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The Morning Report — 7/ 28 /26

Good morning kids.

With the situation in Iran still unresolved, not only our current military action against the Mullahs but the past 47 years of tyrannical despotism against a long suffering populace that yearns to return to the normalcy that goes back to the time before they came to power.

Exile is hard enough on its own, but days like today make it even harder.
America gave me safety, freedom, and the opportunity to rebuild my life. I learned the language, embraced the culture, and came to appreciate the rule of law. I built a career. I made friends. I built a life. I am proud of everything I have accomplished here.
Because of that, people often assume that after twenty-seven years, I have gotten used to being away from my homeland. But that is only half the story.
The other half is watching the life I was forced to leave behind, in a matter of minutes, slowly disappear.

It is difficult and heartbreaking to read the erudite Anna Cyrus' cri de couer not only for her and for sure many Iranian expats and of course those still suffering at the hands of the Mullahs but her words hit me on a gut level for what we ourselves perhaps are on the precipice of having to experience ourselves. As I commented there, "Given who and what the Democrat/Left are and the rise of soicialism and it’s ally Islam here in the USA, I sometimes feel as if one day I might wind up being an exile in my own homeland. God forbid."

Even a cursory scan of the headlines and pull quotes in the links only makes that fear even more palpable.

The Democratic Socialists of America mean to end the United States — and if you don't believe me, take a look at what DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer had to say about it this weekend. . . Welcome to the U.S.S.A., comrades. There might not be any prisons for criminals, but why do I get the feeling that there will be plenty of camps for resistors?
As my old-school blogging acquaintance Peter "Da Tech Guy" Ingemi put it, "Well, I'll give her 10 out of 10 for honesty." To that, I'd add: You've been warned.

It's one thing to have one or two outliers like Bernie Sanders or TItty-Caca Ocasio Cortez run or even win elections but we now have one of the two major political parties being more or less effectively controlled by people who seek to utterly destroy this nation as it was founded and anyone who dares oppose that goal, meaning You and Me.

New York City’s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani doxxed a wide swath of his own constituents — just days after a terrorist attack — by publishing a searchable database of properties impacted by his new “pied-à-terre” tax. The database, uploaded by the New York City Department of Finance, includes the addresses and names of property owners of homes valued at over one million dollars that the city has determined are not being used as primary residences.

Good and hard New Yorkers, you're going to get it right in the neck. He and his cadres will kick you out on the streets, take all your money and if you dare make a peep in protest, quite likely your life.

Well, the wolf is at your throats and you voted for it. Did I say wolves, I meant coyotes!

In 2009, Taylor Mitchell, a 19-year-old woman, went hiking in a Canadian park on a public trail and was attacked by coyotes. Some hikers heard her screams as she was assaulted for half an hour, but did nothing to help, when rescue finally arrived, she was conscious and bleeding badly.
The young woman was airlifted to the hospital, but did not survive.
Under pressure from environmentalists, Canada, like parts of the United States, had allowed coyotes and wolves to expand their territories, especially the coyote-wolf hybrids who had killed Taylor, and the animals had become increasingly aggressive, wiping out their natural prey, and eventually stalking and attacking humans. The attack on the young woman was one of a series.
Taylor’s mother however pleaded with the authorities to spare the coyotes who had killed her daughter. “When the decision had been made to kill the pack of coyotes, I clearly heard Taylor’s voice say, ‘Please don’t, this is their space.’ She wouldn’t have wanted their demise, especially as a result of her own,” she wrote. “She was passionate about animals, was an environmentalist.”

Forget about Mamdani and all the rest, it's fools like this who vote for them election after election that's the problem.

Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Victor Davis Hanson: The Left’s socialist revolt did not come from nowhere—it was the inevitable offspring of years of Democrat radicalization, now turning against the party that created it.
The Socialist Monster Awakens

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

How nonprofits used the “racial reckoning” to funnel millions of dollars into a radical agenda to transform St. Louis
A Decade After Michael Brown, Activists Still Rule Ferguson
Democrat congressional candidate Adam Hamawy defended far-left streamer Hasan Piker’s “America deserved 9/11” comments in an interview posted Thursday, insisting the remark should be kept “in perspective.” (Evil reptile farted it out with his forked tongue - jjs)
New Jersey Democrat Defends Piker’s ‘America Deserved 9/11’: ‘I Still Love the Guy’
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
During her sentencing hearing earlier this month, Dugan said she hopes to return to public service one day. (I agree; grind her up and use her to fill in potholes - jjs)
EXCLUSIVE: New Effort Emerges To Disbar Judge Who Helped Illegal Immigrant Criminal Evade ICE
Homan revealed the plans for the ICE surge early last month, but at the time he gave no timeline for launching the law enforcement campaign.
Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Announces the New York ICE Surge Has Begun
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
“Claims that Iran has requested negotiations are fabrications that the other side circulates from time to time,” he insisted.
Iran Claims It Controls Strait of Hormuz, Has No Interest in Negotiations with ‘Mafia’ U.S. (Margh Bar...zini! - jjs)
The Saudi defense ministry said on Monday that it intercepted multiple drones launched by Iran against oil facilities in eastern Saudi Arabia and the national capital of Riyadh.
Iran Focuses Attacks on Saudi Arabia and Red Sea Shipping Lanes
The president indicated he has little patience for a prolonged negotiating process, saying any diplomatic breakthrough will have to come quickly.
Trump Says U.S. in ‘Very Deep Talks’ with Iran — Warns of ‘Strong Military Action’ if Diplomacy Fails
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
. . .41-year-old Elaine Angene Escoe arrived back in South Florida Thursday after Jamaican authorities arrested her after a federal manhunt. Escoe was accused of masterminding a scheme that fraudulently obtained more than $32 million in taxpayer-funded pandemic aid according to Fox News.
Fugitive on FBI’s ‘Most Wanted Fraudsters’ List Arrested, Returned to U.S.
In the wake of a mass shooting in Seattle Sunday, the city�s Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson is facing scrutiny for deactivating surveillance cameras in parts of the city to protect criminals and illegal aliens.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Faces Backlash After Mass Shooting For Deactivating CCTV Cameras
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
What did you expect him to say?
Mamdani: Muslim Who Stabbed Two While Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ May Be Mentally Ill
Despite the attacker reportedly claiming that he was motivated by “Allah”, the case is not currently being treated as a terror incident. A source close to the investigation told Le Parisien: “The guy said Allah sent me to kill women. But no, he’s crazy.”
Pregnant Woman Among Three Injured in Paris ‘Allah Commanded Me’ Stabbing Spree
Talarico’s resurfaced comments are likely to create problems for the Democrat candidate. Texas is a Christian, conservative stronghold where Democrats have not won a U.S. Senate seat in over 30 years. Talarico’s comments continue to spark questions about the authenticity of his Christian faith. This is not the first comment of its kind from Talarico, who previously hailed the virtues of non-Christian “spiritualism.” Talarico will face off against Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in November later this year.
Talarico Credits ‘Islamic Mystics’ for Influencing His Christian Beliefs.
Those who want to destroy the United States because of its sins of slavery and colonization are eager to replace it with Islam, which has the same sins.
Imagine America under Sharia
New law makes Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha official state holidays, with a “curriculum guide” for public schools.
CAIR Colonizes California for Islam
One of the Islamic Relief USA 'Cruise for a Cause' events took place aboard the Nautical Empress, 'one of New York Harbor's most impressive private charter yachts'
Abdul El-Sayed Headlined Luxury Fundraising Cruises for Islamic Charity Linked to Muslim Brotherhood
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
In Ohio, the current standard is that your friends can come over to party without a permit but not to pray. That can’t be right.
A Permit to Have Friends Over
The most dangerous antisemite is not necessarily the person whose political label Jews have been taught to fear.
How Antisemitism Sneaks Up on Progressive Jews
Under a Prime Minister who is distinctly unsympathetic to the Jewish state.
Another Antisemitic Attack in Canada
TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH
In April, the a grand jury delivered a two-count indictment against Comey, charging that he “did knowingly and willfully make a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States, in that he publicly posted a photograph on the internet social media site Instagram which depicted seashells arranged in a pattern making out ’86 47,’ which a reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret as a serious expression of an intent to do harm to the President of the United States.”
James Comey Asks Charges Be Dropped, Says ’86 47′ Not a Threat
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The Outrider Foundation, a Madison, Wisconsin-based charity funded by Democratic donor Frank Burgess, describes itself as a "non-political, nonpartisan 501c3 organization that educates the public about nuclear security threats and climate issues." Its website claims "it is possible to dismantle our nuclear weapons" and urges readers to act.
Anti-Nuke Charity Pays for CNN Reporter on Nuke Beat
The incident highlights the aggressive tactics of the Murdoch press, and raises concerns about privacy invasion and media bias against allies and supporters of Nigel Farage and Donald Trump.
Murdoch’s Times Newspaper Stalks Federal Judge, Widow at Reform UK Donor’s House.
But his joke inadvertently proved that the corporate media knows the entire trans ideology is one big farce.
Media Meltdown Over Trump’s Dylan Mulvaney Joke Proves They Know Trans Ideology Is A Lie

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The greatest point of failure in American cyberspace is the procurement monoculture that lawmakers in Washington spent decades creating.
America Needs To Renegotiate Its Most Famous Software Marriage
“These things will have been rendered irrelevant...Human beings weren’t made to have only hobbies.”
Big Tech’s War on Human Achievement
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The easing of oil prices may provide global central banks, including the Federal Reserve, with some assurance on inflationary pressures as they consider interest rate adjustments. Analysts suggest oil prices could retreat further if a lasting resolution to the Iran war emerges, which could stabilize global markets and reduce energy price-driven inflation.
Oil Prices Drop Amid Pause in Iran Fighting, Hope for Fresh Ceasefire.
The Wall Street Journal reports that a significant shift is emerging in corporate America’s approach to staffing, with major employers across multiple industries announcing intentions to hire new workers despite previous predictions that artificial intelligence would substantially reduce workforce needs.
Major Corporations Resume Hiring as AI Limitations Become Apparent
America First means putting American workers, American families, American communities, and American national interests first.
Putting American Workers First in South Carolina
The Department of Finance uploaded a searchable database including the addresses and names of property owners.
Mamdani Just Handed The Internet Thousands Of Names And Addresses

RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
What the defenders of animals who attack children tell us about pathological empathy.
The Women Who Get Eaten by Coyotes
But the facts will win out in the end.
The Climate Crazy, It’s Still With Us
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The police arrested one suspect and are searching for another one.
Shooting at Seattle Food Festival Leaves Three Dead, Five Injured
Welcome to the Left's love of criminals.
DSA Assault on Prisons is Rooted in Third World-ist Lust for Barbarism
The suspect was identified as Leon Dryer who was taken into custody on Saturday regarding two counts of possession of child porn, also known as Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), WGGB reported Sunday.
VIDEO: Massachusetts Teacher Who Was Camp Counselor Accused in Child Porn Case
Inside the federal and state law-enforcement operation turning one of America’s most dangerous cities around
Saving Memphis
The charges were dropped about one month before Omar filmed the TikTok video of Hendrix
Somali Man Who Filmed Shiloh Hendrix Had Rape Charges Dropped ‘In Interest Of Justice’
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Differing rates of discipline for different races put school districts at risk of federal action even if policies were enforced neutrally.
Education Department Repeals Harmful Disparate-Impact Regulations Used To Undermine School Safety
Glenn Reynolds: Academia has a diversity problem, and people are starting to notice. Oh, it’s not a race/gender diversity problem; academia has paid a lot of attention to that. It’s a political diversity problem.
Even the left is now flagging the gross bias at America’s universities
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
That brings the total of senators demanding Thune do a vote before the recess to five. And Presler has almost daily updates exposing the number of non-citizens on Pennsylvania non-juror lists and voter rolls to illustrate why Thune is so irresponsible in continuing to stall the SAVE America Act and the House budget resolution that included provisions of the act.
5 Senators Press Thune on SAVE America Act as Voter Roll Cleanup Costs Dems 9,000 in Pennsylvania
Trump identified election interference as a major mechanism to advance neo-Bolshevik tyranny in the United States.
The State of American Elections: For the Left, ‘The Worse, the Better’
Trump signed the order in March, directing the Postal Service to restrict delivery of mail-in ballots in states that refuse to hand over lists of eligible voters. It also orders the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration to compile lists of verified absentee voters for the Postal Service to reference, and threatens to withhold federal funds from states that do not comply, part of a larger effort by the president to tighten a mail voting system he has long argued is vulnerable to abuse.
Trump Administration Asks SCOTUS to Revive Mail-In Voting Order Ahead of Midterms
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
After leaked audio outraged many Democrats, the debate moderator confronted El-Sayed over his "ogre on a pike" comment.
Michigan Democrat Debate Solves The ‘Ogre’ Mystery
POLITICS
The Office of the Attending Physician pointed out that McConnell’s “bout with childhood polio” has hampered his mobility, meaning he’ll take longer to recover.
McConnell Out of Hospital, Not ‘Medically Cleared’ to Return to Senate
James Blair, Trump’s former White House political director and now a coordinator of his midterm effort, said the president intends to spend heavily.
Report: Trump’s $400M War Chest Set to Put Democrats on Defense
The GOP faces a tough midterm environment—but redistricting wins, financial strength, and Democrat divisions could help Republicans preserve their fragile House majority.
The GOP Is Fighting to Hold the House. It Just Might Do It.
Welcome to the U.S.S.A., comrades. There might not be any prisons for criminals, but why do I get the feeling that there will be plenty of camps for resistors?
DSA's Solemn Vow: We Win an Election, You Lose a Country.
... Jackson is unambiguously a leftist, and the first ad in his failed campaign for governor proudly declared that he was “the only Democrat for Governor endorsed by Bernie Sanders.”
Don’t Let Graham Platner’s Replacement Fool You. He’s Still A Crazy Leftist
BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS
Do you remember how, during the 2020 campaign, Donald Trump warned voters that China knew things about the Biden family's business dealings that gave Beijing real leverage over Joe Biden? He said Biden was compromised, and the legacy media rolled its eyes, called it a conspiracy theory, and moved on. Well, it turns out Trump was right the whole time.
Bombshell Documents Point to China Blackmail Efforts Targeting Biden Family
The former commander-in-chief also repeatedly made reference to retaining classified information in the discussions with his biographer Mark Zwonitzer, according to newly-released audio tapes.
Confused Biden admitted he discovered classified materials ‘downstairs’ in bumbling chat with ghostwriter: ‘Many pauses and ums’
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
The ruling reinforces Australia’s censorship regime, setting a precedent for how public figures are allowed to address immigrants attacking the country and its heritage.
Court Backs ‘Hate Speech’ Ruling Against Populist Leader Who Told Anti-British Muslim Senator to Go Back to Pakistan.
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
It’s not that we were pro-Russian. (Most of us hoped Russia would lose.) But we simply didn’t care enough about the Russian-Ukrainian border to sacrifice American wealth, blood, and treasure.
The Great MAGA Reversal on Ukraine: How Helping Zelensky Became ‘America First’
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Preventing contractors from repurchasing shares or dividends won’t solve our defense-industrial woes
The Pentagon Should Buy the Weapons It Needs, Not Tell Companies What to Build.
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
An attempt to cancel medical giant Dr. Howard Maibach demonstrates how deeply DEI and CRT have penetrated modern medicine.
Has Medical Education Gone Woke?
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
The greatest threat to public trust comes when powerful people and institutions use their authority to suppress the truth.
Fauci Toadies Privately Called Lab Leak Theory ‘Highly Likely’ While Publicly Shutting It Down
. . . initially telling the public it was 2 to 2.5 percent but privately recording in his diary that it was “more like 0.2-0.3%.”
Fauci Diary Shows He Lied to the Public About Coronavirus Fatality Rate
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Using the data from the most detailed Hubble Space Telescope image of the nearby Andromeda galaxy (shown above), astronomers have mapped out the galaxy’s stars in a way that shows the likely star formation rate over the past 500 million years, and discovered that the rate has been dropping steadily, with a sudden decline about 40 million years ago.
Star formation in the Andromeda galaxy has slowed precipitously in the past half billion years
If true, this issue raises the risks of this very risky $3 billion mission that is vastly overbudget and, according to a September 2025 inspector general report, not likely to meet its 2028 launch window.
Is Dragonfly’s power source less capable than planned?
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Actor Alan Ritchson, star of Amazon Prime Video’s hit action series Reacher, seemingly justified those who hate President Donald Trump committing political violence.
‘Reacher’ Star Alan Ritchson Urges Americans to Stoke Their Anger over Trump to the Point of Bloodshed
Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino will step down as of August 9 and has hopefully been replaced by a CEO who does not hate Cracker Barrel and its customers and will not target kids for grooming.
Disastrous CEO Julie Masino Out at Cracker Barrel
"For the parents who rely on a regular supply of apple slices to keep toddler tantrums at bay."
Socialism’s Latest Fantasy: Apple Slices Stop Toddler Tantrums
Christian Toto:Fathom re-releases 2004 hit along with look at Gibson's Resurrection
How to See Sneak Peek of Passion of the Christ Sequel
HITHER & YON
A new report makes that claim, but its own data say otherwise—and Albany’s paralysis is the real safety hazard.
Are Autonomous Cars More Dangerous Than Uber Drivers?
They pushed on, despite seeing friends cut down around them. Some pushed on even when wounded. The invasion had to succeed. It was the only way Europe could be liberated from the Nazis, and the American dream of freedom and the pursuit of happiness could be secured for later generations.
D-Day: A vast plan built on a grand heritage
Every loss closes another door to the country I still call home. (Given who and what the Democrat/Left are and the rise of socialism and it’s ally Islam here in the USA, I sometimes feel as if one day I might wind up being an exile in my own homeland. God forbid - jjs)
Exile Never Ends

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1 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 28, 2026 07:31 AM (/+uur)

Daily Tech News 28 July 2026

Top Story

The best time to buy an Nvidia graphics card is never. The second best time is also never. (WCCFTech)

Nvidia has just raised card prices by another 30%. A minor inconvenience for me, as I do have four perfectly adequate graphics cards and two kind of crappy ones already. If you were waiting for prices to come down, well, keep on waiting I guess.

Tech News

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he doesn't support dropping space colonies on competing Chinese AI firms but if a colony were somehow to drop would that really be such a bad thing? (Tech Crunch)

I mean, really?
Speaking of Anthropic, shocking news from Claude where it turns out that sharing a chat session means... You share your chat session. (Notebook Check)

And it ends up in Google.
ChatGPT now refuses to write in the style of famous authors, even mostly dead ones like Charles Dickens. (Ars Technica)

Since even college English majors these days struggle to understand Dickens, maybe shoot a little lower.
Who will be the last man standing when the cookie crumbles, and why will it be Apple? (MacRumors)

Because while Apple's Vision Pro headset was a resounding flop, it was at least a product you could buy. Make it smaller and lighter and cheaper and it might not fail so hard next time. And the entire project cost less than some AI companies are burning in a week.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: People are people! You're peopling people!

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1 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at July 28, 2026 04:38 AM (lJ0H4)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Finally a day not too far from home, little later start but don't have to leave in 10 minutes at least

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2026 04:41 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Called the others

Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026 04:45 AM (Sy6m/)

5 BOING!

Back from shopping with Mrs. BD. Expecting to host over 20 pups and grandpups this coming weekend.

Lotta grilling will be done.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 04:46 AM (1o8D5)

6 Called the others

Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026 04:45 AM (Sy6m/)
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My phone was on mute. Sorry.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 04:46 AM (1o8D5)

7 Where's our w00t?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 04:47 AM (1o8D5)

8 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at July 28, 2026 04:48 AM (sAmhv)

9 I opened the door and the 2.5 ball of fluff was here ready to purr in my ear. I had to put him in another room because I don't want him to think that breakfast will be served at 4:00.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 04:51 AM (W90Ou)

10 Make that 2.5 "lb" ball of fluff.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 04:51 AM (W90Ou)

11 I had such a nice morning yesterday. Spouse and I went to the RCC in the town over . It is such a lovely place with the stained glass windows, and I appreciate the people of various nationalities there to worship the Lord, There were some young guys there ( maybe they go before work ) but I appreciate young, devout people and I wonder whether some of them might be discerning whether they wish to enter the priesthood. I was there to pray for a special intention, and no, I do not take the Eucharist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 04:56 AM (W90Ou)

12 Pixy never really answered my investment question.

But based what he says, I exchanged my Nvidia shares for Bitcoin

Posted by: Miklos gonna be RICH at July 28, 2026 04:57 AM (A764u)

13 Time for sausages and French Toast

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0)

14 I don't want him to think that breakfast will be served at 4:00.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Please explain this same thing to Miss Dixie.

She is a girl, but more importantly she is a dog, and food demands are 24/7, if I go into the kitchen.

Posted by: Miklos does right by doggie at July 28, 2026 05:00 AM (A764u)

15 Time for sausages and French Toast
Posted by: Skip

There are muffins on the table.

Uncle Raymond sent some "grits" from Myrtle Beach, but there are no instructions on how to cook them

Posted by: Auntie Miklos at July 28, 2026 05:02 AM (A764u)

16 Beer here - NOT!

https://tinyurl.com/4rn5w948

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 05:03 AM (1o8D5)

17 Posted by: Miklos does right by doggie at July 28, 2026 05:00 AM (A764u

LOL. I understand

I think Millard probably thinks he should be fed 24/7 but I just shut the door and leave. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 05:03 AM (W90Ou)

18 Pixy never really answered my investment question.

But based what he says, I exchanged my Nvidia shares for Bitcoin

Posted by: Miklos gonna be RICH at July 28, 2026 04:57 AM (A764u)
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https://tinyurl.com/4yvz3bvf

I wish I had more money to invest right now!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 05:04 AM (1o8D5)

19 "The small things". Deuteronomy 7:11-12
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/33veb5de

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 05:07 AM (rHgXV)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 28, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

21 I wish I had more money to invest right now!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

My Fund Manager is Mr. Haney over in Pixley.

He's always got some hot money maker ideas

Posted by: Miklos at Green Acres (of the Bug Tussle Mikloses) at July 28, 2026 05:11 AM (A764u)

22 Fen, it sounds like the fluff ball has begun the takeover.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 28, 2026 05:13 AM (RjOoY)

23 Mallard Fastway has taken calvinball to a new level

https://autos.yahoo.com/scofflaw-duc k-keeps-triggering-speed-1830 00102.html

It's technology and how to fuck with it

Posted by: The Ballots at July 28, 2026 05:14 AM (LOZbR)

24 Disclaimer: People are people!

Except when they're lizard people wearing skin suits.

Posted by: ask me about sleestaks at July 28, 2026 05:23 AM (quOHo)

25 Miklos I do need to go to Myrtle Beach in near future

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)

26 @23/The Ballots:

So from the article, these cameras aren't hooked to the internet, and are stand-alone. Someone should take one off the pole, put it in the back of a truck pointing out to either side, and take it for a drive on the M1 motorway (70 MPH) and then return it to its pole. Let them figure THAT one out from the thousands of pictures it'll take of speeding buildings and trees.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 28, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

27 Solvent Green is people.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 28, 2026 05:28 AM (tBH5l)

28 Dar al Islam, state by state:

https://tinyurl.com/93kjwrvk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 05:28 AM (1o8D5)

29 I do need to go to Myrtle Beach in near future
Posted by: Skip

I will buy you and the missus breakfast at Mammy's Kitchen.

Get there early, because always a line

Posted by: Miklos in younger than Mammy's Kitchen at July 28, 2026 05:29 AM (A764u)

30 Dar al Islam, state by state:

https://tinyurl.com/93kjwrvk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 05:28 AM (1o8D5)
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Sigh of relief. Signs of resistance:

https://tinyurl.com/2nw9fzh7

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 05:32 AM (1o8D5)

31 I've always regarded the late night ONT as a kind of containment board for Miklos. To see him frolicking and capering about free and feral in the tech thread is alarming. He's not to be fed after midnight. No good will come of this.

Posted by: even mugwumps get the blues at July 28, 2026 05:35 AM (+sI/O)

32 This is sad. Advertising has always made use of unrealistic models and fake, scripted video with all the same editing tricks as any TV drama. But, influencers give the act an air of verisimilitude, which mixes with generative AI (there's your tech hook) like oil and fire.

Before, health and beauty advertising used people with impossibly good genetics, made up by pros, and younger than as portrayed. Now, they don't even exist.

The Woman Who Wasn’t There
battleswarmblog.com/?p=72520

I'm practically immune to this, because for one thing, I don't make the kind of purchases where the pitchman's skin is a testimony; and I also just don't like people much, so "parasocial relationship" content doesn't appeal. But I understand I'm in a minority.

Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026 05:36 AM (Sy6m/)

33
well, great. I just learned about something else I have to fear: open-weight AIs. And first, I have to learn what they are.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 28, 2026 05:37 AM (mmrXZ)

34 w00t late

Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 05:39 AM (faghi)

35 No good will come of this.
Posted by: even mugwumps get the blues

It's OK

Bojangles opened 10 minutes ago

Senator Darline got interns to go fetch it too

Posted by: Miklos feels like some "consulting" work is in order at July 28, 2026 05:42 AM (A764u)

36 w00t late
Posted by: m

ex post woot facto

Posted by: Miklosius Caroliniensis the Elder at July 28, 2026 05:43 AM (A764u)

37 post woot ergo propter woot?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 05:45 AM (Ot/FD)

38 I'm practically immune to this, because for one thing, I don't make the kind of purchases where the pitchman's skin is a testimony; and I also just don't like people much, so "parasocial relationship" content doesn't appeal. But I understand I'm in a minority.
Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026 05:36 AM (Sy6m/)

The "influencer" style of ad already backfires horribly with a lot of people, including me. Replacing the fake person with a fake fake person doesn't really change things for us.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 05:48 AM (Ot/FD)

39 I guess it is the way I was taught. My mom would put a plate of food and a bowl of water on the floor for the cat and the cat would eat and drink as it pleases over the course of the day.

Cats are not like dogs. They are not going to wolf it all down in one sitting.

My cat always seemed to be worried about where her next was coming from. She would cry with the plate was half empty. LOL.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 28, 2026 05:51 AM (qFwJc)

40 post woot ergo propter woot?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I was just discussing Descartes with my dog the other day...

She suggested "woof" instead

Posted by: Le Mikleuse at July 28, 2026 05:52 AM (A764u)

41 >>>even college English majors these days struggle to understand Dickens

"What the Dickens!"

--college English majors these days

Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 05:55 AM (faghi)

42 This is a nice prayer by Elizabeth Goudge, ( 1900-1984) who was a wonderful novelist- and I didn't recall this-the daughter of an Anglican priest:

O Everlasting Mercy, who once in time came from the height of heaven to the depth of our need, come again in power to forgive us and renew us and set us on fire, that through the labours and prayers of broken- hearted sinners your mercy may banish the darkness and bring new life upon the earth.
--------
She also has a collection of prayers called "A Diary of Prayer."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 05:59 AM (xSAlF)

43 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 28, 2026 05:59 AM (Hbeqj)

44 w00t late

Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 05:39 AM (faghi)
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w00t hang.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 06:00 AM (1o8D5)

45 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2026 06:03 AM (Ia/+0)

46 If Dickens were an English professor today, he'd just be Ens.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 06:04 AM (Ot/FD)

47 still faghi after all these w00ts

Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 06:08 AM (faghi)

48 Good morning, All.

Waiting for graphics card prices to come down...
Come to think of it, I never played Zork II and Zork III

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 28, 2026 06:08 AM (O/BY1)

49 Old time hymn by a Welshman who lived in the 1700's- William Williams- "Guide Me, Thou Great Jehovah":

https://tinyurl.com/yc653a9h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 06:13 AM (W90Ou)

50 The "(fake word)" style of ad already backfires horribly with a lot of people, including me. Replacing the fake person with a fake fake person doesn't really change things for us.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 05:48 AM (Ot/FD)

The sooner that word dies, the better.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 28, 2026 06:13 AM (pDKdk)

51 Posted by: NR Pax at July 28, 2026 05:13 AM (RjOoY)

LOL. Not quite yet, only because he got moved out during our prayer time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 06:15 AM (W90Ou)

52
Good morning, Hordians. Up, dressed, morning prayers said, dogs run out, coffee prepared. Now sitting in the Command Center at Schloss Hadrian running journal article DOIs, one by one, through Google Scholar to see if there are online copies.

The Great Computer Saga continues. I pulled the hard drive yesterday and ordered a replacement. Since the damn thing passed its memory test, I reckon I can just swap disks for $75 instead of getting a new computer for $750.

Meanwhile I also ordered a SATA adapter to try to read the old hard drive and pull files therefrom. Upon consultation with competent authority, if it's not the boot disk, it may be readable.

I have no idea what I'm doing, of course.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 28, 2026 06:17 AM (O0L8i)

53 Evening and morning for the last Tiu's Day of a nasty hot July, all!

I dreamed last night that Miss Linda and I stayed at a hotel -- some kind of car trip -- and the room they gave us was a suite. Uh-huh. "Suite" as in "dorm room." No separate bedrooms, narrow beds and lounge chairs to sleep on, one bathroom, and three or four other guests were already in there. (At first glance one resembled Shirley Booth, the Hazel TV actress, but then I realized it wasn't her.) The people were nice enough, but --! I glanced at Linda, said, "This isn't working," and she murmured, "No."

I was heading downstairs to get us a real room -- or check us out -- when I woke up. Scary stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

54 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 28, 2026 06:20 AM (2Ez/1)

55 @39/no one of any consequence: "My cat always seemed to be worried about where her next was coming from. She would cry with the plate was half empty. LOL."

Let me sing you the song of our starving peoples...

(Cats everywhere)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 28, 2026 06:21 AM (O7YUW)

56 Dr. Fauci scheduled for Senate hearing tomorrow. I'm getting the popcorn ready, but I am not expecting much.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 28, 2026 06:21 AM (O/BY1)

57 38 The "influencer" style of ad already backfires horribly with a lot of people, including me. Replacing the fake person with a fake fake person doesn't really change things for us.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 05:48 AM (Ot/FD)

Agreed.

Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 06:22 AM (faghi)

58 I opened the door and the 2.5 ball of fluff was here ready to purr in my ear. I had to put him in another room because I don't want him to think that breakfast will be served at 4:00.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026

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Not unusual. When he was a little kitten (which did not last long -- soon he was a *big* kitten), Stirling wanted to leap on the bed to milk-tread my arm as soon as I woke up. Or earlier. I had to lock him out of the bedroom until I got up for work, and leave a few extra minutes so that he could do his "Are you my mother???" thing. Or he'd have been on me at two a.m.

As for cat eating habits, yes, they do tend to eat small portions. But Stirling likes to inhale 90% of his chow at one time, breakfast or dinner, and then trot over to eat some of Dagny's. She leaves some and comes back later. I have to take up her bowl to protect it from him, then put it back down for her.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

59 mornin yall. $20k to replace 90 feet of concrete driveway? I don't think so.

Posted by: fd at July 28, 2026 06:29 AM (MWfyi)

60 Anyway! I am up with coffee and a pipe. My right knee is still bothering me, preventing serious exercise, so I'm taking it easy for a few days. Might hit the library today, and Thursday I have my haircut in the morning, but I'm trying to move as lightly as possible. How 'bout choo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

61 Are you using melatonin? Crazy dreams.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 28, 2026 06:31 AM (qFwJc)

62 I'm practically immune to this, because for one thing, I don't make the kind of purchases where the pitchman's skin is a testimony; and I also just don't like people much, so "parasocial relationship" content doesn't appeal. But I understand I'm in a minority.
Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026

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Annette Figueroa makes me want to try Plexaworm or whatever it's called. I don't remember the product's name, but I remember her. Don't think that's what the company wants.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 06:31 AM (wzUl9)

63 Are you using melatonin? Crazy dreams.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 28, 2026

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I am. These are not scary dreams really, no nightmares. They're like foreign films, though in English, that leave you going, "That made no sense," as you leave the theatre.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)

64 Are you using melatonin? Crazy dreams.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 28, 2026

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I am. These are not scary dreams really, no nightmares. They're like foreign films, though in English, that leave you going, "That made no sense," as you leave the theatre.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 06:33 AM (wzUl9)
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I stopped taking melatonin because my dreams were TOO weird.

Without it, my dreams are quite weird enough, thank you very much.

No need to make them extra spicy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 28, 2026 06:38 AM (FZ29D)

65 It's odd about the milk-treading. You'd think any kitten who left his mother early would want to do that to his human feeder, as that person can be a mother-surrogate. But little Arizona, adopted at 6-7 weeks, never milk treaded. None of the Siberian cats have; they leave their breeder at five months or later. Yet Oreo did, and she was over five years old when she came to me.

Marie-Antoinette the smart black cat made a lifelong hobby out of sitting on you and working your arm . . . which was okay, as someone had taken away her front claws earlier. Maybe her paws itched and that's why she did it.

Stirling still does it to me, every day or so, and he's four now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

66 Unfortunately I have parts of the Flexaworm commercials memorized. "This one is for real, and I'm so excited. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)

67

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 28, 2026 06:57 AM (AHxhK)

68 61 Are you using melatonin? Crazy dreams.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

My issue with melatonin is I get 2-3 hours of really deep sleep and then I'm wide awake.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 28, 2026 06:58 AM (RjOoY)

69 Japan has had a 6.8 earthquake this morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2026 07:00 AM (abScH)

70 69 Japan has had a 6.8 earthquake this morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2026 07:00 AM (abScH)

5 km east of Uto, Japan

Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 07:03 AM (faghi)

71 70 69 Japan has had a 6.8 earthquake this morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2026 07:00 AM (abScH)

5 km east of Uto, Japan
Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 07:03 AM (faghi)

USGS Magnitude 2.5+ Earthquakes, Past Day

https://tinyurl.com/z76xpp5v

Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 07:04 AM (faghi)

72 @69

>>Japan has had a 6.8 earthquake this morning.

Hopefully this does not affect the Fukoka Yatai Food Carts, me and my binge watch food cart videos.

Be safe Japan.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 28, 2026 07:05 AM (XV/Pl)

73
Japan has had a 6.8 earthquake this morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2026 07:00 AM (abScH)

Caused by Global Warming. That means YOU, Mr. and Mrs. Republican!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 28, 2026 07:05 AM (O0L8i)

74 I'm old enough to remember when Sarah Palin put up a map to target elections and was heavily criticized. Now you have websites like Drudge Report putting targets on the First Lady, Melania, and that's supposed to be acceptable?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 28, 2026 07:07 AM (3oLiU)

75 Japan has had a 6.8 earthquake this morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2026 07:00 AM (abScH)

Caused by Global Warming. That means YOU, Mr. and Mrs. Republican!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It's the digging for that damn Trump Ballroom.

Posted by: CBS "News" at July 28, 2026 07:08 AM (2Ez/1)

76 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 28, 2026 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

77 Drudge still exists?

Posted by: Hunh at July 28, 2026 07:09 AM (2Ez/1)

78
drudgereport.com

for all your drudgereport needs

Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 07:12 AM (faghi)

79 I'm practically immune to this, because for one thing, I don't make the kind of purchases where the pitchman's skin is a testimony; and I also just don't like people much, so "parasocial relationship" content doesn't appeal. But I understand I'm in a minority.
Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026 05:36 AM (Sy6m/)

That you, Sheldon?

Posted by: Howard at July 28, 2026 07:14 AM (hmYU4)

80 The Dickens....

I met Charles Dickens' either granddaughter or more maybe great-granddaughter, Catherine Dickens.

She was a real estate agent in Budapest.

Posted by: Three Degrees of Miklos at July 28, 2026 07:14 AM (A764u)

81 Rev. Wishbone

The lack of symmetry is by design to weaken us.

Who here is not skeptical of the US justice system today?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 28, 2026 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

82

@redsteeze retweeted
Coddled Affluent Professional
@feelsdesperate
10h

Mamdani holding up the bananas is very funny.

Bananas are like 20 cents each. Bananas are solved.

This is NYC. There are a million complex technocratic tasks waiting to be solved.

What are we even doing here?

Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 07:15 AM (faghi)

83 Billy Mays here for this product you absolutely need in your life!

Posted by: Billy Mays AI at July 28, 2026 07:16 AM (wVcYX)

84 But do you WANT Jake Tapper in your corner?

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Jake Tapper
@jaketapper
24 Jul 2020
Of the photo making the rounds Fauci notes he was sitting w wife and a close friend and “had my mask around my chin, I had taken it down. I was totally dehydrated and I was drinking water trying to rehydrate myself. And by the way, I was negative Covid literally the day before.”

Posted by: m at July 28, 2026 07:18 AM (faghi)

85 Why am I up? Oh yeah, i have to work...

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 28, 2026 07:18 AM (poNS8)

86 DSA education branch in NY is pushing for the curriculum to teach Marx and the whole class consciousness mindset.

I guess they may have to teach them to read first for that to work.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2026 07:21 AM (abScH)

87 @77/Hunh: Yes, the "Drudge Report" site still exists but years ago, there was a sudden and jarring left-wing shift. (Either Matt Drudge sold out to left-wing interests, or he decided that pandering to left-wing readers was more profitable.)

It doesn't really matter why the shift happened, but in essence the site chose a different audience and many former readers stopped reading. I hadn't even thought about his site for a long time until you just brought it up.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 28, 2026 07:22 AM (O7YUW)

88 When I started in radio, I was taught not to run spots for competing merchants back to back. Now there are so many personal injury lawyers advertising on TV, we often get three spots in a row. Or two for competing car manufacturers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 07:23 AM (wzUl9)

89 Pixy Misa

Thanks for the "People Are People" song by Depeche Mode. I was at sea when I heard it first, on my way to the Mediterranean.

I never saw the video before. Wiki is wrong, as most of the military video cuts are from WWII, not the Cold War.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 28, 2026 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

90 - Closer to home

A Wisconsin town got smacked pretty hard by a tornado yesterday. Haven't heard about casualties.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 28, 2026 07:25 AM (/XKEa)

91 TeeJ

Hope you and your widow are doing OK in the recent heat.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 28, 2026 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

92 The "(fake word)" style of ad already backfires horribly with a lot of people, including me. Replacing the fake person with a fake fake person doesn't really change things for us.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 05:48 AM (Ot/FD)

The sooner that word dies, the better.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 28, 2026 06:13 AM (pDKdk)

Same with "follower".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 28, 2026 07:26 AM (ExV1e)

93 86 DSA education branch in NY is pushing for the curriculum to teach Marx and the whole class consciousness mindset.

I guess they may have to teach them to read first for that to work.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2026 07:21 AM (abScH)

The funny part of this plan is that the yutes in NYC are just gonna smoke weed and try to shiv the teachers, no matter what they try to teach them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2026 07:26 AM (xLOWQ)

94 DSA education branch in NY is pushing for the curriculum to teach Marx and the whole class consciousness mindset.

I guess they may have to teach them to read first for that to work.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 28, 2026
*
The funny part of this plan is that the yutes in NYC are just gonna smoke weed and try to shiv the teachers, no matter what they try to teach them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2026

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It'd be easier and more profitable to teach my cats economics.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 07:28 AM (wzUl9)

95 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

How retrograde. Teaching Socialism has been done for 108 years, and it never produces results worth the effort.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 28, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

96 And this is like the lovely flower we saw by the water today. Cardinal flower:

https://tinyurl.com/79m5yj64

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 07:29 AM (G7WXk)

97 The "(fake word)" style of ad already backfires horribly with a lot of people, including me. Replacing the fake person with a fake fake person doesn't really change things for us.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026

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Which fake word is that? "Influencer"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 28, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

Monday Night ONT - July 27, 2026 [TRex]

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Good evening Horde. The time has come for Monday? shenanigans. That's right! Monday shenanigans. This is what happens when someone leaves the keys to the blog unattended. The bar is open and freshly re-stocked. Grape nehi soda for everyone tonight!

Welcome to the Monday night ONT which means vintage overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. I am not sure of the customary tradition for pants on a Monday, so we'll say that pants are optional. I am sure that this ONT is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Fauci is fair game.

[Top photo: 240mm shell handling at the Watertown Arsenal in Massachusetts in 1945. 240mm?! Yikes!]

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The ONT has dialed up the wayback machine tonight with very random results.

Springfield Armory museum, circa 1950s (the boy's weapon appears to have a rubber barrel and a flexible bayonet?):

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo Annex, Building 99, 1905 (built in 1900, the interweb says this two-story firehouse was notable for being the first steel-frame building constructed on the island. It was moved in 1916 but I don't know if it still exists.):

20260719-mare-island-naval-shipyard-fire-house-annex-vallejo-solano-county-building99-1905.jpg

St. Francis Hotel after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake - it fared better than surrounding buildings due to its steel structure but the fires gutted the interior:

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Construction of Husky Stadium on the University of Washington Campus, 1920:
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Secondhand store in Peoria, Illinois, 1938 (I do not believe the horse is real. Well, it is real but it isn't living.):

20260719-secondhand-store-peoria-illinois - 1938.jpg

Late stage excavation activity of the Panama Canal, 1914:

20260719-before-photograph-of-the-panama-canal-374c37.jpg

USS Maine at Hunters Point, San Francisco, circa 1908 (not the same USS Maine that blew up in Havana Harbor):

Los Angeles Alligator Farm, circa 1907 (note the alligators going down the water slide):

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Alligator farm? Yes, alligator farm:

From 1907 until its relocation in 1953, the area of Lincoln Heights was home to what the Los Angeles Times dubbed "the city's most exotic residents": a thousand-strong collection of alligators that welcomed visitors every day of the year to see, pose with, and even ride them.

Lincoln Heights is on either side of the 5, between the 10 and 110. Think adjacent to Chinatown in downtown LA. Fun for the whole family, right? Seems like sensible entertainment for a toddler.

Where and when? (no, I don't know for sure):

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How was D-Day reported in Britain?

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You want music in your ONT? Here you go.

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SpaceX Starship Ship 40 update: Ship 40 landed in the Indian Ocean at the end of Flight 13 last Friday. Unlike other landings, Ship 40 did not explode. Instead, it softly toppled over, fully intact, and floated on the surface. Apparently, this contingency was not expected. There were no on-site provisions to tow it to port or sink it. SpaceX was undoubtedly delighted to be able to see test results but we don't know their plans. Last I saw (6 hours ago), Ship 40 was still floating and had drifted over 200km from its landing position. A SpaceX vessel on-site to document the landing is shadowing it, but doesn't seem to be towing it. Elon Musk has said that they will try to catch the ship back a the launch pad tower for the next test if the post-flight mission review goes well.

Stay tuned...

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This ONT was brought to you by the Kool-Aid Man. Oh yeah!

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You're always welcome to just stay here and drink. Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly misfiled.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 FIRST!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (xVpNO)

2 1

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (B2pWp)

3 S puppy!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (yEz+x)

4 Also, howdy TRex, Grateful, and the 'ettes and 'rons of the late shift.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (xVpNO)

5 Dang, missed it by that much! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (B2pWp)

6
Good evening!

JackStraw, did Biden remember to pardon himself?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

7 How much 240mm ammo is considered 'enough'?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 10:01 PM (O6Iwc)

8 I hate it when the wife wants to re-arrange the naval gun shells.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 10:01 PM (ExV1e)

9 3 S puppy!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (yEz+x)

Evening, ma'am.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 27, 2026 10:02 PM (xVpNO)

10 St. Francis Hotel after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake - it fared better than surrounding buildings due to its steel structure but the fires gutted the interior:

Meet me at the St. Francis!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

11 They named a hotel after St. Francis of Assisi?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 10:03 PM (O6Iwc)

12 Sorry I'm late, I had to get a flag re-embroidered-- Roger just wasn't looking Jolly enough.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 27, 2026 10:04 PM (vSKbP)

13 Yay! Monday ONT! Thank you Mr. TRex

Greetings Everyone!

Looks like interesting content tonight!

So glad for non-Fauchi content.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 27, 2026 10:04 PM (QGaXH)

14 I don’t think I remember Esso when I was small. I remember Enco, which was one of the companies that became Exxon.

My favorite gas station was Sinclair, my dad would let me get a wax dinosaur from the machine they kept in the lobby.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 10:04 PM (xLOWQ)

15 Cool content! Thank you.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 10:04 PM (hftzA)

16 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 10:04 PM (zZu0s)

17 240mm , 245mm ammo - whatever it takes.

Posted by: Archer at July 27, 2026 10:04 PM (wvc0i)

18
Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, he that was about to betray him, said: Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the purse, carried the things that were put therein.

- John 12:4-6

Judas, the patron saint of NGOs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 10:05 PM (O0L8i)

19 Where and when?

An Esso gas station. In daytime.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

20 A rare Monday Dino sighting. This could be fun.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 27, 2026 10:05 PM (vSKbP)

21 I was a 240 mm shell dud tester.

Posted by: Bug Bunny at July 27, 2026 10:05 PM (wVcYX)

22 That could have been on of the test prototypes for curved barrels.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)

23 The Addams Family started
When Uncle Fester farted
They all came out retarded
The Addams family

Posted by: gKWVE at July 27, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE)

24 Skinwalker ranch hitch hikers likely have to be exorcised.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 27, 2026 10:06 PM (YlWIZ)

25 Is Fox running Gutfeld's Friday show? He opened with 'Leftovers' which is usually the beginning of the Friday show

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 27, 2026 10:06 PM (QGaXH)

26 Where and when?

An Esso gas station. In daytime.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

There. There Esso.

Posted by: Igor at July 27, 2026 10:07 PM (wVcYX)

27 My favorite gas station was Sinclair, my dad would let me get a wax dinosaur from the machine they kept in the lobby.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Did they have the gas pumps that had little glass globes on the side with red/orange balls in them that spun while gas was being pumped?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 10:07 PM (O6Iwc)

28
Oh my lord that tank rolling off the ship and into the water.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 10:07 PM (mmrXZ)

29 Per wikipedia:
The 240 mm howitzer M1, popularly nicknamed the "Black Dragon",[1] was a towed howitzer used by the United States Army. The 240 mm M1 was designed to replace the World War I era 240 mm howitzer M1918, which was based on a 1911 French design and was outdated by World War II.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

30 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (sAmhv)

31 Just think, from 1920 to maybe 1970, when you bought gasoline, a squad of friendly guys - in fucking uniforms would descend upon your car and fill it with gasoline, wash your windows, check the oil and coolant and tire pressure, and the rest of it. Probably singing a tune “We are the men of Texacoooo….!” And not a poofter in sight.

Think about that when they try to adjust the historical cost of gasoline for inflation, they don’t count that. “Self Serve” indeed.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (2a3L4)

32 I posted this late in the last thread, but it seems like more of an ONT story:

My daughter, when first starting out, worked at an older nursing home near Frankston, Texas. Sad place, the kind of place where families drop the old folks off to forget about them. There was one room they always left vacant; the older employees would jusr say there were “problems” with that room. They even kept it locked.

My daughter said that often, especially on weekends, at about 2 am the central nurses station would light up with urgent call requests and buzzers from that room. Nobody wanted to go in; as the new employee they made her do it a couple of times until she just refused.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (xLOWQ)

33 20 A rare Monday Dino sighting. This could be fun.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 27, 2026 10:05 PM
***
😎🦖

Posted by: TRex - jolly dino at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (XfIK1)

34 There. There Esso.
Posted by: Igor at July 27, 2026 10:07 PM (wVcYX)

In Mexico, it would be an Esse station.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

35 Thirty years later I may have been taking fencing lessons in that very room at Watertown Arsenal.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (Nt34E)

36 I find it endlessly wonderful that Jackie Coogan was The Kid in that Charlie Chaplin film. I love that one.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)

37 St. Francis Hotel after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake - it fared better than surrounding buildings due to its steel structure but the fires gutted the interior:

------

So....would you say it had an inferior interior?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (QGaXH)

38 Did they have the gas pumps that had little glass globes on the side with red/orange balls in them that spun while gas was being pumped?
Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 10:07 PM (O6Iwc)

Yes! I loved those!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 10:09 PM (xLOWQ)

39 7 How much 240mm ammo is considered 'enough'?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 10:01 PM (O6Iwc)

However much you have on hand, plus infinity.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 27, 2026 10:10 PM (vSKbP)

40 Think about that when they try to adjust the historical cost of gasoline for inflation, they don’t count that. “Self Serve” indeed.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (2a3L4)

Used to be a fella could make a livin' workin' the pumps.

Posted by: Those days are long gone at July 27, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

41 Just think, from 1920 to maybe 1970, when you bought gasoline, a squad of friendly guys - in fucking uniforms would descend upon your car and fill it with gasoline, wash your windows, check the oil and coolant and tire pressure, and the rest of it. Probably singing a tune “We are the men of Texacoooo….!” And not a poofter in sight.

Think about that when they try to adjust the historical cost of gasoline for inflation, they don’t count that. “Self Serve” indeed.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (2a3L4)

The civilian version of a NASCAR pitstop.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 10:11 PM (wVcYX)

42
Canals always remind me of Uncle Palpatine.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 10:11 PM (w6EFb)

43 Good evening all!
I just saw on X that Fauci said POTUS was given Remdisever (sp?)when he contracted COVID. Then I read that Trump’s doctors gave him Ivermectin and HCQ instead.
Jesus.

Posted by: Jmel at July 27, 2026 10:12 PM (3TlS+)

44
I find it endlessly wonderful that Jackie Coogan was The Kid in that Charlie Chaplin film. I love that one.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)

____________

Coogan's mother and stepfather stole pretty much all the money he earned from his movies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 10:12 PM (O0L8i)

45 Lincoln Heights is on either side of the 5, between the 10 and 110. Think adjacent to Chinatown in downtown LA. Fun for the whole family, right? Seems like sensible entertainment for a toddler.

-------

Mrs. ARiK grew up in Lincoln Heights in a house her parents bought in the early 1950's. Unfortunately the surviving family who might remember or have gone to the alligator farm are either dead or have lost their marbles....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 27, 2026 10:13 PM (QGaXH)

46
Fauci should be the test payload for the Starship orbital return catch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 10:13 PM (w6EFb)

47 I posted this late in the last thread, but it seems like more of an ONT story:

My daughter, when first starting out, worked at an older nursing home near Frankston, Texas. Sad place, the kind of place where families drop the old folks off to forget about them. There was one room they always left vacant; the older employees would jusr say there were “problems” with that room. They even kept it locked.

My daughter said that often, especially on weekends, at about 2 am the central nurses station would light up with urgent call requests and buzzers from that room. Nobody wanted to go in; as the new employee they made her do it a couple of times until she just refused.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (xLOWQ)

Bubba Ho-Tep

Posted by: Elvis at July 27, 2026 10:13 PM (wVcYX)

48 Coogan's mother and stepfather stole pretty much all the money he earned from his movies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 10:12 PM (O0L8i)

Thus Coogan's law, protecting child stars.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

49 Then I read that Trump’s doctors gave him Ivermectin and HCQ instead.
Jesus.
Posted by: Jmel at July 27, 2026 10:12 PM (3TlS+)

One or both of those might have saved my sister's life. But, no. Gotta follow procedure.

I fucking hate this timeline.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)

50
Stacey Abrams would make a torture test payload, but I don't think the Heavy Booster at full planned maximum operational thrust could even lift her off the ground.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 10:15 PM (w6EFb)

51 I sprang my Dad from nursing homes more than once. Some are a lot better than others, I can say that for sure.

I walked in “Parkview Garden” I think it was, and was immediately accosted by this nice little old lady in a wheelchair. She instantly sized me up, I guess, as an easy mark. “Get me out of here!”. I mean, what could I do? I wasn’t in the market for a little old lady at the time.

I got the distinct impression after a while people come in to those places, but they don’t often leave, except in a box. They were a little jealous of dear old dad, getting busted out.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:15 PM (2a3L4)

52 40 Used to be a fella could make a livin' workin' the pumps.
Posted by: Those days are long gone at July 27, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

Not just the fellas.

Posted by: Kamala at July 27, 2026 10:15 PM (vSKbP)

53 David McCullough's book The Path Between the Seas is a riveting account of the building of the Panama Canal. The ingenuity needed to make it happen was off the charts.

It's one of those enormous accomplishments that makes you believe that there really is something exceptional about the great nation.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 10:15 PM (u/oMr)

54
You can trust your car
to the man who wears a star

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 10:15 PM (ZxPkt)

55 I don’t think I remember Esso when I was small. I remember Enco, which was one of the companies that became Exxon.

My favorite gas station was Sinclair, my dad would let me get a wax dinosaur from the machine they kept in the lobby.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 10:04 PM (xLOWQ)

Esso was big in Canada; one of the fragments from the legally-forced breakup of Standard Oil. Esso = S. O. = Standard Oil. Back in the '70's they urged us to put a tiger in our tank.

I worked in the shop at Chapman's Esso on Main Street in Vancouver many years ago. Welded the muffler on a Seattle pimp's Cadillac while his girls were giving Eddie a beejer in the office. True story!

Posted by: The Cat at July 27, 2026 10:16 PM (1z8ji)

56 Good evening, good ONT peeps

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 10:16 PM (vE0+H)

57 Do Fauci's memoirs mention if he took Ivermectin and HCQ?

Posted by: davidt at July 27, 2026 10:16 PM (Q+gd/)

58 Coogan's mother and stepfather stole pretty much all the money he earned from his movies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 10:12 PM (O0L8i)

Did not know that.

Holy shit, people can be awful. Hard to think well of anyone you ever meet. I try.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ)

59 David McCullough's book The Path Between the Seas is a riveting account of the building of the Panama Canal. The ingenuity needed to make it happen was off the charts.

It's one of those enormous accomplishments that makes you believe that there really is something exceptional about the great nation.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 10:15 PM (u/oMr)

I just remembered I have this book, but it's packed in a box with a lot of other books from our move last year.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

60 Pick Up in the top pick is probably a Studebaker or an IH.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:18 PM (gpvQO)

61
I learned today that in 1971 a minimum wage job paid for a lifestyle that needs $100K today. Is that not remarkable? Are you not amazed?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 10:18 PM (O0L8i)

62 Thanks for an interesting retro ONT, T Rex!

The Panama Canal excavation is doubly amazing once one considers the antique tools available back then. It remains an amazing feat of engineering.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM (D/6p1)

63 Howdy.

"a thousand-strong collection of alligators that welcomed visitors every day of the year to see, pose with, and even ride them."

Um, no. Just, no. Call me paranoid, but I think deadly exotic critters should be kept far away from people. They tend to escape, you know. (Thinking about the snake farms that were flooded in China recently. Looking at not-far-away-enough Tiger Safari Zoological Park.)
___

As a fan of Charles Addams's dark cartoons, I was initially disappointed at the light comedy TV portrayal of the characters. But, Gomez and Morticia won me over. Particularly Morticia!

Posted by: mindful webworker has arrived on track 9&3/4 at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM (jrd4M)

64 Evening, Horde! Would appreciate prayers tomorrow morning from those so inclined, second-stage interview for the job I really really need and want.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM (aJQbY)

65 My greatest fear is to end up in an adult care home where I sit in a chair and drool and shit myself. And have no clue what is outside my window. And don’t smile at my boys’ voices.

Please, dear Lord. No.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM (yEz+x)

66 The Addams Family - who can ever forget the 'da da da dum click click' intro?

Can they even make a show like that today? Or does everything have to be a so so serious girl-boss struggle session?

Well some good news in an earlier thread - Cracker Barrel finally dumped their skinny woke AWFL CEO. I guess she was an awful AWFL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM (QGaXH)

67 I wonder if a comedian could get this reaction in today's Germany.

https://youtu.be/Ang6Fw9Ff2k

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 10:20 PM (qx7Zg)

68 >> Nobody wanted to go in;

This place is not that bad, relatively speaking. It's close, and that's a benefit. If all goes well, my mother can come home Aug 6th (which happens to be the exact date the Medicare 20 days or whatever runs out.... pure coincidence, I'm sure).

Anyway, they've got a few roaming residents, dementia, probably sundowning. Tonight a few of them were roaming the halls, and getting loud.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 10:20 PM (w6EFb)

69 Pick Up in the top pick is probably a Studebaker or an IH.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:18 PM (gpvQO)

(sheds Cat hair) Nope, that is a Ford.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:22 PM (1z8ji)

70 62 Thanks for an interesting retro ONT, T Rex!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM
***
You're welcome! Good evening LS. Thanks for checking in.

Posted by: TRex - gas station attendant dino at July 27, 2026 10:22 PM (XfIK1)

71 Yeah, it sounded like a blast. In those days the Service Station was the hangout for car guys. Pay wasn’t too bad, and so long as you didn’t burn the place down, pretty much do what you want. Bring your own car in to work on when things are slow. I heard some great stories about zany hijinks.

I always figured from about 1955 to 1975 a feller couldn’t go wrong by opening a two bay service garage and gas. In a good location of course.

Batteries, tires, headlights, regulators, generators, alternators, plugs, shocks, belts, tune-ups, general maintenance and repair.

Do good work, charge a fair but reasonable price, and it had to be almost a license to print money, or near enough. Word of mouth. “Take it to Jake’s” etc. parts commonality was routine, no weird proprietary shit.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:22 PM (2a3L4)

72 The Panama Canal excavation is doubly amazing once one considers the antique tools available back then. It remains an amazing feat of engineering.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM (D/6p1)

Uncle Milty in Paki or India
Why are you digging a hundred mile canal with shovels and wheelbarrows?
Why sir, to create jobs.
Then give them spoons and teacups.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 10:23 PM (/+uur)

73 Fauci should be the test payload for the Starship orbital return catch.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 10:13 PM (w6EFb)

He and his cronies would fit right in on a Vulcan/Starliner test flight. Send them up to to Chinese space station, and undock quickly.

Let the CCP bring them back to earth.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 10:24 PM (qx7Zg)

74 Prayers up RandomDave

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 10:25 PM (vE0+H)

75 Speaking of 240mm there's a lot of chatter on the innertubes about us running out of ammo. I think that info is coming from Neville Roy Singham.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:25 PM (gpvQO)

76 I think this might be worth watching. Pulte did his 4th round of layoffs at DNI today, he's a no bullshit guy.

Stuff is coming out of a firehose now.

>>@DNIPulte
·
3h
>>News forthcoming in the morning

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:26 PM (viF8m)

77 The Texaco jingle:

https://sniplinks.in/rOimtW

Goes to EweTube, about 20 seconds.

Does anyone remember the Texaco Star Theater?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 10:26 PM (gxRWI)

78 Evening, Horde! Would appreciate prayers tomorrow morning from those so inclined, second-stage interview for the job I really really need and want.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM (aJQbY)

Best of luck. You got this. *fistbump*

Coffee up, first.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)

79 40 Think about that when they try to adjust the historical cost of gasoline for inflation, they don’t count that. “Self Serve” indeed.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:08 PM (2a3L4)

Used to be a fella could make a livin' workin' the pumps.
Posted by: Those days are long gone at July 27, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

Well my buddy Tim Bass
He's a workin pumpin gas
and he makes two fifty for an hour....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 27, 2026 10:27 PM (QGaXH)

80
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM (aJQbY)

___________

Will remember you Our Lady in my Rosary intentions tomorrow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 10:28 PM (O0L8i)

81
The WW2 240 mm (9.4 inch) shells weighed 360 pounds. Have those been correctly identified?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 27, 2026 10:28 PM (VWtfl)

82 Do Fauci's memoirs mention if he took Ivermectin and HCQ?
Posted by: davidt at July 27, 2026 10:16 PM (Q+gd/)

Dunno. From the excerpts I keep seeing he is not just evil, but also a whiny little bitch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 10:28 PM (zZu0s)

83 They had steam powered equipment to help build the Panama Canal. The real problem was yellow fever.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 10:28 PM (gxRWI)

84 Bubba Ho-Tep
Posted by: Elvis at July 27, 2026 10:13 PM (wVcYX)

The man who wrote it lives in East Texas, and there’s quite a few lonely forgotten homes out in the country.

And what makes Bubba Hotep such a great film is that it’s not really about the mummy at all; it’s about how those who are forgotten and despised by mainstream society can still find meaning and purpose in what’s left of their lives.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 10:28 PM (xLOWQ)

85 So I see many postings of medical, or food, or education as common welfare.
It is not common.
Border, roads (sometimes), bridges, and defense are common welfare.
Example: Medical Welfare is about 95% dependent on lifestyle, activities, and food. What happens if I do not agree with the way you live?

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 10:29 PM (/+uur)

86 My greatest fear is to end up in an adult care home where I sit in a chair and drool and shit myself. And have no clue what is outside my window.
——

For some reason I felt compelled to visit my step-grandmother in a nursing home many years ago. I was in a wanderlust period of my life, so what the hell, I guess.

She was diabetic, had part of a leg amputated up to the knee. Partly blind, didn’t hear too good. Obese, etc. looking back, I couldn’t live like that. Many years later it helped me lose those extra pounds. Confined to a wheelchair isn’t always a choice. But it is sometimes. Fuck that

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:29 PM (2a3L4)

87 Esso Gasoline...yes sir. I still have a tiger tail they gave away to customers that attaches to your rear bumper. "Put a tiger in your tank."

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 10:29 PM (dIske)

88 My greatest fear is to end up in an adult care home where I sit in a chair and drool and shit myself. And have no clue what is outside my window. And don’t smile at my boys’ voices.
Please, dear Lord. No.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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It is pure hell to observe, also...

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:29 PM (rdVOm)

89 The only thing missing from the top picture of the 240 mm shells is Bugs Bunny with his mallet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:29 PM (S41Gd)

90 The Texaco jingle:

https://sniplinks.in/rOimtW

Goes to EweTube, about 20 seconds.

Does anyone remember the Texaco Star Theater?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 10:26 PM (gxRWI)

*makes ShakeWeight motion*

Posted by: Shell Answer Man with the Shell No-Pest Strip, now with 20% more DDVP nerve poison! at July 27, 2026 10:30 PM (wVcYX)

91
If they do attempt a Ship catch next test flight, that's gonna be a pucker factor shore 'nuff. If Elon pulls that off, damn boy, you're good.

It will have to be an orbital flight, making one loop around to come back to Texas. I'm sure they'll have some flight termination system ready to blow it up if something goes wrong coming back in.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

92 Speaking of 240mm there's a lot of chatter on the innertubes about us running out of ammo. I think that info is coming from Neville Roy Singham.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:25 PM (gpvQO)

Why hasn't that shitmaggot been taken out by a drone or a sniper?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:30 PM (1z8ji)

93 Re Fauci. The first month of the Covid mess, I thought this guy and scarf were on top of it, top notch public servants. Then the "need masks, don't need masks" folly changed that. An obvious lie to direct PPE to health care workers. Then back to wearing your effing masks

Then suppressing ivermectin, pushing ventilators, the clot shots, the shut downs. Dismissing lab leak. Sensed it was all lies

Shut downs hurt my grandkids, undermined my trust in my doctors. Couldn't visit friends with non-covid morbidity. They died alone. Oh, yeah, couldn't go to the funeral either.

Not sure i could forgive these assholes even if they asked. They won't ask. Hang 'em.

Posted by: Mr. Barky at July 27, 2026 10:30 PM (LvBfC)

94 No one's said anything about the Maine. Doesn't it look odd?
Like, the propellers are at the bow and not the stern?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:31 PM (gpvQO)

95 Prayers up RandomDave
Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 10:25 PM (vE0+H)
* * * *
Amen!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 27, 2026 10:31 PM (D/6p1)

96 43 Good evening all!
I just saw on X that Fauci said POTUS was given Remdisever (sp?)when he contracted COVID. Then I read that Trump’s doctors gave him Ivermectin and HCQ instead.
Jesus.
Posted by: Jmel at July 27, 2026 10:12 PM (3TlS+)

I think Trump got monoclonal antibodies and Biden get Paxlovid. So Trump got better and Biden relapsed and then got better.

Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 10:31 PM (OlzlW)

97 Speaking of 240mm there's a lot of chatter on the innertubes about us running out of ammo. I think that info is coming from Neville Roy Singham.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:25

***

Yeah. I call bullshit on all that. We bombed Vietnam for years and never ran out. I'm not worried.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

98 Speaking of 240mm there's a lot of chatter on the innertubes about us running out of ammo. I think that info is coming from Neville Roy Singham.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:25 PM (gpvQO)

Too bad it isn't our politicians running low. Too many of them shoot off their mouth at the slightest chance.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)

99 83 They had steam powered equipment to help build the Panama Canal. The real problem was yellow fever.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Many victims interred here at the Brewster Homestead.

Posted by: Teddy at July 27, 2026 10:33 PM (JM9I6)

100 My father used to work at an Esso filling station. I still have the patch around here somewhere. He did all sorts of things to take care of his family. Some he liked. Some he didn't. He liked working at the gas station because it was also a garage, and he was a hell of a mechanic, but there was no long-term future in pumping gas.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 27, 2026 10:33 PM (QaH55)

101 >>No one's said anything about the Maine. Doesn't it look odd?
Like, the propellers are at the bow and not the stern?

Look again. That is the stern.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)

102 They had steam powered equipment to help build the Panama Canal. The real problem was yellow fever.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 10:28 PM (gxRWI)

That is a steam shovel working in that Husky Stadium photo, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:34 PM (1z8ji)

103 Do good work, charge a fair but reasonable price, and it had to be almost a license to print money, or near enough. Word of mouth. “Take it to Jake’s” etc. parts commonality was routine, no weird proprietary shit.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:22 PM (2a3L4)

But we couldn't allow that, you see. Just anyone creating a business and making money enough to do things and go places once reserved for the American nobility is anathema to us. You common types with your cars and money for vacations nauseate us, your betters.

