Swastikas with 'Hitler' printed beside them in Queens.

And everyone had prepared statements.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:00 PM (zZu0s)

109 And Spanish commies were a big part of other countries resistance forces against Nazi occupation. The French resistance was mostly made up of commies.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 08:58 PM (kxLc1)
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The International Brigades were a training ground for future Communist leaders. Just about every Warsaw Pact government was populated with veterans.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)

110 So, there was a horrible hate incident. Swastikas with 'Hitler' printed beside them in Queens.

And everyone had prepared statements.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:00 PM (zZu0s)

I didn't think the Left used Hitler and Swastikas for fake hate crimes now since their Muslim allies do it for real.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:03 PM (kxLc1)

111 Judge zia faruqui is a member of the Muslim Bar Association of NY.

Posted by: vivi at May 04, 2026 09:03 PM (OFw3k)

112 Bond, Indiana Jones, the live action Disney movies... all the same cause and result.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:41 PM (8avO+)

Don't know if any of you follow video games but this was done to the Assassin's Creed series as well by the company that created it, Ubisoft. Just took their company value and flushed it down the toilet. How you might ask? Their game set in feudal Japan; the male protagonist was a g*y black man. Criminal creative negligence.

Posted by: Nelly at May 04, 2026 09:03 PM (6+ehB)

113 I didn't think the Left used Hitler and Swastikas for fake hate crimes now since their Muslim allies do it for real.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:03 PM (kxLc1)

Could very well be, I dunno. Four 'youths' in hoodies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:04 PM (zZu0s)

114 Judge zia faruqui is a member of the Muslim Bar Association of NY.

Posted by: vivi

We're going to lose this country.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 04, 2026 09:04 PM (DSLf3)

115 I was never that big of a fan of Assassins Creed, but yeah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:05 PM (zZu0s)

116 Judge zia faruqui is a member of the Muslim Bar Association of NY.

Posted by: vivi at May 04, 2026 09:03 PM (OFw3k)

An ignorant lying Muslim. What's new. Bringing up J6 prisoners and then lying about their incarceration situation and slandering them is the lowest of low.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:06 PM (kxLc1)

117 We're going to lose this country.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 04, 2026 09:04 PM (DSLf3)
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Was it over when the Germans attacked Pearl Harbor?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 09:08 PM (ZOv7s)

118 Bond, Indiana Jones, the live action Disney movies... all the same cause and result.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:41 PM (8avO+)

Don't know if any of you follow video games but this was done to the Assassin's Creed series as well by the company that created it, Ubisoft. Just took their company value and flushed it down the toilet. How you might ask? Their game set in feudal Japan; the male protagonist was a g*y black man. Criminal creative negligence.
Posted by: Nelly at May 04, 2026 09:03 PM (6+ehB)

Yes, the wokification of Gamers was a little earlier and the purges led to the creation of counter-revolutionaries like Sargon of Akkad who were all veterans when the culture war came to Hollywood a few years later. That's why the reaction was so fast and complete, we had effective antibodies ready to go.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 09:08 PM (8avO+)

119 Americans have a unique obsession with Nazis. In Europe, the Nazis have lots of competition and there were many countries where the Communists were much, much worse, and so (I'm talking about the Baltics specifically) their "honored veterans" were in the SS.

More Danes and Dutch died fighting for Germany than against it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)

Italy seems to get a pass. Mussolini is remembered as a clown who had a moment and no one blames Italians.

Posted by: LASue at May 04, 2026 09:10 PM (lCppi)

120
This phony Democrat got blown out of the water -- and that's terrifying for Trump

Posted by: gnats local 678

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

Trying to figure out how that connects.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 09:12 PM (n7rxJ)

121 The Romans were incredible chauvinists, and rarely gave credit to their enemies. It could also be bad press for not being like Romans
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)

The Gauls were also noted for good metalcrafting.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:36 PM (8avO+)

They might put an Asterix next to that claim.

Posted by: Wait for it at May 04, 2026 09:12 PM (TbWk/)

122 Americans have a unique obsession with Nazis"

Before June '41?

Posted by: man at May 04, 2026 09:13 PM (XuXeR)

123 Italy seems to get a pass. Mussolini is remembered as a clown who had a moment and no one blames Italians.
Posted by: LASue at May 04, 2026 09:10 PM (lCppi)

To his credit El Duce was never gung-ho on the Jewish Holocaust IIRC. When the Germans took over in 43 they made up for the lost time because a three front war apparently wasn't enough to do.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 09:13 PM (8avO+)

124 They might put an Asterix next to that claim"

Golf clap

Posted by: man at May 04, 2026 09:14 PM (XuXeR)

125 This phony Democrat got blown out of the water -- and that's terrifying for Trump

Posted by: gnats local 678

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

Trying to figure out how that connects.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 09:12 PM (n7rxJ)

Wasn't that phoney Dem the governor?

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 09:14 PM (8avO+)

126 Italy seems to get a pass. Mussolini is remembered as a clown who had a moment and no one blames Italians.
Posted by: LASue at May 04, 2026 09:10 PM (lCpp

He was in power from 1922 until 1943. Not quite a moment. To be fair Italy had been a political mess for a long time which allowed him grab power.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:14 PM (kxLc1)

127 Judge zia faruqui"

Farquart?

Posted by: man at May 04, 2026 09:15 PM (XuXeR)

128
Judge zia faruqui is a member of the Muslim Bar Association of NY.

Posted by: vivi

We're going to lose this country.
Posted by: rickb223

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

Step one: claw it back from the ABA. That's starting to happen. Florida and Texas shut them out for accreditation of their law schools. Yeah, only 48 states to go...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 09:15 PM (n7rxJ)

129 What did Churchill say of the Italians?
We had them last time it's their turn.
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Japanese were our allies in WWI, yellow devils in WWII and now we're friends.

Picking at healed wounds is for the problem child.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 09:16 PM (NaHHR)

130 Italy seems to get a pass. Mussolini is remembered as a clown who had a moment and no one blames Italians.
Posted by: LASue at May 04, 2026 09:10 PM (lCppi)

Need to rewatch What Did You Do In The War, Daddy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 04, 2026 09:16 PM (DwqWV)

131 Italy seems to get a pass. Mussolini is remembered as a clown who had a moment and no one blames Italians.
Posted by: LASue at May 04, 2026 09:10 PM (lCpp

He was in power from 1922 until 1943. Not quite a moment. To be fair Italy had been a political mess for a long time which allowed him grab power.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:14 PM (kxLc1)

WWI in Italy was like France but more so. Eleven? Twelve? Thirteen? Battles on the Isonzo River line for no purpose, and when that wasn't dumb enough they did some offensives in the Alps for added futility. Then the Germans popped in and bounced the whole line back about 4 river lines in a flash.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 09:17 PM (8avO+)

132 What is this "Met Gala" and why should I care? I barely heard of it until this year and now it's all over my feed

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 09:18 PM (gKWVE)

133
I really try not to be doom and gloom.

I do think our country is lost.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 09:19 PM (3ek7K)

134 What is this "Met Gala" and why should I care? I barely heard of it until this year and now it's all over my feed
Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 09:18 PM (gKWVE)

Charity for designer gowns makers by people with more money than sense.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 09:19 PM (8avO+)

135 Finally home! What a day. How is everyone doing?

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 09:19 PM (Wmg4n)

136 Judge zia faruqui is a member of the Muslim Bar Association of NY.

Since Muslims hold shariah law to be above all the laws of man, no Muslim can truthfully and in good faith take the oath of admission to any legal bar.

Posted by: It's ok, lying is part of their religion at May 04, 2026 09:20 PM (TbWk/)

137 128
Judge zia faruqui is a member of the Muslim Bar Association of NY.

Posted by: vivi

We're going to lose this country.
Posted by: rickb223
---

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has created a special team of criminal investigators to root out immigration fraud, equipping newly designated special agents with expanded law enforcement powers to investigate, arrest and prosecute violators and even denaturalize cheaters.

"We're going to get to a place where people are going to know that if they file, and they're going to file something fraudulently, or they're not giving us their full story, we're going to find that," United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Joseph Edlow told Just The News.
...

Edlow announced the initiative in September under a final rule that allows the agency to hire and train 1811-classified officers who can carry firearms, execute warrants and handle cases from start to finish without always referring them to ICE.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 09:20 PM (NaHHR)

138 27 All this talk of Nazis. I wonder if in 2000 years will they be thought of like the Romans, every day.
Posted by: fd at May 04, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)

The Romans could be bastards, too, but at least they built for the long haul.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 04, 2026 09:20 PM (DwqWV)

139 What is this "Met Gala" and why should I care? I barely heard of it until this year and now it's all over my feed
Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 09:18 PM (gKWVE)

Only reason to keep up is I still like looking at hot females . They definitely go all out at this shing ding to look their hottest.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:20 PM (kxLc1)

140 What is this "Met Gala"

GLP 1 guzzling types wearing...something. Sometimes.

Posted by: man at May 04, 2026 09:20 PM (XuXeR)

141 Almost forgot, Happy Cinco de Quattro.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 04, 2026 09:21 PM (DwqWV)

142 I really try not to be doom and gloom.

I do think our country is lost.

Posted by: four seasons

We can win it back. But it's going to be ugly and the things required, unmentionable.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 04, 2026 09:21 PM (DSLf3)

143 18 In Italy if a pigeon shits on you it is good luck. React accordingly.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2026 08:05 PM (z2aPa)

On Foo Island, if a bird shits on you, and you wash it off, you will disappear.

Moral of the story: If the foo shits, wear it!

Posted by: Insensitive Clod at May 04, 2026 09:21 PM (1UudH)

144
rickb223,

I have hope

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 09:22 PM (3ek7K)

145 I really try not to be doom and gloom.

I do think our country is lost"

*shrugs*

History is a bitch.

Posted by: man at May 04, 2026 09:23 PM (XuXeR)

146 Italy gets a pass because when it all started to go bad, they all said “Hey this isn’t fun anymore! In fact it sucks. Well we’re not crazy, we quit!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2026 09:23 PM (XcvNy)

147 Only reason to keep up is I still like looking at hot females . They definitely go all out at this shing ding to look their hottest.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:20 PM (kxLc1)

First I read this as hot tomales.
Then I thought about phrasing.
Then I realized I didn't know what the hell it is either.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 09:23 PM (2WIwB)

148 https://youtu.be/nMQZEfC4Xv0?
si=aE4NAIVaQRv1LDsi

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:24 PM (zZu0s)

149 I didn't think the Left used Hitler and Swastikas for fake hate crimes now since their Muslim allies do it for real.

What makes you think it's fake?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 04, 2026 09:24 PM (vTZFs)

150 Italy gets a pass because when it all started to go bad, they all said “Hey this isn’t fun anymore! In fact it sucks. Well we’re not crazy, we quit!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2026 09:23 PM (XcvNy)

The Heirs to the Sons of Mars, folks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:25 PM (zZu0s)

151 WWI in Italy was like France but more so. Eleven? Twelve? Thirteen? Battles on the Isonzo River line for no purpose, and when that wasn't dumb enough they did some offensives in the Alps for added futility. Then the Germans popped in and bounced the whole line back about 4 river lines in a flash.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 09:17 PM (8avO+)

We tend to forget that neither Italy nor Germany were what we think of those two countries today. Italy in particular had the Papal States, the Southern Districts, the Alpine Districts, Venice, and a couple of other city-states, none of whom particularly cared for the other and often times were at war internally as well. "Ruling" Italy was a crap shoot at best. Germany had parts of Prussia, parts of France, and who knows what all, and they likewise did not necessarily get along well. Sometimes it was Catholic vs. Protestant, but more often it was this ruling duchy against that one.

Each was a microcosm of the rest of Europe. More tribal than pre-Columbian America.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 04, 2026 09:25 PM (DwqWV)

152 Each was a microcosm of the rest of Europe. More tribal than pre-Columbian America.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 04, 2026 09:25 PM (DwqWV)

Except they got really good at it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:27 PM (zZu0s)

153 146 Italy gets a pass because when it all started to go bad, they all said “Hey this isn’t fun anymore! In fact it sucks. Well we’re not crazy, we quit!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2026 09:23 PM (XcvNy)

Followed by sharing a bottle of wine and a really good plate of pasta.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 04, 2026 09:27 PM (DwqWV)

154 Need to rewatch What Did You Do In The War, Daddy.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Hilarious, first time out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 09:28 PM (NaHHR)

155 It isn't a political or economic system, it is a religious heresy built on the sins of pride, envy, and wrath, [ . . .]
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 04, 2026 08:45 PM (ZOv7s)]/i]

It is a procrustean economic theory that attempts to bend humanity around it at any cost to achieve its end, as the most important element of a society could be a hypothesis about how it should work, not the people who actually live in it.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2026 09:29 PM (rbvCR)

156 Catching up with Met Monday. Katie Perry covered up her face. That was nice of her!

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 09:30 PM (Wmg4n)

157 Missed this -

Yet Another Deranged Democrat (One Assumes) Has Been Shot for Approaching the White House While Brandishing a Gun

- does that count as another assassination attempt or a general disturbance in the hood?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2026 09:30 PM (/lPRQ)

158 When Dad's friend got shot out of the sky, Italian farmers took him in, nursed him to health and made arrangements for him to get back to the other side of the fence.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 09:30 PM (NaHHR)

159 Can you think of a better way to get rid of your die-hard Nazi types?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 04, 2026 08:54 PM (xvhJH)

The Spanish troops got to the end of their agreed service and the Germans sent them home. The Italian troops got to stay on the Eastern front until the end.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2026 09:32 PM (rbvCR)

160 I really try not to be doom and gloom.

I do think our country is lost"

*shrugs*

History is a bitch.
Posted by: man at May 04, 2026 09:23 PM (XuXeR)

The partisan political issues and the leftist lawfare don't bother me because that can be defeated.

What has me pessimistic is this trans bullshit and gaslighting about what makes a female. It's absolute insanity and you can't negotiate with insanity.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:32 PM (kxLc1)

161 @Harry Vandenburg - the theme is costume art- take a look at Kim Kardashian. She is being provocative, but not in your face about you. You really have to know what she is wearing and why.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 09:33 PM (Wmg4n)

162 The Clovis People wove intricate reed baskets for trapping wild ass. The ancient traps are quite rare outside museums today, but remarkably, Olivia Wilde managed to get her skinny ass caught in one recently. Go here and scroll down:
https://tinyurl.com/46x3399c

Posted by: gp at May 04, 2026 09:33 PM (N8ZBc)

163 think the most villainous ideology of all is the one that killed 100 million and the adherents somehow get to pretend it never happened and actively want it to happen again.
Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 08:37 PM (vE0+H)

It's hardly where you need to name 1 winner. All of the big three Naziism, Communism and Maoism are left wing Socialist movements.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 08:39 PM (8avO+)

***

Don't forget DDT!

Posted by: Jimmy C at May 04, 2026 09:33 PM (2WIwB)

164 Many years ago muldoon would post his dad's diary entries from the war.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 09:33 PM (RIvkX)

165
Harry,

I agree with you.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 09:33 PM (3ek7K)

166 "I'd rather be a prince in Prussia than King of Germany", Frederick the Great.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 09:35 PM (NaHHR)

167 Bavarian brewer > prince in Prussia > King of Germany

Posted by: gp at May 04, 2026 09:37 PM (N8ZBc)

168 9 I didn't think the Left used Hitler and Swastikas for fake hate crimes now since their Muslim allies do it for real.

What makes you think it's fake?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 04, 2026 09:24 PM (vTZFs)

I think the post says it wasn't fake by saying the Left doesn't do fake hate crimes using the Swastika right now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:38 PM (kxLc1)

169 It's not Perry's face that seems to be the problem.

Posted by: let's just say she's banned from the book thread at May 04, 2026 09:38 PM (gKWVE)

170
The partisan political issues and the leftist lawfare don't bother me because that can be defeated.

What has me pessimistic is this trans bullshit and gaslighting about what makes a female. It's absolute insanity and you can't negotiate with insanity.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

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

Odd, I see it the opposite. The transanity is so far out that it simply can't last. It will self-combust. The leftists OTOH have tapped into something much deeper and more persistent.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 09:38 PM (n7rxJ)

171 ***

Don't forget DDT!
Posted by: Jimmy C
---

Jimmy C, murderer of millions by depriving them of pesticides, murderer of millions by anointing the Muslim renaissance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 09:39 PM (NaHHR)

172 Bavarian brewer > prince in Prussia > King of Germany
Posted by: gp at May 04, 2026 09:37 PM (N8ZBc)

Excellent!

Posted by: Bavarian Bier Consumer at May 04, 2026 09:39 PM (2WIwB)

173 I think Rudy died.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 04, 2026 09:39 PM (XV/Pl)

174 "The Clovis People wove intricate reed baskets for trapping wild ass."

Oh My!

Posted by: George Takei at May 04, 2026 09:39 PM (Q+gd/)

175 And yes, Franco paid his debts to Adolf. He also fought Commies before it was fashionable. Ike respected that.
——

Franco respected the $10,000,000 bribe paid by FDR too, I reckon.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 04, 2026 09:40 PM (WXiAd)

176 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 09:38 PM (n7rxJ)

I still think it was worse in the mid 60's and 70's. And those are the Leftist retards in power now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:41 PM (kxLc1)

177 Olivia Wilde managed to get her skinny ass caught in one recently. Go here and scroll down:
https://tinyurl.com/46x3399c
Posted by: gp at May 04, 2026

***
Always glad to see her. I wouldn't call her "skinny" -- "enticingly slim" is closer to the mark.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 09:42 PM (wzUl9)

178 ***
Always glad to see her. I wouldn't call her "skinny" -- "enticingly slim" is closer to the mark.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

Have you seen her recently? She is looking awful.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 09:43 PM (OoFl2)

179 Iran is begging for more bombing. I hate to see a country beg so let's give it to them. About two weeks worth.

Posted by: Case at May 04, 2026 09:44 PM (9lqZe)

180 I think Rudy died.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 04, 2026 09:39 PM (XV/Pl)

Any over/under on how big the lefty celebration will be?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 09:44 PM (2WIwB)

181 Italy gets a pass because when it all started to go bad, they all said “Hey this isn’t fun anymore! In fact it sucks. Well we’re not crazy, we quit!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2026 09:23 PM (XcvNy)

The Mussolini supporters were the problem. My grandmother got out of there in 1938 when in her words "Mussolini became in love with hitler". Not that he was great before that, but it definitely went to shit after that. Italy then had the civil war when the allied backed southern partisans fought against the northern german backed pro mussolini fascists. My relatives were on the anti Mussolini side. Well, the ones who stayed behind anyway.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 09:44 PM (snZF9)

182 The thing that I do not get about the Ozempic zombies in Hollywood is:

1) use ozempic to get rid of what you consider to be problem fat.

2) doesn't this mean you have an exit strategy for after the weight is lost. Go off and keep exercising? See if it comes back or you can keep it off?

3) or is this plastic surgery psychosis on a massive scale where they get lost in it?

4) this cannot be good for their brains

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:45 PM (zZu0s)

183 Trump has screwered up with that's Irun place and we be needs Presdent Obama back too fix these mess.

Impeech Trump now ant brings back Presdent obno befoor WW 3 strats.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 04, 2026 09:45 PM (3SMvW)

184 I think Rudy died.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 04, 2026 09:39 PM (XV/Pl)

Damn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 09:46 PM (snZF9)

185 Always glad to see her. I wouldn't call her "skinny" -- "enticingly slim" is closer to the mark.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 09:42 PM (wzUl9)

She literally looks like the undead, man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

186 Never was an Wilde fan. Kate Beckinsale and Elizabeth Hurley still have it going on though.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:46 PM (kxLc1)

187 During history courses I quickly tired of trying to separate the fly shit from the pepper over communists and nazis or whatever. I mentioned this in papers or essays, and the professors didn’t argue the point.

Collectivist, Totalitarian regimes. Gangsters, basically. They should have nuked Berlin, but the Nazis were spent by the time the bomb was ready. Moscow, on the other hand….

Posted by: Common Tater at May 04, 2026 09:46 PM (F3yTM)

188 Never was an Wilde fan. Kate Beckinsale and Elizabeth Hurley still have it going on though.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:46 PM (kxLc1)

All three were beautiful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:47 PM (zZu0s)

189 FOX says Rudy is out of ICU and breathing on his own.

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 04, 2026 09:47 PM (S5Tk/)

190 NYC was never better place to live than when Rudy was mayor.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:48 PM (kxLc1)

191 Sabrina Carpenter looking awfully cute in a Dior dress made entirely of film!

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 09:48 PM (Wmg4n)

192 Vat is 'life', anyvay?

Posted by: Erwin Schroedinger at May 04, 2026 09:49 PM (gKWVE)

193 this cannot be good for their brains
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:45 PM (zZu0s)

Well...Hollywood.
So...