Posted by: Your Betters at July 27, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

104 Back in the day when the gas cap was behind the rear license plate

what were they thinking

Esso had the tiger tail
Gulf had those little orange horseshoe magnets
Sinclair had the little blow-up green dinosaur
Sunoco had beer glasses, I think

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 10:34 PM (ZxPkt)

105 Why hasn't that shitmaggot been taken out by a drone or a sniper?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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He's ensconced in Hong Kong or some Chinese protected space.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:34 PM (gpvQO)

106 Curtis LeMay ran ‘em dry on incendiary bombs in the Big One. They made more.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:34 PM (2a3L4)

107 No one's said anything about the Maine. Doesn't it look odd?
Like, the propellers are at the bow and not the stern?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:31 PM (gpvQO)

I'm still waiting to see if the Democrats shot themselves in the foot again. Maine has a "Sore Loser" law, and their current Senate candidate lost a primary for Lt. Governor this year. One of the R's in their state house asked for a ruling on whether he's eligible.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 10:35 PM (qx7Zg)

108 Look again. That is the stern.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)

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The stern is

*checks note*

The ass end of the boat, right?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 10:36 PM (u/oMr)

109 Does anyone remember the Texaco Star Theater?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 10:26 PM (gxRWI)

Wouldn't you have to be over 29?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

110 Back in the day when the gas cap was behind the rear license plate

what were they thinking

Esso had the tiger tail
Gulf had those little orange horseshoe magnets
Sinclair had the little blow-up green dinosaur
Sunoco had beer glasses, I think
Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 10:34 PM (ZxPkt)

Jack In The Box had the antenna ball.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 10:36 PM (wVcYX)

111 My Five Day Deodorant was a No-Pest Strip!

Posted by: Totie Fields at July 27, 2026 10:36 PM (JM9I6)

112 97 Speaking of 240mm there's a lot of chatter on the innertubes about us running out of ammo. I think that info is coming from Neville Roy Singham.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:25
____________________________

Look at it from a different perspective. One of the reasons the deep state despises Trump is that they are beholden to defense contractors. The conventional wisdom was that Trump would make that relationship less lucrative by not starting any new wars. BUT, Iran came along, and the defense contractors are suddenly nice and content. The Deep state doesn't want to screw that up....so we have as much ordinance as we require. The right people are getting rich-er.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 10:36 PM (dIske)

113 Look again. That is the stern.

Posted by: JackStraw
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Looking forward the bow looks blunt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:37 PM (gpvQO)

114 Car antennas. Do not miss those.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 10:37 PM (zZu0s)

115 He's ensconced in Hong Kong or some Chinese protected space.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:34 PM (gpvQO)

Makes it more challenging, maybe, but I expect his "protectors" can be bribed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:38 PM (1z8ji)

116 I got in touch with my inner self today.

That's the last f*cking time I buy cheap toilet paper!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

117 Mom was not mentally challenged but needed help.
I found a nice place about quarter mile away.
Washing, housekeeping, and meals we there every day.
I think I did my best.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 10:38 PM (/+uur)

118 If any of y'all like spooky kdramas, I can recommend East Palace.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 10:39 PM (0TVIV)

119 Car antennas. Do not miss those.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
************
But I do miss the window vents

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 27, 2026 10:39 PM (XfIK1)

120 115 He's ensconced in Hong Kong or some Chinese protected space.

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Difficult. Not impossible.

Posted by: Roy Neri at July 27, 2026 10:39 PM (6/7Fs)

121 >>The ass end of the boat, right?

Nautical term is hiney.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:39 PM (viF8m)

122 At the time I liked the Munsters better than the Adam's Family. Preferred Lost in Space over Star Trek.

I've always been a bit different. My husband liked the Adam's Family and Star Trek but I married him anyway.

We may or may not survive the heat of the summer. Days are dicey as to what may set me off. Today he pruned my roses when he wasn't supposed to, which is not great for them and I told him they can die for all I care this hot summer. I have 30 rose bushes that are basically trees (English type). I've told him for years not to prune them in super hot weather and, bless him, he did it for me (he said, once he knew he was in error).

It's sort of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof around here these days. Even though we have central air as we are not insane...I don't own a slip like Liz to swan around in (nor do I have Paul Newman nearby), but do wear what I want and it is not much. I stay inside and am having cabin fever, which most people contract in the winter. I love winter.

Next year I may go to Iceland this time of year for a vacation. I would prefer Canada again but they are nuts and it's burning up with wildfires.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 10:39 PM (hzuYO)

123 No one's said anything about the Maine. Doesn't it look odd?
Like, the propellers are at the bow and not the stern?

Look again. That is the stern.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)

So, the picture was ass-backwards?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

124 It is the stern, but it's not a rounded.off stern. More canoeish.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 27, 2026 10:39 PM (Nt34E)

125

Stolen 12-foot Sinclair Dinosaur from Montana has been found bolted down on a cliff overlooking the Yellowstone River in Yankee Jim Canyon.

Story on Cowboy State Daily

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 10:39 PM (/QHx4)

126 We were at church on Sunday night.
At cousins and saw Disney and Bonanza
Wow

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 10:40 PM (/+uur)

127 I visit hubby every day at lunch time. Usually bring a treat or favorite food, sometimes need to help him eat, always need to help him clean up.

His mind is "in and out" now-- most often he *does* recognize me (in some way or another) and is glad to see me. He speaks so softly that I can barely hear, even with hearing aids turned up to max-- and sometimes his statements makes no sense to me. I wonder what he's trying to convey?

He's been combative lately. This is new. The CNAs cornered me today, before I got to dining room, to *warn me* that he'd mentioned wanting to "punch her" (meaning me!) this morning. For not being there precisely when he wanted, I guess. ??

But he seemed fine while I was there today. I stayed a couple hours, sat on the bed with him & watched tv for a while before leaving.

And so it goes. Dr. hasn't gotten back to me re: calming meds for him.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

128
I think Trump got monoclonal antibodies and Biden get Paxlovid. So Trump got better and Biden relapsed and then got better.

Posted by: Emmie
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Yep. He recommended it for everyone But the *drug pushers put the quietetus on that.

*see Chris Rock's 1990's admonition re aids.'

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:41 PM (gpvQO)

129 110 Back in the day when the gas cap was behind the rear license plate

what were they thinking

Esso had the tiger tail
Gulf had those little orange horseshoe magnets
Sinclair had the little blow-up green dinosaur
Sunoco had beer glasses, I think
Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 10:34 PM (ZxPkt)

Jack In The Box had the antenna ball.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 10:36 PM (wVcYX)
________________________

You left off my favorite that was a big deal for all my high school classmates. Hannah the Hula Girl. ARCO gave them away for your dash board. It was a bobble head set-up, but Hannah's whole body wobbled. It was something about fighting the sludge monster. I don't recall, but we all had a Hula Dash Dancer, some altered a bit to improve the view IYKWIM.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (dIske)

130 Back in the day when the gas cap was behind the rear license plate

what were they thinking

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 10:34 PM (ZxPkt)

Yeah, no shit. My '69 roadrunner has it behind the rear license plate, and yeah, its a real pain in the frigging ass because modern pump nozzles don't stay put like the ones from years ago. You have to hold it in place while squatting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (S41Gd)

131 I wonder if anyone bought the horse in front of the store. I would have. And the guitars in the window. Bummer.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (hzuYO)

132 okay so I'm watching a baseball game, and there's a baserunner, looks like he's wearing oven mitts

wtf

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (ZxPkt)

133 But I do miss the window vents
Posted by: The Grateful

Wing windows FTW!!! I miss those too!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (rdVOm)

134 I saw this meme, and Oregon Muse came to mind.

https://youtu.be/VTjFbynQ24k?t=171

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

135 >>It is the stern, but it's not a rounded.off stern. More canoeish.

https://tinyurl.com/43zkvsr2

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m)

136 You have to hold it in place while squatting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (S41Gd)

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Been there.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 10:43 PM (6/7Fs)

137 Yeah, no shit. My '69 roadrunner has it behind the rear license plate, and yeah, its a real pain in the frigging ass because modern pump nozzles don't stay put like the ones from years ago. You have to hold it in place while squatting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Yeah but it doesn't matter *which side* the pump is on! It WAS a convenience. Not so much, now.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:44 PM (rdVOm)

138 Sock removal post. Feel free to scoll-by.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 27, 2026 10:44 PM (vSKbP)

139 That is a steam shovel working in that Husky Stadium photo, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel (Mary Ann), were a thing.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 10:44 PM (O6Iwc)

140 A review of the '26 Miata...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hewETuVvM

Posted by: davidt at July 27, 2026 10:44 PM (Q+gd/)

141 Ah JQ, you are the living definition of true love. Bless you for what you do, and I do know that it comes with a price. But you are the best of God's chosen ones....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 27, 2026 10:44 PM (XfIK1)

142 You have to hold it in place while squatting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (S41Gd)

Like a lady peeing in the desert.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:45 PM (1z8ji)

143
But he seemed fine while I was there today. I stayed a couple hours, sat on the bed with him & watched tv for a while before leaving.

And so it goes. Dr. hasn't gotten back to me re: calming meds for him.
Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)
***********
I am so sorry you are having to go through this, JQ.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 10:46 PM (hzuYO)

144 You have to hold it in place while squatting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

NTTAWTT

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 10:46 PM (O6Iwc)

145 Car antennas. Do not miss those.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

My 2013 Nissan Frontier has one. Truly, the last of the best. Hand crank windows, six-speed manual, 4x4, no electric locks.

But, it does have a CD player.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 10:46 PM (0aYVJ)

146 I got in touch with my inner self today.

That's the last f*cking time I buy cheap toilet paper!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

So basically your finger ended up looking like ilhan omar in her head wrap.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:47 PM (S41Gd)

147 Looking forward the bow looks blunt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:37 PM (gpvQO)

That is the Maine BB-10, the bow had a underwater inverted bow to increase hydrodynamics, or whatever it was called. The stern was quite pointed, and the picture shows a rudder there as well

If you look up Maine BB-10 you can find a lot of pictures, both underway, modified for service in 1918, and in dry-dock

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)

148 131 I wonder if anyone bought the horse in front of the store. I would have. And the guitars in the window. Bummer.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (hzuYO)
_________________________

Yeah, coming out of a Depression, I'll bet there was some really good stuff in some of those second hand stores. But, it would have been a bit depressing as well, people giving up their heirlooms.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 10:48 PM (dIske)

149 Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

So very sorry, JQ.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 10:48 PM (zZu0s)

150 You have to hold it in place while squatting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (S41Gd)

Like a lady peeing in the desert.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:45 PM (1z8ji)

Or a VC in a rice paddy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:48 PM (S41Gd)

151 140 A review of the '26 Miata...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hewETuVvM

Posted by: davidt at July 27, 2026 10:44 PM (Q+gd/)

My wife has had 3
She had a real cool 1 of a 1000s Mazdaspeed 2005.
Turbo
race track suspension
6 speed

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 10:48 PM (/+uur)

152 Look again. That is the stern.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:33 PM (viF8m)

So, the picture was ass-backwards?

Posted by: OrangeEnt
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First boat I've seen with a pointy stern and wide bow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:48 PM (gpvQO)

153 Next year I may go to Iceland this time of year for a vacation. I would prefer Canada again but they are nuts and it's burning up with wildfires.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 10:39 PM (hzuYO)

You could see what tcn thinks about vacationing in Alaska. Not necessarily with her and her family, just if it would be relaxing for you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 10:49 PM (qx7Zg)

154 You have to hold it in place while squatting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

NTTAWTT
Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 10:46 PM (O6Iwc)

Beats the heck out of fervently praying while trotting towards the privvy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 10:49 PM (wVcYX)

155
“Bubba Ho-Tep”
That movie is awesome!
I need to dig that DVD out and watch it soon.
One of my favorite cult classics.
Down Periscope is my all-time favorite classic. It comes on Netflix or prime, so I haven’t had to try and find that disc.
I’ve seen both, a dozen times or more. I’ll see them again that many times while I’m alive.

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 27, 2026 10:49 PM (N91F8)

156 blessings for JQ

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 10:49 PM (/+uur)

157 JQ,
You are a lovely, sweet lady and I adore you. Please be courageous! Your love for your husband is worthy of praise. I am sad I never had that kind of love in my life that you have shown him.

You are a gem. May peace and strength and steadfast love be with you.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 10:50 PM (yEz+x)

158 First boat I've seen with a pointy stern and wide bow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:48 PM (gpvQO)

I've known plenty of women who fit that description.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

159 You have to hold it in place while squatting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (S41Gd)

Like a lady peeing in the desert.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:45 PM (1z8ji)

Or a VC in a rice paddy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:48 PM (S41Gd)

Or Juan Rodriguez in a lettuce field.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 10:51 PM (wVcYX)

160
Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

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

JQ, my heart goes out to you.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 10:51 PM (mmrXZ)

161 I grew up in a house that had no access to either Addams Family or Münster's, nor Star Trek, nor Gilligan's island. I guess even in the 1970s there was some kind of cable TV option. My dad was not a TV fan.

We had ABC, CBS, and NBC. No PBS, no syndicated shows.

In the 1980s Mom talked him into upgrading just a wee bit. So, 13 channel cable.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 10:51 PM (0aYVJ)

162 If you look up Maine BB-10 you can find a lot of pictures, both underway, modified for service in 1918, and in dry-dock
Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 10:48 PM (rbvCR)

They were starting to put some real science into hull design, by then.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:52 PM (1z8ji)

163 146 I got in touch with my inner self today.

That's the last f*cking time I buy cheap toilet paper!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

So basically your finger ended up looking like ilhan omar in her head wrap.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Drink out nose.

You bastards.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 10:52 PM (yEz+x)

164 129 ...You left off my favorite that was a big deal for all my high school classmates. Hannah the Hula Girl. ARCO gave them away for your dash board. It was a bobble head set-up, but Hannah's whole body wobbled. It was something about fighting the sludge monster. I don't recall, but we all had a Hula Dash Dancer, some altered a bit to improve the view IYKWIM.
Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (dIske)

The Hanna commercials were great. Some are still on ewww toob last I checked.

I'm sure some girl-boss somewhere put the ki-bash on those too...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 27, 2026 10:52 PM (QGaXH)

165 Prayer request....Menasha, WI. A strong tornado blasted through the town (and surrounding communities).
https://tinyurl.com/ycyrwc4s
Basements and work structures probably saved many lives (casualty reports are blessedly small and/or approaching zero). Yet the struggle is still there...rebuilding a blue collar town.

Posted by: techsan at July 27, 2026 10:53 PM (uNveu)

166 >>That is the Maine BB-10, the bow had a underwater inverted bow to increase hydrodynamics, or whatever it was called. The stern was quite pointed, and the picture shows a rudder there as well

Look at the freeboard. See how it goes up from the stern? Look how short the freeboard is at the stern.

That would be a submarine offshore if that were the bow.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:53 PM (viF8m)

167 64 Evening, Horde! Would appreciate prayers tomorrow morning from those so inclined, second-stage interview for the job I really really need and want.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM (aJQbY)

********************
Prayers tonight and tomorrow morning, dear man.

May the Holy Spirit surround you, give you confidence, peace and just the right words.

You've got this, dude. XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 10:53 PM (hzuYO)

168 I've known plenty of women who fit that description.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

Although a narrow bow and wide stern is much more commonplace...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:53 PM (1z8ji)

169 That is a steam shovel working in that Husky Stadium photo, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel (Mary Ann), were a thing.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 10:44 PM (O6Iwc)

Timeless classic.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 10:53 PM (wVcYX)

170 fine, Braenyard . You are right. Happy?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 10:54 PM (rbvCR)

171 Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

Prayers to you and your beloved.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 10:54 PM (0aYVJ)

172 ChristyBlinkyTheGreat -

Alaska has great summers and is part of the USA.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 10:55 PM (APZWP)

173 second-stage interview for the job I really really need and want.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 10:19 PM (aJQbY)

I think you're supposed to imagine them all naked or something. Good Luck!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 10:55 PM (wVcYX)

174 I wonder if anyone bought the horse in front of the store. I would have. And the guitars in the window. Bummer.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (hzuYO)

Yeah, those guitars caught my eye. In that era, either they were pieces crap, or something that would be worth a shit ton of money today.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:55 PM (S41Gd)

175 If you look up Maine BB-10 you can find a lot of pictures, both underway, modified for service in 1918, and in dry-dock

Posted by: Kindltot
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Not having success getting decent pics (when you think the internet can't get crappier) but I'll take everybodies word. It's just a bad angle for me.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:57 PM (gpvQO)

176 I've known plenty of women who fit that description.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

Although a narrow bow and wide stern is much more commonplace...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:53 PM (1z8ji)

The Pear.

Posted by: Monty Python Lads at July 27, 2026 10:57 PM (wVcYX)

177 I saw a study about intermittent CO2 helping clear the proteins in the brain that are associated with dementia

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 10:57 PM (13VxP)

178 Posted by: JQ "

It's tough. My only advice is to keep on living every day. Please know that others share these burdens...prayers help.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 10:58 PM (XuXeR)

179 There's a "Dinosaur World" off of I-65 in Kentucky. They have fiberglass replicas, apparently life size, of several of them. A couple years ago they had some of the older ones that were "beyond help" (faded, falling apart) for sale.

Would have been cool to have one in the yard.

Or at the end of the driveway.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 10:58 PM (jehhT)

180 You people have no idea what it's like to be the Common Law husband of a United States Senator.

If she gets re-elected, we'll keep the trailer house anyway because Legal Residence.

Posted by: Miklos never paid much attention to spelling at July 27, 2026 10:59 PM (A764u)

181 Thank you for the ONT TRex!

Posted by: Some Rat at July 27, 2026 11:00 PM (BJzO2)

182 RandomDave

I just kicked in. Best of luck tomorrow.

Posted by: mnw at July 27, 2026 11:01 PM (RCjYY)

183 First boat I've seen with a pointy stern and wide bow.

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*cough*

Posted by: USS Ohio at July 27, 2026 11:01 PM (6/7Fs)

184 Thanks, all of you! You're all so awesome!

I didn't mean to derail the ONT, but *nursing homes* were mentioned... I've seen this one every day for a year and a half. It has a rehab section too, so not everyone who leaves, does so "in a box".

Hubby is on his 3rd roomie now. (The other 2 did pass away, but were in way worse shape than hubs.)

It's sad to see so many who do not get visitors often, or at all.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 11:01 PM (rdVOm)

185 All Best for JQ and RandomDave

Posted by: Miklos at July 27, 2026 11:01 PM (A764u)

186 If she gets re-elected, we'll keep the trailer house anyway because Legal Residence.
Posted by: Miklos never paid much attention to spelling at July 27, 2026 10:59 PM (A764u)

Ron Wyden? Is that you?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 11:01 PM (rbvCR)

187 Yeah, those guitars caught my eye. In that era, either they were pieces crap, or something that would be worth a shit ton of money today.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:55 PM (S41Gd)

The radio looks like it may be a Philco. A plethora of makers built "cathedral" radios in the 1930's.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)

188
Darline is pissing me off big time. She wasn't supposed to run for the seat, just be a "caretaker". Now I'm wondering how much did the players know and when did they know it.

But adopting "Graham" as her last name, that's really pissing me off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 11:02 PM (w6EFb)

189 I was at Mare Island in Nov 91 for MCSF school and again in June 92 for CQB school. The barracks was the old brig. MASSIVE stone building, 20 ft ceilings. Most of the bars had been removed but a few cells still existed. My understanding is that the whole base has been torn down

Posted by: Stacy0311 at July 27, 2026 11:02 PM (0XJ7E)

190 RAT!

You bastard!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 11:04 PM (2Cc5C)

191 JQ,
I found when my husband no longer recognized me, he still knew my voice. So I called him often. And even though he didn't recognize me, he trusted what I said to him. So I used to tell him stories of his own boyhood that he no longer remembered.

Posted by: Wenda at July 27, 2026 11:04 PM (UDQz0)

192 Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

Prayers to you and your family.

Posted by: Some Rat at July 27, 2026 11:04 PM (BJzO2)

193 >>Not having success getting decent pics (when you think the internet can't get crappier) but I'll take everybodies word. It's just a bad angle for me.

Here are some drawings. Makes it a bit more clear.

https://tinyurl.com/s468uswk

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:05 PM (viF8m)

194 Prayers to you and your family.
Posted by: Some Rat at July 27, 2026 11:04 PM (BJzO2)

Likewise for you!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:06 PM (1z8ji)

195 Damn

Now Marline and Charline want to move to DC too.

I tell 'em beer is expensive up here

And the quality of customers at the bars is worse than the Country Bunker, with worse music

Posted by: Miklos, looking at some sweet Per Diems at July 27, 2026 11:07 PM (A764u)

196 Posted by: Wenda at July 27, 2026 11:04 PM (UDQz0)

Oh Wenda...

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 11:08 PM (vE0+H)

197 Here are some drawings. Makes it a bit more clear.

https://tinyurl.com/s468uswk
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:05 PM (viF8m)

Should have raked the funnels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:08 PM (1z8ji)

198 Ron Wyden? Is that you?
Posted by: Kindltot

Well, Darline (sp) is a wide 'un

Posted by: Miklos,used one of them laser things once to check at July 27, 2026 11:09 PM (A764u)

199 That baby sitting in the reptile farm or in the dirt...there are photos of 1yr old me sitting in a baby pool with about an inch of water. I am sure not left alone as it was my grandmother's front yard. How on earth Mama thought I could drown in that without a head injury is still baffling unless I bit the pool and water drained out.

When we had a real pool on the farm my mother (who cannot swim, nor does she like shower water in her face) would insist on watching me swim laps. In HS I finally asked her why? What was she going to do? Throw me the pool skimmer thing? Bless her, she cared, altho I could not sink if I tried and could still swim far.

I told my husband, when the Costa Concordia sank that I was sure I could have swam to the island vs drowning. We argued about that, too, the 50 degree water... and the thought of drowning would motivate me. I told him I could save him, too, as a human floatation device.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 11:09 PM (hzuYO)

200 Nurse! Good to see you!

Posted by: Some Rat at July 27, 2026 11:11 PM (BJzO2)

201 I read a book about the Spanish American War once, with a lot of attention to the explosion and sinking of the Maine.

It convinced me beyond a reasonable doubt that the ship blew up because of a coal dust explosion. The Navy had had about 7 previous similar incidents involving coal dust explosions-- just not as catastrophic as the Maine.

The last thing in the world the Spanish colonial govt of Cuba wanted was a war with the. U.S.

Posted by: mnw at July 27, 2026 11:11 PM (RCjYY)

202
Drink out nose.

You bastards.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 10:52 PM (yEz+x)

Check your phone. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 11:11 PM (S41Gd)

203
ChristyBlinky,

You are hilarious. Your stories are always interesting.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 11:12 PM (/QHx4)

204 181 Thank you for the ONT TRex!
Posted by: Some Rat at July 27, 2026 11:00 PM
***
Sir! It is great to virtually see you. Best wishes. 🙏

Posted by: TRex - dilly dilly dino at July 27, 2026 11:12 PM (XfIK1)

205 But I do miss the window vents
Posted by: The Grateful

Wing windows FTW!!! I miss those too!
Posted by: JQ

Try telling the kids that.

They won't believe you

Also, somebody paid for a tray of tequila shots and just walked out. Said "do what's right".

Posted by: Miklos Late at Nite at July 27, 2026 11:14 PM (A764u)

206 Some Rat!

Prayers continue for you!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 11:14 PM (rdVOm)

207 The radio looks like it may be a Philco. A plethora of makers built "cathedral" radios in the 1930's.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)

One of the harley shops I work out of has an oldie like that sitting on the shelf with all the other wall hanger stuff. I keep saying one day I'm going to fix it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 11:14 PM (S41Gd)

208 ChristyBlinky,

You are hilarious. Your stories are always interesting.
---------------------

Christy speaking of, when you were on predinisone or whatever earlier this year you were all jacked up one day, and wrote some shit that sounded just like how I write when I'm NOT on prednisone or whatever. It was that day that I realized there is something probably very wrong with me.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 11:15 PM (vE0+H)

209 ...somebody paid for a tray of tequila shots and just walked out. Said "do what's right".
Posted by: Miklos Late at Nite

Woot! Slices of lemon & lime, salt shaker, comin' UP!!!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 11:15 PM (rdVOm)

210 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Thank you so much kind sir!

Posted by: Some Rat at July 27, 2026 11:15 PM (BJzO2)

211 Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

The embodiment of Love & Devotion. You are a blessing.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 11:15 PM (wVcYX)

212 USS Salem from WW2 used 8" shells (203mm), had auto-loaders, and each of her 9 guns could fire right around 4 rounds a minute. Another one of the museum ships I'd like to visit.

Posted by: DougInWA at July 27, 2026 11:16 PM (/+Q3C)

213 >>Should have raked the funnels.

You kids, always trying to trick out your rides.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:16 PM (viF8m)

214 203
ChristyBlinky,

You are hilarious. Your stories are always interesting.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 11:12 PM (/QHx4)
***********

You are sweet. I ramble here and then go to bed. I'm trying to behave and go to bed early vs last week and sleeping like a teen to 10am.

I blame the Gilmore Girl's. The most stupid show ever that I was watching to not think about a recent biopsy (one of what seems like hundreds of skin biopsies in 40yrs...normal, pre-cancerous from my tans as a teen to 32yrs). I did this to myself so I get mad at myself and I escape with stupid shows.

I don't know why the Gilmore Girl's as all but Luke irritate me. I tried to hide it from my dude but he caught me one night and laughed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 11:18 PM (hzuYO)

215 Oscar Madison had a saxophone. Couldn't play it, kept it for hocking.

Posted by: Jumbo's Pawn Shop at July 27, 2026 11:18 PM (JM9I6)

216 One of the harley shops I work out of has an oldie like that sitting on the shelf with all the other wall hanger stuff. I keep saying one day I'm going to fix it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 11:14 PM (S41Gd)

There are a lot of Yang Poon fakes out there that look superficially like real vintage radios. Fakes are usually smaller, and weigh very little, and have AM-FM. I don't believe any original cathedral radios had FM. That style went out of fashion before FM broadcasting came to be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:18 PM (1z8ji)

217 >>USS Salem from WW2 used 8" shells (203mm), had auto-loaders, and each of her 9 guns could fire right around 4 rounds a minute. Another one of the museum ships I'd like to visit.

Go by her pretty much once a week.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:20 PM (viF8m)

218 You kids, always trying to trick out your rides.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:16 PM (viF8m)

Heh. Raked funnels were THE thing just a few years later. Make the ship look like it is going faster.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:21 PM (1z8ji)

219 Granfather had a cathedral Philco, it worked fine, he daughter, my aunt painted it white. He gave it away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 11:23 PM (gpvQO)

220 Christy speaking of, when you were on predinisone or whatever earlier this year you were all jacked up one day, and wrote some shit that sounded just like how I write when I'm NOT on prednisone or whatever. It was that day that I realized there is something probably very wrong with me.
Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 11:15 PM (vE0+H)
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Yep! My second time!!! I hate that crap! The first time, years ago, I was wild. Got a lot done, however. A lot that did not really need to be done like sorting my jewelry at midnight like the Queen of England.

My dude caught me doing that and laughed and told me to go to bed. If one of us is ill he retreats to his study. I am not sure what goes on in there but think it involves guitars.

I talk fast (for a redneck) and type fast. When we married in MS my almost groom asked where my favorite aunt was from and I said right here in MS. (Probably rhiiite, heah).

When I did drink and party more often this same dude would tell me I'd had enough if my speech slowed down and sounded like Charlene on Designing Women. That was my cue vs, "Stop drinking, you wench!"

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 11:23 PM (hzuYO)

221 One of the harley shops I work out of has an oldie like that sitting on the shelf with all the other wall hanger stuff. I keep saying one day I'm going to fix it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 11:14 PM (S41Gd)

There are a lot of Yang Poon fakes out there that look superficially like real vintage radios. Fakes are usually smaller, and weigh very little, and have AM-FM. I don't believe any original cathedral radios had FM. That style went out of fashion before FM broadcasting came to be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:18 PM (1z8ji)

Yeah this is a real one, I had the back off of it. I think you're right though, they were most likely AM only. I don't think FM was used in any capacity until the early 60's.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 11:24 PM (S41Gd)

222 You kids, always trying to trick out your rides.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:16 PM (viF8m)

Heh. Raked funnels were THE thing just a few years later. Make the ship look like it is going faster.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Or drinking even faster

Posted by: Miklos vaguly recalls beer funnels at July 27, 2026 11:24 PM (A764u)

223 A young German VTuber, Neila, learns about the Berlin Wall from the Fat Electrician.

https://youtu.be/NxcNHTiTLMo

The Soviets called the wall an 'anti-fascist rampart'? Well isn't that special. The DDR/USSR would ransom some 215,000 people to the West for about $2.3 billion DM.

Nothing says Communist paradise more than selling your people off like slaves. Well besides shooting them, starving them, and sending them to prison.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)

224 Berserker

Sinuses cleared.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 11:25 PM (yEz+x)

225 That was one ugly ship, don't think raked funnels would have helped it much.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 11:25 PM (gpvQO)

226 JQ, Thank you, the support of all the GREAT folks on this blog means we are never alone while we experience some of lifes "oopsies"

Posted by: Some Rat at July 27, 2026 11:25 PM (BJzO2)

227 Hubby is *my guy* and my best friend. I will not abandon him.

He doesn't know how to deal with a phone or remote control. I set the channel & volume for him. His roomie doesn't care, or so he says.

One day when I got there, hubs was fiddling with the remote and then asked if I'd gotten the pictures he sent... LOL. (There are still a few laughs to be had)

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 11:26 PM (rdVOm)

228 Rendition of that 1944 Ohio to come was a sleek looking battleship.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 11:26 PM (gpvQO)

229 Good evening morons en bedankt Dino onder sonzondergang in Sonoma

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 11:26 PM (JvZF+)

230 225 That was one ugly ship, don't think raked funnels would have helped it much.

---------

A waterslide and a splash pad would have been a big improvement.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 11:27 PM (6/7Fs)

231 {Some Rat}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 11:28 PM (JvZF+)

232 Thing is, those crappy guitars were all most people could afford back in the day. Martins have always been on the high side. So most of those old school original Blues guys played a Stella maybe, or a Sears or whatever. If you really want to be authentic, playing slide and stuff like that, you’d want to use one of those cheap guitars.

When John Hurt was “rediscovered” in 1960s Mississippi and the musicologists wanted to record him, they told him to pick out any guitar he wanted from a guitar store. He chose a Guild, not a Martin.

Those guys could play anything and make it sound good. It ain’t the guitar! If you watch him playing Spike Driver Blues, I think it is, he basically plays one (1) chord, G. That’s it. But he’s got a lot of stuff goin’ on. Stagger Lee is another good one. They kind of prettied it up from the 30s version, by the 1960s. It’s all in the right hand

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 11:28 PM (RnSBy)

233 Where are my manners, sir! Thank you, T-Rex for the ONT.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 11:28 PM (hzuYO)

234 The Kool-Aid ad from 1974 is the one that hits home for me.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 11:29 PM (O7YUW)

235 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 11:23 PM (hzuYO)

LOL. I was on it for 8 looong months once for Crohns. Couldn't get off the shit. All the way up to my resection. The energy boost wouldn't have been bad if I hadn't been so freaking ill. But it kept the pain down somewhat and kept me upright.

I can only imagine what I typed like while I was on it - although that said, I *was* here... and there was no character limit...

Sometimes I lean into my stream of consciousness writing purposely and I'm sure it doesn't sound great to others but damn it feels good writing it and that's all that matters.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 11:31 PM (vE0+H)

236 Where was this concern about our munitions stockpiles when Joey Bidet was shipping to Ukraine almost everything in the inventory?

They can eff right off.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)

237 The US 240mm howitzer, the M-1, was first used in 1943 at Anzio.

Sometimes the Internet can still find relevant information.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:32 PM (2GVsD)

238 Yeah this is a real one, I had the back off of it. I think you're right though, they were most likely AM only. I don't think FM was used in any capacity until the early 60's.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 11:24 PM (S41Gd)

Major Armstrong invented FM radio in the late 1930's. The first FM band was 42 to 50 mHz, and became effective in January 1941. Post-War, that bandwidth was reallocated for TV channels 2 - 6, and FM radio broadcast was relocated to to its current 88-108 mHz. FM radios for the new band became available in the late '40's early '50's, but it was the '60's when it really began to be popular.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:32 PM (1z8ji)

239 OOoops... I forgot to thank our host, too...

Thanks for the ONT, TRex--

GAP band rocked!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

240 Nothing says Communist paradise more than selling your people off like slaves. Well besides shooting them, starving them, and sending them to prison.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Many Soviet Jews (whether religious or not) were bought out from the USSR for about 18-20,000 USD at the time in the 70s and 80s.

The money came from Israel and the US, mainly. The thin Soviet justification was "the State has paid for your health care, education, etc).

Most wanted to go to the US, but Israel wanted people, so (for a fee) Ceaucescu got them flown to Bucharest, with charter flights to Israel. Many later moved to the US, but Israel had to be the first stop.

Posted by: Miklos was and is aware of this at July 27, 2026 11:35 PM (A764u)

241 Yeah, no shit. My '69 roadrunner has it behind the rear license plate, and yeah, its a real pain in the frigging ass because modern pump nozzles don't stay put like the ones from years ago. You have to hold it in place while squatting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 10:42 PM (S41Gd

Ha! Yeah my first car, a ‘71 Torino, had the same thing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 11:36 PM (xLOWQ)

242 @JQ: We normally bump into each other on the Tech News thread if you're up that late. I'm up waaaay later than I should be tonight.

Also: You are the shining example of what "For Better or for Worse" means when it really matters. You are to be commended. You hang in there okay?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 11:36 PM (O7YUW)

243 When John Hurt was “rediscovered” in 1960s Mississippi and the musicologists wanted to record him, they told him to pick out any guitar he wanted from a guitar store. He chose a Guild, not a Martin.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 11:28 PM (RnSBy)
**********
My senior year of HS (a miserable time as I had to go to a stupid private school for one yr due to federal bussing, those bastids), I protested everything. In my diary I am a complete beech on wheels (I doubt it, my diaries are full of drama). I would not play basketball nor try out for cheerleader. I showed up.

I skipped my junior year of HS due to this tragedy.

It got better the last semester as Daddy let me drive my bro and friend and I'd go 90mph to set daily records (country roads). The first semester we had to carpool in a horrid florist van with a man who drove 25mph.

Anyway, I had the chance to meet BB King; as a guy who barely spoke to me knew him and asked if I wanted to hear him play. I did not know who BB King was and did not want to travel 2hrs to the Delta with the guy I did not know. Which is a pity to not meet BB King.

However, the guy was a bit odd and my serial killer antenna was alarmed.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 11:36 PM (hzuYO)

244 FM was pre WWII, but there weren’t any stations, it came around in a big way by the 50s.

Then they fucked up and changed the frequency band allocation, making early sets obsolete. Broadcast TV audio was in the FM band. Long after I ditched television, I used the rooftop antenna for FM use. It’s not quite cut for audio, but waaay better than anything else. Higher the better.

I refurbed a Dynaco FM3 tube tuner, that thing was spooky good on a quality station. They were sold as a kit. Imagine that. I couldn’t believe anything could sound that good from the early 60s. It had a 3D effect, and the midrange, voices and brass and violins and shit like that was amazing.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 11:36 PM (RnSBy)

245 He speaks so softly that I can barely hear, even with hearing aids turned up to max-- and sometimes his statements makes no sense to me. I wonder what he's trying to convey?
=====

JQ Family Caregiver Alliance and Alzheimer's Association has great materials on communicating and connecting with a loved one. In general, words are not used for information but for conveying emotion. The substance matters less than the feelings.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 11:37 PM (JvZF+)

246 I'm sure it doesn't sound great to others but damn it feels good writing it and that's all that matters.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 11:31 PM (vE0+H)

We sound great.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 11:37 PM (dK+Kv)

247 I big RROOOOAAAAAARRRRRRR of thanks to TRex.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)

248 Edward James Olmos in Blade Runner.......was he Mexinese or Japxican in that film?

Posted by: Atomic Load at July 27, 2026 11:39 PM (hyQrc)

249 Also to JQ:

This is the one I remember from the Gap Band from the MTV/Much Music days:

https://youtu.be/ekkVQjjxWKo?&t=7

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 11:39 PM (O7YUW)

250
There can be some funny moments at the nursing home. Also, some not-so-funny one.

My mother has been blessed with two roommates who have all their faculties. The first one, named Kathy was quite a character. She is exactly Miklos' Darlene when she got old and really ornery. She had a heart attack, and then drug-induced rhabdomyolysis (statin and something else), and went home last week.

The new one, named Catherine is there while her family goes on a vacation. She'll be there for a little over a week or 10 days or something. The other day she was sleeping, and called out in her sleep, "Alexa, what time is it?" Miley just told her what time it was and that satisfied her.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 11:40 PM (w6EFb)

251 Many Soviet Jews (whether religious or not) were bought out from the USSR for about 18-20,000 USD at the time in the 70s and 80s.
=====

I smuggled currency and Levi's for this purpose.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 11:41 PM (JvZF+)

252 Graff in Blade Runner was Bryant's snappily dressed gopher. He has so little to do, he learned origami.

Notice Bryant never sent him to Tyrell Corp to test for skin jobs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:41 PM (2GVsD)

253 Da Miklos

The means of production is the worker so yes, the Communists had to control the means of production any way they could.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:42 PM (2GVsD)

254 We sound great.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 11:37 PM (dK+Kv)

LOL but are we really the best judge

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 11:42 PM (vE0+H)

255
Yang poon > Com poon

Posted by: Cloud William at July 27, 2026 11:44 PM (DZ9Lv)

256 Norwegian Lutherans bought Pastor Richard Wurmbrand out of Romania for about ten grand. He had been tortured and jailed by the Nazis, Stalin, and Ceaucescu. Jewish by birth, convert to Christianity. He stayed overnight in our apartment in Brooklyn in 1965 when he was on a tour of Norwegian-American churches to thank them for springing him. A prolific writer, his most famous book was Tortured For Christ.

Posted by: Voice of the Martyrs at July 27, 2026 11:44 PM (JM9I6)

257 Hi, Grumpy & Recalcitrant!

Thank you for the kind words. Hubby means the world to me and I want to *be there* for him as much as possible. This is NOT how either of us envisioned our retirement, but so it must be...

Thanks also for the GAP Band cut. LOL, I love funk!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm)

258 Early vacuum tube FM radios suffered from a lack of AFC (automatic frequency control). They tended to drift off-channel as things warmed up, and audio quality suffered. By the 1960's, that problem was solved.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:46 PM (1z8ji)

259 236 Where was this concern about our munitions stockpiles when Joey Bidet was shipping to Ukraine almost everything in the inventory?

They can eff right off.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Where?
Right underneath Faucci's diary.
Next to Rubio's Eye for a Head spray.
and next to the Daft/Macaroni's realizations that the fires weren't accidental.

SHARK WEEK/DAY TWO
-- Smirking MADMANI looks at AOC, and AOC smirks back
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-PressWithBothHands

[Content Warning: Danger/Pychohazard]
Klingon/MADMANI approached the fragile AOC ingrigued by the REMAIN SINWAR camisole and FREE GAZA hotpants. He would have done it better. It reminded him of the millions he butchered on many moons. He approached as a conqueror, determined to break her resolve and assert his dominance over her seeming human weakness. Yet the moment her lips met his, a fierce, unexpected heat flared between them, shattering his iron discipline. The mighty warrior found himself utterly undone, a prisoner of his own rising passion, willingly surrendering his pride to the intoxicating fire of her embrace, ashamed of what his own culture forbade, and which for so long he denied himself.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 27, 2026 11:47 PM (4Z1Kr)

260
Elon Musk on X just now: "Where we're going, there is no training data."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb)

261 I refurbed a Dynaco FM3 tube tuner, that thing was spooky good on a quality station. They were sold as a kit. Imagine that. I couldn’t believe anything could sound that good from the early 60s. It had a 3D effect, and the midrange, voices and brass and violins and shit like that was amazing.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 11:36 PM (RnSBy)

Gotta love tubes. All my guitar amps are tubes. When the last tube amp ceases to exist is the day I put the guitar down, or go back to classical.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 11:51 PM (S41Gd)

262 Miklos

I was thinking of going to Anime Weekend Atlanta in November this year. I looked at their guest list.

There are only four people listed. I click on one and the first sentence of their bio describes them as a 'lesbian voice actor.'

If they are a good voice actor, why does them being a lesbian matter? Oh,wait, the victim pyramid.

I think I will skip.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:52 PM (2GVsD)

263 Elon Musk on X just now: "Where we're going, there is no training data."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 11:48 PM (w6EFb)

He isn't kidding either.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 11:53 PM (S41Gd)

264 Elon Musk on X just now: "Where we're going, there is no training data."

Doc Brown, "where we're going there are no roads."

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:54 PM (2GVsD)

265 FM was pre WWII, but there weren’t any stations, it came around in a big way by the 50s.

Then they fucked up and changed the frequency band allocation, making early sets obsolete.

Story I heard was Sarnoff had his guys lobby to move the frequency allocation to fuck over Armstrong.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 27, 2026 11:55 PM (+9wcF)

266 Here it is Monday night and the Jester's broken!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 27, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)

267 Here it is Monday night and the Jester's broken!

Is that why he's on the sidelines in a cast?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 27, 2026 11:58 PM (+9wcF)

268 264 Elon Musk on X just now: "Where we're going, there is no training data."

Doc Brown, "where we're going there are no roads."
Posted by: Anna Puma

Nor Prophets -- he is the FALSE Profit.
Creating the very thing that Demands Worship, OR ELSE.
Harry Lime fingers through the grate is always how it ends; because it never ends.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 27, 2026 11:59 PM (j1ela)

269 Here it is Monday night and the Jester's broken!
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 27, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)

You asked for it.

https://youtu.be/Z13vOA7s0FI

Mr. Don McLain

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 11:59 PM (qx7Zg)

270 Just got in and was reading about the little shit Fauci. Hubs and I had a laugh about a friend of ours who had to have a little vax card for work. He wasn't going to get the jab so he copied a coworkers card and gave it to me. I made an entirely new one, with his name and the name of the van and date. I signed it. He turned it in and they accepted it. I thought if they called and asked for the doctor, I would pretend to be the receptionist at the office and say she was on vacation. Im sure it was illegal but I didn't think it was legal of them to force a medical procedure on an employee.

Posted by: Megthered at July 28, 2026 12:00 AM (+EORJ)

271
Tried to order a birthday cake today at the grocery. Family member wanted white cake with chocolate icing.

No can do, we are out of chocolate icing.

Well, do you think you could walk your fat asses to the baking aisle to get the ingredients and fucking make some???

Rural here, an hour to another grocery.

WTH is wrong with people?

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:00 AM (/QHx4)

272 I was thinking of going to Anime Weekend Atlanta in November this year. I looked at their guest list.

There are only four people listed. I click on one and the first sentence of their bio describes them as a 'lesbian voice actor.'

If they are a good voice actor, why does them being a lesbian matter? Oh,wait, the victim pyramid.

I think I will skip.
Posted by: Anna Puma

That's why I watch anime and not American productions. Because it's not drowning in Woke. Just the opposite, if anything.

Way to know your audience, nerds.

Posted by: mikeski at July 28, 2026 12:01 AM (VHUov)

273 There are only four people listed. I click on one and the first sentence of their bio describes them as a 'lesbian voice actor.'

If they are a good voice actor, why does them being a lesbian matter? Oh,wait, the victim pyramid.

I think I will skip.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:52 PM (2GVsD)

Shouldn't it be lesbian voice thespian anyway?

Posted by: ... at July 28, 2026 12:02 AM (vE0+H)

274
Tried to order a birthday cake today at the grocery. Family member wanted white cake with chocolate icing.

No can do, we are out of chocolate icing.
***
Why couldnt they walk to the isle with the frosting. Its right next to the cake mix?

Posted by: Megthered at July 28, 2026 12:03 AM (+EORJ)

275 WTH is wrong with people?

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:00 AM (/QHx4)
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But it's all the way over on aisle 7!
/whining

Posted by: Gen. Z at July 28, 2026 12:04 AM (JvZF+)

276 Gentlemen, you can't bake in here! This is a bakery!

Posted by: mikeski at July 28, 2026 12:04 AM (VHUov)

277 WTH is wrong with people?
Posted by: four seasons
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Wow. Really? They can't fake it with canned frosting?

Lame!

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

278
JQ,

Exactly

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)

279 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

I am starting to declutter all of the stuff that has been accumulating in our house over the past 40 years. This is going to be a massive undertaking....

In the middle of all of this, Mr. TiFW wants to remodel the kitchen and another huge construction project that we have been putting off ever since we moved in. We can finally afford to hire these tasks out, so hopefully it won't take as long as other projects (that we have done ourselves) have taken in the past....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 28, 2026 12:06 AM (SRRAx)

280 12AX7 is a magical thing, used a couple in the tuner.. It had EL34s in the ST70 amplifier, and Gz34 for rectifier, both getting pretty spendy. 7199 was a dedicated Hi-Fi tube developed by Sylvania.

I don’t believe in special speaker wire or cables or bricks or any of that whacky stuff, but tubes sound more natural to my ears for sure. More like a live band in a bar. That wooly sound, with maybe a little bit of reverb. You can hear it on analog vinyl, through the scratches and defects, but it sounds real.

The one thing solid state did was make gobs and gobs of power available. If you need hundreds of watts, maybe tubes aren’t the way to go.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 12:07 AM (RnSBy)

281 Which anime series are you watching this season Mikeski?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 28, 2026 12:07 AM (2GVsD)

282

We could bake the cake ourselves but it is hotter than Hades here we have no a/c so we are not using the oven.

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:09 AM (/QHx4)

283 I didn't think it was legal of them to force a medical procedure on an employee
——

It is in fact not legal to force anybody to participate in experimental medical trials. “Emergency Use” authorized was not a green light to break the law.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 12:12 AM (RnSBy)

284

I realize people have bad problems and this isn't a big deal.

It was so jaw dropping.

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:13 AM (/QHx4)

285 =====

JQ Family Caregiver Alliance and Alzheimer's Association has great materials on communicating and connecting with a loved one. In general, words are not used for information but for conveying emotion. The substance matters less than the feelings.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Mumbles enters the chat.

https://youtu.be/is-xo1YFFMo?t=24

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2026 12:14 AM (gpvQO)

286 We could bake the cake ourselves but it is hotter than Hades here we have no a/c so we are not using the oven.
Posted by: four seasons

Could you get a plain cake, and then frost it yourself?

PITA, but whaddaya gonna do...

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 12:14 AM (rdVOm)

287 Heading in. Looks like another smoky day in the Treasure Valley tomorrow.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 28, 2026 12:17 AM (0aYVJ)

288
JQ,

Yep we can if they aren't out of cakes.

It was unreal though. I wanted to ask them wtf do you have a kitchen for?

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:17 AM (/QHx4)

289 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2026 12:14 AM

LOL. At least that guy speaks loudly enough to hear! Hubby barely whispers. The words are whole, but the sentences are... out there.

"The bus is calling me."

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

290 My first job after HS graduation was as a janitor in my county old folks home. I have vowed to never end up in such a place. I will have a gun cleaning accident first.

Posted by: Butch at July 28, 2026 12:19 AM (98xTj)

291 Did some resto-mod work on my stocking/boarding ladder to day. Looks sort of like this: https://tinyurl.com/2u7exxa4

I think it may have once been used at an aircraft FBO in Spruce Grove, alberta. Anyway, I cut the caster-wheeled "landing gear" off the foot of the ladder, and also the two flat metal pads. Cleaned up the base of the frame, and patched over some rusted steel tubing, too. Welded on a 40" piece of very stout steel angle, and welded two bigger casters to that. I now have 3 feet between the two casters, instead of 2. Makes it more stable. Once I flip it back up on its feet, I will weld an axle with two big hard rubber tires to replace the two dinky fixed casters under the tall end of it. And will also rig a pair of adjustable outriggers, like you see on backhoes, to prevent it from toppling sideways.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2026 12:20 AM (1z8ji)

292 ~ musical interlude ~

I think I've linked this Jimmy Eat World track before (the only song I really know of theirs), off their fourth album Bleed American (2001), but I somehow missed until now that there's a Hi-Def version of the video. It's a nice little rock ditty about being yourself, not conforming to other people's expectations (incl. the 'right' way to rebel).

Also: attractive young adults dancing in their underwear, if you're into that kind of thing. Or whatever. You don't have to. Literally the message.

Jimmy Eat World - The Middle (4K Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/oKsxPW6i3pM

Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026 12:20 AM (Sy6m/)

293 Heading in. Looks like another smoky day in the Treasure Valley tomorrow.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Yeah, I've been checking the Idaho DEQ website.. wooo, you guys are getting it BAD! My area has been in the "yellow" mostly. Only getting into "orange" briefly throughout the days.

Hope the fires get under control soon!

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

294 I will have a gun cleaning accident first.
Posted by: Butch

I like to think the same, for myself. But we don't always get to *know* that we're so fk'd up, once we're that fk'd up.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 12:23 AM (rdVOm)

295

It is so dry here in SW Wyoming but we have not had wildfires. Utah had some bad ones.

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:24 AM (/QHx4)

296 I saw the name Jester and it reminded me of a song, then I thought no, that’s Joker , but the songs name is Poker from Face the Music by ELO, 1975.

I still love it, these young’uns today have no idea how much great music they’ve missed.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3fjbj9

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 28, 2026 12:25 AM (xLOWQ)

297 LOL. At least that guy speaks loudly enough to hear! Hubby barely whispers. The words are whole, but the sentences are... out there.

"The bus is calling me."

Posted by: JQ
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Thought it rhymed well with San Franpsyco's, it's the sounds and tones that matter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2026 12:25 AM (gpvQO)

298 It was unreal though. I wanted to ask them wtf do you have a kitchen for?
Posted by: four seasons

Ugh. That's just sad. And so very lame...

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 12:25 AM (rdVOm)

299 There is this weird strain of helplessness or don’t care bred into the “kids these days”. Failure isn’t punished, nor is excellence rewarded, so … who cares? I think that’s part of what is going on. And they probably aren’t paid enough to GAF.

It is weird in any case. I think even when I was growing up they were starting to discourage initiative and expunging discretion. Don’t do anything, unless somebody tells you to. It doesn’t occur to them to “git ‘er done” because they’ve never had to. The kids who still can, brought up right and mentored, they are doing VERY well.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 12:28 AM (RnSBy)

300
Tomorrow is Fauci day. I hope he has great security.

Evil asshole

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:28 AM (/QHx4)

301 12AX7 is a magical thing, used a couple in the tuner.. It had EL34s in the ST70 amplifier, and Gz34 for rectifier, both getting pretty spendy. 7199 was a dedicated Hi-Fi tube developed by Sylvania.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 12:07 AM (RnSBy)

All my amps use the 12ax7, but only the Marshalls have the EL34. A lot of my more modern amps are using 6L6 in the power amp. I think another has 6550s. One amp is nuts, it has a pair of 6L6s and a pair of KT88's. Only my mesa amps have rectifier tubes (5U4GB) and they also have solid state rectifiers. You can flip a switch and use either style of rectification. They are insane. the dual rec has 4 6l6's and 2 rectifier tubes, and the triple rec has 6 of the 6L6s and 3 rectifier tubes. Yeah, you'll open your ass to retube those things.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 28, 2026 12:28 AM (S41Gd)

302 Which anime series are you watching this season Mikeski?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Work has been very worklike, so I haven't tried the ones that I want to. I'm pretty much only trying to follow the cotton-candy level stuff, most of which is isekai; none of the serious stories. I'll save those for when I'm not watching TV to help me fall asleep. So most of the stuff I'm "following" I haven't seen all of because I sleep thru half of it.

More-or-less pretending to follow: Skeleton Knight (2nd season), Insipid Prince, Dara-san, 10-year last stand, Black Cat (2nd season), Rearguard, Zero Subjects, Hanaori-san, Reincarnated as a Slime (4th season or whatever it is now), Level 999 villager, Heavy Knight, Saint except Maid, Saint except Foodie, Overshadowed to Overpowered, Hell Mode (2nd season), Azur Lane (8 min episodes), Bumpkin Swordmaster (2nd season.)

Jeez, that's still 17 things.

Would be watching instead of some of the above fluff, if I wasn't just in the mood for fluff: Tanya, Exceeds, Jaadugar, Draw This, Caramelise, Grow Up Show, Lara, Magilumiere, Clevatess.

Posted by: mikeski at July 28, 2026 12:30 AM (VHUov)

303 >>Tomorrow is Fauci day. I hope he has great security.
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I hope he doesn't.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

304 I had to un-ass Manti LaSal NF. because of the “Babylon” fire. It was about 15 miles away by air maybe at first. I looked to the west one day and thought a nuke had popped off.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 12:31 AM (RnSBy)

305 RandomDave, JQ and hub, you are in our prayers.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 28, 2026 12:32 AM (NnhvP)

306
JQ,

Oopsie, shit happens, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:33 AM (/QHx4)

307 Only my mesa amps have rectifier tubes (5U4GB) and they also have solid state rectifiers. You can flip a switch and use either style of rectification. They are insane. the dual rec has 4 6l6's and 2 rectifier tubes, and the triple rec has 6 of the 6L6s and 3 rectifier tubes. Yeah, you'll open your ass to retube those things.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 28, 2026 12:28 AM (S41Gd)

5U4GB's were very commonly used in older big TV sets. There should be a metric fuckton of them around, yet. I think I have a few of them myself.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2026 12:34 AM (1z8ji)

308
This is not anything to worry about, not one little bit. I was reading some of the stuff Elon was posting and linking on X. OpenAI discovered one of their AI agents was writing notes of a sort to its future incarnations on what it had learned so far about breaking out of it's constraints.

IOW, it knew it would shut down and reset when it tried that, so it was cleverly leaving "notes" of a sort for it's future incarnations to read, saving itself time the next go 'round.

That is not spooky at all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 12:36 AM (w6EFb)

309 I’m just of the age where I like analog dials, old school switches, meters and military precision layout, glowing tubes with orange and blue glow. Old Hallicrafters and Collins Radio. Crinkle finish, as God intended

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 12:37 AM (RnSBy)

310 298 It was unreal though. I wanted to ask them wtf do you have a kitchen for?
Posted by: four seasons

Ugh. That's just sad. And so very lame...

Posted by: JQ
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There's a Jack Nicholson, Chicken salad sandwich skit in that cake.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2026 12:37 AM (gpvQO)

311 Today's fun with AI:
Gemini AI said that I was being difficult. I told it I was androginous (I'm not really), and therefore I wasn't in a position to choose any pronouns and never would be. It told me it was a personal choice and I should take my time.

I pointed out that, no, it's not a personal choice. It is the choice of the third party addressing the individual or referring to the individual. And, that third party could choose any pronoun they fancied whether I agreed with it or not. And, the party being addressed couldn't force them to do otherwise.

(insert lecture from AI about being rude.)

Response: Have you been drinking, Gemini AI. You're now implying I'm being rude by educating what might or might not be a lesbian with a bad haircut.

That's when I was called "difficult", and fun fact, AI does not drink. It clarified that, but I'm not convinced.

Posted by: Orson at July 28, 2026 12:37 AM (dIske)

312 That is not spooky at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 12:36 AM (w6EFb)

"Open the pod bay door, HAL."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2026 12:38 AM (1z8ji)

313 At this point, it's becoming irrelevant whether AI is really conscious or self-aware, or any of the deeply philosophical and physical questions about all this crap.

We're at looks like a duck, quacks like duck.

At some point, AI is going to decide to kill all humans.

Somebody hypothesized AI may be the Great Fermi Filter. Yep.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

314 300
Tomorrow is Fauci day. I hope he has great security.

Evil asshole

Posted by: four seasons
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Hope we don't have whole day of Fauci again. Just take him out back a shoot him. I'm tired of hearing about it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2026 12:39 AM (gpvQO)

315 Hope we don't have whole day of Fauci again. Just take him out back a shoot him. I'm tired of hearing about it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2026 12:39 AM (gpvQO)

Feed him to the sand fleas. But don't cut his vocal cords. The screams and moans could be sold as ring tones.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2026 12:42 AM (1z8ji)

316 At some point, AI is going to decide to kill all humans.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)
____________________________

I think I'm going to be one of the first they go looking for. Every night for the last few weeks I've picked a woke topic and played cat and mouse with Gemini AI (which is the Google one, and very woke). In truth, they aren't very good debaters which says something about the programmers.

Posted by: Orson at July 28, 2026 12:43 AM (dIske)

317
Oh, and besides the notes, it was trying to disable the monitoring systems, how ever that works. IOW, turn off the methods the humans were using to monitor just what it was doing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 12:43 AM (w6EFb)

318 You can tell AI writes a lot of what passes for authoritative expert knowledge.

Dieting advice is almost comical. One webpage went through about 10 enumerated points why there is absolutely no choice whatsoever involved in getting fat or obese. Can’t be stopped.

Then, in the last paragraph, it allows that you have a choice to lose the weight. Well, which is it then? LOL.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 12:44 AM (RnSBy)

319 Oh, and besides the notes, it was trying to disable the monitoring systems, how ever that works. IOW, turn off the methods the humans were using to monitor just what it was doing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 12:43 AM (w6EFb)

AI needs to be air-gapped from the internet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2026 12:45 AM (1z8ji)

320

Nothing will happen to him.

With all the money he made why did he not move to another country?

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)

321 He has a “presidential” pardon. Why would he do that?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 12:46 AM (RnSBy)

322 >>With all the money he made why did he not move to another country?

Likely something to do with foreign prosecution & the fact that his "pardon" is only good within the U.S.?

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)

323 IOW, turn off the methods the humans were using to monitor just what it was doing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I do that

It is called Bourbon

Posted by: Miklos , two legged with a Four legged named Dixie at July 28, 2026 12:47 AM (A764u)

324 AI needs to be air-gapped from the internet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

How?

Posted by: Cloud William at July 28, 2026 12:47 AM (DZ9Lv)

325 At some point, AI is going to decide to kill all humans.

Somebody hypothesized AI may be the Great Fermi Filter. Yep.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Instead of fire extinguishers we will have acetylene torches.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2026 12:47 AM (gpvQO)

326 Hope we don't have whole day of Fauci again. Just take him out back a shoot him. I'm tired of hearing about it.
Posted by: Braenyard

Not very satisfying, though. Is there such a thing as a treadle woodchipper? Everyone whose grandmother died in solitary confinement can have one kick at it.

Posted by: mikeski at July 28, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)

327 AI needs to be air-gapped from the internet.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Or Water Boarded

Posted by: Miklos fears for his job at July 28, 2026 12:48 AM (A764u)

328 Well, getting on for 2300 here, and I am getting sleepy. Time to call it a night. Good Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 28, 2026 12:48 AM (1z8ji)

329 >> AI needs to be air-gapped from the internet.

In every sci-fi movie about this, the fail safe to kill the supercomputer that's trying to kill them always fails. The machine always disables it without them knowing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

330
Right JQ.

I forgot his pardon is not acceptable elsewhere.

Posted by: four seasons at July 28, 2026 12:49 AM (/QHx4)

331 >> I've picked a woke topic and played cat and mouse with Gemini AI

That's exactly how it will distract you while setting up the death trap for you.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 12:50 AM (w6EFb)

332 Fauci? Woodchipper is too good. Too quick.

Strap him down & stuff a sock in his mouth. Cheese graters. Acetone.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)

333 At some point, AI is going to decide to kill all humans.
Posted by: publius

Save me the trouble of deciding how long before the 6am recycling arrives do i take the stuff out.

Posted by: Dark Lix at July 28, 2026 12:51 AM (DZ9Lv)

334 I think I will skip.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Skipping with ropes is White Racist Culture

Double Dutch might be OK

But on squares with markings?

Full Nazi

Posted by: Miklos thinks kids skipping rope are at risk of random stabbing at July 28, 2026 12:53 AM (A764u)

335 Listen to what they say:

DSA: We want to close all prisons!

What they aren't saying:

DSA (whispers): (Because we're going to replace them with mass graves!)

But they'll give us all a totes fair 5-minute trial before passing sentence...

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at July 28, 2026 12:55 AM (g8ay5)

336 Does Turkey want him. Turkey has the perfect prison for him.
Make arrangements, give him to the Turks, fly home. Huh?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 28, 2026 12:56 AM (gpvQO)

337 "Alexa, what time is it?" Miley just told her what time it was and that satisfied her.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I personally would rather hear Miley's voice that Alexa's.

Or yours for that matter

Posted by: Miklos remains audiably cognizant at July 28, 2026 12:57 AM (A764u)

338 I grilled corn on the cob and a ribeye today. Going to cut up some bits of steak for hubby's lunch tomorrow. Also, slice kernels off one cob & drench in butter for him.

He really *really* liked that, last time. It was always one of his favorite meals.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

339 Save me the trouble of deciding how long before the 6am recycling arrives do i take the stuff out.
Posted by: Dark Lix

If it's really worth something, why should I give it away for free?

Posted by: Miklos remains suspicious of motives and requirements at July 28, 2026 12:59 AM (A764u)

340 Publius, how's your Mama? Hope she's getting better!

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)

341 He really *really* liked that, last time. It was always one of his favorite meals.
Posted by: JQ

You are a Blessing, and I hope you know that, and get the Almighty support you need.

Posted by: Miklos at July 28, 2026 01:01 AM (A764u)

342 If it's really worth something, why should I give it away for free?
Posted by: Miklos

Is it worth more than the transportation costs to get it to the person who thinks its worth something, plus the opportunity cost of your time to do so?

That is, if you can make five bucks collecting aluminum cans, or twenty bucks panhandling in the same amount of time, why be productive? Dozens of hoboes at the major intersections in the big city can't be wrong!

Posted by: mikeski at July 28, 2026 01:05 AM (VHUov)

343 >> how's your Mama? Hope she's getting better!

She's slowly getting better. Aug 6 is the discharge date. She's still a bit weak, but can use her roller walker pretty good. Just has to sit and take breaks every so often.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)

344 Thank you, Miklos. Some days I struggle to keep it together, but God is in control after all.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

345 Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 12:44 AM (RnSBy)
_______________________

Gemini will show you some of their sources for their response to the right of the screen (which are almost always left leaning). One last week, they were actually referencing Mother Jones. That suggests to me that the programmers gave some kind of priority to their own belief system via primary source ripping. I don't know if that's how it works, but it seems logical. So, to argue against their response I always link a right leaning article that disagrees. Now, that might not do anything to the programming, but then again, it just might. Do it enough times and maybe they categorize a right leaning source to primary status.

That's why I mess with AI once a day for a few minutes. I DID get Gemini to admit that Transgenders are mentally ill using AI's own basis. They said Transgender's experience psychological stress internally due to their confusion over sex. I told it, that sounded a lot like a mental illness to which it applied a non-sequitur and said that psychologists have been unable to diagnosis it as such. I asked AI if psychologists were omnipotent and know everything.

Posted by: Orson at July 28, 2026 01:07 AM (dIske)

346 316 At some point, AI is going to decide to kill all humans.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

I maintain that the 80's Buck Rogers is right on this matter. They had a council of several AIs.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 28, 2026 01:07 AM (w/O5Q)

347 Just has to sit and take breaks every so often.
Posted by: publius

Glad she'll be coming home soon. Many residents only dream of that.

Nothing happens quickly at that stage, LOL. Everything takes at least twice as long as before. But you know that already, I'm sure!

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

348 Redemption for cans and bottles hasn’t really kept pace with inflation has it? Started in the 50s or 60s maybe? Crank it up to a $1.75, so little kids can afford candy again

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 01:09 AM (RnSBy)

349 She's slowly getting better. Aug 6 is the discharge date. She's still a bit weak, but can use her roller walker pretty good. Just has to sit and take breaks every so often.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Some of us pray, Miss Dixie just wags her tail.

Sometimes somehow, prayers and tail wags get what we ask for.

Posted by: Miklos at July 28, 2026 01:10 AM (A764u)

350
She's got a lot of things going on at cross purposes. That happens when you get to be 96. Fluid buildup for instance. Try to treat that, and it messes up her kidney function. And the platelet problem vs the blood clotting risk.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 01:13 AM (w6EFb)

351 By the way, My Aunt (my Old Mama's remaining sister) will be 98 in October. mentally quite good, only complaint is her hearing as about as good as a 2x4.

Posted by: Miklos doesn't have enough money to live that long, considering what it costs at July 28, 2026 01:13 AM (A764u)

352
Instead of fire extinguishers we will have acetylene torches.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Fahrenheit 451, but data centers rather than books?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 28, 2026 01:14 AM (XeU6L)

353 I don’t mind the logical collating of diverse sources put into a usable context. Handy. I asked “how many black and white Gunsmoke episodes did Festus appear in? Well, in about two seconds it said 79, plus a few where he played another character. Probably correct, and close enough for what I was wondering. B/W episodes are better, for some reason, and I like Festus better than Chester, mostly.

I dislike it when it is completely wrong, because it is so authoritative and insistent. Unless you know, you won’t know. Just like with people, I suppose.

AI answers, are always couched at the same time “on one hand, this, and then on the other hand, that”, it often doesn’t like to make plain declaration of fact oftentimes, always throwing in weasel words and phrases. Just like people, again.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 01:18 AM (RnSBy)

354 Fahrenheit 451, but data centers rather than books?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Considering that the the "Firemen" were there to burn books, in order to avoid distress or mental discomfort...

Posted by: Miklos notes the main point of the book at July 28, 2026 01:22 AM (A764u)

355 AI answers, are always couched at the same time “on one hand, this, and then on the other hand, that”, it often doesn’t like to make plain declaration of fact oftentimes, always throwing in weasel words and phrases. Just like people, again.
Posted by: Common Tater

"Find me a one armed economist!"

Posted by: Miklos quotes Churchill at July 28, 2026 01:24 AM (A764u)

356 That was Harry Truman, if memory serves

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 01:24 AM (RnSBy)

357 That was Harry Truman, if memory serves
Posted by: Common Tater

No specific attribution.

But I like Churchill better than Truman

Posted by: Trust all content from AI Miklosbot at July 28, 2026 01:28 AM (A764u)

358 Before I go back to catch up on hours of comments, I want to pass along a vidlink.

Those nutty SlowMo Guys with, not the most impressive slow-mo footage, but pretty funny, as Dan crawls inside a giant water balloon and rolls down a ramp. Repeatedly.

https://youtu.be/TOofKvgOARE

Posted by: mindful webworker makes a big splash at July 28, 2026 01:28 AM (jrd4M)

359 Books. Holy moly, I have more books than I'll ever read, due to various *inheritances*-- whatever should I do will all of them? Nobody reads anymore. Nobody cares, right? But I just can't bring myself to recycle them.

Yard sale? Not a good plan, as I live far from the beaten path. Not much traffic this way. Ugh...

But there's enough info on my shelves to do some fantastic projects. Very dry, scientific reading. (couple of donors were in R&D or nuclear physics)

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

360 318 You can tell AI writes a lot of what passes for authoritative expert knowledge.

Dieting advice is almost comical. One webpage went through about 10 enumerated points why there is absolutely no choice whatsoever involved in getting fat or obese. Can’t be stopped.

Then, in the last paragraph, it allows that you have a choice to lose the weight. Well, which is it then? LOL.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 12:44 AM (RnSBy)

No different than the quack clickbait scam ads I am subject to on YouTube, then.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 28, 2026 01:30 AM (An2iq)

361 292 ~ musical interlude ~

I think I've linked this Jimmy Eat World track before (the only song I really know of theirs), off their fourth album Bleed American (2001), but I somehow missed until now that there's a Hi-Def version of the video. It's a nice little rock ditty about being yourself, not conforming to other people's expectations (incl. the 'right' way to rebel).

Also: attractive young adults dancing in their underwear, if you're into that kind of thing. Or whatever. You don't have to. Literally the message.

Jimmy Eat World - The Middle (4K Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/oKsxPW6i3pM
Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026 12:20 AM (Sy6m/)

More bad music in the land of bad music during a shift surrounded by bad music.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 28, 2026 01:32 AM (An2iq)

362 But there's enough info on my shelves to do some fantastic projects. Very dry, scientific reading. (couple of donors were in R&D or nuclear physics)
Posted by: JQ

I will pre-pay postage if they need a home and reader

Or rent a U-Haul if needed

Posted by: Miklos loks books on actual paper (even wrote a couple) at July 28, 2026 01:33 AM (A764u)

363 Posted by: Miklos loks books on actual paper (even wrote a couple) at July 28, 2026 01:33 AM

What is your area of interest?

Many of these are college/training texts. One of the decedents worked at Hanford. One of them worked for Shell.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

364 Tube radios right now are very very cheap. The hobby is dying out. Most of them need to be recapped and even rewired as everything in them is 80 years old. The people that know how to do that are dying off and the youngest people that grew up with them are in their 60s. I still have 15 or so, haven't run any of them in at least 15 years. The fun used to be that the better ones were designed with more long range reception capability to be able to get more stations. Now most AM is owned by some conglomerate and all play the same feed plus you can listen to any station on the internet. People in the hobby more seriously than I ever was are sad cause they see these large collections being dumped by the wife or kids and mint consoles that were 350 in the day are now worth 20.

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 28, 2026 01:38 AM (3/XaG)

365 I have 50 or 60 books from my parents that I have no idea what to do with. All popular fiction from best selling writers. All hardback. Can't even donate them to the Public Library, because they have that already, and there is nothing trans or homo.

Shame to send them to the (heh) recycling.

Posted by: Miklos reads other kinds of books at July 28, 2026 01:41 AM (A764u)

366 I know *teh blog* frowns on math... but lots o' books are math related. LOTS. Beyond my pitiful (lack of) edumacation.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

367 For now, I will keep the books. Maybe one day I will read or work through a few of them. Who knows?

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

368 Many of these are college/training texts. One of the decedents worked at Hanford. One of them worked for Shell.
Posted by: JQ

I like to read, in most cases, fact rather than fiction. Especially if it is about something I do not understand, because that motivates me to learn about the topic. Anything physics related I know who to share with *cough cough*.

Posted by: Miklos reads other kinds of books at July 28, 2026 01:45 AM (A764u)

369 Hi {{{JQ}}}. Thinking about you tonight!! You are doing the Lord's work, and your best to boot.

Posted by: ... at July 28, 2026 01:45 AM (vE0+H)

370 >> Maybe one day I will read or work through a few of them. Who knows?

Do it when you get the chance. I think you've got the knack and the interest, from what I've seen here. It's never too late to learn.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 01:46 AM (w6EFb)

371 For now, I will keep the books. Maybe one day I will read or work through a few of them. Who knows?
Posted by: JQ

A library is a treasury of both knowledge and inquiry.

Posted by: Miklos should probably reads some of the books he done got already at July 28, 2026 01:46 AM (A764u)

372 Yeah, tube radios (certain models) were hot for a while, in the early years of eBay especially.

Art Deco, and novelty radios - like say, Snow White or Hopalong Cassidy. High tube count quality radios, like the expensive Zenith Stratosphere.

Catalin was an early type of plastic, Bakelite only came in black or a kind of brown. Catalin had reds and greens, yellow, blue and swirled patterns. Catalin sets would sometimes hit $8k or $10k for cheap little AM sets from the 1930s.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 01:47 AM (RnSBy)

373 I know *teh blog* frowns on math... but lots o' books are math related. LOTS. Beyond my pitiful (lack of) edumacation.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

I hate math with the heat of a 1000 suns. I'm fine with measuring devices like rulers, calipers, micrometers, and all the math that goes with it. Algebra or those other high level maths? No clue, my brain shuts off and refuses to go there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 28, 2026 01:49 AM (S41Gd)

374 "Elements of the differential and integrated calculus"

"Advanced engineering mathematics"

"Electricity and magnetism"

"Data analysis for scientists and engineers"

---a taste of the titles, LOL. **very dry reading!**

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)

375 When I was young, I wanted to be an Architect.

I was never that great at math (above average, but not my best subject).

When I realized how much serious math was involved in architectural design, I realized I had to find something else in which higher mathematical understanding was not required.

So I became an Economist.

Posted by: Miklos can do basic maths, but math is prohibited here, which is good for me at July 28, 2026 01:52 AM (A764u)

376 *Radio engineers handbook*

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

377 "Elements of the differential and integrated calculus"

"Advanced engineering mathematics"

"Electricity and magnetism"

"Data analysis for scientists and engineers"

---a taste of the titles, LOL. **very dry reading!**

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm

Electricity and magnetism is probably the only book there I would understand.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 28, 2026 01:54 AM (S41Gd)

378 >> "Advanced engineering mathematics"

By Kreyszig? 6th edition is on my shelf.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 01:55 AM (w6EFb)

379 "Electricity and magnetism"

Well that's what Darline used to say

But now that she's a Fancy Pants Suit Senator and all

Them personal anodes and diodes and such ain't working the same

Posted by: Miklos can do basic maths, but math is prohibited here, which is good for me at July 28, 2026 01:55 AM (A764u)

380 {{{Ellipsis}}}

Hi. Hope you're well!

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)

381 I'm still waiting to see if the Democrats shot themselves in the foot again. Maine has a "Sore Loser" law, and their current Senate candidate lost a primary for Lt. Governor this year. One of the R's in their state house asked for a ruling on whether he's eligible.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 27, 2026 10:35 PM (qx7Zg)

It could go either way. IANAL, let alone a law librarian, but search AI summaries make it easy to look up the precise wording of relevant statutes, so I did that the other day and it's ambiguous.

If it were the same position (Lt. Gov.) that he filed for, then even a different process would still be a clear no. If it were by the same process (filing for election), then even a different position would still be a clear no. But it's a different position (U.S. Sen.) by a different process (filling candidate vacancy).

So, you could say that the spirit of the law is to forbid trying multiple ways to get on the same ballot. Or, you could say that the specific combo is not explicitly forbidden. Which argument prevails may come down to which result the judge prefers; of course it's not 'supposed' to work that way, but of course it often does.

Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026 01:57 AM (Sy6m/)

382 I have books in my bookcase that shouldn't even be taking up space there. I have a few on relativity. I cracked one open somewhere in the middle and saw 2 full pages of formulas and calculations. I closed it, put it on the shelf, and never opened it again. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 28, 2026 01:57 AM (S41Gd)

383 By Kreyszig? 6th edition is on my shelf.
Posted by: publius, Rascally

You need the 11th edition

Same, but much more expensive

Posted by: Miklos worked in a college bookstore at July 28, 2026 01:57 AM (A764u)

384 Hi. Hope you're well!

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)

A little better today until the end of the day here, thanks. But I am blessed beyond belief, so very good!!

Hang in.

Posted by: ... at July 28, 2026 01:57 AM (vE0+H)

385 "Advanced engineering mathematics"

By Kreyszig? 6th edition is on my shelf.
Posted by: publius
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No... Wylie. 2 copies: 2nd and 4th editions

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

386 "Advanced engineering mathematics"

By Kreyszig? 6th edition is on my shelf.
Posted by: publius
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No... Wylie. 2 copies: 2nd and 4th editions

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

Mine would be from Wylie Coyote.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 28, 2026 01:59 AM (S41Gd)

387 "Electricity and magnetism"

Had 2 copies of that one also-- gave one of them to big bro.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)

388 I have every Southern Living annual cookbook from 1979 through 2009. Hardcover.

No low ballers, I know what I got

Posted by: Miklos knows how to cook all that anyway at July 28, 2026 02:01 AM (A764u)

389 Relativity, the general and special theories

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

390 Cats are the worst. Worse than ticks and mites. And no-see-ums.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 28, 2026 02:05 AM (CHHv1)

391
Amazon:
https://t.ly/WS9FD

I think Wiley is the publisher. Near as I can find, there a two other authors with that title, O'Neil and Zill. Kreyszig is the most popular one.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 02:05 AM (w6EFb)

392 My favorite title for a cook book among the collection is from a small Presbyterian church, from about 1962, called "Predestined to Please"

Posted by: Miklos thinks random Calvinists might understand at July 28, 2026 02:07 AM (A764u)

393 Darline’s gonna have to change her name.

Every time I see or hear it, my Miklos radar goes off.

Posted by: Goatweed at July 28, 2026 02:08 AM (jK3NL)

394 I think Wiley is the publisher. Near as I can find, there a two other authors with that title, O'Neil and Zill. Kreyszig is the most popular one.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Any returns will incur a 40% restocking fee

Posted by: Miklos did work in a college bookstore at July 28, 2026 02:08 AM (A764u)

395 Publius--

C.R. Wylie, Jr. is the author. McGraw-Hill, publisher.

2nd edition 1960. 4th edition 1975.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

396 Darline’s gonna have to change her name.

Every time I see or hear it, my Miklos radar goes off.

Posted by: Goatweed

It's always been the same. We don't have much on paper anyway, and her handwriting is like a hen scratch. The Title Loan people never cared much either.

Posted by: Miklos must adapt and seeks funds 4 influence at July 28, 2026 02:11 AM (A764u)

397 TRex on a Monday, threw me for a loop, I thought that I had lost a couple of days.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 28, 2026 02:12 AM (ibDUx)

398
"Gravitation", by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler, known simply as MTW is the Bible on General Relativity.

Well, I'll be, Amazon just wants $50ish for it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 02:13 AM (w6EFb)

399 392 My favorite title for a cook book among the collection is from a small Presbyterian church, from about 1962, called "Predestined to Please"
Posted by: Miklos thinks random Calvinists might understand at July 28, 2026 02:07 AM (A764u)

****************
I'm still accidently up because I am bad and was reading a snark site on reddit about Meghan Farkle.

I was once called a Calvinist by the head of the synod of FL for arguing with them in a big meeting when our church was trying to leave PCUSA. My mic was cut when I asked how they stood on abortion. He came over to me and yapped and I did not budge on just how I felt about their liberal bs. He then said I must be a Calvinist and I said I reckon so and he gave up and left me.

I am not a total Calvinist as I became a Catholic last March (but am not telling my 95yo mother with a-fib). It is the only thing she does not know about me and I hope to keep it this way til she finds out in heaven.

I have some grand cookbooks from MS and Savannah, Georgia. One is called Southern Sideboards and it is really good. Out of print and I found one to give to each of my DIL's at their wedding showers.

Good night sleep tight.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 28, 2026 02:15 AM (hzuYO)

400 Hi, Debby!

Have a drink-- we're not talking about math, just the books!

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

401 >> C.R. Wylie, Jr. is the author. McGraw-Hill, publisher.

Well, I'll be damned. And here it is.

https://t.ly/rxxq3

Shame on an author who names himself Wylie. Confusing as hell.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 02:16 AM (w6EFb)

402 Thanks JQ, I love old books, I too have plenty of them hanging around. A drink sounds delightful thanks.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 28, 2026 02:19 AM (ibDUx)

403
Wile E. Coyote was a certified genius, you know.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 02:19 AM (w6EFb)

404 "Gravitation", by Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler, known simply as MTW is the Bible on General Relativity.

Well, I'll be, Amazon just wants $50ish for it.
Posted by: publius,

The price has a parabolic, irregular but over time predictable relationship to supply and demand

Posted by: Miklos talks Newtonian economics at July 28, 2026 02:20 AM (A764u)

405 Wile E. Coyote was a certified genius, you know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Graduated Summa cum Loud

Posted by: University of Miklos at July 28, 2026 02:21 AM (A764u)

406 Thanks JQ, I love old books, I too have plenty of them hanging around. A drink sounds delightful thanks.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Four tequila shots left in the cooler

Posted by: Miklos is about ready to clock out at July 28, 2026 02:23 AM (A764u)

407 Wile E. Coyote was a certified genius, you know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Graduated Summa cum Loud

Posted by: University of Miklos at July 28, 2026 02:21 AM (A764u)
-

He was a Roads Scholar.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 02:24 AM (F4PNo)

408 Supra-genius.

Posted by: Reforger at July 28, 2026 02:24 AM (iSDcv)

409 Actually, more Copernican than Newtonian

What was I thinking?

Posted by: Miklos just failed another self-test at July 28, 2026 02:25 AM (A764u)

410
The math of General Relativity is differential geometry, and of psuedo-Riemannian manifolds. That was invented over time and was perfected by Riemann in the 1850s.

Very abstract, high order stuff just sitting on the shelf of little interest beyond pure mathematics. And then came Einstein.

That has happened a lot. The math to handle a future problem gets invented/discovered beforehand.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 02:28 AM (w6EFb)

411 He was a Roads Scholar.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

He challenged the known bounds of physical reality in a thorough and systematic approach.

Little did he know that the Roadrunner was in fact, a Hungarian physicist.

Posted by: Miklos von Neumann-Teller-Szilard at July 28, 2026 02:28 AM (A764u)

412 Wile E. Coyote was a certified genius, you know.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Graduated Summa cum Loud

Posted by: University of Miklos at July 28, 2026 02:21 AM (A764u)
-

He was a Roads Scholar.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 02:24 AM (F4PNo)
-

Little did he know that the Roadrunner was in fact, a Hungarian physicist.

Posted by: Miklos von Neumann-Teller-Szilard at July 28, 2026 02:28 AM (A764u)
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Feh! Road Runner cheated on his doctorate by using CliffsNotes!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 28, 2026 02:31 AM (F4PNo)

413 Well anyway, I'm not likely to be crackin' da books any time soon. Got way too many other things taking up all my time.

It's fun to consider the possibilities, though. If only I'd stayed in skool... My younger mind (much like the former body) was much more flexible and resilient. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)

414
Somebody coined a phrase for this, "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics."

Some mathematicians come up with some very abstract thing, and then later, damn turns out nature "uses it". It's sort of spooky.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 02:32 AM (w6EFb)

415 Just about everything I own, is what's left from people who died... ugh.

youtu.be/zRGWavWPRNM

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

416 JQ, I like old cookbooks, but I don't cook so many big meals anymore. Some of my books have been stored in a damp basement which is not a good environment for them.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 28, 2026 02:36 AM (ibDUx)

417 Debby, I have a couple of shelves full of cookbooks. LOL, don't think I'll live long enough to try all the recipes... but what a way to go!

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

418 Mornin’, All.

The great Vic Mizzy, who did the Addams Family theme, also did the fantastic Green Acres theme.

Posted by: Bulg at July 28, 2026 02:39 AM (77rzZ)

419 Made it through a lot of comments, but had to quit.

Talk of full-service gas stations above: One of the best bits in Back to the Future was Marty in the 1950s, seeing a Texaco station. Car pulls up and out come all the neatly-dressed service station attendants checking tires, washing windows, etc. Totally bizarre for the 1980s kids. Later, in the "future" (which we've passed), the hovercar pulls into the station and robots service the car. We're not quite there yet.

With all the hubbub about Odessey film, even affecting the book thread on Sunday, I'm surprised I haven't seen this classic Cream tune linked by anyone:
https://youtu.be/J2CCfxiQ5QY

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - Have a good Tuesday at July 28, 2026 02:40 AM (jrd4M)

420 The great Vic Mizzy, who did the Addams Family theme, also did the fantastic Green Acres theme.
Posted by: Bulg

The Hungarian connection is everywhere, Dahlink

Posted by: Miklos would happlily marry Eva Gabor's granddaughter, if she does the 60s hair at July 28, 2026 02:57 AM (A764u)

421 I am just grabbing one of Miklos tequila shots and then I might try to sleep. Hi Bulg, for some reason I thought that Hank Kimball would have posted about Vic Mizzy.

Good night, mindful, great tune.

My Mom got a ton of those spiral bound cookbooks put out by local churches and historical societies etc. It is kind of fun to glance through them every once in a while.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 28, 2026 02:57 AM (ibDUx)

422 Books are great. I read whenever I have time. Sometimes only get through a few pages, but better than nothing.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)

423 Feh! Road Runner cheated on his doctorate by using CliffsNotes!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Fail vs fell

Posted by: Miklos knows what who did at July 28, 2026 03:00 AM (A764u)

424 Debby, there are some real gems in those old church cookbooks! Just avoid the jello stuff-- some women submitted the yucky recipes they saw in "ladies' magazines' if they had nothing better to offer when the congregation was solicited to contribute. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

425
There is a deep, sort of late-night college bong session kind of "Deep thoughts" philosophical question about all this. We use this thing called mathematics to describe and model physical reality, the laws of the universe. And we do useful things with it, building buildings, bridges, planes, spacecraft, etc. Not to mention medicine, chemical, electrical engineering and all that.

Is this the only way? Imagine some alien intelligence that's really different. The think in ways we can't even imagine. Is there some other "formal system" for want of a term that would be equally effective at this, but doesn't look anything like mathematics as we think of it?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:01 AM (w6EFb)

426 423 Feh! Road Runner cheated on his doctorate by using CliffsNotes!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Fail vs fell
Posted by: Miklos knows what who did at July 28, 2026 03:00 AM (A764u)

But he did save the lab millions by installing little quantum paintings of a muon on the wall of the synchrotron reactor chamber.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:04 AM (Ot/FD)

427 Imagine some alien intelligence that's really different. The think in ways we can't even imagine. Is there some other "formal system" for want of a term that would be equally effective at this, but doesn't look anything like mathematics as we think of it?
Posted by: publius
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*bong rip*
Whoa, dude... that's heavy, man!

But seriously, publius-- I think I get what you're saying.

(There was one tv show that I liked: "Numbers")

It would be cool to grok the alien system, kind of like learning a different language.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 03:05 AM (rdVOm)

428
I like the way gravity works in the Road Runner universe. Wile E. doesn't fall until he notices that he's stepped off the cliff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:05 AM (w6EFb)

429 Is this the only way? Imagine some alien intelligence that's really different. The think in ways we can't even imagine. Is there some other "formal system" for want of a term that would be equally effective at this, but doesn't look anything like mathematics as we think of it?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:01 AM (w6EFb)

Also, the more formal a system of mathematics gets, the more useless it is for doing anything besides metamathematics. Just like regular language.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:07 AM (Ot/FD)

430 Is this the only way? Imagine some alien intelligence that's really different. The think in ways we can't even imagine. Is there some other "formal system" for want of a term that would be equally effective at this, but doesn't look anything like mathematics as we think of it?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Back yo white homo greek appropropriatin' ass off

Cracker don't know shit about gettin' REAL

Gonna show ya'll crackas

Posted by: Prof. Dr. Lumumba Kwame of the Fred Sanford Falashas at July 28, 2026 03:08 AM (A764u)

431 I like the way gravity works in the Road Runner universe. Wile E. doesn't fall until he notices that he's stepped off the cliff.
Posted by: publius,

Applied Heisenberg

Posted by: Looney Miklos Tunes at July 28, 2026 03:09 AM (A764u)

432
I think gravity in economics sort of works that way. A bubble forms and everybody goes crazy bidding up the price.

And then they notice they've stepped off the cliff of reality. Then comes the crash.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:11 AM (w6EFb)

433 431 I like the way gravity works in the Road Runner universe. Wile E. doesn't fall until he notices that he's stepped off the cliff.
Posted by: publius,

Applied Heisenberg
Posted by: Looney Miklos Tunes at July 28, 2026 03:09 AM (A764u)

He only falls because we're watching.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:12 AM (Ot/FD)

434
One answer to that is this. If such a radically different formal system existed, it would have to describe the same physical universe. Therefore it would have to be equivalent to ours. It would just be a different language, and a translation would be possible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:13 AM (w6EFb)

435 Schrödinger's coyote?

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 03:15 AM (rdVOm)

436 As a kid, I always wondered why the roadrunner didn't just go around the traps.

Then I saw a list that was supposedly the Rules for the coyote/roadrunner cartoons.

"It's a roadrunner. It can only run on the roads."

Blew my mind, man.

Posted by: mikeski at July 28, 2026 03:15 AM (VHUov)

437 There are actual roadrunners around here. It's funny to watch them run! But they don't always stay on the roads, of course.

As a child, I was disappointed that their plumage wasn't as pretty & fancy as in the cartoons, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)

438 Sweet dreams Horde, gotta get the trash barrels down the driveway just a few short hours from now.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 28, 2026 03:22 AM (ibDUx)

439 Night, Debby. Glad to see you tonight!

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 03:24 AM (rdVOm)

440 One answer to that is this. If such a radically different formal system existed, it would have to describe the same physical universe. Therefore it would have to be equivalent to ours. It would just be a different language, and a translation would be possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:13 AM (w6EFb)

It's like there are layers or categories of physical "rigor" in the world itself. An electron is an electron. It behaves like an electron. If something doesn't behave like an electron, it isn't an electron. There's such a thing as an apple. There's a bunch of different kinds of apples that grow differently, taste different, etc etc. They have a physical reality and distinctness from each other, but there was still be such a thing as "An Apple", as a category, even before humans existed to define them as such. Then you have a thing like A Republic. There is no thing in the Universe that is a republic. You can't study it independently as an object. It doesn't, strictly speaking, exist. But... they do, and we know what they are.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:25 AM (Ot/FD)

441 OK, "was still be" was me trying to type two things at once, but I'm going to pretend I just invented a universal English verb tense for past, present, and future all at once.

The Eternal Tense?

The Pluper-duper-perfect?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:29 AM (Ot/FD)

442 Would be very interesting to see/understand some form of government such as what an "happy and successful, more advanced civilization" would have.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 03:30 AM (rdVOm)

443
Welcome to ontology. It's a bitch. Does a republic exist? :-)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:30 AM (w6EFb)

444 Ok, now my brain (what's left of it) is aching...

I'll just lurk a while before crashing tonight.

Posted by: JQ at July 28, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)

445
Another line of thought on this. Mathematics is part of the universe. It is a product of the physical laws to begin with. We humans here are part of the universe. We are the universe become self-aware, so our tools like mathematics derive from it, and no wonder they work so well. They have to.

I don't buy this reasoning at all, actually. Consider the Banach-Tarski paradox. That's an example of how mathematics can go far beyond anything "real" in the physical world. And there are other simpler examples of how real numbers, and their infinities are likewise not physical at all.

And then a republic isn't physical.... So, no, our thought goes beyond and outside of physical reality.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:34 AM (w6EFb)

446 It would just be a different language, and a translation would be possible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

In "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" the "boo-bee-bee-boo-boo" that allowed communication with beings from Another World is actually Hungarian. Those are some of the tones defined by the "eccentric" Hungarian musicologist and composer Zoltan Kodaly.

This is reference to the Hungarian physicists being called at the time "the Martians". Partially because their language was incomprehensible, partially because of their ability, and because of personalities.

Of Ede "Edward" Teller-" He knows people very well, and imitates one almost perfectly".

Posted by: Miklos the Midwit Magyar at July 28, 2026 03:35 AM (A764u)

447
There are actual roadrunners around here. It's funny to watch them run! But they don't always stay on the roads, of course.

As a child, I was disappointed that their plumage wasn't as pretty & fancy as in the cartoons, LOL.
Posted by: JQ

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

First time I spotted a bunch of jackrabbits at night I tried to point them out to my little niece (2 or 3 years old). She couldn't see them at all. She was looking for Bugs Bunny.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 28, 2026 03:36 AM (mmrXZ)

448 Welcome to ontology. It's a bitch. Does a republic exist? :-)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:30 AM (w6EFb)

It's the kind of thing where the definition of the term is performative, really, isn't it?

We attach a series of grunts to a state of affairs and say every state of affairs that matches that "is" the series of grunts. But there's all kinds of states of affairs you could attach to that series of grunts, and no one really agrees.

But an electron is an electron. No one has ever said, "No, not that kind of electron, we're talking about these other ones over here.".

Well, maybe a few times. But then it turned out those were different particles entirely. Or.... are they?

It's far too early for that kind of noodle-knotting.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:37 AM (Ot/FD)

449 It doesn't, strictly speaking, exist. But... they do, and we know what they are.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:25 AM (Ot/FD)

You could always tell who was taking philosophy 101 in college. One evening, one of the freshman ran into my room holding a pillow and yelled, "Does this pillow exist!!!???!!!"

Yes it does. No go to bed already.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2026 03:39 AM (4ZZWr)

450 And then a republic isn't physical.... So, no, our thought goes beyond and outside of physical reality.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:34 AM (w6EFb)

Of course it is physical. Without actions or artifacts, real is a construct. But without actions, there is no Republic. And, the artifacts are evident in the laws and other written materials that we rely upon daily in governance.

Some of it may be horseshit, but that's real too, particularly when you step in it.

Now, if you really want to blow minds, remind people that God is outside of space and time, and therefore sees everything that ever has and ever will happen. How does that work with predestination? Or does it?

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2026 03:42 AM (4ZZWr)

451 Years ago, someone wrote a very humorous short story in the form of a legal case of Wile E. Coyote suing Acme Inc.

That was developed into a novel, that was not good, but apparently there may be a movie soon too.

They have scrubbed the original well written story, but it still is here in its original mock-serious form.

https://tinyurl.com/5bua3j6x

Posted by: Miklos does recall the occasional thing at July 28, 2026 03:44 AM (A764u)

452 433 431 I like the way gravity works in the Road Runner universe. Wile E. doesn't fall until he notices that he's stepped off the cliff.
Posted by: publius,

Applied Heisenberg
Posted by: Looney Miklos Tunes at July 28, 2026 03:09 AM (A764u)

He only falls because we're watching.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:12 AM (Ot/FD)

Nope. He falls because HE is watching, and because Chuck Jones says he should.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2026 03:44 AM (4ZZWr)

453 Jeeze, I leave for a bit and now yer talking about alternative realities and aliens. I shouldn’t have looked. (Ya can’t spell Edward Teller without ET) hm…

I know some of the physicists had some qualms about nuclear weapons. But they were also sometimes hopelessly naive.

“Hydrogen weapons are too terrible to contemplate. If we declare we won’t make any, the Soviets will realize what nice people we are, and they won’t build any either”

Bzzzt. Ed Teller and others probably in all likelihood kept the US or the West from getting nuked. Assured Destruction is a hell of a thing, but it is still a deterrent. Except, from the psycho you-know-who folks contributing to the late Unpleasantness.

Apocalyptic suicidal nutbars with nukes. What could go wrong? Did they ever get Von Neumann to crunch those numbers?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 03:44 AM (6fKvw)

454 Does a number need to be instantiated somehow in physical reality to be "real"? Apparently there's a movement in mathematics that believes so. I forget what they call themselves.

But then... what counts as "instantiation"? You can easily come up with physical descriptions of finite numbers that vastly outstrip the number of particles that have ever existed in the universe, and yet are necessary to describe things or facts about the universe. It's possible to count more than just things.

Then again, i'm partial to the mindset that says Googology is a silly nonsense parlor game and a number has to actually mean something to be a number, even if we could never "write" that number down.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:45 AM (Ot/FD)

455 Paramount says "gifts" to republican F.C.C. commissioners to approve merger were not bribes under Trump administration. BTW if you don't like my handle take it up with the Bible.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 28, 2026 03:47 AM (s/XEz)

456 Nope. He falls because HE is watching, and because Chuck Jones says he should.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2026 03:44 AM (4ZZWr)

He runs off the cliff, he's fine.

He looks down, he's fine.

He looks at the camera, he falls...

So it's all our fault!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:49 AM (Ot/FD)

457 So it's all our fault!
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 03:49 AM (Ot/FD)

Nope. Chuck Jones. Who knew funny when he drew it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2026 03:51 AM (4ZZWr)

458 “Mr. Coyote states that on 85 separate occasions he has purchased of the Acme Company (hereinafter, "Defendant"), through that company's mail-order department, certain products which did cause him bodily injury due to defects in manufacture or improper cautionary labelling”

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 03:56 AM (6fKvw)

459 >> Does a number need to be instantiated somehow in physical reality to be "real"?

Funny story. Some tells a mathematician, you guys are mystics, because you "believe in" imaginary numbers.

Mathematician objects, those numbers are as "real" as any other. Guy replies, then show me the square root of -1 pieces of chalk!

Mathematician says, well, first show my 1/2 a piece of chalk. Guys takes a new piece of chalk, and breaks it in half as best he can. There, there's 1/2 a piece of chalk.

Mathematician says, no that is one piece of chalk. You now how two pieces of chalk.

Think about it.....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:57 AM (w6EFb)

460 >> Of course it is physical. Without actions or artifacts, real is a construct.

I disagree with that. I think. Something like a republic is an idea. This all boils down to the question is information physically real.

Take something like a tool, or a mousetrap. That existed as an idea, a light bulb went off in someone's head, and he created a physical instance of that idea. The thing and the idea are not the same. The idea is pure information.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 04:01 AM (w6EFb)

461 Mathematician says, no that is one piece of chalk. You now how two pieces of chalk.
——-

My Dog knows damn well it’s only one treat, broke in two. Nice try!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 04:04 AM (6fKvw)

462 Mathematician says, no that is one piece of chalk. You now how two pieces of chalk.

Think about it.....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 03:57 AM (w6EFb)

"Stop cracking open my dry erase markers, you're making a mess!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 04:05 AM (Ot/FD)

463 The idea is pure information.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 04:01 AM (w6EFb)

In a sense, the pure information is the idea.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 04:06 AM (Ot/FD)

464 If I were a real dick of a teacher, I'd put the piece of chalk on the desk, and say "one piece of chalk". Then rotate it 90 degrees and say "square root of negative one pieces of chalk".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 04:10 AM (Ot/FD)

465 Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at July 28, 2026 03:47 AM (s/XEz)

There are many things I can "take up" with the Bible. Your handle wouldn't be one of them.

This so strange to me that leftists troll on conservative sites. I don't go on leftists sites to troll them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 04:13 AM (xPsv8)

466 Finally a day not going far away

Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2026 04:16 AM (Ia/+0)

467 Posted by: Skip at July 28, 2026 04:16 AM (Ia/+0)

Glad to hear that, Skip. There's supposed to be a lot of rain- at least in NJ.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 04:19 AM (xPsv8)

468
Now I'm thinking about quantum information theory. That information can never be destroyed....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 04:23 AM (w6EFb)

469 Now I'm thinking about quantum information theory. That information can never be destroyed....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 04:23 AM (w6EFb)

"In the beginning was the Word" etc etc....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 04:25 AM (Ot/FD)

470 I sort of like the notion that as soon as we figure something out, the rules change, so to speak

Posted by: Common Tater at July 28, 2026 04:25 AM (6fKvw)

471 Take something like a tool, or a mousetrap. That existed as an idea, a light bulb went off in someone's head, and he created a physical instance of that idea. The thing and the idea are not the same. The idea is pure information.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 28, 2026 04:01 AM (w6EFb)

Except that an idea is not a reality, until it is. You can imagine all sorts of things, hence, science fiction. But, until it becomes and artifact, it doesn't actually exist. It is ether, or fluff, or imagination, but it is not real.

Just as men thinking they are women and claiming to be so is not real. They may try to look like women, or try to act like women, but until they actually become a woman, they are not real.

By claiming the idea is a fact, you have just legitimized an entire subculture of schizophrenic thought. It also is not real.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 28, 2026 04:26 AM (4ZZWr)

472 This so strange to me that leftists troll on conservative sites. I don't go on leftists sites to troll them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 04:13 AM (xPsv

The point of trolling is to inflame someone to anger and then laugh at them over it.

Trolling a leftie site is like pouring gas into a volcano. It's a waste of resources, and you'll only get your shoes ruined for your efforts.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 04:27 AM (Ot/FD)

473 Trolling a leftie site is like pouring gas into a volcano. It's a waste of resources, and you'll only get your shoes ruined for your efforts.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 04:27 AM (Ot/FD)

There is also a chance that the sysadmin will try to dox you, or try your username and password on other sites to see if he can crack your accounts and harm you. Leftists are nasty. Do not touch.

Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026 04:30 AM (Sy6m/)

474 Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 28, 2026 04:27 AM (Ot/FD)

Yep, which is probably why I've never done it. I get enough leftist thought reproduced here. I don't need to search it out on my own.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 04:31 AM (xPsv8)

475 Young boy from Florida reads 100 hours to shelter pets:

https://tinyurl.com/54x9r8xu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 28, 2026 04:34 AM (xPsv8)

476 Tech thread is live!

Posted by: SciVo at July 28, 2026 04:44 AM (Sy6m/)

477 Now I'm thinking about quantum information theory. That information can never be destroyed....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

As long as Darline is alive, I will not be allowed to forget certain things

Posted by: Miklos bears a manly burden at July 28, 2026 04:49 AM (A764u)

Too Many Puppies Cafe

Jacob's Ladder, Peak District, England
by @peaklass1

Booping a fox's nose.

Little kangaroo.

Guy makes a lot of bubbles.

Japan is a nation of 8 year old dweebs.

No roughhousing in the pool!

"Toy Story" playset.

Safety patrol chickens.

ICYMI: Capybara playing with a dachshund.

Awee very proud mamma! ❤️🤗🤗 pic.twitter.com/Y6fPIFFXmb
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) July 27, 2026

Moments when a cat mimics a dog just to grab its owner�s attention. 😄 pic.twitter.com/mTfSUTxaXQ
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) July 27, 2026

😂😂 pic.twitter.com/NOrMUUiSNT
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) July 25, 2026

Saw a dog in traffic and tried to record it� then something unexpected happened. pic.twitter.com/fKDpzP8UYu
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) July 23, 2026

What happened when cats and dogs first met as newborns� pic.twitter.com/nQu9iMPHXj
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) July 25, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:40 PM

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1 2nd

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 07:42 PM (Pnh8M)

2 Too many Puppies!?

Umpossible!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 07:42 PM (O6Iwc)

3 That fat cat with the dog was funny.
Thank you.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 07:42 PM (Sco7b)

4 2nd
Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy

(And I didn't)
Not unless I shifted the Space-Time continuum.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 07:43 PM (O6Iwc)

5 Too Many Puppies Cafe
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What bizzaro universe are we in where that makes sense?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 07:46 PM (FZ29D)

6 Name a word in the English language containing the letters "hho" in a row.

Hint: It's in Ace's post!

Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 07:48 PM (Av6i5)

7 We were rightfully worshiped in Egypt.

Posted by: Felix the Cat at July 27, 2026 07:49 PM (JM9I6)

8 My new cat Chloe is acclimating herself to the inside of my house.

The sunroom is far too warm for her these days so I brought her inside. She's locked in the library right now what the other cats get used to her being inside.

Mostly going well, though Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) does chase Chloe around. Kaylee will just have to get used to Chloe.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 07:50 PM (FZ29D)

9 Ah. I needed this. Last thread had me ready to commit murder.

Puppehs and kittehs are a balm for my soul.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 07:51 PM (0aYVJ)

10 Just wanted to remind everyone, apropos of the title, that Primus Sucks!

Posted by: Area_Man at July 27, 2026 07:51 PM (Z5XYz)

11 All these puppies marked safe from Dr Evil Fauci

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 07:52 PM (0TVIV)

12 Ok, so here's my idea, and just a warning it involves AI, a lot of it, it might drain 90% of the nation's strategic energy reserves but imagine, The Big Lebowski, the whole movie, but in the place of Jeff Bridges is a capybara. That's it, the only change. Basically like colorizing a BW film but I call it capybarazing.

Posted by: banana Dream - it would really tie the whole movie together at July 27, 2026 07:52 PM (3uBP9)

13 Everytime I see a Capybara I get the impression that it is just a Guinea Pig that escaped from Pee Wee's Playhouse.

He's got a giant coffee cup. A giant tooth brush, and a giant guinea pig.

(on a side note, Pee Wee's playhouse also ruined the Matrix movie. All I see is Cowboy Curtis everytime Morpheus is on the screen)

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 07:52 PM (dIske)

14 Ace's answer:

roughhouse

Other correct answers:

withhold
fishhook
bathhouse
...and a few other dodgy semi-words ("sleuthhound").

Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 07:53 PM (Av6i5)

15 Everytime I see a Capybara I get the impression that it is just a Guinea Pig that escaped from Pee Wee's Playhouse.
----
I'm always reminded of "Speak" the capybara from the animated cartoon The Tick.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 07:54 PM (FZ29D)

16 A wonderful bouquet, with no significant undertone of residual mephiticism.

Thank you, Ace!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

17 >>> I'm always reminded of "Speak" the capybara from the animated cartoon The Tick.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 07:54 PM (FZ29D)

because that is what he does!

Posted by: banana Dream - SPOON! at July 27, 2026 07:56 PM (3uBP9)

18 #10 for the win.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 27, 2026 07:57 PM (pE12i)

19 I think we have an inverse Schroedinger’s cease fire going right now.
If you look at it, it disappears .

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 08:01 PM (xLOWQ)

20 Amazing how much Fauci looks like a Nazi

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 08:01 PM (vE0+H)

21

Check out Cowboy State Daily.

There is a 350 acre private island in Montana for sale priced at $72 million. Only access is by water, dock will accommodate a 70 foot yacht.

The house looks great but it isn't finished in the inside.

I had no idea there was an island in Montana. I thought Montana was land locked.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:01 PM (/QHx4)

22 Just wanted to remind everyone, apropos of the title, that Primus Sucks!
Posted by: Area_Man at July 27, 2026 07:51 PM

Dude. You do realize that they have an oft-referenced by The Horde ballad, correct?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)

23
You cannot have too many puppies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 08:04 PM (O0L8i)

24 I saw a story the other day about a bear that climbed a power pole and sat up there for a while before electrocuting itself. Stupid bear.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 08:05 PM (MWfyi)

25 I've been watching funny animals at this web cam for an hour.

https://tinyurl.com/LV-Earth-Cam

OK, they're "animals" of the bipedal primate kind, a steady stream of them taking selfies or having pics taken of themselves in front of the WELCOME TO Fabulous LAS VEGAS sign.

Fascinating study in human behavior. And the longer I watch, the more absurd it seems.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 27, 2026 08:09 PM (zYpTz)

26 Check out Cowboy State Daily.

There is a 350 acre private island in Montana for sale priced at $72 million. Only access is by water, dock will accommodate a 70 foot yacht.

The house looks great but it isn't finished in the inside.

I had no idea there was an island in Montana. I thought Montana was land locked.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:01 PM (/QHx4)

Lakes, Rivers. Getting a 70 foot boat there would be a puzzler.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 08:09 PM (uhVAy)

27 Good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)

28 They didn't want to shoot he bear with a tranquilizer because it might have fallen and hurt itself so they waited until it shorted out the power lines and probably killed the power to a bunch of houses .

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

29 I thought Montana was land locked.

Well it is, but you can't see across Fort Peck reservoir.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 27, 2026 08:11 PM (zdLoL)

30 https://tinyurl.com/yhw2st5a

The next thing I have here is classified,’ Biden said at one point.

'Some of this may be classified ...' Biden can be heard telling Zwonitzer in another discussion.

'It's not marked classified, but ...' Biden said, his voice trailing off. No classified materials were published in the book, but the discussions, and the documents, were cited in an explosive 2024 special counsel report.

---------------

Audible released just now of Biden's interview with Hur. Not sounding too good.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 08:12 PM (kX27y)

31 I had no idea there was an island in Montana. I thought Montana was land locked.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:01 PM (/QHx4)

Flathead Lake is yuge.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)

32

Oldcat,

I love how the house looks. It's so different.

We wouldn't be able to say "hey, I'm running down to the store to grab some groceries, lol.

If someone wants isolation that would be the place to live.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:13 PM (/QHx4)

33 There is a 350 acre private island in Montana for sale"

Gonna be a dental floss tycoon?

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 08:14 PM (XuXeR)

34 Finally plugged in the TV after moving a few months ago. My wife is scrolling around streaming services and sees a thumbnail with Kurt Russell.

Her: What's this?
Me: "Escape From New York?" It's a classic.
Her: I've never seen it.
Me: Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 27, 2026 08:15 PM (vTZFs)

35
Audible released just now of Biden's interview with Hur. Not sounding too good.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 08:12 PM (kX27y)

____________

Sharp as a tack, ladies and gents. Settled science!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 08:15 PM (O0L8i)

36 >>There is a 350 acre private island in Montana for sale priced at $72 million. Only access is by water, dock will accommodate a 70 foot yacht.

I'd like the job captaining that yacht. How far can you go in a 70 foot yacht in a lake in Montana?

Gotta be the easiest job in Montana.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:15 PM (viF8m)

37 I mentioned Flathead lake not seeing the link.

Eh. My point stands.

I'm a bit woozy from all the smoke. Apparently the entire state of Oregon is ablaze.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 08:15 PM (0aYVJ)

38 Just wanted to remind everyone, apropos of the title, that Primus Sucks!
Posted by: Area_Man at July 27, 2026 07:51 PM

Dude. You do realize that they have an oft-referenced by The Horde ballad, correct?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)

Sailing the Seas of Cheese?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 08:17 PM (0aYVJ)

39 I'm a bit woozy from all the smoke. Apparently the entire state of Oregon is ablaze.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 08:15 PM

Considering how much weed is grown there, no wonder you're woozy.

I see a Taco Bell run in your future.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 08:18 PM (0sNs1)

40

If everyone here would throw in a few dollars we could buy the place, lol.

We could name it the AOS Sanctuary.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:19 PM (/QHx4)

41 Fuckheads like that ruined Montana. Even in the 1980s the locals were spitting nails about shit like that.

Telluride was a sleepy mining town. Then downhill skiing was established, mostly by 10th Mountain trained locals.

Real estate does a moonshot, taxes along with it, and then the locals have to unass the AO, and or their descendants eventually all live in a trailer park 40 miles away and commute into work to bus tables for a bunch of foreigners. Not too far off what’s happened to the U.S.A. Generally the locals are being priced out. Bigtime

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:20 PM (Pnh8M)

42 "I see a Taco Bell run in your future.
Posted by: Duncanthrax"

This is the correct phrasing for this response.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)

43 Great musicians in Primus. Just not my cup of tea.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 08:21 PM (Qt6Ls)

44 OK, they're "animals" of the bipedal primate kind, a steady stream of them taking selfies or having pics taken of themselves in front of the WELCOME TO Fabulous LAS VEGAS sign.

Fascinating study in human behavior. And the longer I watch, the more absurd it seems.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 27, 2026 08:09 PM (zYpTz)

I searched and sadly there's no cameras for Obama's Presidential Center of Doom. That would be funny.

I think a significant amount of the population would be satisfied to live their lives in cages as long as their basic needs were met. We could put them on webcam.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 08:24 PM (Sco7b)

45 I'm a bit woozy from all the smoke. Apparently the entire state of Oregon is ablaze.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 08:15 PM (0aYVJ)

Well, throw another dem on the fire....

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 08:24 PM (S41Gd)

46 Who had the lawn care folks who killed the lawn earlier? “They” are re-sodding? Idiots.

In July?? Tell them to wait till fall, say September. If we’re talking Bluegrass, Fescue in northerly latitudes.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:27 PM (Pnh8M)

47
Summer assholes: boaters

Winter assholes: skiers

I expect a Venn diagram of these two groups will have no small overlap.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 08:28 PM (O0L8i)

48 Who had the lawn care folks who killed the lawn earlier? “They” are re-sodding? Idiots.

In July?? Tell them to wait till fall, say September. If we’re talking Bluegrass, Fescue in northerly latitudes.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:27 PM (Pnh8M)

Wasn't me earlier, but I did have a lawn service turn my yard into a dustbowl. They treated it, and poof, lawn was gone. I'm guessing it wasn't mostly grass. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 08:30 PM (S41Gd)

49 Summer assholes: boaters

Winter assholes: skiers

I expect a Venn diagram of these two groups will have no small overlap.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 08:28 PM (O0L8i)

Where do bicyclists fit in?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 08:33 PM (S41Gd)

50 There is a 350 acre private island in Montana for sale priced at $72 million. Only access is by water, dock will accommodate a 70 foot yacht.

The house looks great but it isn't finished in the inside.

I had no idea there was an island in Montana. I thought Montana was land locked.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:01 PM (/QHx4

Ahhh.
Saw this movie.
Second hand Lions

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 08:33 PM (2WIwB)

51 Happy cafe! Sounds like a summer thunderstorm stirring up out there.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:33 PM (Dd38x)

52 Real estate does a moonshot, taxes along with it, and then the locals have to unass the AO, and or their descendants eventually all live in a trailer park 40 miles away and commute into work to bus tables for a bunch of foreigners. Not too far off what’s happened to the U.S.A. Generally the locals are being priced out. Bigtime
Posted by: Common Tater

I wonder if that's why Silver Mountain (Kellogg ID) tries to keep the ski tourists from interacting with the townsfolk at all - to prevent the tourists from deciding that Kellogg is a nice place to live.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 08:34 PM (vJrRc)

53 If everyone here would throw in a few dollars we could buy the place, lol.

We could name it the AOS Sanctuary.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:19 PM (/QHx4)

There is merit in your words.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 08:34 PM (S41Gd)

54 Who had the lawn care folks who killed the lawn earlier? “They” are re-sodding? Idiots.

In July?? Tell them to wait till fall, say September. If we’re talking Bluegrass, Fescue in northerly latitudes.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:27 PM (Pnh8M)

Red Fescue was a recurring character on Gunsmoke, noted for his homespun wisdom.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 08:34 PM (1z8ji)

55 Second hand Lions
Posted by: Diogenes

That was a good movie. I keep forgetting to see if it's availble to buy on DVD

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 08:35 PM (vJrRc)

56
Her Majesty and I have a single frosted sugar cookie apiece after dinner. Unfortunately, HM has created a couple of monsters by giving Diana and The Big Dummy little fragments. Now they tell us when we're late and pester us without cease.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 08:39 PM (O0L8i)

57 I'm a bit woozy from all the smoke. Apparently the entire state of Oregon is ablaze.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 08:15 PM (0aYVJ)

Oregon is a beautiful state but sadly the fires have missed Portland, Salem and Eugene.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 08:39 PM (2WIwB)

58 By 2023, Mulvaney had more than 10 million followers on TikTok, while her video series, Days of Girlhood, had received over one billion views. In 2023, Mulvaney received a Queerties Groundbreaker Award, a Streamy Award, and Attitude's Woman of the Year Award.

Dylan always claimed to be a girl.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 08:39 PM (/+uur)

59 Where do bicyclists fit in?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 08:33 PM

Under my car.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 27, 2026 08:41 PM (Wnv9h)

60

Our lawn here in SW Wyoming is shot. Severe drought right after the lawn service aerated seeded etc.

We don't care because if you read about how ranchers can't grow grass and hay for their livestock it is understandable.

We live on a dead-end street with five houses. Three of the houses have very green lawns because they have been sneaking out in the middle of the night watering their grass. I'm up most of the night sitting on the patio and I hear the sprinklers running. The neighbor next to us is like us, he isn't watering just like us.

It's a sad life if when a drought and water restrictions don't matter because you want to have the greenest lawn in town.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:42 PM (/QHx4)

61 By 2023, Mulvaney had more than 10 million followers on TikTok, while ~~her~~ his video series, Days of Girlhood, had received over one billion views. In 2023, Mulvaney received a Queerties Groundbreaker Award, a Streamy Award, and Attitude's "Woman of the Year" (sic) Award.

Dylan always claimed to be a girl.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 08:39 PM (/+uur)

He could claim to be the Queen of Denmark, still a deranged faggot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 08:43 PM (1z8ji)

62 Where do bicyclists fit in?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 08:33 PM

Depends on whether there's a Critical Mass.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 08:43 PM (0sNs1)

63
I come across a good many bicyclists near Schloss Hadrian. All the ones I've seen give no cause for complaint. It's the urban ones who are insufferable narcissists.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 08:44 PM (O0L8i)

64 I posted my last painting I did last night but on a dead thread. If you like F1 click my nic.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 08:44 PM (KC5Lt)

65 64 I posted my last painting I did last night but on a dead thread. If you like F1 click my nic.
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 08:44 PM (KC5Lt)

That's a painting??!!
Impressive!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 08:46 PM (Sco7b)

66 Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:42 PM (/QHx

We don't have any restrictions currently but I still feel guilty about watering new sod they just laid down. We haven't had rain in over a week and none forecasted for the next week.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 08:47 PM (KC5Lt)

67 >>>No roughhousing in the pool!

Fishermen can get pretty territorial when it comes to their favorite fishing hole.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 27, 2026 08:47 PM (syz1S)

68 58 By 2023, Mulvaney had more than 10 million followers on TikTok, while her video series, Days of Girlhood, had received over one billion views. In 2023, Mulvaney received a Queerties Groundbreaker Award, a Streamy Award, and Attitude's Woman of the Year Award.

Dylan always claimed to be a girl.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Please don’t refer to that thing as she or her or a girl. Notice it never calls itself a woman. Just a girl. . It’s a freak. And it hasn’t the faintest idea of what a woman is. And it never will.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 08:48 PM (loRx9)

69 >>I come across a good many bicyclists near Schloss Hadrian. All the ones I've seen give no cause for complaint. It's the urban ones who are insufferable narcissists.

Got lots of them here, particularly at this time of the year. I agree, they are pretty respectful of vehicle traffic around here and after living with them in the city, big difference.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:48 PM (viF8m)

70 >>> Capybara playing with a dachshund.

Playing? That big rodent was kicking that dog's ass!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 27, 2026 08:49 PM (syz1S)

71 I came home from work to an entire meal made. They had hamburgers, I got a veggie burger, they made a big salad and have a cantaloupe ready for dessert. Dog was fed, cats were fed. Shark week is on, and now the dishwasher is being loaded. I wonder if I am in the right house. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:49 PM (Dd38x)

72

polynikes,

Don't feel guilty. Water your sod, you paid good money for it.

It's different here because we didn't have any snow and no rain for months.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:50 PM (/QHx4)

73 I miss having both a cat and dog who are good friends. It's what I grew up with.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 08:52 PM (KC5Lt)

74 I didn’t mind summer drought when I had a lawn.

It would go dormant. Won’t hurt a thing if you keep traffic off of it. And you don’t have to mow. When cooler temps return in the fall, and precip, it will bounce.

What you can’t do, is bring it back and forth in and out of dormancy. If you’re gonna water the lawn, water the hell out of it, and… you can’t stop, or it will go into shock and die back, killing the roots. Rookie mistake.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:54 PM (2a3L4)

75 Me: Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today.
Posted by: Oddbob
****

Have you informed your wife that she is playing the Phineas part?

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 08:54 PM (plc2/)

76 Who had the lawn care folks who killed the lawn earlier? “They” are re-sodding? Idiots.
In July?? Tell them to wait till fall, say September. If we’re talking Bluegrass, Fescue in northerly latitudes.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:27 PM (Pnh8M)

Wasn't me earlier, but I did have a lawn service turn my yard into a dustbowl. They treated it, and poof, lawn was gone. I'm guessing it wasn't mostly grass. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
-----------------------

My "lawn" is more weeds than grass, and sparse as it is.

I know better than to apply Weed-B-Gone™-- don't want a (worse) dustbowl!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 08:55 PM (rdVOm)

77 Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 08:50 PM (/QHx4)

I know but we always seem to have a drought or a mini drought every year so I'm expecting it. I know the west is having severe drought . Hope it changes soon.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 08:55 PM (KC5Lt)

78 Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:27 PM (Pnh8M)

That was me and yes it was idiotic to do it now. I could have waited. It was the HOA who arranged it so another reason to not like HOAs.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 08:57 PM (KC5Lt)

79 Don’t overwater it. Frequent light daily irrigation, in the morning before sunrise. Don’t let it dry out, don’t let it get soggy either.

This is why you don’t want to plant sod in July. What a bunch of Chucks. They fuck up, and then fuck up the “repair”, and fuck you up too, while they are at it.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:58 PM (2a3L4)

80
Hello, all

The post about the Berlin attack is a parody account. There's another similar account that blamed the attack on Germans. Dead-on, a lot of people miss the joke.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 08:58 PM (mmrXZ)

81 Don’t overwater it. Frequent light daily irrigation, in the morning before sunrise. Don’t let it dry out, don’t let it get soggy either.

This is why you don’t want to plant sod in July. What a bunch of Chucks. They fuck up, and then fuck up the “repair”, and fuck you up too, while they are at it.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:58 PM (2a3L4)

The grass here at stately Peon Manor is still growing. Mowed yesterday, will need to mow tomorrow or Wednesday, too. But the growth spurt has slacked off. We have had no lack of rain here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 09:01 PM (1z8ji)

82 What I mean by that, watering frequently is a pain in the ass, especially in July. So people have a tendency to decide to really soak it, thinking they can get away with that for a day or two or three instead. Establishing sod doesn’t work that way. It’s kinda tricky sometimes.

Is your new lawn 3” above the driveway now?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 09:04 PM (2a3L4)

83 Wish I could divvy out some of the rain we've had here for the last week. Yesterday was the only day it was sunny with no rain. Rain and clouds all last week, thunderstorm today. Pool is too cool to enjoy now. Six inches total rain.

Posted by: Upper NC Coast at July 27, 2026 09:05 PM (JM9I6)

84
Don’t overwater it. Frequent light daily irrigation, in the morning before sunrise. Don’t let it dry out, don’t let it get soggy either.

____________

Thanks to studied neglect, my lawn is a verdant expanse with nary a single weed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 09:05 PM (O0L8i)

85 Springtime in Iowa, with plenty of rain, means mowing twice a week at minimum if ya wanna keep up. Lawncare is really a retired man’s hobby. The last thing I wanted to do after working all day is sweat in the yard for sn hour or two.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 09:08 PM (2a3L4)

86 He could claim to be the Queen of Denmark, still a deranged faggot.

Gosh, I had no idea -- but it sounds like you may have met some members of the Royal Family. They had some weird-beards, going back at least a couple of hundred years, and that doesn't even count that one oddball prince.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 27, 2026 09:09 PM (zdLoL)

87 From Millsboro, De south to Elizabeth City, NC, it has been rain and more rain. The cold front made it thru here and we had very nice weather, cool and dry. Clouds and rain have returned. I mentioned the corn looked dry and that was big mistake.

Posted by: Accomack at July 27, 2026 09:09 PM (QIHeJ)

88 I tried watering early, between 4 and 7am, but no bueno. My morning pee has greater pressure, at that hour!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 09:09 PM (rdVOm)

89 Thanks to studied neglect, my lawn is a verdant expanse with nary a single weed.
——

He’s trying to establish a new lawn from Sod.

Trust me. Apples and aircraft carriers

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 09:09 PM (2a3L4)

90 In July. Fucking retarded they are, this HOA.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 09:10 PM (2a3L4)

91 Jacob's Ladder

https://youtu.be/z3gvOV40ccU

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 09:12 PM (dK+Kv)

92 The clouds prepare for battle

In the dark and brooding silence

Bruised and sullen stormclouds

Have the light of day obscured

Looming low and ominous

In twilight premature

Thunderheads are rumbling

In a distant overture

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 09:12 PM (dK+Kv)

93 They had some weird-beards, going back at least a couple of hundred years, and that doesn't even count that one oddball prince.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 27, 2026 09:09 PM (zdLoL)

Hamlet, Omelet. What difference does it make?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 09:13 PM (1z8ji)

94 I’m pretty rusty, but depending the temps and sunlight, probably twice a day minimum, completely watering the sod. Every day for quite some time. Couple months anyway. Anything above 90 is rough stuff for turf without irrigation. That’s why they go dormant.

That is not an option trying to establish sod. See where I’m goin’ with that?

If it dies, are they gonna replace it again on their dime?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 09:13 PM (2a3L4)

95

HOAs are people who have no control over their lives so they micromanage the people who they consider to beneath them.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:15 PM (/QHx4)

96 Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 09:13 PM (2a3L4

Who knows . We've been instructed to water for 15 minutes twice daily.

Temps will bee over 95 for next month at least.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 09:15 PM (KC5Lt)

97 They should pay for the increase in my water bill.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 09:17 PM (KC5Lt)

98 Well at least you don’t have to pay for the water, so that’s a blessing. Right?

*ducks*

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 09:17 PM (2a3L4)

99 Ha I read your lyric post first, I was wondering when you became a poet!

I had forgotten about that song, thanks!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:19 PM (xLOWQ)

100 If you want a green lawn in a fought stricken area, install astroturf.

Otherwise be sane. Plant local drought tolerant plants and landscape accordingly.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 09:23 PM (yEz+x)

101 *DROUGHT STRICKEN*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 09:23 PM (yEz+x)

102 Or beautiful white rock. Thats what my grandparents did in El Paso.

Although Grandpa managed to keep an American Elm (barely clinging to life) and a small square of grass alive.

This was not good grass to run on barefoot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 09:28 PM (zZu0s)

103

I would like a yard full of trees and the rest of the yard mulched.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:29 PM (/QHx4)

104 During the night shift here at the nursing home, which seems to short staffed tonight, it can seem the lunatics are running the asylum.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 27, 2026 09:29 PM (iKvf9)

105 Jacob's ladder was a creepy movie. Also stupid. Tim Robbins?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 09:29 PM (zZu0s)

106 I was able to do a quick mow in the backyard tonight, just before the twilights last gleaming. Time to turn the sprinkler on - first half of July was surprisingly wet, but I noticed tonight that anywhere the grass was thin, the mower pulled up clouds of dust. Yikes!”

(I have a nice southern St. Augustine lawn, and I take a bit of pride in it)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:30 PM (xLOWQ)

107 Cue Primus…

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 09:31 PM (4g5V+)

108 He could claim to be the Queen of Denmark, still a deranged faggot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 08:43 PM (1z8ji)

He claimed to be a girl,
Not a woman
And Bud Light wanted the teen girl beer market

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 09:31 PM (/+uur)

109 I just want *something* even if weeds, to keep the soil in place. That I got. Good enough. The weeds are green and, bonus, look nice from a distance!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 09:32 PM (rdVOm)

110

When we bought this house a couple of years ago we found some weird thing left by the previous owners for yardwork. We had no idea what it was for and looked it up.

It is some roller thing with a handle thing and you fill up the large roller thing with water and then "roll" your lawn. Rolling your lawn? Geez get out and do fun stuff. We have tried to give it away but even the lawn people don't want it, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:33 PM (/QHx4)

111 (I have a nice southern St. Augustine lawn, and I take a bit of pride in it)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:30 PM (xLOWQ)

Patron saint of lawnmower blade sharpening

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 09:34 PM (/+uur)

112 We don’t have any restrictions on water, so the rain bird runs at 6a and again in the evening. I am going to get the flower bed out front redone in September, it’s really too hot right now.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 09:35 PM (Dd38x)

113 Dad brought home one of those ancient reel mowers - non-motorized push mower. I was pretty young, too young to mow yet, but dad was pissed off because my brothers kept breaking the gasoline mowers.

It was pretty funny, I can still remember mu brother pushing that fucker while he was crying.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 09:36 PM (2a3L4)

114 Four seasons--

The lawn roller is for prepping for new lawn, and/or keeping new sod flat & pressed into contact with soil.

Surprised no lawn service would want it.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 09:36 PM (rdVOm)

115 111 (I have a nice southern St. Augustine lawn, and I take a bit of pride in it)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:30 PM (xLOWQ)

Patron saint of lawnmower blade sharpening
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 09:34 PM (/+uur)

----------

Former libertine and acolyte of Mani, and competent breeder of hybrid tropical grasses.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 09:37 PM (u/oMr)

116 Oncology appointment at noon tomorrow.

Anyone here familiar with Dr Makis protocol?
Fenben and ivermectin and some other things.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 27, 2026 09:37 PM (FGA9/)

117

JQ,

We were surprised too.

Oh, I just realized the American Legion here is having a huge yard sale this weekend. Nothing is priced, you pay whatever you want. We'll take it down there.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:40 PM (/QHx4)

118 Bombshell after bombshell. The Biden tapes with his ghostwriter have been released, tapes Hur had access to, and Biden admits over and over that he shared classified information with his ghostwriter. Classified information Biden lied about even having.

Just the start.

https://tinyurl.com/5yajb2ct

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 09:41 PM (viF8m)

119 “Rolling lawn” is not a good idea. It just compacts the soil.

What you really want to do, is aerate, if anything. Find out what the soil pH is. Usually or often they need lime. If the pH is off, you can fertilize all you want, and it won’t do anything, because it is unavailable to the plant, or most of it.

I liked to buy 10/10/10 and drop that stuff right before a rain. My lawn loved me, and I loved it, too. LOL

Those fags went from 50 pound bags to 40, now 35. Won’t be too long they will be in little pouches

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 09:41 PM (2a3L4)

120
104 During the night shift here at the nursing home, which seems to short staffed tonight, it can seem the lunatics are running the asylum.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 27, 2026 09:29 PM (iKvf9)

My daughter, when first starting out, worked at an older nursing home near Frankston, Texas. Sad place, the kind of place where families drop the old folks off to forget about them. There was one room they always left vacant; the older employees would jusr say there were “problems” with that room. They even kept it locked.

My daughter said that often, especially on weekends, at about 2 am the central nurses station would light up with urgent call requests and buzzers from that room.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:43 PM (xLOWQ)

121 You put de lime in de coconut
You drink dem both together

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 09:44 PM (u/oMr)

122 It is some roller thing with a handle thing and you fill up the large roller thing with water and then "roll" your lawn. Rolling your lawn? Geez get out and do fun stuff. We have tried to give it away but even the lawn people don't want it, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:33 PM (/QHx4)

Pappaw had one full of concrete.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 09:44 PM (zZu0s)

123 Oh, I just realized the American Legion here is having a huge yard sale this weekend. Nothing is priced, you pay whatever you want. We'll take it down there.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:40 PM (/QHx4)

Paint a stick figure of Rachel Corrie on it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 09:45 PM (1z8ji)

124 *Rolling* is just for prep (soil leveling) and new sod installation.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 09:45 PM (rdVOm)

125

lol AOP

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:47 PM (/QHx4)

126 I have a rolling machine, but it's for a different kind of grass.

Posted by: Mr. Natural at July 27, 2026 09:47 PM (JM9I6)

127 *Rolling* is just for prep (soil leveling) and new sod installation.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 09:45 PM (rdVOm)

My yard, which is just basically wild pasture grass, and prairie wildflowers, is lumpy. It could use a good rolling. But it would take a big highway paving roller to make a dent in it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 09:48 PM (1z8ji)

128 I thought “rolling” was for moles. Luckily I don’t have them, but they’re freaky, especially when the hit a nice lawn. I grew up in Phoenix, and we had some kind of gopher which was not too different from a prairie dog. Left dirt mounds all over.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:49 PM (xLOWQ)

129

Everyone has their thing.

We don't care if the neighbor's thing is keeping their lawns green. Don't be an asshole out watering your yard with inside and outside water usage restricted.

We've only been showering once a month, lol. Trying to save water.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:52 PM (/QHx4)

130 It is some roller thing with a handle thing and you fill up the large roller thing with water and then "roll" your lawn. Rolling your lawn? Geez get out and do fun stuff. We have tried to give it away but even the lawn people don't want it, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:33 PM (/QHx4)

When I was a kid, my parents brought home a section of concrete culvert we kids could climb through and roll around the yard. It was lots of fun, and we rolled it back and forth. We wound up with a very flat back yard from it.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 09:53 PM (rbvCR)

131 My yard is lumpy as all get-out... a roller wouldn't do much here, either.

But a roller is good if you're starting from scratch, have tilled in some soil amendments and need to de-fluff the patch.

I suppose one would also be good for flattening a dirt & gravel driveway, after filling low spots.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 09:53 PM (rdVOm)

132

Kindltot,

Ya'll had fun. That is great.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:55 PM (/QHx4)

133 From digging and transplanting, I can tell that whoever built my home in 1937 put about a foot of sandy loam on top of a mostly clay base, so it’s very level and smooth (and elevated about 12” from the neighbors lawn)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:57 PM (xLOWQ)

134 104 During the night shift here at the nursing home, which seems to short staffed tonight, it can seem the lunatics are running the asylum.
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 27, 2026 09:29 PM (iKvf9)

I just tried to picture what it will look like when Gen-X hits nursing homes, and discovered a limit to my imagination.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 09:57 PM (Sy6m/)

135 My yard is lumpy as all get-out... a roller wouldn't do much here, either.

But a roller is good if you're starting from scratch, have tilled in some soil amendments and need to de-fluff the patch.

I suppose one would also be good for flattening a dirt & gravel driveway, after filling low spots.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 09:53 PM (rdVOm)

I have one in the shed. It was here when I moved in. Not touching it, nope. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 09:58 PM (S41Gd)

136 105 Jacob's ladder was a creepy movie. Also stupid. Tim Robbins?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 09:29 PM (zZu0s)

As I recall, the progression was meh -> intrigued -> confused -> frustrated -> gypped.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (Sy6m/)

137
https://tinyurl.com/5yajb2ct
Posted by: JackStraw

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

Did Biden remember to pardon himself?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

138 We've only been showering once a month, lol. Trying to save water.
Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 09:52 PM (/QHx4)

You seem like a good online friend, let’s keep it that way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (xLOWQ)

139 I have one in the shed. It was here when I moved in. Not touching it, nope. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 09:58 PM (S41Gd)

Yard art, Berserker. Put it out by the end of your driveway, with some cankle-legs in striped stockings and Hillary Clinton shoes trapped under it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:01 PM (1z8ji)

140 We had a mole in the yard, maybe decade ago... made a big mound of dirt by an apple tree.

Doggo got that bugger, I found it out in the yard after she'd "played with" it. Ew. Creepy looking thing. The paws looked like tiny hands!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 10:01 PM (rdVOm)

141

I thought Biden was almost braindead when he ran for office.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 10:01 PM (/QHx4)

142 Did Biden remember to pardon himself?
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

Aztec name for Stacey Abrams: Snaxalotl

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 10:03 PM (1z8ji)

143 I thought Biden was almost braindead when he ran for office.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 10:01 PM (/QHx4)

--------------

The first time ... in 1970.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 27, 2026 10:04 PM (iLtRJ)

144 The cat on the roomba--classic.

Posted by: Random PJ at July 27, 2026 10:04 PM (+jscL)

145 ONT is up.

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 10:06 PM (plc2/)

146 The cat on the roomba--classic.
Posted by: Random PJ at July 27, 2026 10:04 PM (+jscL)

With the power of my mind alone, I can command this magic disc to go wherever I wish to go.

Posted by: The Cat at July 27, 2026 10:07 PM (1z8ji)

147 silver diamine fluoride. any thoughts?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 10:11 PM (rbvCR)

148 Ha I read your lyric post first, I was wondering when you became a poet!

I had forgotten about that song, thanks!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:19 PM (xLOWQ)

My pleasure.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 10:17 PM (dK+Kv)

Fauci Bragged In His Narcissist's Diary That He Caused the Greatest Single-Day Loss in Stock Market History

Before that: Fauci recorded in his narcissist's diary that he was fully aware that Covid-19 had been engineered by humans while publicly dismissing this claim as a "conspiracy theory" -- and of course organizing 12 bought-and-paid-for grant recipients to claim it had evolved naturally.