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 09:49 PM (2WIwB)

194 Iran is begging for more bombing. I hate to see a country beg so let's give it to them. About two weeks worth.

Posted by: Case at May 04, 2026 09:44 PM (9lqZe)

Fuck it, make the rubble bounce.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 09:49 PM (snZF9)

195 I know CNN is hoping Rudy gets worse.....

Commie Bastards .........

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 04, 2026 09:50 PM (S5Tk/)

196 Trump is a merciful and religious man....

So, if the Ragheads want to meet Allah he should do the right thing ..........

Posted by: Jackson K. at May 04, 2026 09:51 PM (S5Tk/)

197 What sucks is my wife was using Ozempic for its original purpose, treating type ii diabetes. She took a very low dose, and it was helping much more than metformin, which messes with her innards. She coaxed her DR to get the process going so she can go back on it, but the insurance company could be truculent about it. We shall see.

Kind of like Viagra originally made to alleviate hypertension or something.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 04, 2026 09:52 PM (0aYVJ)

198 Impeech Trump now ant brings back Presdent obno befoor WW 3 strats.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 04, 2026 09:45 PM (3SMvW)

We're up to WW12 now, you stupid scrunt. Please keep up.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 09:52 PM (U94Dl)

199 @184

>>Damn.

My bad, I started reading a post that talked about Rudy in the past tense, didn't finish reading it before I posted.

As the say, RTFTC.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 04, 2026 09:53 PM (XV/Pl)

200 Always glad to see [Olivia Wilde]. I wouldn't call her "skinny" -- "enticingly slim" is closer to the mark.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
*
Have you seen her recently? She is looking awful.
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026

***
Just that pic at the Met Gala. Aside from that whatever-it-is on her rear, she looks pretty good. Is she looking anorexic or something?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 09:57 PM (wzUl9)

201 Olivia Wilde managed to get her skinny ass caught in one recently. Go here and scroll down:
https://tinyurl.com/46x3399c
Posted by: gp

* scrolls all the way down *

dafuq is Cardi B wearing? Looks like the noodle man outside the used car dealership, but just filled with Great Stuff(TM) foam, rather than being blown around by a fan.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 09:58 PM (VHUov)

202 Never was an Wilde fan. Kate Beckinsale and Elizabeth Hurley still have it going on though.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026

***
In her The O.C. and House days, at least, Olivia had a feline look to her face that was magnetic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 09:58 PM (wzUl9)

203 Just that pic at the Met Gala. Aside from that whatever-it-is on her rear, she looks pretty good. Is she looking anorexic or something?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 09:57 PM (wzUl9)

She bearded for that queer Harry Styles guy for a while. That takes a lot out of a gal.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 09:59 PM (U94Dl)

204 ONT in 5 4 3 2 1....

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 09:59 PM (kxLc1)

205 Just that pic at the Met Gala. Aside from that whatever-it-is on her rear, she looks pretty good. Is she looking anorexic or something?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 09:57 PM (wzUl9)

Yes. I will find a pic.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:00 PM (OoFl2)

206 203 Just that pic at the Met Gala. Aside from that whatever-it-is on her rear, she looks pretty good. Is she looking anorexic or something?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 09:57 PM (wzUl9)

She bearded for that queer Harry Styles guy for a while. That takes a lot out of a gal.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May

He is engaged to Zendaya and Olivia is losing her shizzle over it.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:01 PM (OoFl2)

207 He is engaged to Zendaya and Olivia is losing her shizzle over it.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:01 PM (OoFl2)

Oh snap!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:02 PM (U94Dl)

208 ONT in 5 4 3 2 1....
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

0.9 ... 0.8... 0.75...

Posted by: mindful webworker - tappity tappy foot at May 04, 2026 10:02 PM (k0Y0k)

209 164 Many years ago muldoon would post his dad's diary entries from the war.

Some of them are included in his book.

https://is.gd/LibwTS (Amazon)

Posted by: Oddbob at May 04, 2026 10:03 PM (vTZFs)

210 205 Just that pic at the Met Gala. Aside from that whatever-it-is on her rear, she looks pretty good. Is she looking anorexic or something?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 09:57 PM (wzUl9)

Yes. I will find a pic.
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:00 PM (OoFl2)

Looks like an old-fashioned bustle.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 04, 2026 10:03 PM (y171U)

211 The Monday ONT guys always take their sweet time.

Posted by: mindful webworker - is always watching at May 04, 2026 10:03 PM (k0Y0k)

212 ONT in 5 4 3 2 1....
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

0.9 ... 0.8... 0.75...
Posted by: mindful webworker - tappity tappy foot at May 04, 2026 10:02 PM (k0Y0k)

Should have had bigger spaces between my count down.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 10:03 PM (kxLc1)

213 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 10:04 PM (utfVc)

214 Rudy is still alive and awake at last report

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 04, 2026 10:04 PM (gu0hJ)

215 197 What sucks is my wife was using Ozempic for its original purpose, treating type ii diabetes. She took a very low dose, and it was helping much more than metformin, which messes with her innards. She coaxed her DR to get the process going so she can go back on it, but the insurance company could be truculent about it. We shall see.

Kind of like Viagra originally made to alleviate hypertension or something.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 04, 2026 09:52 PM (0aYVJ)

I don't get the hate for drugs that help.

Part of treating Type II diabetes is removing weight from the equation. I'm on Mounjaro to control my AIC, but it also kills off hunger, so I suspect I'm losing some weight. I know lots of people just use it to lose weight, but if it works, who are we to judge that?

For reference, I've been on 1400 cal/day for three years and haven't lost an ounce. Now I'm on Mounjaro and 1400 cal/day, and I've lost about three pounds, and my AIC is way low at long last. Nothing was budging before, and lower than 1400 cal is not healthy or sustainable in the long run. So, there's that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 04, 2026 10:05 PM (DwqWV)

216 Rudy is still alive and awake at last report
Posted by: Smell

He's waiting for the ONT.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 04, 2026 10:05 PM (sl73Y)

217 He is engaged to Zendaya and Olivia is losing her shizzle over it.
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:01 PM (OoFl2)

Damn he likes them skinny and flat chested. He may be gay.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 10:05 PM (kxLc1)

218 Harry Styles is gayer than the daisies in May. Is he one of Taytays cast-off? I forget.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:08 PM (U94Dl)

219 I'm starting to wonder what will come first? The ONT or my tee time in the morning with the Geezer Golfers?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:09 PM (2WIwB)

220 Part of treating Type II diabetes is removing weight from the equation. I'm on Mounjaro to control my AIC, but it also kills off hunger, so I suspect I'm losing some weight. I know lots of people just use it to lose weight, but if it works, who are we to judge that?

For reference, I've been on 1400 cal/day for three years and haven't lost an ounce. Now I'm on Mounjaro and 1400 cal/day, and I've lost about three pounds, and my AIC is way low at long last. Nothing was budging before, and lower than 1400 cal is not healthy or sustainable in the long run. So, there's that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 04, 2026 10:05 PM (DwqWV)

My A1C was 7.0 last blood work, but I was using sugar as a food group. I cut out all the stupid stuff and will see what happens.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 10:09 PM (snZF9)

221 Was there any mention of what that car is in the top pic?

Pretty place.

Posted by: mindful webworker - is everywhere is everywhere at May 04, 2026 10:10 PM (k0Y0k)

222 Looks like an old-fashioned bustle.
Posted by: Joemarine at May 04, 2026

***
But what about her hedgerow?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:11 PM (wzUl9)

223 Diogenes, embrace the power of "and". You will find peace

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:11 PM (U94Dl)

224 Was there any mention of what that car is in the top pic?

Pretty place.
Posted by: mindful webworker - is everywhere is everywhere at May 04, 2026 10:10 PM (k0Y0k)

Made me think of Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at May 04, 2026 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

225 I'm starting to wonder what will come first? The ONT or my tee time in the morning with the Geezer Golfers?
Posted by: Diogenes

I'm betting we get an ONT before the Tech Report...!

Posted by: mindful webworker - seize all nose all at May 04, 2026 10:13 PM (k0Y0k)

226 Was there any mention of what that car is in the top pic?

Pretty place.
Posted by: mindful webworker - is everywhere is everywhere at May 04, 2026 10:10 PM (k0Y0k)

I am guessing some Italian vintage job from the 1920's?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 10:13 PM (utfVc)

227 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Chicago Alderman William Hall wants to see Walgreens face charges for closing (over a shoplifting crisis)

-
Who they gonna rob now?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 04, 2026 10:13 PM (ndZc7)

228 Oh, it's one of THOSE Mondays, where I have to wait around a while before I can be late.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 04, 2026 10:13 PM (crO/W)

229 Posted by: tcn in AK at May 04, 2026 10:05 PM (DwqWV)

I do not have anything against the drug at all, used properly. Its just it seems like people are abusing it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 10:15 PM (zZu0s)

230 He is engaged to Zendaya and Olivia is losing her shizzle over it.
Posted by: Piper

Zoe Kravitz not Zendaya. Zendaya is engaged to some English actor, Tom Holland I think his name is.

Posted by: Tuna at May 04, 2026 10:15 PM (lJ0H4)

231
QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at May 04, 2026 10:16 PM (b3Yos)

232 When the ONT is late, assume a CBD or someone else post. I wonder if there's one ready to go, or does it get made on the fly once the scheduled post isn't going up?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 04, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

233
It's hilarious. If the ONT is late, so what.

We're going to talk about the same shit.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 10:16 PM (3ek7K)

234 We're going to talk about the same shit.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 10:16 PM (3ek7K)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 10:17 PM (zZu0s)

235 Zoe Kravitz not Zendaya. Zendaya is engaged to some English actor, Tom Holland I think his name is.
Posted by: Tuna at May 04, 2026 10:15 PM (lJ0H4)

All delightfully obscure, worthless people.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 10:18 PM (utfVc)

236 All delightfully obscure, worthless people.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 10:18 PM (utfVc)

You know how all the celebs have their own alcohol and other merch? Tom Holland has a non-alcoholic beer.

What a retard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)

237 218 Harry Styles is gayer than the daisies in May. Is he one of Taytays cast-off? I forget.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10

Yes

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:19 PM (OoFl2)

238 233
It's hilarious. If the ONT is late, so what.

We're going to talk about the same shit.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 10:16 PM (3ek7K)

We're just wondering what CBD is going to inspire us to pun about.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 04, 2026 10:19 PM (crO/W)

239 235 Zoe Kravitz not Zendaya. Zendaya is engaged to some English actor, Tom Holland I think his name is.
Posted by: Tuna at May 04,

You are correct. I mashed them up.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:20 PM (OoFl2)

240 I think that I shall never see
Nothing much later than this ONT.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

241 I know what to do

CBD CBD CBD!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 10:21 PM (RIvkX)

242
Lol

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 10:21 PM (3ek7K)

243 Pretend I'm MisHum and have just posted a lovely landscape painting involving a stream, trees and mountains.

A. Where is the sniper?

2. How many gubs are on the bottom of the waterplace?

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 04, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

244 231
QUACK
Posted by: Ducks for Trump at May 04, 2026 10:16 PM (b3Yos)

Nothing to add, I just want to re-inforce this message.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 04, 2026 10:22 PM (crO/W)

245 CBD to MisHum: I thought YOU were doing the ONT tonight.
MisHum to CBD: I thought YOU were....

and the Horde rambles on

Posted by: mindful webworker - this is now at May 04, 2026 10:22 PM (k0Y0k)

246 239 235 Zoe Kravitz not Zendaya. Zendaya is engaged to some English actor, Tom Holland I think his name is.
Posted by: Tuna at May 04,

You are correct. I mashed them up.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:20 PM

Everything is fake and gay.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:22 PM (U94Dl)

247 Pretend I'm MisHum and have just posted a lovely landscape painting involving a stream, trees and mountains.

A. Where is the sniper?

2. How many gubs are on the bottom of the waterplace?
Posted by: LRob in OK at May 04, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

Are there crappie in the crappy stream?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

248 Wasn't Piper going to do a Met Gala Fashion ONT tonight?

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

249 QUACK...
Nothing to add, I just want to re-inforce this message.
Posted by: tankdemon

Huh. I thought duck quacks didn't echo

Posted by: mindful webworker - echho at May 04, 2026 10:24 PM (k0Y0k)

250 ellipsis, well, obviously, Communism only went so bad because the Russians were running it... now if only it had some nice German efficiency...
/sarc
Posted by: RandomDave at May 04, 2026 08:40 PM (aJQbY)

Sarc noted, but East Germany for the counterexample.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 04, 2026 10:24 PM (ZVgZ4)

251 Honk!

Posted by: Goose at May 04, 2026 10:24 PM (Q+gd/)

252 Well, let's see if this works for an ont as well as it does for the tech thread...

Push the button, Max!

Posted by: clarence at May 04, 2026 10:25 PM (ZhkYm)

253 245 CBD to MisHum: I thought YOU were doing the ONT tonight.
MisHum to CBD: I thought YOU were....

and the Horde rambles on
Posted by: mindful webworker - this is now at May 04, 2026 10:22 PM (k0Y0k)

MisHum was last week.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 04, 2026 10:25 PM (crO/W)

254 I want my
I want my
I want my ONT

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at May 04, 2026 10:25 PM (FIwBs)

255
Any volunteers to post the Monday ONT?

I don't think so. Much better to whine.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 10:26 PM (3ek7K)

256 Ain't no time like the present.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 10:26 PM (NaHHR)

257 It is such a shame that Start Trek TOS stands for Star Trek The Only Series, and that there only three Star Wars movies!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 04, 2026 10:27 PM (ZVgZ4)

258 Glp-1s attack muscle and hearts are muscle. It’s over use is causing issues with this, there are other side effects like vision loss, gastrointestinal issues that do not reverse, bone density loss and more. For its intended use with diabetics, it can be helpful. There are significant risks for its use outside of this, especially with vanity weight. The risk needs to outweigh the reward, if it’s used to kick start, it makes sense for very, very obese people. But then that needs to be weaned and learning how to eat needs to be the priority. I have all the sympathy in the world for how hard it is to lose weight. I have lost over 80 pounds and have kept it off. I have turned flab into muscle. I have worked my tail off. It’s not easy or fun, but it can be done.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:27 PM (OoFl2)

259 Biggest advantage of the ONT finally going up:
We quit talking about when the ONT will go up.

Posted by: mindful webworker - theoretically at May 04, 2026 10:27 PM (k0Y0k)

260 Honk!
Posted by: Goose
......

Are you for Trump?

Posted by: wth at May 04, 2026 10:27 PM (b3Yos)

261 FREE CHARLIE BROWN('s dildo)!!
FREE CHARLIE BROWN('s dildo)!!
FREE CHARLIE BROWN('s dildo)!!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 04, 2026 10:28 PM (6lIrI)

262 Wasn't Piper going to do a Met Gala Fashion ONT tonight?

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

We've already discussed Olivia Wilde. Perhaps he Horde needs to be more interactive? Beyond "i'd hit that", or "she needs a sammich."

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:28 PM (U94Dl)

263 Any volunteers to post the Monday ONT?
****

You need permission to push the button. It's a small club and we ain't in it.

Posted by: clarence at May 04, 2026 10:28 PM (ZhkYm)

264 248 Wasn't Piper going to do a Met Gala Fashion ONT tonight?
Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 10:24 PM (VHUov)

It’s on my x feed! 😊

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:28 PM (OoFl2)

265 You quackers...
You honkers...
I'm waiting for the owls!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

266 I guess I could still be first to comment on the ONT.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 04, 2026 10:29 PM (Xqite)

267 ONT should start with...

Sorry I'm late. Wanted to make sure tankdemon would be here on time....

Posted by: mindful webworker - there's a fly in the ointment at May 04, 2026 10:30 PM (k0Y0k)

268 So, who's celebrating Taco Tuesday tomorrow, and who's celebrating Cinco de Mayo?

And, is it true that Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo because they had a huge order of Mayonnaise on the Titanic, so it started as Sink-o the Mayo?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 10:31 PM (qx7Zg)

269
HOOt

Posted by: Owls for Trump at May 04, 2026 10:31 PM (b3Yos)

270 251 Honk!
Posted by: Goose at May 04, 2026 10:24 PM (Q+gd/)

Now we just have to hear from the Swans

Posted by: tankdemon at May 04, 2026 10:31 PM (crO/W)

271 Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:27 PM (OoFl2)

Preach it, Sister!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:31 PM (U94Dl)

272 I guess I could still be first to comment on the ONT.
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 04, 2026 10:29 PM (Xqite)
----
We're all hitting F5 like a bunch of rats pressing the lever to dispense a treat at random...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 04, 2026 10:31 PM (gnNyN)

273 Just noticed my hash is very close to Mrs Lennon

Posted by: mindful webworker - is a yoke dah at May 04, 2026 10:32 PM (k0Y0k)

274 Any volunteers to post the Monday ONT?
****

You need permission to push the button. It's a small club and we ain't in it.
Posted by: clarence at May 04, 2026 10:28 PM (ZhkYm)

*looks at tin foil membership*
*kicks dirt*
*slinks off*

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

275 "Post the Monday ONT, Hal!"

Posted by: 496 at May 04, 2026 10:32 PM (nvRZF)

276 HOOt
Posted by: Owls for Trump at May 04, 2026 10:31 PM (b3Yos)

You heard about the constipated owl? He couldn't give a hoot, either.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 10:32 PM (utfVc)

277 I am guessing some Italian vintage job from the 1920's?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026

***
Bugatti or Alfa-Romeo, maybe. Isotta-Fraschini I think specialized in bigger cars, limos like Norma Desmond's in Sunset Boulevard.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:33 PM (wzUl9)

278 Just noticed my hash is very close to Mrs Lennon

Posted by: mindful webworker - is a yoke dah at May 04, 2026 10:32 PM (k0Y0k)

It's also the first palindrome hash I can recall seeing.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

279 Oh boy! Another thread about hooters!

Posted by: 496 at May 04, 2026 10:33 PM (nvRZF)

280 HOOt
Posted by: Owls for Trump at May 04, 2026 10:31 PM (b3Yos)

Finally! Hooters!
We never talk about hooters here.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:34 PM (2WIwB)

281 Cinco de Mayo? The Mexicans beat the French? OK dude.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:34 PM (U94Dl)

282 279 280

This place.....

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

283 Since we were in town for my morning dental appointment, we had lunch at the Mexican place.

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo eve.

Or, as Obama said, Quatro de Mayo.

Posted by: mindful webworker - aging gracefooly at May 04, 2026 10:35 PM (k0Y0k)

284 We've already discussed Olivia Wilde. Perhaps he Horde needs to be more interactive? Beyond "i'd hit that", or "she needs a sammich."
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026

***
Olivia has very nice hind paws, so there's that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:35 PM (wzUl9)

285 Did Katy "Space Ho" Perry have Justine Castreau on her arm at the Met Gala?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 10:36 PM (utfVc)

286 This thread is making us hungry.

Posted by: Haitians at May 04, 2026 10:36 PM (b3Yos)

287 The night without an ONT…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 04, 2026 10:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

288 Is it "Entertain yourselves Damnit!' Night?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 04, 2026 10:36 PM (Sco7b)

289 They did a survey on how to increase business traffic. The number 1 answer was, stay open.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 10:36 PM (NaHHR)

290 *CBD to MisHum: I thought YOU were doing the ONT tonight.
MisHum to CBD: I thought YOU were....*

The Horde version of
*Tastes Great!*
*Less Filling!*

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 04, 2026 10:37 PM (yl9wi)

291 Is it "Entertain yourselves Damnit!' Night?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 04, 2026 10:36 PM (Sco7b)

Well...haven't done that in awhile...

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:37 PM (2WIwB)

292 They did a survey on how to increase business traffic. The number 1 answer was, stay open.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 10:36 PM (NaHHR)

I so miss 24 hour stores.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 10:37 PM (zZu0s)

293 Right now, I'm just happy that last night's Spectrum upgrade didn't break my Internet today.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

294 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Here you go:

https://tinyurl.com/4shaxdyj

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:38 PM (OoFl2)

295 Has a search party been sent out?

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 04, 2026 10:38 PM (w3u3d)

296 I've been tasked with the duty to inform the Horde that there has been a terrible accident involving an agricultural thresher and scrotal tissue, and for this reason the ONT will be delayed tonight.

The HQ apologizes for any inconvenience that this unexpected event may cause.

Posted by: The AoSHQ Comment Propriety Review Referee at May 04, 2026 10:38 PM (CybdD)

297 >>>Almost forgot, Happy Cinco de Quattro.

Posted by: tcn in AK

>Wasn't this our former president? Almost a smart as Kamala Harris.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 04, 2026 10:38 PM (IYDXm)

298 Bezo's wife looked pretty good pre-gala festivities.

I know she's not a horde favorite but I think she's hot and can fly a helicopter.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 10:39 PM (kxLc1)

299 Canadian Census today done.

My gender is Ewokian Hordian Hobomoron. I have a desire to have 5 penises and 2 vaginas.