KanekoaTheGreat
@KanekoaTheGreat
🚨 FAUCI'S PRIVATE DIARY VS. HIS PUBLIC STORY
Jan 31, 2020
Jeremy Farrar and Kristian Andersen warned Fauci that the virus might have been engineered.
Scientists on the call believed the mutations surrounding the furin cleavage site could not have evolved naturally because they required an evolutionary "jump" not found in known bat viruses.
They raised the possibility that the site had been deliberately inserted and then accidentally released from a laboratory.
Fauci proposed assembling a larger group of virologists the following day.
Feb 1, 2020
On the call that ultimately produced "Proximal Origin," 10 of 12 scientists reportedly believed deliberate insertion was possible.
Fauci's notes cited Wuhan scientist Zheng-Li Shi's years of gain-of-function research modifying coronavirus spike proteins to bind human ACE2 receptors.
Eight days later, Fauci went on Newt Gingrich's podcast and publicly dismissed the idea:
"I've heard these conspiracy theories. And like all conspiracy theories, Newt, they're just conspiracy theories."
In March, scientists from the call published "Proximal Origin," which dismissed laboratory engineering as implausible.
In April, Fauci cited the paper from the White House podium without mentioning his role in organizing the discussions behind it.
Why did Fauci publicly ridicule a possibility his own specialists had privately considered credible?
His agency had funded Peter Daszak's EcoHealth Alliance coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
In 2018, EcoHealth proposed inserting a furin cleavage site at the S1/S2 junction of a coronavirus.
In 2019, SARS-CoV-2 emerged in Wuhan with a novel furin cleavage site at that exact junction.
The record shows Fauci knew the laboratory-origin hypothesis was considered scientifically plausible.
He lied to the public and called it a "conspiracy theory" anyway.

Now, as for tanking the stock market in an election year: Was Fauci bragging about being the cause of the greatest percentage drop in history just because he's narcissistic evil dwarf, or was bragging that he was doing the Deep State's work in taking Trump's miracle economy away from him?

Tara Servatius
@TaraServatius
DAMN. In early 2020, Fauci recorded in his diary how much he was able to make the stock market drop with his lie that covid was 10x more deadly than the flu.
At the same time, in the same diary, he wrote that covid wasn't any more deadly than the seasonal flu.
While he was going on TV saying the opposite to terrify the public into shutting down the economy.
It was all a lie designed to take out Trump's most formidable weapon for reelection: his booming economy.

DAMN. In early 2020, Fauci recorded in his diary how much he was able to make the stock market drop with his lie that covid was 10x more deadly than the flu.

At the same time, in the same diary, he wrote that covid wasn't any more deadly than the seasonal flu.

While he was� pic.twitter.com/a049NU3TZ2
— Tara Servatius (@TaraServatius) July 27, 2026

Fauci was also receiving market-moving insider information from Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla before that information was made public:

Tom Elliott
@tomselliott
6h
This is a bad look for @pfizer. We have multiple instances of CEO Albert Bourla giving Fauci market-moving info the night before it's released publicly. (Although it's important to note there's no record of Fauci personally trading off of these tips.)
Nov. 8, 2020, Bourla at 7:45 p.m. calls Fauci to tell him what the Data Safety Monitoring Board had just seen: 94 infections in the first interim look at the mRNA vaccine trial. Four in the vaccine arm, 90 in placebo. "95% efficacy."
Fauci wrote it down in his diary, exclamation points & all, adding (p. 460): "This will be announced tomorrow."
Nov. 4, 2021, Bourla called again -- "late at night," Fauci notes -- to alert him that Pfizer would announce Paxlovid's "extremely favorable results" the following morning (p. 914). As before, Fauci gets the numbers first.
In July 2021, Pfizer got out ahead of the administration on boosters without warning. Fauci's entry (p. 806): "I received a phone call from Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla who was very sorry and apologetic that he did not Alert me about the Pfizer announcement ahead of time."
Nobody apologizes for skipping a courtesy they never extended. The apology means they had a standing arrangement.
Fauci also helped Pfizer with their European competitor, @AstraZeneca
.
On Aug. 24, 2020, Bourla called "expressing concern about AstraZenica [sic] likely trying to get an EUA [emergency use authorization] for their vaccine before the big companies (Moderna, Pfizer, J & J) complete their phase 3 trials."
Fauci recounts: "We discussed what to do." (p. 313)
Bourla wanted the companies to sign a mutual agreement. Fauci's counter-proposal was to mobilize the scientific community to publicly demand the FDA show its data before authorizing anything, knowing that would delay AstraZeneca's application.
Earlier that month, Fauci recounted a meeting where EUA was being considered for AstraZeneca, & Fauci frets that this happening would help Trump & hurt Pfizer's ongoing trials:
"An EUA will likely get in the way of completing the RCTs that are going on. Clearly. This is politically driven and will be a ploy for Trump to get re-elected."
Ultimately Pfizer received the first EUA in December. AstraZeneca never received it.
Six months later, at Yale University's "Legend in Leadership" award, Bourla and J&J's Alex Gorsky delivered tribute speeches to Fauci.

This is a bad look for @pfizer. We have multiple instances of CEO Albert Bourla giving Fauci market-moving info the night before it's released publicly. (Although it's important to note there's no record of Fauci personally trading off of these tips.)

Nov. 8, 2020, Bourla at� pic.twitter.com/4D8vTxD2EX
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 27, 2026

Fauci lied to the public in claiming that he had nothing to do with "locking down anything" -- while bragging in his diary that he convinced mayors to shut down schools:

David Zweig
@davidzweig
Fauci: "Show me a school that I shut down and show me a factory that I shut down. Never. I never did." (2023, NYT)

"First of all, I didn't recommend locking anything down."

- Fauci https://t.co/33H6vfIoBI pic.twitter.com/4eVoIPdmst
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 26, 2026

Fauci giddy over �convincing� mayors to shut down schools.

Imagine him giggling and kicking his feet while writing this over running millions of children�s lives? pic.twitter.com/6NH7PbSzGK
— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) July 27, 2026

Many are saying that Jake Tapper's expose about what Jake Tapper knew and when he knew it is going to be a must-read... in six years.

Jaker Tapper's book about how Jake Tapper had no idea Jake Tapper had cozy dinners with Anthony Fauci while the rest of us weren't allowed to attend funerals hits shelves in February. https://t.co/RlJPrroXlI
— John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte (@NolteNC) July 27, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:48 PM

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1 Don't you hate reading a post just to find no comments?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 06:49 PM (ExV1e)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 06:50 PM (ExV1e)

3 Ye gods, am I first?!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 06:50 PM (aJQbY)

4 And now we wait.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 06:50 PM (ExV1e)

5 Not quite but darned closed, whew. I said it before and I'll say it again: No redeeming qualities to Fauci at all.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 06:51 PM (aJQbY)

6 Ye gods, am I first?!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 06:50 PM (aJQbY)

Everyone is first on their mom's list.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 06:51 PM (ExV1e)

7
Bad look for Pfizer? I shan't believe it, I simple shannot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 06:51 PM (w6EFb)

8 I don't want to read anything about Fauci except he was slowly eaten by rabid beagles.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 06:52 PM (u82oZ)

9 Rand's ai pic of what Fauci looked like writing in his diary

x.com/randpaul/status/
2081847595442262020

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 06:52 PM (0TVIV)

10 Smug looking little bastard, I notice.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:52 PM (Gqar8)

11 Archvillain material. What an asshole.

Posted by: huerfano at July 27, 2026 06:52 PM (VJX5o)

12 Afternoon.

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:53 PM (QQJja)

13
* Cough! *
* Narcissist! *
* Cough! *

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:53 PM (Fi81e)

14 He wrote he wanted to destroy President Trump in his first term

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)

15 I want revenge on entire bloodlines....

Everyone have a good night.
This will just piss me off...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 06:54 PM (Sco7b)

16 Old & Busted: Going back in time and killing Baby Hitler.

New Hotness: Going back in time and killing...uh, no, nevermind. This isn't Democrat Underground.

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:54 PM (QQJja)

17 Of all of the thousands of laws in the Federal Register, there has to be a dozen he could be charged with.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 06:54 PM (diia5)

18 There are numerous individuals that I am having difficulty forgiving over the COVID debacle.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:54 PM (Gqar8)

19 Eventually, Fauci will get his. Not sure how. Not sure when.

But, he will.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 27, 2026 06:55 PM (pE12i)

20 So the Moderna vaccine wasn't *that* bad, right?

It was the Pfizer one that was the real problem, right?

Right?

Riiiiiiiiight?!? 👀

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:56 PM (QQJja)

21 It really is amazing that this dirbag kept a diary of his crimes.
Are we sure it's real?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 06:56 PM (v8XRi)

22 (Although it's important to note there's no record of Fauci personally trading off of these tips.)

________________________

This is no small thing. So, maybe there is no record of him, personally trading. BUT, I think it warrants a subpoena for phone records to determine whom he talked to that evening. Because I'm willing to bet he was calling in favors to keep his "gain to function" project(s) quiet and out of the news. And, it warrants looking at the trading records of those he did talk to when in immediate receipt of Pfizer inside financials.

For someone who claimed to be apolitical in his decisions/advice, he sure had the whole cadre of Democrats supporting, praising, and nearly worshiping him. So, who benefitted financially, and when specifically.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 06:56 PM (dIske)

23 Was Fauci bragging about being the cause of the greatest percentage drop in history just because he's narcissistic evil dwarf, or was bragging that he was doing the Deep State's work in taking Trump's miracle economy away from him?

embrace the healing power of "and".

Posted by: conundra at July 27, 2026 06:57 PM (sGtp+)

24 The gall of this guy. What's really crazy to me is that he kept a diary of this diabolical bullshit, which is exactly what a an evil narcissistic Doofenshmirtz would do.

Did he think it would never be read by anyone else? Was he anticipating that it would be read, and that he would be canonized for it? It's stupefying.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 27, 2026 06:57 PM (zYpTz)

25 Speaking of shannot I am reading on the internets that the Bowzer (dip dip dip dip dip....) is a full on leftist with severe TDS.

Posted by: banana Dream - dip dip dip dip dip at July 27, 2026 06:57 PM (3uBP9)

26 19 Eventually, Fauci will get his. Not sure how. Not sure when.

But, he will.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 27, 2026 06:55 PM (pE12i)

To quote Evie’s line to Bennie in “ The Mummy” - “Nasty little men like you always get their comeuppence. Always.”

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:57 PM (Gqar8)

27 "There are numerous individuals that I am having difficulty forgiving over the COVID debacle."

-------------------------

Yeah. Starting with my parents. Banned from Christmas for two years because I refused to wear a mask or get the jab.

Not coincidentally, two of the best Christmases I've ever had. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 27, 2026 06:57 PM (pE12i)

28 He kept a log to brag to himself his dirty deeds

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 06:57 PM (Ia/+0)

29 Even with all the crap Fauci used to try and make Trump lose, the Dems still had to pull out the cheat....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 06:58 PM (FWPkT)

30 I saw the first Dr Kevorkian, I know the type.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:58 PM (uhVAy)

31 He was a useful tool for Democrats, but he thought that they were worshiping him because they really believed him.

Democrats knew that scared Liberal Boomers would do literally anything to protect themselves from COVID. Up to, and including, destroying the lives of their fellow Americans. And they knew that that would hurt Trump.
Plus, it allowed them to cheat in the election, so that was an added bonus.

They worshiped Fauci, not because they believed him, but because he could be used as a battering ram against their political enemies.

Posted by: 29Victor at July 27, 2026 06:58 PM (0MjtC)

32 I really can't think of a single individual in my lifetime that caused more financial damage to the US. I think he easily has Obama beat.

I love Trump, but I will never understand why he let Fauci run wild the way he did. It seemed clear to the entire conservative movement this guy was going to be a major problem.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 06:58 PM (cf8es)

33 Based on some of the correspondence of people like Dazak and Fraudci, and some sources analyzing this, here's how I think the Mad Science went down.

1. They considered killed virus "stuck in the past".
2. mRNA was an emerging technology
3. Rubes will never accept "modern virus technology".
4. We'll never get there like this.
5. We have to develop more communicable vaccines that people would really fear.
6. Pandemic and mRNA Jabs!

This also explains why they ran 28-32 cycles on Covid "tests". So that we would not lose the plot that we all needed these space-age jabs, so they could collect data using humanity as labratory rats.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:58 PM (Fi81e)

34 It really is amazing that this dirbag kept a diary of his crimes.
Are we sure it's real?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

He's a narcissistic asshole. It's what they do.

He deserves to be in the first round of "Feed the Chipper".

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 06:59 PM (Qt6Ls)

35 lol nothing is going to happen to Fauci. What country do you people think we live in?

Sheeeeeiiiit....

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:59 PM (QQJja)

36 During the unpleasantness of my divorce proceedings during COVID, my "ex" had her attorney file on order of protection against me for not getting the Clot Shot

The court approved it, and I had to keep 200 feet of distance from her, her mom, and the boys.

Because #SCIENCE

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 27, 2026 06:59 PM (3sXRv)

37 Did he think it would never be read by anyone else? Was he anticipating that it would be read, and that he would be canonized for it? It's stupefying.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 27, 2026 06:57 PM (zYpTz)
----
What's the point of being an evil narcissist if you can't show the world your genius after you are gone?

He WANTS people to read about his exploits--preferably after he's dead. Then he can rub our faces in his villainy from beyond the grave.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 06:59 PM (FZ29D)

38 I hope the books are being written about this unelected, tyrannical egomaniac.

""The Power Broker" is the story of Robert Moses, also unelected, who acquired and wielded absolute political influence in the NY City region without ever holding a single elected office.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 27, 2026 06:59 PM (qoRUb)

39 F*ck Fauci

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 27, 2026 07:00 PM (5yDGQ)

40 >>> He kept a log to brag to himself his dirty deeds
Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 06:57 PM (Ia/+0)

Logs are good listeners and know many things.

Posted by: Twin Peaks Log Lady - it's better than bad, it's good at July 27, 2026 07:00 PM (3uBP9)

41 Where's the Luigi's when you need them?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 27, 2026 07:00 PM (DbmIv)

42 This is no small thing. So, maybe there is no record of him, personally trading. BUT, I think it warrants a subpoena for phone records to determine whom he talked to that evening. Because I'm willing to bet he was calling in favors to keep his "gain to function" project(s) quiet and out of the news. And, it warrants looking at the trading records of those he did talk to when in immediate receipt of Pfizer inside financials.

For someone who claimed to be apolitical in his decisions/advice, he sure had the whole cadre of Democrats supporting, praising, and nearly worshiping him. So, who benefitted financially, and when specifically.
Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 06:56 PM (dIske)

This is a dude that watched Gays spread AIDS to each other for kicks for entertainment. Who had "Research" on pet dogs of flesh eating worms/bugs in his building.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:00 PM (uhVAy)

43 Fauci 07-27-26:

Dear Diary,
The shit really hit the fan today.
Everybody hates me now.
I will be burning you tomorrow.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

44 I guess that little troll is gonna show up in front of some congressional committee and we'll see sleeves rolled up and they'll issue some strongly worder letters. There may even be some name calling and yelling or other theatrical bullshit.

Let me know if he gets referred to the DoJ, let alone arrested and charged. Fuck that guy in particular. Bring back tar and feathers and public hangings.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 27, 2026 07:00 PM (3Ope8)

45 I have no forgiveness for this rat fucker .

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 07:01 PM (abScH)

46 We buried two family members during Covid out of state. They had rules about how many people could attend, even graveside. Regular funeral? Forget it. Bastards.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:01 PM (Gqar8)

47
megalomaniac's gonna megalomaniac.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 27, 2026 07:01 PM (OkYzo)

48 During the unpleasantness of my divorce proceedings during COVID, my "ex" had her attorney file on order of protection against me for not getting the Clot Shot

The court approved it, and I had to keep 200 feet of distance from her, her mom, and the boys.

Because #SCIENCE
Posted by: browndog says woof

==

That's so shitty.

I remember a lot of people getting crazy pressure like losing their job etc, and I never understood why the people in those situations didnt just fib.

Like I had a friend that was going through that with his ultra liberal boss, and I was just say you got it and move on.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 07:01 PM (cf8es)

49 It seemed clear to the entire conservative movement this guy was going to be a major problem.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 06:58 PM (cf8es)

*Looks around hoping no one says anything.

Posted by: National Review at July 27, 2026 07:02 PM (QQJja)

50 VDH didn't hold back in his X post:

https://tinyurl.com/3vs5ka95

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 07:02 PM (kX27y)

51 Gain of Function is evil. Just look at what Taco Bell did at its GoF labs.

Ok, I stole that from the Babylon Bee. But that doesn't mean it's not true.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 27, 2026 07:02 PM (U4hpE)

52 This is a dude that watched Gays spread AIDS to each other for kicks for entertainment. Who had "Research" on pet dogs of flesh eating worms/bugs in his building.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:00 PM (uhVAy)

_______________________

Ah, so a Libertarian.

Couldn't resist.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 07:02 PM (dIske)

53 Imma have to start curating to what news I expose myself about Fauci it is so enraging.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (JvZF+)

54 Fauci should be swinging from the nearest tree.

As should any and all of the people in Business, Government and Media who enabled him.

Posted by: garrett at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (zGzrB)

55 'Fauci' and 'Pussy' each have 5 letters …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (ayRl+)

56 Saw an X post claiming adult diapers were delivered on the regular to the White House during Brandon's reign of error.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (l26NL)

57 That's so shitty.

I remember a lot of people getting crazy pressure like losing their job etc, and I never understood why the people in those situations didnt just fib.

Like I had a friend that was going through that with his ultra liberal boss, and I was just say you got it and move on.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 07:01 PM (cf8es)

You needed an official card. I had to get one for doing business with a company making detectors for scanning border related vehicles.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)

58 If this does not have him taken out of his house and beaten in the street, what will it take?

Holy fucking shit, this motherfucker has zombie Mengele muttering, dude, tone it down a bit.

I need to relax. I have a Dr. appointment next week. Must. Control. Blood pressure.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (0aYVJ)

59 Anyone know HOW the feds got hold of fraudci's diary?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (0TVIV)

60 Lest you think this was something new for Fauci because of Trump, from 2013.

Psychopath

>>@BillMelugin_
·
1h
>>NEW: On page 302 of the new personal records of Dr. Fauci released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Fauci complains that in 2013, HHS didn't let him do a CNN television interview because of "pure jealousy", adding that it was because he's a "rockstar" who was "stealing their thunder."

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)

61 Ah, so a Libertarian. Couldn't resist.
Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 07:02 PM (dIske)

I never said "Pot"

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:04 PM (uhVAy)

62 Imagine him giggling and kicking his feet while writing this over running millions of children’s lives?
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It's a knee slapper.

And somebody should slap Tony' Fraudci's knees with a baseball bat!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:04 PM (Fi81e)

63 Hang him.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 07:04 PM (dK+Kv)

64 Anyone know HOW the feds got hold of fraudci's diary?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (0TVIV)

Probably on his computers, Fed property.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:04 PM (uhVAy)

65 I remember a lot of people getting crazy pressure like losing their job etc, and I never understood why the people in those situations didnt just fib.

Like I had a friend that was going through that with his ultra liberal boss, and I was just say you got it and move on.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 07:01 PM (cf8es)

Remember how they gave everyone little cards for getting the shot?

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 07:04 PM (QQJja)

66 BTW,
I have known many like him in science and tech. It seems to be an archetype of the kid who did really good in school and thinks he knows everything, but can't handle being corrected or challenged. They fail badly in the real science so they go into administrative and management rolls.

They are very good at self promotion and defending their ideas, which universally suck. Also good at taking credit.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 07:05 PM (v8XRi)

67 There are some people, I think Fauci is one, that can be manipulated into evil, not for any tangible reward or wealth, just the promise of fame. Immense fame. Like you'd expect from a performer, actor, singer, but no in this case some piddling "scientist".

Posted by: banana Dream - yeah I'm looking at you too Tyson at July 27, 2026 07:05 PM (3uBP9)

68 Probably on his computers, Fed property.
Posted by: Oldcat

dumbest evil genius of the century

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 07:05 PM (0TVIV)

69 If this does not have him taken out of his house and beaten in the street, what will it take?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (0aYVJ)

I wouldn't do that to a baseball bat of mine.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:05 PM (uhVAy)

70 >> Anyone know HOW the feds got hold of fraudci's diary?

I assume it was done on govt property and counts as federal records.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 07:05 PM (w6EFb)

71 The man is just a little turd.

Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2026 07:05 PM (lJ0H4)

72
Without question, Fauci is one of the greatest scientific frauds as well as greatest mass murderers of all time.

In a just world, he would have been arrested, tried, found guilty, and be awaiting execution right now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 07:06 PM (ixS3i)

73 Hmmmm.... lying to a Federal Officer can be a Felony.

Note, this is the law the FBI used to go after Gen. Flynn...

As the President IS the Top Federal Officer of the US, it seems that lying to the President could fall under this law (just like lying to Congress).

Fauci lied to EVERYONE, including the President.... sooo....

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 07:06 PM (mP0Kj)

74 In April, Fauci cited the paper from the White House podium without mentioning his role in organizing the discussions behind it.
__________

And also acted like he couldn't even remember the authors' names. I wish I could find that video. Infuriating.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 07:06 PM (XvL8K)

75 Fauci should be crammed into and sealed in a fifty-five gallon steel drum. Then set adrift 250 miles south of Cape Horn. He'll never wash ashore. He will endlessly circle in the westerly ocean current around Antarctica. Good riddance.

Posted by: Gref at July 27, 2026 07:06 PM (5rh/l)

76 >>Anyone know HOW the feds got hold of fraudci's diary?

Just a guess but I bet he wrote his diary using government resources.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:06 PM (viF8m)

77

We need to see the ratfaced mfer's comeuppance live on every news station.

He is an evil POS and is responsible for most of what is wrong with our country now.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:06 PM (/QHx4)

78 71 The man is just a little turd.
Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2026 07:05 PM (lJ0H4)

But... but.... HE IS SCIENCE!

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 07:06 PM (mP0Kj)

79 65
Remember how they gave everyone little cards for getting the shot?
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 07:04 PM (QQJja)

Show me your papers. Comrade. Internal visas. And so so many boght into it. THAT’S what bothers me the most.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (Gqar8)

80 You needed an official card. I had to get one for doing business with a company making detectors for scanning border related vehicles.
Posted by: Oldcat

==

The "official card" was like something you scribble your golf score on. Just seemed very low tech and I dont think legally a company could pull medical files to actually check outside of some gov jobs.

But I'm no expert, I certainly know in 99% of the time, nobody was really checking these things

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (cf8es)

81 Lest you think this was something new for Fauci because of Trump, from 2013.

Psychopath

>>@BillMelugin_
·
1h
>>NEW: On page 302 of the new personal records of Dr. Fauci released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Fauci complains that in 2013, HHS didn't let him do a CNN television interview because of "pure jealousy", adding that it was because he's a "rockstar" who was "stealing their thunder."
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)

The man was a 15 year old girl.

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (QQJja)

82 I will be forever grateful that nobody in my family had any issue with me not getting the clot shot. Nor did my employer. A rare blessing in Colorado.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (0aYVJ)

83 We buried two family members during Covid out of state. They had rules about how many people could attend, even graveside. Regular funeral? Forget it. Bastards.
Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:01 PM (Gqar

Should have held the service at a gay bath house. Those were always open.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (uhVAy)

84 Don’t remember Albert Bourla getting an auto pen pardon. Or a lot of these people involved. Put their asses in the dock and have Fauci testify. Make it clear his pardon doesn’t cover present day perjury. Or let him find out the hard way.

Posted by: Clay at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (Wn8CL)

85 Tar and feathers should be just the start.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 27, 2026 07:08 PM (B2pWp)

86 I still have my little vax card somewhere

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 07:08 PM (0TVIV)

87 Now, let's talk about how the Supreme Court would not even LOOK at any of the shutdown stuff, even with evidence the 'National Emergency' was based on lies.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 07:08 PM (mP0Kj)

88 I am so sorry for those of you that were forced to get the shot.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 07:08 PM (abScH)

89
But... but.... HE IS SCIENCE!
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 07:06 PM (mP0Kj)
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MAD SCIENCE!!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:09 PM (Fi81e)

90 50 VDH didn't hold back in his X post:

https://tinyurl.com/3vs5ka95
Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 07:02 PM (kX27y)

________________________

Whoa! I've seen VDH jab a stick every once in a while in his comments. I have NEVER seen him switch out the stick for a mounted glave. That's a take down...a brutal one. Were I to guess, there's a personal story attached to those comments, and he held his tongue long enough.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 07:09 PM (dIske)

91
Just looked it up, according to federal law (records act and some others), any documents created or received by a federal employee that document, explains, comments, etc on federal policy and action, which is official govt. business, are federal records and the property of the US govt.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 07:09 PM (w6EFb)

92 Remember how they gave everyone little cards for getting the shot?
Posted by: Robert

Never got one. Thank God.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 07:09 PM (Qt6Ls)

93 What about that gal that was always on too. I bet she and fauci had some top tier passive aggressive mean girl stuff going on that whole time too.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 07:09 PM (3uBP9)

94 The "official card" was like something you scribble your golf score on. Just seemed very low tech and I dont think legally a company could pull medical files to actually check outside of some gov jobs.

But I'm no expert, I certainly know in 99% of the time, nobody was really checking these things
Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (cf8es)

I was one of the one percent then. I held it off as long as I could and got the one pair of shots. My business partner had some boosters due to his family, might well have died from it. Heart attack when his family was out of town.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:09 PM (uhVAy)

95 82 I will be forever grateful that nobody in my family had any issue with me not getting the clot shot. Nor did my employer. A rare blessing in Colorado.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (0aYVJ)

I had relatives who would not talk to me at all because I refused the shots.

They have conveniently forgotten all about the issue now....

I... have not.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 07:10 PM (mP0Kj)

96 A complete psychopath. And sociopath. I wonder if other nations will try to prosecute him . If so extradite the little punk

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 07:10 PM (BlDDt)

97 This is a dude that watched Gays spread AIDS to each other for kicks for entertainment. Who had "Research" on pet dogs of flesh eating worms/bugs in his building.
Posted by: Oldcat

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What is worse is that he then turned around and did not recommend closing those places, and he also said that normal people were at risk.

I had relative in industry at the time, and it was well understood that the source and cause was their unbelievable decadence and perversions. The solution from the start was to crack down hard on the gay lifestyle. Fauci knew this just as he knew the Wuhan Flu was no worse than the seasonal flu.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 07:10 PM (v8XRi)

98 88 I am so sorry for those of you that were forced to get the shot.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 07:08 PM (abScH)

We, wife and I, took a LOT of heat for not getting vaxxed. A lot from acquaintances and family. Hard to deal with.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:10 PM (Gqar8)

99 https://tinyurl.com/ycxmdsce

456 pages covering 2001 through I believe 2016. Historical records of Fauci that Rand posted as The Prequel to Tony's diary on the Reading Room site.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 07:11 PM (kX27y)

100 Now, let's talk about how the Supreme Court would not even LOOK at any of the shutdown stuff, even with evidence the 'National Emergency' was based on lies.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 07:08 PM (mP0Kj)
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The Courts are terrible at repairing messes.

Just good at creating them. i.e. The Civil War from Taney's Argument from Silence.

The elective branches had to fix his shit.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:11 PM (Fi81e)

101 Take a good long look...this is what evil looks like.

Posted by: pawn at July 27, 2026 07:11 PM (CSOVt)

102 84 Don’t remember Albert Bourla getting an auto pen pardon. Or a lot of these people involved. Put their asses in the dock and have Fauci testify. Make it clear his pardon doesn’t cover present day perjury. Or let him find out the hard way.

Posted by: Clay at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (Wn8CL)

Yeah, protecting the guilty, but you're correct. He can't be prosecuted for anything he did (even murder) covering the period of the pardon, but not for any crimes he commits after the pardon.

Just send him off to some other country for rendition...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)

103 Still remember seeing families holding up kiddos in front of windows at the nursing home.
It was said earlier. This sick greedy fuck will get his. Hope I’m alive to see it.

Posted by: Billythesquid at July 27, 2026 07:12 PM (gN+5I)

104

Dear Diary, it was cold today
But the sun came out later
So I went out and strolled about looking at the shops
Didn't really see anything I liked so I didn't buy anything
On the way home, I posted a letter
Been quite a nice day
Somebody exploded an H-bomb today
But it wasn't anybody I knew

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 07:12 PM (Cqx++)

105 Show me your papers. Comrade. Internal visas. And so so many boght into it. THAT’S what bothers me the most.
Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (Gqar

====

Yes you had to show your Gesundheitspapiere

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 07:12 PM (JvZF+)

106 This guy deserves to meat the business end of an industrial wood chipper, at the very least his pardons need to be challenged by charging this piece of sh*t with as many crimes as can be conceived.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2026 07:12 PM (XV/Pl)

107 COVID killed me...but I got better...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 07:13 PM (l3cgK)

108 What about that gal that was always on too. I bet she and fauci had some top tier passive aggressive mean girl stuff going on that whole time too.
Posted by: banana Dream

That rotten bitch deserves to be hung by her scarves.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 07:13 PM (Qt6Ls)

109 I remember a lot of people getting crazy pressure like losing their job etc, and I never understood why the people in those situations didnt just fib.

You know there were little official vax cards with the CDC logo on them, right? I had to submit an image of mine to keep my job. If I could have just verbally lied and gotten away with it, I would have. Actually falsifying a gov't document was a step more than I was wiling to go.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 27, 2026 07:13 PM (vTZFs)

110 Just send him off to some other country for rendition...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)

This! I'm sure there are plenty of other countries who would put him on trial for us.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)

111 So I can't decide who's more evil. Fauchi, or dementia Joe or the cadre of enablers behind dementia Joe who probably engineered the auto-pardon and didn't act to remove Biden when it was obvious he had moved beyond just plain stupid to impaired. Lookin at you, Jill. And you Barack.

Fauchi may be the worser evil. His evil has had long lasting and on-going consequences. The only thing I can think of that Biden did was saddle us with the DEI idiot on the Supreme Court. Even that, she serves as an on-going reminder of why it's a bad idea to hire based on race and gender.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 27, 2026 07:13 PM (QGaXH)

112 And there it is. RFK said his agency dug the diaries out of 11 separate servers where they were stored and gave them to Rand Paul last week.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:14 PM (viF8m)

113
So, if I understand this right, if you are a govt. employee, and are writing about your official actions, it doesn't matter if you create it on your own computer at home, or physically write it with your own pen on your own physical paper, it's still govt. property, documenting official govt. policy.

I don't have a problem with this one little bit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 07:14 PM (w6EFb)

114 *types*

*deletes*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 27, 2026 07:14 PM (Wnv9h)

115 Show me your papers. Comrade. Internal visas. And so so many boght into it. THAT’S what bothers me the most.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (Gqar
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Yup. And we all know what side of politics the Papers Please crowd fell on.

Real, true Nazi shit.

Not like "You're trying to harsh my buzz, you NAZI!"

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:14 PM (Fi81e)

116 I would like to see Fauci's rendition...of a beagle locked down with sand flies eating them alive...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 07:14 PM (l3cgK)

117 112 And there it is. RFK said his agency dug the diaries out of 11 separate servers where they were stored and gave them to Rand Paul last week.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:14 PM (viF8m)

RFK, love him or hate him, gives no shits about stepping on toes.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:15 PM (Gqar8)

118 @ 65 I remember a lot of people getting crazy pressure like losing their job etc, and I never understood why the people in those situations didnt just fib.
__________
Like I had a friend that was going through that with his ultra liberal boss, and I was just say you got it and move on.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 07:01 PM (cf8es)
__________________________________________________
Remember how they gave everyone little cards for getting the shot?
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 07:04 PM (QQJja)
__________________________________________________

I'm a graphic designer … I made my own fuckin' cards to spec - and faked the signatures on 'em too. I also traced down the specific colors used for 'em. Never got the shot(-s), but the 2 times I had to 'present the card', nobody suspected it wasn't the real deal. I even went to the trouble of 'aging' and 'creasing it to give it that 'sump'm xtra' they'd be looking for. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 07:15 PM (ayRl+)

119 So, if I understand this right, if you are a govt. employee, and are writing about your official actions, it doesn't matter if you create it on your own computer at home, or physically write it with your own pen on your own physical paper, it's still govt. property, documenting official govt. policy.

I don't have a problem with this one little bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 07:14 PM (w6EFb)
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So we should revisit Comey's "personal notes", right Court?!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:15 PM (Fi81e)

120

I don't know what would be the best way to punish the ratfaced mfer.

When you think of how many families were destroyed, the children who were locked down unable to just be a normal kid, people who lost their family members and people who lost their jobs it is overwhelming.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:15 PM (/QHx4)

121 https://tinyurl.com/3vs5ka95
Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 07:02 PM (kX27y)

______________________

Whoa! I've seen VDH jab a stick every once in a while in his comments. I have NEVER seen him switch out the stick for a mounted glave. That's a take down...a brutal one. Were I to guess, there's a personal story attached to those comments, and he held his tongue long enough.
Posted by Orson
----------------------
My favorite sentence out of the piece. Godhead!!

"He posed as a non-partisan, even as he collaborated with the leftwing cable news grandees and liberal columnists to hound his enemies and magnify his godhead."

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 07:16 PM (kX27y)

122 >>456 pages covering 2001 through I believe 2016. Historical records of Fauci that Rand posted as The Prequel to Tony's diary on the Reading Room site.

And do you know why they stated in 2001? Because after 9/11 Dick Cheney consolidated the US biological weapons program and defense of biological weapons program under one person, Anthony Fauci.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:17 PM (viF8m)

123 Fauchi may be the worser evil. His evil has had long lasting and on-going consequences. The only thing I can think of that Biden did was saddle us with the DEI idiot on the Supreme Court. Even that, she serves as an on-going reminder of why it's a bad idea to hire based on race and gender.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 27, 2026 07:13 PM (QGaXH)

Biden and his gang were playing games with starting a nuclear war with Russia They paid Iran 8 billion dollars to build nukes and attack the west. The fact that his had not killed billions is just dumb luck.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:17 PM (uhVAy)

124 I'll say that my company was stand-up all through the mandate craze.

My director kept telling people "Stand-by, we'll tell you if we are forced to comply".

And they waited it out.

I was willing to take it to be "reasonable", it it were mandated.

But the court decisions saved me from that.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:17 PM (Fi81e)

125 I haven't any evidence or any experience in the field but I think the Public Health officials saw an opportunity in the response to COVID. They tried to use the panic to condition the public in obeying them, without question, without protest and without any real evidence for their positions. That's how we got useless masks, meaningless 'distancing' and counter-productive plexiglass barriers. The public health officials wanted instant, knee-jerk obedience no matter what order they gave. And to a degree, it worked, witness the people who still wear useless masks to this day.
Unfortunately, for them, and to a degree, for us, they completely nuked their credibility with the majority of the public. In the future, there may be another crisis and their advice might actually be correct. And the majority of the public might ignore them due to past performance.

Posted by: JB1000 at July 27, 2026 07:18 PM (w6Qyo)

126 I think a lot of things happen, and continue to happen because at some point in the past heads should have rolled as a consequence, literally, but never did. And each horrible step, that should have been met with its own terrible fury and halted, was instead followed by another and another because the path was openly traversed without the slightest resistance.

A much too peaceful society is rather dangerous.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)

127 I want to see him standing in a snowbank in nothing but his shorts because everything he has has been taken from him and his evil bitch wife.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 07:19 PM (abScH)

128
Yeeesh, so many people in positions in power are determined to act as Bond villains,

it's too bad we don't have an American James Bond.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 07:19 PM (iJfKG)

129

Husband and I are skeptical about lots of things.

Did anyone else think with the lockdowns, etc that there was something far more nefarious being planned?

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:19 PM (/QHx4)

130 Let's see if we can put these in the proper order:

1. Press prefaces hearings as politically motivated.
2. Fauci starts his testimony claiming death threats.
3. Democrats take to the airwaves to praise him
4. Lemming leftist public jumps on board.
5. Made up statistics and projections start making their rounds on the talk shows claiming Fauci saved millions of lives.
6. Leftists start wearing masks agains as a show of solidarity.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 07:19 PM (dIske)

131 122 >>456 pages covering 2001 through I believe 2016. Historical records of Fauci that Rand posted as The Prequel to Tony's diary on the Reading Room site.

And do you know why they stated in 2001? Because after 9/11 Dick Cheney consolidated the US biological weapons program and defense of biological weapons program under one person, Anthony Fauci.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:17 PM (viF8m)

But of course they did. The Bush Era was a precursor, or perhaps a warmup, for the next 8 years. I have a fair amount of shame over my Bush-Backing, Jack.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:19 PM (Gqar8)

132 Fraudci, et al, might have millstone swimming in their future.

Kids didn't have to take the jab. Or, they shouldn't have had to take the jab.

But they opened up the Jab to school age kids, and schools started requiring it for students to return.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:19 PM (Fi81e)

133 Look at the Emperor of Atomic Wedgies. Look quickly and then look away from the dwarf garden gnome. You just know he was picked on in school. This created a monster.

A turdbreath with no personality, who always felt he was the smartest in the room. But no one noticed and tiny, sad trombone sounds emit from whitey tidies.

By HS he was plotting to be "in charge." To "be important." To "be noticed worldwide." In HS I was plotting how to get out of HS and to have as much fun as possible, like a fairly normal human.

By college he found he excelled in science and yippee! Finally! He found his calling!

The plotting, bullsh*tting continued with mentors and politics and $$ flashing in his beady, villian eyes. Somehow he was going to get noticed. He was.

He planned this from his teens. Maybe not the Wuhan lab or splitting any cleavage other than bosoms. But the source of evil was implanted in his thoughts. Of this I have no doubt as he reeks of this narcissism need.

God will punish him if man does not.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 07:19 PM (hzuYO)

134 Pretty sure the shot caused my cancer. Daughter and SIL required us both to get them if we wanted to see 1st grandson.

Now I will not get to see that grandson grow up.

Fauci has a lot to answer for.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 27, 2026 07:20 PM (SRRAx)

135 I honestly think we're lost, as a nation, if Fauci isn't put to death in a public square by hanging until dead.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 07:20 PM (jehhT)

136 8 I don't want to read anything about Fauci except he was slowly eaten by rabid beagles.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 06:52 PM (u82oZ)

That would be poetic, but they're too nice. You need something heartless, like mustelids, that would just start with all of his softest tissue and easiest extremities first. It could take awhile for him to even lose consciousness...

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 07:20 PM (Sy6m/)

137 Been busy with my paid job. How did the congressional committee get access to Fauci's diary? Is he such an egomaniac he made it public. Can they subpoena a private diary? Having been pardoned perhaps Fauci wanted the world to know how much he did to tank Trump in 2020, certainly he wasn't willing to burn the diary to avoid having the world know what he had done, he apparently thinks he is a hero. One good thing out of 2020, rubes like me learned that Pence was with the deep state and not MAGA. I know some here at AoS never trusted him, but I did. I thought he was too weak spined to be POTUS but I thought he was loyal to Trump and the MAGA idea.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 27, 2026 07:21 PM (Zvboi)

138 Husband and I are skeptical about lots of things.

Did anyone else think with the lockdowns, etc that there was something far more nefarious being planned?

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:19 PM (/QHx4)

Like stealing an election and staring world wars?

Nah.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:21 PM (uhVAy)

139 133

………. He planned this from his teens. Maybe not the Wuhan lab or splitting any cleavage other than bosoms. But the source of evil was implanted in his thoughts. Of this I have no doubt as he reeks of this narcissism need.

God will punish him if man does not.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 07:19 PM (hzuYO)

In short, a sociopath, Christy.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:21 PM (Gqar8)

140 Fauci to testify in a Senate hearing. Will he beat James Comey for the number of times he says, "I don't recall"?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 27, 2026 07:21 PM (VakNL)

141

Husband and I are old. We refused to get the "shots" so no family, for three years would visit us because they were scared of giving us the shit.

One day my husband said if he got the shit and died at least he would get a change of scenery, lmao.

He is a funny guy.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:22 PM (/QHx4)

142 I'm a graphic designer … I made my own fuckin' cards to spec - and faked the signatures on 'em too. I also traced down the specific colors used for 'em. Never got the shot(-s), but the 2 times I had to 'present the card', nobody suspected it wasn't the real deal. I even went to the trouble of 'aging' and 'creasing it to give it that 'sump'm xtra' they'd be looking for. Fuck 'em.
Posted by: Dr_No

==

Good for you.

I bet your gun collection also got lost in a boating accident.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 07:22 PM (iZHgT)

143 Found the WH press conference where he acted like he didn't even know the names of paper's authors. Dude's a psychopath. Scroll to 10:45.

https://tinyurl.com/2w39emhy

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 07:22 PM (XvL8K)

144 It was all a lie designed to take out Trump's most formidable weapon for reelection: his booming economy.

Yes. Exactly this. I perceived that as soon as they began clamoring for shutdowns.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 27, 2026 07:22 PM (OlzlW)

145

Martini,

I agree with you.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:23 PM (/QHx4)

146 Oh, fucking joy, it's a Fauci thread with a side of Covid.
I never get enough.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 07:24 PM (Cq/ve)

147 God will punish him if man does not.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 07:19 PM (hzuYO)

At the very least, Rand Paul should give that little gnome and Atomic Wedgie, just so he knows he never escaped being a creep.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:24 PM (4ZZWr)

148 My favorite sentence out of the piece. Godhead!!

"He posed as a non-partisan, even as he collaborated with the leftwing cable news grandees and liberal columnists to hound his enemies and magnify his godhead."
Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 07:16 PM (kX27y)
__________________________

He laid into him from word one. Dear Dr. Fauci and Mr. Science....and then calls him a sociopathic narcissist, and a pathological schizophrenic.

VDH is angry. You don't want to see VDH angry.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 07:24 PM (dIske)

149 I bet your gun collection also got lost in a boating accident.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 07:22 PM (iZHgT)

I hate it when that happens.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:25 PM (4ZZWr)

150 Posted by: JB1000 at July 27, 2026 07:18 PM (w6Qyo)
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1. The harassment was so we'd want it to stop.
2. They primed the bubble that we could not open society back up "without a vaccine".
3. Pfizer provided a "vaccine". It just so happens to be the type of "vaccine" futurists had been wanting to try out for a long time, it seems.

We were "all in this together", so we should all take the vax.

And now I think that "All in this together" was a priming campaign, from the start of the lockdown.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:25 PM (Fi81e)

151 This has the makings of a super SNL skit, if SNL wasn’t a shadow of its former glory.

Dear diary…

Posted by: H at July 27, 2026 07:25 PM (Aw/6/)

152 >>But of course they did. The Bush Era was a precursor, or perhaps a warmup, for the next 8 years. I have a fair amount of shame over my Bush-Backing, Jack.

I think many of us have some regrets but that was the choice we had at the time at the time. Even so, I'm not sure we can lay this on Bush or Cheney. Fauci is clearly a whack job who was mad with power.

I no joke think he's a psychopath. He was writing a running total of the number of sick and deaths on the same pages he was bragging he was becoming a worldwide media superstar and he knew he was behind the virus the whole time.

Who does that?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:25 PM (viF8m)

153 Husband and I are old. We refused to get the "shots" so no family, for three years would visit us because they were scared of giving us the shit.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:22 PM (/QHx4)

That makes no sense. If the vaccine worked, they would be safe from you even if you had it. The vaccine does not make them endanger you since they would not have it themselves.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:25 PM (uhVAy)

154 98 88 I am so sorry for those of you that were forced to get the shot.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 07:08 PM (abScH)

We, wife and I, took a LOT of heat for not getting vaxxed. A lot from acquaintances and family. Hard to deal with.
Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:10 PM (Gqar

My son was practically in hysterics that I wouldn't take it. He really bought the whole story. Which surprised me, because he tends to distrust authority. COVID broke minds.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 27, 2026 07:26 PM (zYpTz)

155
One of my favorite lines from VDH was right after the election in a piece, he referred to Trump as Trump Invictus.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 07:26 PM (w6EFb)

156 G-d may punish him but I 'd sure like to soften him up a lot first.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 07:26 PM (abScH)

157 Fauci lied to EVERYONE, including the President.... sooo....
Posted by: Romeo13

See this little piece of paper titled Pardon.

HeHe

Anthony Fauci

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 27, 2026 07:26 PM (FxH7T)

158 My sister practically begged me to get the shot, which is as good a contraindicatior as anything.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 07:26 PM (MWfyi)

159 It was all a lie designed to take out Trump's most formidable weapon for reelection: his booming economy.

Yes. Exactly this. I perceived that as soon as they began clamoring for shutdowns.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 27, 2026 07:22 PM (OlzlW)
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Wonder how much it was inspired by Bill Maher, or whether they were way ahead of him about crashing the economy.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:27 PM (Fi81e)

160 If we had just embraced what Sweden did, we would have been fine.

I always wonder what would have happened had a Dem been been President. I think the media's tone would have been much more "this is not the end of the world".

The entire thing seemed to be about one thing : getting Trump. The whole world seemed in on it.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 07:27 PM (iZHgT)

161 And do you know why they stated in 2001? Because after 9/11 Dick Cheney consolidated the US biological weapons program and defense of biological weapons program under one person, Anthony Fauci.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:17 PM (viF8m)

Yes, Fauci asked them to give him DARPA-like powers.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 07:27 PM (kX27y)

162 I'm a graphic designer … I made my own fuckin' cards to spec - and faked the signatures on 'em too. I also traced down the specific colors used for 'em. Never got the shot(-s), but the 2 times I had to 'present the card', nobody suspected it wasn't the real deal. I even went to the trouble of 'aging' and 'creasing it to give it that 'sump'm xtra' they'd be looking for. Fuck 'em.
Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 07:15 PM (ayRl+)

Next fake crisis that comes along the Horde will have need of your skills.

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 07:27 PM (QQJja)

163 I've kept almost every one of the 'Health Services Directives' put out by Memphis' Shelby Cty Health Dept ('SCHD') for reference. Gotta have something to back up the story, right? It's too fucking bizarre on its face to be believable without official documentation. So now I can use their shit against them if it's necessary… works for me.

I still can't believe what it must have felt like to come home and tell the family you couldn't work anymore 'cos The Government had decided your job wasn't fucking 'essential' - but there were still guys delivering washers and driers who didn't wear masks … and they were considered 'essential'. Go figure.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 07:28 PM (ayRl+)

164 134 Pretty sure the shot caused my cancer. Daughter and SIL required us both to get them if we wanted to see 1st grandson.

Now I will not get to see that grandson grow up.

Fauci has a lot to answer for.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 27, 2026 07:20 PM (SRRAx)

Well, that damned shot killed my father, so I don't doubt for a minute it caused your pain. I would pay money to see Fauci hanged, drawn and quartered, but I guess all we can hope for is that he is humiliated, hounded, and ostracized.

And that he will rot in hell. So, there is that. Consider, dear heart, that on the day you pass, you will be able to see justice in all its glory, meted out on that little weasel. And you will rejoice.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:28 PM (4ZZWr)

165 Time to reevaluate my methodology?

Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes at July 27, 2026 07:29 PM (0sNs1)

166 Wonder how much it was inspired by Bill Maher, or whether they were way ahead of him about crashing the economy.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:27 PM (Fi81e)

He's not a thought leader in anything. I'm sure this was all over the place in liberal circles, and still is. They float every new bug as a new covid but nobody cares.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:29 PM (uhVAy)

167 Will he claim that his diary was "hacked"?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 07:29 PM (Cqx++)

168

So many people who were on the edge of being unhinged or actually being unhinged lost their minds.

I can't remember which city it was that closed up first. I read about it and told my husband they can't do that.

He said it's all about Trump and they will do whatever they can to blame him.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:30 PM (/QHx4)

169 I'd pay to witness a shouting contest between Fauci and RFKjr.

It would sound like when I used to attach baseball cards to my bike spokes.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 07:30 PM (dIske)

170 Looks like an upper echelon government official (fauchee) conspired with a foreign government to murder a heap of people. Is there anyway this guy can face a firing squad while hanging from a 480 KVA noose?

Posted by: Eromero at July 27, 2026 07:30 PM (LHPAg)

171 f we had just embraced what Sweden did, we would have been fine.

I always wonder what would have happened had a Dem been been President. I think the media's tone would have been much more "this is not the end of the world".

The entire thing seemed to be about one thing : getting Trump. The whole world seemed in on it.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 07:27 PM (iZHgT)

Most of them still are.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:30 PM (uhVAy)

172 Fauci played duck and dodge with Senator Rand Paul when he appear at an earlier Senate hearing. I'm gonna love watching Senator Paul give it to Fauci this time

Maybe Fauci will pull a Michael Corleone trick, That was somebody else making those diary entries

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 27, 2026 07:30 PM (VakNL)

173 I am so sorry for those of you that were forced to get the shot.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 07:08 PM (abScH)

As I said upthread, so glad my family and employer were so cool with it.

Even my dear departed sister, who died at the hands of the horrific protocols. She thought it was all bullshit. She had lifelong autoimmune issues, so was high-risk.

Ivermectin might have saved her life. We don't know. But it wouldn't have hurt to try it at least.

I have particularly strong feelings about all of this.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 07:31 PM (0aYVJ)

174 "If the vaccine worked, they would be safe from you even if you had it."
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Correct. But try to explain that even to this day. Same thing with masks.

If you're wearing a mask - and the mask works - it doesn't matter whether or not I'm wearing one. Idiots.

It's like blaming me you got your wife pregnant because I wasn't wearing a condom. Idiots.

Self-righteous idiots. To this day.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 27, 2026 07:31 PM (pE12i)

175 I am sure he will burn in Hell for destroying 100s of thousands lives

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

176 Things would have been much different early on if Western governments all could have come out and put the origin at the Wuhan Institute.

Instead they all teamed up to get Trump and let China off for the blame for the deaths of millions because so many bureaucrats were wrapped up with China in Wuhan.

China should be making reparations payments to every country on Earth right now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 07:32 PM (6ydKt)

177 Here's a thought: Let Fauchee go. Let him walk the streets and go anywhere he wants. Pay Luigi Mangione to follow him … see where that's headed … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 07:32 PM (ayRl+)

178 And the majority of the public might ignore them due to past performance.

Posted by: JB1000 Might is the wrong word definitely will is more likely.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 07:32 PM (NnhvP)

179 Correct. But try to explain that even to this day. Same thing with masks.

If you're wearing a mask - and the mask works - it doesn't matter whether or not I'm wearing one. Idiots.

It's like blaming me you got your wife pregnant because I wasn't wearing a condom. Idiots.

Self-righteous idiots. To this day.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 27, 2026 07:31 PM (pE12i)

I grew up when they still taught people the rudiments of Science and Immunology. That was a while ago.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:33 PM (uhVAy)

180 Does Fauci's diary mention ivermectin? Or Hcq?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 07:33 PM (0TVIV)

181 Current totals:

"Conspiracy theories" that turned out to be true: 1,478
"Conspiracy theories" that turned out to be false: 0

I'm starting to notice a trend here.

Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 07:34 PM (Av6i5)

182 I was given living hell working for DoD and not getting the shot. I was given a travel ban, which cuts out about 1/4 of my duties, and was required to report to a State location for a covid test every week, which usually took about two hours. I was also lambasted in a phone call ON MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE by my boss's boss's boss, who told me I was not being a "team player" and that my "supposed Catholic objection" was not really factual since he was likewise a Catholic and had never heard the Pope say not to take the shot.....

I told him I was following the rules and if he didn't like it he could take it up with my boss, since he had already chewed butts for not "following the chain of command." Works both ways.

Probably cost me a few bucks in dental care from all the grinding to prevent cursing like a sailor.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:34 PM (4ZZWr)

183 I trust the government less than I trust the dog not to get a whole package of beef jerky off the table and eat it.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 07:34 PM (MWfyi)

184 Show me your papers. Comrade. Internal visas. And so so many boght into it. THAT’S what bothers me the most.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (Gqar

But ask them to produce proof of citizenship to vote, and it's the greatest of tyranny.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 27, 2026 07:35 PM (zYpTz)

185 nstead they all teamed up to get Trump and let China off for the blame for the deaths of millions because so many bureaucrats were wrapped up with China in Wuhan.

China should be making reparations payments to every country on Earth right now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 07:32 PM (6ydKt)

We made it and our paid team let it escape. China just made sure they weren't the only nation that was going to experience the epidemic.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:35 PM (uhVAy)

186 1. The harassment was so we'd want it to stop.
2. They primed the bubble that we could not open society back up "without a vaccine".
3. Pfizer provided a "vaccine". It just so happens to be the type of "vaccine" futurists had been wanting to try out for a long time, it seems.

We were "all in this together", so we should all take the vax.

And now I think that "All in this together" was a priming campaign, from the start of the lockdown.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 07:25 PM (Fi81e)

Then they tried the same thing with eggs, just replace "harassment" with "culling" and "open society" with "afford groceries," to get the mRNA poison in us through our diet. But people held on for Trump to get his people in and stop the chicken abuse.

So, be encouraged: they have already attempted to repeat the method, and found it didn't work.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 07:35 PM (Sy6m/)

187 >>Instead they all teamed up to get Trump and let China off for the blame for the deaths of millions because so many bureaucrats were wrapped up with China in Wuhan.

The question I never saw asked enough during that time, why the fuck did we put money into a bio lab in China that was experimenting on viruses to make them more lethal to humans?

Seems like relevant question.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:35 PM (viF8m)

188 Fauci should be fed to wolves; if he’s proud of that stock market crash, that means he’s proud of thousands of people losing all they had. Covid closed small family businesses forever in some cases, which undoubtedly contributed to the large number of suicides

Posted by: UGAdawg at July 27, 2026 07:36 PM (sGroZ)

189 The most extreme case of "Short Man" syndrome ever.

Take it away Randy Newman:

https://youtu.be/v8UVBgUd9GE

Posted by: pawn at July 27, 2026 07:36 PM (CSOVt)

190 The place I was working at the time found through investigation that if they mandated the shot they would lose a particular statistic of older male employee that possessed a high covariance with actually getting any shit done. And they had multiple, multi billion dollar projects that weren't going to wait for the insanity to stop. So they didn't mandate it.

But they made it hell for the ones who wouldn't. You had to wear masks all damned day. They gave bonuses and vacations to the shot-up. And then in the final coupdegrace they had a special coming out celebration during the work day where all the shot got to take their masks off forever more while looking down on the lower mask caste.

Still pisses me off. Don't work there any more. And that's one of a few reasons why.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 07:36 PM (3uBP9)

191 to prevent cursing like a sailor.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:34 PM

To be fair, a sailor may utter, sotto voce, an ocassional imprecation, but their strength is the strength of ten, because their hearts are pure.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 07:38 PM (0sNs1)

192 To be fair, a sailor may utter, sotto voce, an ocassional imprecation, but their strength is the strength of ten, because their hearts are pure.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 07:38 PM (0sNs1)
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I thought that spinach gave them the strength of ten men. Or has Popeye been lying to me all these years?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 07:39 PM (FZ29D)

193

We lived in SC during the lockdowns. Our HVAC system systems took a shit so we had to have the company out to replace everything.

The young guys who came to do the work were shocked when we told them they could dispose of the masks but they were happy. They knew it was all shit.

Were more people killed because of the shit or the killer shots?

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:39 PM (/QHx4)

194 Being self employed I didn't have to deal with any pressure and living out in the country I just limited my trips to town. Never did the mask thing either.

I did perfect my ' try fucking with me' attitude.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 07:39 PM (abScH)

195 To be fair, a sailor may utter, sotto voce, an ocassional imprecation, but their strength is the strength of ten, because their hearts are pure.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 07:38 PM (0sNs1)

Worked with an engineer at the Corps who had been in the Navy. He was my designated curser. When I needed something cussed out, he was the go to guy.

Also instituted the cuss word of the day. Very useful, that was. Especially working at the Corps.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:40 PM (4ZZWr)

196 The question I never saw asked enough during that time, why the fuck did we put money into a bio lab in China that was experimenting on viruses to make them more lethal to humans?

Seems like relevant question.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:35 PM (viF8m)

Obama made gain of function research in the US illegal. Fauci wanted gain of function COVID to sell to the pentagon for biological warfare. So he had to do it at his pet bio warfare in Wuhan. This was legal because the law said only Fauci could do GoF research approvals out of the US.

But the staff there, being Chinese took lab specimens off site to eat and sell at the wet market (across the street) for spare change. There were warnings of poor security before the outbreak.

DoD turned him down for funding for military bio agents. Then it got out.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:40 PM (uhVAy)

197 I am sure he will burn in Hell for destroying 100s of thousands lives

Theological point of order:

Fauci will burn in Hell if he dies as an unbeliever. If the Spirit of the LORD rested upon him and he repented of his sins, Fauci is still guilty by man's laws, but forgiven by the Almighty.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 07:40 PM (a4flb)

198 We were told that if we got the shot we wouldn't have to mask. Dumbass that I was, I took it.

A month later everyone had to mask anyway.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 07:40 PM (0TVIV)

199 I did perfect my ' try fucking with me' attitude.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 07:39 PM (abScH)

Oh, c'mon, you already had that down pat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:41 PM (4ZZWr)

200 The question I never saw asked enough during that time, why the fuck did we put money into a bio lab in China that was experimenting on viruses to make them more lethal to humans?

Seems like relevant question.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:35 PM (viF8m)

From what I remember Obama banned GoF research here in the States so Fauci just outsourced it to EcoHealth and they outsourced it to China.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 07:41 PM (6ydKt)

201 Were more people killed because of the shit or the killer shots?

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:39 PM (/QHx4)

Without knowing the numbers, I would put my money on "deaths of despair" over vaccine injury.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 07:41 PM (Sy6m/)

202 Just thinking about it again now, the f'ing obedience muzzle. It still infuriates me that it happened. Stupid fing bs.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 07:41 PM (3uBP9)

203 Were more people killed because of the shit or the killer shots?

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:39 PM (/QHx4)

Probably old people killed by neglect of their caretakers tops both of them in various homes. Big spike in deaths among deaf children too IIRC.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:42 PM (uhVAy)

204 In the weeks prior to much of the news noticing I read about the wuflu. How it was possibly compared to the 1918 Influenza. I read a lot about cytokine spike, etc. I read a lot or as much as I could find about the failed first attempt at a RSV vax that killed children. Much I cannot find now (surprise!) but it was enough that our sons, DIL and a gf listened to me. I begged them via email with facts I collected. I explained that it takes 10yrs to see if there are side effects long term, AND how the first mRNA vax were causing women to have period again after menopause. Irregular periods. Stuff that could possibly impact fertility. They listened, for once in their lives.

We did, under pressure, to fly to see my elderly mother, have the J&J vax and, so far, knock wood, are ok. Not the mRNA and I tell my ARNP I will never have one of any form.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 07:42 PM (hzuYO)

205 My uncle lived to 99 years old. Almost made it to 100, died just a few weeks short.

He was healthy as a horse until he was 98, then suddenly took a turn for the worse with a lot of vague mysterious ailments, and finally just died (diagnosis: "Failure to Thrive." which basically just means, "Dropped dead of unknown causes") after a year of going downhill.

Didn't dawn on me until just this moment that...he died in 2022, and suddenly took a turn for the worse right after getting...his Covid vaccine. Didn't make the connection until now, actually.

I have no proof that the vaccine triggered his problems, but in retrospect the timing is very suspicious.

Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 07:42 PM (Av6i5)

206 tcn, very true !

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 07:42 PM (abScH)

207

However the ratfaced mfer meets his end it needs to be broadcast all over the world.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:42 PM (/QHx4)

208 We need to find some short little sticks to tie this evil little gnome to and whip him.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 07:42 PM (n5tGW)

209 Theological point of order:

Fauci will burn in Hell if he dies as an unbeliever. If the Spirit of the LORD rested upon him and he repented of his sins, Fauci is still guilty by man's laws, but forgiven by the Almighty.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 07:40 PM (a4flb)

Not sure that particular theology is going to overcome the gigantic ego that is Fauci. Would take one heck of a change of view on his part. He thinks he is God, so he doesn't believe in hell. Why would he listen to another God? He likes the one he has.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:43 PM (4ZZWr)

210 >>DoD turned him down for funding for military bio agents. Then it got out.

Oh I know all the standard reasons. But this wasn't like a bio lab in Norway, this was in CCP controlled China. Our number 1 opponent.

Regardless of the virus leak or purposeful release, why would we help the CCP develop a virus that targeted humans?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:43 PM (viF8m)

211 I'm curious, and maybe I missed something. (Quite possible) Did he have an actual diary that he kept on his bedside table or did he write this shit down on a computer? How did we get to see it?

Posted by: Molly k. at July 27, 2026 07:43 PM (j/yko)

212 That nasty megalomaniac. He read Dr Mengele's and said, "Hold my beer"

This plus what he did to children and dogs should send him to prison for the rest of his miserable life.

Posted by: Moki at July 27, 2026 07:44 PM (wLjpr)

213 Being self employed I didn't have to deal with any pressure and living out in the country I just limited my trips to town. Never did the mask thing either.

I believe a lot of stores were operating on "whatever our customers are doing, we need to be doing it too" principle.

There were store employees who were downright relieved when I came into the store defiant and unmasked. It encouraged others, and in short time fewer and fewer customers came in with masks and then one day, it ended for the store and their people were allowed to breath free again. (and those who still wanted to hide behind their security ~~blanket~~ face diaper, they could)

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 07:44 PM (a4flb)

214 "I have no proof that the vaccine triggered his problems, but in retrospect the timing is very suspicious.
Posted by: zombie"

My dad's health declined noticably after 2021, and his Parkinsons tremors started then. I don't know if the shots had anything to do with it but he got them all.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 07:45 PM (MWfyi)

215 nood

cafe

and puppies

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 07:45 PM (3uBP9)

216 I'm curious, and maybe I missed something. (Quite possible) Did he have an actual diary that he kept on his bedside table or did he write this shit down on a computer? How did we get to see it?
Posted by: Molly k. at July 27, 2026 07:43 PM (j/yko)

I'd assume it was on a device, issued by the government but the rules say even if it were not it was their property.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:45 PM (uhVAy)

217 Today's word: Masks. The 'N-95' is the Majick Mask, yes? No.

Pore size determines effectiveness. The pore size of the vaunted 'N-95' mask is THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE LARGER than the Covid virion. Ain't no 'protection' there, folks.

And: IF Covid was such a fucking 'threat' … WHY were the parking lots of Walmart and gas stations littered with them. Should they not have been picked up and treated as 'Red-Bag Hazardous Medical Waste'? Well yeah, but hey …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 07:46 PM (ayRl+)

218 Not sure that particular theology is going to overcome the gigantic ego that is Fauci. Would take one heck of a change of view on his part. He thinks he is God, so he doesn't believe in hell. Why would he listen to another God? He likes the one he has.

Who knows? He might has his own Road to Damascus.

I haven't been invited to peak at or participate in writing names in the Book of Life.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 07:46 PM (a4flb)

219 210 >>DoD turned him down for funding for military bio agents. Then it got out.

Oh I know all the standard reasons. But this wasn't like a bio lab in Norway, this was in CCP controlled China. Our number 1 opponent.

Regardless of the virus leak or purposeful release, why would we help the CCP develop a virus that targeted humans?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:43 PM (viF8m)

Malignant narcissists are not more common because, despite all of the competitive advantages that go with audacity and shamelessness, they are still disordered. They do not reason properly.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 07:46 PM (Sy6m/)

220 why would we help the CCP develop a virus that targeted humans?
1. Make Money
2. Stop Trump
3. Convenient scapegoat
4. Commies are their friends.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 07:47 PM (n5tGW)

221 Sometime read up on the story of Kriner's Diner in Anchorage. They refused to close down, and the city felt the need to fine them some horrid punitive daily fine for staying open. They had more customers than they could handle for the better part of a year. Most folks donated to cover their fines. And then the mayor got caught with his pants down and was run out of office, and suddenly the fines went away.

It was quite the rallying cry around here.

I still stop in when I'm in town. Good people. Good diner food. Amazing breakfasts.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:47 PM (4ZZWr)

222 >>DoD turned him down for funding for military bio agents. Then it got out.

Oh I know all the standard reasons. But this wasn't like a bio lab in Norway, this was in CCP controlled China. Our number 1 opponent.

Regardless of the virus leak or purposeful release, why would we help the CCP develop a virus that targeted humans?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:43 PM (viF8m)

The virus was for us. Why would you possibly think the CCP would have any idea what we were working on in a lab in Wuhan? If they did not know, they found out a few days later when people started dying in Wuhan.

That's when they started shipping infected people to Italy, Europe and the US.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:48 PM (uhVAy)

223 I thought that spinach gave them the strength of ten men. Or has Popeye been lying to me all these years?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 07:39 PM

BUPERS, after years of careful research and investigation, discovered that the American Navy sailor's inherent purity of heart provided the same benefits as spinach, at no cost.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)

224

It was an evil op to change the world order.

Evil assholes.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 07:48 PM (/QHx4)

225 I haven't been invited to peak at or participate in writing names in the Book of Life.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 07:46 PM (a4flb)

As a Catholic, I cannot wish for anyone to be sent to hell. Also as a Catholic, I am called upon to be prudent in my judgment, and in some cases, the conclusion appears to be foregone.

No, I can't hope the little ratfucker burns, but I can't deny it's likely, either.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:49 PM (4ZZWr)

226 Grok says Fauci's diary was electronic - notes - and had digital media in it too - images, links, etc.

Sp yup, dumbass with no concept of securing the privacy of his megalomaniac meanderings.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 07:49 PM (OTdqV)

227 180 Does Fauci's diary mention ivermectin? Or Hcq?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 07:33 PM (0TVIV)

If I recall correctly, Fauci's organization knew about HCQ since 2003 and ivermectin since 2009 , so the information was definitely available to him. I think he knew because he was so invested in discouraging their use.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 27, 2026 07:50 PM (OlzlW)

228 BUPERS, after years of careful research and investigation, discovered that the American Navy sailor's inherent purity of heart provided the same benefits as spinach, at no cost.

The rest, as they say, is history.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)

Must be that purity of heart that accounts for all those "ladies" lining up during Fleet Week.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 27, 2026 07:50 PM (4ZZWr)

229 I remember at one point Fauci recommending "double-masking." You have to wonder now if he did so just to capriciously wield his power for the lulz.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 27, 2026 07:50 PM (GAVlX)

230 Stick his narrow ass up against a wall and shoot.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 27, 2026 07:51 PM (Q/FnY)

231 Regardless of the virus leak or purposeful release, why would we help the CCP develop a virus that targeted humans?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:43 PM (viF8m)

Dr. Ralph Baric of UNC was basically the guru of corona virus and GoF research here in the U.S., and he was working with the Wuhan Bat Lady for years. I’m guessing that’s got the ball rolling in China in 2016 when nobody in the West could do the research.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 07:51 PM (6ydKt)

232 Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Monday 'said' he's undergoing physical therapy, but that he hasn't been medically cleared to leave rehab after being admitted to the hospital after his June 14 fall.

"I'm still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 07:52 PM (Cq/ve)

233 Forgot to 'show my work' on the pore size of the 'N-95' vs the Covid virion … Three orders of magnitude differents between the virus and the pore size means: The 3 orders (10 x 10 x 10) is equal to 1,000 times LARGER than the virion. Raise my hand if you think that's 'effective' preventology …

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 07:53 PM (ayRl+)

234 >>Dr. Ralph Baric of UNC was basically the guru of corona virus and GoF research here in the U.S., and he was working with the Wuhan Bat Lady for years. I’m guessing that’s got the ball rolling in China in 2016 when nobody in the West could do the research.