Ask stupid questions, get stupid answers.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 04, 2026 10:39 PM (Sco7b)

300 Is it "Entertain yourselves Damnit!' Night?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog

It always is. I'lll send you a video.

Posted by: Eric Swallwell at May 04, 2026 10:39 PM (b3Yos)

301 Or the car in the top pic could be a Fiat, or a Lancia. Those marques existed in the 1920s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

302 I've been tasked with the duty to inform the Horde that there has been a terrible accident involving an agricultural thresher and scrotal tissue, and for this reason the ONT will be delayed tonight.

The HQ apologizes for any inconvenience that this unexpected event may cause.
Posted by: The AoSHQ Comment Propriety Review Referee at May 04, 2026 10:38 PM (CybdD)

Well...Nuts!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:39 PM (2WIwB)

303 >>>Almost forgot, Happy Cinco de Quattro.

Posted by: tcn in AK

>Wasn't this our former president? Almost a smart as Kamala Harris.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 04, 2026 10:38 PM (IYDXm)

I'd love to see Kamala juggling four unopened glass jars of mayonnaise.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

304 Bezo's wife looked pretty good pre-gala festivities.

I know she's not a horde favorite but I think she's hot and can fly a helicopter.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 10:39 PM (kxLc1)

She had the best dress of any of the wimmenz pictured.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 10:41 PM (utfVc)

305 I've been tasked with the duty to inform the Horde that there has been a terrible accident involving an agricultural thresher and scrotal tissue, and for this reason the ONT will be delayed tonight.

The HQ apologizes for any inconvenience that this unexpected event may cause.
Posted by: The AoSHQ Comment Propriety Review Referee at May 04, 2026 10:38 PM (CybdD)

Well...Nuts!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:39 PM (2WIwB)

Can they slap a hot iron on it and carry on?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:41 PM (U94Dl)

306 Here you go:

https://tinyurl.com/4shaxdyj
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026

***
Yeah, she is looking pretty gaunt, to use the word in the article. Or "spooky."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:41 PM (wzUl9)

307 Lena Dunham looks worse than normal, if that can be believed.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:42 PM (OoFl2)

308 I'd love to see Kamala juggling four unopened glass jars of mayonnaise.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

It can be a challenge.

Posted by: Debbie Wasserman Dober at May 04, 2026 10:42 PM (yl9wi)

309 On 5/4, how about some music played in 5/4 time?

https://youtu.be/buVpqwraap0

Posted by: tankdemon at May 04, 2026 10:42 PM (crO/W)

310 Polymarket odds at 75% that ONT thread is posted after 11PM.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 04, 2026 10:42 PM (y171U)

311 I feel we are not talking enough about the outbreak of Santa virus on the cruise ship.

So, thats why I commented on it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (zZu0s)

312 Lena Dunham looks worse than normal, if that can be believed.
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:42 PM (OoFl2)

The dress did do a good job of hiding the rolls of fat, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (utfVc)

313 I'd love to see Kamala juggling four unopened glass jars of mayonnaise.

--------

Tubes of mayonnaise are more her specialty.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (CybdD)

314 That Kardashian chick won the award for Pointiest Nipples and Most Ribs Removed.

Posted by: wth at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (b3Yos)

315 Wow.

A late ONT and y’all are only
At 300 comments?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (A5RD0)

316 I'd love to see Kamala juggling four unopened glass jars of mayonnaise.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

It can be a challenge.
Posted by: Debbie Wasserman Dober at May 04, 2026 10:42 PM (yl9wi)

We know she can juggle two balls.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

317 Did someone forget to pay the ONT rent?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Kyh8Y)

318 feel we are not talking enough about the outbreak of Santa virus on the cruise ship.

So, thats why I commented on it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (zZu0s)

Keep it in Africa and don't let that ship anywhere near North or South America.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 10:44 PM (kxLc1)

319 Fixing the mayo disaster nic.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 04, 2026 10:44 PM (yl9wi)

320 Here you go:

https://tinyurl.com/4shaxdyj
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026

Sheesh!
Won't be long and she'll be doing medicine ads for people with bulging eyes.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:44 PM (2WIwB)

321 Was there any mention of what that car is in the top pic?

Pretty place.
Posted by: mindful webworker - is everywhere is everywhere at May 04, 2026 10:10 PM (k0Y0k)

My first thought was MGTC, MDTD. Maybe some Italian version, a one T Bugati or something.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (sl73Y)

322 On 5/4, how about some music played in 5/4 time?
https://youtu.be/buVpqwraap0
Posted by: tankdemon

One song is never enough.
https://youtu.be/8pavnAi7lNk

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)

323
I so miss 24 hour stores.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026

***
We had several around here, groceries and pharmacies both. One regular (as opposed to Neighborhood Market) Walmart was open 24/7; there was another grocery chain where I'd stop after my late-night radio shift, and a lot of the Walgreens stores were 24-hour. Now we have one Walgreens on this side of the river that is open all night, and it's staffed even in the daytime with some of the rudest and stupidest clerks I've ever encountered; so I never go in there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (wzUl9)

324 https://youtu.be/buVpqwraap0
Posted by: tankdemon

Just what the doctor ordered, thanks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - in 9/16 time at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (k0Y0k)

325 And that TD license plate may be a tell.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (sl73Y)

326 311 I feel we are not talking enough about the outbreak of Santa virus on the cruise ship.

So, thats why I commented on it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (zZu0s

For some reason, I imagine most Morons as people who want to be able to leave a place as quickly as possible if necessary.

Trapped on a ship....ughhh

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (Sco7b)

327 The ghost on Jordan Rothy’s dress needs googly eyes.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (OoFl2)

328 *Roth

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:46 PM (OoFl2)

329 Did someone forget to pay the ONT rent?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (Kyh8Y)

Check's in the mail!

Posted by: Feck, bleeding on his filthy living room floor at May 04, 2026 10:46 PM (0aYVJ)

330 I feel we are not talking enough about the outbreak of Santa virus on the cruise ship.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Looks like there was an outbreak at the Met Gala, too, because there's a lot of Ho Ho Ho's.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

331 Evidently there is a new feature for living room chairs and sofas, just for people who wear masks while alone in the car - seat belts.

(Above does not apply to traveling medical professionals or in-home aides)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)

332 295 Has a search party been sent out?
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 04, 2026 10:38 PM (w3u3d)

Search "party." They were all wearing festive little hats and were moving in a conga line.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 04, 2026 10:47 PM (crO/W)

333 I feel we are not talking enough about the outbreak of Santa virus on the cruise ship.

So, thats why I commented on it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026

***
I was careful to wash and disinfect my hands after accidentally touching Stirling's mouse kill this morning. In the dim light of the bedroom, I thought it was one of the cats' toys lying on the floor. Oops, no!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:47 PM (wzUl9)

334 For some reason, I imagine most Morons as people who want to be able to leave a place as quickly as possible if necessary.

Trapped on a ship....ughhh
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (Sco7b)

I can swim. I can also drop a life raft. But it might be difficult to get my luggage off the ship....

Posted by: GWB at May 04, 2026 10:47 PM (6pIoG)

335 And that TD license plate may be a tell.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (sl73Y)

The car has cycle fenders. Not directly attached to the body. Not a characteristic of T-series MG's.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 10:48 PM (utfVc)

336 MGTD, early fifties. Wood frame I think.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 04, 2026 10:48 PM (sl73Y)

337
You've got to love NASA (and JPL, etc). They just dumped 12K+ of full resolution photos from Artemis II over the weekend. No fanfare, just a big dump and like this:

https://is.gd/ZyRybG

Warning, that page will take a while to load. It's 12,000 photo thumbnails just all dumped at once....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 04, 2026 10:48 PM (w6EFb)

338 Immona go over here now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 04, 2026 10:49 PM (0aYVJ)

339 I can swim. I can also drop a life raft. But it might be difficult to get my luggage off the ship....
Posted by: GWB at May 04, 2026 10:47 PM (6pIoG)

---------

And don't even think about going overboard without spilling your Old Fashioned.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 10:49 PM (CybdD)

340 For some reason, I imagine most Morons as people who want to be able to leave a place as quickly as possible if necessary.

Usually just before the waiter brings the check.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 10:50 PM (2WIwB)

341 One song is never enough.
https://youtu.be/8pavnAi7lNk
Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)

Very cool. I'm going to use it to store my perishables.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 04, 2026 10:50 PM (crO/W)

342 Warning, that page will take a while to load. It's 12,000 photo thumbnails just all dumped at once....
Posted by: publius

Gotta give NASA one thing, their server hampsters are beefy.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

343 The tag looks like TO to me, rather than TD. Fenders are too rounded for an MG, I think.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 04, 2026 10:50 PM (Jr+re)

344 In the land of server hamsters, I would be king.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 10:51 PM (CybdD)

345 So, who's celebrating Taco Tuesday tomorrow, and who's celebrating Cinco de Mayo?
====

Any specials at Taco Bell ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 04, 2026 10:51 PM (/lPRQ)

346 Have to admit Kris Jenner looks pretty damn good for her age.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 10:51 PM (kxLc1)

347 MGTD, early fifties. Wood frame I think.
Posted by: From about That Time

Did the Lucas electrical components suck even then also?

Posted by: Tonypete at May 04, 2026 10:51 PM (Kyh8Y)

348 MGTD, early fifties. Wood frame I think.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 04, 2026

***
Maybe a Mergan. Don't they have wooden frames, or used to?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)

349 The car has cycle fenders. Not directly attached to the body. Not a characteristic of T-series MG's.
Posted by: Alberta Oil

You're right. Maybe some sort of kit car.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 04, 2026 10:52 PM (sl73Y)

350 I'd love to see Kamala juggling four unopened glass jars of mayonnaise.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

It can be a challenge.
Posted by: Debbie Wasserman Dober at May 04, 2026 10:42 PM (yl9wi)

We know she can juggle two balls.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

She gargles them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 10:52 PM (snZF9)

351 Morgan, not "Mergan."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:52 PM (wzUl9)

352
What will you say on the ONT that you can't say here?

Get a grip people.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 10:53 PM (3ek7K)

353 ICYMI: Cat-eared comedienne Saaniya Abbas on scientific names for hominids:
youtube.com/shorts/s3B-E4KQ9w0

Posted by: SciVo at May 04, 2026 10:53 PM (Sy6m/)

354 Ace is at the gala right now administering fat jabs to Lizzo?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 04, 2026 10:53 PM (IYDXm)

355 For some reason, I imagine most Morons as people who want to be able to leave a place as quickly as possible if necessary.

Trapped on a ship....ughhh
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (Sco7b)

Not my favorite idea for a trip. I can swim, but don't like crowds of people. An 'ette once posted about a cool cruise around South America that involved Antarctica and seeing icebergs.
That seems fascinating. Maybe that would be worth a shot. But going to the Bahamas with the Carnival cruise. Oh, Hell no.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:54 PM (U94Dl)

356 As of one hour ago, Rudy Guliani’s medical team said he was fighting pneumonia and had come off the ventilator he was on just yesterday. My comment: he appears to be slowly improving but is still in critical but stable condition.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 04, 2026 10:54 PM (ZVgZ4)

357 Jesus, black coffee sucks. I'm gonna need a sugar free creamer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 10:54 PM (snZF9)

358 Good night all, I have a 6a class mañana. And a 430 and 545p. And I was just told it looks like I borrowed my pjs from an 80 year old lunch lady. That person can bite my left toe. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:55 PM (OoFl2)

359 What will you say on the ONT that you can't say here?...
Posted by: four seasons

"Hey, that was a really great ONT tonight."

Posted by: mindful webworker - for example at May 04, 2026 10:55 PM (k0Y0k)

360 So to put some controversy on the thread I never thought Margot Robbie is all that. She did look good I the short shorts in Suicide Squad though.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 10:55 PM (kxLc1)

361 That seems fascinating. Maybe that would be worth a shot. But going to the Bahamas with the Carnival cruise. Oh, Hell no.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:54 PM (U94Dl)

Carnival is the walmart of cruises.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)

362 You're right. Maybe some sort of kit car.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 04, 2026 10:52 PM (sl73Y)

There were some Alfa Romeos of that era that had cycle fenders.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 10:55 PM (utfVc)

363 356 As of one hour ago, Rudy Guliani’s medical team said he was fighting pneumonia and had come off the ventilator he was on just yesterday. My comment: he appears to be slowly improving but is still in critical but stable condition.

---------

Ventilators will kill you, man. Big Ventilator makes bank. You die.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 10:55 PM (CybdD)

364 As of one hour ago, Rudy Guliani’s medical team said he was fighting pneumonia and had come off the ventilator he was on just yesterday. My comment: he appears to be slowly improving but is still in critical but stable condition.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 04, 2026

***
"Dear Lord, get him off that ventilator, stat!"
(-- All the dead people who croaked while on ventilators, 2020-2023)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:55 PM (wzUl9)

365 That seems fascinating. Maybe that would be worth a shot. But going to the Bahamas with the Carnival cruise. Oh, Hell no.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:54 PM (U94Dl

Yeah me too.

Just the idea of being trapped if something goes wrong. Then again, you get airplane stories too.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 04, 2026 10:56 PM (Sco7b)

366 Good night all, I have a 6a class mañana. And a 430 and 545p. And I was just told it looks like I borrowed my pjs from an 80 year old lunch lady. That person can bite my left toe. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 10:55 PM (OoFl2)

Why would Saijo say that? I thought he likes you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 10:56 PM (qx7Zg)

367 Ok Morons. Margot Kidder or Margot Robbie? Discuss.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:56 PM (U94Dl)

368 Have to admit Kris Jenner looks pretty damn good for her age.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

We can rebuild her.
We have the technology.

Posted by: The Six Million Dollar Woman at May 04, 2026 10:56 PM (b3Yos)

369 Ok Morons. Margot Kidder or Margot Robbie? Discuss.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:56 PM (U94Dl)

Margot Robbie all day long.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)

370 Ok Morons. Margot Kidder or Margot Robbie? Discuss.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026

***
1974 Margot Kidder, maybe. 1982? Uh, no. And at neither time was she in Margot Robbie's looks or talent classes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)

371 Haven't been to Taco Bell in a very long time. Del Taco has good crispy tacos, and not too pricey. I do not do the fries, though. sounds weird.

Actually, tomorrow I am making tacos. Wife is staying away from some foods, so hers will be a taco salad.

Ther will be avocado, but I cannot eat them in the taco. Too slippery. I just slice it up and eat it right there. Or scoop it with a spoon.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 04, 2026 10:58 PM (0aYVJ)

372 Carnival is the walmart of cruises.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)

----------

That makes Margaritaville at Sea the Dollar General of cruises.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 10:58 PM (CybdD)

373 Ok Morons. Margot Kidder or Margot Robbie? Discuss.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:56 PM (U94Dl)

It's like you are new here.

Embrace the power of *and*.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 04, 2026 10:58 PM (yl9wi)

374 Superman could have done much better than Margot Kidder.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 10:59 PM (kxLc1)

375 I do not think I have ever seen ace post an ont.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 10:59 PM (zZu0s)

376 Do any of these low-T posers at the gala have access to a razor? Shave your fucking face, you bum.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 04, 2026 10:59 PM (IYDXm)

377 Actually, tomorrow I am making tacos. Wife is staying away from some foods, so hers will be a taco salad.

Ther will be avocado, but I cannot eat them in the taco. Too slippery. I just slice it up and eat it right there. Or scoop it with a spoon.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 04, 2026

***
Nacho cheese taco shells are great with scrambled eggs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:59 PM (wzUl9)

378 Not my favorite idea for a trip. I can swim, but don't like crowds of people. An 'ette once posted about a cool cruise around South America that involved Antarctica and seeing icebergs.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

That's actually what this Hantavirus cruise was. Antarctic-capable ship, but run by a company with a case of Woke. Not as bad as Oceangate, or whatever that collapsible-sub company was, but.....

Part of my post from the food thread, where it was first mentioned, from cruise ship's own website:

Happier polar passengers, healthier polar environment

Not only will the numerous amenities and on-board entertainments help make your Hondius voyage truly memorable, this ship also gives you the peace of mind that comes with choosing one of the most environmentally friendly vessel on the polar seas. Hondius uses LED lighting, steam heating, bio-degradable paints and lubricants, and state-of-the-art power management systems that keep fuel consumption and CO2 levels minimal. This means that when you sail aboard Hondius, you get to enjoy the exotic landscapes and wildlife as much as possible while impacting them as little as possible.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)

379 Wow, where’s the ONT?

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:00 PM (77rzZ)

380 Spirit Airlines shut down? Dammmmm! We'll guess we'll just get on a cruise ship then.

Posted by: The People You Don't Want To Go On A Cruise With at May 04, 2026 11:00 PM (mjROD)

381 365 That seems fascinating. Maybe that would be worth a shot. But going to the Bahamas with the Carnival cruise. Oh, Hell no.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
--

Think of all the excitement you'll miss.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 11:00 PM (NaHHR)

382
At any rate, from those 12K high resolution photos dumped, somebody put this together:

https://is.gd/C8JrJT

That sequence was taken maybe 40 minutes or so after TLI, and that is indeed how fast the earth was shrinking over less than a minute, so fast were they going then. And see all the little dots of light? Those are satellites reflecting sunlight. You can see the north and south aurora flickering. And it's claimed you can see lightning flashes all over, but I can't really tell.

That's the night side of earth, camera ISO turned way up. The Sun is on the other side, and the earth is being lit by moonlight. This was not possible back in the Apollo days with film.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 04, 2026 11:00 PM (w6EFb)

383 Why would Saijo say that? I thought he likes you.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026

Saijo would never. He loves his mama. Even in sweatpants.

Goodnight, all. Sweet dreams.

Posted by: Piper at May 04, 2026 11:00 PM (OoFl2)

384 1974 Margot Kidder, maybe. 1982? Uh, no. And at neither time was she in Margot Robbie's looks or talent classes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 10:58 PM (wzUl9)

Margot Kidder all day long, if you want your bunny boiled.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 11:01 PM (utfVc)

385 Ok Morons. Margot Kidder or Margot Robbie? Discuss.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 10:56 PM (U94Dl)

Margot Robbie all day long.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 10:57 PM (snZF9)

This.
A pity Kidder got wrapped up in Jane Fonda socialist bullshit and lost her career and most of her money.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 11:01 PM (2WIwB)

386 For some reason, I imagine most Morons as people who want to be able to leave a place as quickly as possible if necessary.

Trapped on a ship....ughhh
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 04, 2026 10:45 PM (Sco7b)

I prefer to keep enough cash on hand that I cannot be held hostage by bad service, since I would always have the option to just put an appropriate number of $20s under the water glass and go. (I have been pushed to that extremity before; extremely rare, but not unthinkable.)

Posted by: SciVo at May 04, 2026 11:01 PM (Sy6m/)

387 Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUo

Apparently they are a no kill ship and let rats roam free.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 11:01 PM (kxLc1)

388 Carnival is the walmart of cruises.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 10:55 PM (snZF9)

----------

That makes Margaritaville at Sea the Dollar General of cruises.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 10:58 PM (CybdD)

I've done around 16 cruises if I remember right, 4 different lines. Royal Caribbean was always great.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:02 PM (snZF9)

389 Margot Kidder all day long, if you want your bunny boiled.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 11:01 PM (utfVc)

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Margo Kidder was found naked in somebody's bushes. She could be kicky.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 11:02 PM (CybdD)

390 >>>Superman could have done much better than Margot Kidder.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

>I knew Margot Kidder before she went completely bonkers. She was a kick. Even after. Interesting character.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 04, 2026 11:02 PM (IYDXm)

391 Now that Spirit Airlines has shut down, how will mediums get to their seances?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 11:02 PM (qx7Zg)

392 Another Trump threat against Iran - FoxNews...

Yawn

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 04, 2026 11:03 PM (Sco7b)

393 Margot kidder always look like she had a reconstructed jaw.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:03 PM (snZF9)

394 368 Have to admit Kris Jenner looks pretty damn good for her age.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg

We can rebuild her.
We have the technology.
Posted by: The Six Million Dollar Woman at May 04, 2026 10:56 PM (b3Yos)perishable.

Are you implying that she has had as much work done as Bruce?