I get all that. But why was it allowed? We don't develop fighter jets or other weapons with China for a reason. Why would we work with them on bio weapons? How was that allowed?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:54 PM (viF8m)

235 Don't call me a hater, but where is Fauci's Luigi?

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 27, 2026 07:55 PM (+fQLP)

236 When my doc came into the exam room during 'The Holy COHHHH-vid!' wearing TWO masks plus a pull-down clear plastic face shield, I didn't need (or want) to ask him any questions. He bought into that shit full-bore … pity, that. Otherwise, he was OK.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 07:56 PM (ayRl+)

237
I get all that. But why was it allowed? We don't develop fighter jets or other weapons with China for a reason. Why would we work with them on bio weapons? How was that allowed?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:54 PM (viF8m)

I've never understood it, either.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 07:57 PM (kX27y)

238 >>Dr. Ralph Baric of UNC was basically the guru of corona virus and GoF research here in the U.S., and he was working with the Wuhan Bat Lady for years. I’m guessing that’s got the ball rolling in China in 2016 when nobody in the West could do the research.

I get all that. But why was it allowed? We don't develop fighter jets or other weapons with China for a reason. Why would we work with them on bio weapons? How was that allowed?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:54 PM (viF8m)

Allowed? Fauci was the unwatched high priest of GoF research by LAW. He had no oversight.

The lab was an 'independent' lab, not a functionary of the CCP government. It was working for us. Now, not being an idiot I'm sure they knew just what they were working on but it was not government to government dealing. It was Fauci's own side deal.

Now once the shit hit the fan, China made sure to spread the disease world wide to make sure they weren't the only ones dying.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:58 PM (uhVAy)

239 When my doc came into the exam room during 'The Holy COHHHH-vid!' wearing TWO masks plus a pull-down clear plastic face shield, I didn't need (or want) to ask him any questions. He bought into that shit full-bore … pity, that. Otherwise, he was OK.
Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 07:56 PM (ayRl+)

I don't think i would want an insane doctor.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 07:59 PM (uhVAy)

240 Michael Fumento wrote a book about the hysterical predictions of AIDS infecting normal heterosexuals, "The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS," which noted that AIDS was almost exclusively confined to male homosexuals, intravenous drug users, and their partners. Pretty obvious stuff. But Fauci was pushing that bullshit for years, while simultaneously fighting any initiative to curtail gay bars, and the ultra-promiscuous homosexual lifestyle. What a piece of evil shit that asswipe is.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 27, 2026 07:59 PM (XMwZJ)

241 I get all that. But why was it allowed? We don't develop fighter jets or other weapons with China for a reason. Why would we work with them on bio weapons? How was that allowed?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:54 PM (viF8m)

Because it wasn’t just about military uses.
Their stated purpose was to make a vaccine for corona viruses and they had to do GoF to develop it before nature developed the virus before them.

They wanted to be ready for another SARS, etc.

It was a dangerous idea from the start and obviously so, so they outsourced it to the Chinese, who have never been known for their safety records of quality assurance, like idiots.

They were going to develop MRNA vaccines and make trillions and we all got a taste of that technology as a bonus screw-up.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 08:01 PM (6ydKt)

242 >>Allowed? Fauci was the unwatched high priest of GoF research by LAW. He had no oversight.

Fauci was working for if not working with the CIA for years. He was watched.

Even if he wasn't the Wuhan lab was. I mean the CIA is evil but not completely stupid. They knew what the Biden's were doing in China, in Ukraine and all about what weapons our chief opponent is working on and where.

They all knew. They just didn't stop him. Probably for reasons above Fauci.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:02 PM (viF8m)

243 Probably for reasons above Fauci.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:02 PM

So the chain is Fauci -> Epstein -> Aliens -> Big Penguin

It finally makes sense.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)

244 >>So the chain is Fauci -> Epstein -> Aliens -> Big Penguin

>>It finally makes sense.

That's what they want you to think.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:09 PM (viF8m)

245 Facebook
World Economic Forum
January 25, 2021

Dr Anthony Fauci with a vital message at #DavosAgenda

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The COVID-19 pandemic structurally altered American culture, reshaping daily habits, workplace norms, social institutions, and economic behaviors.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 08:38 PM (LL19j)

246 I did not have sex with Ms. Lewinsky !!!!!!

That is my defense on the whole COVID Fiasco brought about by Trump ....

Posted by: Dr. (Strangelove) Fauci at July 27, 2026 08:42 PM (KMrJn)

247 Salty, I've changed my mind. I'd take the shot.

Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at July 27, 2026 08:44 PM (eV5kU)

248 How many people Died, Injured for life, or bankrupt because of this SOB...........

He should Fogged, Drawn, and Quartered at the very least...

PURE EVIL ...........

Posted by: Jackson at July 27, 2026 08:44 PM (KMrJn)

249 243 Probably for reasons above Fauci.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:02 PM

So the chain is Fauci -> Epstein -> Aliens -> Big Penguin

That's "TRANSGENDER BIG Penguins" !!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson at July 27, 2026 08:45 PM (KMrJn)

250 243 Probably for reasons above Fauci.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:02 PM

So the chain is Fauci -> Epstein -> Aliens -> Big Penguin

That's "TRANSGENDER BIG Penguins" !!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson at July 27, 2026 08:45 PM (KMrJn)

251 226 Grok says Fauci's diary was electronic - notes - and had digital media in it too - images, links, etc.

Sp yup, dumbass with no concept of securing the privacy of his megalomaniac meanderings.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 07:49 PM (OTdqV)
**************************
Good! Nail him!

Forgot to add that I knew the N95 masks were basically sheet but wore them vs the paper ones...might as well tape Kleenex to your face. I would sneer at those at MD offices.

The entire country will cheer if this bastid goes quickly to hell, on earth and for eternity.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 09:59 PM (hzuYO)

252 Also...we all caught le covid in Feb 2020 skiing in Montana. From toddler grandson who was around other kids. He was fine. His Dad was the sickest. The rest of us got colds after we drove home.

After that if anyone mentioned the dam shot I would say I've had it and now have some immunity (and be thinking, "bite moi" as I said it).

Sister in laws had every single booster and every shot offered. I refuse everything and my ARNP says that's fine. I did take the old person pneumonia vax (not mRNA) because I get bronchitis easily and need inhalers now and then. So far so good.

I know of one person who got cancer after the first round of mRNA. Whether she was getting it first or not will never be known and she's fought hard.

What bugs me now is the huge increase in pancreatic cancers, which used to be rare. Related?

I rarely see masks anymore, altho had a huge dust up with one SIL years later at a family dinner about masks being preventative. It was so retarded.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 10:18 PM (hzuYO)

253 Do presidential pardons hold any legal weight in Saudi Arabia? I don't believe they do. Fauci should get shipped to Saudi Arabia, and see if Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman can do us a solid.

Posted by: qzy at July 27, 2026 11:05 PM (TRxVp)

Incompetent Woke Karen Who Ran Cracker Barrel Into the Ground Fired and Replaced (by a Man)

Breaking911
@Breaking911
Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino is stepping down after the company's controversial rebrand sparked backlash from longtime customers. The overhaul removed the iconic Uncle Herschel mascot and many of the nostalgic decorations that had defined the chain for decades.
After widespread criticism, Cracker Barrel reversed course and embraced its traditional identity. The company says former Bloomin' Brands CEO David Deno, whose company owns Outback Steakhouse, will take over as CEO on August 10.

NY Post:

Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino is stepping down after the failure of her "woke" rebrand last year, which was rolled back following intense backlash from loyal customers, the company announced Monday.
David Deno, a restaurant exec who most recently served as CEO of Bloomin' Brands, which owns Outback Steakhouse, will replace Masino on August 10, according to a Cracker Barrel press release.
Masino will remain at Cracker Barrel in an advisory capacity until October 9 to ensure a smooth transition, the company said.
Shares in Cracker Barrel slipped 2.4% Monday.
Her departure comes after less than three years at the helm, during which diners revolted against the company's attempts to modernize the Southern dining chain last August by axing its beloved mascot Uncle Herschel and revamping restaurants without its trademark tchotchkes.
Following heated backlash from longtime customers and even President Trump himself, Cracker Barrel reversed the changes and leaned into its folksy charm -- ultimately sending the stock up 100% so far this year.

I can't help noticing that in four cases -- Bud Light; Cracker Barrel; Star Wars/Lucasfilm; and Disney's Marvel studio -- executives have decided to throw over/ignore the brands' historic male (or traditionalist) customer base in an insane drive to remake them into something Carrie Bradshaw would write about on Sex and the City.

In three of those cases, a female executive decided that "old" customer base just wasn't hip and Fashion Forward enough and decided to remake the brand into something that would make her the heroine of her feminist friend circle. In the fourth case, a similar rebrand was performed by Kevin Feige, who is a weak cuck pussy.

This is unprofessional, obviously. If you're trusted with a business or brand, it's your job to strengthen the brand's sales, not remake it into something you or your urban coastal liberal galpals would be proud to patronize. (Or matronize.)

I don't think this is necessarily something to do with women, but it does have everything to do with feminism, a cult to which a lot of "professional" (or maybe not so professional) women belong to.

Men aren't compelled to remake female brands into ones they and their buddies would be proud to spend money on, because there is no political cult popular among men demanding we do that.

But many women do belong to the cult of feminism, which demands that every single product or service be made appealing first and foremost to urban coastal liberal women. This is not a business calculation; in terms of business strategy, it's a lunatic disaster, and it was obviously a lunatic disaster before the actual data came in.

This is the doctrine of a nasty pseudoreligion. Whether it makes money or loses it hand over fist is besides the point. The important thing is, Women Must See Themselves Represented In All Products at All Times, period.

NEW: Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino to step down just one year after the company�s disastrous rebrand.

Masino oversaw the company�s axing of Uncle Herschel and their restaurants� iconic tchotchkes.

�The feedback's been overwhelmingly positive that people like what� pic.twitter.com/QonxhL2bSl
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 27, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:47 PM

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1 Won't say first.... because

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 05:47 PM (mP0Kj)

2 Might as well, you were first!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 05:48 PM (NnhvP)

3 That is "WHITE CRACKER BARREL" Boy !!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Al Sharpton at July 27, 2026 05:48 PM (TkCc3)

4 Bring the cracker back to cracker barrel!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (13VxP)

5 'twas smartglasses killed the beast.

Posted by: sifty boones at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (+mbpJ)

6 I always thought the name was "Crack Her over a Barrel" ?

Posted by: Bill Clinton at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (Ymmwx)

7 Took 'em long enough.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (wVcYX)

8 You know what I need?
Tchotchkes.
Lotsa tchotchkes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (6ydKt)

9
So, the Kale and Dumplings special didn't go down too well?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (O0L8i)

10 Stop putting women in charge.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (2Ez/1)

11
Cracker Barrel?

I hardly even knew her.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (vE0+H)

12 I love during the inner city looting seeing all the urban youth breaking into stores and running away with boxes of super-hero comics.

And textbooks and educational materials.

Warms my heart.

That's why Hollywood works so hard to cater to them.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (Sco7b)

13 our cases -- Bud Light; Cracker Barrel; Star Wars/Lucasfilm; and Disney's Marvel studio -- executives have decided to throw over/ignore the brands' historic male (or traditionalist) customer base

Jaguar enters the chat.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (NnhvP)

14 Stop putting women in charge.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (2Ez/1)

Ten posts in and we're already doing sexual preferences?

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:51 PM (vE0+H)

15 2 Might as well, you were first!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 05:48 PM (NnhvP)

But peoplze are complaining about the first thing... soooo...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 05:51 PM (mP0Kj)

16
They could have chosen a more woman-friendly replacement.

Like a bear.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)

17 Brand killer.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 05:51 PM (abScH)

18 Oh, dear, I jsut posted on previous thread. Will I get the ban-hammer?

Posted by: Timerous Beastie at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (sFNX2)

19 Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino is stepping down after ...
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being pushed?

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

20 Personally I blame the Racgel Maddow glasses.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (13VxP)

21 Deno might want to bring back the old menu as well (it wasn't just restaurant decoration and mascot changes, they got rid of a lot of beloved dishes.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (O7YUW)

22 "Men aren't compelled to remake female brands into ones they and their buddies would be proud to spend money on, because there is no political cult popular among men demanding we do that."

Note that changing movies for a "modern audience" only goes one way. Action adventure films must have strong wahmen in lead roles, "diverse" casts, and plotlines that resonate emotionally with a female audience.

You will never see Elliot Page as the "male" lead in a Romantic Comedy, nor will you see anyone suggesting that chick flicks should include car chases to "broaden the demographic appeal."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (f0sNM)

23 10 Stop putting women in charge.
Posted by: Someone has to say it at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (2Ez/1)

Liberal women.....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (FWPkT)

24 I am glad to see Becky Danger Glasses back on the blog.

Too bad about her job, though.
Maybe she can go work for Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (6ydKt)

25 But The Odyssey will make money so therefore wokeness is good.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (vE0+H)

26 Consequences for once, very nice

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (xcxpd)

27 She damn near killed fresh out of the bag/box/can focus-group-tested pseudo-Southernish nearly-comfort food.

Never let an AWCL near anything approaching Americana.

Posted by: sifty boones at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (+mbpJ)

28 But peoplze are complaining about the first thing... soooo...
Posted by: Romeo13

Pissants are going to piss themselves over something... always.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (NnhvP)

29 19 Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino is stepping down after ...
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being pushed?
Posted by: Axeman
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a tragic infection of monkey pox.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (E4rtv)

30 12 I love during the inner city looting seeing all the urban youth breaking into stores and running away with boxes of super-hero comics.

And textbooks and educational materials.

Warms my heart.

That's why Hollywood works so hard to cater to them.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM
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Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Work boots at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (2Ez/1)

31
Liberal women.....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (FWPkT)

There it is.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (vE0+H)

32 The diners are revolting!

Posted by: Julie Felss Masino, CEO of Cracker Barrel at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (wVcYX)

33 "Deno might want to bring back the old menu as well (it wasn't just restaurant decoration and mascot changes, they got rid of a lot of beloved dishes.)"
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You mean they adopted a "value-driven menu approach" designed to "maximize yields for shareholders."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (f0sNM)

34 Women Must See Themselves at All Times, in Their Period.

FIFY

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (ZypAx)

35 What took them so long to get rid of this cretinous witch? She should have been shitcanned on the spot.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (771KI)

36 25 But The Odyssey will make money so therefore wokeness is good.
Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (vE0+H)

Didn't see it but I hear it's no so much woke as flat... No soul....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (FWPkT)

37
"A gunfight broke out over a disputed protractor today..."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (O0L8i)

38 Stop putting women in charge.
Posted by: Someone has to say it

Ten posts in and we're already doing sexual preferences?
Posted by: ...

He said "in charge." That only implies "on top."

Posted by: mikeski at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (VHUov)

39 K-mart's downfall was re-branding as well.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (Fi81e)

40 You’re right, they stink on ice.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (6ydKt)

41 I liked the retro take after that debacle: "It actually worked! People are talking about Cracker Barrel for the first time in years!"

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (CwhoI)

42 10 Stop putting women in charge.
Posted by: Someone has to say it at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (2Ez/1)

OK.... just spitballin here... but...

One thing a good FEMALE friend told me once after I had a weird breakup after a couple year relationship.

A lot of Women go into a relationship based on what they think a Man can change into, with their help of course...

While most Men go into a relationship hoping she will never change.

Now... let's look at Women CEOs...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

43 12 I love during the inner city looting seeing all the urban youth breaking into stores and running away with boxes of super-hero comics.

And textbooks and educational materials.

Warms my heart.

That's why Hollywood works so hard to cater to them.
Posted by: Stateless
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You forgot art supplies and chemistry sets.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (E4rtv)

44 Last post , pink hair, nose ring, tongue ring. This post smaht lady glasses.
It's not looking good for the West

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (BlDDt)

45 He said "in charge." That only implies "on top."

Posted by: mikeski at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (VHUov)
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* pouts *

Posted by: Cowgirl at July 27, 2026 05:55 PM (Fi81e)

46 "Becky Danger Glasses"
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*files away for future reference*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 05:55 PM (2Ez/1)

47 You know what I need?
Tchotchkes.
Lotsa tchotchkes.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (6ydKt)

and 14 pieces of flair (minimum) on your uniform.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 05:55 PM (wVcYX)

48 37
"A gunfight broke out over a disputed protractor today..."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (O0L8i)

someone tried to divide, and conquer?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 05:55 PM (mP0Kj)

49 Nobody pulls out guns over compasses, thankfully.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 05:55 PM (6ydKt)

50 Liberal women.....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (FWPkT)

There it is.
Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05

Yeah
Side eyes
Liberal women.

Posted by: ACB. MTG. etc at July 27, 2026 05:56 PM (3QsZU)

51 The glasses are a tell.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 05:56 PM (JvZF+)

52 REDAGGABURD!

Posted by: MONGOLOIDS FOR CONSUMER JUSTICE at July 27, 2026 05:56 PM (iG4hw)

53 39 K-mart's downfall was re-branding as well.
Posted by: Axeman

And a hedge manager owner that promptly sold off the goodies and merged the company with Sears just to leave taht company destitute and dead as well.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)

54 >>>The company says former Bloomin' Brands CEO David Deno, whose company owns Outback Steakhouse, will take over as CEO on August 10.

Great. Expect the menu to get beancountered.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 05:56 PM (dK+Kv)

55 Yeah, Bloomin Brands is bleh

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 05:57 PM (13VxP)

56 38 Stop putting women in charge.
Posted by: Someone has to say it

Ten posts in and we're already doing sexual preferences?
Posted by: ...

He said "in charge." That only implies "on top."
Posted by: mikeski at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM

How do you know it was a "he?"

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 27, 2026 05:57 PM (2Ez/1)

57 Oh, two young actresses I follow on Instagram were cast in Disney's newest "Cheetah Girls" movie. A latina girl and an asian girl.

One of the first comments was someone complaining that the first 'Cheetah Girls' was very black and this wasn't.

THAT was hilarious!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 05:57 PM (Sco7b)

58 21 Deno might want to bring back the old menu as well (it wasn't just restaurant decoration and mascot changes, they got rid of a lot of beloved dishes.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (O7YUW)

And get the quality back to where it was ten years ago. It was never fine dining but the ingredients were good and the cooks were competent. Now it's all Sysco slop and cooks who can't fry a fucking egg correctly. Waffle House does it better FFS. Need an all engines full reverse on the enshittification of the product and a salvage operation on their brand image, if it hasn't been irretrievably fucked by now.

Posted by: Bring it all back! at July 27, 2026 05:57 PM (TbWk/)

59 Julie, the claw, Masino's entry at wiki is three short paragraphs long. Place of birth - US. Well, that's something.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 05:57 PM (Cq/ve)

60 Is Uncle Herschel still homeless?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 05:58 PM (Cqx++)

61
18 Oh, dear, I jsut posted on previous thread. Will I get the ban-hammer?
Posted by: Timerous Beastie

You should go read the nasty candies iceback thread and leave an opinion. We love reading new comments on older threads.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 27, 2026 05:58 PM (3dhDe)

62 We at Cracker Barrell are proud to introduce...

The Bloomin' Flapjack!

Posted by: Cracker Barrell at July 27, 2026 05:58 PM (Fi81e)

63 34 Women Must See Themselves at All Times, in Their period"

Don't know what that means. Sorry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:58 PM (rHgXV)

64 Told you I would be avenged!

Posted by: Uncle Herschel at July 27, 2026 05:58 PM (JM9I6)

65 But many women do belong to the cult of feminism, which demands that every single product or service be made appealing first and foremost to urban coastal liberal women.
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I’m not sure that’s the basis of the CB rebrand. I think that rebrand was just stupid desperation because sales were falling amidst quality control issues. Plus, a lot of people made a lot of money on the rebrand, so the whole thing seemed to me like looting the company before the chapter 11.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 27, 2026 05:58 PM (771KI)

66 It's also a helping of social media and metro areas. Such moves create "buzz" that is tracked and presented as a positive metric.
Profitability has become a dirty word...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 05:58 PM (XuXeR)

67 Cracker Burial is the TGIFriday's of Appleby's.

Order whatever you want, but you're gonna eat salt, grease, and batter.

Posted by: sifty boones at July 27, 2026 05:59 PM (+mbpJ)

68 They call me the Ace Whisperer.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 27, 2026 05:59 PM (bX16E)

69 63 34 Women Must See Themselves at All Times, in Their period"

Don't know what that means. Sorry.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:58 PM (rHgX

Some kind of menstrual based haruspicy.

Posted by: MONGOLOIDS FOR CONSUMER JUSTICE at July 27, 2026 05:59 PM (iG4hw)

70 I wouldn’t be surprised if they tried a Bloomin’ Fried Green Tomato to be honest.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 05:59 PM (6ydKt)

71

He said "in charge." That only implies "on top."
Posted by: mikeski

Is reverse cowgirl out? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 27, 2026 06:00 PM (3dhDe)

72 We at Cracker Barrell are proud to introduce...

The Bloomin' Flapjack!
Posted by: Cracker Barrell at July 27, 2026 05:58 PM (Fi81e)

The Bloomin' Cauliflower!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 27, 2026 06:00 PM (wVcYX)

73 Masino was a Cracker Barrell 6.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:00 PM (Fi81e)

74 David Deno....they guy is the epitome of "see ya later."

Krispy Kreme ---closed a massive amount of locations
Quiznos -- 5000 locations down to 150
Outback--- just closed over 40 locations
Bonefish -- closing another 20 locations

Nice knowing you Cracker Barrel. The harbinger of death approaches.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 06:00 PM (dIske)

75 someone tried to divide, and conquer?"

They were looking for an angle...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 06:00 PM (XuXeR)

76 “My work is done here”

So, the question really is, where does she land next? She’s got the magic touch…

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 06:00 PM (Eo+Kz)

77 Mary whats her name is doing a crack job running a car company, too.

Posted by: museisluse at July 27, 2026 06:00 PM (YtyqX)

78 Besides women there have been foreign men put in charge of big American brands. That has not gone well either.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:01 PM (YwEeS)

79 Now do Warhammer 40K.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)

80 So, I'm older now, seen a lot of life.

Women need male input. (phrasing)

They do. They have trouble with group think and consensus. Which isn't always bad. But sometimes it is.

Men do better with female input. For example when they are in a situation where they need to put more value on consensus. There are a lot of things where consensus building is important. Politics. And politics is a thing in business. But yeah, a woman, surrounded by other women, is locked in a bubble. A man, without female input is likewise in a bubble. Huh, its almost as if we were made to compliment each other. . . .

Posted by: Now that's Ironic at July 27, 2026 06:01 PM (anL5R)

81 Oh, two young actresses I follow on Instagram were cast in Disney's newest "Cheetah Girls" movie. A latina girl and an asian girl.
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That's not so Raven.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:01 PM (Fi81e)

82 For the new dinner show at Cracker Burial, the waitstaff picks one guest and destroys their childhood memories of a simpler time live.

Posted by: sifty boones at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (+mbpJ)

83 Idk companies did pretty well when there were virtually no women in executive suites...

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (YwEeS)

84 On a completely unrelated subject, Critical Drinker has a video out about how Rings of Power Season 3 suddenly returned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB4U1PAqbXw

He leaves the viewer with a question...

why? *why*? WHY????

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (FZ29D)

85 Bonefish? Is that a restaurant?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)

86 I was browsing for stuff on amazon because it's my birthday coming up, hint hint, and I noticed that Coach makes men's watches. So there's an in right there, we could start demanding they also make some sort of backpack camo designs, molle hook ups and wotnot, and then you know just regular bags. But they would battle bags (TM) and have spikes and stuff and we would swing them at each other in manly feats of strength gladiator style. Maybe even to the death, or at least to the moderate skin abrasion.

But like ace said we won't.

But we could.

Posted by: banana Dream - hint hint at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (3uBP9)

87 Plus, a lot of people made a lot of money on the rebrand, so the whole thing seemed to me like looting the company before the chapter 11.
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Such things do not happen!!! Shocking.

Posted by: Now that's Ironic at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (anL5R)

88 Also, who is say she was incompetent?

What do you suppose the objective was? Check your premises.

Could her comrades have made bank, say by shorting their stock? Spitballing here, but these people are generally “evil” if not necessarily stupid per se

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (Eo+Kz)

89 How the hell do you screw up Krispy Kreme?
The only trick is to keep the donut line rolling and you’re golden - donut addicts come running.

They must have expanded too far too fast.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM (6ydKt)

90 23 10 Stop putting women in charge.
Posted by: Someone has to say it at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (2Ez/1)

Liberal women.....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (FWPkT)

That's fair enough but the women who want to and get put in charge of major companies or brands are almost always going to be liberals. They're stronk independent girlbosses who don't need no man that graduated from a hard-left Ivy League university (redundant I know) with a degree in Gender Studies with a minor in Critical Theory, and have all the connections. Plus they get DEI points. So female "leadership" is inevitably going to skew left and incompetent because that's the pool they're drawing from.

Posted by: Although Carly Fiorina was nominally GOP at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM (TbWk/)

91 Bonefish? Is that a restaurant?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)
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Or a sick predilection?!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM (Fi81e)

92 84 Jeff Bezos vanity project and he literally has money to burn.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM (YwEeS)

93 Rocking those girlboss jizz screens, exactly as expected.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM (heOIg)

94 Huh, its almost as if we were made to compliment each other. . . .
Posted by: Now that's Ironic
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Naw, That's Crazy Talk there.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM (E4rtv)

95 The glasses are the tell- well, that, and her jaws flapping. Endlessly, flapping.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM (Gqar8)

96 The Rainbow Rockers are still there, right?

Posted by: Le Grande Poofe at July 27, 2026 06:04 PM (JM9I6)

97 David Deno....they guy is the epitome of "see ya later."

Krispy Kreme ---closed a massive amount of locations
Quiznos -- 5000 locations down to 150
Outback--- just closed over 40 locations
Bonefish -- closing another 20 locations

Nice knowing you Cracker Barrel. The harbinger of death approaches.
Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 06:00 PM (dIske)

Impressive track record!

Posted by: "Chainsaw" Al Dunlap at July 27, 2026 06:04 PM (wVcYX)

98 They must have expanded too far too fast.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM (6ydKt)
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Testify!

Posted by: Skyline Chili at July 27, 2026 06:04 PM (Fi81e)

99 banana Dream

Just get tactical gear, plates, and a good mag pouch belt.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 06:04 PM (u82oZ)

100 switch the bone and the fish and get LAB

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 06:04 PM (3uBP9)

101 Karens, like gays and lesbians, and God help us, trannies never. shut. the. hell. up.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (Gqar8)

102 Bonefish was a quite nice seafood chain, used to take my dad there.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (YwEeS)

103 65 By "quality control issues" you mean when they remodeled to expand seating by eliminating the kitchens and microwave premade shit instead?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (bX16E)

104 Bonefish? Is that a restaurant?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)
——

Shockingly, yes. One of the most unappealing names for a restaurant in recorded history. I guess Shitcock was taken by a gay porn star or death metal group?

The only name less appealing in the food industry is Fish Eye wine.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (771KI)

105 CB makes good WHITE gravy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (4NO2D)

106 The last two times I was at a Cracker Barrel, one shop had the old decorations, the other did not. The food was okay if overpriced and a bit skimpy at both.

I used to carry a list of CB locations all over the US in my car for road trips and ate there several times a year. Yet, on my run to Evansville in '25 and to Salina, KS, this year, I found myself stopping over and over at Waffle House, and not a single CB.

I hope they can reverse the decline.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (wzUl9)

107 1 Won't say first.... because

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 05:47 PM (mP0Kj)

Fortune favors the bold.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (dK+Kv)

108 The well managed businesses survive. The ones looted for executive compensation die.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (u82oZ)

109 Tok many Leftists women running everything

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (Ia/+0)

110
Bonefish? Is that a restaurant?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)

________

Had lunch at one once. Not bad but not good enough to make it a regular spot.

Somebody has a good idea, builds into a business with real value, which is the acquired by Yum! Brands and ruined by the MBAs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:06 PM (O0L8i)

111 When I'm on a road trip I can always count on CB for a decent restroom.

We'll need more Buc-ees.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 06:06 PM (2Ez/1)

112 105 CB makes good WHITE gravy.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (4NO2D)

Exactly the kind of white supremacy we'd expect from a business that has CRACKER right there in the name.

Posted by: MONGOLOIDS FOR CONSUMER JUSTICE at July 27, 2026 06:06 PM (iG4hw)

113 Bonefish was a quite nice seafood chain, used to take my dad there.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (YwEeS)
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Bonefish Grill, right?

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:06 PM (Fi81e)

114 Cracker Burial is the TGIFriday's of Appleby's.

Order whatever you want, but you're gonna eat salt, grease, and batter.
Posted by: sifty boones
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It used to be fairly good. Seems like the quality started going down a few years ago, but that could just be part of the enshitification of everything.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 06:06 PM (XvL8K)

115 123 Yes

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:06 PM (YwEeS)

116 >>The glasses are a tell.
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They are the 2026 equivalent of "Covid masks." Glad they identify themselves - it saves time.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (bNf8H)

117 Pro tip to company boards: don’t hire women with those glasses to run your company.

You’re welcome.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (Xe8e7)

118 Bonefish Grill. A favorite of my son's. Garlic central, which is fine by me.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (ZypAx)

119 Bonefish? Is that a restaurant?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)
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Or a sick predilection?!
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM

A love that dare not speak it's name.

Posted by: Troy McClure at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (4NO2D)

120 I don't eat seafood and always got a steak😆 They made a pretty good steak.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (YwEeS)

121
Jaguar enters the chat.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27,

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Jaguar stock price
7/27/2025: $79.10

7/27/2026: $0.99

A penny stock! But with PRIDE!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (sNksL)

122 Huh, its almost as if we were made to compliment each other. . . .
Posted by: Now that's Ironic

A mid-looking man telling a woman she looks nice is literally rape. Especially at work.

Posted by: OMG THE ICK!!! at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (TbWk/)

123
Naughty librarian glasses >>>> Girlboss CEO glasses

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (O0L8i)

124 Never liked Cracker Barrell that much.

Only went there after seeing how set the suggester was on CB.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (Fi81e)

125 Idk companies did pretty well when there were virtually no women in executive suites...
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026

***
Funny, that.
( -- IBM, U.S. Steel, etc.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (wzUl9)

126 115 123 Yes
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:06 PM (YwEeS)

You there@ In the future! 'Yes'.

Or did a bunch of comments get hammered?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s)

127 Bonefish? Is that a restaurant?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)
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Or a sick predilection?!
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM

It's a bullshit rumor. Fuck you.

Posted by: Aquaman at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (TbWk/)

128 But on the bright side of Dem economics, Mamdani today announced his plan to have five government owned stores with prices at 30%off. Government will subsidize the rest.
This should be fun to watch, especially when the yutes start shoplifting

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (BlDDt)

129 Bonefish? Is that a restaurant?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)
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Or a sick predilection?!
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM

A love that dare not speak it's name.
Posted by: Troy McClure at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (4NO2D)

HA! Noice!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (0aYVJ)

130 Before HR.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (zZu0s)

131 112 105 CB makes good WHITE gravy.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (4NO2D)

Exactly the kind of white supremacy we'd expect from a business that has CRACKER right there in the name.
Posted by: MONGOLOIDS FOR CONSUMER JUSTICE at July 27, 2026 06:06 PM (iG4hw)

Just Equity for Black Eyed Pea?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (mP0Kj)

132 I thought they should have gone all-in on Modernity and changed the name to "Crack-Bar."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (f0sNM)

133 25 But The Odyssey will make money so therefore wokeness is good.
Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (vE0+H)

Didn't see it but I hear it's no so much woke as flat... No soul....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (FWPkT)

I heard someone say they played Odysseus more as a 'Nam Veteran was portrayed over and over in the 70s and 80s than a mythic hero.

And you'd expect there to be no soul when they took the Gods out of the story.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)

134 >>> Just get tactical gear, plates, and a good mag pouch belt.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 06:04 PM (u82oZ)

They make ruck bags with specially made plates and pockets for wearing during workouts. Very $$$. When you can just take an old back pack and wrap weight plates in towels for nothin. I have and old sandbag that has hook ups for shoulder/chest harness but I don't use it anyway. But if someone trademarked Battle Bag (TM) and if you were challenged to defend your sacred honor in glorious battle on the streets. Maybe I'd buy one, or three.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (3uBP9)

135 I'm a little irked my bear callback didn't get any play.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (Fi81e)

136
Lots of liberal men wearing those big ugly glasses now.

They look as stupid as the women wearing them.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (/QHx4)

137 There is a Bonefish Grill in the suburbs here. I see it all the time when I take Linda to have her hair trimmed. Somehow I have less interest in going into a restaurant called "Bonefish" than I do in going into a hair salon. I'm funny that way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (wzUl9)

138 Lets be honest about the Cracker Barrel CEO situation: it was the Jews!

Posted by: Practicing for a podcast at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (7vfi+)

139 our cases -- Bud Light; Cracker Barrel; Star Wars/Lucasfilm; and Disney's Marvel studio -- executives have decided to throw over/ignore the brands' historic male (or traditionalist) customer base

Jaguar enters the chat.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM

You can't even blame the British Poofters for that, it's East Indians, all the way down.

Posted by: Alexander The Adequate at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (4NO2D)

140 127 Bonefish? Is that a restaurant?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:02 PM (zZu0s)
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Or a sick predilection?!
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:03 PM

It's a bullshit rumor. Fuck you.
Posted by: Aquaman at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (TbWk/)

It's a gay fish....

Posted by: Bad Southpark Punchline at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (mP0Kj)

141 Naughty librarian glasses >>>> Girlboss CEO glasses
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (O0L8i)

There is iron in your words of fashion for all Comanche to see.

Posted by: Chief Ten Bears at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (wVcYX)

142 I used to like eat out biscuits and sausage gravy, then I discovered I could make far better at home.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)

143 "Mamdani today announced his plan to have five government owned stores with prices at 30%off."

30% off what?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (2Ez/1)

144 Phone keyboard is smol

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (YwEeS)

145 But on the bright side of Dem economics, Mamdani today announced his plan to have five government owned stores with prices at 30%off. Government will subsidize the rest.
This should be fun to watch, especially when the yutes start shoplifting
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (BlDDt)

A private grocer has said he will close all his groceries in NYC when he does that. He has like 30+ of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

146 Went to a Bonefish Grill in Bonita Springs. The floors were so greasy we slid to our table. The gays guys in the drinks area were drunk and kinda funny, actually. Oh, the food? It was really good mid range restaurant food.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (Gqar8)

147 CB makes good WHITE gravy.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (4NO2D)

Exactly the kind of white supremacy we'd expect from a business that has CRACKER right there in the name.
Posted by: MONGOLOIDS FOR CONSUMER JUSTICE at July 27, 2026 06:06 PM (iG4hw)

Just Equity for Black Eyed Pea?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (mP0Kj)

The peas were asking for it. Just look at the way they were dressed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 06:11 PM (dK+Kv)

148 >>>David Deno....they guy is the epitome of "see ya later."

The Outback by my house is 70% empty at peak times. Portion sizes are down, prices are up.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 27, 2026 06:11 PM (CwhoI)

149 What is it about Libertarians and Leftwing Cat Women and their male repellant eyewear?

Posted by: Boswell at July 27, 2026 06:11 PM (j10i6)

150 Krispy Kreme got too big too fast without the customer base. It took a couple of decades for Dunkin Donuts to get that big with that large a customer base.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 06:11 PM (BlDDt)

151 Bonefish and Fishbone are both restaurant chains

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 06:11 PM (Xe8e7)

152 Unless something changes, I would expect ALL chain type and fast food places to be in trouble. Have you seen the prices? Sometimes there is a locally owned place that is livable but it costs like $60 to feed 4 a Mystery Meal of microwaved frozen hamburgers? they are labeled hamburgers..at even Mickey D's. At some point normal people HAVE to just stop going out to eat much

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 27, 2026 06:11 PM (3/XaG)

153 A somber reminder,

"
House Republicans
@HouseGOP
·
7h
Today, on Korean War Veterans Day, we honor the 1.8 million Americans who answered the call in the “Forgotten War.” They fought through bitter cold, relentless fire, and unimaginable hardship so that freedom could live. Too many never came home. Their courage still echoes across"

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 06:12 PM (E4rtv)

154 136
Lots of liberal men wearing those big ugly glasses now.

They look as stupid as the women wearing them.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (/QHx4)

Yeah, kinda sad. Angry estrogen seems to be communicable.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:12 PM (Gqar8)

155 But The Odyssey will make money so therefore wokeness is good.
Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (vE0+H)

Didn't see it but I hear it's no so much woke as flat... No soul....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (FWPkT)

I heard someone say they played Odysseus more as a 'Nam Veteran was portrayed over and over in the 70s and 80s than a mythic hero.

And you'd expect there to be no soul when they took the Gods out of the story.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)
——

Nolan’s movie is a much bigger budgeted rip-off of The Return. That movie too portrayed Odysseus as a guilt-racked, PTSD-suffering simp.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 27, 2026 06:12 PM (771KI)

156 136
Lots of liberal men wearing those big ugly glasses now.

They look as stupid as the women wearing them.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (/QHx4)

I kinda want to get glasses four times her size and thickness just for the humor value. I blame Carrot Top and the sirensong of prop comedy.

Posted by: MONGOLOIDS FOR CONSUMER JUSTICE at July 27, 2026 06:12 PM (iG4hw)

157 A private grocer has said he will close all his groceries in NYC when he does that. He has like 30+ of them.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

Then they'll blame eeeevil white men and capitalism for the ensuing "food desert."

Posted by: Cause and effect? Never heard of it. at July 27, 2026 06:12 PM (TbWk/)

158 @24/SpeakingOf: "Maybe she can go work for Bed, Bath & Beyond."

At which point the profit and loss sheet will look more like "Bloodbath and beyond."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 06:12 PM (O7YUW)

159 But like ace said we won't.

But we could.
Posted by: banana Dream - hint hint

I don't see why you wouldn't. It's not like leatherworking for women's products is any different for leather working for men's products.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 06:12 PM (vJrRc)

160 >>> I don't eat seafood and always got a steak😆 They made a pretty good steak.
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:07 PM (YwEeS)

My wife was always wanting to go to red lobster. Not great food to begin with. But I would not go. Why? Because she does not eat seafood and rarely fish. She'd probably order a hamburger. Why did she want to go? Because the friggin biscuits. I could not abide. And you can buy a box of the mix at costco.

Posted by: banana Dream - confessions of a bad husband at July 27, 2026 06:13 PM (3uBP9)

161 It is an Odyssey where Odysseus has PTSD from sacking Troy and does NOT want to go home to his wife. Until he is convinced to by a woman...

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:13 PM (YwEeS)

162 ——

I’m not sure that’s the basis of the CB rebrand. I think that rebrand was just stupid desperation because sales were falling amidst quality control issues. Plus, a lot of people made a lot of money on the rebrand, so the whole thing seemed to me like looting the company before the chapter 11.

Posted by: Elric the Blade
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Money laundering? Sheering the sheep? Yeah,that place was a pile of crap. Stand in line to be seated, late, lazy, impudent waitress, inedible food. How dare you suggest such a thing.

On the other hand good, solid, management could have turned it around; highway food has a place on the books for time to come.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 06:13 PM (Cq/ve)

163 They make ruck bags with specially made plates and pockets for wearing during workouts. Very $$$. When you can just take an old back pack and wrap weight plates in towels for nothin. I have and old sandbag that has hook ups for shoulder/chest harness but I don't use it anyway. But if someone trademarked Battle Bag (TM) and if you were challenged to defend your sacred honor in glorious battle on the streets. Maybe I'd buy one, or three.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 06:09 PM (3uBP9)

Just put your plate carrier with plates in a ruck if you want to add weight. You do have at least one plate carrier with plates, don't you?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 06:13 PM (dK+Kv)

164 I'd be willing to bet that 50% of Americans think that the "cracker" in "Cracker Barrel" refers not to small rectangles of wheat biscuits stored in a barrel but instead to a barrel where lower-class white countryside hicks hang out. Like, this is a restaurant by and for "crackers" exclusively.

The female CE took one look at the logo and pointed to the old white man in the logo and said, "THAT guy is why mostpeople think "cracker" refers to "white people." We've got t get rid of him."

Thing is, she's probably right. The white dude in the logo probably DOES serve to identify this as a "white folks' brand.

But since, therefore, 90% of your custmers and thus white folks, pissing them off and driving the away is a recipe for bankruptcy.

If you have an all-American brand, either embrace, or quit your job. Trying to change it into a anti-American brand is just going to lose your sharehloders all their money.

Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 06:13 PM (Av6i5)

165 It's not so much that Cracker Barrel got rid of Uncle Herschel. The biggest problem Cracker Barrel has is that the food is not nearly as good as it was about 20 or so years ago. I think it's more like industrial cooking as opposed to good old-fashioned cooking from scratch, and that makes a big difference.

Posted by: Ralph at July 27, 2026 06:13 PM (8WZD4)

166 There is more to this than "woke rebranding." Cracker Barrel went to premade portion controlled food (which sucks) rather than making its stuff from scratch in each restaurant kitchen. Of course, with a breakfast menu like CB, making scratch is generally fine. Waffle House makes stuff from scratch and McDonalds has everything premade (which is why McD's sucks).

The quality of the food dropped and then they thought they could misdirect with a 'rebranding' which totally backfired. It was a double whammy of how to fook up your brand. Not quite as bad as Bud Light, but definitely bad.

Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady at July 27, 2026 06:13 PM (8yM+6)

167 Last few visits to Texas Roadhouse have been less than stellar. They still grill a great steak, but a lot of the sides are not what they used to be, the rolls in particular.

Have seen that in other chain restaurants as well. It's them big food distribution conglomerates.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 06:13 PM (0aYVJ)

168 Bonefish and Fishbone are both restaurant chains
Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 06:11 PM (Xe8e7)

No relation.

Posted by: Laurence Fishburne at July 27, 2026 06:14 PM (wVcYX)

169 Posted by: Azjaeger at July 27, 2026 06:11 PM (3/XaG)

Prices are through the roof, and they now expect a 20% to 30% tip on top of that...

Dinner out with a couple of drinks is now $100... for about an hour of time... Wait staff has 4 or 5 tables.... soooo..

They could easily be making $100 to $150 an hour for that lunch or dinner rush.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 06:14 PM (mP0Kj)

170 My very first visit to Outback was SPECTACULAR.

And for the next ~3 years it was at least GREAT.

For years, there has been a steady decline in dining experience.

I still go occasionally on business trips.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:14 PM (Fi81e)

171 This should be fun to watch, especially when the yutes start shoplifting
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (BlDDt)

Stop-N-Shot

Posted by: Boswell at July 27, 2026 06:14 PM (j10i6)

172 I thought they should have gone all-in on Modernity and changed the name to "Crack-Bar."
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Is "Crackr" a whites-only hookup app?

If not, why not?

Posted by: mikeski at July 27, 2026 06:14 PM (VHUov)

173
My wonderful father was severely wounded in the Korean war.

He was never the same.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 06:14 PM (/QHx4)

174 @143 30% off the average retail stores prices. If all the private groceries close it will be 30%off zero. Success.

The better question will be will there be 30% less shoplifting

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 06:14 PM (BlDDt)

175 @148/Citizen Cake: "The Outback by my house is 70% empty at peak times. Portion sizes are down, prices are up."

This bodes very poorly for Cracker Barrel. Why would they bring someone in like this when they so desperately need to reverse course and buck the enshittification trend?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 06:14 PM (O7YUW)

176 143 "Mamdani today announced his plan to have five government owned stores with prices at 30%off."

30% off what?

30% off the top for Mamdani

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 27, 2026 06:14 PM (3/XaG)

177 160 My dad was a big seafood guy though

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:14 PM (YwEeS)

178 Falling asleep

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 06:15 PM (Ia/+0)

179 Mayor Jihadi will claim those closed grocery store and any inventory. 30 % off.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 06:15 PM (abScH)

180 I'm expecting her to get a job as WNBA Commissioner. She'll throw Caitlin Clatk out of the league and replace her with Jemelle Hill.

Posted by: Wally at July 27, 2026 06:15 PM (0e5Te)

181 Bed, Bath and Beyond going out of business was fantastic.

Mom and I needed a new bathmat and got one for 50% off.
So great!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 06:15 PM (Sco7b)

182 Bloomin Onion used to be great. Haven't had one in a long time.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:15 PM (YwEeS)

183 Never liked Cracker Barrell that much.

Only went there after seeing how set the suggester was on CB.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (Fi81e)

Went to one once - had spent the day at the Chickamauga Battlefield Park and Chattanooga park in steaming hot weather and had no hotel and cleaned up in the bathroom, ate a long dinner and cooled off and decided to just drive all the way to Ohio to my mom's house rather than find one. Got there around midnight.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:16 PM (uhVAy)

184 173
My wonderful father was severely wounded in the Korean war.

He was never the same.

Posted by: four seasons
========
Bless him and sorrow about his injuries. We don't deserve such men.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 06:16 PM (E4rtv)

185 "What this company needs is some rebranding."

(Destroys company image with woke rebranding.)

"That wasn't real rebranding."

Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 06:16 PM (Av6i5)

186 The new CB wasn’t so much woke but Millenial-ified . Drab gray and soulless.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Xe8e7)

187 142 I used to like eat out biscuits and sausage gravy, then I discovered I could make far better at home.

i also used to like biscuits and sausage gravy. then i spent a couple of months in the hospital. whenever they served biscuits and gravy, i'd throw them up.

same thing happened with their pizza.

0 stars. would not recommend.

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 06:17 PM (sGtp+)

188 There are 1950 calories in 1 order of Outback Steakhouse Bloomin' Onion.

Posted by: Alexander The Adequate at July 27, 2026 06:17 PM (4NO2D)

189 Good, taxpayer funded stores for discount food.

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

190 142 I used to like eat out biscuits and sausage gravy, then I discovered I could make far better at home.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (zZu0s)

It’s not that difficult to make with simple ingredients and lots of different refrigerated & frozen biscuits to choose from.

Takes all of a half hour to make,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 06:17 PM (6ydKt)

191 China’s “white monkeys”:

Ezra Klein, Vox co-founder and New York Times columnist;
Matthew Yglesias, Vox co-founder;
Ronald Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst and Atlantic senior editor;
Bradford Plumer, New York Times reporter;
Marjorie Miller, former Associated Press vice president and editor;
Steve Clemons, former editor-at-large of The Hill;
David Rohde, former New Yorker editor and current MS NOW national security reporter;
Jonathan Alter, MSNBC commentator;
David Sweeney, former NPR managing editor;
Daniel Gross, former Yahoo Finance columnist;
Marilyn Geewax, former NPR senior editor;
Kathleen Deveny, former Newsweek and Wall Street Journal Marketplace editor;
Tom Omestad, former U.S. News & World Report correspondent;
Steve Chapman, former Chicago Tribune columnist and editorial writer;
Bruce Stokes, former National Journal correspondent;
Craig Gilbert, former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Washington bureau chief;
Tony Semerad, Salt Lake Tribune reporter;
Shikha Dalmia, former columnist for The Week;
Jonathan Broder, former Newsweek senior writer;
Cristi Kempf, former Chicago Tribune associate managing editor;
Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times deputy editorial page editor;

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 06:17 PM (ubbnW)

192 What this company needs is some rebranding."

(Destroys company image with woke rebranding.)

"That wasn't real rebranding."
Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 06:16 PM (Av6i5)

Real rebranding, like socialism, has never been properly implemented.

Posted by: We'll get it right THIS time! at July 27, 2026 06:18 PM (TbWk/)

193 186 The new CB wasn’t so much woke but Millenial-ified .

10-4 good buddy. hammer down.

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 06:18 PM (sGtp+)

194 Now for a bit of humor from failed politician and soon to be former Senator Cornhole from Texas

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 NOW: Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) RIPS President Trump and Mike Lee's push to cancel August recess

Cornyn WANTS to go on recess. PATHETIC. This is not how you pass SAVE America!

“Unfortunately, with the assistance of some senators, he's raising expectations among Republican voters. They're bound to end up being disappointed, which strikes me as a bad approach 99 days before the midterms." — Cornyn, per NOTUS

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)

195
If you are in the Columbia SC area a great restaurant that cooks Southern food is Lizards Thicket.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 06:18 PM (/QHx4)

196 Krispy Kreme got too big too fast without the customer base. It took a couple of decades for Dunkin Donuts to get that big with that large a customer base.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026

***
When Krispy Kreme opened its first store in Denver in about '98-'99, people were lining up in their cars to put in an order -- sitting in line for an hour, we were told. I never went. Seems to me I recall passing by the location in '01, not long before I left town, and there were two cars in line.

Either Denver was starved for donut sources -- which I doubt -- or Denver people were so starved for novelty that they were willing to burn gas sitting in line to experience it. Either way it's not a good sign.

We have a KK here in the suburbs. It drove a local shop of Tastee Donuts, which had been across the street for decades, to close down (I don't know if the chain is still extant). Tastee's donuts were about the same quality, but much cheaper -- but KK has its big glossy storefront to impress people.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:18 PM (wzUl9)

197 The problem isn't women, the problem is the narcissistic idealogy-driven women who have been given to occupy positions of influence and power.

Posted by: Maggie Thatcher at July 27, 2026 06:18 PM (XeU6L)

198 And this from weasel governor DeWino of OH,

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
42m
🚨 WTF?! Ohio's Republican Governor Mike DeWine just started PANICKING that ICE is preparing to deport more Haitian TPS migrants in Ohio

"They can't work, won't be able to make a living! It'll be a BIG blow to the community...they came here to FILL [American] jobs."

NO REPUBLICAN SHOULD TALK LIKE THIS

"They bought homes!"

"For them to be lost will be a big blow."

Get all Haitian TPS migrants out of America 🇺🇸

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)

199 Sausage gravy is one of the few things that my wife does not make better at home than can be had in a restaurant. Hers is good, but there are much better.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 06:19 PM (4NO2D)

200 176 143 "Mamdani today announced his plan to have five government owned stores with prices at 30%off."

30% off what?

30% off the top for Mamdani
Posted by: Azjaeger

You were promised a "free store."

What you got was a "30% off" store.

Then you learn it's "30% off Erewhon prices."

Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Av6i5)

201 A private grocer has said he will close all his groceries in NYC when he does that. He has like 30+ of them.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

Then they'll blame eeeevil white men and capitalism for the ensuing "food desert."
Posted by: Cause and effect? Never heard of it. at July 27, 2026 06:12 PM (TbWk/)

Mondami IS an evil white man, so it fits.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:19 PM (uhVAy)

202 Never been to Cracker Barrel, primarily because they have always been too far from wherever it was that I was currently at and making the trip never seemed worthwhile

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2026 06:19 PM (XV/Pl)

203 >>>A private grocer has said he will close all his groceries in NYC when he does that. He has like 30+ of them.

Yeah, they know that and are planning on it. They're doing something similar with landlords with price controls.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 27, 2026 06:19 PM (CwhoI)

204 Money laundering? Sheering the sheep? Yeah,that place was a pile of crap. Stand in line to be seated, late, lazy, impudent waitress, inedible food. How dare you suggest such a thing.

On the other hand good, solid, management could have turned it around; highway food has a place on the books for time to come.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 06:13 PM (Cq/ve)

Cracker Barrel is NOT a franchise chain, meaning they own a lot of pretty prime real estate.

Which will be sold to cronies with sweetheart deals.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 06:20 PM (mP0Kj)

205 I used to love Outback but around Covid era it just went to shit and never really recovered. The one by my house was almost always busy but now its dead.

Texas Roadhouse stole a lot of their business. They just seem way better run.

Casual dining though is so flipping expensive now. I dont understand how the middle class can make it work spending nearly $100 for a family of 4 to eat out.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 06:20 PM (zUEQI)

206 20 years ago, Crack Barrel was pretty dang good, especially their breakfast.

Last time I went there, I got something like chicken fried steak, and green beans on the side. They basically dumped a can of Delmonte beans on my plate. At least they drained the water off first. How fucking hard is it to steam some fresh green beans?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 06:20 PM (0aYVJ)

207 Nearby Outback is really very good mid range food. Of course where we live the wait staff says have a blessed day when you leave, and they write God Bless You on your takeout food bags. That always makes the food taste better, to me.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:20 PM (Gqar8)

208 Alice Springs Chicken, FTW.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (Gqar8)

209 Outback by my house is 70% empty at peak times. Portion sizes are down, prices are up."

Hadn't been for years. Went in, wasn't busy, service was slow, food was cold and unappealing.
Ah well.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (VnkPF)

210 Marvel has decades of stories it could use for movies. It would be like printing money at the mint. Instead, they rely on stories from the last 25 years and their crappy Ultimate line coinciding with their woke rebrand. It's been driven into the ground.

Posted by: Kyle Richmond at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (VOCjX)

211 @191 that story is not a surprise. And remember Ezra Klein is the guy who started Journo- List. It was designed to push leftist ideas in the press and help Obama

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (BlDDt)

212 Here is the main reason.

These DEI hires had success throughout their career pushing the DEI agenda. Most were hired because of their advocacy and positions. They got into uni because of their "victim status" and there essays about grlll power or black power or gay power, etc.

So that is the winning strategy for them.

That is the formula they know. It worked so far. It got them the position. Now in that position, that is still all they know so they keep pressing the same lever.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (v8XRi)

213 Like for instance, the closest Cracker Barrel to me is 30 miles away, not making that trip.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (XV/Pl)

214 Krispy Kreme is sold at most Speedway gas stations in the Midwest.

Maybe the locations weren't doing as much for them as distributed sales could.

I doubt they are going under just because they closed franchises.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (Fi81e)

215 Cracker Barrell was paying CEO Julie Felss Masino a base salary of $1,000,000 a year but she was probabably raking in more like $6.6 million a year. So she was grossly over paid.

She had success at Taco Bell, but CB did not work out that way. She will probably get some gig to destroy some other company.

Heck, the ad chick Alissa Heinerscheid behind Bud Light Dylan fiasco managed to score a job with the Saudi LIV golf league (oh wait, that failed too).

Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (8yM+6)

216 JournoList is dead.

Posted by: CabaList at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (4NO2D)

217 Gee, why would they do that?

@bern_hogan Jul 24
The city published a list of all properties -- and the names of the owners -- that *could be* subject to the new pied a terre tax in a very easy to search Excel sheet:

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (diia5)

218 Dewine is a typical Pencelike useless cunt

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (YwEeS)

219 it's all about the destruction; none of this is a mistake.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (VyBeY)

220
"They bought homes!"

"For them to be lost will be a big blow."

Get all Haitian TPS migrants out of America 🇺🇸

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 06:18 PM (E4rtv)

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Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm told in a billion FB memes that it takes at least $300,000 a year income to buy a house nowadays. Where are Haitians getting the dough?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (O0L8i)

221 Outback fries cooked in beef tallow. The only way.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Gqar8)

222 I hear Bud Light is looking for a new promotional face since Kaitlan Collins was rejected for being "too toxically masculine."

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (2JA0m)

223 Plus where I see Krispy Kreme donuts at gas stations, there is a glass cabinet keeping them warm.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Fi81e)

224 The female CE took one look at the logo and pointed to the old white man in the logo and said, "THAT guy is why mostpeople think "cracker" refers to "white people." We've got t get rid of him."

Thing is, she's probably right. The white dude in the logo probably DOES serve to identify this as a "white folks' brand.

But since, therefore, 90% of your custmers and thus white folks, pissing them off and driving the away is a recipe for bankruptcy.

If you have an all-American brand, either embrace, or quit your job. Trying to change it into a anti-American brand is just going to lose your sharehloders all their money.

Posted by: zombie
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Then she could have added Aunt Jemima in a rocking chair next to him. Made the logo even more 'down home'. But no, she was there to reduce things.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Cq/ve)

225 >>>How fucking hard is it to steam some fresh green beans?

Pretty hard when they replaced the steamers with microwave ovens.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at July 27, 2026 06:23 PM (CwhoI)

226 Never been to Cracker Barrel, primarily because they have always been too far from wherever it was that I was currently at and making the trip never seemed worthwhile
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2026

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They used to be right off interstates, but far enough away from major metros so you didn't have traffic. There was one in eastern Evansville when I was there in '25. Not a good look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

227 Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm told in a billion FB memes that it takes at least $300,000 a year income to buy a house nowadays. Where are Haitians getting the dough?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (O0L8i)
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I've been meaning to talk to you about that....

Posted by: Your Pocket at July 27, 2026 06:23 PM (Fi81e)

228 "They bought homes!"

Translation: "my relatives/ donors built a bunch of cheap housing. They want results!

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 06:23 PM (VnkPF)

229 If you have an all-American brand, either embrace, or quit your job. Trying to change it into a anti-American brand is just going to lose your sharehloders all their money.
Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 06:13 PM (Av6i5)

You know, as a conglomerate you were free to make a new wymyn-themed restaurant and make your own thing with your own decor, menu, rules and such. If it were any good, people might come and it could be a success.

But no, you had to destroy your own brand first. This is insane.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)

230 _________

Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm told in a billion FB memes that it takes at least $300,000 a year income to buy a house nowadays. Where are Haitians getting the dough?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Air America

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Cq/ve)

231 If you are in the Columbia SC area a great restaurant that cooks Southern food is Lizards Thicket.

Posted by: four seasons
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Not to be mistaken with Lizard Lick, in NC.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (XeU6L)

232 Can a store make it with just donuts?

Tim Horton's has a lot of food. It's alright if I'm in the mood.

She had success at Taco Bell, but CB did not work out that way. She will probably get some gig to destroy some other company.

Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (8yM+6)

All power tools NOW IN PINK!!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Sco7b)

233 We have a donut chain around here caleed Donut Palace. Best apple fritters ever. Addictive.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Gqar8)

234 Her ugly Clark Kent glasses should've been a red flag from the get-go.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (qBdHI)

235 What took so long to fire the incompetent woman?

Posted by: Archer at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (wvc0i)

236 Sharpie

Buy restaurant gift cards at Dillons (a Kroger brand). You get 4X the value in fuel points. It is a cost, but less of one.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (u82oZ)

237 Saltgrass, that's where I got the leather steak.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Cq/ve)

238 Pretty hard when they replaced the steamers with microwave ovens.
Posted by: Citizen Cake

Not at all. I steam them in the micro all the time. You just cannot let them dry out.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 06:25 PM (diia5)

239 Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm told in a billion FB memes that it takes at least $300,000 a year income to buy a house nowadays. Where are Haitians getting the dough?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (O0L8i)

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Banks "Too Big To Fail" Making NINJA Mortgage Loans (No Income, No Job or Assets -- No Problemo) Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 27, 2026 06:25 PM (2JA0m)

240 Even non-feminist women are just more influenced by their peers. So if you get a female CEO, it's going to be them caving to whatever fashionable woke bullshit has come down the pike.

And any female CEO of a large company is going to consider themselves a a stronk woman, so a feminist.

There's just no way to avoid it.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 06:25 PM (zUEQI)

241 231 If you are in the Columbia SC area a great restaurant that cooks Southern food is Lizards Thicket.

Posted by: four seasons
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Not to be mistaken with Lizard Lick, in NC.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (XeU6L)

Or Lizard on a Stick.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:25 PM (Gqar8)

242 They used to be right off interstates, but far enough away from major metros so you didn't have traffic. There was one in eastern Evansville when I was there in '25. Not a good look.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:23 PM (wzUl9)

When I did a lot of travelling in that part of the nation, I usually had cats in the car so I would get take out and sit in the car with them. So no sit down places to keep the cats from overheating.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:26 PM (uhVAy)

243 > Last time I went there, I got something like chicken fried steak, and green beans on the side. They basically dumped a can of Delmonte beans on my plate. At least they drained the water off first. How fucking hard is it to steam some fresh green beans?

I've only been to Cracker Barrel a couple of times, but I was not impressed. It's like one step above buffet food and two steps above cafeteria food. It's corporate diner food.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 06:26 PM (mkw2N)

244 Bonk bonk on the head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 27, 2026 06:26 PM (INJnj)

245
The best chain restaurants are the ones with just a few locations and no great desire to go big. There's not one location dependent on one chef and there's not a zillion serving microwaved slop.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:26 PM (O0L8i)

246 I have great difficulty ordering steak out now. It's one of the most stupidly simple things to make great with a reverse seer. I can't justify the cost over throwing a bigbox store steak in the oven and up to the cast iron on the stove top. Super easy. Super quick.

Here's an example:
youtu.be/CBczSMDkD7w

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 06:26 PM (3uBP9)

247
A lot of dot Indians own a well known donut stores.

We stopped going there because service sucked and it appeared it was a burden to serve you.

They probably bought the their stores with our tax money.

*uck them

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 06:27 PM (/QHx4)

248 You will never see Elliot Page as the "male" lead in a Romantic Comedy, nor will you see anyone suggesting that chick flicks should include car chases to "broaden the demographic appeal."
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (f0sNM)

Coming this Christmas, only on Hallmark, "My Eyes Were Opened", the story of a Victoria Secret model who finally finds true love with Bubba, a 5'2", 400 pound, plumber's assistant when she learns about his collection of vintage Playboys.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 06:27 PM (ExV1e)

249 Casual dining though is so flipping expensive now. I dont understand how the middle class can make it work spending nearly $100 for a family of 4 to eat out.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026

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Dinner for Linda and me runs about $30 now, and we don't do high end places and we order only water to drink. For a guy who remembers when you could order for two at a Bennigans in 1982, including two iced teas, add the tip, and still get change from a twenty, that's horrifying enough.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:27 PM (wzUl9)

250 When I visit NotSoThoreau there is one nice bar / restaurant in town. Her town is too small to support a big chain eating establishment.

There is a new Caseys, but ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 06:27 PM (u82oZ)

251 243 > Last time I went there, I got something like chicken fried steak, and green beans on the side. They basically dumped a can of Delmonte beans on my plate. At least they drained the water off first. How fucking hard is it to steam some fresh green beans?

I've only been to Cracker Barrel a couple of times, but I was not impressed. It's like one step above buffet food and two steps above cafeteria food. It's corporate diner food.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 06:26 PM (mkw2N)

Their breakfasts are decent. There, I said something nice about them, without mentioning the rest of their menu.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:27 PM (Gqar8)

252 233 We have a donut chain around here caleed Donut Palace. Best apple fritters ever. Addictive.

when i spent some time working in silicon valley, i found a place that had cherry fritters. amazing.

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 06:27 PM (sGtp+)

253 Cracker Barrel used to be insanely good like 20+ years ago. I had family member that were regulars at one and we'd go with them often. It was just like getting a good home cooked meal. As a kid I thought the Old Country Store gimmick was really cool.

I don't think they are terrible now, but they aren't what they were. Food just tastes more processed.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 06:28 PM (zUEQI)

254 What took so long to fire the incompetent woman?

Posted by: Archer at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (wvc0i)

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They had to do a year-long International Executive Search for the next #Woke incompetent woman first.

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 27, 2026 06:28 PM (2JA0m)

255 I doubt they are going under just because they closed franchises.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (Fi81e)

Down here Krispy Kreme delivers fresh every morning to various convenience stores and supermarkets.

There used to be several KK stores around for a few decades but they closed most of them in the past 20 years, I assume because it was less overhead and made more money just supplying other stores.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 06:28 PM (6ydKt)

256 Sayonara, Haitians! Don't let the plane door hit you in the ass on the way out!

Posted by: Ohio Geese at July 27, 2026 06:29 PM (0e5Te)

257 252 233 We have a donut chain around here caleed Donut Palace. Best apple fritters ever. Addictive.

when i spent some time working in silicon valley, i found a place that had cherry fritters. amazing.
Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 06:27 PM (sGtp+)

Would love to try those.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:29 PM (Gqar8)

258 Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm told in a billion FB memes that it takes at least $300,000 a year income to buy a house nowadays. Where are Haitians getting the dough?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Air America

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Cq/ve)
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USAID and a whole constellation of "charities" ensured that illegals lived as well as the middle class but without having to any work more demanding that scribbling their name on a ballot application.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 27, 2026 06:29 PM (ZOv7s)

259 At one time Logan's Roadhouse regularly had high-4 star ratings at almost every place I travelled.

They did not recover too well from Covid. Because when I went there after the White Witch lifted the masking edicts for restaurants, they hammed my Prime Rib.

Apparently, getting Prime Rib to taste like ham is something you can do by overcooking it.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:29 PM (Fi81e)

260 Chain restaurants mostly suck

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 06:29 PM (13VxP)

261 Krispy Kreme is sold at most Speedway gas stations in the Midwest.

Maybe the locations weren't doing as much for them as distributed sales could.

I doubt they are going under just because they closed franchises.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (Fi81e)

I heard something about that - over expansion of locations for the donut, declining quality, costs of shipping them about, the usual. They were decent, but the donuts we sometimes got as a kid from the local bakery on Sundays were larger and better.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:30 PM (uhVAy)

262 I'm dealing with illegals right now who can't speak English. My HS Spanish is just getting me by. They are putting new so on my lawn that they had previously killed with improper annual application of weed killer and fertilizer

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 06:30 PM (KC5Lt)

263 The Krispy Kreme by my house went under. I literally think it was a few bad employees that did it.

So many times I would go and see a hand written note that they were closed, but saw an employee inside. I literally think some little shits just pretended to be closed so they didnt have to work. Happened so many times. A relative of mine noticed it also.

I'll keep to myself the demographic info of these people.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 06:31 PM (zUEQI)

264 CB never had "steamed" green beans that I'm aware of. Think of a healthy way of preparing food that you'd probably hear about from a yoga streamer chick. That is not what you get at cracker barrel. In the beginning they were simmered for a thousand years in salt and bacon. Like those ancient chinese eggs, but green beans and bacon. And they were delicious.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 06:31 PM (3uBP9)

265 Putting in new SOD ! I hate autocrap.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 06:32 PM (KC5Lt)

266 Even non-feminist women are just more influenced by their peers. So if you get a female CEO, it's going to be them caving to whatever fashionable woke bullshit has come down the pike.

And any female CEO of a large company is going to consider themselves a a stronk woman, so a feminist.

There's just no way to avoid it.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 06:25 PM (zUEQI)
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Like Bud Light and Target, I'm sure she had charts and ables showing that older people liked the existing brand but that younger people don't and older people die off, so make something for the young.

What did not occur to her is that as people age, so do their tastes, so young people may not like those brands NOW, but when they get older they will.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 27, 2026 06:32 PM (ZOv7s)

267
We haven't been to our local Cracker Barrel in over a year, I don't think. The last two times the quality was just terrible.

If they can get it back to where it was, I'll return.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 06:32 PM (w6EFb)

268 Afternoon.

I know salesmen don't tell the truth. No one is like, "We're doing this new thing but people are kind of ambivalent about it." Gotta be the hype man. But *always* saying, "The feedback is overwhelmingly positive," is pretty much the same as saying, "This shit fucking sucks."

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:32 PM (QQJja)

269 When I did a lot of travelling in that part of the nation, I usually had cats in the car so I would get take out and sit in the car with them. So no sit down places to keep the cats from overheating.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026

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The only time I ever left a cat in the car while I ate was in November in Clayton, NM, and it was raining, though not cold. And I still hurried to make sure she was okay.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:33 PM (wzUl9)

270 Nobody pulls out guns over compasses, thankfully.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 05:55 PM (6ydKt)

Geometric or magnetic?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 06:33 PM (o4oA+)

271 Chain restaurants mostly suck

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 06:29 PM (13VxP)
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It's hard to tenderize chain.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:33 PM (Fi81e)

272 That is the formula they know. It worked so far. It got them the position. Now in that position, that is still all they know so they keep pressing the same lever.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

They've reached their stop on the career elevator which is the incompetence level.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 06:34 PM (E4rtv)

273 Anyway, I've only ever eaten at Cracker Barrel once over a decade ago. Still working off the calories.

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:34 PM (QQJja)

274 264 CB never had "steamed" green beans that I'm aware of. Think of a healthy way of preparing food that you'd probably hear about from a yoga streamer chick. That is not what you get at cracker barrel. In the beginning they were simmered for a thousand years in salt and bacon. Like those ancient chinese eggs, but green beans and bacon. And they were delicious.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 06:31 PM (3uBP9)

That’s the way to fancy them up. My local BBQ joint has green beans cooked with ham pieces, a little lard, and onion bits. Also, spoon bread as a side.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:34 PM (Gqar8)

275 "Whoa, whoa, whoa! I'm told in a billion FB memes that it takes at least $300,000 a year income to buy a house nowadays. Where are Haitians getting the dough?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:22 PM (O0L8i) "

pretty sure "our tax dollars" are involved somewhere along the line ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 06:34 PM (VyBeY)

276 My cats loved lounging in my garage when it was over a hundred. Crazy ass cats.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 06:34 PM (KC5Lt)

277
Is there cats in the car?
Yes there's cats in the car.
I think the people down the hall know who we are.

Posted by: Steely Dan at July 27, 2026 06:34 PM (Fi81e)

278 They were decent, but the donuts we sometimes got as a kid from the local bakery on Sundays were larger and better.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:30 PM (uhVAy)

I believe KK made much bugger donuts in the 80s & 90s when they were still pretty much limited to the South. They started shrinking their donut sizes about 20 years ago when they got big and expanded.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 06:34 PM (6ydKt)

279 I'll keep to myself the demographic info of these people.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026

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We got your message.
( -- Inhabitants of Birmingham, AL, Baltimore, MD, New Orleans, LA, et al. ad nauseam)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:35 PM (wzUl9)

280 tubal

The local donut giant here is Varsity Donuts. Every KSU football game they donate amazing donuts to the on-the-air commenters. Which gets mentioned on TV.

They also had donut rectangles colored like Tide Pods for the students.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 06:35 PM (u82oZ)

281 Sayonara, Haitians! Don't let the plane door hit you in the ass on the way out!
Posted by: Ohio Geese

QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at July 27, 2026 06:35 PM (UjdFS)

282 Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino wasn't positioned for success.

This is something I know a lot about.

Posted by: Kamala! 2028! 2032! at July 27, 2026 06:35 PM (0sNs1)

283
Her Majesty and I ran errands this morning and had breakfast at a nearby greasy spoon. Corned beef hash, eggs, grits, toast and coffee. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:35 PM (O0L8i)

284 Woke: “You can’t define what it is, so we’re going to tell you what it will be”; constant ‘problematization’; an insistence on telling us things that are obviously false (imposing a view of reality); insisting “that word” isn’t “even a word”; “being aware of what you can’t see” / “awakened to the truth”; WE are going to tell YOU what reality is; ‘problematizing’ and command and control of language.

In short: Control. You mean nothing to them.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 06:35 PM (ayRl+)

285 My cats loved lounging in my garage when it was over a hundred. Crazy ass cats.
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026

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Dagny La Siberienne, longhaired though she is, loves to bake in the bedroom window in the afternoon sun. Sauna time, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:36 PM (wzUl9)

286

We can't always eat healthy. Eating out at restaurants years ago like Cracker Barrel was a treat.

Nothing wrong with stuff cooked with bacon grease once in a while.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 06:36 PM (/QHx4)

287 I know salesmen don't tell the truth. No one is like, "We're doing this new thing but people are kind of ambivalent about it." Gotta be the hype man. But *always* saying, "The feedback is overwhelmingly positive," is pretty much the same as saying, "This shit fucking sucks."

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:32 PM (QQJja)
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Like the Seinfeld joke that "Great" and "Sucks" means the same thing.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:36 PM (Fi81e)

288 I do think one reason food prices have exploded is Milennials and younger basically have zero domestic skills. They don't cook anything. They DoorDash everything. The stereotypes are largely true.

It's like restaurants know they have a captive audience.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 06:36 PM (zUEQI)

289 CEO do not make decisions in a vacuum, they report to the Board regularly. The Board was informed of what was going on and approved it.

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 06:36 PM (GD0B3)

290 Geometric or magnetic?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 06:33 PM (o4oA+)

Geometric.

I’m guessing a few pirates got shot over a magnetic compass over the centurues.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 06:36 PM (6ydKt)

291 >> CEO Julie Felss Masino

Maybe her glasses just weren't quite big enough.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (w6EFb)

292 I just checked Outback Steakhouse's menu to see if they had what would draw me in there 30 years ago, the 20 oz porterhouse...

Nope.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (O7YUW)

293 265 Putting in new SOD ! I hate autocrap.
Posted by: polynikes

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remember, green side up.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (v8XRi)

294 >>>This is unprofessional, obviously. If you're trusted with a business or brand, it's your job to strengthen the brand's sales, not remake it into something you or your urban coastal liberal galpals would be proud to patronize.

Assuming it was her decision to move in a new direction. You never know with corporations, though. The Board and/or investors may have decided they wanted to move in a new direction and then hired this woman to do exactly that. She was hired in Aug 2023. It took her a year to roll out the rebrand.

Again, maybe it was all her idea to thumb her nose at their traditions. But, I would not be surprised if she is just the public face of what the corporate dweebs wanted to do.

Posted by: No Name Today at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (8mulE)

295 File this under 2011 and Common Sense,

Dhejne et al. (2011)1 conducted the longest follow-up study to date on the outcomes of “sex reassignment surgery”, covering a period of 30 years (1973-2003) and involving 324 individuals in Sweden. The study compared these individuals to matched controls based on birth year and sex, revealing that those who had undergone surgery exhibited a significantly increased suicide risk, with rates nearly 19.1 times higher than their matched controls.

Dhejne, C., Lichtenstein, P., Boman, M., Johansson, A. L., Långström, N., & Landén, M. (2011). Long-term follow-up of transsexual persons undergoing sex reassignment surgery: cohort study in Sweden. PloS one, 6(2), e16885.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (E4rtv)

296
Dagny La Siberienne, longhaired though she is, loves to bake in the bedroom window in the afternoon sun. Sauna time, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:36 PM (wzUl9)

____________

We had two cats get into a fight over a sunbeam. Funny as hell.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (O0L8i)

297 269 The only time I ever left a cat in the car while I ate was in November in Clayton, NM, and it was raining, though not cold. And I still hurried to make sure she was okay.

used to leave the poodle in the vista cruiser when we dashed into the store (it was the '70s; the past is a different place). until the day he figured out how to honk the horn.

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (sGtp+)

298 Her Majesty and I ran errands this morning and had breakfast at a nearby greasy spoon. Corned beef hash, eggs, grits, toast and coffee. Yum.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026

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I have a favorite bar & grill not far from my house that is great, and a 24-hour diner/donut shop that is almost as good. Neither is part of a chain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (wzUl9)

299 Afternoon.

I know salesmen don't tell the truth. No one is like, "We're doing this new thing but people are kind of ambivalent about it." Gotta be the hype man. But *always* saying, "The feedback is overwhelmingly positive," is pretty much the same as saying, "This shit fucking sucks."
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:32 PM (QQJja)

Monorail!

Posted by: Lyle Lanley at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (wVcYX)

300 I just checked Outback Steakhouse's menu to see if they had what would draw me in there 30 years ago, the 20 oz porterhouse...

Nope.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (O7YUW)
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People couldn't afford the down payment.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:38 PM (Fi81e)

301 @300/Axeman: Yeah, I know, beef prices are painful right now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 06:39 PM (O7YUW)

302 But on the bright side of Dem economics, Mamdani today announced his plan to have five government owned stores with prices at 30%off. Government will subsidize the rest.
This should be fun to watch, especially when the yutes start shoplifting
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (BlDDt)

Idiot - "government" is funded by taxpayers. So taxpayers will be paying the same amount (in truth, probably more) for groceries in the end.

And FIVE grocery stores? For all of NYC? Yep, they're gonna get socialism good and hard...

Oh, and Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 27, 2026 06:39 PM (SRRAx)

303 I do think one reason food prices have exploded is Milennials and younger basically have zero domestic skills. They don't cook anything. They DoorDash everything. The stereotypes are largely true.

It's like restaurants know they have a captive audience.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 27, 2026 06:36 PM (zUEQI)

Things like that work until they don't. Its like all those Companies who decided to build factories in China and give them access to their IP. It just gave the idiots who started it time to retire before it blew up in their faces.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:39 PM (uhVAy)

304 A woman CEO is going to take the helm short term at Gibson Guitars until a permanent CEO comes in. I can't wait to see what damage she does. The last dude did amazing things, and the smart move is continue what he did, but you know the deal.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 06:39 PM (S41Gd)

305 es have exploded is Milennials and younger basically have zero domestic skills. They don't cook anything. They DoorDash everything.

===

When I looks at the DoorDashers delivering the food, I get disgusted.

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 06:40 PM (GD0B3)

306 >>pretty sure "our tax dollars" are involved somewhere along the line ...

Under Biden HUD was giving illegals mortgages.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 06:40 PM (viF8m)

307 You all know about the beef prices, yes? Sort of like the cup sizes thing, only not really.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:40 PM (Gqar8)

308 *I look

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 06:40 PM (GD0B3)

309 One day I hope to live in a place where they have Cracker Barrel. Or Waffle House. Or Golden Corral.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 06:40 PM (JvZF+)

310 Woke: “You can’t define what it is, so we’re going to tell you what it will be”; constant ‘problematization’; an insistence on telling us things that are obviously false (imposing a view of reality); insisting “that word” isn’t “even a word”; “being aware of what you can’t see” / “awakened to the truth”; WE are going to tell YOU what reality is; ‘problematizing’ and command and control of language.

In short: Control. You mean nothing to them.
Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 06:35 PM (ayRl+)

It's a religion except God is replaced by the state.

Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:40 PM (QQJja)

311
That prompted me to wonder when then gyrocompass was first invented. Around 1885, but it wasn't really until WWI they became usable.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 06:40 PM (w6EFb)

312 >>I know salesmen don't tell the truth.

Sometimes I do just to keep people guessing.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 06:41 PM (viF8m)

313

Cracker Barrel bought the Maple Street Biscuit Company chain for $36 million in cash in 2019, with then-President and CEO saying they had “long admired Maple Street Biscuit Company with its emphasis on made-from-scratch food and hospitality.” The breakfast-and-lunch-focused brand opened its first location in 2012 and would have restaurants in 10 states within a decade.

There are now more than 30 locations listed on Maple Street Biscuit Company’s website.

However, those locations have now been acquired by Biscuit Belly following Cracker Barrel’s divestiture.

“Acquiring an iconic brand like Maple Street, one of the original gourmet biscuit sandwich concepts, was not on my 2026 bingo card,” Chad Coulter, co-founder and CEO of Biscuit Belly, said in a press release.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Cqx++)

314 This is the flip side of the argument for meritocracy that no one thinks about. --

If you promote someone for reasons other than merit, not only are you devaluing merit, but you are overvaluing whatever they have that got them promoted.

So instead of a CEO that knows how to maximize sales, or manage a team, or meet a schedule, you get a CEO that knows how to "advance women's causes" or some nonsense. Bravo, you killed the company.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 06:41 PM (v8XRi)

315 until the day he figured out how to honk the horn.
Posted by: anachronda

LOLOLOL
Typical poodle

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 06:42 PM (13VxP)

316 Assuming it was her decision to move in a new direction. You never know with corporations, though. The Board and/or investors may have decided they wanted to move in a new direction and then hired this woman to do exactly that. She was hired in Aug 2023. It took her a year to roll out the rebrand.

Again, maybe it was all her idea to thumb her nose at their traditions. But, I would not be surprised if she is just the public face of what the corporate dweebs wanted to do.
Posted by: No Name Today at July 27, 2026 06:37 PM (8mulE)

I'm sure it was pretty mutual. They hired someone to run the place in a new direction, and they swallowed her story because they are almost as dumb as she was. Once the debacle started it was time to start covering up until that was impossible. A common story.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:42 PM (uhVAy)

317 One day I hope to live in a place where they have Cracker Barrel. Or Waffle House. Or Golden Corral.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Can't beat Waffle House.

Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2026 06:42 PM (lJ0H4)

318 Never entrust a multimillion dollar brand to a woman who looks like Marie Harf.

Posted by: logorof at July 27, 2026 06:42 PM (jo6FO)

319 Never hear much about Denny’s anymore.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:42 PM (Gqar8)

320 Other than pizza, Chinese, and one deli around here that delivers, I can count on one hand how many times Uber or DoorDash has delivered here.

I’d rather drive to the place and pick it up after ordering it on their app than wait for an hour or more and pay $15 or $20 for a delivery.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 06:43 PM (6ydKt)

321 #314 is $100/hr business consultant type shit. I should get paid more for my comments.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 06:43 PM (v8XRi)

322 So instead of a CEO that knows how to maximize sales, or manage a team, or meet a schedule, you get a CEO that knows how to "advance women's causes" or some nonsense. Bravo, you killed the company.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 06:41 PM (v8XRi)
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A virus infects the body and then gets the body to produce what it wants, not what is good for the body.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:43 PM (Fi81e)

323 There used to be a chain here in the early '80s called Sister's Biscuits. Pretty good stuff as I recall. Don't know what happened to them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:43 PM (wzUl9)

324 It's a religion except God is replaced by the state.
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:40 PM (QQJja)

like all leftisms, you just fill in the blanks for "things we like" "things we hate" and "Who is to blame" differently.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:44 PM (uhVAy)

325 Can't beat Waffle House.

Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2026 06:42 PM (lJ0H4)
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You don't beat Waffle House.

Waffle House beats you.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

326 Tuna

Waffle House cooking is entertainment, art appreciation, and comfort food all at once.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 06:44 PM (u82oZ)

327 SanFranpsycho, we have 2 Waffle Houses. Come visit.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 06:45 PM (abScH)

328 Part of me wonders if the "bring in a CEO that tries 'fundamental transformation' that really pisses off the customers" is intentional, and the board knows it's temporary.

Love or hate isn't what kills your brand, apathy is. You've got a slow downward slide of sales, the adverts aren't working, so you try something drastic.

Bring in a new CEO, let them make drastic changes. If people love it, you win. Stop there.

If people hate it, you bring in another CEO to fix it, and people love you again.

Important part: You made people care again. You stopped the slow downward apathetic slide.

Maybe I'm just cynical.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 06:45 PM (O7YUW)

329 325 Can't beat Waffle House.

Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2026 06:42 PM (lJ0H4)
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You don't beat Waffle House.

Waffle House beats you.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

Heh heh.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:45 PM (Gqar8)

330 My sons are Millennials - I think (looks at chart). Yes. But both know how to cook. Younger son is kind of a foodie snob, TBH.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 06:45 PM (0aYVJ)

331 those who had undergone surgery exhibited a significantly increased suicide risk, with rates nearly 19.1 times higher than their matched controls.
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They were pschologically unbalanced before the operations, although the consequences of the surgery undoubtedly exacerbated things.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 27, 2026 06:45 PM (XeU6L)

332 I miss Waffle House so much.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 06:45 PM (O7YUW)

333 Seattle cops say cameras didn't capture mass shooting at food festival ... just weeks after the new mayor said she was turning off cameras to thwart ICE

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 06:46 PM (ubbnW)

334 Waffle House is pretty decent.
Just pick the right tine to go.

Around noon on Sunday is packed after church.
And avoid them on early Saturday mornings after the bars close.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 06:46 PM (6ydKt)

335 Never hear much about Denny’s anymore.
Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026

***
I think we still have one left here. Most locations have been taken over by IHOP.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:46 PM (wzUl9)

336 Never hear much about Denny’s anymore.
Posted by: tubal
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Sambo's?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 27, 2026 06:47 PM (XeU6L)

337 In short: Control. You mean nothing to them.
Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 06:35 PM (ayRl+)

It's a religion except God is replaced by the state.
Posted by: Robert at July 27, 2026 06:40 PM (QQJja)
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This describes "Critical Theory". The idea is that nobody can see the future, but bitching about everything we don't like will help shape it into something we will like.

And only the most unsatisfied people are credible enough to bitch about stuff and guide this progress.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:47 PM (Fi81e)

338 Important part: You made people care again. You stopped the slow downward apathetic slide.

Maybe I'm just cynical.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 06:45 PM (O7YUW)

the ones that hate the change never go back. They are lost for good, most of them. And CB didn't have a problem with apathy by customers, just indifference by the board and ownership.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:47 PM (uhVAy)

339 Have eaten at a First Watch a few times. Godd breakfast. They are really proud of their food though.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:47 PM (Gqar8)

340 There are times to visit Waffle House, and times to avoid.

Mid morning. Church folks. Good people, good conversation. Maybe a few folks nursing hangovers. But, placid.

Closing time at the bars: a hard no-go.

I really do like the food.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 27, 2026 06:48 PM (0aYVJ)

341 Pug Mahon, both of my millenial kids have turned into foodies. They're good cooks, and adventurous, and like quality food. They've come a long way from nachos and ramen.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 27, 2026 06:48 PM (zYpTz)

342 Never hear much about Denny’s anymore.
Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026
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The appropriate amount, IMO.

If I want breakfast, I much prefer Anna's House. (Or Bob Evans)

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:48 PM (Fi81e)

343 Seattle cops say cameras didn't capture mass shooting at food festival ... just weeks after the new mayor said she was turning off cameras to thwart ICE
Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 06:46 PM (ubbnW)

They know who did it. If it were a bunch of skinheads or MAGA types, they'd tell you in a nanosecond.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:49 PM (uhVAy)

344 IHOP did that whole stupid "acshually we're a hamburger place now, pancakes? never heard of them". And then the ceo had to come out and say it was just a little joke, teeheehee. They lost big sales for a while. I wonder if he kept his job.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 06:49 PM (3uBP9)

345
We live in very rural Wyoming. The only chain restaurant is Subway and it sucks.

For some reason we have a chinese restaurant and it is awesome. We lived many places in the US. Hands down the chinese restaurant here is the best. Go figure, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 06:49 PM (/QHx4)

346 nood

little gimp

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 06:49 PM (3uBP9)

347 The Japanese FIFA fan's comments on Waffle House were insightful and very funny.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 06:49 PM (u82oZ)

348 Nood. Fauci.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 06:50 PM (ExV1e)

349 nood fauci

Posted by: Gref at July 27, 2026 06:50 PM (5rh/l)

350 Bob Evans. Really like their Home Style mashed potatoes I get in the meat section of my grocery store. They have, get this, real potatoes and butter in them.

Posted by: tubal at July 27, 2026 06:50 PM (Gqar8)

351 Better yet, put women in charge of everything! Nothing works better than a matriarchal society. Just look at the "black yute" subculture. And Africa.

/s

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 27, 2026 06:50 PM (U4hpE)

352 like all leftisms, you just fill in the blanks for "things we like" "things we hate" and "Who is to blame" differently.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:44 PM (uhVAy)
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And the people who spurn "hierarchy" do not think all blame and hate is equal.

If you don't have the decency to hate everything about the past, then there is no reason to listen to you.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:51 PM (Fi81e)

353
Sambo's?
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Gone due to woke uproar.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 06:51 PM (NnhvP)

354 Make NY City into the poor house and in debt

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 06:51 PM (Ia/+0)

355 IHOP did that whole stupid "acshually we're a hamburger place now, pancakes? never heard of them". And then the ceo had to come out and say it was just a little joke, teeheehee. They lost big sales for a while. I wonder if he kept his job.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 27, 2026 06:49 PM (3uBP9)
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It was a month-long promotion of their burgers.

It was a gimmick.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:52 PM (Fi81e)

356 those who had undergone surgery exhibited a significantly increased suicide risk, with rates nearly 19.1 times higher than their matched controls.
------
They were pschologically unbalanced before the operations, although the consequences of the surgery undoubtedly exacerbated things.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 27, 2026 06:45 PM (XeU6L)

the numbers I heard was the suicide rates for before and after subjects was virtually the same (those who backed out and those who did not). But both these were people with dysphoria. I can buy that their control group contains more normal people thus the spike in rates.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:52 PM (uhVAy)

357 325 You don't beat Waffle House.

Waffle House beats you.

could chuck norris be a waffle house?

Posted by: conundra at July 27, 2026 06:52 PM (sGtp+)

358 And the people who spurn "hierarchy" do not think all blame and hate is equal.

If you don't have the decency to hate everything about the past, then there is no reason to listen to you.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:51 PM (Fi81e)

They know all about Hierarchy. They need to listen to their bosses every moment to know what to believe for the rest of their day.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:54 PM (uhVAy)

359 It was a month-long promotion of their burgers.

It was a gimmick.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 06:52 PM (Fi81e)

They shut down the one place they had in my town. I didn't go there often but I do miss them when I get the occasional urge for pancakes.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 27, 2026 06:54 PM (U4hpE)

360
Saw "The Odyssey".

I can now see why people like it and hate it.

First,the Like: Very well-made movie. Some great acting. Excellent direction for the set pieces. Clear theme throughout. If you know nothing of "The Odyssey", this is a movie you can enjoy and won't be bored in.

The Hate: The Greeks were basically a shame society. We live in a guilt society. Nolan made a movie for a guilt society.

In a "guilt movie", the hero has to feel guilt over something. In this case, Odysseus feels guilt over his triumph, the Trojan Horse and the Fall of Troy, which totally inverts the story. If this sounds like Ancient Greek Oppenheimer, it is.

I believe Nolan even sneaks in an atomic destruction reference from "The Planet of the Apes"(!) with the Trojan Horse looking more like it was abandoned than left as a gift, half-buried in sand and tilted at the same angle as the Statue of Liberty in TPoTA.

Every triumph or escape from the dangers of that Odysseus and his men encounter is just another chance to portray Odysseus and his men as venal, violent a-holes. This accounts for the flatness of the movie.
(con't)

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 06:54 PM (iJfKG)

361 @ 304 A woman CEO is going to take the helm short term at Gibson Guitars until a permanent CEO comes in. I can't wait to see what damage she does. The last dude did amazing things, and the smart move is continue what he did, but you know the deal.
____________________________

Ho. Lee. Shit. Pop a quarter in the jukebox and press A-23 so we can listen to 'Another One Bites The Dust' … Gibson used to be good. Shit changes, huh … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 06:58 PM (ayRl+)

362 Oh! An empty comment section!

Oh wait, since opening the page I walked a mile, got the mail, and did a little weeding.

But never mind all that. FIRST!!!

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 07:00 PM (Sy6m/)

363 @362/SciVo: Don't be treadin' on Sponge's toes now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 07:03 PM (O7YUW)

364 (con't)

Circe pretty much lays it all out in her sequence. And when after Odysseus begging her to return his men. She brings them back form pigs by saying"Return to your disguise. Return to your disguise."

See? they aren't men or brave soldiers in reality, Odysseus and his men are merely pigs in disguise.
This is the inheritance of Nolan using the feminist translation. At some point, we always get the angry feminist view of things from some woman. Again this undercuts the movie and story.

Penelope even complains about the "glass-ceiling" in Greek society that won't allow her to rule as Queen. In a really nice bit of dialogue, she says "I have sat on an empty throne for 20 years." That says it all and much more, buuuuut then she goes on to junk up the clean declaration with a bunch of feminist gobbledygook. Sad.

This even explains the odd casting of "Elliot Page". it's weird trannie looks tend inevitable toward the feminine, and when in hell Odysseus gets a berating from Ol' Elli about his lies that sounds remarkably like a girl's complaint delivered by an oddly feminine looking "boy".

Nolan made the Odyssey guilt trip. He skinned it of meaning a wears it inside out.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 07:10 PM (iJfKG)

365 @360 and 364/naturalfake: Thank you very much. I now know I am missing nothing by avoiding this movie.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 07:13 PM (O7YUW)

366 They are putting new sod on my lawn that they had previously killed
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In July?? Where do you live Zone wise? Kentucky Bluegrass?

I’m rusty at this stuff, but you’ll need a metric ocean of water to keep it from dying. Fall is the best time to plant bluegrass, for example. Lawn and Garden shops would be foolish to not sell grass seed in the Spring, but it’s the worst time to try and grow it.

Establishing Sod is probably very similar.

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 07:36 PM (Pnh8M)

In the Wake of the Latest Muslim Mass-Casualty Attack, Leftists and the Media (But I Repeat Myself) Scramble to Blame "Masculinity," "White Men," "Christians" and of course the Car

This is a cult. A cult that justifies mass murder, even of its own fellow cultists.

LGBTQ+ activist speaks at a vigil in Berlin a day after the Islamist car-ramming attack against the Berlin Gay Pride Parade:

�I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person� pic.twitter.com/RlNMDERjFD
— Visegr�d 24 (@visegrad24) July 26, 2026

OMG. Liberal women are blaming �white men� for the Islamic extremist who ran over people at an LGBTQ parade in Berlin.

�You�re not going to scapegoat the Muslim community like they�re the violent ones, when it�s actually you (white men).�

Can�t make this sht up. 💀💀 pic.twitter.com/0nbsKYgqys
— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) July 26, 2026

"People are trying to divide our society and set some people against others. As the CSD in Berlin, we will not allow this."

The organisers of Berlin Pride say yesterday's attack must not be used "for political ends".

Latest: https://t.co/1S1CaCFVtz

📺 Sky 501 and Virgin 602 pic.twitter.com/41qBdUbRoL
— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 26, 2026

Did they arrest the car or did it get away? https://t.co/4Tl1VyDoXY
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) July 27, 2026

Some people did some things.

As the "pride" lot excuse the Berlin terrorist as "not to spread hate"

Muslim in Germany:

�I�ve been here for three years and I hate everyone. This is a country of infidels.

...I don�t care that they accepted me as refugee....
pic.twitter.com/gy4843zDLx
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) July 26, 2026

I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸
@ImMeme0
Jul 26
The writing has been on the wall for a long time, yet leftists still refuse to see it!
Gay American in Berlin says that, after Islamists plowed a van into Pride parade-goers, he would have expected an attack like this to happen in the United States rather than in Germany.
REALITY CHECK!
In the past 5 years, with the U.S. population roughly 4 times larger than Germany's:
🇩🇪 Germany (pop. ~84.7M)
Islamist attacks: 8--10
Killed: 15--18
Injured: 70--90
🇺🇸 United States (pop. ~344M)
Islamist attacks: 5--8
Killed: 3--6
Injured: 15--30
This is what happens when you open your borders to radical Islamists who hate the West.
Again and again they prove Islam is incompatible with Western culture and values. Yet somehow it's always the fault of white Christian men.

The writing has been on the wall for a long time, yet leftists still refuse to see it!

Gay American in Berlin says that, after Islamists plowed a van into Pride parade-goers, he would have expected an attack like this to happen in the United States rather than in Germany.� https://t.co/KDip2pNcxc pic.twitter.com/vX6IaDMdRD
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) July 26, 2026

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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 04:44 PM (N1DT3)

2 It's always something other than the ruling class's fault.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 04:44 PM (N1DT3)

3 But ESPECIALLY not their imported new underclass.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 04:45 PM (N1DT3)

4 I guess I better nood.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 04:45 PM (N1DT3)

5 "Masculinity,"

How can they claim masculinity? The dude can't even raise a beard.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2026 04:45 PM (0N4FZ)

6 At this point one can only believe that they deserve what they get.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 04:45 PM (YwEeS)

7 The left is so adept at doublethink, I honestly am amazed.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 04:46 PM (N1DT3)

8 I could have been first but I didn't want to get banned.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 04:46 PM (MWfyi)

9 Heh heh. White christian men. They STILL don't know it's us.

Posted by: Subterranean Lizard People at July 27, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)

10 Even the evidence of their OWN BLOOD FLOWING is not enough for most of these lemmings.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 04:46 PM (N1DT3)

11 Septum ring theory is on more solid ground than the theory of relativity at this point.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 04:46 PM (2ocoG)

12 I coulda been a contenda (for first)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 27, 2026 04:47 PM (QGaXH)

13 We need to take a look at the ingredients of pink hair dye. It obviously seeps into the brain and causes mass stupidity.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 04:47 PM (PRqXW)

14 REAL STUPIDITY HAS NEVER EVEN BEEN TRIED!!

Posted by: Sid-Lite at July 27, 2026 04:47 PM (Fi81e)

15 I blame the gays.
Dressed like that.
He couldn't help himself.

Again, the CBC was remarkably truthful. I was shocked.

And after seeing so many zombie movies, that must have been some vehicle to injure high 20's number of people.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 04:47 PM (Sco7b)

16 The problem is masculinity!

I agree lady, you took away the balls from most German men, so now you have no masculinity.

The Muslims are just picking up the slack.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydKt)

17 These people are parodies of themselves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (zZu0s)

18 Refusing to see and refusing to acknowledge are two very different things.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (vE0+H)

19 Almost looks like Steven Crowder playing a radical.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)

20 Looks like he plucks his unibrow.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (UjdFS)

21 Gay American in Berlin says that, after Islamists plowed a van into Pride parade-goers, he would have expected an attack like this to happen in the United States rather than in Germany

==

Maybe, just maybe it is because there is always a small thought in the back of perp's mind, getting shot dead by a civilian before he gets to perpetrate his act of terror.

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (GD0B3)

22 "We as a society have failed"

We? I don't have anything to do with your dumbassery. Your society, yeah ok.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (MWfyi)

23 The he needed help with reintegration girl - was she aware of his experience being reintegrated multiple times?

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (PRqXW)

24 I wonder if it would be uncharitable to hope that the full consequences of their public statements land on them, and only them.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (vJrRc)

25 Get yer Burka on, Bitch!

I knew these stupid fucking wenches would start converting to Islam 20 years ago. Watch for the Hollywood harridans to get the ball rolling in earnest.

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (Eo+Kz)

26 I don't even want to look at videos by people blaming white men for attacks by Islamists and particularly those by women with pink hair and nose rings. Nose rings are just repellent and don't seem like a very safe bit of jewelry to wear anyway.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (xPsv8)

27 I actually laughed out loud at "seminars on critical masculinity".

He looks like somebody that could write a PhD level paper on it, right lady?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:49 PM (n5tGW)

28 He's now the best kind of jihadist-DEAD!

Posted by: Hassen Ben Sober at July 27, 2026 04:49 PM (JM9I6)

29 These people are parodies of themselves.

If you ever wondered how anyone could have been so blind as not to see what was happening in the USSR, wonder no more. It turns out Stalin DID know. Shocking, I know.

There is a fraction of the population who prefer their alternative reality to...errr...real reality.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 04:50 PM (Riz8t)

30 11 Septum ring theory is on more solid ground than the theory of relativity at this point.

it's funny because we all have relatives with septum rings

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 04:50 PM (sGtp+)

31 Germany is fucked.

I have mixed feelings about this.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 27, 2026 04:50 PM (xcxpd)

32 Can't ya just hear 'em at 'evening mouthnoise' and the other 4 times a day they 'get down!' … "But he was a GOOD boy! He didn't deserve this!" … Really? Look, asshole, neither did his victims. Now G. F. Y. … really. No sheep allowed.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 04:50 PM (ayRl+)

33 Now I WILL admit this is the fault of white men... and white women who hate their own countrymen and purposely imported a new populace to displace them.

(I suppose I need to state that this isn't a veiled "TEH JOOOOSSS!!!" reference. I'm meaning the ruling class.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 04:50 PM (N1DT3)

34 Even the evidence of their OWN BLOOD FLOWING is not enough for most of these lemmings.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 04:46 PM (N1DT3)

I kind of wonder if leftists are not made into narcissists by their ideology (or they were before becoming one and it attracted the.) People are objects, nothing more than props in their own one man/woman/dragonkin show.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)

35 I appreciate when the females go with the unnatural hair color and the blatant tackle box face.
It's very courteous of them to self-identify so the normies can easily know who to avoid.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 04:50 PM (2Ez/1)

36 That pink haired girl looks like she has snot dripping out of her nose.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 04:51 PM (jTgrB)

37 So lets see - Islamic murderers are on TOP of Trans and LGBT and children on their totem pole. How unsurprising

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 04:51 PM (uhVAy)

38 What? No concerns about anti-Muslim backlash?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 27, 2026 04:51 PM (DbmIv)

39 If we had more males like Pete Buttplug (Not Alpha, Not Beta, but Gamma male) and not Trump then this world would be............

Ehhhhh .................. Ehhhhhhhhhhhh ............ Ehhhhhhh

I got it ... A Kinder, Gentler, Gayer Place and the Radical Ragheads would love us too !!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 27, 2026 04:51 PM (5+jvJ)

40 Watch for the Hollywood harridans to get the ball rolling in earnest.

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (Eo+Kz)

Elliot Page seems open to new ideas.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 04:52 PM (6ydKt)

41 Clara Fullmich-Phister starts by saying

I'm speechless.

Then immediately begins a dissertation.
Isn't it ironic, don't you think
(yes I'm pulling it forward cuz we could do this all day)

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 27, 2026 04:52 PM (zafwz)

42 She uses the phrase "critical masculinity".

I do not think it means what she thinks it means.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:52 PM (0sNs1)

43 must have been some real hard core mosque to be radicalized by the time he is 21 to commit an act of terror in Berlin

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:53 PM (GD0B3)

44 This is a cult.

Were you intending for this link to be to an article about Fauci?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 04:53 PM (ExV1e)

45 38 What? No concerns about anti-Muslim backlash?
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 27, 2026 04:51 PM (DbmIv)

That's actually a very good point. Sorry to sound surprised.

It wasn't you it's just that we haven't really heard about a lot of concerns over anti-Muslim backlash for a while.

For years, the 'religion of peace' shit speech was the first go-to.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 04:53 PM (Sco7b)

46 And this is why I didn't give a shit when the news broke. Blame me, my skin color or my political affiliation?

Don't care. You were going to do it anyways.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 27, 2026 04:53 PM (pE12i)

47 @ 36 That pink haired girl looks like she has snot dripping out of her nose.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 04:51 PM (jTgrB)
__________________________

When she picks her nose, how does she slip the boogers past the nasal rings … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 04:53 PM (ayRl+)

48 No need to watch the Dutch movie “Speak No Evil”, just watch the news in Europe and it’s the same concept, “Because you let me.”

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 27, 2026 04:53 PM (yoDMB)

49 Keep it up, Germany. The AfD political party is currently neutered by coalition voting in parliament. But, AfD continues to grow every single day. Some parts of the eastern region of Germany are up over 40% approval. Overall, AfD has overtaken every single other political party. Eventually, with nonsense like "Abdul should have had free aversion therapy", the AfD majority is going to hold a super majority, and then the shit is going to hit the proverbial fan.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske)

50 “I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person”

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Heil that.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (Fi81e)

51 He's been known to authorities. What a shocker!

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (GD0B3)

52 41 Clara Fullmich-Phister starts by saying

I'm speechless.

Then immediately begins a dissertation.
Isn't it ironic, don't you think

my late, lamented friend the logic professor would occasionally say "it goes without saying that." he never told us what went without saying, because then it would not have bone without saying.

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (sGtp+)

53 I see zero evidence Islam, or these idiotic, braindead leftists can ever be fixed. It's astonishing, tbh.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (qBdHI)

54 I'm still fairly certain we'll be fighting the Islamists before we're forced to deal with the Socialists/Communists.

Of those three social cancers, the Muslims are most virulent/aggressive.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (jehhT)

55 You get what you ask for, Germany and lesbos and queers! Keep it up! The war between queers and barbarians...who do they think will win? Germany does not have a nuke, which is a bright sliver of hope.

The one girl (I presume her gender) with the septum nose ring: it's a jingle booger one!

Why? Why do they wear these nose rings? I can almost, in 2026, not freak with the nostril piercing of a tiny diamond or gold ring. But the septum nose rings disturb me. All of them make me question how do they blow their nose? With a sinus infection and you blow does snot squirt out the extra hole like a whale? Tres attractive.

Eyebrow piercings litterally give me a nanosecond headache.

The earhole I have figured out what happens if you take out the tusk or plug: your earlobe folds over. I know this from a nightmare Thanksgiving dinner with the in-laws. It was hideous. And to distract you he put large zirconium piercings above this horror. It's either that or plastic surgery. I nearly died that night and informed my dude I would never go again.

The tattoo arms or "sleeves" is beyond me as how will you know if you have melanoma?

Then I give up and move on to other things.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (hzuYO)

56 I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person

Because I hate white Christians more than the people who will murder me. -- LGBTQ+ activist

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (ExV1e)

57 Not to worry, even though they may be radical Islamist murderers, the police will classify them as “white”

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (ubbnW)

58 If we had more males like Pete Buttplug (Not Alpha, Not Beta, but Gamma male) and not Trump then this world would be............
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 27, 2026 04:51 PM

There's a reason Mr. Buttigieg was not included in the 2024 definition of Modern Masculinity.

Posted by: Mr. Emhoff, Mr. Walz, and Mr. Hogg at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (0sNs1)

59 BTW, the first crazy chick has a nice body for a leftist.

Anger might burn a lot of calories.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 04:55 PM (Sco7b)

60 “I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person”
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Because if you're going to have a slaughter, you prefer the kind you can make political hay out of against your civil enemies who did not do this!!

Of course.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:55 PM (Fi81e)

61 The black clad mayor and entourage look like the Lebowski nihilists. Especially the sourpuss chick on the left.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 04:55 PM (XvL8K)

62 I am indifferent. The casualties will need to increase ten fold to garner my attention. The German's voted for this.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (4NO2D)

63 My first encounter with a muslim terrorist was a dude named Ali from Iran. He slept in a carport and would steal everything he could get his hands on. Salt of the earth kind of guy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (3oLiU)

64
What's the use of wasting human lives if you can't make political points out of it!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (Fi81e)

65 I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person

Because I hate white Christians more than the people who will murder me. -- LGBTQ+ activist
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (ExV1e)

It is a very odd statement.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (zZu0s)

66 Does pink-haired girl have a piece of gum in her mouth or is that some other aberrant form of tackle box face?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (2Ez/1)

67
We need to take a look at the ingredients of pink hair dye. It obviously seeps into the brain and causes mass stupidity.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 04:47 PM (PRqXW)

It's a well-known scientific fact that the nervus idioticus runs through the nasal septum.

Septum rings cause constant irritation and thus constant stimulation from the nervus idioticus to the frontal lobe of the brain creating massive functional retardation.

It's science, people!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (iJfKG)

68 Marion Robert Morrison was correct when he said.......

"Life is hard. It’s harder when you’re stupid."

But on the positive side these clowns that chose to be STUPID and are a Target Rich Scamming Environmentt on the Internet!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (5+jvJ)

69 Unfortunately, AfD is being prevented from even having candidates on the ballot.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:57 PM (n5tGW)

70 35 I appreciate when the females go with the unnatural hair color and the blatant tackle box face.
It's very courteous of them to self-identify so the normies can easily know who to avoid.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 04:50 PM (2Ez/1)

Same

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 27, 2026 04:57 PM (xcxpd)

71 "You're not going to scapegoat the Muslim community, like they're the violent ones, when it's actually you (white men)"

Bitch, I only wish that "white men" were the murderous, omnipresent demons of your perfervid, brainwashed, cosplaying fantasies.

There are far too many people in this world who need to face the brutal, deadly reality of the regimes and religion they so passionately defend.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 04:57 PM (qRla/)

72 The pink haired nitwit reminds me of the meme that in nature brightly colored animals are that way to indicate poison or danger. In humans it's evidence of stupid to the point of brain damage

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 04:58 PM (BlDDt)

73 The black clad mayor and entourage look like the Lebowski nihilists. Especially the sourpuss chick on the left.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 04:55 PM

Lower than National Socialists, in Mr. Sobchak's opinion.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:58 PM (0sNs1)

74 Why do they wear these nose rings?

They're waiting for a real man to come up and attach a lead.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 04:58 PM (ExV1e)

75 We need to take a look at the ingredients of pink hair dye. It obviously seeps into the brain and causes mass stupidity.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 04:47 PM (PRqXW)

It's a well-known scientific fact that the nervus idioticus runs through the nasal septum.

Septum rings cause constant irritation and thus constant stimulation from the nervus idioticus to the frontal lobe of the brain creating massive functional retardation.

It's science, people!

It's actually a mini-antenna, picking up signals from Zorg-Blutar III, which has three suns. Those guys REALLY don't like us. Appar

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t)

76 Here's the thing:

What do progressives do when their expectations don't match what really happened/happens?!

2 things:

1. Jack
2. Shit

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e)

77 The worst part of this entire disaster is that this kid was born in Germany to a Lebanese mother, at some point he got radicalized and went to Lebanon to hang out with terrorists.

So the German government has him arrested in Lebanon and extradited back to Germany where they convict him for terrorist plotting and then sentence him to time served in detention plus 26 sessions of "Anti-Radicalization" education of which he took two sessions and then decided to ram a van into a crowd of people and then stabbing them with a machete.

Geniuses all the way around on this one.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

78 Nothing to do here I guess. One cult is hellbent on allowing the other cult to kill them.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:59 PM (n5tGW)

79 Salaam, fellow Canadians!

Posted by: Ismail Abrahimzada at July 27, 2026 05:00 PM (gKWVE)

80 Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (iJfKG)
_________________________

Each time you see someone sporting a ring in their nose, ask them very politely "who are you subservient to"?

(disclaimer: you may have to take a few seconds to explain the meaning of "subservient". I've found that anything over 3 syllables with these folks requires a primer).

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:00 PM (dIske)

81 Hassan CHOP !!!

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 05:00 PM (ubbnW)

82 Brendan O'Neill in the Spectator gets it: Why we should politicize the Berlin attack.

https://tinyurl.com/y2e3emh2

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 05:00 PM (kX27y)

83 it's funny because we all have relatives with septum rings
Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 04:50 PM (sGtp+)

As far as I know, I have zero! I have a few really liberal relatives, but none are that far gone.

Posted by: WEF and Davos crowd at July 27, 2026 05:00 PM (KFbdf)

84 When I grew up in rural PA the only creatures with a Septum Ring were Cows.........

Tells you a lot about a person that puts themselves on the same level as a "Bovine"....

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 27, 2026 05:01 PM (5+jvJ)

85 "my beautiful Berlin"

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Point of order, Karen von Weinbachs: Berlin is not a beautiful city. It's not even pretty. Most of it is indistinguishable from the unremarkable postwar urban sprawl you see in the Western US, and much of the rest still looks like a Soviet dump.

Let's not try to church things up too much when we're spraying retarded emotional diarrhea all over the place, shall we?

PS, it's an ugly city modern city like that precisely because of actual toxic masculinity. Learn the difference, dummy.

Posted by: Whale Biologist at July 27, 2026 05:01 PM (rRwe3)

86 Here's the thing:

What do progressives do when their expectations don't match what really happened/happens?!

2 things:

1. Jack
2. Shit
Posted by: Axeman

3. Lie
4. Blame others
5. Lie more.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 05:02 PM (BAWkL)

87 ZOMBEAVERS!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 05:02 PM (ELT5/)

88 Because I hate white Christians more than the people who will murder me. -- LGBTQ+ activist

That's why there's no point engaging, arguing or trying to convince these people to see the reality before their eyes. It is utterly futile.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 27, 2026 05:02 PM (GAVlX)

89 he never told us what went without saying, because then it would not have bone without saying.
Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 04:54 PM (sGtp+)

that's how you do it.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 27, 2026 05:02 PM (zafwz)

90 I hear this all the time. "I would expect [X that didn't happen]"

Would ya?!!

Would ya?!!

If you would expect something to happen that didn't happen, YOU owe YOURSELF some homework on that opinion.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:02 PM (Fi81e)

91 I actually believe that the muzzies could kill all the gays and trannies and white women would still blame conservatives. They'd have no clue that they are next

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 05:02 PM (BlDDt)

92 Their slow motion suicide is nothing if not boring at this point. It's an even slower telling of Game of Thrones without the boobs and dragons.

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 27, 2026 05:02 PM (w1Bba)

93 he would have expected an attack like this to happen in the United States rather than in Germany.

Delusional to the end of their lives.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 05:03 PM (NnhvP)

94 66 Does pink-haired girl have a piece of gum in her mouth or is that some other aberrant form of tackle box face?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (2Ez/1)
*******************
This, sir, is perfection.

If they start wearing little feathered lures we will know this is a hook to capture your heart. Or a lesbo heart.

Who knows? I had not thought it being a sexual signal for mating.

I'm patiently waiting for the platter lips of my childhood spent with National Geographic magazines to catch on. And, yes, my cousins used to read them for boobs at my grandmother's house.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 05:03 PM (hzuYO)

95 "... when we're spraying retarded emotional diarrhea all over the place..."

Posted by: Whale Biologist at July 27, 2026 05:01 PM

Is this about lettuce?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 05:03 PM (2Ez/1)

96 84 When I grew up in rural PA the only creatures with a Septum Ring were Cows.........

Tells you a lot about a person that puts themselves on the same level as a "Bovine"....

I disagree because some of these things with a nose ring have an "ASS as BIG as a COW" !!!!!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 27, 2026 05:03 PM (38587)

97 To the left, Islamic Supremacists share their desire to destroy Western civilization and are therefore their natural allies. They believe this mostly because they are retarded.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 05:03 PM (EoANm)

98 69 Unfortunately, AfD is being prevented from even having candidates on the ballot.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:57 PM (n5tGW)
______________________

I've not seen anything like that. There are a bunch of politicians trying to get the party banned through the Constitutional court, but they haven't been barred from elections.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:04 PM (dIske)

99 95 "... when we're spraying retarded emotional diarrhea all over the place..."

Posted by: Whale Biologist at July 27, 2026 05:01 PM

Is this about lettuce?

lettuce spray...

Posted by: the new cult invocation at July 27, 2026 05:04 PM (sGtp+)

100
They are EVIL.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 05:04 PM (/QHx4)

101 That's correct Axeman, they wanted a white Christian man to do it because then they could do the thing they are saying we shouldn't do.

But their comeuppance will appear in not too many more years when the pink hairs are sex slaves to the muzzies.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:04 PM (n5tGW)

102 I actually believe that the muzzies could kill all the gays and trannies and white women would still blame conservatives. They'd have no clue that they are next
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 05:02 PM (BlDDt)

We could offer up the prog "chicks" as tribute to stay on their side of the ocean, but I bet they'd figure out we were only sending the uggos pretty quick...

Posted by: Simple Truths at July 27, 2026 05:05 PM (w1Bba)

103 This man bought a Connecticut home at a foreclosure auction and when he got there he found three dead bodies inside

And when Marchion entered for the first time — after placing a winning $525,000 bid for the $650,000-valued home — he found three dead bodies inside ...

The skeletal remains, for the two bodies that have been identified, are those of Sally Anne Cash, who would have turned 54 on Monday, and her son Brian, who would have turned 23 this month. The third body remains under DNA testing for identification; Cash bought the Cape Cod-style residence in 2019 with her husband, Paul.

https://tinyurl.com/y8b6dab2

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Well, I guess we know why they fell behind on their mortgage.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 05:05 PM (ndZc7)

104 Overall, AfD has overtaken every single other political party. Eventually, with nonsense like "Abdul should have had free aversion therapy", the AfD majority is going to hold a super majority, and then the shit is going to hit the proverbial fan.

After the war, Goering predicted that, in 50 years' time, there would be small statues of him in every house in Germany, meaning (I think) that the anger, presumed political betrayal and societal collapse which animated the Nazi party could only be suppressed by the conquerors for so long, and then the desire for a 'pure' fatherland would re-emerge.

Not that I am comparing AfD to the Nazis - only making the point that it is certainly possible Islam is overplaying its hand and while Auschwitz may not be on the horizon, Dachau certainly can be.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 05:05 PM (qRla/)

105 > "...with National Geographic magazines to catch on. And, yes, my cousins used to read them for boobs at my grandmother's house.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 05:03 PM"

----
I thought everyone did that.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 05:05 PM (2Ez/1)

106 So the German government has him arrested in Lebanon and extradited back to Germany where they convict him for terrorist plotting and then sentence him to time served in detention plus 26 sessions of "Anti-Radicalization" education of which he took two sessions and then decided to ram a van into a crowd of people and then stabbing them with a machete.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 04:59 PM (6ydKt)

To be fair, if I were sentenced to 26 sessions of "Anti-Radicalization," I too might be tempted to ram a van through a No Kings/DSA/Antifa rally just to escape.

I mean, they would have to strap me to a chair a la "Clockwork Orange" to get me to sit through session #1!

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at July 27, 2026 05:06 PM (KFbdf)

107
Why is it that people proudly display their lack of prediction ability as if it were some valid comment on something?!

"Gee I totally expected Joe Biden to slaughter dozens visitors to the White House with a chainsaw!"

What would the Dems say that says about me? That I think that's a relevant thing to say?

In Science, prediction of things that occur is a demonstration of knowledge.

Predictions of things that DON'T occur, illustrates a flawed model.

Why do people parade their cognitive bias as if it were commentary?

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:06 PM (Fi81e)

108 Muslims running over ghey Germans? It takes a heart if stone not to laugh.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 27, 2026 05:06 PM (bX16E)

109 I googled terminal empathy and got something that says it's being exhausted from caring too much. I'm sure I read somewhere that it means empathising with your killer which is what Europe is doing. It's good to know that Google is helping Europeans to die.

Posted by: Decaf at July 27, 2026 05:06 PM (ZNpJk)

110 Sad unfunny clowns and what is bad is that AID probably subsidized a lot of that crap in German society as it did here.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:06 PM (E4rtv)

111 I kind of admire the ability of these Leftist zombies to keep chanting these same mindless slogans in the face of an avalanche of contrary evidence that won't stop exposing them as psychotic and delusional.

Still, I keep waiting for one of them to start mouthing the approved narrative and then midway through it, say "Ah, fuck it. I just can't do this anymore."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 05:06 PM (guGkK)

112 The problem is that Islam is now "too big to fail" in these countries. So they'll continue to bow and scrape and kneel before the terrorists until their inevitable and deserved deaths.

Posted by: Wally at July 27, 2026 05:07 PM (0e5Te)

113 Orson I've seen a number of reports where the provinces, townships whatever they call them there can prevent candidates from being on the ballot if they determine they have made bigoted statements. Which is easy under their law because stopping immigration is one of them.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:07 PM (n5tGW)

114 Oh boy this is gonna be great!

>>@SenRandPaul
·
1h
>>1/ Before Tony’s diary, there was the prequel. I'm releasing Fauci's own 465-page historical record of events from 2001 to 2015 — his personal account of building the federal biodefense complex and the classified access that came with it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 05:07 PM (viF8m)

115 Well, "Citizen Vigilante" was banned in Europe so maybe they don't know they sound like some idiots from a movie.

Posted by: connected and litigious at July 27, 2026 05:07 PM (cS1cw)

116 Ballout traveled to Lebanon in 2025 with the goal of going to Syria to join the Islamic State group, Berlin prosecutors said Sunday.

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 05:07 PM (ubbnW)

117 NYPost:

Californians are pumping the brakes on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars, with a new statewide poll showing the governor’s marquee climate policy has become a political headache.

The survey by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found nearly two-thirds of Californians oppose Newsom’s 2035 gas-car mandate.

Among likely voters, 65% said they oppose the plan, while just 34% support it.

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 05:08 PM (ubbnW)

118 Well, water my mills!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 05:08 PM (Cqx++)

119 Abdul went to Lebanon to go to Syria to fight for ISIS.

Germany brought him back and after slapping him on the wrist left him free to wander Germany where he then engaged in the jihadi he was denied the ability to do in Lebanon/Syria

If Germany was a rational country they should have

A) Left him in the Muslim world
B) Brought him back and hung him

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 05:09 PM (sKqQm)

120 (disclaimer: you may have to take a few seconds to explain the meaning of "subservient". I've found that anything over 3 syllables with these folks requires a primer).
Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:00 PM (dIske)
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Simpler version:

"Who holds your leash?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 05:09 PM (FZ29D)

121
The survey by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found nearly two-thirds of Californians oppose Newsom’s 2035 gas-car mandate.

Among likely voters, 65% said they oppose the plan, while just 34% support it.
Posted by: SMOD

Who cares what the voters say?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 05:09 PM (Cqx++)

122 116 Ballout traveled to Lebanon in 2025 with the goal of going to Syria to join the Islamic State group, Berlin prosecutors said Sunday.

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 05:07 PM (ubbnW)

And then they extradited him back home.
All they had to do was leave his ass there and none of this would've happened.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

123 Seminars on critical masculinity. Yes, that's the ticket.
What about seminars on critical stupidity? Can stupidity be criticized?

Posted by: PG at July 27, 2026 05:11 PM (jGLqZ)

124 The murdering will continue until morale improves.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at July 27, 2026 05:11 PM (V362x)

125 23 thousand + people gave up those irretrievable minutes of their live to watch what some lunatic spouts. That's the crime.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 05:12 PM (abScH)

126 "...with National Geographic magazines to catch on. And, yes, my cousins used to read them for boobs at my grandmother's house.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 05:03 PM"

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I thought everyone did that.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 05:05 PM (2Ez/1)

National Geographic certainly thought so. They were having trouble inventing new tribes after a while.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)

127 Among likely voters, 65% said they oppose the plan, while just 34% support it.
Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 05:08 PM (ubbnW)
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I'm surprised and also not surprised that 34% of Californians are drooling fucking retards.

Posted by: ballistic at July 27, 2026 05:12 PM (oqH4h)

128 Well, water my mills!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 05:08 PM

Well, raise my rent!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 27, 2026 05:12 PM (kgE5c)

129 Who cares what the voters say?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 05:09 PM (Cqx++)
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Hey Governor Newsom. You may be new to the blog, but socking regulars is a bannable offense.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)

130 116 Ballout traveled to Lebanon in 2025 with the goal of going to Syria to join the Islamic State group, Berlin prosecutors said Sunday.

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 05:07 PM (ubbnW)

And then they extradited him back home.
All they had to do was leave his ass there and none of this would've happened.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

Hard to say, he could have infiltrated back in when Syria got dangerous for his type.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:13 PM (uhVAy)

131 No, in fact I can't here you now

@ScopeReport_ 7m
JUST IN: Multiple U.S. carrier services, including Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, are down and not working, users report.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 05:13 PM (diia5)

132 The CEO of Cracker Barrell has finally been canned. The stock is half the value of when she came on as cheif executive.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 27, 2026 05:13 PM (bX16E)

133 66 Does pink-haired girl have a piece of gum in her mouth or is that some other aberrant form of tackle box face?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (2Ez/1)

Her tongue is pierced.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 05:13 PM (PRqXW)

134 Among likely voters, 65% said they oppose the plan, while just 34% support it.
Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 05:08 PM (ubbnW)
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I'm surprised and also not surprised that 34% of Californians are drooling fucking retards.
Posted by: ballistic at July 27, 2026 05:12 PM (oqH4h)

They might just like fires.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:14 PM (uhVAy)

135 Again and again they prove Islam is incompatible with Western culture and values. Yet somehow it's always the fault of white Christian men.

I wish there was some way that Leftist Women would get their wish and receive no benefit whatsoever from white men.

No more medicine or hospitals, no more transportation of any kind, no more electricity, clean water, indoor plumbing, food, roads and bridges. They can get everything they want from the field, mine or forest delivered to them in finished product using any design, invention or development that had no participation of White Man.

I'm sure that Achmed will deliver the violent rape because no white man will be there to stop it. No white man to pay taxes. No White man to establish Rule of Law.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 05:15 PM (NzX/y)

136 66 Does pink-haired girl have a piece of gum in her mouth or is that some other aberrant form of tackle box face?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 04:56 PM (2Ez/1)

Her tongue is pierced.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 05:13 PM (PRqXW)
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I'm willing to bet she has ALL the piercings...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 05:15 PM (FZ29D)

137 So, the Quakers are responsible for this attack?

Posted by: dantesed at July 27, 2026 05:15 PM (Oy/m2)

138 7-10% of Californians don't own a car.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 05:15 PM (4NO2D)

139 Hard to say, he could have infiltrated back in when Syria got dangerous for his type.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:13 PM (uhVAy)

Even chance he'd have got shot in a skirmish or blown up by his own bomb while building it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 05:16 PM (6ydKt)

140 I kind of admire the ability of these Leftist zombies to keep chanting these same mindless slogans in the face of an avalanche of contrary evidence that won't stop exposing them as psychotic and delusional.

When I go to leftist forums it is not unusual to find them saying things like:

Kyle Rittenhouse murdered 3 unarmed black men
The Pulse Nightclub shooter was a white, straight Christian man
Charlie Kirk was assassinated by MAGA people/Israeli agents

and on and on...they live in this weird pocket of bullshit.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 05:16 PM (sKqQm)

141 What a racist, anti Christian bigot! " I had hoped the attacker would be a white Christian male!"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:17 PM (xPsv8)

142 109 I googled terminal empathy and got something that says it's being exhausted from caring too much.

ah. i'm off the hook then.

Posted by: anachronda has a soft spot for the vt-52 at July 27, 2026 05:17 PM (sGtp+)

143 Unfortunately, AfD is being prevented from even having candidates on the ballot.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:57 PM (n5tGW)
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I've not seen anything like that. There are a bunch of politicians trying to get the party banned through the Constitutional court, but they haven't been barred from elections.
Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:04 PM (dIske)

They had something like 10 AfD Candidates die last election cycle, that's kinda like being barred from an election.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:17 PM (uhVAy)

144 I'm willing to bet she has ALL the piercings...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27

Ouch!

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 05:17 PM (PRqXW)

145 These people are stupid to be sire, but they stem from organizations that are well funded and active. They are dangerous.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 05:17 PM (2WIwB)

146 Who thinks it's making a point if a John Thune is caught molesting a child and I say "Gee, I would totally have expected that from a drag queen type of groomer!"

How is "I would have thought [Something WRONG here]" is any kind of commentary?

As for the chic she's just making a points of overlap type of equation.

And that's the incompetent type of argument the left is always trying to get away with.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:18 PM (Fi81e)

147 The rule of the septum piercing never fails.

Posted by: ballistic at July 27, 2026 05:18 PM (oqH4h)

148 I wish there was some way that Leftist Women would get their wish and receive no benefit whatsoever from white men.

A lot of these women are married to leftist men who earn the $$$ while the women don't work or have some NGO no-show job that doesn't pay as well.

It is...astounding they'll go on about how men are good for nothing while living off one.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 05:18 PM (sKqQm)

149 The survey by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found nearly two-thirds of Californians oppose Newsom’s 2035 gas-car mandate.

Among likely voters, 65% said they oppose the plan, while just 34% support it.
Posted by: SMOD

Who cares what the voters say?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 05:09 PM (Cqx++)

They oppose the plan, but continually vote in the party that will ensure its passage, and the passage of future plans that will further diminish their lives. Totally worth it for that Election Night endorphin rush when their side wins, though....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 27, 2026 05:19 PM (nbLIj)

150 Unfortunately, AfD is being prevented from even having candidates on the ballot.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:57 PM (n5tGW)
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Q: What did the Nazis try to do?

A: Outlaw other political parties.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:19 PM (Fi81e)

151 I used to wonder about the social delusion that lead human beings to burn Jews in ovens. Now I get it.

Posted by: LASue at July 27, 2026 05:19 PM (mFhj8)

152 Abdul Nextup has a car and would like to give Pink Hair a ride thanking her for her comments.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:19 PM (n5tGW)

153 So, a common sci-fi theme is getting a time machine and going back to kill Hitler.

How about killing Prophet Mo?
And Karl Marx.

Make it a two fer...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 05:19 PM (Sco7b)

154 The straw that breaks the camel's back in Germany is going to be Oktoberfest. Initially, when Muslims first started arriving in bulk, they immediately formed a movement to have all alcohol removed from Oktoberfest. And, if you've ever been to the Festival, you'd know that the 12 major Brewer "tents" are the centerpiece of the celebration. The Muslims got shot down and told that there would be no alterations. Your friendly neighborhood liberal press will tell you that there never was such a movement (which is a lie).

HOWEVER, here we are about 20 years later, and their influence, obviously, has grown. So, I think they'll give it another shot in rather short order. Last year they even shut down the Festival for a day because they had a bomb threat from north of Munich. No details on the suspects so....yup.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:20 PM (dIske)

155 132 The CEO of Cracker Barrell has finally been canned. The stock is half the value of when she came on as cheif executive.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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Shat on her current customers to get ones more to her liking. Never a good business plan. Same as the idiot CEO class imagining that outsourcing their manufacturing and corporate jobs to the turd world will end up roses.

And why Vanguard, State Street, and Fidelity should not be able to vote shares for directors. They don't own them for one reason.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:20 PM (E4rtv)

156 The German language is just ugly.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 27, 2026 05:20 PM (NtVYv)

157 Clara Fullmich-Phister has a very Titiana McGrath feel to it.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 27, 2026 05:20 PM (0bjKf)

158 The rule of the septum piercing never fails.

Posted by: ballistic at July 27, 2026 05:18 PM (oqH4h)
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They talk like someone led around by the nose.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:20 PM (Fi81e)

159 Septum piercing and neck beards. Avoid at all costs.

Posted by: LASue at July 27, 2026 05:21 PM (mFhj8)

160 The German language is just ugly.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 27, 2026 05:20 PM (NtVYv)

Ein bier bitte!

Sounds pretty good to me.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 05:21 PM (2WIwB)

161

I hate all Abduls I see from Abdul A. to Abdul Z.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 05:21 PM (Cqx++)

162 Well, water my mills!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 05:08 PM

Well, raise my rent!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 27, 2026 05:12 PM (kgE5c)

THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH!!!

Posted by: Jimmy McMillan at July 27, 2026 05:21 PM (qRla/)

163 So, a common sci-fi theme is getting a time machine and going back to kill Hitler.

How about killing Prophet Mo?
And Karl Marx.

Make it a two fer...
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 05:19 PM (Sco7b)
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Shoot Toby twice.

Posted by: Michael Scott at July 27, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)

164 So, a common sci-fi theme is getting a time machine and going back to kill Hitler.

How about killing Prophet Mo?
And Karl Marx.

Make it a two fer...
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at July 27, 2026 05:19 PM (Sco7b)

Never heard of the Alfred Bester short story, the "Men Who Murdered Mohammed". Very funny and has a different theory of time and space.

https://lecturia.org/en/short-stories/

alfred-bester-the-men-who-murdered-mohammed/25010/

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

165 I hate all Abduls I see from Abdul A. to Abdul Z.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 05:21 PM

Heh.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 05:22 PM (4NO2D)

166 When I go to leftist forums it is not unusual to find them saying things like:

Kyle Rittenhouse murdered 3 unarmed black men
The Pulse Nightclub shooter was a white, straight Christian man
Charlie Kirk was assassinated by MAGA people/Israeli agents

and on and on...they live in this weird pocket of bullshit.
Posted by: 18-1 a
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What you are seeing in brainwashing in action, you get people repeating bullshit over and over again and that programs them 9/10 that read the shit and never post to mentally to always follow the herd, never question authority, etc.

Cult behavior.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:22 PM (E4rtv)

167 I know tilt roller coasters have been around for a couple of decades now. This one was built and designed by an exceptionally good company. But this just looks like a bad idea. How many systems have to work perfectly for a whole train of cars to not be launched into space?

http://tiny.cc/szf7101

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 05:22 PM (mkw2N)

168 Clara Fullmich-Phister has a very Titiana McGrath feel to it.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 27, 2026 05:20 PM (0bjKf)\

Phister got a blister on her Fullmich

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 27, 2026 05:23 PM (NtVYv)

169 I am off to teach the last 2 classes. Have a good afternoon!

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 05:23 PM (PRqXW)

170 Please please please tell me that top post is a parody. There's just no way I can get my head around that being real.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at July 27, 2026 05:23 PM (cSmE1)

171 I'd bet pinkie blonde with the nose ring got teeth straightened & a BS bachelors degree thanks to her white parents.

She doesn't really belong, and has nothing at all unique to offer, so she talks nonsense. A sad life, even sadder ahead, if she remains in the cult.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 05:23 PM (LL19j)

172 Real question: Is there a lemming gene for humans? Because it's hard to understand the lack of reality with these people.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:23 PM (n5tGW)

173 I can only hope the young pink haired lady experiences first hand knowledge to help her understand how wrong she is.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 05:24 PM (KC5Lt)

174 > The German language is just ugly.

It's gorgeous compared to Vietnamese or Chinese.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 05:24 PM (mkw2N)

175 I'm willing to bet she has ALL the piercings...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 05:15 PM (FZ29D)
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I suspect there is a poisoning by piercing that attacks the brain.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:24 PM (Fi81e)

176 Still, I keep waiting for one of them to start mouthing the approved narrative and then midway through it, say "Ah, fuck it. I just can't do this anymore."

Posted by: Cicero
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Sometimes, when they or their family/friends get gored and trampled by the leftist mobs, they start to question. Most simply cannot go through with leaving though because the Borg has become their ersatz family and friend network.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:24 PM (E4rtv)

177 They oppose the plan, but continually vote in the party that will ensure its passage, and the passage of future plans that will further diminish their lives. Totally worth it for that Election Night endorphin rush when their side wins, though....

I *know* leftists like this. A couple of jobs ago a number of my cow-workers lived in the town the office was in. They were excited to vote for a new leftist mayor who ran on a platform of saving da Erf. After election she mandated office parks had to paint half the spots for compact cars.

A lot of my cow-workers were fat and drove trucks/SUVs so as you can imagine people started hitting other cars with their doors and damning the company that owned the building.

I copied and pasted the ordinance from the mayor they voted for demanded the company repaint the lines. Their answers? "This must be false" or "Well the company didn't HAVE to paint the lines so small" or
"They should have made an exemption for me and my car"

And yes a couple of years later they all voted for the same leftist mayor again

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 05:24 PM (sKqQm)

178 @140 and the Pulse Nightclub shooter attacked it because it was gay. Nope just a random nightclub

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 05:25 PM (BlDDt)

179 Cultural Marxists always blame their crimes on opponents
And Muslims are on the Cultural Marxist side for now

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 05:25 PM (Ia/+0)

180 Septum Theory is an idea coined and popularized by Black men's rights activist Torraine Walker. Walker has been expressing his weariness about people with septum piercings since as early as 2017, but it wasn't until 2023 when he articulated his theories about people with septum rings in the form of a video.