Posted by: tankdemon at May 04, 2026 11:03 PM (crO/W)

395 Yeah, I never got the Margot Kidder thing.

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:04 PM (77rzZ)

396 379 Wow, where’s the ONT?
Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:00 PM (77rzZ)

We're keeping it locked away in a safe place to ensure it isn't compromised by the Met Gala.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 04, 2026 11:04 PM (crO/W)

397 I've done around 16 cruises if I remember right, 4 different lines. Royal Caribbean was always great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:02 PM (snZF9)

Did you ever do any of those metal cruises I've heard about?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 04, 2026 11:05 PM (0aYVJ)

398 Jenner has had work but it's well done.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 11:05 PM (kxLc1)

399 I've done around 16 cruises if I remember right, 4 different lines. Royal Caribbean was always great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026

***
In 2019 my former employer was planning an early-2020 alumni cruise from Buenos Aires to Antarctica, summertime in that half of the world. I wonder if it ever happened with the Sniffle Scare going "Boo!" at everybody.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 11:05 PM (wzUl9)

400 Demanding Doggos Want to Know:
Where is the ONT!?

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at May 04, 2026 11:05 PM (yl9wi)

401 Did you ever do any of those metal cruises I've heard about?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 04, 2026 11:05 PM (0aYVJ

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I went on an 80s themed cruise. My Bret Michaels get-up was such a big hit the Cruise Director wanted a picture with me.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 11:06 PM (CybdD)

402 399 I've done around 16 cruises if I remember right, 4 different lines. Royal Caribbean was always great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026

Good to know. Thanks.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 04, 2026 11:06 PM (Sco7b)

403 Now that Spirit Airlines has shut down, how will mediums get to their seances?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 11:02 PM (qx7Zg)

Don't know, but their jets could be put to good use as an Air Pinochet rapid force.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:06 PM (snZF9)

404

Most of the time I have no clue who you are all talking about.

I don't give a shit about Hollywood people.

Most of them are pieces of shit. If we ignored them maybe they would shut the fuck up.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:07 PM (3ek7K)

405 Yeah, I never got the Margot Kidder thing.
Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:04 PM (77rzZ)

She was pretty enough. But, yeah. Also. I was one of the only kids in my group that did not like Superman. Despite Gene Hackman. I did like Miss Tessmacher.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 04, 2026 11:07 PM (0aYVJ)

406 Where is the ONT!?
Posted by: tbodie

You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at May 04, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)

407 Did you ever do any of those metal cruises I've heard about?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 04, 2026 11:05 PM (0aYVJ

7 years in a row. 70,000 tons of metal. YOU...would...lose...your...fucking...mind.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

408 I've gone on one cruise and it was a Carnival Cruise out of Miami Beach. All your prey is trapped with no where to escape. That's the implication 😃

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 11:08 PM (kxLc1)

409 Gettin' late for me, chirren. No workout planned for tomorrow, but I have chores to do and errands to run. My oldest buddy and his wife were planning to come into town this week to visit his 94-year-old mother. Naturally if they visit I want my place looking shipshape and Bristol fashion, so there are things to do.

Enjoy the ONT, if it happens!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 04, 2026 11:08 PM (wzUl9)

410 I went on an 80s themed cruise. My Bret Michaels get-up was such a big hit the Cruise Director wanted a picture with me.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 11:06 PM (CybdD)

OwO.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:09 PM (U94Dl)

411 388 Carnival is the walmart of cruises.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
---

And now Spirit Airlines, thanks to Pocahontas, will go under. Now all the thots and thugs will ride with everyone else on Regular Air.
_Equity

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 11:09 PM (NaHHR)

412 Valerie Perrine was WAY hotter than Margot Kiddder.

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:10 PM (77rzZ)

413 7 years in a row. 70,000 tons of metal. YOU...would...lose...your...fucking...mind.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

*solemn debbil hornz*

\m/ \m/

Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 04, 2026 11:10 PM (0aYVJ)

414 Valerie Perrine was WAY hotter than Margot Kiddder.
Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:10 PM (77rzZ

Neither are still alive.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 11:11 PM (kxLc1)

415 The last time I bumped into Margot she put a Bernie Sanders for president campaign button on my shirt.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 04, 2026 11:11 PM (IYDXm)

416 Don't know, but their jets could be put to good use as an Air Pinochet rapid force.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:06 PM (snZF9)

Rebrand them as Home Free Air. Illegals self-deporting, and deportees get a free flight to their home country.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 11:11 PM (utfVc)

417 It is 8pm, PST, and I have yet to see a traditional Monday night post.
You are a bunch of total, though unpaid slackers, and object to this in the strongest of terms.
I will rebel, I tell you, rebel!
My retribution will take the form of me fucking off at work in the morning for howsoever long it takes me to catch up on this customary waste of time, however entertaining is usually is.

Good night Sirs and Madams!

Posted by: Gunslinger at May 04, 2026 11:11 PM (HZfH/)

418
Bulg,

I have no idea who you are talking about.

Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:13 PM (3ek7K)

419
MGTD, early fifties. Wood frame I think.
Posted by: From about That Time

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

Let me guess -- Lauren Sanchez?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 11:13 PM (n7rxJ)

420 I've done around 16 cruises if I remember right, 4 different lines. Royal Caribbean was always great.
Posted by: Berserker

Agreed. Carnival was decent 10-15 years ago. I probably won't go on them again after the last one a couple years back. No section-8 brawls at the buffet, but about that level of trashy.

Royal is pretty fun, though, and I haven't had a bad cruise on their ships.

And they're less crowded; Carnival puts about 30% more cabins on the same size ships compared to Royal, I think. They've become the Spirit Airlines of cruises.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

421 *solemn debbil hornz*

\m/ \m/

Posted by: Pug Mahon, king of the Irish Goodbye at May 04, 2026 11:10 PM (0aYVJ)

Seriously, you would come home forever changed. Picture being at Wacken, only with your own room, 24 hour food, 24 hour pizza, booze, and the bands just hang and party with everybody because there is nowhere else for them to go. Its fucking mecca for metalheads.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:14 PM (snZF9)

422 Rebrand them as Home Free Air. Illegals self-deporting, and deportees get a free flight to their home country.*

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*landing for drop-off available at additional cost

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 11:14 PM (CybdD)

423 Margot Kidder schtupped Pierre Trudeau. No wonder she offed herself.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:15 PM (U94Dl)

424 I discovered a new vintage hottie over the weekend, on Svengoolie’s Hammer offering: Madeline Smith. Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:16 PM (77rzZ)

425
Why anyone follows hollywhore people is beyond me.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:17 PM (3ek7K)

426 Margot Kidder schtupped Pierre Trudeau. No wonder she offed herself.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:15 PM (U94Dl)

Good thing he was shooting blanks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 11:17 PM (utfVc)

427 No ONT? Sadness pervades.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 04, 2026 11:17 PM (CHHv1)

428 Yes, ventilators will kill you if you stay on one too long. Of course, in the mean time, it’s saving your life. It’s a tricky call.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 04, 2026 11:17 PM (ZVgZ4)

429
And they're less crowded; Carnival puts about 30% more cabins on the same size ships compared to Royal, I think. They've become the Spirit Airlines of cruises.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 11:14 PM (VHUov)

Exactly. Royals buffet area is always big and spacious. Their ships seems to always have more area to move around. I was on the maiden voyage cruise of the Grand Princess from the Princess line. The buffet area was so chopped up and laid out so stupid and cramped you felt like a rat running a maze.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:19 PM (snZF9)

430 Have we gotten a note demanding an exorbitant amount of ransom in cryptocurrency for the ONT?

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:21 PM (77rzZ)

431 I thought cruises were for people who want to get really, really sick.

Posted by: wth at May 04, 2026 11:21 PM (b3Yos)

432 Margot Kidder schtupped Pierre Trudeau.
===

I had hoped to never be reminded of these two.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 11:22 PM (RIvkX)

433 Have we gotten a note demanding an exorbitant amount of ransom in cryptocurrency for the ONT?
Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:21 PM (77rzZ)

If it's CBD's week, I'm guessing he was trapped by some First World Problem.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)

434 Was Pierre Trudeau gay, or not? I’ve heard it both ways.

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:23 PM (77rzZ)

435
And an earthrise sequence from the same guy using images from that massive photo dump:

https://is.gd/4bheYL

I would've done that holding the dark disc of the Moon still, letting the earth appear to move from behind, but who am I to complain.

That's what's in that mess of photos they dumped. All at once. No attempt at organizing, or sorting, just a big dump. Seriously, you've got to be a Ph.D level expert on where and how NASA does things just to find this stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 04, 2026 11:23 PM (w6EFb)

436 Was Pierre Trudeau gay, or not? I’ve heard it both ways.

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:23 PM (77rzZ)

Probably because he might go both ways.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:24 PM (snZF9)

437 425
Why anyone follows hollywhore people is beyond me.

Posted by: four seasons
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Follow that, what else?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 11:24 PM (NaHHR)

438 So, I guess it’s time to make this a BOOB THREAD.

BOOBS!

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:25 PM (77rzZ)

439 Evenin'

(ONT looks familiar. Like a cafe thread. Weird)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 04, 2026 11:26 PM (sAmhv)

440 Why anyone follows hollywhore people is beyond me.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:17 PM (3ek7K

Don't be too hard on us. I loved all my movie cameos and of course the best show on TV, The Apprentice .

Posted by: The Donald at May 04, 2026 11:26 PM (kxLc1)

441 I discovered a new vintage hottie over the weekend, on Svengoolie’s Hammer offering: Madeline Smith. Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:16 PM (77rzZ)

I can hear my grandfather. She gottem some-a nice-a round melonies.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9)

442 NOW we're talking.

Posted by: wth at May 04, 2026 11:26 PM (b3Yos)

443 Was Pierre Trudeau gay, or not? I’ve heard it both ways.

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:23 PM (77rzZ)

Bulg, he could have been both ways. Scandalous. I know.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:26 PM (U94Dl)

444 No ONT? Sadness pervades.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 04, 2026 11:17 PM (CHHv1)
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One night closer to Toosday!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 11:27 PM (RIvkX)

445 In a way...aren't they ALL boob threads? Depending on definition of course.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 04, 2026 11:27 PM (CHHv1)

446 I remember when the ONT came on at midnight! Are we doing a throwback, or did they lose the keys to the blog?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 04, 2026 11:28 PM (Vvh2V)

447 So, I guess it’s time to make this a BOOB THREAD.

BOOBS!
Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:25 PM (77rzZ)

i offer to support this ....

Posted by: SturmToddler at May 04, 2026 11:28 PM (nsSpm)

448 So, I guess it’s time to make this a BOOB THREAD.
BOOBS!
Posted by: Bulg

A DDG pix search on your aforementioned Madeline Smith showed some copious 53003.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I saw Copious 53003 open for ... somebody... at May 04, 2026 11:29 PM (k0Y0k)

449 For those who need a song tonight, try this one.

https://youtu.be/evgEJlOPoeo

Yes, it's suitable for work.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 11:30 PM (qx7Zg)

450 Sudden storm rolling in. Distant rumbling and then, just now, one big badda boom. Big badda boom.

Posted by: mindful webworker - multipass at May 04, 2026 11:30 PM (k0Y0k)

451 Anybody need any dating advice?

Posted by: wth at May 04, 2026 11:30 PM (b3Yos)

452 Pierre Trudeau I have no doubt sucks dick and likely taught his son Justine.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)

453
Brayenyard,

My family is what is important.

I salute son and daughter in law who don't allow the grandchildren to have access to anything online.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:31 PM (3ek7K)

454 Caw! Caw, Caw!

Posted by: Lesbian Seagull at May 04, 2026 11:32 PM (Q+gd/)

455 So, I guess it’s time to make this a BOOB THREAD.
BOOBS!
Posted by: Bulg

A DDG pix search on your aforementioned Madeline Smith showed some copious 53003.
Posted by: mindful webworker - I saw Copious 53003 open for ... somebody... at May 04, 2026 11:29 PM (k0Y0k)

i know i'm mentally unstable when i'm trying to figure out how a picture search for a guided missile destroyer is relevant to an old time hollywood hottie...

Posted by: SturmToddler at May 04, 2026 11:32 PM (nsSpm)

456 Anybody need any dating advice?

Posted by: wth at May 04, 2026 11:30 PM (b3Yos)

I've been married 29 years. How can I make hubby not like my cooking?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:33 PM (U94Dl)

457 I’ve been on two cruises and enjoyed them both.

One was on one of the Windstar boats and the other on holland America.

Wonderful food and offshore excursions, some planned, some not.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 04, 2026 11:34 PM (A5RD0)

458 @451 - Well, I'm a terminally depressed male who has some creative energies, though they are mostly downcast and bespeak of a dim future, and-- wait, why are you running away?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 04, 2026 11:35 PM (CHHv1)

459 Did Ace ban himself and tonight's ONT COB?

Posted by: a.moron at May 04, 2026 11:35 PM (X5Jzz)

460 I'm so old that all of my advice is dated

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 04, 2026 11:36 PM (jrgJz)

461 456. Mary, add kale to every dish.

(Sorry, Piper!)

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)

462 The only cruise I've been on is The Poseidon Adventure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)

463 456 Anybody need any dating advice?

Posted by: wth at May 04, 2026 11:30 PM (b3Yos)

I've been married 29 years. How can I make hubby not like my cooking?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:33 PM (U94Dl)

Undercook the chicken, overcook the beef and vegetables.

Posted by: a.moron at May 04, 2026 11:37 PM (X5Jzz)

464 436 Was Pierre Trudeau gay, or not? I’ve heard it both ways.

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:23 PM (77rzZ)
+++++++++++++++++++

He's also black and white, depending on whether he has enough shoe polish.

Posted by: Orson at May 04, 2026 11:37 PM (dIske)

465 Anybody need any dating advice?
Posted by: wth at May 04, 2026 11:30 PM (b3Yos)

I'm single, but not looking into dating - unless you're talking about carbon dating. ;-)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 11:37 PM (qx7Zg)

466 I, for one, welcome Pixy Misa as our new ONT overlord.

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:37 PM (77rzZ)

467 Loud and boisterous out on the beach. I’m holed up. I can look at the water a bit from here and not deal with the crowds and the cars.

I can’t wait for November. It’s just me and a couple seagulls. And the wind and rain.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 04, 2026 11:37 PM (A5RD0)

468 467 Nurse, November is a glorious month.

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:39 PM (77rzZ)

469
Hubby and I took many cruises.

The absolute was when we went through the Panama Canal.

There was a stop where we were allowed to swim in the canal.

It was awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:41 PM (3ek7K)

470 Mary, add kale to every dish.

(Sorry, Piper!)

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026

Lol. Hubby enjoys kale. We both do.

Mostly I am kidding. It has been a good 29 years. We still like each other. We are starting to go out to dinner more, since the mortgage was paid off. First things first. But it is nice to not always cook.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:41 PM (U94Dl)

471
Anybody need any dating advice?
Posted by: wth

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Sounds like you've got some Don'ts.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 11:41 PM (n7rxJ)

472 462 The only cruise I've been on is The Poseidon Adventure.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 11:36 PM (RIvkX)

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So you spent the entire cruise shoving Shelley Winters' fat ass through tiny watertight hatches?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 11:41 PM (CybdD)

473 That's what's in that mess of photos they dumped. All at once. No attempt at organizing, or sorting, just a big dump. Seriously, you've got to be a Ph.D level expert on where and how NASA does things just to find this stuff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 04, 2026 11:23 PM (w6EFb)

The Guy in charge of the photos spotted The Big Secret, and dumped all the photos onto the internet so People could see The Truth, just before he was killed to silence him.

Toss in a girlboss, a pretty-boy actor, and $200 million in visual effects and you would have had a Hollywood hit movie, ten years ago.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 04, 2026 11:42 PM (mjROD)

474 Hubby and I took many cruises.

The absolute was when we went through the Panama Canal.

There was a stop where we were allowed to swim in the canal.

It was awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:41 PM (3ek7K)

That sounds lovely and fun, four seasons!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:42 PM (U94Dl)

475 There was a stop where we were allowed to swim in the canal.

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I hope it wasn't in a lock.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 11:43 PM (CybdD)

476 I think tonight ONT means Obviously Not There.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:46 PM (snZF9)

477 My family is what is important.

I salute son and daughter in law who don't allow the grandchildren to have access to anything online.
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👍

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 11:46 PM (NaHHR)

478 470 Mary, you sound like a good egg. Cheers!

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 11:47 PM (77rzZ)

479 I felt a great disturbance in the Farce, as if an ONT had been deleted while still in editing mode.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 11:47 PM (2GVsD)

480
It doesn't matter that there isn't an ONT.

We can talk about shit, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:48 PM (3ek7K)

481 I missed the hobby thread, but just ran into a car problem. I have a bad O2 sensor on my 2016 highlander. It's downstream of the motor, but I am led to believe there is a left and a right one. Is there a way to figure out which, or do you just replace both at the same time? I wouldn't care - I the past they were about $20. These are $150+ each though!

Posted by: 496 at May 04, 2026 11:48 PM (ncfGW)

482 473 That's what's in that mess of photos they dumped. All at once. No attempt at organizing, or sorting, just a big dump. Seriously, you've got to be a Ph.D level expert on where and how NASA does things just to find this stuff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 04, 2026 11:23 PM (w6EFb)
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They must also do, NOAA and Weather.gov?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 11:49 PM (NaHHR)

483 I grew up an only child. Making my own fun. No one indulged or entertained me.

If there is no ONT, do we hear the sound of one hand clapping? Or do we make our own fun?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:49 PM (U94Dl)

484 My abilities at car repair are very much lacking. Sorry 496.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 04, 2026 11:50 PM (CHHv1)

485 Loud and boisterous out on the beach. I’m holed up. I can look at the water a bit from here and not deal with the crowds and the cars.

I can’t wait for November. It’s just me and a couple seagulls. And the wind and rain.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 04, 2026 11:37 PM (A5RD0)

Yeah, another few weeks and the jersey shore officially opens. The jersey parkway becomes hell on earth on the weekend.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:51 PM (snZF9)

486
Always make your own fun.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:51 PM (3ek7K)

487 The CoBs should know better than to leave the Horde unattended for long stretches.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 11:52 PM (2GVsD)

488 >>>Is there a way to figure out which, or do you just replace both at the same time? I wouldn't care - I the past they were about $20. These are $150+ each though!
Posted by: 496
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There was a video posted on code readers, and the problem may not be specifically what it's reading but something else effecting that sensor.
_I know nothing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 11:52 PM (NaHHR)

489 Yeah, another few weeks and the jersey shore officially opens. The jersey parkway becomes hell on earth on the weekend.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:51 PM (snZF9)

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Will Snookie be there?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 11:52 PM (CybdD)

490 Anybody need any dating advice?
Posted by: wth at May 04, 2026 11:30 PM (b3Yos)

Any advice about how to not let Mrs.D.find out?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 11:52 PM (2WIwB)

491 Yeah, another few weeks and the jersey shore officially opens. The jersey parkway becomes hell on earth on the weekend.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:51
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I used to visit Seaside each summer when my mother in law was alive. The kids liked it, but I don't think I'll be back there soon

Posted by: 496 at May 04, 2026 11:53 PM (52+rt)

492
Ace could post open threads everyday and we'll always have shit to comment on.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:53 PM (3ek7K)

493 Any advice about how to not let Mrs.D.find out?

Unlike Eric Swallowells, get a burner phone for the trysts where you send pictures of your privates.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 11:53 PM (2GVsD)

494 I missed the hobby thread, but just ran into a car problem. I have a bad O2 sensor on my 2016 highlander. It's downstream of the motor, but I am led to believe there is a left and a right one. Is there a way to figure out which, or do you just replace both at the same time? I wouldn't care - I the past they were about $20. These are $150+ each though!

Posted by: 496 at May 04, 2026 11:48 PM (ncfGW)

Does a scanner show which one? If not you could just buy one and install in each spot to see which one was bad.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:53 PM (snZF9)

495 I grew up an only child. Making my own fun. No one indulged or entertained me.

If there is no ONT, do we hear the sound of one hand clapping? Or do we make our own fun?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:49 PM (U94Dl)

I was the youngest of four...by a long way. Yup...pretty much left to my own devices.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 11:54 PM (2WIwB)

496 I missed the hobby thread, but just ran into a car problem. I have a bad O2 sensor on my 2016 highlander. It's downstream of the motor, but I am led to believe there is a left and a right one. Is there a way to figure out which, or do you just replace both at the same time? I wouldn't care - I the past they were about $20. These are $150+ each though!
Posted by: 496 at May 04, 2026 11:48 PM (ncfGW)

And OBDII code reader should be able to identify which O2 sensor is bad. Might just be a bad wire, too. Sensors are down low on exhaust pipe, and wires can get snagged by debris on road. There should be 4 sensors, two upstream of the cats that tell the ECM what the fuel burn is doing, and two downstream, to verify that the cats are properly burning the unburned hydrocarbons.

Most autoparts stores can read codes for you; you should not have to be guessing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 04, 2026 11:55 PM (utfVc)

497 We're right on the cusp of the Big 500

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 11:55 PM (CybdD)

498 A new threat to pocketbook has emerged, Sprue Brothers is having a 20% off sale for Magic Factory and Trumpeter kits.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 11:56 PM (2GVsD)

499 We're right on the cusp of the Big 500
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 11:55 PM (CybdD)

It's still a little early for the Indianapolis 500

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 04, 2026 11:56 PM (qx7Zg)

500 I'm almost an hour late and I'm still too early?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 04, 2026 11:57 PM (+9wcF)

501 Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 11:57 PM (2GVsD)

502 I used to visit Seaside each summer when my mother in law was alive. The kids liked it, but I don't think I'll be back there soon

Posted by: 496 at May 04, 2026 11:53 PM (52+rt)

Yeah that was nice some years back. My brother is maybe 5 miles from there, my father is 10. Thank god I recently found a nice quiet way through the pine barrens and past Fort Dix to get their houses.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)

503 Does a scanner show which one? If not you could just buy one and install in each spot to see which one was bad.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 04, 2026 11:53 PM
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It only showed me that it wasn't upstream.

I haven't consulted youtube yet... youtube knows all

Posted by: 496 at May 04, 2026 11:57 PM (2hq3T)

504
I'm the oldest of five. Back in the day our parents had no idea where we were. Many decades ago.

Kids today miss out on so much.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:57 PM (3ek7K)

505 What an evening. No guidance from a COB.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 04, 2026 11:57 PM (U94Dl)

506 [Giuliani] He previously made headlines after being seriously injured in a car crash in New Hampshire in August 2025. Authorities said the vehicle he was riding in was struck from behind on Interstate 93 in Manchester, leaving him with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and other injuries.
--

Yeah, they want to kill him too.
He's still got a copy of the HD.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 11:58 PM (NaHHR)

507 Most autoparts stores can read codes for you; you should not have to be guessing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

And they'll be happy to do it, and clear the codes after you fix it, if you buy the parts there.

At least AutoZone was, the last time I had to muck with a sensor swap.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 11:58 PM (VHUov)

508 Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 04, 2026 11:57 PM (+9wcF)

--------

Pick up your exciting award at the Cashier's Window on your way out.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 04, 2026 11:58 PM (CybdD)

509 Kids today miss out on so much.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 11:57 PM (3ek7K)

This!
I had an absolute Huck Finn childhood. It was incredible.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 11:58 PM (2WIwB)

510 182 The thing that I do not get about the Ozempic zombies in Hollywood is:

1) use ozempic to get rid of what you consider to be problem fat.

2) doesn't this mean you have an exit strategy for after the weight is lost. Go off and keep exercising? See if it comes back or you can keep it off?

3) or is this plastic surgery psychosis on a massive scale where they get lost in it?

4) this cannot be good for their brains
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 09:45 PM (zZu0s)

So, there are several different personality types regarding food, and I think only a couple are well-suited to use a GLP-1 well. One is the very disciplined type, like garrett who quits smoking every year for cycling, and there are similarly people who can treat their eating like dialing in settings on a bio machine.

A type that would not manage it well is food addicts who will use the first type as an excuse for not managing their mindset, setting themselves up for failure by pretending they "just need to use willpower" like the disciplined ones. They will crash diet for awhile, then bounce back in perpetual yo-yos, and GLP-1s would just add oomph to the crash phase.

(Cont.)

Posted by: SciVo at May 04, 2026 11:58 PM (Sy6m/)

511 What an evening. No guidance from a COB.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

* looks guilty *

* stops running with scissors *

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)

512 >>> 487 The CoBs should know better than to leave the Horde unattended for long stretches.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 11:52 PM (2GVsD)

Warm-up for Memorial Day?

Posted by: #threeweeks at May 04, 2026 11:59 PM (WMyc4)

513 Huh. I hope everyone's all right.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 04, 2026 11:59 PM (bss/y)

514 Auto zone was the one who told me it was a bad sensor. It threw code P013A.

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 12:00 AM (2hq3T)

515 * looks guilty *

* stops running with scissors *

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)

There was an after-school special about latch-key kids. Eat a cookie. Watch it. Don't feel bad, dude.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 12:01 AM (U94Dl)

516 LOL. Although I could see CBD just sitting back and observing, steepling his fingers and chuckling softly to himself.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2026 12:01 AM (bss/y)

517 514 Auto zone was the one who told me it was a bad sensor. It threw code P013A.

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I always loved that code.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 05, 2026 12:02 AM (CybdD)

518 What an evening. No guidance from a COB.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

* looks guilty *

* stops running with scissors *
Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 11:59 PM (VHUov)

So dipping 'Ette's ponytails in the ink wells is right out?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 12:02 AM (2WIwB)

519 Aetius

The Commie lolcowlizers are getting their lunches stolen from them now that twitter is auto-translating English and Japanese.

The Japanese are getting a big wake up on how deranged these vandals are and not taking it well, people in government are noticing including the Prime Minister. I know it will end in unemployment for these cellar dwellers but I want them to suffer complete humiliation and ruination.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:03 AM (2GVsD)

520 Lord of the Flies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2026 12:03 AM (bss/y)

521 It is only Memorial Day if we get flashing fonts.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:04 AM (2GVsD)

522 The Japanese are getting a big wake up on how deranged these vandals are and not taking it well, people in government are noticing including the Prime Minister. I know it will end in unemployment for these cellar dwellers but I want them to suffer complete humiliation and ruination.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:03 AM (2GVsD)

pixy had a show... Dragon Maid? I always wondered if it would have been better in Japanese. There seemed to be odd... themes in some cases.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2026 12:04 AM (bss/y)

523 So, who's in charge of this circus anyway?
Somebody has got to get this shit under control.

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 12:05 AM (b3Yos)

524 @NCuffs1
16m
Police in Edmond, Oklahoma are still searching for suspects following a mass shooting at Arcadia Lake that sent at least 23 people to the hospital.
…
Police say the shooting occurred around 9 p.m. on Sunday during a party near the Scissortail Campground
--

No suspects.
Nobody's talking because they don't want...

That's the way thugs work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 12:05 AM (NaHHR)

525 Police in Edmond, Oklahoma are still searching for suspects following a mass shooting at Arcadia Lake that sent at least 23 people to the hospital.

----------

They hate these cans.

Posted by: Navin Johnson at May 05, 2026 12:06 AM (CybdD)

526 452 Pierre Trudeau I have no doubt sucks dick and likely taught his son Justine.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Pierre's wife knew her way around a dick!! Cuck Pierre just cleaned up. Weak gringo.

Posted by: Fidel Castro at May 05, 2026 12:06 AM (sAmhv)

527 (Cont.)

I feel bad for the control addicts in this case, because they are likely to end up abusing GLP-1s to the point of anorexia. They might look like the disciplined ones superficially, at first, but they are not in control of their need to feel in control. And healthy maintenance doesn't feed that need, since it's not visibly forcing themselves beyond limits.

But there is one other group that can use them well, and that is the type that can "manage themselves on purpose," accepting that they have irrational drives to manipulate and triggers to avoid. They might need professional help, but ultimately they can pick out a set of eating habits that would suffice to sustain the target weight and nothing more. Then, by eating that way, they might only lose as little as a pound a week; but then, upon reaching the target weight, they would not have to change a single solitary habit. GLP-1s add the advantage of removing temptation, making it easier to stick to it, so then they might need to find a small maintenance dose (perhaps with a compounding pharmacy or whatever they're called).

But there is no such thing as magic bullets where human psychology is involved.

Posted by: SciVo at May 05, 2026 12:06 AM (Sy6m/)

528 It only showed me that it wasn't upstream.

I haven't consulted youtube yet... youtube knows all
Posted by: 496 at May 04, 2026 11:57 PM (2hq3T)

Downstream sensors usually don't affect how the car runs. They are there to ensure that the catalytic converters are performing as they should. But if you have to do emissions testing they needs to be working.

Check for damaged wires. Uncouple and reconnect the harness plugs to the sensors. Might clear some subtle corrosion causing a fault signal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 12:07 AM (utfVc)

529 COULD YOU CLOSE THE REFRIGERATOR jeez

Posted by: wth at May 05, 2026 12:07 AM (b3Yos)

530 Damn, I done ate all the kung pao chicken.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:08 AM (77rzZ)

531 AOP - good suggestions. I will do that. It spent 10 years in VT, so corrosion wouldn't be a surprise. But now I'm in Wyoming. There are no inspections, and no emissions tests!

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 12:08 AM (osUDQ)

532
Diogenes,

It was wonderful. Mostly we built forts.

The only restriction we had to was to have dinner ready when the parents got home from work.

Kids today have no clue what is was to be free roaming.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:09 AM (3ek7K)

533 I just scarffed down a bowl of Tillamook ice cream...Oregon Dark Cherry.
Mmmm

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 12:09 AM (2WIwB)

534
When Karin Bass was in Ghana as Los Angeles burned, the deputy mayor she left in charge was at home on house arrest.

For phoning in a bomb threat.

We are indeed governed by criminals.

From @spencerpratt on @joerogan

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 12:09 AM (NaHHR)

535 "Hokey smokes, Bullwinkle! Where's the ONT?!?!?!"

"Nothing up my sleeve. PRESTO!!!"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 12:10 AM (D0X9e)

536 496-- this is what came up on search for code:

P013A is an OBD-II diagnostic trouble code indicating O2 Sensor Slow Response - Rich to Lean (Bank 1, Sensor 2). This code triggers when the downstream oxygen sensor, located after the catalytic converter on the engine bank containing cylinder 1, fails to switch voltage levels rapidly enough during fuel mixture transitions.

Common causes and symptoms include:

Faulty Downstream O2 Sensor: The sensor may be aged, contaminated, or defective, which is the most frequent trigger for this code.
Exhaust Leaks: Leaks near or before the Bank 1 Sensor 2 can introduce false air readings, causing slow response times.
Catalytic Converter Issues: A degraded or failing catalytic converter can alter exhaust gas composition, affecting sensor performance.
Wiring or Connector Problems: Damaged harnesses, corrosion, or poor ground signals can disrupt the sensor's electrical communication with the Powertrain Control Module (PCM).
Fuel System Issues: Problems such as clogged injectors, vacuum leaks, or a faulty Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor can create rich or lean conditions that overwhelm the sensor.

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

537 Diogenes,

It was wonderful. Mostly we built forts.

The only restriction we had to was to have dinner ready when the parents got home from work.

Kids today have no clue what is was to be free roaming.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:09 AM (3ek7K)

***

Built forts. Went fishing whenever I wanted. Had my own swimming hole. Played army. BB guns.
Hell yeah!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 12:11 AM (2WIwB)

538 The translation and dubbing has gone through cycles.

First was NBC rewrites Kimba the White Lion for an American audience.

Then we get the likes of Screamline who does the same for the likes of Silent Mobius - Attacked Mystification Police becomes Abnormal Mystery Police.

For aberration, there is the English dub of Ghost Story where the whole staff went full LeRoy Jenkins on mangling the script to shockingly funny effect.

For awhile we had more professional translations- thanks Neil Nadelman and other real fans.

But then the Canadians and Funimation started to dominate the American side and things went to scheiss.

Maybe we will now see a swing back to accurate translations because the Japanese will use AI.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:12 AM (2GVsD)

539

496,

Wyoming rocks!

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:13 AM (3ek7K)

540 pixy had a show... Dragon Maid? I always wondered if it would have been better in Japanese. There seemed to be odd... themes in some cases.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid? That's about a 3/10 on the "odd Japanese anime things" scale, maybe?

Anime is usually better in Japanese with subtitles.

1. The Japanese voice actors are almost always technically better, which is at least better for all the foley effects (everything but the talking)

B. The localization of the dubbed version will usually be more "Americanized" than the subtitled version, which may help with some of those themes. When they're identical, all the weebs (shifty eyes) decry the "dubtitles."

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:13 AM (VHUov)

541 Auto zone was the one who told me it was a bad sensor. It threw code P013A.
Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 12:00 AM (2hq3T)

Okay, according to Kelley Blue book, that is Bank 1, sensor 2. The downstream O2 sensor for the cylinder bank containing #1 cylinder. On a typical American V8, that would be the left side. For a transverse-mounted V6, you will have to find cylinder #1, and trace which exhaust pipe connects to it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 12:13 AM (utfVc)

542 LOL. Although I could see CBD just sitting back and observing, steepling his fingers and chuckling softly to himself.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2026 12:01 AM (bss/y)

Is he caressing a white cat?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 05, 2026 12:14 AM (qx7Zg)

543 The gayest man on earth would find this over the top.

You'll click because you're bored and an 'ette won't steer you wrong.

https://tinyurl.com/5376ux9n

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 12:15 AM (U94Dl)

544 All I know is that I was pissed when harley started using oxygen sensors. They put one in each pipe, and those need to work or else it runs all screwed up. The earlier fuel injected bikes didn't have them, but the later ones do. The pipes got the sensor bungs, so if you want to use the pipes on an earlier bike you need to buy the plugs for the bungs. Some of these nice aftermarket performance exhausts on harleys are $1000, so you don't just toss them in the corner and get new ones.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)

545 including the Prime Minister. I know it will end in unemployment for these cellar dwellers but I want them to suffer complete humiliation and ruination.
Posted by: Anna Puma
---

Don't think so. Takaichi's not sensitive to their culture. She's be doing things to get them out of the country. No big on unemployment.
U ben here too long. U go. U go, Now.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 12:16 AM (NaHHR)

546 Neon Genesis Evangelion is about a 6 on odd and 9 on skeevy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:16 AM (2GVsD)

547

I don't click on anything here.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:16 AM (3ek7K)

548 Doof is passed out in a puddle of his feces and piss.
Weird Dave has his ballsack caught in the wood chipper.
And T-Rex is handcuffed to a dandelion.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 12:17 AM (IYDXm)

549 LOL. Although I could see CBD just sitting back and observing, steepling his fingers and chuckling softly to himself.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 05, 2026 12:01 AM (bss/y)

Is he caressing a white cat?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 05, 2026 12:14 AM (qx7Zg)
-

While kissing his gold-ringed pinky.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 12:18 AM (D0X9e)

550 Got a few things to dump here on the not really ONT before I clock out for the night. Howzabout this:

Babylon Bee Asked AI To Show America Without Republicans - funny, and horrifying
https://youtu.be/jAcxE5w52vI

and this 17-second item, a cat that caught 27 mice in one night and arranged them
https://t.co/jWLsZ3th2R

Posted by: mindful webworker - good kitty!! at May 05, 2026 12:18 AM (k0Y0k)

551 I don't click on anything here.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:16 AM (3ek7K)
-

Have you tried testosterone injections?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 05, 2026 12:19 AM (D0X9e)

552 The Japanese Prime Minister has publicly stated that Japanese anime will stay uniquely Japanese and will not bend to 'global' tastes. The Japanese government has forced VISA, Mastercard, and PayPal to back down on being censorious scolds. One new game that was ruined by American lolcowlizers is now busy fixing their vandalism and calling them out for it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:19 AM (2GVsD)

553 547

I don't click on anything here.

Posted by: four seasons

Oh c'mon! Live a little. Think of it as Russian roulette but without the sweet release of death.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 12:19 AM (sAmhv)

554 Sanae Takaichi
@takaichi_sanae
15h
Anthony @AlboMP I was invited to a dinner party.

At the invitation, we presented music lover Anthony with a Japanese record rack and records by Babymetal and Man with a Mission, and he also gave us a signed drumhead and record by AC/DC, Australia's leading rock band.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 12:19 AM (NaHHR)

555 > find a small maintenance dose (perhaps with a compounding pharmacy or whatever they're called).

Posted by: SciVo at May 05, 2026 12:06 AM (Sy6m/)

The Ozempic pens have tight control over the dose by means of clicks. There are a bunch of calibration lines, labeled at a few points. Mine is labeled at 0.25 mg and 0.5 mg, with a number of lines in between. I'll try to remember to count next time. Anyway, getting an intermediate dose would be no problem with the existing pens.

I haven't had to take daily insulin in over a year, and that's a good thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2026 12:20 AM (qpyNK)

556 and this 17-second item, a cat that caught 27 mice in one night and arranged them
https://t.co/jWLsZ3th2R

Posted by: mindful webworker - good kitty!! at May 05, 2026 12:18 AM (k0Y0k)

Damn, that cat is a terminator.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 12:21 AM (snZF9)

557 Doof is passed out in [...]
Weird Dave has his [...]
And T-Rex is handcuffed to a dandelion.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

That de-escalated quickly.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:21 AM (VHUov)

558 Has the no ONT ever happened before?

Hope they are ok.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 05, 2026 12:21 AM (WONhk)

559 Mariners win!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 12:21 AM (2WIwB)

560 Was the ONT's ransom written in crayon perchance?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:22 AM (2GVsD)

561 @takaichi_sanae
15h
Anthony @AlboMP I was invited to a dinner party.

At the invitation, we presented music lover Anthony with a Japanese record rack and records by Babymetal and Man with a Mission, and he also gave us a signed drumhead and record by AC/DC, Australia's leading rock band.
Posted by: Braenyard

Babymetal music for AC/DC music? Australia got he best of that exchange!

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:22 AM (VHUov)

562 Has the no ONT ever happened before?

Hope they are ok.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 05, 2026 12:21 AM (WONhk)

Yes. We can make our own fun tonight. We can Wang Ching toinght.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 12:23 AM (U94Dl)

563
I read enough scary shit here. I don't click on anything here.

I learned several years ago to not click on anything.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:23 AM (3ek7K)

564 https://tinyurl.com/5376ux9n
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Just watched that again a couple of nights ago. Think maybe some Moron mentioned or linked to it. (Was it you?) Still hilarious.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and still disturbing at May 05, 2026 12:24 AM (k0Y0k)

565 You know, I grew up with cats who were exceptional hunters. Mice, chipmunks, moles (they didn't eat those), fish (really), and birds. I doubt a cat would leave much more than a tail in regard to mice. I know the cats I grew up with ate the little varmints. Except moles. Guess they didn't taste good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 12:24 AM (sAmhv)

566 Can't wait until Anthony gets to this song

https://youtu.be/EDnIEWyVIlE

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:24 AM (2GVsD)

567 Doof is passed out in [...]
Weird Dave has his [...]
And T-Rex is handcuffed to a dandelion.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

That de-escalated quickly.
Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:21 AM (VHUov)

I thought TRex was busy designing the new Trump Truckasaurus, for its debut outside Obama's "Presidential Library and Flak Tower".

Two enter the arena, only one leaves.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 05, 2026 12:25 AM (qx7Zg)

568 551 I don't click on anything here.

Posted by: four seasons
---

You've been here a while. You know who is trustworthy or not. You know what to expect from Admiral Ackbar.

If someone posted malware it would be called out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 12:25 AM (NaHHR)

569 Babymetal music for AC/DC music? Australia got he best of that exchange!

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:22 AM (VHUov)

The PM of japan used to play drums in Babymetal. Gotta love that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 12:25 AM (snZF9)

570
We're over 500 comments tonight.

We have entertained ourselves.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:26 AM (3ek7K)

571 Just watched that again a couple of nights ago. Think maybe some Moron mentioned or linked to it. (Was it you?) Still hilarious.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and still disturbing atonight.

, 2026 12:24 AM (k0Y0k)

It could have been me. It probably was. That video kills me every time.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 12:28 AM (U94Dl)

572 So I'm thinking the COBs had a retreat, probably someplace cool like Casper Wyoming, but booked their flights with Spirit.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 12:28 AM (2WIwB)

573 27 All this talk of Nazis. I wonder if in 2000 years will they be thought of like the Romans, every day.

It is really weird when you think about it. They lasted about 25 years in total, had power for 12 years, got their own country destroyed and were eventually outlawed. Mostly as the result of a series of stupid decisions they made. Been extinct for 80 years as any sort of actual movement, and were always designed to appeal mostly to Germans of a certain period. Yet they are constantly discussed today

Posted by: Azjaeger at May 05, 2026 12:29 AM (3/XaG)

574 So, we have achieved the anarcho-socialist web state?

Fine, I am now in charge. Ladies, remove your apparel.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:29 AM (77rzZ)

575 I learned several years ago to not click on anything.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:23 AM (3ek7K)
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There are a lot of neer-do-wells... I've found the only trustworthy links are posted by Admiral Akbar

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 12:30 AM (GnD1e)

576 Nyah?

*Flicks safety off Seburo MN-23*

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:30 AM (2GVsD)

577 Yang Poon ONT!

Hahahahaha...

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

578 Hmmm, now they are saying the PM of japan didn't play in babymetal, but spent time on their podcast. I hate AI, their answers always change.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 12:31 AM (snZF9)

579 I thought the news reports were she played in a metal band while attending college.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:32 AM (2GVsD)

580
We are so blessed we have Ace.

There is no place like this.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:32 AM (3ek7K)

581 We'd better shut up. If we have too much fun Ace will consider discontinuing the ONT

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 12:33 AM (52+rt)

582 A snappily dressed man walks on from stage left, "imagine if you will a whole world patterned after Ace of Spades. Welcome to the Twilight Zone."