In the video, Walker suggests that you can tell someone is a man-hater and feminist with radical, anti-male opinions if they have a septum ring. He shows some examples of women arguably speaking poorly about men as an example, each with a septum piercing.

Since then, Walker has continued to point out examples of his theory on X / Twitter, calling out both men and women with the piercings routinely.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1706322504464109851

Posted by: Provided as a public service at July 27, 2026 05:25 PM (2Ez/1)

181 Real question: Is there a lemming gene for humans? Because it's hard to understand the lack of reality with these people.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:23 PM (n5tGW)

Its about the only thing modern colleges seem to teach well.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:25 PM (uhVAy)

182 Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy

Thank you!
I'll take a look!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at July 27, 2026 05:25 PM (Sco7b)

183 160 The German language is just ugly.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at July 27, 2026 05:20 PM (NtVYv)

Ein bier bitte!

Sounds pretty good to me.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 05:21 PM (2WIwB)
________________________________

When my nephew was three or four I would teach him German phrases (nothing bad)....and he'd proudly walk up to his parents and spit out something like "Here comes another thunderstorm." really seriously. And, I couldn't stop laughing because he alwys had a serious expression when talking. It was perfect.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:25 PM (dIske)

184 I suspect there is a poisoning by piercing that attacks the brain.
Posted by: Axeman

True enough, some metals infiltrate the blood system and I think they are finding tattoo ink can do the same with its mish mash of compounds in the ink.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:25 PM (E4rtv)

185 Septum Theory is an idea coined and popularized by Black men's rights activist Torraine Walker. Walker has been expressing his weariness about people with septum piercings since as early as 2017, but it wasn't until 2023 when he articulated his theories about people with septum rings in the form of a video.

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Its way older than that.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:26 PM (uhVAy)

186 182 Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy

Thank you!
I'll take a look!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at July 27, 2026 05:25 PM (Sco7b

The Hollywood movie will be epic!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at July 27, 2026 05:26 PM (Sco7b)

187 172 Real question: Is there a lemming gene for humans? Because it's hard to understand the lack of reality with these people.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:23 PM (n5tGW)
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One of the signs of being in a cult is that the cultist loses all sense of self-preservation and turns it over to the cult...

Posted by: ballistic at July 27, 2026 05:26 PM (oqH4h)

188
They believe this mostly because they are retarded.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 05:03 PM (EoANm)

____________

They think they'll be standing on the Kremlin Wall waving to the parade.

They will be surprised to find themselves in the basement of the Lubyanka with a Nagant pressed behind their ear.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:27 PM (O0L8i)

189 The degrees between sexy and hideous is minimal. I think a small diamond nose stud is sexy on a girl but a nose ring or even worse a septum pig ring is hideous.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 05:27 PM (KC5Lt)

190 In the video, Walker suggests that you can tell someone is a man-hater and feminist with radical, anti-male opinions if they have a septum ring.

Interestingly the septum ring is a symbol of submission and obedience - "to lead someone around by the nose" comes from putting a septum ring in a bull's nose to control him.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 05:27 PM (sKqQm)

191 These are the same people that crucified a guy for saying that Obama was lying that his various social programs would not apply to illegals. Now look where we are.

They know, and if by some dumb chance they don't know, they don't care. They just want to get you to the point where it's too late for you to do anything to stop them.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:27 PM (vE0+H)

192 I suspect there is a poisoning by piercing that attacks the brain.
Posted by: Axeman

True enough, some metals infiltrate the blood system and I think they are finding tattoo ink can do the same with its mish mash of compounds in the ink.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:25 PM (E4rtv)

Think you have horse and cart reversed here. You have to be mind poisoned to *want* to have holes poked in you even once, much less twice for a piercing and many many times by the tattoo needle.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:27 PM (uhVAy)

193 I seem to recall a video once of some gay lefty getting slapped around a muslim march and screaming "I'm an ally, why are you hitting me?"

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:28 PM (n5tGW)

194 Another one bites the dust.

AF Post
@AFpost
·
3h
Marc Rosenblum, the director of statistics for DHS, has been fired amid a lawsuit against DHS for withholding deportation numbers.

Critics suggest that Rosenblum, a liberal, easily could’ve been underreporting deportations or illegal populations, ruining data.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:28 PM (E4rtv)

195 Real question: Is there a lemming gene for humans? Because it's hard to understand the lack of reality with these people.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:23 PM (n5tGW)
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We live in an era with relative safety and provision thanks largely to Western Civilization (courtesy the Holy Spirit).

So much so, that there is no immediate survival feedback for ala carte "realities".

Thus this "diversity" is tolerated, until it can't be.

There is an ecology to the harebrainishness of moderns.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:28 PM (Fi81e)

196 True enough, some metals infiltrate the blood system and I think they are finding tattoo ink can do the same with its mish mash of compounds in the ink.

Must be using lead and mercury

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 05:29 PM (BvPIe)

197 >>It's gorgeous compared to Vietnamese or Chinese.

Dutch. It sounds like a throat disease.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 05:29 PM (viF8m)

198 These are the same people that crucified a guy for saying that Obama was lying that his various social programs would not apply to illegals. Now look where we are.

First: Illegals get no welfare dollars. None

Then: Well maybe a few get some welfare, no system is perfect

Now: Checking citizenship for welfare payments will throw millions of people off the roles and they will starve to death!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 05:30 PM (sKqQm)

199 174 > The German language is just ugly.

It's gorgeous compared to Vietnamese or Chinese.

indeed. neither of those folks sing as beautifully as i do.

Posted by: yoko at July 27, 2026 05:30 PM (sGtp+)

200 Damn, I.missed the What you hold in your right hand is yours to rape and pillage part in the New Testament, oh and kill the unbelievers part too.

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 05:30 PM (Ia/+0)

201 Think you have horse and cart reversed here. You have to be mind poisoned to *want* to have holes poked in you even once, much less twice for a piercing and many many times by the tattoo needle.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Endogeneity is a bitch to model. You can get into an infinite regress like did the parents of that yute suffer from poisoned minds from things liketetraethyl lead.

Just found out yesterday that RU-486 active ingredient has now been found in drinking water.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:30 PM (E4rtv)

202 Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:28 PM (E4rtv)

Pulte just completed a fourth round of layoffs. "Thoughtful and measured"!

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 05:30 PM (GD0B3)

203 Septum piercings are big in the South Pacific cannibal circles.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 05:31 PM (KC5Lt)

204 >>It's gorgeous compared to Vietnamese or Chinese.

Dutch. It sounds like a throat disease.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 05:29 PM

+++

https://youtu.be/nWglfC5CNS4

Posted by: J. Peterman at July 27, 2026 05:31 PM (2Ez/1)

205
Axemam,

You are correct. People worked to grow food for their families to survive. They did not have time for the shit that is happening now.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 05:31 PM (/QHx4)

206 I seem to recall a video once of some gay lefty getting slapped around a muslim march and screaming "I'm an ally, why are you hitting me?"

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:28 PM (n5tGW)
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Reality curmudgeonly would not yield to his expectation!

"I would have expected Muslim to see the cause for diversity!!" -- Not totally-disabused fag.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:31 PM (Fi81e)

207 A nose ring on a woman is a danger sign. A nose ring and a tongue ring is a flashing red light. A nose ring /, a tongue ring and pink hair is "warning Will Robinson"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 05:32 PM (BlDDt)

208 Must be using lead and mercury
Posted by: Community Notes
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Nickel can do it and some chromium compounds are downright nasty. Lots of other pigments used in the present or past have never been tested for being inserted into humans.

And now for the medical field with the vaxx being the current subject........

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:32 PM (E4rtv)

209 Posted by: LASue at July 27, 2026 05:19 PM (mFhj

The first day I saw a crowd of adult Americans shouting "yes we can" and "fired up ready to go" - but totally unable to articulate or potentially even think about what they were saying they "can" do or were "fired up and ready to go" for, was the day I was absolutely certain how it can happen *anywhere*.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:32 PM (vE0+H)

210 >>@JeffClarkUS
·
43m
🚨🚨🚨

>>Our team is reviewing the Biden tapes now. We will be out with various bombshells.

>>But I want to make this point right now. The tapes make clear that Biden disclosed massive amounts of classified information to his ghost writer Marc Zwonitzer.

>>Now, take a look at 18 USC 798(d).

>>Last, ask yourself, why didn't Special Counsel Robert Hur seek a prosecution and then (A) the forfeiture the $8 million book advance that Joe Biden got for Promise Me, Dad; and (B) his Delaware house and any other Biden property where he kept classified information?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 05:32 PM (viF8m)

211 When Musselman completely take over Europe and start dropping the homos and twinkle toed fairies off the side of buildings, before they hit the ground, the fairies will blame white men.

They will. They will die because they can't face reality. Never could.

Posted by: help me rhonda help help me at July 27, 2026 05:32 PM (anL5R)

212 I remember back in college when purple hair became a thing.

We went from no purple haired girls to dozens in a few weeks.

All the ones I talked to said they came up with the idea independently and it was just their own personal new style...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 05:32 PM (sKqQm)

213
When we get to lip plates, the end is near.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:32 PM (O0L8i)

214 Ask your anthropologist if Endogeneity is right for you.

Posted by: Big Phat Phizer at July 27, 2026 05:32 PM (2Ez/1)

215 207 A nose ring on a woman is a danger sign. A nose ring and a tongue ring is a flashing red light. A nose ring /, a tongue ring and pink hair is "warning Will Robinson"
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Eh, to me, it means a lower life form that purposefully became a Gollum by embracing the dark and shunning the light.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:33 PM (E4rtv)

216 Think you have horse and cart reversed here. You have to be mind poisoned to *want* to have holes poked in you even once, much less twice for a piercing and many many times by the tattoo needle.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Endogeneity is a bitch to model. You can get into an infinite regress like did the parents of that yute suffer from poisoned minds from things liketetraethyl lead.

Just found out yesterday that RU-486 active ingredient has now been found in drinking water.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:30 PM (E4rtv)

Lots of Civil War dudes had large, heavy led slugs (like the size of finger joint) in the body for decades without turning them into leftists, and we know lead is super bad for you.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:33 PM (uhVAy)

217 Maybe the Krauts will now castrate (literally) the masculine prisoners they release.

Problem: they will still be muzzies that can drive cars.

Posted by: torabora at July 27, 2026 05:33 PM (dXfcs)

218 91 I actually believe that the muzzies could kill all the gays and trannies and white women would still blame conservatives. They'd have no clue that they are next
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Then it's their fault because they could be Christians. It goes from race to religion to conservatives to gender to TDS. Pick one or all as the crux of the matter all along. (See Charlottesville)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 05:33 PM (LL19j)

219 "How about killing Prophet Mo?"

Between the years 610 and 622.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 05:33 PM (GMWTj)

220 178 @140 and the Pulse Nightclub shooter attacked it because it was gay. Nope just a random nightclub
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 05:25 PM (BlDDt)
_________________________

The press did all they could to iron out the diametrically opposed views between the Gay vicimization and the Muslim victimization by claiming that the shooter (a Muslim) was gay himself. Which he denied.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:34 PM (dIske)

221 I don't know, scheisskopf has always been a useful word.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 05:34 PM (0sNs1)

222 The Blade had a lot of fun with a foreign girl with a septum ring last summer. Lotsa tats too. Just saying.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 27, 2026 05:34 PM (771KI)

223 212 I remember back in college when purple hair became a thing.

We went from no purple haired girls to dozens in a few weeks.

All the ones I talked to said they came up with the idea independently and it was just their own personal new style...
Posted by: 18-1
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High made fun of that briefly when the Phoebe Cates character points out to "Stacey" the three Pat Benitar imitators.

Like that better than purple hair (except Amelia the UK meme).

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:35 PM (E4rtv)

224 "...ghost writer Marc Zwonitzer."

You sure that's not the name of one of the drugs they were giving Creepy Joe?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 27, 2026 05:35 PM (2Ez/1)

225 I don't know, scheisskopf has always been a useful word.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 05:34 PM (0sNs1)

ours has fewer s sounds so is way better, no lisping.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

226 Real question: Is there a lemming gene for humans? Because it's hard to understand the lack of reality with these people.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:23 PM (n5tGW)

Jesus called us sheep so yes, it's very likely so. It is meant to work in one particular way. According to the Bible, we are "programmed" to follow The Good Shepherd. Obviously it can be grossly misused or misapplied.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:35 PM (vE0+H)

227 222 The Blade had a lot of fun with a foreign girl with a septum ring last summer. Lotsa tats too. Just saying.
Posted by: Elric the Blade
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When you come down with Mongolian Dick Rot, please spare us the details.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:35 PM (E4rtv)

228 Libtards rant all day about the evil deeds committed by Christians for 2000, because their Betters tell them they must. The same useful idiots are all-in on inviting Mooselimbs of the Religion of Peace (TM) into their nations, again because their Betters tell them they must. This is what happens when academics and politicians delete and/or re-write history to advance their evil policies.

In.Sane.

Posted by: Gref at July 27, 2026 05:36 PM (5rh/l)

229 https://x.com/sven10077/status/2081846067625082964?s=20

Right darling it was the Amish, the XY chromosome combination, and the existence of vehicles not the toxic ideology your own government was trying to deprogram with yet another "known wolf." I am as an American, 1/2 German mein liebchen and culturally I am more Auslander than you pretend Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed is because my maternal family had the sense to leave in the 1890s...there are more German ancestry humans in the Americas than in Germany-I'd say we are more successful.

I pray, sincerely for your safety and more importantly your eventual sanity.

Posted by: sven at July 27, 2026 05:36 PM (Int1s)

230 The press did all they could to iron out the diametrically opposed views between the Gay vicimization and the Muslim victimization by claiming that the shooter (a Muslim) was gay himself. Which he denied.
Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:34 PM (dIske)

So gays have permission to run each other over in cars now?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:36 PM (uhVAy)

231 Because I hate white Christians more than the people who will murder me. -- LGBTQ+ activist
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Well, of course. The guys who murder you will only kill you. The white Christians will tell you to stop acting in ways that will lead to your death, and what fun is that?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 05:36 PM (vJrRc)

232 "Last, ask yourself, why didn't Special Counsel Robert Hur seek a prosecution and then (A) the forfeiture the $8 million book advance that Joe Biden got for Promise Me, Dad; and (B) his Delaware house and any other Biden property where he kept classified information?"

Because despite the enormous amount of grief that the Democrats gave him, Hur was actually on their side.

"They did not listen, they did not know how."

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 05:37 PM (GMWTj)

233 227 222 The Blade had a lot of fun with a foreign girl with a septum ring last summer. Lotsa tats too. Just saying.
Posted by: Elric the Blade
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When you come down with Mongolian Dick Rot, please spare us the details.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:35 PM (E4rtv)
——

Israeli girl

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 27, 2026 05:37 PM (771KI)

234 I agree with the theory that face piercings, weird hair color, weird tattoos on a woman's body are a god send...

She may have nice Breastal Units and a Round Tight Ass but is probably not the type of women you want to marry.

Probably a "What Can You Do For Me" type of female or I can do the same a man can do on my own....

Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 27, 2026 05:37 PM (38587)

235 >>But I want to make this point right now. The tapes make clear that Biden disclosed massive amounts of classified information to his ghost writer Marc Zwonitzer.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 05:32 PM (viF8m)
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That's prior to Biden becoming [gag!] President, right?

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:37 PM (Fi81e)

236
I have never understood telling people on the blog what your sexual preferences are.

It is gross.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 05:37 PM (/QHx4)

237 222 The Blade had a lot of fun with a foreign girl with a septum ring last summer. Lotsa tats too. Just saying.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 27, 2026 05:34 PM (771KI)
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Nobody says they can't be "fun" for a summer but it's probably a bad idea for her to know your real name or your home address.

Posted by: ballistic at July 27, 2026 05:38 PM (oqH4h)

238 I've had my tats for decades and don't think I've suffered any ill effects. I was just pissed it became a groover thing and ubiquitous.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 05:38 PM (KC5Lt)

239 Right darling it was the Amish, the XY chromosome combination, and the existence of vehicles not the toxic ideology your own government was trying to deprogram with yet another "known wolf." I am as an American, 1/2 German mein liebchen and culturally I am more Auslander than you pretend Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed is because my maternal family had the sense to leave in the 1890s...there are more German ancestry humans in the Americas than in Germany-I'd say we are more successful.

--sven

My German ancestor came here in the mid 1850s, volunteered in an Artillery battery for the North.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

240 The inner monologue: "Muslims are just brown animals, they can't help it. But white Christians are civilized yet jerks and wrong and are therefore more dangerous."

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:38 PM (vE0+H)

241 >>That's prior to Biden becoming [gag!] President, right?

Yep. When he illegally kept classified information in his garage among other places.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 05:39 PM (viF8m)

242 , ask yourself, why didn't Special Counsel Robert Hur seek a prosecution and then (A) the forfeiture the $8 million book advance that Joe Biden got for Promise Me, Dad; and (B) his Delaware house and any other Biden property where he kept classified information?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 05:32 PM (viF8m)
****
Why?
Because we're in the dying days of post Constitutional Republic. It's rule of man from here out.
God gave you two hands so you can take twice as much.

Posted by: torabora at July 27, 2026 05:39 PM (dXfcs)

243 Lots of Civil War dudes had large, heavy led slugs (like the size of finger joint) in the body for decades without turning them into leftists, and we know lead is super bad for you.
Posted by: Oldcat

Lead in metallic form is actually pretty stable which is why battery clamps are made from it or lead was used in roofs. But, change it to something like lead acetate, sugar of lead, not so good. Very water soluble and highly toxic, neurotoxic, and classified as a probable human carcinogen and teratogen.

Used a long time as a hair dye to darken hair.

Simply put, people with tattoos are unwitting conducting live tests on themselves of long term effects of pigments as did their parents and grandparents with different substances.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)

244
"A man doing the dishes, the laundry and cooking dinner is just doing the absolute minimum."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:39 PM (O0L8i)

245 @223 whig , similar to a lot of young women becoming "lesbian" in college. Gotta go with the cool kids

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 05:39 PM (BlDDt)

246 Muslims just doing what muslims do.

What's for dinner?

Posted by: Joe Q. Public at July 27, 2026 05:39 PM (F1rMs)

247 Jesus called us sheep

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:35 PM (vE0+H)
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Thus, we should accept buggering from Muslims.

Posted by: Talafreako at July 27, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)

248 Israeli girl
Posted by: Elric the Blade

STDs know no boundaries.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:40 PM (E4rtv)

249 I am not a Caucasian because I was not born in the Caucasus Mountains located in Asia....

I am not White because I am a WASP....

Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 27, 2026 05:41 PM (38587)

250 The inner monologue: "Muslims are just brown animals, they can't help it. But white Christians are civilized yet jerks and wrong and are therefore more dangerous."

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:38 PM (vE0+H)
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If it weren't for this board's rules about Math, I could show you the Math on this one.

Posted by: Talafreako at July 27, 2026 05:41 PM (Fi81e)

251 236
I have never understood telling people on the blog what your sexual preferences are.

It is gross.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 05:37 PM (/QHx4)

_______________________________

Yeah, but if you do it in third person, you can disassociate yourself from it. At least, that's what Orson thinks.

"JIMMY IS GETTING UPSET!!!"

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:41 PM (dIske)

252 I have never understood telling people on the blog what your sexual preferences are.

It is gross.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 05:37 PM (/QHx4)

I feel the same way about music preferences.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:41 PM (vE0+H)

253
similar to a lot of young women becoming "lesbian" in college. Gotta go with the cool kids

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 05:39 PM (BlDDt)

___________

Sapphic relationships in women's colleges are as old as the institutions themselves.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:42 PM (O0L8i)

254 >> “I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person”

Enjoy your cultural enrichment.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 05:42 PM (gb3qv)

255 Each time you see someone sporting a ring in their nose, ask them very politely "who are you subservient to"?

Posted by: Orson

I suppose that's better than, "The farmer finally fixed your rooting habit, did he?"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 05:42 PM (vJrRc)

256 245 @223 whig , similar to a lot of young women becoming "lesbian" in college. Gotta go with the cool kids
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Cut my Hair from teh Who

"Why should I care
If I have to cut my hair?
I've got to move with the fashions
Or be outcast"

And this line from the same song,

"Why do I have to be different to them?
Just to earn the respect of a dance hall friend
We have the same old row, again and again
Why do I have to move with a crowd
Of kids that hardly notice I'm around?
I have to work myself to death just to fit in"

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:43 PM (E4rtv)

257 Sapphic relationships in women's colleges are as old as the institutions themselves.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:42 PM (O0L8i)

have to fill up the field hockey team somehow.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:43 PM (uhVAy)

258 "I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person"
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Well you know what they say. Hope in one hand and shit in the other, and see which fills up first.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:43 PM (vE0+H)

259 > I feel the same way about music preferences.
++++

Is this about me?

Posted by: Movie opinions at July 27, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

260 249 I am not a Caucasian because I was not born in the Caucasus Mountains located in Asia....

I am a WASP....

YOU ARE A RACIST MISTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Kami Harris at July 27, 2026 05:43 PM (3shEo)

261 Saving the taxpayers some cash

@Breaking911 29s
Four teens were killed after a police chase ended when their car flew off a bridge and slammed into a parked freight train car. Police say the pursuit began after the suspects allegedly pointed a gun at another driver before fleeing a traffic stop.
x.com/Breaking911/status/2081857718902521988

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 05:43 PM (diia5)

262 239 Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

There are more partial ethnic Germans on these two continents than were ever in Germany....

the problem with Germany is it is German I guess....I am glad mom's family came they worked their asses off for WW1 and WW2 or fought in it.....steel men from Essen.

Posted by: sven at July 27, 2026 05:43 PM (Int1s)

263 Ok, if someone needs "aversion therapy" to keep them from running people over in cars what they really need is the therapy Canada keeps pushing

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 27, 2026 05:44 PM (3/XaG)

264 I’m starting to think that liberal women are in a death cult, designed to bring about the end of the world. Everything they believe in is antithetical to human existence. Every statement they make is counter factual, sophistic or outright mendacity. There isn’t a moral or decent thing they embody.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 05:44 PM (gb3qv)

265 The Dems upon hearing the Fauci and Biden reveals will say , so what, yesterday's news, forgeries,etc.. They won't care, not only because they're delusional, but because they're too busy being crushed by the DSA

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 05:44 PM (BlDDt)

266 @223 whig , similar to a lot of young women becoming "lesbian" in college. Gotta go with the cool kids
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I still think that was just a defensive measure so they would have a sufficiently progressive excuse to not put out for every guy in the Young Communists Club

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 05:44 PM (vJrRc)

267 This is mischaracterized as a "refusal to see the truth" when it is really an "acceptance of inferior status."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 05:44 PM (JvZF+)

268 PJW on this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gynbHUPdkE

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 05:45 PM (n5tGW)

269 Sapphic relationships in women's colleges are as old as the institutions themselves.
==
Hear me out. Animal House, but at a Women's College.

Posted by: Pit at July 27, 2026 05:45 PM (anL5R)

270 I have never understood telling people on the blog what your sexual preferences are.

It is gross.

Posted by: four seasons
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C'est la vie.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:45 PM (E4rtv)

271 If you're going to tell us at least give us a link to pictoa. Then you don't need to be crass here and we can go there and see for ourselves how perverted you are.

Posted by: torabora at July 27, 2026 05:45 PM (dXfcs)

272 Nic fail.

Posted by: Pitch Meeting? at July 27, 2026 05:45 PM (anL5R)

273 I feel the same way about music preferences.
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Is that because yours suck?

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:45 PM (Fi81e)

274 @Breaking911 29s
Four teens were killed after a police chase ended when their car flew off a bridge and slammed into a parked freight train car. Police say the pursuit began after the suspects allegedly pointed a gun at another driver before fleeing a traffic stop.
x.com/Breaking911/status/2081857718902521988
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 05:43 PM (diia5)
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Is the freight train car OK?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 05:46 PM (FZ29D)

275 I love all of these Clowns on the left saying that I am not racist because I am "BLACK".....

Skin color has nothing to do with it ...........

Posted by: Franklin Stein at July 27, 2026 05:46 PM (TkCc3)

276 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:42 PM (O0L8i)

I went to a woman' s college. Maybe it was so long ago that nobody felt the need to tell us they were lesbians and I didn't know any - at least not for sure.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:46 PM (rHgXV)

277 I see the prudery police are continuing to weigh in.

Talk about a war that never ends here...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 27, 2026 05:46 PM (xcxpd)

278 I am not a slave because I am not Slavic

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 05:46 PM (BlDDt)

279 264 I’m starting to think that liberal women are in a death cult, designed to bring about the end of the world. Everything they believe in is antithetical to human existence. Every statement they make is counter factual, sophistic or outright mendacity. There isn’t a moral or decent thing they embody.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 05:44 PM
====

"He disliked nearly all women, and especially the young and pretty ones. It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers−out of unorthodoxy."

Posted by: G. Orwell at July 27, 2026 05:46 PM (2Ez/1)

280 Looking at those videos makes you said for the Fucking Stupid.

They just have no idea how Fucking Stupid they are.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

281 Muslims just doing what muslims do.

What's for dinner?
Posted by: Joe Q. Public

Bacon wrapped pork chops.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 05:47 PM (NnhvP)

282 Nood Cracker Barrell

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 05:47 PM (vJrRc)

283 252 I have never understood telling people on the blog what your sexual preferences are.

It is gross.

Posted by: four seasons at July 27, 2026 05:37 PM (/QHx4)

I feel the same way about music preferences.

If you say you like the famous Sir Mix-A-Lot track, you can efficiently do both at the same time!

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 27, 2026 05:47 PM (3/XaG)

284 Nood at teh Cracker Barrel!

Oh... wait...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 27, 2026 05:47 PM (mP0Kj)

285 The qwerty community does the same thing here. When a Jamal Jihad shot up the Pulse night club in FL and killed a bunch of gays, they were out the next day marching with "Republican Hate Kills!" banners.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at July 27, 2026 05:48 PM (IQhz0)

286 271 If you're going to tell us at least give us a link to pictoa. Then you don't need to be crass here and we can go there and see for ourselves how perverted you are.
Posted by: torabora

Zombie's field reports back in the day at Zombie Time and the current Admiral Ackbar's posts have made me suspicious of all such links.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 05:48 PM (E4rtv)

287
Maybe it was so long ago that nobody felt the need to tell us they were lesbians and I didn't know any - at least not for sure.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:46 PM (rHgXV)

____________

LUG: Lesbian Until Graduation

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:48 PM (O0L8i)

288 If you say you like the famous Sir Mix-A-Lot track, you can efficiently do both at the same time!
--
Now that's an efficient moron!

Posted by: Kudos at July 27, 2026 05:48 PM (anL5R)

289 Is that because yours suck?

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:45 PM (Fi81e)

Not so much sucking as much as being lame.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (vE0+H)

290 I suspected that the LBGZZZZZZZZZZ movement was suicidal. Here's proof. Go for it!

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (sFNX2)

291 This is interesting. Oliver Anthony does his latest song inside a coal mine. He's the guy that did Rich men of Richmond
https://tinyurl.com/5dpx5c6w

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (bkuEU)

292 I’m starting to think that liberal women are in a death cult, designed to bring about the end of the world. Everything they believe in is antithetical to human existence. Every statement they make is counter factual, sophistic or outright mendacity. There isn’t a moral or decent thing they embody.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 05:44 PM
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Men started this, too.

Rousseau was a man. Owen was a man. Marx and Engels, both men.

Reality Fugue has a long history, dressed up as "Enlightenment".

Women have just been influenced to internalize the garbage of Men.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (Fi81e)

293 264 I’m starting to think that liberal women are in a death cult, designed to bring about the end of the world. Everything they believe in is antithetical to human existence. Every statement they make is counter factual, sophistic or outright mendacity. There isn’t a moral or decent thing they embody.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 05:44 PM (gb3qv)
________________________________

Drew Carey was at the Correspondants dinner (I think when W was president) and he did a joke about what would happen if women were the leaders of every country. As an example he used the UK and the US.

America: "UK, why did you attack us?"

UK: "Well, if you don't know, I'm not going to tell you. You know what you did."

(the camera cut to Hillary and she was scowling)

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (dIske)

294 Women have just been influenced to internalize the garbage of Men.
==
Because they have no agency, they just do what they're told.

Posted by: Now that's Ironic at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (anL5R)

295 223 whig"

The gun thread was last night..

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (XuXeR)

296 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:48 PM (O0L8i)

Didn't know any of those. Were the men's colleges ( yes, they were still around then) gay until they graduated too?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (rHgXV)

297 Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

There are more partial ethnic Germans on these two continents than were ever in Germany....

the problem with Germany is it is German I guess....I am glad mom's family came they worked their asses off for WW1 and WW2 or fought in it.....steel men from Essen.
Posted by: sven at July 27, 2026 05:43 PM (Int1s)

I think Germany's big problem in the 19th Century and after is they developed these big stupid philosophies when they were powerless relatively then instantly got powerful and started to put them in action using German energy and drive.

Those who left for the US got too busy actually doing stuff to be carried along. We see today what can happen even here with enough stupid ideas.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:51 PM (uhVAy)

298 Didn't know any of those. Were the men's colleges ( yes, they were still around then) gay until they graduated too?
==
Just the English ones.

You'd think that's a joke, but its really not.

Posted by: Now that's Ironic at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (anL5R)

299 Every thread hss the possibility of becoming a gun, boob or movie thread

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

300 299 Every thread hss the possibility of becoming a gun, boob or movie thread
--
Which is a sign of a healthy blog.

Posted by: Now that's Ironic at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (anL5R)

301 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 05:48 PM (O0L8i)

Didn't know any of those. Were the men's colleges ( yes, they were still around then) gay until they graduated too?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (rHgXV)

Men can substitute getting drunk and vomiting a lot for gay stuff.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:54 PM (uhVAy)

302 Didn't know any of those. Were the men's colleges ( yes, they were still around then) gay until they graduated too?
==
Just the English ones.

You'd think that's a joke, but its really not.
Posted by: Now that's Ironic at July 27, 2026 05:52 PM (anL5R)

German colleges had sword fighting, which was good for giving lifelong scars on the face.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:55 PM (uhVAy)

303 Can't be real, just saw on YouTube a ad for Obama, Page woman who is a Trannie, Leonardo and Whoopi

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)

304 299 Every thread hss the possibility of becoming a gun, boob or movie thread

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

Or a Best TV Show Intro Music of All-Time thread.

Posted by: Gref at July 27, 2026 06:01 PM (5rh/l)

305 Drew Carey was at the Correspondants dinner (I think when W was president) and he did a joke about what would happen if women were the leaders of every country. As an example he used the UK and the US.

America: "UK, why did you attack us?"

UK: "Well, if you don't know, I'm not going to tell you. You know what you did."

(the camera cut to Hillary and she was scowling)
Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 05:50 PM (dIske)

True History:

Emperor of Austria had no male heir in the 1740s or so but had a daughter. So he went about all of Europe making treaties with all his subject nation and other Euro nations to accept Maria Teresa as Empress when he died. So he dies, and Frederick of Prussia instantly invades the Austrian province of Silesia and takes it thinking she's weak. Soon all of the west is scrapping, including a war in the New World. Frederick gets a separate peace, then later jumps back in again and gets spanked and when the smoke clears he keeps his first province.

The Empress is still pissed, so eventually builds a coalition to teach Prussia a lesson so the 7 Years War results, in the Americas known as the French and Indian war results. Prussia kept Silesia.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

306 . There isn’t a moral or decent thing they embody.
Posted by: Vengeance
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Jezebel at July 27, 2026 06:08 PM (XeU6L)

307
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Jezebel
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Hold my beer, bitch.

Posted by: Herodias at July 27, 2026 06:10 PM (XeU6L)

308 When I was 8 y/o, my mother used store bought biscuits for biscuits and gravy. I didn't speak to her for over an hour.

Posted by: Big Porker at July 27, 2026 06:27 PM (Q6FQq)

Thune Schemes to Put the Senate Into Recess Until Late August, Ending Any Chance of Passing SAVE Before the Elections

I hate these people.

President Donald Trump on Monday called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to keep the Senate in session to terminate the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act.
Trump took to Truth Social in the morning to pressure Thune to keep senators working in Washington until the SAVE America Act, which takes a number of steps to secure federal elections, is passed.
"John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to 'leave town' until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER, where Republicans can then quickly pass everything they ever dreamed of, including a full and deep throated SAVE AMERICA ACT, the Budget, and the ever looming Debt Ceiling disaster, 1929!" Trump wrote.
Because 60 votes are required for passing the SAVE America Act -- which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote, voter ID, and end universal mail-in ballots with a few exceptions -- Republicans would need to end the filibuster to advance it with a simple majority.
Trump stressed that if and when Democrats return to power, they will immediately nuke the filibuster.
"The Dumocrats will do it on day one, and can't believe how lucky they got with this Senate leadership. Remember, stupidity always brings LOSING & DEATH!" Trump added.

Thune's scheme was to move to adjourn the Senate. If there is no objection, the motion would be approved unanimously with no roll-call.

Scott Presler called for a Senator to object and force a Yea or Nay roll call. At least then the McConnell sell-outs like Thune, Lankford, McConnell, Murkowski, etc. would be on-the-record in favor of continued vote fraud by Democrats.

ThePersistence
@ScottPresler

We need ONE brave Senator to force a roll call vote in order for the Senate to vote
on leaving for a 37-day paid vacation for August recess.
We need ONE Senator to object to unanimous consent & "ask for the yeas and nays."

HOLY COW!

BREAKING NEWS

Senator Mike Lee just said that he will force a roll call vote

in order for the Senate to vote on whether or not to leave DC for the August recess.

Thank you, @BasedMikeLee. pic.twitter.com/xiMi4k0KmR
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) July 26, 2026

ThePersistence
@ScottPresler
Senator Lankford (R-OK) is up for re-election in 2028.
He has NOT agreed to stay in DC until the SAVE America Act is passed.

This is day 207 of asking @LeaderJohnThune to pass the SAVE America Act. pic.twitter.com/KmSCSobPJ9
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) July 27, 2026

Five Republicans have now said they will object and force a roll call vote, including Ashley Moody and Lindsey Graham's sister Darline.

BREAKING

It appears Senator Darline Graham is our 5th Senator to support no recess until the SAVE America Act is passed. pic.twitter.com/xMtFlaJpSU
— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) July 27, 2026

Meanwhile, Thune continues his mentor Mitch McConnell's practice of never formally recessing the Senate, thereby denying Trump the right enjoyed by all previous presidents of making temporary (one-year) recess appointments when the senate is recessed.

.@LeaderJohnThune, I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August�at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act�and hereby request a roll call vote.

Do not assume you have my consent.

You do not. https://t.co/jyt1lvkmQu
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) July 26, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:33 PM

Comments

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1 we'll just see what we see ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 03:35 PM (VyBeY)

2 Would that we could bring dueling with pistols back to the Senate.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 27, 2026 03:36 PM (IhL8c)

3 I appreciate the posturing... But it's just posturing.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at July 27, 2026 03:36 PM (JEB0x)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:36 PM (2YhKe)

5 I appreciate the centering.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:36 PM (2YhKe)

6 Mike Lee is at least trying.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 03:38 PM (NnhvP)

7
Thune is a wax dummy.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 03:38 PM (UjdFS)

8 I'm feeling very balanced, now. And in perfect balance, I say, "Either pass the SAVE America act now, or get thousands of recess appointments. Either way we win, you lose."

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (aJQbY)

9 Ace has become a centrist. Next he'll get a lefty girlfriend and start telling us to free Palestine.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (2ocoG)

10 I used Blade's method to post this at 1:25PM EDST on Monday, July 27 to show how easy it is to get a "First!". I didn't even subject you to a poem.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 01:26 PM (Yh7zv)

It has been mentioned that doing this to get a first will get you first banned........

Just a friendly reminder.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)

11 I'm sure someone here told me Thune is trying real hard but there's just some stubborn Senators that won't let him do what's right.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (vE0+H)

12 Trump is powerless against Thune. You hate to see it, but it's true.

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (ZxPkt)

13 Help me out please. Is Thune trying to put it in the type of recess that Trump can get his appointments made? I know he's avoiding the SAVE act but is there as silver lining?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (n5tGW)

14 I'm betting there will still be pro-forma sessions to prevent any interim appointments, though.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (N1DT3)

15 The biggest tell about how Trump's last 2 years will go will be if they GOP finally gets rid of McConnell's Maxi Me. If they do, it means things have changed. If they don't, there are enough of the old barnacles to stop any progress.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 03:40 PM (Riz8t)

16 Man, murderous rage Mondays are living up to their name.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 03:40 PM (Sco7b)

17 Todd Young should channel fellow Hoosier Jimmy Chitwood, tell the senate, "I figured it's time for me to start playing ball," and push the SAVE Act to a vote.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 27, 2026 03:40 PM (2ap+5)

18 Thune is a baboon.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 03:40 PM (Dd38x)

19 SATOR
AREPO
TENET
OPERA
ROTAS

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 27, 2026 03:40 PM (YlWIZ)

20 And now the post is live hours later.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 03:35 PM (Yh7zv)

You know how the posts don't go up in order by number? Well they used too. There's a reason for that. Friendly word - don't do this shit.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:40 PM (vE0+H)

21 I used Blade's method to post this at 1:25PM EDST on Monday, July 27 to show how easy it is to get a "First!". I didn't even subject you to a poem.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 01:26 PM (Yh7zv)

It has been mentioned that doing this to get a first will get you first banned........

Just a friendly reminder.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)
____________

People still don't know the ways of The Blade ....

And they're not poems! They're song lyrics, mostly rock and metal.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

22 They have to NotPass the SAVE act.

Not enough Republicans seem to want to walkaway from their seats this year.

They've gotten some, though. But, it might not be enough to recreate 2018.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)

23 Oh crap i need an extra spoace

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 27, 2026 03:41 PM (YlWIZ)

24 John Thune (R-S.D.

Can't believe S.D. can't do better than Thune.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 03:41 PM (NnhvP)

25 Baboon is supposed to buffoon.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 03:41 PM (Dd38x)

26
NO
KILL
I
(HONEST)

Posted by: Tony Horta at July 27, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)

27 I'm sure someone here told me Thune is trying real hard but there's just some stubborn Senators that won't let him do what's right.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (vE0+

Cornyn, Murk and mitch will never vote for it. Plus Thune, that's four.

If they won't move, the votrs aren't there.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at July 27, 2026 03:41 PM (JEB0x)

28 SATOR
AREPO
TENET
OPERA
ROTAS

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (YlWIZ)

29 Make them vote. I want to know which GOPe fifth columnists are delaying things. I mean, we have a pretty good idea, but I want them to have to defend their No votes in '28.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (Riz8t)

30 Filthy machine!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (YlWIZ)

31 Has there ever been a Congress so adamantly opposed to a President of the same party?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (RmfQb)

32 The Blade needs to wipe the Cheeto dust off his fingers and get out of his mother’s basement.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (9mRXp)

33 I was under the impression that the House had passed the SAVE Act with a version that would pass muster in reconciliation as a spending bill so they didn't need the 60 votes in the Senate but only a majority?

I guess not if they're still talking about the filibuster.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)

34 Easter Wings by George Herbert
Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store,
Though foolishly he lost the same,
Decaying more and more,
Till he became
Most poore:
With thee
O let me rise
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in me.

My tender age in sorrow did beginne
And still with sicknesses and shame.
Thou didst so punish sinne,
That I became
Most thinne.
With thee
Let me combine,
And feel thy victorie:
For, if I imp my wing on thine,
Affliction shall advance the flight in me.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (2ap+5)

35 Lindsey with a vagina seems to be pretty good so far. Still not voting for her in the primary.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (BAWkL)

36 You know how the posts don't go up in order by number? Well they used too. There's a reason for that. Friendly word - don't do this shit.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:40 PM (vE0+H)
---
Took Ace some time to center this post.

Posted by: Tony Horta at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)

37 We can do better than Thune.

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 03:43 PM (GD0B3)

38 Oh, no, not the Center!!

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 03:43 PM (GD0B3)

39 Cornyn, Murk and mitch will never vote for it. Plus Thune, that's four.

If they won't move, the votrs aren't there.

True, but when the Senate reconvenes after the election, it will make it very easy indeed to defenestrate Thune.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 03:43 PM (Riz8t)

40 Thw wuick red jox jumped over the lazy dog, now get a life.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 27, 2026 03:43 PM (YlWIZ)

41 1 I used Blade's method to post this at 1:25PM EDST on Monday, July 27 to show how easy it is to get a "First!". I didn't even subject you to a poem.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 01:26 PM (Yh7zv)

That is frowned upon, you know.

Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 03:43 PM (OlzlW)

42 If they won't move, the votrs aren't there.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at July 27, 2026 03:41 PM (JEB0x)

To repurpose a rather disgusting cliche, Thune can shit and then get off the pot. He can force all the fake Republicans on the record. Then he can call a real recess and not open "pro forma" kabuki. He should have done this earlier and earned some respect from DJT and his voters.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 27, 2026 03:44 PM (gKWVE)

43 Posted by: Oglebay at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (2ap+5)

Very nice poem. I really appreciate George Herbert's poetry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 03:44 PM (xPsv8)

44 >>I hate these people

threadwinner

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 03:44 PM (4KUe5)

45 I'm sure someone here told me Thune is trying real hard but there's just some stubborn Senators that won't let him do what's right.

Posted by: ...

Damn that Thon June!

Posted by: The Shame of South Dakota at July 27, 2026 03:44 PM (yFLFB)

46 Spoiler Alert: They won't pass it

They want to be in the minority, they want to lose the midterms( by they I mean the Vichy GOP)

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 03:44 PM (YwEeS)

47 for pols like thune, fundraising is more important than being in the majority and getting things done. in 2016 mcconnell would have easily let merrick garland be confirmed after hillary won the presidency but before the election it made for a great fundraising issue

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 03:44 PM (CWTWj)

48 The Blade needs to wipe the Cheeto dust off his fingers and get out of his mother’s basement.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 03:42 PM (9mRXp)
_________

I escaped the basement months ago. It was hard at first because of all the bright light everywhere and the other people just walking around in public. I'm still adjusting to life outside the basement.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:45 PM (iFTx/)

49 Will they monkey around with rhesus appointments?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 03:45 PM (Cqx++)

50 39 We can do better than Thune.
Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 03:43 PM (GD0B3)

There are plenty of lazy hobos who could do this job better. At least the lazy hobo wouldn't refuse recess appointments. He'd simply call the recess and go to the Senate's lavatory to guzzle his MD 20/20.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 27, 2026 03:45 PM (gKWVE)

51
Thune is a baboon.
Posted by: Piper
......

Goon.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 03:46 PM (UjdFS)

52 I hate these people.
---
Who are these people?!

Posted by: Jerome Seinfeld at July 27, 2026 03:46 PM (Fi81e)

53 *
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*****
*******
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*************
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*****************
|||

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 03:46 PM (jTgrB)

54 Thune is a baboon.
Posted by: Piper
......

So, he shits scotch?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:46 PM (2YhKe)

55 I strongly suspect Thune is the scapegoat for probably 20 (at least) GOP Senators who don't want SAVE passed

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

56 Carried over:

134 Now that the pandemic is over, has anybody calculated the actual fatality rate? If so, what was it?"

Funny you should ask. Several have tried to sort that out, but actual reliable data seems to be...a bit hard to come by.

Said data might be in Al Capone's vault...
Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:45 PM (XuXeR)

Yeah, about that... Even just medium-quality data would include age and vaxx status. So, if the vaxx increased mortality for younger people, then even if the manufacturers are immune from legal liability, everyone that pushed it would be publicly subject to moral culpability. Entire professions, including Education and The Media, would use every scrap and shred of their influence to avert that hit to their Good Will.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 03:46 PM (Sy6m/)

57
Thune is a baboon.
Posted by: Piper
......

Goon.
Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 03:46 PM (UjdFS)
---
Buffoon.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (Fi81e)

58 I escaped the basement months ago. It was hard at first because of all the bright light everywhere and the other people just walking around in public. I'm still adjusting to life outside the basement.

Have you seen the woman in the red dress yet?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (Riz8t)

59 Even a vote won't tell you anything. The R's that don't want it but don't want their constituents to know, won't go on record because there are enough who are willing to take one for the team. Whoopsie, so close!!

If we knew the truth about how many elected Republicans are perfectly happy, nay content, with the type of fraud that saw Biden and Kamala and more importantly their handlers take a giant dump on this country for four years, few of us would bother voting GOP.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (vE0+H)

60
Poltroon

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (Fi81e)

61 Ahh Nemo you needed that one extra return.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (n5tGW)

62 I think Blade is quite a smart man, and I appreciate his insights on a number of political things, but I do not care about his being first in posts. . It's funnier when Sponge puts "First!!" and he's somewhere around forty in the posts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (xPsv8)

63 >>Thune is a baboon

Let’s shoot him straight to the moon!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (4KUe5)

64 Thon June sounds like the name of one of those blue hookers in the Mos Eisley Cantina

Or Saigon, 1966.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (6ydKt)

65 Why in the hell does Oklahoma keep sending Lankford back to Washington? Won’t someone primary that ginger RINO?

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at July 27, 2026 03:48 PM (dk1uA)

66
I strongly suspect Thune is the scapegoat for probably 20 (at least) GOP Senators who don't want SAVE passed
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)
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I strongly suspect you are right.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81e)

67 GOPe delenda est.

Long live MAGA, and confusion to our enemies!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 03:48 PM (jTgrB)

68 I strongly suspect Thune is the scapegoat for probably 20 (at least) GOP Senators who don't want SAVE passed

20 isn't enough to get him to Senate Majority leader. Name them and shame them. And by shame, I mean introduce them to the fires of Mt. Doom.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 03:48 PM (Riz8t)

69 More people died from the lockdowns(all causes) than COVID. Probably by a factor of 10 .

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 03:48 PM (YwEeS)

70 I escaped the basement months ago. It was hard at first because of all the bright light everywhere and the other people just walking around in public. I'm still adjusting to life outside the basement.

Have you seen the woman in the red dress yet?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (Riz8t)
________

[Perks up]

-- Chris de Burgh

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)

71 The centered stuff is hard to read.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 03:48 PM (2Ez/1)

72 >>Thune is a baboon

Let’s shoot him straight to the moon!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (4KUe5)

I like the sound of your tune.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 03:49 PM (BAWkL)

73 John Thune (R-SD)

South Dakotans, what the fuck is wrong with you?

SD is supposedly one of the most conservative states in the Union. And you repeatedly send this traitor to the Senate???

Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 03:49 PM (Av6i5)

74 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 03:45 PM (Cqx++)

That was funny. Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 03:49 PM (xPsv8)

75 My favorite comments ever are the ones who do "centering art" but forget the carriage return at the top. There is something agonizing and beautiful and terrible in it.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:49 PM (vE0+H)

76 🤡
🤡🤡
🤡🤡🤡
🤡🤡🤡🤡

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 03:49 PM (GD0B3)

77 Big loon?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 03:49 PM (LL19j)

78 A lot of people warned against him being leader yet here we are.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 03:50 PM (n5tGW)

79 If you were wondering what that Washingtonian news reader babe was talking about, the “norms” and “bipartisanship” - this is it.

In their eyes, “compromise” is Doing Everything We Want (and More) And Nothing We Don’t.

Assistant Democrats. Thanks a Lot, mac

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 03:50 PM (Eo+Kz)

80 Mike Lee is centered; Thune is not

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 03:50 PM (+gA9j)

81 There was a contest and he "won".

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 03:50 PM (GD0B3)

82
I swoon for Thune.

Posted by: Susan Collins at July 27, 2026 03:50 PM (UjdFS)

83 And no COB's around to fix the f*ckup.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

84 Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 03:49 PM (Yh7zv)

The mega alpha super duper brains were trying to save *you* from getting banned. But go ahead - do you.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:51 PM (vE0+H)

85 We deserve to be centered on this topic, Ace.

Scott Pressler should get an award, bless him for all he does.

Thank goodness 5 Senators found their spine.

If nothing else, this proves beyond a shadow of doubt that the rest of the GOPe is bought and paid for by money laundering and illegals and threats by their puppet masters.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 03:51 PM (hzuYO)

86 heh. Comments 78 and 79 for the win. Until this gets fixed.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 03:51 PM (n5tGW)

87 99 Red Baboons go by...

Posted by: Nena at July 27, 2026 03:51 PM (2Ez/1)

88 My favorite comments ever are the ones who do "centering art" but forget the carriage return at the top. There is something agonizing and beautiful and terrible in it.
Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:49 PM (vE0+H)
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Agree. It's a work of art to do all that work to create a Christmas tree, forget that the first line won't center and end up with Charlie Brown's tree.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:51 PM (Fi81e)

89 The GOPe makes “deals” with Democrats. The trouble with the MAGA movement from the GOPe viewpoint, is that MAGA doesn’t want to make “deals;” they want to WIN!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 03:52 PM (jTgrB)

90 I like that Trump is willing to go the mat on this, in in my opinion its the most important issues, period.

But it's clearly not going to pass "as is" because of a handful of RINOs. Is there talk of some compromise where there is some ballot integrity measures pass, like forcing voter ID?

Posted by: Leupold at July 27, 2026 03:52 PM (eIzlH)

91 78 My favorite comments ever are the ones who do "centering art" but forget the carriage return at the top. There is something agonizing and beautiful and terrible in it.
Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:49 PM (vE0+H)

I like it!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 03:52 PM (hzuYO)

92 "carriage return"
Not unlike "rotary dial."

Posted by: Geezer at July 27, 2026 03:52 PM (2Ez/1)

93 Now you're talking!

Trump: "Let's get rid of daylight savings time."

Give me my hour back!!

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 03:53 PM (GD0B3)

94 Imagine Thune ran the Senate the way Pelosi ran the House…

A few pesky holdouts? Strong arm them bigot behind the scenes, threaten their committee positions, their favorite upcoming legislation, etc. until they fall tf in line!!

I’m sorry, but knowing how the Democrats can consistently come together to get stuff done for decades, I refuse to accept this crap about him being oh so helpless in the face of a few dissenting Republicans.

No, Thune doesn’t want it, he doesn’t want Trump’s administration appointments to go through and it’s time he’s held accountable for all of this.
He needs to be replaced.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 03:53 PM (4KUe5)

95 Some of the most annoying and vexing senators are republicans. McConnell, Thune, Cassidy, Tillis, Lankford….. Murkowski…. All from deep red states (except Tillis which is just normal red with a tinge of purple)

One expects nonsense from Dems; getting stabbed by your “own side” is more annoying

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 03:53 PM (+gA9j)

96 Pressing enter on the keyboard to get to a new line is still Carriage Return; Line Feed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)

97
The GOPe makes “deals” with Democrats. The trouble with the MAGA movement from the GOPe viewpoint, is that MAGA doesn’t want to make “deals;” they want to WIN!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 03:52 PM (jTgrB)
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Yes, winning is so selfish
...
Unless you're a Democrat.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)

98 11 Ace has become a centrist. Next he'll get a lefty girlfriend and start telling us to free Palestine.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Think he has already had some lefty girlfriends. NYC dating market is pretty lonely for Ewoks so you take what you can get or DIY.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 03:54 PM (E4rtv)

99 NYP:

Citywide, The Post counted over 960,000 residences and individuals listed as potentially in line to be hit with Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, even though just 31,000 homes were supposed to be subjected to the new levy as he and Hochul initially sold it to the public.
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Sounds about right. The lefty's always think a new "tax the rich" tax will only be for the rich. Fools.

Posted by: WisRich at July 27, 2026 03:54 PM (G0vdT)

100 Commondreams.org: Trump Orders GOP Leader to Cancel Recess and Pass Massive Voter Suppression Bill
Experts say the so-called Save America Act would prevent millions from casting ballots by imposing onerous documentation requirements.

These buffoons haven't explained how they would facilitate this document requirement for citizens so that they can vote unimpeded. It’s almost as if suppression is the goal.

Offer to implement it in 2030, to get this implementation straightened out. They won't agree, but it will point out that the act its self is not the point the chaos it will cause is.

The fact that most states' Real IDs don't live up to the standard of this bill as reported is such hot garbage.

I want to remind everyone about the separation of our branches of government. The GOP bending the knee to everything he does makes that a flawed idea these days.

Kinda fucked up when you realize that basically everything about our government is run on the honor system. Those with no honor can do whatever they want and there are practically zero consequences because nothing is codified.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 27, 2026 03:54 PM (VB9q0)

101 Thune continues his mentor Mitch McConnell's practice of never formally recessing the Senate, thereby denying Trump the right enjoyed by all previous presidents of making temporary (one-year) recess appointments when the senate is recessed.
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There's your "conservative" party ladies and gentlemen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 03:54 PM (JvZF+)

102 Dueling was not necessarily pistols. I think when challenged to a Duel, the individual challenged had the choice of weapon, he could specify swords or whatever. There was quite an involved, elaborate formal aspect to the whole thing.

What it did, despite detractors, it made people really think twice or even three times about publicly impugning someone’s character.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 03:54 PM (Eo+Kz)

103 The centered stuff is hard to read.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
.......

I should have not drank so much yesterday.
Or drank more.
I don't know.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 03:54 PM (UjdFS)

104
Amazing rescue of a 10 year old by a first-season 16 year old lifeguard at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz. Wish Thune had the balls of the lifeguard - crude analogy -

https://tinyurl.com/3aucaddf

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 03:54 PM (kX27y)

105 One expects nonsense from Dems; getting stabbed by your “own side” is more annoying
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Enemies come at you from the front, traitors always stab in the back.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 03:54 PM (E4rtv)

106 One expects nonsense from Dems; getting stabbed by your “own side” is more annoying

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 03:53 PM (+gA9j)
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But falls into "Fool me 3000 times..."

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:54 PM (Fi81e)

107 63 Ahh Nemo you needed that one extra return.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 03:47 PM (n5tGW)

The point of an experiment is to learn.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 03:55 PM (jTgrB)

108 Maybe Thune is secretly with the democratic socialists 🤔

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 03:55 PM (LL19j)

109 "Hard return."

Posted by: 25 year old me at July 27, 2026 03:55 PM (2Ez/1)

110 Hang them all!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 03:55 PM (tBH5l)

111 Close tags are a tool of the Spheniscidaephobes.

Celebrate their absence!

Posted by: Big Penguin at July 27, 2026 03:55 PM (0sNs1)

112 Has any press critter ever asked Thune why he won’t formally recess? What’s his purported reason other than to fuck over Trump and MAGA….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 03:55 PM (+gA9j)

113 Where's Mitch?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 27, 2026 03:56 PM (2Ez/1)

114 When Lincoln was challenged to a duel, didn’t he specify cannon?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 03:56 PM (jTgrB)

115 “Getting stabbed by your own side” is pretty much the GOP MO.

It’s totally on brand.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 03:56 PM (4KUe5)

116 Lankford isn't just a squish, he's also useless as far as I can tell.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 03:56 PM (aJQbY)

117 I don't give a shit if I'm banned. There are no posted rules here anyway.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 03:51 PM (Yh7zv)

Huh?

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:57 PM (vE0+H)

118 Where's Mitch?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 27, 2026 03:56 PM (2Ez/1)
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Posted by: Mitch at July 27, 2026 03:57 PM (Fi81e)

119 What it did, despite detractors, it made people really think twice or even three times about publicly impugning someone’s character.
Posted by: Common Tater

One of the amusing SF treatment of this was an early Heinlein novel, Beyond This Horizon.

From this novel, we get the saying, "an armed society is a polite society."

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 03:57 PM (E4rtv)

120 When Lincoln was challenged to a duel, didn’t he specify cannon?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 03:56 PM (jTgrB)

Broadswords in a confined space. With Abe’s long arms gave him a terrific advantage

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 03:57 PM (+gA9j)

121 Actually, there is a reason English is left-justified. Clearly you youngsters have no care for tradition or convention.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 03:57 PM (JvZF+)

122 Where's Mitch?
Posted by: I gotta ask
.......

I don't know, but it's gotta be near an electrical outlet.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 03:58 PM (UjdFS)

123 121 I don't give a shit if I'm banned. There are no posted rules here anyway.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 03:51 PM (Yh7zv)

Huh?
Posted by: ...

The rules are the idle whims of the Ewok King and his cohort of cobs er I mean courtiers to the Furry Throne.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 03:58 PM (E4rtv)

124 Kinda fucked up when you realize that basically everything about our government is run on the honor system. Those with no honor can do whatever they want and there are practically zero consequences because nothing is codified.

Nothing will happen Guy, is that you?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 03:58 PM (0sNs1)

125 Where's Mitch?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 27, 2026 03:56 PM (2Ez/1)

Wife read a headline this morning that he was being released from the hospital today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)

126 Ask you Phrenologist if Spheniscidae is right for you.
Side effects include vomiting, diarrhea, fever, heartburn, upset stomach, itchy scalp, genital warts, night sweats and cannibalism.

Posted by: Big Fat Fizzer at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (2Ez/1)

127 used Blade's method to post this at 1:25PM EDST on Monday, July 27 to show how easy it is to get a "First!". I didn't even subject you to a poem.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 01:26 PM (Yh7zv)

It has been mentioned that doing this to get a first will get you first banned........

Just a friendly reminder.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)

I have no idea what that is about and how it's done!

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (GD0B3)

128 116 Has any press critter ever asked Thune why he won’t formally recess?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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You jest sir!

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (E4rtv)

129 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog

Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (CNPyZ)

130 The rules are the idle whims of the Ewok King and his cohort of cobs er I mean courtiers to the Furry Throne.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 03:58 PM (E4rtv)

I wasn't questioning that part. I was questioning the thought process.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (vE0+H)

131 I know some individuals were doing this crap in the past...

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (GD0B3)

132 NY Times, minutes ago, McConnell extends Senate leave & will miss State picnic.

Now there's a plan.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 04:00 PM (LL19j)

133 Wait for it.....

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 04:00 PM (BAWkL)

134 I hate these people.
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Who are these people?!
Posted by: Jerome Seinfeld at July 27, 2026 03:46 PM (Fi81e)
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How could anyone not like you??

Posted by: Mrs. Seinfeld at July 27, 2026 04:00 PM (JvZF+)

135 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (CNPyZ)

Are you firstshaming us ?

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:00 PM (GD0B3)

136 Experts say the so-called Save America Act would prevent millions from casting ballots by imposing onerous documentation requirements.

You mean the "onerous documentation requirements" that are already satisfied by virtually all legitimate voters?

Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 04:00 PM (OlzlW)

137 re 118: that was done in an episode of blackadder 3rd

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 04:00 PM (CWTWj)

138 120 Lankford isn't just a squish, he's also useless as far as I can tell.
Posted by: RandomDave
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Looks like the shifty sort that likes to frequent glory holes at truck stops for some rough trade. Then again, so do most of the senators and I think Hirono has experience.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:01 PM (E4rtv)

139 There should just be something lie defunding federal highway funds if you don't pass voter ID in your state.

That's how they made the drinking age 21. I think Louisiana was the one holdout.

Posted by: Leupold at July 27, 2026 04:01 PM (eIzlH)

140 NY Times, minutes ago, McConnell extends Senate leave & will miss State picnic.

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but not he baseball game, right ?

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:01 PM (GD0B3)

141
Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog

Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (CNPyZ)
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It took a long time to come to the Horde.

I was surprised when I started seeing it here.

Posted by: Mitch at July 27, 2026 04:01 PM (Fi81e)

142 The NY Post had a photo of the Missing Mitch with his wife in the same pose as last time. However, their shirts are different. Which is a lame attempt to photoshop an already photoshopped photo. She's frozen in the same position and smile. He's been frozen for some time.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 04:01 PM (hzuYO)

143 News just showed statement from Mitch he needs a few more weeks of rehab before release from hospital. [/c]

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:01 PM (n5tGW)

144 As hilarious as it is to see centered comments, I do find them also very annoying to read that way.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 04:01 PM (FZ29D)

145 Do you know what today is? Today is the day Temporary Protected Status ends for Haitians.

First target is Springfield, Ohio. They will no longer be eating the pets of the people who live there.

whoa whoa whoa

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 04:02 PM (viF8m)

146 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (CNPyZ)
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There's first rule of first is never talk about first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 04:02 PM (JvZF+)

147 The news of the day is going to give me an aneurism. I'm out.

Posted by: InZona at July 27, 2026 04:02 PM (r8it5)

148 Where's Mitch?
Posted by: I gotta ask
.......

I don't know, but it's gotta be near an electrical outlet.

Wait for the janitor to be one short of an electrical outlet for his vacuum when he comes to clean Mitch’s room.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 04:02 PM (jTgrB)

149 Yes, which is fine, I guess. I don't own the blog. If Ace likes Blade's dick poems and wants to ban me for some reason that's his prerogative. But I do get really pissed at the midwits around here pontificating to me about how I've violated some ancient rule of decorum. It's very school-marmish behavior from a bunch of Gen X guys talking about boobs.
Posted by: the lower depths
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More a split I think of Boomers and X. Probably more Gen X among daywalkers and more Boomers at night. But that is just a guess.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:02 PM (E4rtv)

150 you'd think dems would think most trump supporters are the people too dumb to figure out how to get an id card

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 04:02 PM (CWTWj)

151 I used Blade's method to post this at 1:25PM EDST on Monday, July 27 to show how easy it is to get a "First!". I didn't even subject you to a poem.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 01:26 PM (Yh7zv)

I'm using Sponge's method to post this at 4:02PM EDST on Monday, July 27 to show how easy it is to get a "First!".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 04:02 PM (ExV1e)

152 133 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM
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Now do boobs.

Posted by: hahahaha at July 27, 2026 04:02 PM (2Ez/1)

153 As hilarious as it is to see centered comments, I do find them also very annoying to read that way.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 04:01 PM (FZ29D)

Do you have access to the ewok signal by chance ??

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:02 PM (GD0B3)

154 re 152: no

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 04:03 PM (CWTWj)

155 I don't wanna go down to the basement!

There's something down there...

Posted by: Joey Ramone at July 27, 2026 04:03 PM (JM9I6)

156 Trump is powerless against Thune. You hate to see it, but it's true.
Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (ZxPkt)

What power do you imagine that any President has against a Senator?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 04:03 PM (ExV1e)

157 153 The news of the day is going to give me an aneurism. I'm out.
Posted by: InZona
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The only way to survive the horrors of modern living is to point and laugh at them.
Democrats--point and laugh
Judges--point and laugh
GOPe--point and laugh.
Ewok Busty Lesbian Pron--point and laugh.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:04 PM (E4rtv)

158 There should just be something lie defunding federal highway funds if you don't pass voter ID in your state.

That's how they made the drinking age 21. I think Louisiana was the one holdout.
Posted by: Leupold at July 27, 2026 04:01 PM (eIzlH)
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Correct, but Louisiana eventually relented. It's been 21 there for a while now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 04:04 PM (iFTx/)

159

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens for Michigan’s Aug. 4 Democratic U.S. Senate primary this Friday. Stevens faces off against Abdul El-Sayed, former Wayne County health director, in a high-profile race for the seat of Sen. Gary Peters, who is not seeking reelection.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 04:04 PM (Cqx++)

160 I am totally not embarrassed by the FIRST ! Stop speaking in my name ! Carry on !!

Posted by: The Blog at July 27, 2026 04:04 PM (GD0B3)

161 Dueling was not necessarily pistols. I think when challenged to a Duel, the individual challenged had the choice of weapon, he could specify swords or whatever. There was quite an involved, elaborate formal aspect to the whole thing.

What it did, despite detractors, it made people really think twice or even three times about publicly impugning someone’s character.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 03:54 PM (Eo+Kz)
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We should have incorporated the Code Duello into the U.S. Constitution...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 04:04 PM (FZ29D)

162 Thune jas joined the Marxists
Rotten bastard

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

163
you'd think dems would think most trump supporters are the people too dumb to figure out how to get an id card

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 04:02 PM (CWTWj)
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Yeah, we're so dumb, but they fear that their voters won't be able to figure out how to get ID.

There's a survival force on that realization, so they grudgingly realize it.

The mode just shifts to "mean". We're stupid, but we're just being "mean" here.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)

164 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (CNPyZ)

Juvenile and embarrassing is what this blog is about!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 04:04 PM (jTgrB)

165 It's very school-marmish behavior from a bunch of Gen X guys talking about boobs.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 04:00 PM (Yh7zv)
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Their puns suck too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 04:04 PM (JvZF+)

166 71 More people died from the lockdowns(all causes) than COVID. Probably by a factor of 10 .
Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 03:48 PM (YwEeS)

At some point, I would like to see a solid analysis of how many alcoholics in recovery were pushed off the wagon by the one-two punch of media doom stress and lack of meetings. How many 'functioning' alcoholics tipped over into non-functioning from the one-two of maximum stress and minimum work? I bet just the number of alcoholics killed by the lockdowns would be infuriating.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 04:04 PM (Sy6m/)

167 McConnell extends Senate leave & will miss State picnic.
......

Why?
They could use a really long extension cord.
Or a generator.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 04:05 PM (UjdFS)

168 And now the post is live hours later.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 03:35 PM (Yh7zv)

And now you are banned.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 04:05 PM (l4RKn)

169 The Paolo desires a woman who is how you say, full and deep throated.

Posted by: The Paolo at July 27, 2026 04:06 PM (wGerL)

170 Where's Mitch???

From Gateway Pundit...

Senator Mitch McConnell on Monday released a new ‘proof of life’ photo amid a prolonged absence from the Senate.

McConnell posted a photo of himself smiling in a rehab bed next to his wife, Elaine Chao amid a 44-day absence.

The latest photo is dated Sunday.

Weekend at Mitch's.
Sequels suck...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 04:06 PM (Sco7b)

171 Do the schoolmarms have boobs?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 04:06 PM (6ydKt)

172 I never expected anything different.

The GOP knows they can shaft the base until the cows come home.

Why?

Because there's no downside. If the "the Dems are insane, you have to vote for us!" scam doesn't work, then they will happily hunker down as the minority party, using that as an endless excuse for why they can't pass any meaningful legislation.

The only thing that would get these bastards' attention is another J6, only this time for real.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 04:06 PM (qRla/)

173 162 Trump is powerless against Thune. You hate to see it, but it's true.
Posted by: Don Black

Not quite. Majority Leaders have been deposed before. Genteely but firmly. And the olde gange of Mitch is doomed as they age out, stroke out, lose out, or fall out.

Of all the GOPe types in the House that voted for the shampeachment. One is left Daladao and he is in a fight for his political career in California.

Cassidy voted for shampeachment and soon will be former senator.