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:34 AM (2GVsD)

583 I don't click on anything here.
Posted by: four seasons

You can always trust links from me.

Presuming it's really me, not someone socking me.🤯

I'm often hesitant to click on "I'll just leave this here" links. The regulars are pretty good about warning about NSFW or disturbing content on links. It helps me decide when someone later comments positively about a link, although some have been known to go along with a rickroll gag. Avoid Admiral Ackbar links always.

Posted by: mindful webworker - one linkey dinkey, two linkey dinkey... at May 05, 2026 12:34 AM (k0Y0k)

584 578 Why would anyone trust a sloth, anyway?

(Nobody ever gets this joke,)

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:34 AM (77rzZ)

585 So I'm thinking the COBs had a retreat, probably someplace cool like Casper Wyoming, but booked their flights with Spirit.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 12:28 AM

The COBs are on a special retreat.
https://tinyurl.com/yc8nh5rx

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 12:34 AM (klQAB)

586 You guys can't blame me. I dumped my Geezer Golf winnings into the tip jar.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 12:34 AM (2WIwB)

587 So, we have achieved the anarcho-socialist web state?

Fine, I am now in charge. Ladies, remove your apparel.
Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:29 AM (77rzZ)

Ok -- Lizzo

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 05, 2026 12:34 AM (qx7Zg)

588 Thank you all for all the car advice - I will look it over and see if I am up to the task

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 12:34 AM (G/LYz)

589
That video kills me every time.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
============

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=kvx0ncTxxL0&rco=1

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 05, 2026 12:35 AM (n7rxJ)

590 The PM of japan used to play drums in Babymetal. Gotta love that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

LoL! I did not know that. I heard she was a drummer in heavy metal bands, just not Babymetal. Not a big metal head but Babymetal is probably the only band, metal or otherwise, that I see the lead singers and think 'They are just adorable'.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 12:35 AM (sAmhv)

591 You're dirty birds, and you don't deserve an ONT.

Posted by: Annie Wilkes at May 05, 2026 12:36 AM (gWguj)

592
Yall are like family.

Some of yall are weird but that is what family is like.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:36 AM (3ek7K)

593 I learned several years ago to not click on anything.
Posted by: four seasons

You should definitely never click youtube links from mikeski. Who knows what kind of music could be on the other side?

https://youtu.be/NVacIFogl-Y
https://youtu.be/rm2GvfboBtg

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)

594 Yang Poon ONT!

Hahahahaha...

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

Yup, Yang Poon. We modified that at the shop recently. We identified the QC dude. He is Fu Chen. We get yang poon because Fu chen fucked up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 05, 2026 12:38 AM (snZF9)

595 The Japanese PM is still not as cool as the assassinated guy who was into Elvis.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:38 AM (77rzZ)

596 572 So I'm thinking the COBs had a retreat, probably someplace cool like Casper Wyoming, but booked their flights with Spirit.
Posted by: Diogenes

They were on the final flight, which hasn't landed. It may still be up there, lost in time, like a Twilight Zone episode.

(yes, it was a TW episode.)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 05, 2026 12:38 AM (sAmhv)

597 496-- good luck with the O2 sensor issue!

I replaced both downstreams on hubby's car (years ago) and can only recall that it was a dirty, crusty job. Those things seemed welded in place, so penetrating oil like PB Blaster helped a lot! Just don't get it on the wires...

Utoob is great for identifying component locations and *how to unclip those damned connectors*!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

598 592 Four Seasons, we are old in addition to being weird.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:39 AM (77rzZ)

599 PM Abe

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:40 AM (2GVsD)

600 599 Yes, Abe.

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:41 AM (77rzZ)

601 Well, this is where I wish you all a good night.
I'll see you on the art thread...

Maybe.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 05, 2026 12:42 AM (2WIwB)

602 543 The gayest man on earth would find this over the top.

You'll click because you're bored and an 'ette won't steer you wrong.

https://tinyurl.com/5376ux9n
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 12:15 AM (U94Dl)

Literally bright eyes. Nice.

Posted by: SciVo at May 05, 2026 12:42 AM (Sy6m/)

603 Four Seasons, we are old in addition to being weird.
Posted by: Bulg

I'm not *that* old, but I have extra weird to make up for it.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

604 Is there a coup brewing in the House of Ace? A palace revolution?

Posted by: Bulg at May 05, 2026 12:43 AM (77rzZ)

605 Bed does sound like a good idea. Ciao.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:43 AM (2GVsD)

606 BTW who will get the coveted Mark of the Beast?

Will find out in the morning.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 05, 2026 12:44 AM (2GVsD)

607 Thank you all for all the car advice - I will look it over and see if I am up to the task
Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 12:34 AM (G/LYz)

496, has the car by any chance been mysteriously losing coolant or brake fluid? If those fluids have needed unusual topping up, there might be head gasket leak (in the case of coolant) or master cylinder leak (in the case of brake fluid) permitting the leaked fluid to be burned in the engine. Combustion products of burned coolant or brake fluid can "poison" catalysts and O2 sensors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 05, 2026 12:45 AM (utfVc)

608 Avoid Admiral Ackbar links always.

Posted by: mindful webworker - one linkey dinkey, two linkey dinkey..
---

Hey, a little masochism never hurt anybody.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 12:46 AM (NaHHR)

609 Monday night ONTs have been weird since Doggo left...

~~It's Doggo's fault!~~

There's a rotation of MisHum, CBD, and I dunno who else but sometimes it's late or non-existent. Tonight isn't the first time, LOL

Happy Monday! It's just soooo fitting for a Monday, yes?

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)

610 We are thinking to go to Japan for our 30th? Any reason we should not? I won't go to Europe because they are douchebags. Hubby doesn't like this, but won't force me to go, which is good. Douchebags.

Hubby wants to do a big trip. Japan seems default. I'd be happy to hang out at the lake. Or go hiking in Utah. Is Japan more interesting? Is it worth my yen, I guess.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 12:47 AM (U94Dl)

611 >>>So I'm thinking the COBs had a retreat, probably someplace cool like Casper Wyoming, but booked their flights with Spirit.

Posted by: Diogenes

>These guys are slamming tequila shooters and manhandling the senoritas ahead of Cinco de Mayo.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 05, 2026 12:48 AM (IYDXm)

612 Thanks for the Caf-ONT, Ace!!!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

613 m not *that* old, but I have extra weird to make up for it.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 12:42 AM (VHUov)

*fistbump?*

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 12:50 AM (U94Dl)

614
Wyoming sucks.

You don't want to move here.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:51 AM (3ek7K)

615 496, has the car by any chance been mysteriously losing coolant or brake fluid
-------
Not to my knowledge... I will check the levels. The most common reason for the light combo on the dash is a loose gas cap. I was hoping that was it.

Posted by: 496 at May 05, 2026 12:53 AM (5FvuI)

616 The most common reason for the light combo on the dash is a loose gas cap. I was hoping that was it.
Posted by: 496

Combo??

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)

617 Wyoming has a nice roadside area system. The potties were very clean. Yellowstone is amazing. The Grand Tetons were better. It was gorgeous. The mountains. The meese. But. I'll leave it to the Wyomans. Wyomingans?

It's nice to visit. I'd freeze my ass off.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 12:57 AM (U94Dl)

618
Bulg,

I hope everything is going well for you.
You are so intelligent and I hope you can share your knowledge with your tutees.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 12:57 AM (3ek7K)

619 Who broke the blog?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2026 01:00 AM (0nHVk)

620 If the usual ONT crew shows up, we'll hit 800 easy, maybe 900.

Hey, is this a stress test by Pixy?

Posted by: buddhaha at May 05, 2026 01:01 AM (TNGIV)

621 Debby,
I'm sure it is some shitass, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 05, 2026 01:02 AM (3ek7K)

622 JQ. I'll buy a round for the Horde. They seem lost

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at May 05, 2026 01:02 AM (U94Dl)

623 Hi, Debby!

Blog isn't broken... seems that whoever has Monday night duty this week, has forgotten it's *their* turn. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

624 > 27 All this talk of Nazis. I wonder if in 2000 years will they be thought of like the Romans, every day.

In one of Larry Niven's Known Space short stories, he mentions a sports team called the Berlin Nazis.

Consider that at previous points in history vikings, pirates, and the like might've been disliked equally by their victims.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 05, 2026 01:04 AM (qpyNK)

625 Hello, BarelyScaryMary!

Pitchers of spicy margaritas, comin' up! (best I can do on short notice, LOL)

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

626 Well, several beers in I should probably say good night. "Good night to best folks on the planet."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 05, 2026 01:04 AM (CHHv1)

627 'Night, BC! Have a good one!

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

628 BTW who will get the coveted Mark of the Beast?

Will find out in the morning.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Been a while, it seems, since we hit that mark. Rarely. Used to get there all the time. IIRC

So, everyone be sure to get to the art thread tomorrow and razz CBD about no ONT tonight.

I'm conking out.

Speaking of being wary of clicks on here, I've got something.... Usually, when you see little girlies like this in school uniforms prancing and singing, they're Japanese. Or Korean. Anyway, not Western like these. Just cute or borderline pedo? I'm too old to say.
https://youtu.be/K2KfaDyIcF8

G'nite, y'aawwl.

Posted by: mindful webworker - cute at May 05, 2026 01:06 AM (k0Y0k)

629 Ont Nood

Posted by: Methos at May 05, 2026 01:06 AM (vSvIl)

630 Mindful-- I loved that 27-mouse kittykill layout! Gonna show it to my Cat. He's been slacking lately, hahaha...

Posted by: JQ at May 05, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

631 I believe a young man named Doofus is responsible for Monday ONTs. Maybe he was finally sacked for serving Barrel stew.

Posted by: 0/4 Stars at May 05, 2026 01:08 AM (YSPJJ)

632 Whoops. KT just put up a substitute ONT. Too late for me. G'nite again.
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=419574

Posted by: mindful webworker - well, finally at May 05, 2026 01:09 AM (k0Y0k)

633 A spicy margarita sounds so damn good right now I am looking forward to having a real one tomorrow night. Thanks JQ and Scary. I think a trip to Japan is a great idea, it is probably a place that is very safe for American tourists right now too.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 05, 2026 01:10 AM (0nHVk)

634 But. I'll leave it to the Wyomans. Wyomingans?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Wyomingites, believe it or not.

Wyomans would be betterer, though. They should change it.

Posted by: mikeski at May 05, 2026 01:13 AM (VHUov)

635 It may not be pedo but it is blasphemous.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 05, 2026 01:17 AM (NaHHR)

Democrats Just Can't Stop Tributing Nazis and Then Lying About It

Late last week, Mark Halperin reported that NRSC official told him that the dirt they're about to drop on the Nazi -- I guess being a Nazi isn't disqualifying in the "anti-Nazi party" -- that "he'll have to leave the state."

Now that is an exaggeration.

But radio host and former Breitbart editor Larry O'Connor said he'd heard that too -- well, he said he did more than hear it.

Larry said: "This is a bad man... I'm sorry, I hate to put it [in these terms,] but I have learned, and I haven't just heard, I know things about this person that will come out, the GOP is not joking about this, and frankly it goes beyond the Nazi tattoo."

Now I generally trust Larry O'Connor but I didn't mention it because I hate getting too far ahead of the news. But his statement that he hasn't just "heard," but knows for a fact makes me think this won't just be another round of campaign-scuttlebutt that turns out to be vapornews.

Meanwhile, a major Democrat donor is threatening a lawsuit against the Free Beacon because they "invaded her privacy" by reporting that she had freely admitted on a public post on social media that her grandfather had been a soldier in Hitler's army.

She's claiming that doesn't make him a Nazi. Um... I guess?

But she says he did escape to Brazil before the end of the war which, I don't know, I always kind of assumed was something that major Nazi figures did, and not just everyday soldiers in the Wehrmacht.

Kelly Neumann, a Michigan trial attorney and Democratic fundraiser, has threatened the Washington Free Beacon with "legal action" unless we retract our story about her Veterans Day Facebook post honoring her grandfather who served "on the German side" in World War II.

What an anodyne way to put it. He fought bravely in World War Two. But, you know, not for the army you might think.

And she did this on... Veterans Day. American Veterans Day. On American Veterans Day, she decided to tribute a man who killed Americans.

What a very weird Aryan flex on Veterans Day.

...
"Happy Veterans Day to all my family and friends who serve/served!" Neumann's post read. "Interesting story, I do not talk much about but my Grandfather, Albert Neumann was on the German side in WWI & WWII. He escaped to Brazil with my father after Germany lost..."

Very interesting story, brah.

The post included several photos of the Nazi soldier in his Wehrmacht uniform. Neumann recalled that her grandfather was one of the first people to accept her as gay, which proved that "people can change and love can indeed win."

Well as long as your Nazi Army opa who fled to Brazil after the war was okay with you being a lesbian, everything's cool. There were Very Fine People on both sides, would you say...?

This isn't such a big deal, I guess. But what makes it creepy is that this woman, who obviously did not fall far from the fascist tree, is now threatening the Free Beacon unless they retract their 100% true story which merely quotes what she herself admitted.

Last week, the Free Beacon received a letter from Neumann's attorney demanding a "formal retraction" of the "false and defamatory" statement in the article. The letter was signed by Eugenie B. Eardley, another Michigan trial attorney who describes herself as the "First Lady of Law." She even has her own catch phrase--"seriously serious about the law"--which is ironic given the profound unseriousness of the threatening letter she wrote on Neumann's behalf.
For example, Eardley suggested the Free Beacon had not merely defamed her client, but may have also invaded her privacy by reporting on a post she made on the public Facebook account where she routinely shares photos of herself cavorting with Democratic politicians. That's because Neumann made the post "in her private capacity as a granddaughter," which sounds like nonsense.

It is nonsense. A public utterance is a public utterance. You cannot transmute it into private, confidential information by later claiming "I only said that publicly in my capacity as a private citizen who loves her Wehrmacht opa."

Her lawyer said that the Free Beacon falsely claimed he was a member of the S.S., which they said they never did. They also say they never identified him as a Nazi, but... I mean... he did flee to Brazil. I assume it wasn't just because he likes the lambada (the forbidden dance).

Democrats like the "I'm not an X I'm just a Y" defense. "I'm not a socialist I'm just a liberal" which is now "I'm not a communist I'm just a socialist."

And now: "He's not SS he was just a soldier in Hitler's army who fled to Brazil after the war."

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1 Insert witty comment here.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 04, 2026 06:45 PM (u73oe)

2 I did Nazi this coming.

Posted by: mikeski at May 04, 2026 06:45 PM (VHUov)

3 See, I got nothin. At a loss for words.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 04, 2026 06:46 PM (u73oe)

4 Remember when Pete Hegseth's Christian tattoo was Nazi ?

Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2026 06:46 PM (YwEeS)

5 >>>2 I did Nazi this coming.

It does make sense.

National Socialists are just socialists with expansionist goals.

Posted by: ace at May 04, 2026 06:47 PM (1wjle)

6 Smearing a WWII veteran are we, huh.

Posted by: toby928(c) at May 04, 2026 06:47 PM (4NO2D)

7 For Democrats, everybody is a Nazi except the guy with the Nazi tattoo who hates the Jews.
Erick Erickson

Posted by: steevy at May 04, 2026 06:47 PM (YwEeS)

8
Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Tattoo!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 06:47 PM (HdYcL)

9 Abby Shapiro's boobs?

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Sarah Elizabeth Cupp at May 04, 2026 06:48 PM (0sNs1)

10
Thank you for your service.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 06:48 PM (HdYcL)

11 Tattoo when sober, same as Rule Number One.

Posted by: Eromero at May 04, 2026 06:51 PM (JideE)

12 10 Thank you for your service.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

bitte seh- ah, "de nada", ja?

Posted by: Albert "don't ask me about the war" Neumann at May 04, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)

13 I think I used up all my Graham Platzkreig jokes in the morning thread.

Posted by: Delurker at May 04, 2026 06:52 PM (gtcuf)

14 And bestest?

I'd bet that ANTIFA is supporting his candidacy!

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 04, 2026 06:52 PM (mP0Kj)

15 I’m so sick of the term “Nazi.” It should always and everywhere be replaced by the term “National Socialist.”

Posted by: Bulg at May 04, 2026 06:53 PM (77rzZ)

16 I'm just glad Favreau is going to be directing high school musicals after his Mandalorian movie tanks.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 06:53 PM (gKWVE)

17 No one even touched on the most important question that arises from this whole thing.

Are there any pictures of Kelly Neumann dressed up as a Nazi lesbian?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 04, 2026 06:53 PM (syz1S)

18 A Nazi is a leftist? The idea is not so hard to believe considering the way the leftists act these days. I mean they always blame the right for the things they actually do themselves.

Posted by: Case at May 04, 2026 06:53 PM (9lqZe)

19 Her grampa helped save Private Ryan and proofread Schindler's List.

Trust us, Bro.

Posted by: That beeyotches lawyer at May 04, 2026 06:54 PM (uvUZ+)

20 These people are buffoons.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 06:54 PM (2WIwB)

21 Kinda makes me wish they hadn't turned on that Hadron Collider thingy.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 04, 2026 06:55 PM (uvUZ+)

22 Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 06:53 PM (gKWVE)

Wrong Jon Favreau. There are two of them.

Posted by: Delurker at May 04, 2026 06:55 PM (gtcuf)

23 I dunno what to think of the Wehrmacht grandpa. To be honest, she seems to be making a bigger deal of it than anyone else.

I also do not have a problem with her mentioning it on memorial day. My family still goes out and decorate Graves of all family members on memorial day- not just service members. On the other hand, none of them were at Stalingrad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 06:56 PM (zZu0s)

24 Jon Favreau (Director/Actor): Known for directing Iron Man, The Mandalorian, and Elf, as well as acting in movies like Swingers.

Jon Favreau (Speechwriter/Podcaster): Known for being the head speechwriter for President Barack Obama and co-hosting the political podcast Pod Save

Posted by: Delurker at May 04, 2026 06:56 PM (gtcuf)

25 >>>I also do not have a problem with her mentioning it on memorial day. My family still goes out and decorate Graves of all family members on memorial day- not just service members. On the other hand, none of them were at Stalingrad.

veterans day, not memorial day.

Posted by: ace at May 04, 2026 06:56 PM (1wjle)

26 Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, but at least it's an ethos.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 04, 2026 06:57 PM (uvUZ+)

27 These Nazi yelling bastards are Sounding like Bolsheviks

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2026 06:57 PM (Ia/+0)

28 veterans day, not memorial day.
Posted by: ace at May 04, 2026 06:56 PM (1wjle)

Well, that is slightly different. A bit murkier.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 06:58 PM (zZu0s)

29 memorial day is a day for remember the dead of war

Veterans Day seems to me to be a day for honoring those who served... your country. Not the Nazi war machine that killed hundreds of thousands of American veterans.

Posted by: ace at May 04, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)

30 While we're talking national socialism, don't forget that Ukraine has bona fide actual Nazis fighting for its corrupt regime.

Posted by: logprof at May 04, 2026 06:58 PM (jo6FO)

31 The Platner tattoo story isn’t about Platner

Oh, I don't know. I'd say having a Totenkopf SS tattoo is about Platner at least in part. It's disqualifying either because having it makes him a Nazi, makes him an admirer of Nazis, or makes him too uninformed or dumb to hold office. It reflects moral or political unfitness for office.

Now, if someone wants to make the case that it also shows what grossly inept liars newsmen and commentators on the left are, fine and well. But Platner sucks even more than his dumb apologists in my book.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 04, 2026 06:58 PM (Pr4qS)

32 Unlike Kal Penn, who was just one guy. Actor and Obama staffer (scumbag).

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 04, 2026 06:58 PM (syz1S)

33 National Socialism. It's right there in the name.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 04, 2026 06:58 PM (viF8m)

34 as for Putzkommandant Platner, I doubt the tat is hurting him among the moderrrn auuudience.
I'd be interested to see what skeleton goose steps out his closet next, though. I want to see all the media assholes shamed to supporting this guy. He's not a nice person and his past has to go waaay beyond just being an edgy twat.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE)

35 The Pope speaks of redemption yet you mock his quintessence.

Strive to be better.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 04, 2026 06:59 PM (Fbc0I)

36 Wrong Jon Favreau. There are two of them.
Posted by: Delurker

I'd apologize, but they both suck.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 07:00 PM (gKWVE)

37 Oligachy!

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 04, 2026 07:00 PM (PiwSw)

38 I am starting to think I am in Russia in 1941

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0)

39 He's not a nice person and his past has to go waaay beyond just being an edgy twat.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE)

Ill be interested to see what it is. If it is bad, I bet he and the media try to brazen it out. I got $20.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)

40 How long until we get to the, "Okay, Platner is a Nazi, and it's good because x, y, z," stage?

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 04, 2026 07:00 PM (ftFVW)

41 Why did the grandfather have to escape to Brazil if he was just a regular veteran of WW2???

Posted by: dantesed at May 04, 2026 07:01 PM (Oy/m2)

42 If you were a German during the war you were a Nazi. If you weren't a Nazi you went to camp. Not happy fun camp. If you have affinity for Nazism nearly a century after the war you are suspect on many levels.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 07:01 PM (NaHHR)

43 Unlike Kal Penn, who was just one guy. Actor and Obama staffer (scumbag).
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 04, 2026 06:58 PM (syz1S)

--Obama staffer? What did he do with the staff.

Posted by: logprof at May 04, 2026 07:01 PM (jo6FO)

44 >>>41 Why did the grandfather have to escape to Brazil if he was just a regular veteran of WW2???

weird, huh?

Posted by: ace at May 04, 2026 07:02 PM (1wjle)

45 Why did the grandfather have to escape to Brazil if he was just a regular veteran of WW2???
Posted by: dantesed at May 04, 2026 07:01 PM (Oy/m2)

The Germans as a group knew is would get even more ugly if the Soviets invaded. He'll, it was something like 11 million wehrmacht were sent into the gulags after the war. That speaks nothing of the rapes.

So he may have had the means and was aware enough to just want to get the fuck out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 07:03 PM (zZu0s)

46 I want to see all the media assholes shamed to supporting this guy. He's not a nice person and his past has to go waaay beyond just being an edgy twat.
Posted by: gKWVE

That would require them to feel shame which they don't.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 04, 2026 07:03 PM (ftFVW)

47 Veterans Day was just the excuse for her to talk about how accepting her Nazi grandpa was of her lesbianism. Anybody who knows Nazi history knows that a lot if them were flaming fags despite Hitler’s family friendly facade.

At any rate, Neumann’s ultimate goal in celebrating her grandpa Nazi was to make it about her and remind everybody, once again, that she likes girls and is the victim here.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 04, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)

48 ...Grandfather, Albert Neumann was on the German side in WWI & WWII. He escaped to Brazil with my father after Germany lost..."

My BS meter is twitching. Seems to me the timeline just doesn't add up.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 07:04 PM (2WIwB)

49 How did he have the means though?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 07:04 PM (zZu0s)

50 on veteran's day i want to honor the memory of my grandfather who deserted from the tsar's army

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 07:04 PM (CWTWj)

51 Why did the grandfather have to escape to Brazil if he was just a regular veteran of WW2???
Posted by: dantesed

Much better beaches ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critic Just Being Critical, Again . . . at May 04, 2026 07:04 PM (3ZUWJ)

52 Fun fact: Adolf Hitler assumed the title of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht (Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht) and mandated that all officers and soldiers swear a personal oath of loyalty to him.

Posted by: LASue at May 04, 2026 07:05 PM (lCppi)

53 Her grampa was in Sisu. I recognize him.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 04, 2026 07:05 PM (uvUZ+)

54 The Allies ran not happy fun camps too for the German prisoners of war. The West had the Rheinwiesenlager for them. It may be Herr Neumann didn't like his chances there.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 07:05 PM (gKWVE)

55 Why did the grandfather have to escape to Brazil if he was just a regular veteran of WW2???
Posted by: dantesed

Much better beaches ...
Posted by: Adriane the Critic Just Being Critical, Again

Just had to see Carnival?

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 04, 2026 07:06 PM (ftFVW)

56 the memory of my grandfather who deserted from the tsar's army
Posted by: gnats local 678

I had an ancestor who bailed on the Turks'. Good for both of them

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 07:07 PM (gKWVE)

57 Kelly Neumann's grandfather was just big jolly toymaker who served as a sargent at a German POW camp.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 04, 2026 07:07 PM (vFG9F)

58 I wonder if this is going to be another thread supposedly about naziism where Peter Daszak's father's background isn't mentioned.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 04, 2026 07:07 PM (gHSfI)

59 Welcome to DEIlta airlines. Bringing you 1200 woke talking points before you even leave the ground.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 04, 2026 07:08 PM (uvUZ+)

60 We made the age-old 'ok' sign with our hand and were called Nazis.

He has an actual Nazi symbol permanently tattoed on his body, but that's not evidence he's a Nazi.

Well, ok! 👌🏾

Posted by: LASue at May 04, 2026 07:09 PM (lCppi)

61 They are no different today than they were when they were laughing at parents in Cambodia crying as their babies were thrown against trees.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 04, 2026 06:13 PM (MtSIY)

Some of us saw the Left going this way as far back as 2008 and warning nonstop, the moment they were chanting the empty headed chants for Lightbringer.

Made me sick the first time I saw it because I knew. Not just Yes We Can (can WHAT) but Fired Up Ready to Go. To do WHAT.

I knew *exactly* what these mongoloids were that day. And the Obama people loved watching their little retard puppets because they knew too.

Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 07:09 PM (vE0+H)

62 Maple nazis are worse than Illinois nazis.

Posted by: Sifty boones at May 04, 2026 07:09 PM (uvUZ+)

63 Kelly Neumann's grandfather was just big jolly toymaker who served as a sargent at a German POW camp.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 04, 2026 07:07 PM (vFG9F)

He knew NOTHINGKK!

Posted by: LASue at May 04, 2026 07:10 PM (lCppi)

64 >>>Just had to see Carnival?

Posted by: She Hobbit

>The Kardashian ass was just starting to gain popularity.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 04, 2026 07:10 PM (Fbc0I)

65 Posted by: LASue at May 04, 2026 07:09 PM (lCppi)

Turns out you can just call people stuff

Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 07:10 PM (vE0+H)

66 i wonder what year he accepted that she was lez, cause if he served in ww 1 he would have been born in what, 1901?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 07:10 PM (CWTWj)

67 "What did this guy ever say that made you think he had Nazi sympathies???"
Leftist clown

--------------------------

I expect "Tatoo Artist, put this Nazi symbol on my chest" pretty much covers that.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 07:10 PM (8avO+)

68 True Naziism has never been tried.

Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 07:11 PM (vE0+H)

69 i wonder what year he accepted that she was lez, cause if he served in ww 1 he would have been born in what, 1901?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 07:10 PM (CWTWj)

Earlier than that, it started in 1914. 1890-95 more like.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 04, 2026 07:11 PM (8avO+)

70

Who is the girlfriend with the cannons?

Posted by: imp at May 04, 2026 07:11 PM (kRWbU)

71 The "I❤️Lugers" t-shirt might have been a clue.

Posted by: fd at May 04, 2026 07:12 PM (vFG9F)

72 The only problem the left has with Nazis is the "nationalism" part.

Hitler was their "Man of the Year" until he turned on their other socialist to the east.

As I said earlier, at this rate, by late July, the Dems will be arguing that Nazism was good in theory it's just that Hitler had it wrong.

And, simultaneously, the only way you can prove you're not a fascist is to vote for the guy who wishes Hitler had won.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 04, 2026 07:12 PM (MtSIY)

73 Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, but at least it's an ethos.
Posted by: Sifty boones at May 04, 2026 06:57 PM (uvUZ+)

Let's bowl

Posted by: LASue at May 04, 2026 07:13 PM (lCppi)

74 on veteran's day i want to honor the memory of my grandfather who deserted from the tsar's army
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 07:04 PM (CWTWj)

your grandpa was a bolshevik ?

Posted by: runner at May 04, 2026 07:13 PM (GD0B3)

75 Wrong Jon Favreau. There are two of them.
Posted by: Delurker at May 04, 2026 06:55 PM

Is one bearded?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 04, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

76 apparently neuman was born in 1980. i dunno

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 07:13 PM (CWTWj)

77

Fucking nihilists, Donny.

Posted by: imp at May 04, 2026 07:14 PM (kRWbU)

78 48 ...Grandfather, Albert Neumann was on the German side in WWI & WWII. He escaped to Brazil with my father after Germany lost..."

My BS meter is twitching. Seems to me the timeline just doesn't add up.

you know who else was on the german side in wwi and wwii?

Posted by: anachronda at May 04, 2026 07:14 PM (oY6Yp)

79 They're re-making "The Blues Brothers," this time starring Mark Ruffalo and Elliot Page in the lead roles, and in the climactic scene on the new woke version, Jake Blues says, "I love Illinois Nazis."

Posted by: zombie at May 04, 2026 07:14 PM (Av6i5)

80 re 74: got out of russia to avoid the war with japan in like 1905

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 07:15 PM (CWTWj)

81 To be fair, the Totenkopf is kinda a badass symbol, and if you're 18 and stupid and decide to get a tattoo of one...that can be sorta be forgiven. But as a grown adult, and knowing what it symbolizes, I wouldn't get one (well, I wouldn't get any tattoo for that matter). But this shitbag is pretty much your typical Nazi-adjacent Democrat. They're all authoritarian socialist nitwits, some just a bit more nationalistic than international.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 04, 2026 07:15 PM (XMwZJ)

82 Boys from Brazil

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 04, 2026 07:15 PM (Cqx++)

83 Why did the grandfather have to escape to Brazil if he was just a regular veteran of WW2???

==

he was a notorious SS nazi camp guard and the MOSSAD was after him ??

Posted by: runner at May 04, 2026 07:16 PM (GD0B3)

84 The young smooth brains of the democrat party like to use words like "nazi" and get the tatts and other crap to show how tough or "in" they are and blah blah blah. They have no education on what the nazis were or what happened from 1933 to 1945. Their small brain cells think 1975 is ancient history and were Boomer Times before cell phones, free porn and USAID and Obama's Ass Juice tastes so good.

Wait until you see the freaks running around 20 years from now... Lord help us.

Posted by: Ignorant Of History and Doomed to Repeat It at May 04, 2026 07:16 PM (HBTIy)

85 55 Just had to see Carnival?

carnival! renew! renew!

Posted by: logan 7 at May 04, 2026 07:16 PM (oY6Yp)

86 Fired Up Ready to Go.
Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 07:09 PM

Well, we're gassed up and ready to go.

Posted by: Chili with beans consumers at May 04, 2026 07:16 PM (0sNs1)

87 to avoid the war with japan in like 1905
Posted by: gnats local 678

Yeah, Nicky the Deuce won the silver in that one

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 07:17 PM (gKWVE)

88 66 i wonder what year he accepted that she was lez, cause if he served in ww 1 he would have been born in what, 1901?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 07:10 PM (CWTWj)

1914 - 1918, so if he joined at age 16 towards the end of the war he’d have to had been born at least by 1902.

BraveAI says Kelly Neumann was born in 1984.
So Grandpa Nazi had to have been close to 100 years old when he told her it’s OK to be Gay, I guess.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 04, 2026 07:17 PM (6ydKt)

89 Why did the grandfather have to escape to Brazil?

Nuts!

Posted by: General Anthony Clement at May 04, 2026 07:17 PM (DsA2n)

90 Yet somehow we kept losing to these people. I figure norms will be restored post Trump presidency.

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 04, 2026 07:17 PM (cS1cw)

91 It ok when we do it

Posted by: Obergruppenfuhrer DNC at May 04, 2026 07:17 PM (NdsRs)

92 80 re 74: got out of russia to avoid the war with japan in like 1905

ah. tentaclephobic.

Posted by: anachronda at May 04, 2026 07:17 PM (oY6Yp)

93 I had an ancestor who bailed on the Turks'. Good for both of them
Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 07:07 PM (gKWVE)

Cok iyi!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 07:18 PM (2WIwB)

94 >>> Who is the girlfriend with the cannons?
Posted by: imp at May 04, 2026 07:11 PM (kRWbU)

Certainly not my little Asian fish head wife. Whatever TF that means anyway.

Posted by: Chirayu Rana at May 04, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)

95 I did not know anything about the camps!

Posted by: Obergruppenführer Opa at May 04, 2026 07:18 PM (GD0B3)

96 you know who else was on the german side in wwi and wwii?

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Bulgaria.

Posted by: Josephistan at May 04, 2026 07:18 PM (PIhpf)

97 1984. It's that simple.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 04, 2026 07:19 PM (NFX2v)

98 She and the rest of the entire democrap party would have liked to kill American soldiers and Americans.

Convince me I'm wrong.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at May 04, 2026 07:19 PM (xvV+O)

99 Fucking nihilists, Donny.
Posted by: imp at May 04, 2026 07:14 PM (kRWbU)

Heh

Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 07:19 PM (vE0+H)

100 It is just not believable that a rich, white kid who grew up in a life free of consequence, bailed out by daddy at every turn, even to the point that he was handed a business to try and keep him busy, who wore a Nazi tattoo for decades--that guy you want me to believe has more skeletons in his closet?

Your jest is far too much.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 04, 2026 07:20 PM (MtSIY)

101
Our speech is Naziism

Their Naziism is fine

Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 07:20 PM (vE0+H)

102 A little cloning here, a little cloning there -- what's the harm?

Posted by: Josef Mengele with a test-tube of Hitler's DNA at May 04, 2026 07:20 PM (Av6i5)

103 So Grandpa Nazi had to have been close to 100 years old when he told her it’s OK to be Gay, I guess.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 04, 2026 07:17 PM (6ydKt)

And those 100 year old ears probably heard thespian instead of lesbian.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 04, 2026 07:21 PM (CNl8/)

104 If you were a German during the war you were a Nazi. If you weren't a Nazi you went to camp. Not happy fun camp. If you have affinity for Nazism nearly a century after the war you are suspect on many levels.
---
The "I was not a Nazi" polka.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 04, 2026 07:21 PM (MtSIY)

105 re 88: ach, ja, venn i fill up on schnitzel und beer i feel gay, too! dat's what you mean, ja?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 07:21 PM (CWTWj)

106 BraveAI says Kelly Neumann was born in 1984.
So Grandpa Nazi had to have been close to 100 years old when he told her it’s OK to be Gay, I guess.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Just holding that baby, a light shone down. He knew and accepted her. How sweet.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 04, 2026 07:21 PM (ftFVW)

107 If you were a German during the war you were a Nazi. If you weren't a Nazi you went to camp. Not happy fun camp. If you have affinity for Nazism nearly a century after the war you are suspect on many levels.

==

fun fact, not every Wermacht soldier was in The Party

Posted by: runner at May 04, 2026 07:22 PM (GD0B3)

108 On the plus side, gramps did did bring some nice lampshades with him to Brazil, which I still use in my living room.

Posted by: Nazi granddaughter at May 04, 2026 07:22 PM (Av6i5)

109 My grandfather served in the Canadian army in WW1. My apologies.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:22 PM (kxLc1)

110 When I got a tattoo in 1984, it was no devil shit, no nazi shit, and no yellow.

Posted by: connected and litigious at May 04, 2026 07:22 PM (cS1cw)

111 Why did the grandfather have to escape to Brazil if he was just a regular veteran of WW2???
Posted by: dantesed

Much better beaches ...
Posted by: Adriane the Critic Just Being Critical, Again

Just had to see Carnival?
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 04, 2026 07:06 PM (ftFVW)

It's where the boys are.

Posted by: Dr. Josef Mengele at May 04, 2026 07:22 PM (wVcYX)

112 48 ...Grandfather, Albert Neumann was on the German side in WWI & WWII. He escaped to Brazil with my father after Germany lost..."

My BS meter is twitching. Seems to me the timeline just doesn't add up.
****

Could have been in the late stages of WW1. For WW2, would have to have been an officer. Hence the flight to Brazil.

Posted by: clarence at May 04, 2026 07:22 PM (ZhkYm)

113 My German ancestors got out when Bismarck started drafting everybody.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2026 07:23 PM (XcvNy)

114 fun fact, not every Wermacht soldier was in The Party
Posted by: runner at May 04, 2026 07:22 PM (GD0B

This is true. But only Nazis fled to Brazil.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:24 PM (kxLc1)

115 As gramps used to say, "Juden-soap ist der best soap!"

Posted by: Nazi granddaughter at May 04, 2026 07:24 PM (Av6i5)

116 I have a good friend who had a number tattooed on his arm when he was a child. Still alive today. He is ten time the man this dickhead with the nazi tatt on his chest.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 07:24 PM (2WIwB)

117 This is true. But only Nazis fled to Brazil.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:24 PM (kxLc1)

true dat

Posted by: runner at May 04, 2026 07:25 PM (GD0B3)

118 If you were a German during the war you were a Nazi.

My late German mother said her family were not party members and got reduced rations as a result.

Posted by: Halfhand at May 04, 2026 07:25 PM (NdsRs)

119 Unlike Kal Penn, who was just one guy. Actor and Obama staffer (scumbag).
--
Kal had hundreds of dic pics--full body, fully erect penis pics--sent by Obama to him.
And detailed texts recounting of their sexual acts with endless laments demanding they do it again.
And probably some selfies of them kissing.

That is why he was "mugged" in a safe part of DC.
And all they "stole" was his cell phone.
And why the DC police were ordered not to investigate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 04, 2026 07:25 PM (MtSIY)

120 Didn't have to be a party member to hate Jews and kill Americans.

Posted by: zombie at May 04, 2026 07:26 PM (Av6i5)

121 You know we need someone who appeals to Trump voters, someone who is nationalist in their views. But also, someone who appeals to the socialist left. Hmmmm. Someone who is a nationalist, but also a socialist...
National socialist...hmmmm....

Graham Platner! Perfect!

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 04, 2026 07:26 PM (eloIc)

122 How can they be Nazis when they love the Jews so much

Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 07:26 PM (vE0+H)

123 Goering served in WW1 and WW2.

We had people in the military serve in WW2, Korean War and Vietnam.

As someone said above officer level .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:26 PM (kxLc1)

124 One does ponder if Barry has some boners in his closet as well.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 07:26 PM (gKWVE)

125 I was born in Dusseldorf, and that is why they call me Rolf
Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Nazi party!

Posted by: Gruppenfuhrer Opa at May 04, 2026 07:27 PM (GD0B3)

126
I have never understand the Jew hate.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 07:28 PM (3ek7K)

127 They should've done a spinoff sitcom about Col. Klink in Brazil after the war.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 04, 2026 07:28 PM (CNl8/)

128 And she did this on... Veterans Day. American Veterans Day. On American Veterans Day, she decided to tribute a man who killed Americans.

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And so close to Nazi Pride Month? REALLY???

Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:29 PM (JqXxE)

129 After the war , everyone denied they belonged to the party. If they were to be believed the Nazi party only had 88 members.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:29 PM (kxLc1)

130 Planter's not a Nazi he's a Nazist. Totally different.

Posted by: ... at May 04, 2026 07:29 PM (vE0+H)

131 I have never understand the Jew hate.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 07:28 PM (3ek7K)

It is a symptom, of not so good things. You must be a well adjusted person, so you don't.

Posted by: runner at May 04, 2026 07:29 PM (GD0B3)

132 Is it safe?

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 07:30 PM (2WIwB)

133
Why did the grandfather have to escape to Brazil if he was just a regular veteran of WW2???

His Doktor told him the weather there would be good for his health.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 04, 2026 07:30 PM (Cqx++)

134 Goering served in WW1 and WW2.

We had people in the military serve in WW2, Korean War and Vietnam.

As someone said above officer level .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:26 PM (kxLc1)

If any of you sons of bitches calls me grandpa, I'll kill you.

Posted by: Sergeant Major Basil Plumley at May 04, 2026 07:30 PM (wVcYX)

135 They should've done a spinoff sitcom about Col. Klink in Brazil after the war.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 04, 2026 07:28 PM (CNl8/)

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Goys From Brazil.

Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:30 PM (JqXxE)

136 After the war , everyone denied they belonged to the party. If they were to be believed the Nazi party only had 88 members.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:29 PM (kxLc1)

right, 50 million Germans and they only hanged 10 at Nuremberg

Posted by: runner at May 04, 2026 07:31 PM (GD0B3)

137 four seasons, there is no understanding it. I am probably wrong but there are maybe 25 million Jews in a world of 8 billion people.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2026 07:31 PM (z2aPa)

138 One does ponder if Barry has some boners in his closet as well.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 07:26 PM (gKWVE)

Barry has warehouses full. It is to every Americans shame that he was ever elected to anything. He is a nasty human being.

Posted by: Hope and Change at May 04, 2026 07:31 PM (HBTIy)

139 The retraction I would like to see the Free Beacon run:

“ Dear Readers; we are very sorry for implying that Grandpa Neumann was a Nazi, when all we know for sure is that he spent 5 years of his life serving Herr Hitler, and that he swore a personal oath of loyalty to him. Maybe he didn’t really mean it, we don’t know.

Also, while it is true that many high ranking Nazi’s escaped to South America to escape war crimes prosecutions, it is probably just a coincidence that he did the same thing at the same time, possibly on the same boat as some of them.

And furthermore, although we don’t know where he got the funds to make the journey, there is no evidence to support the rumor that a good friend of his gave him a bag full of gold fillings taken from the teeth of cremated Jews.

We hope you will accept our apologies. “

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 04, 2026 07:31 PM (XcvNy)

140 Maybe it's just me, but, I seem to recall only highly placed Nazis who did terrible things escaped to Brazil after the war. The regular rank and file soldiers were not given the option.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 04, 2026 07:31 PM (UJMvS)

141 I should start getting ready for bedtime

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

142 What is really exciting is that Adolf has been dead for 80 years, and all the true Nazi organizations remaining in the US have been funded by the SPLC.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2026 07:31 PM (rbvCR)

143 That's because Neumann made the post "in her private capacity as a granddaughter," which sounds like nonsense.

---------------

"I am immune from prosecution because I murdered my parents in my private capacity as their daughter."

Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:32 PM (JqXxE)

144 four seasons, there is no understanding it. I am probably wrong but there are maybe 25 million Jews in a world of 8 billion people.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2026 07:31 PM (z2aPa)

16.5 million total

Posted by: runner at May 04, 2026 07:32 PM (GD0B3)

145 Jimmy Stewart was in the Air Force Reserves all the way into the late 1960's. I think he even did some kind of mission in Vietnam.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 04, 2026 07:33 PM (CNl8/)

146 Ah, yes, my grandfather died in the camps.

He fell from the watchtower.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 04, 2026 07:33 PM (/d4WW)

147 Albert Neumann was on the German side in WWI & WWII. He escaped to Brazil with my father after Germany lost..."

WWI and WWII? Dude was a died in the wool national socialist. He volunteered to join the german army during WWII because he was way over the age limit for conscription even at the very end of the war.

Then to add insult to injury he fled to brazil after the end of the war. Only die hard nazi's did that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 04, 2026 07:34 PM (0N4FZ)

148
Husband and I have wonderful Jewish friends.

We don't get the Jew hate.

Posted by: four seasons at May 04, 2026 07:34 PM (3ek7K)

149 re 134: from ww eleven to nam was only 20-25 years from end to start, i guess. born 1920 could have done all three wars. maybe even desert storm if you could stay on that long

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 07:34 PM (CWTWj)

150 Some Maryland Rep wants to set pre existing term limits on Supreme Court.
They can't quit trying to take over the government

Posted by: Skip at May 04, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

151 Maybe it's just me, but, I seem to recall only highly placed Nazis who did terrible things escaped to Brazil after the war. The regular rank and file soldiers were not given the option.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 04, 2026 07:31 PM (UJMvS)

I worked with a couple Brazilian army officers who's fathers were on subs that went to Brazil rather than surrender. The officers were likely Nazis, but most of the crew were just sailors doing their part for their country. But many stayed in Brazil.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 07:34 PM (2WIwB)

152 Jimmy Stewart was in the Air Force Reserves all the way into the late 1960's. I think he even did some kind of mission in Vietnam.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 04, 2026 07:33 PM (CNl8/

He was on secret runs on B-52s planning Laos bombing IIRC.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:35 PM (kxLc1)

153 Don't mention the war.

Posted by: Basil Fawlty at May 04, 2026 07:35 PM (wVcYX)

154
"No, I hold my right arm that way because of an old war wound."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 04, 2026 07:35 PM (HdYcL)

155
Good lord, after all the "that starts with M and that rhymes with N and that stands for Nazi" charges that conservatives have been hit with. I remember when Frank Figliuzzi gasped in bulgey-eyed, jowl-set rage that Trump had made some announcement on August 8 -- EIGHT EIGHT, get it?? The 8th letter of the alphabet is H!!!!! HH means Heil Hitler!!!!

MSNOW, dredge him up and ask him about this one.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 07:36 PM (n7rxJ)

156 Maybe it's just me, but, I seem to recall only highly placed Nazis who did terrible things escaped to Brazil after the war. The regular rank and file soldiers were not given the option.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 04, 2026 07:31 PM (UJMvS)

The Rat Line and ODESSA were available for SS men with rank.

Everyone else was on their own.

Posted by: Zombie Martin Bormann at May 04, 2026 07:36 PM (HBTIy)

157 This is what Wikipedia says about Stewart:

During the Vietnam War, he flew as a non-duty observer in a B-52 on an Arc Light bombing mission in February 1966.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 04, 2026 07:36 PM (CNl8/)

158 Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 07:34 PM (2WIwB)

I don't kkkw about many. I assume the officers stayed and a lot of the non officers went back.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:37 PM (kxLc1)

159 139, LOL!

this!

(if only, if only ... )

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 07:38 PM (VyBeY)

160 “ If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.”

John 15:18-19

“ See how your enemies growl,
how your foes rear their heads.
With cunning they conspire against your people;
they plot against those you cherish.
“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation,
so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”

Psalm 83:2-4

Posted by: Marcus T at May 04, 2026 07:38 PM (0ZmKh)

161
subs that went to Brazil rather than surrender.

Posted by: Diogenes

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

Wait, what? Brief interruption for history lesson requested. I suppose the remains of those subs are still around somewhere?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 07:39 PM (n7rxJ)

162 The Platner tattoo story is so "We've Always Been at War with Eastasia"

I'm glad that guy @pragmatometer made it.

He got the tattoo he wore the tattoo. Period end of story. You want to pretend otherwise, or explain it away with some feigned ignorance, not gonna happen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 07:39 PM (RIvkX)

163 I worked with a couple Brazilian army officers who's fathers were on subs that went to Brazil rather than surrender. The officers were likely Nazis, but most of the crew were just sailors doing their part for their country. But many stayed in Brazil.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 07:34 PM (2WIwB)
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Interesting.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 04, 2026 07:39 PM (UJMvS)

164 Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 04, 2026 07:34 PM (0N4FZ)

Hard to say. Could have been conscripted Volksturm. Could have been a Prussian Nazi-hating aristocrat who was an officer. But most likely a Nazi.

My great uncle was a Nazi. Escaped to Portugal and then to Venezuela. Not something we are proud of, but no reflection on anyone but him.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 04, 2026 07:39 PM (wGerL)

165 I posted about this earlier. The Dem party is flat out losing their marbles. Fun and bizarre to watch at the same time.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 04, 2026 07:40 PM (gu0hJ)

166 Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 04, 2026 07:34 PM (CWTW

45-74

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:40 PM (kxLc1)

167 An interesting fact is the Nazi tattoo covers up a penguin tattoo.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 04, 2026 07:41 PM (vFG9F)

168 Steiner is coming.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 04, 2026 07:41 PM (Fbc0I)

169 I posted about this earlier. The Dem party is flat out losing their marbles. Fun and bizarre to watch at the same time.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 04, 2026 07:40 PM (gu0hJ)
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And their constituents will tell you, in their wide-eyed spittle flecked rage, how anything is better than Trump!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 04, 2026 07:41 PM (UJMvS)

170 I don't kkkw about many. I assume the officers stayed and a lot of the non officers went back.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:37 PM (kxLc1)

A.lot did. But I guess a surprising number stayed. In 1945 Brazil must of seemed like heaven compared.to.Germany. My dad was on subs in the US Navy so these guys were fairly open about their upbringing. Interesting stuff.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 07:41 PM (2WIwB)

171 167 An interesting fact is the Nazi tattoo covers up a penguin tattoo.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at May 04, 2026 07:41 PM (vFG9F)

Ha! Doubly unforgiveable.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 04, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz)

172 Almost all real Nazis are dead. Only Hitler Youth Nazis still kicking.

Reminded myself how much I liked Jo Jo Rabbit.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:42 PM (kxLc1)

173 subs that went to Brazil rather than surrender.

Posted by: Diogenes

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

Wait, what? Brief interruption for history lesson requested. I suppose the remains of those subs are still around somewhere?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 07:39 PM (n7rxJ)

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Some island's secret lair owned by a Bond Villain?

/good question, wonder what became of them -- maybe intentionally scuttled at the bottom of the sea?

Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:42 PM (JqXxE)

174 I suppose the remains of those subs are still around somewhere?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 07:39 PM (n7rxJ)

Running drugs now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:43 PM (kxLc1)

175 good question, wonder what became of them -- maybe intentionally scuttled at the bottom of the sea?
Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:42 PM (JqXxE)

When I asked the Brazilian guys about that, they said the Brazilian navy took control of them.
Who knows???

Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 07:44 PM (2WIwB)

176 I come from a long line of draft dodgers.

Which, I might not have come from, if they weren't draft dodgers.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 04, 2026 07:44 PM (/d4WW)

177 And their constituents will tell you, in their wide-eyed spittle flecked rage, how anything is better than Trump!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at May 04, 2026 07:41 PM (UJMvS)

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Especially The Mad Mullahs of Iran with lots of nukes and ICBMs.

Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:44 PM (JqXxE)

178 FWIW, a lot of people left German after the war, because the country was in terrible condition, and no one really knew if the Americans would sell the whole place, or just part of it the Russians. South America was a good place to go since they needed technically trained workers and Germans were good at working. Germany they knew was destroyed, and a new start was not a bad idea. A lot Japanese also went to Brazil.

As far as rounding up and hanging all the Nazis in 1945, I am sure it was considered, but the Russians and American armies had just liberated concentration camps, death camps and labor camps, and I suspect no one who had even read up on the reports would have consented to participate in a second genocide.

anyone you meet who suggests it would have been good or useful to do so probably hasn't got a clue as to what they are talking about and considers a tragedy to be "not getting sprinkles and nutmeg on their latte. "

Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2026 07:44 PM (rbvCR)

179 Yeah but did the Nazi grandfather serve in WW11?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 04, 2026 07:44 PM (ZVgZ4)

180 The Lesbians from Brazil. Hmmm

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 04, 2026 07:45 PM (gu0hJ)

181 Whatever oppo research they have, they better hold it until it's too late to replace Nazi tattoo guy with run of the mill Karen hag.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 04, 2026 07:45 PM (wGerL)

182 Symbols bear only the meaning that The Party currently declares them to bear.

Posted by: 29Victor at May 04, 2026 07:45 PM (0MjtC)

183 Pharoah couldn't do it
The Germans couldn't do it
The Arabs couldn't do it
The UN couldn't do it
The IRGC couldn't do it

Israel is eternal

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2026 07:45 PM (z2aPa)

184 subs that went to Brazil rather than surrender.

Posted by: Diogenes

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

Wait, what? Brief interruption for history lesson requested. I suppose the remains of those subs are still around somewhere?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 04, 2026 07:39 PM (n7rxJ)

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Some island's secret lair owned by a Bond Villain?

/good question, wonder what became of them -- maybe intentionally scuttled at the bottom of the sea?
Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:42 PM (JqXxE)

Look up U-530 and U-977, for example.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 04, 2026 07:45 PM (wVcYX)

185 I come from a long line of draft dodgers.

Which, I might not have come from, if they weren't draft dodgers.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at May 04, 2026 07:44 PM (/d4WW)

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I'm pretty sure that had abortion been legal in 1961, I likely would not have existed.

Shotgun Weddings FTW!

Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:46 PM (JqXxE)

186 Posted by: Diogenes at May 04, 2026 07:41 PM (2WIw

I was thinking most had wives and children. Germans are hard though so I can see them saying fuck it I'm staying.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:46 PM (kxLc1)

187 Look up U-530 and U-977, for example.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 04, 2026 07:45 PM (wVcYX)

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Thanks Count, will do now.

Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:46 PM (JqXxE)

188 There were pre-war communities of Japanese and Germans in South America, and the refugees went there.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2026 07:46 PM (rbvCR)

189 Putzkommandant Platner

Posted by: gKWVE at May 04, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE)

Stealing that! Er, redistributing it for the good of the blog, comrade!

Posted by: pookysgirl, Meme Kommissar at May 04, 2026 07:47 PM (Wt5PA)

190 If you were a German during the war you were a Nazi. If you weren't a Nazi you went to camp. Not happy fun camp. If you have affinity for Nazism nearly a century after the war you are suspect on many levels.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 07:01 PM (NaHHR)
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Party membership did become compulsory in 1939 but I don't recall to what extent this was actually prosecuted, and whether it would be prosecuted by the Kripo or the Gestapo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 07:48 PM (RIvkX)

191 If he fled to Brasil, he is not rank and file Wehrmacht. Served in the Great War and World War II?

Herr General Neumann? How many ghettos did he liquidate?

Hitler and the Reich bribed the senior German military leadership to stay loyal.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 07:49 PM (2GVsD)

192
He got the tattoo he wore the tattoo. Period end of story.

I say "let 'em crash!"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 04, 2026 07:49 PM (Cqx++)

193 If you weren't a Nazi you didn't have work. Jobs were for party members.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2026 07:50 PM (z2aPa)

194 Look up U-530 and U-977, for example.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 04, 2026 07:45 PM (wVcYX)

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Thanks Count, will do now.

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Fascinating; both transited to Argentina, then were transferred to the USA and scuttled at sea.

Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:50 PM (JqXxE)

195 @191 right, you needed serious Party cash (or gold crowns) to make it to Brazil.

Posted by: runner at May 04, 2026 07:50 PM (GD0B3)

196 There were pre-war communities of Japanese and Germans in South America, and the refugees went there.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 04, 2026 07:46 PM (rbvCR)

So is your point that you're defending this commie lesbian and her grandfather who fled to Brazil with the rest of the Nazis wasn't a Nazi?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:51 PM (kxLc1)

197 "Democrats Just Can't Stop Tributing Nazis "

National Socialists, amirite?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 07:52 PM (VyBeY)

198 The Nazi U-boats were taken to the secret Nazi base in Antarctica, before all the remaining Nazis flew to their secret base on the dark side of the Moon!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 04, 2026 07:52 PM (ZVgZ4)

199 If you weren't a Nazi you didn't have work. Jobs were for party members.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2026 07:50 PM (z2aPa)

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Thank goodness things like that could never happen here.

Wait, wut?

* Academia, Media, Hollywood, Big Tech, et. al. -- not to mention the Covid PsyOps including our own U.S. Servicemen -- have entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS at May 04, 2026 07:53 PM (JqXxE)

200 I aimed for the stars, but landed mainly on London.

Posted by: Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun, SS Major at May 04, 2026 07:53 PM (wVcYX)

201 "My maternal grandfather was the toughest guy I ever knew. World War II veteran. Killed twenty men then spent the rest of the war in an Allied prison camp."

Posted by: Oglebay at May 04, 2026 07:54 PM (2ap+5)

202 >>>"Democrats Just Can't Stop Tributing Nazis "

National Socialists, amirite?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez

>Don't forget the 'No Kings,' King Chuckles. Democrats will sell their grandmothers for a taste of someone else's wealth.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 04, 2026 07:55 PM (Fbc0I)

203 If you were a German during the war you were a Nazi. If you weren't a Nazi you went to camp. Not happy fun camp. If you have affinity for Nazism nearly a century after the war you are suspect on many levels.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 04, 2026 07:01 PM (NaHHR)
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Party membership did become compulsory in 1939 but I don't recall to what extent this was actually prosecuted, and whether it would be prosecuted by the Kripo or the Gestapo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 07:48 PM

If the guy did serve in WWI and WWII he was at least 40 years old at the beginning of WWII in 1940, he was not conscripted at that point, if he was in the german army then he was 100% a volunteer and most likely a nazi.

He might have been shanghaied at the end of the war and put in a volkstruum unit in April 1945 and shoved out the door with a panzerfaust in Berlin to stop the russians as noted above, but those guys did not get trips on submarines to Brazil at the end of the war if they survived.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 04, 2026 07:55 PM (0N4FZ)

204
I posted about this earlier. The Dem party is flat out losing their marbles. Fun and bizarre to watch at the same time.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I can hardly wait for them to take power.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 04, 2026 07:55 PM (Cqx++)

205 Two very good movies about the Nazis

The Couple and The Book Thief.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2026 07:55 PM (z2aPa)

206 So is your point that you're defending this commie lesbian and her grandfather who fled to Brazil with the rest of the Nazis wasn't a Nazi?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at May 04, 2026 07:51 PM (kxLc1)

It 'could' have happened. I don't think Kindl is defending them, merely pointing out possibilities.

Likely? *waggles hand back and forth*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 04, 2026 07:55 PM (zZu0s)

207 Weren't we supposed to be "punching Nazis?"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 04, 2026 07:56 PM (jehhT)

208 I did hit the moon, though.

Posted by: Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun, SS Major at May 04, 2026 07:57 PM (wVcYX)

209 Cafe nood!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 04, 2026 07:57 PM (NcvvS)

210 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 04, 2026 07:57 PM (VyBeY)

211 40 How long until we get to the, "Okay, Platner is a Nazi, and it's good because x, y, z," stage?
Posted by: She Hobbit at May 04, 2026 07:00 PM (ftFVW)

"Crossover appeal!"

Posted by: SciVo at May 04, 2026 07:57 PM (Sy6m/)

212 U-530 was a Type IXc/40 U-boat. 7 war patrols. Surrendered 10 Jul 1945, Mar de Plata Argentina. Turned over to the US and was scuttled in 1947 by torpedo off Cape Cod.

U-977 was a Type VIIC U-boat. 1 war patrol. Surrendered 17 Aug 1945, Mar de Plata Argentina. 66-day voyage from Norway. Turned over to the US. Sunk by ]USS Atule in 1946 off Cape Cod.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 04, 2026 07:57 PM (2GVsD)

213 Ever have one of those truly defining moments in your life? Mine came when my history teacher showed our class a documentary called " Let My People Go"

Posted by: Ben Had at May 04, 2026 08:00 PM (z2aPa)

214 {Ben Had}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 04, 2026 08:03 PM (RIvkX)

215 Stalin was fully on board with hanging 50k German officers.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 04, 2026 08:04 PM (XMwZJ)

216 Nobody in Germany was a Nazi. Just like everyone in France was in the resistance.

Posted by: Heroq at May 04, 2026 08:06 PM (c3Uld)

217 I want to see the GOP use Platner like the Dems used that Rep House candidate in 2006 that was flirting with male interns.

And...the funny thing is a couple of years after 2006 the left got on board with MAPs...maybe they should find that guy and have him run as a Dem now?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 04, 2026 08:07 PM (sKqQm)

218 At this point, I think the only reason the Left believes that "Nazi R Bad" is because Hitler attacked Russia.

Before that, there was a good number of Americans that were for Nazi Germany. All the fluff pieces in the newspaper, proping up Adolf and the German machine. But wasn't it only after he attacked their Communist lover, the USSR, that said papers and the left turned against him?

And given the outright antipathy to Israelies and to Jews in general, they'd be perfectly fine with it. After all, they and much of Europe still haven't forgiven the Jews for the death camps.

Case in point: They LOVED Russia before Trump. Remember the TurboCharge button? And when Romney claimed Russia was our #1 threat, Obama pooh-pooh'ed it? If it weren't for Hillary and her "Russian Collusion" witch's brew, they would have been funding Russia to attack Ukraine. But TDS controls everything they do.

Another reminder - the Burisma corruption got swept under the rug. Biden even admitted it, live on air. Yet *TRUMP* was the corrupt one and was impeached?

Posted by: Another Anon at May 04, 2026 08:08 PM (4h45B)

219 Punch Nazis AND those who support them!

Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at May 04, 2026 08:09 PM (gWfAG)

220 The left has been coming around on NAZIs for a while now.

Remember Canuckistan honored a guy that fought for the Waffen SS in Ukraine...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 04, 2026 08:14 PM (sKqQm)

221 I've got a several times removed Polish cousin who fought in WWI. Of course, there's the little detail that he served in an artillery battalion in the Austro-Hungarian Army! I'm not stupid enough to try to link him to the American holiday of Veterans Day.

This Lefty woman probably had no idea that Veterans Day is an American holiday, she being a Citizen-of-the-World (tm).

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 04, 2026 08:16 PM (ksbjf)

222 I am old enough to remember the flap in the 80s when President Reagan was in Europe for the 40th anniversary of the end of the war, and a visit to a cemetery with WWII fallen was scheduled, but it was a big deal because there were some SS dead buried there. So there was a visit to a former concentration camp first, then he and the German chancellor spent a few minutes at the cemetery. Reconciliation is not that easy, apparently, for some.

Posted by: Fritz at May 04, 2026 09:16 PM (J7jo9)

223 Reminder: Nazis were on the far left of politics. Nazi in English is National Socialist, which was right next to the Communists, who were the USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. A Nazi today is on the left-wing, not in any way right wing. Nazis are aligned with the left wing of the Democratic Party in the United States.

Posted by: Roland Hirsch at May 04, 2026 10:24 PM (Imt38)

224 The working title for her Opa's biopic: The Gay-Friendly German General from Brazil - Avenging the Night of the Long Knives!

Posted by: zefal at May 05, 2026 08:28 PM (MVCbI)

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