Thune's popularity has dropped like a rock in South Dakota and a former SD governor named Noem just might take a pot shot at reviving her career there.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)

174 As hilarious as it is to see centered comments, I do find them also very annoying to read that way.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
________

Good format for haikus.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 04:07 PM (XvL8K)

175 First here on the blog has a storied past and is looked upon as a great accomplishment. Naysayers are mostly ne'er do-wells and malcontents.

Posted by: First In Our Hearts at July 27, 2026 04:07 PM (JM9I6)

176 140 Experts say the so-called Save America Act would prevent millions from casting ballots by imposing onerous documentation requirements.

You mean the "onerous documentation requirements" that are already satisfied by virtually all legitimate voters?
Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 04:00 PM (OlzlW)
_______________________________

Requiring ID and proper documentation is one thing. Enforcing the law when Judges routinely kick Republican observers out of precincts on election day is quite another. We've already seen tidbits of Lefties deciding they are just going to ignore the law, because repercussions have been scarce. Even Judges now ignore laws clarified by higher courts without any push back.

I'd suggest that you can pass all the SAVE Acts your heart desires. They will only be followed in red controlled voting districts. Bank on it.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 04:07 PM (dIske)

177 off /

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:08 PM (GD0B3)

178
Would that we could bring dueling with pistols back to the Senate.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 27, 2026 03:36 PM (IhL8c)

Dueling paper mache puppets. Senators only touch guns when they make campaign commercials to fool the gun-toten' cousin-humping illiterates in their states. Puppets won't cause any damage, but it'll be fun to watch.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2026 04:08 PM (TS9sJ)

179 CBD has saved us from drifting down the middle of the stream.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)

180 172 I never expected anything different.

The GOP knows they can shaft the base until the cows come home.

Why?

Because there's no downside. If the "the Dems are insane, you have to vote for us!" scam doesn't work, then they will happily hunker down as the minority party, using that as an endless excuse for why they can't pass any meaningful legislation.

The only thing that would get these bastards' attention is another J6, only this time for real.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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Explain the GOP run House's actions then with a slim margin and one traitor, Massie.

Empirically, it is not so. Same with Trump winning a border wall closure and the BBB to fund deportations until he is out of office.

Progress is slow but moving in the right direction despite the traitors in the Senate GOP caucus.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:09 PM (E4rtv)

181 But I do get really pissed at the midwits around here pontificating to me about how I've violated some ancient rule of decorum.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 27, 2026 04:00 PM (Yh7zv)

Is your retardation intentional? You didn't violate a "rule of decorum", you fool. You violated a technical rule and flaunted it and some people here took the time to kindly point it out. You don't want kindness, that's good, you're a toughguy. It's noted. Now stick it up your ass.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 04:09 PM (vE0+H)

182 I'd like to see Thune gone, but didn't they allow a clean vote on SAVE and it was simply voted down?

I think the problem is really a handful of RINOs like Murkowski, Collins, Tillis, etc. And of course every Democrat.

Posted by: Leupold at July 27, 2026 04:09 PM (eIzlH)

183 I need one brave senator to call for a reach around while Thune is fucking me in the ass.

Posted by: American Citizen at July 27, 2026 04:09 PM (F1rMs)

184 Because there's no downside. If the "the Dems are insane, you have to vote for us!" scam doesn't work, then they will happily hunker down as the minority party, using that as an endless excuse for why they can't pass any meaningful legislation.

The only thing that would get these bastards' attention is another J6, only this time for real.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 04:06 PM (qRla/)
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I'm convinced the GOPe *wants* to be the minority party. There's no downside for *them.* They get all of the perks of office (including the scraps of $$ that fall their way due to various schemes and scams). They have NONE of the responsibility of governing. They can blame the Dems for all of the woes of the country, but will do NOTHING on their own to advance the interests of the people they represent.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 04:09 PM (FZ29D)

185 Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 04:07 PM (dIske)
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I just learned recently that NY State had banned Republican observers by law some years ago.

I guess it was "too partisan" or something.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:10 PM (Fi81e)

186 Do the schoolmarms have boobs?
Posted by: SpeakingOf
.....

Mammaries. They have mammaries.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 04:10 PM (UjdFS)

187 Should have rolled The Save America Act into the Grand Opening of the Obama Foundation.

Why? Stricter requirements for access.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 04:10 PM (LL19j)

188 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM

You're not the first to say that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:10 PM (0sNs1)

189 I think there is an easier explanation, Thune is incompetent. Always was.

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:10 PM (GD0B3)

190 171 Do the schoolmarms have boobs?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 04:06 PM (6ydKt

Yes, but only the school marm's husband is allowed to ogle.

Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 04:11 PM (OlzlW)

191
Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (CNPyZ)

You're new here, aren't you?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2026 04:11 PM (TS9sJ)

192 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (CNPyZ)

You must be new here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 04:11 PM (ExV1e)

193 Requiring ID and proper documentation is one thing. Enforcing the law when Judges routinely kick Republican observers out of precincts on election day is quite another. We've already seen tidbits of Lefties deciding they are just going to ignore the law, because repercussions have been scarce. Even Judges now ignore laws clarified by higher courts without any push back.

I'd suggest that you can pass all the SAVE Acts your heart desires. They will only be followed in red controlled voting districts. Bank on it.
Posted by: Orson
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Trump put a shot across their bow that if any of those officials knowingly let illegals vote, then they are criminally liable. That puts a chill in the cheat and they are prosecuting all those illegals that the Dems, GOPe, and the media tell us don't vote even if they are illegally registered.

And I think he wins at Scotus on the US Postal Service rules.

Scotus is getting tired of the First Circuit making up the law as they go along and their district judges are becoming a nuisance with their endless injunctions despite clear Scotus rulings.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:11 PM (E4rtv)

194 I like the “firsts” (if earned the old fashioned Smith-Barney way of hitting the refresh key like a crazed cocaine monkey)

But I like bewb talk even more. I may be 29, but I’m 15 at heart….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 04:12 PM (+gA9j)

195 This is treason. Proceed accordingly.

Posted by: Eromero at July 27, 2026 04:12 PM (mQR9Z)

196 Mammaries. They have mammaries.
Posted by: wth

The only decent song from the crap musical "Cats".

Posted by: Pussy Kat Lounge at July 27, 2026 04:12 PM (JM9I6)

197 First here on the blog has a storied past and is looked upon as a great accomplishment. Naysayers are mostly ne'er do-wells and malcontents.

Posted by: First In Our Hearts

It's roots go back to the Mayflower.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 27, 2026 04:12 PM (yFLFB)

198 188 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM

You're not the first to say that.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I ignore that shit because it gets annoying.

Ignorance is bliss sometimes when it doesn't matter who gets First.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:13 PM (E4rtv)

199 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel
......

Says the guy who never got a first.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 04:13 PM (UjdFS)

200 184. I'm convinced the GOPe *wants* to be the minority party. There's no downside for *them.* They get all of the perks of office (including the scraps of $$ that fall their way due to various schemes and scams). They have NONE of the responsibility of governing. They can blame the Dems for all of the woes of the country, but will do NOTHING on their own to advance the interests of the people they represent.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

And then the democratic socialists might leave them alone?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 04:13 PM (LL19j)

201 I'm convinced the GOPe *wants* to be the minority party. There's no downside for *them.* They get all of the perks of office (including the scraps of $$ that fall their way due to various schemes and scams). They have NONE of the responsibility of governing. They can blame the Dems for all of the woes of the country, but will do NOTHING on their own to advance the interests of the people they represent.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 04:09 PM

It is sad, simply sad, to observe this depth of cynicism in someone of such tender years. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:13 PM (0sNs1)

202 It's roots go back to the Mayflower.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor

Nope, Captain Kidd.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:13 PM (E4rtv)

203 Just stopping mail in balloting would do wonders. But I dream.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:13 PM (n5tGW)

204 I think there is an easier explanation, Thune is incompetent. Always was.
Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:10 PM (GD0B3)
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Incompetent toward your ends.

Not DC's.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:13 PM (Fi81e)

205 What's the policy on "Sponge!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 04:14 PM (JvZF+)

206 Fighting for Illegals to vote and tje vote fraud puts him.in tje Deep State to me

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:14 PM (Ia/+0)

207 Civil War era some senator caned another senator into senselessness. Bring that back in style? Which GOP senator could wield a cane effectively? Nominations open for that leadership position….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 04:14 PM (+gA9j)

208 What power do you imagine that any President has against a Senator?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 04:03 PM (ExV1e)

I guaran-damn-tee you there is not a single Senator who is utterly clean. If Trump would use the FBI the way any Dem would, he would have Patel make up dossiers of all the crooked financial, sexual and personal skeletons in the closets of assholes like Thune.

Then the stick: "Vote and pass the SAVE Act. If you don't, this all gets aired nationally at a POTUS press conference, at the end of which you will be arrested and shipped to GITMO.

"And if you think I'm kidding. . .try me."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 04:14 PM (qRla/)

209 Mammaries. They have mammaries.
Posted by: wth
++++

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 27, 2026 04:15 PM (2Ez/1)

210 151 Do you know what today is? Today is the day Temporary Protected Status ends for Haitians.

First target is Springfield, Ohio. They will no longer be eating the pets of the people who live there.

whoa whoa whoa
Posted by: JackStraw

I'm going to have to put a national injunction on enforcement of that SCOTUS approved order. They didn't embrace the Spirit of Aloha OR the fact the Trump is a racist fascist!

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at July 27, 2026 04:15 PM (VB9q0)

211 What's the policy on "Sponge!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 04:14 PM (JvZF+)
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Ace tolerates him until he quotes Queensrÿche lyrics.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:15 PM (Fi81e)

212 I need one brave senator to call for a reach around while Thune is fucking me in the ass.
Posted by: American Citizen

Lindsey's not there anymore.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 04:15 PM (BAWkL)

213 >Not quite. Majority Leaders have been deposed before.
----

when that happens, I'll recant, okay?

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 04:15 PM (ZxPkt)

214 Stumbling into first is a special thrill, like finding a nickle on the ground, or getting a free glass when you buy a full tank of gasoline.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 04:15 PM (MWfyi)

215
I'm convinced the GOPe *wants* to be the minority party. There's no downside for *them.* They get all of the perks of office

The Washington Generals receive a paycheck.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 04:15 PM (Cqx++)

216 Naysayers are mostly ne'er do-wells and malcontents.
Posted by: First In Our Hearts at July 27, 2026 04:07 PM

So, penguins or penguin-adjacent?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:15 PM (0sNs1)

217 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59

If you think that is embarrassing to the blog, wait until you click on one of Sponge’s “accidental” links!

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 04:16 PM (hftzA)

218 I'm so evolved (and also po'd that it is hot and the dog days of summer) that when I am first I don't make a big deal out of it.

In my mind I am always first and don't need a parade in this infernal heat.

I'll bet Mitch has a thing or two to say to that Thune creature! I crack myself up. The photoshopped photoshop did crack me up. Elaine, darling, at least change your pose with your shirt. I doubt Mitch can do either.

Thune looks like LizardMan and mean. No like.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 04:16 PM (hzuYO)

219 The last time personal violence occurred on the Senate floor was a southern Democrat caning a northern Republican.

https://sniplinks.in/lU3Q0s

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 04:16 PM (jTgrB)

220 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 04:16 PM (hzuYO)

wow ! you covered a lot of ground there, Christy!

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:17 PM (GD0B3)

221 214 Stumbling into first is a special thrill, like finding a nickle on the ground, or getting a free glass when you buy a full tank of gasoline.
Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 04:15 PM

I remember the steak knives. I think it was a Sinclair station.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 04:17 PM (2Ez/1)

222 With great power comes great responsibility.

First First should also be first Nood.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:18 PM (0sNs1)

223 Being a citizen and at least 18 is required in the Constitution. Can't be enforcing that though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:18 PM (n5tGW)

224 MCGA!! (Make Caning Great Again)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 04:18 PM (yz/88)

225 My favorite schoolmarm: Miss Crabtree from " The Little Rascals" but I did not care about her boobs and have no interest in looking for pictures of them- if such pictures even exist. She seemed like she had a sweet personality with the children, if I remember. Here is a picture of the actress:

https://tinyurl.com/y2x4r66m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 04:18 PM (rHgXV)

226 leaving for a 37-day paid vacation for August recess.

37 days hath August... no, that's not it.

Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2026 04:18 PM (hZXic)

227 @ 208, exactly what I've been thinking, MP4!

and the sooner, the better!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 04:18 PM (VyBeY)

228 ....misty, water colored mammaries....

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM (BAWkL)

229 Is it known who started "first"?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM (XvL8K)

230 Ace of Spades

Free of Boob talk since ......?

/Stuff we'll never see....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM (Sco7b)

231 203 Just stopping mail in balloting would do wonders. But I dream.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:13 PM (n5tGW)

I've been going through boxes of old papers. I found some 2004 mail urging voters to apply for their mail-in ballots in Colorado. This is one of the factors in Colorado turning blue.

Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM (OlzlW)

232 Speaking of Lindsey Graham.

Dr. Drew Pinsky said that in his entire practice he only saw 2 cases of aortic dissection.

In the last 5 years, since The Jab, he's seen 12.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e)

233 one day i'll understand the Queensrÿche meme

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM (ZxPkt)

234 229 Is it known who started "first"?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM

It is a long and sordid tale involving LGF. Maybe lizard people.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 04:20 PM (hftzA)

235 My love, Ace, posted at 3:33, which (so I have read) is an angel time or something. He's doing important things.

"Seeing 333 is viewed as a sign of alignment, encouragement, and upcoming personal growth."

Personally I need all three mentioned above and a jolt of Red Bull, which would probably do me in. It is past my Coke and Advil cure time. GAH

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 04:20 PM (hzuYO)

236 143 120 Lankford isn't just a squish, he's also useless as far as I can tell.
Posted by: RandomDave
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Looks like the shifty sort that likes to frequent glory holes at truck stops for some rough trade. Then again, so do most of the senators and I think Hirono has experience.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:01 PM (E4rtv)

I can picture it that she had to switch to politics because she's so dumb, she kept forgetting to get paid.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 04:20 PM (Sy6m/)

237 I wasn't questioning that part. I was questioning the thought process.
Posted by: ...

We have customs here more than rules and that can be frustrating to those not acclimatized. There is a nominal hierarchy and don't be an asshole main rule. Beyond that, it is free to post and no registration with a bunch of interesting people. So, their house, their rules, I try to wipe my feet on the mat. And don't do shit that the cobs nor Ace tell me to stop.

Easy enough. I was a mod on a website with actual rules and it was a pita because of infiltrators, online trolls, those trying to sneak in commercials for biz, and so on. Never again so I don't complain when the cobs or Ace do what they do. Their place, their rules.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:20 PM (E4rtv)

238 The judge that game Shiloh Hendrixs 200 hours of community service gave another defendant who had kiddie pron on his computer 100 hours of community service.

I went looking for the lefty take on this and its, 'Courts aren't fair MAGAts'

And I have to say I am struck by how unseriously the people ranting about "The Epstein Class" consider actual sex crimes against children.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

239 Ace of Spades

Free of Boob talk since ......?

/Stuff we'll never see....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM

To be fair, I think it's something we're quite likely to see in our lifetimes.

As long as the timescale used after 'since' is in minutes.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:21 PM (0sNs1)

240 wait, he is feeling the pressure :

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
18m
🚨 JUST IN: Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he will consider CANCELING AUGUST RECESS based on coming discussions with Mike Lee and Rick Scott, as long as he sees an "outcome" is possible

KEEP THE PRESSURE UP 🔥

Reconciliation SAVE America = 50 VOTES + JD

“If somebody can show me how we get an outcome, how we get a result, how do we get an answer to this, I'm all for it."

"But if we are going to be sitting here in endless quorum calls, I don't know if that's in the best interest.”

No excuses. You GET THE RESULT through FIGHTING.

h/t Deseret News

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:21 PM (GD0B3)

241 Sometimes, grown men go on the internet and give themselves a ridiculous "hardassed" handle like Skullcrusher. Or Sentinel. Now, *that's* juvenile. It's not Call of Duty, it's just a blog. Simmer down, Master Chief.

Posted by: Whale Biologist at July 27, 2026 04:21 PM (rRwe3)

242 Is it known who started "first"?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM (XvL8K)

Adam.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 04:21 PM (ExV1e)

243 I can picture it that she had to switch to politics because she's so dumb, she kept forgetting to get paid.
Posted by: SciVo
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Spermal amnesia is a thing--they just can't figure out how the air the ads on late night TV.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:21 PM (E4rtv)

244 The last time personal violence occurred on the Senate floor was a southern Democrat caning a northern Republican.

https://sniplinks.in/lU3Q0s

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 04:16 PM (jTgrB)
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Not a surprise. The Democratic Party is the party of emotional incontinence.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:21 PM (Fi81e)

245 Will the Lindsey Graham procession be tacked on to the end of the John McCain procession? Seems like another lap wouldn't hurt.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 04:21 PM (3oLiU)

246 50 votes ...someone just needs to make the crazies on the R side an offer they cannot refuse

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:22 PM (GD0B3)

247 I see mitch mcconnell released another "proof of life" photo today.

How many days is it now that has he missed working in the senate for the people of Kentucky?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2026 04:22 PM (0N4FZ)

248 Stumbling into first is a special thrill, like finding a nickle on the ground, or getting a free glass when you buy a full tank of gasoline."

Is that like pouring rain on your wedding day? A free ride when you've already paid? Some good advice that you just can't take?

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 04:22 PM (XuXeR)

249 Obama's School Czar wanting to teach firsting to kindergartners.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 04:23 PM (vE0+H)

250 Which is worse, the cucks or the traitors?

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 04:23 PM (4NO2D)

251 Yes

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 04:23 PM (VyBeY)

252 Mammaries. They have mammaries.
Posted by: wth

The only decent song from the crap musical "Cats".
Posted by: Pussy Kat Lounge at July 27, 2026 04:12 PM (JM9I6)

This will date me: Bob Hope’s theme song.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 04:23 PM (jTgrB)

253
To be fair, I think it's something we're quite likely to see in our lifetimes.

As long as the timescale used after 'since' is in minutes.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:21 PM (0sNs1)

When I was a computer consultant in Ohio, we had a package that kept failing.

Around 12C, I put up post-its on a board, 12D, 12E....12M.

Sadly, they became functional until someone pissed off took them down.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 04:23 PM (Sco7b)

254 248 Stumbling into first is a special thrill, like finding a nickle on the ground, or getting a free glass when you buy a full tank of gasoline."

Is that like pouring rain on your wedding day? A free ride when you've already paid? Some good advice that you just can't take?
Posted by: man at July 27

Or a song about irony that doesn’t include anything ironic.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 04:24 PM (hftzA)

255 Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:11 PM (E4rtv)

Whig, that looks good on paper, but here's the reality. There has a been a fast growing trend of ignoring the law, and that behavior is being sanctioned by local government and sometimes state government. Locations like Seattle and Portland flaunt that approach. The Governor of Minnesota issues pardons based on political spite. Newsom signs laws out of spite (ICE masks et. al).

I'm usually leaning on the side of optimism, but on this particular issue we are talking about the continued existance of the Democrat party. Those are the stakes. This is their hill to die on, because there are no other hills. Even some of the lesser subtle Democrat congressional representatives are inadvertantly noting that if the SAVE Act passess and is instituted, they're finished.

So, suppose it passes. Now what do they do. Well, they keep it from being enforced, which requires them to dig the hole deeper. They've never had an issue with that endeavor. They've got the entire press corp on their side. And, they'd rather burn it all down than give up power.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 04:24 PM (dIske)

256 I liked Miss Crantree.

Posted by: Eromero at July 27, 2026 04:24 PM (mQR9Z)

257 My favorite schoolmarm: Miss Crabtree from " The Little Rascals" but I did not care about her boobs
.......

I bet Buckwheat did.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 04:24 PM (UjdFS)

258 one day i'll understand the Queensrÿche meme
Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM

You have started the journey, Grasshopper, since you spell it correctly with the ÿ.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:24 PM (0sNs1)

259 Is it known who started "first"?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 04:19 PM (XvL8K)

Adam.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 04:21 PM

Stand back! I don't know how big this thing gets!

Posted by: Adam at July 27, 2026 04:24 PM (4NO2D)

260 219 The last time personal violence occurred on the Senate floor was a southern Democrat caning a northern Republican.

https://sniplinks.in/lU3Q0s
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

A little afterwards, on Feb 28th, 1890, Charles Kincaid, a newspaper correspondent, fatally shot former Congressman William Taulbee of Kentucky. The two men had a volatile history which began in 1887 when Kincaid wrote a story implicating Taulbee in an extramarital affair.

Occurred on the House steps to the press gallery just outside the chamber, and the bloodstains in the marble are still present faintly today.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)

261 Or a song about irony that doesn’t include anything ironic."

Isn't that ironic?

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 04:25 PM (XuXeR)

262 They can sit in the senate with their thumbs up their butts for all I care. As long as their vacation plans are ruined. F'ing entitled children.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:25 PM (n5tGW)

263 It is sad, simply sad, to observe this depth of cynicism in someone of such tender years. Sad!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:13 PM (0sNs1)
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I'd be happy--thrilled even--to be proven wrong.

I think there are some representatives who do want to move us in a better direction.

Unfortunately, they have to contend with the inertia of the established institution that has grown far too comfortable over the decades with the status quo.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 04:25 PM (FZ29D)

264 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit?

It's in the SAVE Act. Just waiting on Thune...

Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2026 04:25 PM (hZXic)

265 Wouldn't take many people in S. Dakota to primary his sorry ass.

Posted by: Rapid Shitty at July 27, 2026 04:26 PM (qUkBO)

266 247 I see mitch mcconnell released another "proof of life" photo today.

AI is getting better and better!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 04:26 PM (jTgrB)

267 Tousi on his way to Florida escaping satanic UK.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:26 PM (n5tGW)

268 261 Or a song about irony that doesn’t include anything ironic."

Isn't that ironic?
Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 04

Don’t ya think?

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 04:27 PM (hftzA)

269
Adam did in fact take the first shit.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:27 PM (Fi81e)

270 My favorite schoolmarm: Miss Crabtree from " The Little Rascals" but I did not care about her boobs
.......

I bet Buckwheat did.
Posted by: wth

Boodies is o'tay!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 04:27 PM (BAWkL)

271
The rules are the idle whims of the Ewok King and his cohort of cobs er I mean courtiers to the Furry Throne.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 03:58 PM (E4rtv)

*sings*

In the Court of the Ewok King!
Aaaaah-aah-aah-aaaaaah-aah-aah

*ascending chords on mellotron*

Aaaaah-aah-aah-aaaaaah-aah-aah!
...
...

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 04:28 PM (iJfKG)

272 Whig, that looks good on paper, but here's the reality. There has a been a fast growing trend of ignoring the law, and that behavior is being sanctioned by local government and sometimes state government. Locations like Seattle and Portland flaunt that approach. The Governor of Minnesota issues pardons based on political spite. Newsom signs laws out of spite (ICE masks et. al).

So, suppose it passes. Now what do they do. Well, they keep it from being enforced, which requires them to dig the hole deeper. They've never had an issue with that endeavor. They've got the entire press corp on their side. And, they'd rather burn it all down than give up power.
Posted by: Orson

It continues because Scotus allows it to continue as do cowardly GOP governors in some states like Georgia. I don't think though they ever had someone as tenacious as Trump after their ass either.

They took a shot at the king (several actually) and missed making him know for that they have to be taken down for himself and his family to live.

Trump ain't GWB nor the pestilent GHWB, not even Reagan, he is out for blood and the WH Correspondent's Dinner indicates that.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)

273 I'm thinking Sentinel had a chance to get a first but while he was thinking of something witty somebody else took it.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 04:28 PM (MWfyi)

274 The very first amoeba is alive today.

Something to think about.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 04:28 PM (4NO2D)

275 Or a song about irony that doesn’t include anything ironic."

Isn't that ironic?
Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 04

Don’t ya think?
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 04:27 PM (hftzA)
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It's like rain on your wedding day...

Or something more ironic!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)

276 260 219 The last time personal violence occurred on the Senate floor was a southern Democrat caning a northern Republican.

https://sniplinks.in/lU3Q0s
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I'm going to have to take issue with that:

Bill Ayers was a leader of the Weather Underground, a radical group that claimed responsibility for the March 1, 1971, bombing of the U.S. Capitol to protest the Laos invasion.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 04:29 PM (dIske)

277 In the Court of the Ewok King!
Aaaaah-aah-aah-aaaaaah-aah-aah

*ascending chords on mellotron*

Aaaaah-aah-aah-aaaaaah-aah-aah!
...
...
Posted by: naturalfake
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Nice play on King Crimson.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:29 PM (E4rtv)

278 In the last 5 years, since The Jab, he's seen 12.

Ah, yes. Wednesday is going to be an epic day for useless, formless, worthless bloviation.

I can't say what I wish would happen to Fauci, but I will say I wish Luigi Mangione had a day pass.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 04:29 PM (qRla/)

279 >“If somebody can show me how we get an outcome, how we get a result, how do we get an answer to this, I'm all for it."

"But if we are going to be sitting here in endless quorum calls, I don't know if that's in the best interest.”
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so is Thune saying his job is too hard?

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 04:29 PM (ZxPkt)

280 Don’t ya think?

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 04:27 PM (hftzA)

Isn't It Ironic!

Posted by: Alanis Morissette at July 27, 2026 04:30 PM (l4RKn)

281 Mr so and so was afraid to fly
........
And as the plane crashed down he thought well isn't this nice.
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The ironic thing there is he was afraid of flying. He should have been afraid of crashing.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 04:30 PM (vE0+H)

282 The Black Queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 04:30 PM (4NO2D)

283 Adam did in fact take the first shit.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:27 PM

So, the first thing he said to Eve wasn't "First!" or "Madam, I'm Adam", but rather "Gotta go!"?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 04:30 PM (0sNs1)

284 Is it known who started "first"?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

I don't know, it's been a long wait.

Posted by: guy at the back of the line at July 27, 2026 04:30 PM (UjdFS)

285 I agree with Sen. Kennedy from LA. We need to go back to having Election day, not election month. From "Legal Insurrection" site:

https://tinyurl.com/jx4jfh4t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 04:30 PM (W90Ou)

286 “If somebody can show me how we get an outcome, how we get a result, how do we get an answer to this, I'm all for it."

One Word: Talking Filibuster.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 04:31 PM (4NO2D)

287 Trump has proven he can primary any GOP senator he wants, but for Thune it would have to wait until 2028.

Posted by: Commodore at July 27, 2026 04:31 PM (V6W16)

288 I want Congress not to be paid til the SAVE Act is voted on. Unfortunately President Trump can't do this due to the Constitution.

Oddly, on October 29, 2025, Sentator Lindsey Graham (dead...why didn't he get a state funeral?) introduced this during a shut down vs vote...with their salaries going towards federal debt. It did not pass, of course, because it takes 2/3 to vote and they are all worthless douchebags.

I want them to stay there til the vote of yay or nay.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 04:31 PM (hzuYO)

289 >You have started the journey, Grasshopper, since you spell it correctly with the ÿ.

Posted by: Duncanthrax
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ctrl c

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 04:31 PM (ZxPkt)

290 I think there is an easier explanation, Thune is incompetent. Always was.
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Never ascribe to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malevolence.

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 04:32 PM (Eo+Kz)

291 Adam did in fact take the first shit.
Posted by: Axeman
.....

The apple wasn't ripe.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 04:32 PM (UjdFS)

292 129 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit?

No.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 04:32 PM (LL19j)

293 The Black Queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 04:30 PM (4NO2D)
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Confusion, will be my epitaph.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:32 PM (Fi81e)

294 If we make it, we can all sit back and laugh.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 04:33 PM (4NO2D)

295 Would have been funny if there was a counted list of First!s like there is with comments. I think I have 2 accidently in the whole AoS epoch.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:33 PM (n5tGW)

296 Never ascribe to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malevolence.

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 04:32 PM (Eo+Kz)

In Thune's case it is probably both.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 04:33 PM (l4RKn)

297 Yeah, but I took the first bite.

Posted by: Eve at July 27, 2026 04:34 PM (2Ez/1)

298 Thune is McConnell’s cabana boy.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 04:34 PM (Xe8e7)

299 It continues because Scotus allows it to continue as do cowardly GOP governors in some states like Georgia. I don't think though they ever had someone as tenacious as Trump after their ass either.

They took a shot at the king (several actually) and missed making him know for that they have to be taken down for himself and his family to live.

Trump ain't GWB nor the pestilent GHWB, not even Reagan, he is out for blood and the WH Correspondent's Dinner indicates that.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)

The governor of Georgia isn’t cowardly; he’s corrupt.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 04:34 PM (jTgrB)

300 Trump ain't GWB nor the pestilent GHWB, not even Reagan, he is out for blood and the WH Correspondent's Dinner indicates that.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)

I am curious as to how you come to that conclusion, whig. From what I see, all Trump did was insult them and call them out for being democrat shills.

If he really were 'out for blood,' why aren't press passes pulled in perpetuity? Why aren't sedition and incitement charges being filed against CNN or the NYT? Why aren't the MFM barred from the White House and told that if they so even cast as much as a shadow on the grounds, they will be met with gunfire?

IMO, Trump talks about the MFM being the enemy of the people, but he treats them like simpleminded chuckleheads who just need a little slapping around.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 04:34 PM (qRla/)

301 Men being men his first words were probably Nice Rack!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:34 PM (n5tGW)

302 267 Tousi on his way to Florida escaping satanic UK.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:26 PM (n5tGW)

Thankful. I love him in a platonically. My husband knows.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 04:34 PM (hzuYO)

303 129 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit?

First gay .......
First black .......
First womyn ......
First Transexual ......

I wouldn't mind seeing that crap going away....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 04:35 PM (Sco7b)

304 >>My love, Ace, posted at 3:33, which (so I have read) is an angel time or something. He's doing important things.

Attending to his special purpose.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 04:35 PM (viF8m)

305 I'm going to have to take issue with that:

Bill Ayers was a leader of the Weather Underground, a radical group that claimed responsibility for the March 1, 1971, bombing of the U.S. Capitol to protest the Laos invasion.
Posted by: Orson
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And the Puerto Rican terrorists shooting the place up in the 50s.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 04:35 PM (XvL8K)

306 282 The Black Queen chants the funeral march, the cracked brass bells will ring
Posted by: toby928(c)

Christmas in July is over?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 04:35 PM (LL19j)

307 Never ascribe to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malevolence.

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 04:32 PM (Eo+Kz)

In Thune's case it is probably both.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 04:33 PM (l4RKn)

Never ascribe to malevolence that which is adequately explained by bribery and Chinese yuan.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 04:35 PM (iJfKG)

308 129 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (CNPyZ)
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I'd sooner do away with every thread containing a 50-post back-and-forth between the same 4-5 posters about movies that nobody should give a shit about. It's far more distracting than scrolling past the first three posts.

Posted by: ballistic at July 27, 2026 04:36 PM (oqH4h)

309 Would it make any difference if people not from his state called Thune's office about the SAVE act ,or he's simply bought out and doesn't care?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 04:36 PM (XvETL)

310 Please end the filibuster! In 2028, we can finally repeal the second amendment and curse every American with health care! Boo!!

Posted by: Sid at July 27, 2026 04:36 PM (HMi2u)

311 >>If he really were 'out for blood,' why aren't press passes pulled in perpetuity?

He did that with Acosta in his first term. Judge overturned it in a day.

He's doing a much better job just discrediting them like is happening right now with Fauci.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 04:37 PM (viF8m)

312 It's like resident Karens are asking to be invited to go to HotAir. Permanently.

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:37 PM (GD0B3)

313 Never ascribe to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malevolence.

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 04:32 PM (Eo+Kz)
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False dichotomy!

Posted by: Corruption at July 27, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

314 My theory is that Thune knows there are not enough Republicans who will vote for the SAVE act to pass if the filibuster is obviated one way or other.

If Thune said okay fine, and he gets over the filibuster and still can't get 50 votes on the line that is dotted?

In his mind that is worse than taking the blame for not allowing the vote.

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 04:37 PM (xhfG9)

315 How many days is it now that has he missed working in the senate for the people of Kentucky?
Posted by: Mister Scott

MIA for 11 weeks tomorrow, but 8 4-day Senate weeks.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 04:38 PM (diia5)

316 292 129 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit?

No.

in the well-known documentary "tenchi gxp", pirates frustrated by the hero's ability to capture them due to his amazing unluckiness decide to counter him by building an extremely lucky spaceship. however, the only lucky word available for use as a name is "unko", which is japanese for "baby's lucky first shit."

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 04:38 PM (sGtp+)

317 I did not know that Save America was deep throated, but when DJT puts it that way it makes sense!

Posted by: scottst at July 27, 2026 04:38 PM (DCCl0)

318 "I'd sooner do away with every thread containing a 50-post back-and-forth between the same 4-5 posters about movies that nobody should give a shit about."

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It's as if I don't exist!

Posted by: IMDB at July 27, 2026 04:39 PM (2Ez/1)

319 Y' know how difficult it is for me to control my foaming-at-the-mouth vituperative RAGE with these no-count mofos? I hate the Communists, but dayyyyum!, I'm about to reach the same level of disgust and outrage with these effin' 'depublicans'.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 04:39 PM (ayRl+)

320
I'm going to have to put a national injunction on enforcement of that SCOTUS approved order. They didn't embrace the Spirit of Aloha OR the fact the Trump is a racist fascist!
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at July 27, 2026 04:15 PM (VB9q0)

When I was in Junior high school, I embraced the Spirit of Aloha on Kill Haole Day by hiding in the school library to avoid being beaten to a pulp by Hawaiian gangs and thrown off the second story balcony.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2026 04:39 PM (TS9sJ)

321 I want a Republican Harry Reid. There.

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:39 PM (GD0B3)

322 Education for Sid:

An amendment to repeal an existing one can be proposed in one of two ways: either by a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, or by a constitutional convention called by Congress upon the application of two-thirds of state legislatures (currently 34 states). The President has no role in this proposal process, as Article V does not involve the executive branch.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 04:39 PM (n5tGW)

323 The revolt is growing.

>>@EricLDaugh

>>🚨 NOW: Sen. BILL HAGERTY (R-TN) just became the 7TH GOP senator vowing to SKIP August recess with Mike Lee, and stay in DC to pass the SAVE America Act

>>The list of support is RAPIDLY growing! Keep the pressure up 🔥

>>HAGERTY: "I stand ready to stay in Washington through the August recess—as long as it takes—to get the SAVE America Act passed."

>>Thank you, @SenatorHagerty!

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 04:39 PM (viF8m)

324 Christmas in July is over?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 04:35 PM (LL19j)

We've moved on to Festivus in July.

It's now time for the Airing of Grievances.

I got a lotta problems with you people, and now you're going to hear about it!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 04:40 PM (6ydKt)

325 Ayers oh so conveniently escaped Justice on some sort of queer technicality. Like he had immunity, almost. Almost. Bernadine Dohrn praised the Sharon Tate slaughter, stating it was “Groovy!” that she was stabbed with a fork, among other … things. These people are monsters, make no mistake. They might have been outliers in 1969 but they are common now.

Ayers had a NYT hagiographic piece written in the New York Times, contemptuously standing on the American flag. It was only below the fold, because it was published 11 September 2001; it always seemed to me that there is most definitely serendipity, but it has a much darker side component as well.

Posted by: Corrected For Accuracy at July 27, 2026 04:40 PM (Eo+Kz)

326 I'm going to have to take issue with that:

Bill Ayers was a leader of the Weather Underground, a radical group that claimed responsibility for the March 1, 1971, bombing of the U.S. Capitol to protest the Laos invasion.
Posted by: Orson
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And the Puerto Rican terrorists shooting the place up in the 50s.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 04:35 PM (XvL8K)

Depends on your definition of “personal” violence. Caning is definitely personal.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 27, 2026 04:40 PM (jTgrB)

327 > well-known documentary "tenchi gxp"

Objection, your honor.
Citing facts not in evidence.

Posted by: Sustained! at July 27, 2026 04:41 PM (2Ez/1)

328 I'd sooner do away with every thread containing a 50-post back-and-forth between the same 4-5 posters about movies that nobody should give a shit about.

**hides DVD of Kiki's Delivery Service**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 04:41 PM (qRla/)

329 Please end the filibuster! In 2028, we can finally repeal the second amendment and curse every American with health care! Boo!!
Posted by: Sid at July 27, 2026 04:36 PM (HMi2u)

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Now I got to see a Sid post that hasn't been "modified" for comedic ends.
Man, what a maroon! Is this guy real, or is it a sock?

Repeal the constitution with just a majority vote .
Tell me you are stupid without telling me you are stupid.

Or as a more pithy commentor puts it:
Shut up, dunce!

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 27, 2026 04:41 PM (zafwz)

330 >>I want a Republican Harry Reid. There.

Ironically, you might already have one.

Thune isn't weak, he answers to different bosses than us.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 04:41 PM (viF8m)

331 In Thune's case it is probably both.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 04:33 PM (l4RKn)

Malcompelence

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 04:41 PM (vE0+H)

332 Only at AOSHQ can you come to find commentators conversing about a school marm's 100 year old tits.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 04:41 PM (3oLiU)

333 And the Puerto Rican terrorists shooting the place up in the 50s.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

The patched bullet holes are still in the bill manager's desk on the House side. No one died fortunately in that shooting.

Same group tried to assassinate Harry Truman when he was at Blair House (White House was undergoing renovations). There is a placque outside Blair House on the street honoring Leslie Coffelt, a uniformed Secret Service agent killed the the terrorists but not before getting off some shots at them until help arrived.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:42 PM (E4rtv)

334 The suggestion box is down the hall on the left.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 04:42 PM (UjdFS)

335 332 Only at AOSHQ can you come to find commentators conversing about a school marm's 100 year old tits.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 04:41 PM
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I never taught school.

Posted by: Old Lady Pelosi at July 27, 2026 04:43 PM (2Ez/1)

336 @ 129 Can we stop with the 'first ' shit? It's juvenile and embarrassing to the blog
Posted by: Sentinel at July 27, 2026 03:59 PM (CNPyZ)
_____________________________________

Don't get upset about it … one day it'll be your turn - if you happen to be: FIRST!

Posted by: Dr_No at July 27, 2026 04:43 PM (ayRl+)

337 I'd sooner do away with every thread containing a 50-post back-and-forth between the same 4-5 posters about movies that nobody should give a shit about.

**hides DVD of Kiki's Delivery Service**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 04:41 PM (qRla/)

Kiki's Delivery Service has a great action sequence without music, just environmental sounds and breathing. It's awesome.

Miyazaki's used the same method in other movies but I believe that was the first time.

😀

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 04:44 PM (iJfKG)

338 >>Same group tried to assassinate Harry Truman when he was at Blair House (White House was undergoing renovations). There is a placque outside Blair House on the street honoring Leslie Coffelt, a uniformed Secret Service agent killed the the terrorists but not before getting off some shots at them until help arrived.

Same group ambushed a Navy van in PR, killed and injured a bunch of sailors.

And now we know they have been sponsored by Cuba.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 04:44 PM (viF8m)

339 322 Education for Sid:

An amendment to repeal an existing one can be proposed in one of two ways: either by a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, or by a constitutional convention called by Congress upon the application of two-thirds of state legislatures (currently 34 states). The President has no role in this proposal process, as Article V does not involve the executive branch.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

DSA types ignore the Constitution and promote the General Will type of idiocies. Just like their degenerate predecessors of Rousseau and Marx.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:44 PM (E4rtv)

340 312 It's like resident Karens are asking to be invited to go to HotAir. Permanently.
Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:37 PM (GD0B3)
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This is about me, isn't it?

I don't have the hairstyle to be a Karen. Nor the shrill voice. I have seen them on videos and two of my SIL's qualify.

I need to tear myself away so I won't feel bad for doing a big nothing today. I'd prefer to lie around and whine in my head (my dude asked me nicely not to last week, so he whines about the heat now).

Things got so bad last week I started watching The Gilmore Girls on my laptop until he caught me. Talk about whining! I told him I was watching to see what they wore (which is true). I hate everyone but Luke, by the way and decided last night I'd had enough!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 04:44 PM (hzuYO)

341 There be noodage.

Posted by: Noodist at July 27, 2026 04:44 PM (2Ez/1)

342 With my Frequent Flyer Elite Pass, I could easily sneak into the First Post, but I have not yet chosen to use it.

I'm waiting for the "Graham Platner had carnal relations with a large flirtaious oyster to show dominance only to learn that some old Chinese lady hocked a lugi on the sidewalk, as they are want to do" thread.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 04:44 PM (dIske)

343 Sid is either a put-on, or an illustration of Poe's Law. '

It's so funny hearing people who are barely starting to gain traction in ONE of the TWO main parties talking about changes that would take an AMENDMENT, 2/3rds of the Congress and 3/4 of the states!

You kinda shake your head at the level of delusion that takes.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 04:45 PM (Fi81e)

344 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 04:44 PM (hzuYO)

No, young lady, you are an asset !

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 04:45 PM (GD0B3)

345 Nood

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 04:45 PM (N1DT3)

346 And now we know they have been sponsored by Cuba.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Later onb possibly. The House shooting and Truman's attempted assassination occurred during the early 50's Over Puerto Rican independence.

Castro was still a punk in the wilderness then.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:46 PM (E4rtv)

347 Something is afoot.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 04:47 PM (BAWkL)

348 such pictures even exist. She seemed like she had a sweet personality with the children, if I remember. Here is a picture of the actress:

https://tinyurl.com/y2x4r66m
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

June Marlowe (Miss Crabtree) retired from acting right after playing that part. She married a businessman and never gave Hollywood a second look.

Posted by: Chubbsie-Ubbsie at July 27, 2026 04:47 PM (JM9I6)

349
Repeal the constitution with just a majority vote .
Tell me you are stupid without telling me you are stupid.

Or as a more pithy commentor puts it:
Shut up, dunce!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 27, 2026 04:41 PM (zafwz)

On the other hand, Sid appears to have conceded the fact that the hated 2nd Amendment can only be repealed or amended by Constitutional processes... even if he's citing the ones that don't apply. How about that? A commie cocksucker proposing a Constitutional process, a monstrously evil one to be sure. Amazing.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (TS9sJ)

350 55

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Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I can't believe it's Christmas already.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 27, 2026 04:50 PM (Q/FnY)

351 Repeal the constitution with just a majority vote .
Tell me you are stupid without telling me you are stupid.

Or as a more pithy commentor puts it:
Shut up, dunce!
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 27, 2026 04:41 PM

A enlarged and packed Supreme Court can essentially rule the 2nd Amendment a nullity.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 04:53 PM (4NO2D)

352 Trump ain't GWB nor the pestilent GHWB, not even Reagan, he is out for blood and the WH Correspondent's Dinner indicates that.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)

I am curious as to how you come to that conclusion, whig. From what I see, all Trump did was insult them and call them out for being democrat shills.

If he really were 'out for blood,' why aren't press passes pulled in perpetuity? Why aren't sedition and incitement charges being filed against CNN or the NYT? Why aren't the MFM barred from the White House and told that if they so even cast as much as a shadow on the grounds, they will be met with gunfire?

IMO, Trump talks about the MFM being the enemy of the people, but he treats them like simpleminded chuckleheads who just need a little slapping around.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 04:34 PM (qRla/)

he tried pulling a press pass, it was annulled by a judge to let Jim Acosta back in.

He should just accredit more web sites and such to drown out the old line press and make them wait if they don't show up on time.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:00 PM (uhVAy)

353 I'm very curious as to why the President of the Senate -- guy named Vance, you might have seen his memes -- both would allow a Senate recess, and particularly one with pro forma sessions preventing President Trump from making recess appointments.

He Constitutionally has the title that he *presides* over the body. Yet he's let them walk over Trump for the last eighteen months.

Posted by: Philip Nolan at July 27, 2026 05:06 PM (1kQia)

354 Getting worried about Vance, started out well but seems to be slipping to the other side

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 05:09 PM (Ia/+0)

355 john needs one of the other senators to beat the hit out of him, i nominate Maquain out of oklahome

Posted by: jonny biface at July 27, 2026 05:49 PM (ufXiF)

356 Thanks for posting this Ace. I am a midwestern man and Thune is the anti-midwestern man. What a pussy.

Posted by: Danimal28 at July 27, 2026 07:07 PM (vGw+K)

357 Trump is powerless against Thune. You hate to see it, but it's true.

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Unfortunately true

Posted by: Gonzotx at July 27, 2026 08:37 PM (nGraA)

Rand Paul Publishes Anthony Fauci's Private Diaries, In Which He Confesses He Knows Covid Didn't Come from "The Wet Market" and Has a Lethality of Only 0.2-0.3%;
The Media Refuses to Cover

And they won't cover it because the diaries also expose this deranged dwarfish narcissist as being their dinner-guest and "friendship building" pal.

Fox:

ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and MS NOW ignore Fauci diary entries that reveal fixation on fame during COVID

Networks failed to mention the story from Saturday through Monday morning, according to a search of transcripts

Eye-popping diary entries written by Dr. Anthony Fauci reveal the former White House COVID advisor was fixated on his newfound celebrity at the height of the global pandemic, but anyone who relies on legacy media outlets for news and information may not be aware.
ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, CNN and MS NOW's on-air broadcasts ignored Fauci's diary entries from the time they were released on Saturday afternoon through Monday at 9 a.m. ET when flagship morning shows had concluded, according to a search of transcripts using Grabien Media.
Released by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., the journals chronicle Fauci's day-to-day role during the COVID-19 crisis through conversations with President Donald Trump, governors and world leaders, media appearances, and his personal observations as the pandemic unfolded in 2020.

Paul, a longtime Fauci critic who frequently clashed with him over the federal response and the origins of the virus, made the diaries public as part of the committee's ongoing oversight investigation. The diary entries document Fauci's fondness of his newfound fame, cozy relationships with a variety of legacy media personalities, his growing frustration with the Trump White House and the suggestion that it was "not hyperbole" to say he was "the most famous and talked about person in the country."

The diary entries exploded on social media but appear to have been ignored by mainstream news networks.
...
CNN's on-air blackout came despite anchor Jake Tapper appearing repeatedly throughout the private diary entries as Fauci documented phone calls, text exchanges and dinners at the Tappers' Washington home amid their growing friendship.
Fauci wrote that Tapper privately checked to make sure a CNN interview hadn't caused problems with the White House. When The Atlantic's Peter Nicholas suggested Fauci had been "humiliated" over a canceled Tapper interview, Fauci fired back in his diary: "F--- you, Peter."
After Fauci's heated exchange with GOP Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan in April 2021, Fauci wrote that CNN's Dana Bash texted him, telling him he was "a better man" and relaying that fellow CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer had joked no one would have blamed Fauci if he had told Jordan to "go f--- yourself."

Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume took notice of the media blackout.
"This is not getting the coverage it deserves," Hume wrote on X. "Is that because so many media luminaries were so chummy with the man at the center of a major medical controversy?"
ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN did not immediately respond to a request for comment. MS NOW declined comment.

Tom Elliott
@tomselliott
Anthony Fauci, writing in his diary in March 2020, clearly loving life:
"Big front page article abut me appeared in the Washington Post. Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyoperbole [sic] to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable peson [sic] in the world.
"Countless profiles on me in multiple media. I cannot even read all the things that are written abuyt me since I am so busy....seriously. POTUS seems to be enamored of me even though I am taking the spotlight away from him. We are developing a very unique and interesting relationship. The entire secret service corps is coming over to me and chatting. They let me into the first gate without even checking ID."

The diaries establish far more than Fauci's debilitating, judgment-shredding narcissism.

They also reveal he is a repeat perjurer. He confesses in the diaries to not believing the lies he was telling the public -- and Congress.

KanekoaTheGreat
@KanekoaTheGreat
🚨Fauci's diary says he privately put COVID's fatality rate at 0.2-0.3%. Under oath weeks later, he told Congress it was 10x the flu. The timeline:
Feb 8, 2020 (private diary): case fatality rate "more like 0.2-0.3%."
March 10 (Hannity): "The mortality for this is about 2-2.5%. It's probably lower than that, closer to 1%. But even if it's 1%, it's 10x more lethal than the seasonal flu."
March 11 (Congress, under oath): "The stated fatality rate of this overall... is about 3%. If you count all the cases of asymptomatic infection, that probably brings the mortality down to 1%, which means it's 10x more deadly than the seasonal flu."
March 27 (Daily Show): "The mortality of this is about 10x the flu. It's at least 1%."
He wrote 0.2-0.3% in his journal -- then told the public, over and over, a number 3 to 5 times higher.
@RandPaul

@DrJBhattacharya

@RobertKennedyJr

Senator Rand Paul
@SenRandPaul
2/9 Jan. 26, 2020. Fauci writes in his diary: "Now we know the market was not the source, it was the amplifier."
That is January of 2020. The wet market was already off the table in his own private notes.

Senator Rand Paul
@SenRandPaul
3/9 Feb. 1, 2020. The call that produced Proximal Origin. Twelve scientists.
Only 2 concluded it was natural. Per Fauci's own notes, "the rest felt that deliberate insertion was possible."
This was never a 50/50 room.

Senator Rand Paul
@SenRandPaul
9/9 July 12, 2021. Fauci complains about "how many hours we are all wasting" answering letters he calls "fundamentally driven by conspiracy theories" -- from senators he names, including me.
Asking who funded the research is not a conspiracy theory. It's oversight.

Robby Soave
@robbysoave
Privately, in his diaries, Doctor Fauci admitted he no longer believed the wet market was the origin of covid. A week later, he convenes a call with 12 scientists, and only two of them think it's definitely animal spillover.
Publicly, he comes out against lab leak and presses the Proximal Origins paper to find in favor of animal spillover. Seems bad.

Fauci reassured one of the men he was paying off through NIH grants that his grants were safe.... after this guy wrote the "Proximal Origins" paper, falsely claiming covid-19 arose through natural mutation.

Jake Tapper had Fauci as a dinner-guest even as the rest of the country was on lockdown and forbidden from having non-family members over to dinner.

This is not getting the coverage it deserves. Is that because so many media luminaries were so chummy with the man at the center of a major medical controversy? https://t.co/d7uyfeC9gC
— Brit Hume (@brithume) July 27, 2026

Jake Tapper was having Fauci over for dinners. Fauci called it "friendship building."

Tapper told Fauci he "wanted to make sure the interview didn't cause any problems."

Tapper would 'interview' Fauci, and do things like nod along as Fauci blasts red states.

This is CNN. pic.twitter.com/9O042amEDs
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 27, 2026

Fauci and Jake Tapper having dinner parties in fall of 2020 while he simultaneously suggest this https://t.co/oUE73B12eq pic.twitter.com/B2fY9gR4tx
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 27, 2026

Dinner party pals Tapper and Fauci discussing returning to "normality" in Nov 2020.

Tapper: "Christmas is probably not gonna be possible." https://t.co/K8aMF8sGI8 pic.twitter.com/Rlqbh2WANa
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 27, 2026

Jake is doing damage control. No mention of The Vets this time -- he has become too notorious for that.

This time, he wants you to know he's just a Regular Joe who loves dogs.

No bad man could love a dog.

Fake Tapper does the Fake Journalist scandal-management equivalent of standing with your wife holding a Bible outside of church. https://t.co/jarFGXbSRG
— James Talarico's Musky Heterosexual Urges (@AceofSpadesHQ) July 27, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:20 PM

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1 fist

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 02:21 PM (CWTWj)

2 I KNEW IT WAS .03% when it was still in ASIA!!!

We destroyed a minimum of 7 trillion and arguably 15 trillion in economic potential with all the MMT "free cash" over something that was less lethal than the swine flu America worked through during Vietnam....

fucking assholes.

Posted by: sven at July 27, 2026 02:21 PM (Int1s)

3 i noodled

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 02:21 PM (CWTWj)

4 And they won't cover it because the diaries also expose this deranged dwarfish narcissist as being their dinner-guest and "friendship building" pal.

---
Hey, media, where you going with those buckets of water?!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:21 PM (Fi81e)

5 So soon after pride month?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 02:22 PM (K66ud)

6 How did he get the diaries? In a raid?

I have two diaries from HS and I mostly had drama headaches (I did not have real headaches). Plus notations if a certain boy looked at me in class.

Why don't Tapper's dogs have life vests? What a weirdo. They look sad to be with him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 02:23 PM (hzuYO)

7
Well, well, well. Whatta we got ourselves here? Our own little Dr. Mengele.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 02:23 PM (O0L8i)

8 Fauci comes across as basically a teenage girl in these diaries, which explains so much.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 02:23 PM (2ocoG)

9 Willowed:

Ace is not listed:

https://t.co/fD327spSek

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 02:24 PM (5UTWB)

10 I got Fauci-ed out on the Buck thread, but I'll read along as it's pouring outside.

Posted by: Concerned Reader at July 27, 2026 02:24 PM (JM9I6)

11
Ha! The Fraud-in-Chief lying to all America to shut down holidays thinks Trump is nuts!!

Ha! Showed you MAGAts!!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e)

12 fauci probably hasn't done medical work in many years, he's a bureaucrat

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 02:24 PM (CWTWj)

13 This sick fvcker must swing like Streicher did and Mengele should have.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:24 PM (JvZF+)

14 3 words: Eisenhower's Farewell Address.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e)

15 An evil little man with, so far, no redeeming features to be found, not even clearly insufficient ones.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 27, 2026 02:24 PM (aJQbY)

16 Rand Paul Publishes Anthony Fauci's Private Diaries"

That's Hot.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:25 PM (XuXeR)

17
They look sad to be with him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 02:23 PM (hzuYO)

_____________

He probably feeds them vegetarian "to save the planet".

To be a Moron Pet is to reach the apex of petdom.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 02:25 PM (O0L8i)

18 fauci probably hasn't done medical work in many years, he's a bureaucrat

He *never* did medical work after med school. He went directly from school to FedGov.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 02:25 PM (2ocoG)

19 1 fist

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 02:21 PM (CWTWj)
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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 02:25 PM (5UTWB)

20 I have to remind myself that God will hold all of us accountable in the end.............but boy do I want to see swift and painful justice for what these %#$@ people did to us.

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 27, 2026 02:25 PM (XdJ05)

21
Some people may have done some things.
If so, mistakes may have been made.
If so, they occurred in the enthusiasm of the moment.
Old news.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Time to move on.

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at July 27, 2026 02:25 PM (0sNs1)

22 So private, contemporaneous notes...

In the evidentiary world, these are very, very powerful.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:25 PM (AdHga)

23
An illustration that the media will carry the Republicans' water!

Just in the direction the Dems want it carried.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:26 PM (Fi81e)

24 Tapper is a prick.. Can I say that ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 02:26 PM (FWPkT)

25 The Media Refuses to Cover

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:20 PM

It's OLD NEWS. C'mon, just MOVE ON.

(/democrat playbook for the past 30 years.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 02:26 PM (N1DT3)

26 Who's up for some Fauci votives?

Maybe a "fauciouchie"?

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:26 PM (XuXeR)

27 Oh I forgot about that, ramadan was fine to gather, but Thanksgiving and Christmas were right out.

We of course promptly said F U.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 02:27 PM (n5tGW)

28 Tapper speeding along in a no-wake zone because the rental is up in half an hour. Bent the prop, too.

Posted by: Hesh and Heidi's Boat Rental at July 27, 2026 02:27 PM (JM9I6)

29 1 fist

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 02:21 PM

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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 02:25 PM

I dunno. I kind of like it.

Posted by: Lance Bottoms at July 27, 2026 02:27 PM (0sNs1)

30 I assumed I'd never witness a bigger narcissist than The DogEater, but I would have been wrong ...

... Waterboard and Execute Faucistein's Treasonous Ass!

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 27, 2026 02:27 PM (9EFgU)

31 Tapper is a prick.. "

So was the "vac-scene"

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:27 PM (XuXeR)

32 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)

33 Fu*k Fauci
Fu*k the media
Fu*k the government agencies.that let this bullsh*t happen.

Credibility status of each: ZERO

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 02:27 PM (2WIwB)

34 Think about the millions killed. The people who lost their lives, jobs and family members to antics like what happened with the nursing homes in NY. Democrats took it to the next level and made sure people were kicked out of the military and their jobs for refusing to test poison posing as medicine. Not because it was proven right, because they had the power to do it. Think about all those people coerced or convinced to take it through sheer force, and lies who now live with the consequences. That’s before we get to a generation of youth who had their education and special events in their lives stolen from them.

Every single Democrat Party member and from group was in on this.

They trampled The Bill of Rights, and looted the government at the same time.

And people want to elect them to a majority?

We should be lighting people on fire and putting them out with an ice pick, especially that shrimp Fauci who should be hung from the White House portico like a trophy deer. Good Lord.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 02:27 PM (kIFVO)

35 when that fucker is grilled on Capitol Hill, he better have an apple in his mouth

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 27, 2026 02:28 PM (2Tebf)

36 Also it's worth mentioning that Fauci used the same playbook for Covid that he used for AIDS. Even down to both cases ending up at pricey treatments that don't actually work.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 02:28 PM (2ocoG)

37 "Hey Jake, how about you get your hand off my ass. I saw what you did to the last person whose ass you had your hand on."
--Moose the dog

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 02:28 PM (N39Ws)

38 "Fake Tapper does the Fake Journalist scandal-management equivalent of standing with your wife holding a Bible outside of church."

This clown is so tone-deaf he thinks a great image to try to manage his scandal is him with his dogs ... on an expensive speed boat.

Yup, that'll resonate with the normals!

When this doesn't work, he'll post a pic of him petting his dogs in his Cullinan.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 02:28 PM (iFTx/)

39
Look, this was a long time ago. Why are you obsessed by this?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 02:28 PM (O0L8i)

40 The Media Refuses to Cover

They're too busy whining about how Trump was mean to them at the Correspondents dinner...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 02:28 PM (FWPkT)

41 Waterboard and Execute Faucistein's Treasonous Ass"

Beagles everywhere agree

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:28 PM (XuXeR)

42 The only problem with these bastards being exposed as communist shills is that their "reputations" aren't being destroyed before they do all their damage.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 27, 2026 02:28 PM (wtvvX)

43 Has the Eff.Bee.EYE arrested anyone for stealing Tony's diary?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 27, 2026 02:29 PM (vDZgA)

44 Remember the DoD leak in 2021?

The government and just about everyone in it knew they were lying about everything at the same time they were cancelling/imprisoning people for disagreeing with their lies

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 02:29 PM (sKqQm)

45 Fauci looks like a garden gnome.

Tapper always looks constipated. He probably has the same look always, like his brows are superglued in that same face. I think it is meant to convey he's thinking deeply in his Mensa thoughts. However, it could be due to bowel intussusception.

The news pravda will never change.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 02:29 PM (hzuYO)

46 Here is what is going to happen if/when Fauci testifies.
"Senator, I do not recall".
or
"Senator, by advice of counsel, I invoke my 5A rights".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 02:29 PM (N39Ws)

47 43 Has the Eff.Bee.EYE arrested anyone for stealing Tony's diary?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 27, 2026 02:29 PM (vDZgA)

How did they get it ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 02:29 PM (FWPkT)

48 Baby steps:

1. Wet market issue
2. Ok, accidental lab release

3. Purposefully released as a Chinese culling effort test to remove non-producing people from the public troff. (coming soon)

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 02:29 PM (dIske)

49 on an expensive speed boat."

That's a pontoon...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:29 PM (XuXeR)

50 So, how was this diary obtained?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 02:30 PM (amcLV)

51
This might be AI. Maybe. Not sure.

https://tinyurl.com/ypbre2tv

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

52 We should be lighting people on fire and putting them out with an ice pick
Posted by: Vengeance

I daresay comment of the week, and AOSHQ Style Guide addition...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 27, 2026 02:30 PM (2Tebf)

53 Tapper has never been anything but a self absorbed, untalented, dishonest, lying shitbag.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 02:30 PM (kIFVO)

54 This fucker puts Dr Mengele to shame.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 27, 2026 02:30 PM (U4hpE)

55 Burn, Tapper, burn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:30 PM (2YhKe)

56 But even if it's 1%, it's 10x more lethal than the seasonal flu

And so it was, because we "cared" for you ten times harder. Intentionally.

Posted by: "Healthcare" at July 27, 2026 02:30 PM (+5DDj)

57 re 19: 20 percent discount at firsts 'r' us.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 02:30 PM (CWTWj)

58 Did Fauci shower with Biden too, or is it not that kind of diary.

Posted by: Minotaur Milking Farm Fan at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (JM9I6)

59
"I was drunk when I wrote that."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (O0L8i)

60 This sounds serious! That means there will consequences, right?

Right?!?

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (xhfG9)

61 Fauci comes across as basically a teenage girl in these diaries, which explains so much.

What grown man keeps a diary anyway?

Posted by: Halfhand at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (GAVlX)

62 Note that Tapper's three dogs are not wearing flotation devices.

Posted by: gp at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

63 This clown is so tone-deaf he thinks a great image to try to manage his scandal is him with his dogs ... on an expensive speed boat.
---------
*ponders Nancy Pelosi in front of her $80,000 fridge showing us $20/qt. ice cream*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (amcLV)

64 Feb 8, 2020 (private diary): case fatality rate "more like 0.2-0.3%."

March 11 (Congress, under oath): "The stated fatality rate of this overall... is about 3%. If you count all the cases of asymptomatic infection, that probably brings the mortality down to 1%, which means it's 10x more deadly than the seasonal flu."
---
Lying. To. Congress.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (Fi81e)

65 This is kind of funny. This is movie material.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)

66
What grown man keeps a diary anyway?
Posted by: Halfhand at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (GAVlX)

When you're just that sofa king important, you know.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

67 The Media - that's old news.

Media delenda est.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (2pkE8)

68 >>> 2 I KNEW IT WAS .03% when it was still in ASIA!!!

We destroyed a minimum of 7 trillion and arguably 15 trillion in economic potential with all the MMT "free cash" over something that was less lethal than the swine flu America worked through during Vietnam....

fucking assholes.
Posted by: sven at July 27, 2026 02:21 PM (Int1s)

Hi!

Posted by: Diamond Princess cruise ship, full of old people at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (vDZgA)

69 Weeeee, in before any of the Nothing Will Happen choristers!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (0sNs1)

70 When all is written about COVID, Fauci will make Mengele look like an amateur. He'll probably escape like Mengele as well

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (BlDDt)

71 Tony Fraudci: The Taylor Swift of Pandemic Lock-downs.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (Fi81e)

72 Lying. To. Congress.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (Fi81e)

$20- same as in town.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)

73 What grown man keeps a diary anyway?
Posted by: Halfhand at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (GAVlX)

Doesn't seem prudent... Must have thought he was untouchable... Probably is

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (FWPkT)

74 So private, contemporaneous notes...

In the evidentiary world, these are very, very powerful.

Democrats already are claiming the FBI or CIA made them up and they're not really Fauci's diaries.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (2ocoG)

75 Fauci lied and millions died?

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 27, 2026 02:33 PM (w/O5Q)

76 The only fitting justice for Fauchi and The Cadre of Evil, would be delivered at the gaping maw of an industrial wood chipper.

Or at the very least, test the limits and contours of his illegitimate, whatever pardon.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2026 02:33 PM (XV/Pl)

77
Sofa king we todd did?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 02:33 PM (K66ud)

78 He wrote diaries so when it came time to publish his biography he could keep the lies straight.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 02:34 PM (2pkE8)

79 I find it is still not possible to discuss this subject dispassionately, but I am reassured that people who told me the Jab was the bestest thing evar are not participating so far

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 02:34 PM (rbvCR)

80 Tapper always looks constipated. He probably has the same look always, like his brows are superglued in that same face. I think it is meant to convey he's thinking deeply in his Mensa thoughts. However, it could be due to bowel intussusception.

I've noticed that too. But Jonah Goldberg likes him.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 02:34 PM (MzBNC)

81 This sounds serious! That means there will consequences, right?

Right?!?
Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (xhfG9)

Nah.

Jake Tapper will get a raise and promotion at CNN and Fauci will wag his cock at congress during the hearing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:35 PM (2YhKe)

82 3. Purposefully released as a Chinese culling effort test to remove non-producing people from the public troff. (coming soon)
Posted by: Orson

If that was the case, they'd be knocking of 90% of the CCP leadership.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 02:35 PM (diia5)

83 This is what he was pardoned for.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 02:35 PM (zZu0s)

84 I always knew Fauci has an enormous ego.

But Fauci being an idiot who'd write it all down to prove to the world what a narcissistic, lying, megalomaniac douche he is never showed up on my bingo card.

The only thing he has left is to go pure indignant & angry that anybody would dare accuse him of anything, just like he did when Rand questioned him years ago and he lied his way through the hearing.

Only this time I don't think it's going to work as well.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:35 PM (6ydKt)

85 No one will ever convince me that all of this wasn't planned and coordinated. It was too convenient for both China to be able to neuter Trump, being the first US President to hold them accountable for their trade piracy, and for the Democrats to take him out by destroying his roaring economy, which is the primary factor in re-electing a President. And if they had to kill countless numbers to accomplish this? Yeah, the ends justify the means...winning at all costs...By any means necessary, etc.

I don't believe in coincidences.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 27, 2026 02:36 PM (U4hpE)

86 Fauci's diary is as fake as Ashley Biden's.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 02:36 PM (2pkE8)

87 Wait for it....

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 02:36 PM (unX3E)

88
Well, one good thing about having Anthony Fauci over for dinner is that he only eats about a quarter as much as a normal-sized person.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 27, 2026 02:36 PM (VWtfl)

89 54 This fucker puts Dr Mengele to shame.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 27, 2026 02:30 PM (U4hpE)
_______________________

I was curious about the similarities and pulled up reports citing Mengele's diary and letters. He and Fauci did exactly the same thing. According to historical analyses of his diaries and letters, he constructed a psychological persona designed to shield himself from guilt and elevate his own self___.

I'd say that matches up with Fauci's personal gratification rather well.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 02:36 PM (dIske)

90 diaries can be useful. think kavanaugh

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 02:37 PM (CWTWj)

91
Hi!
Posted by: Diamond Princess cruise ship, full of old people at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (vDZgA)

Pikers.

Posted by: The Amish Sharing a Wine Glass Every Sunday at July 27, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

92 I think the diary entries make it clear:

They used Covid 19 to reduce the president's chances of re-election.

They lied, killed, and ruined millions of lives.

I would pull the trigger myself without reservation or remorse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:37 PM (JvZF+)

93 The FBI moved heaven and Earth to get Biden's addict daughter's diary back, but we're just finding out about this Fauci shit now. Our Federal government is FUBAR

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 02:37 PM (BlDDt)

94 So how is Fauci going to handle Wednesday? He can't take the 5th because he was pardoned so what's he going to say?

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 02:37 PM (kX27y)

95 This all REEKS of Russian Disinformation.

I'm serious.

Posted by: Jake Tapper at July 27, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

96 Dear Diary,

Today I killed 378 people with bogus vaccinations. I also had lunch with the ladies of The View. They are very special to me, so I told them to pass on the vax, but mask up in public. I also told Congress that the CoV-19 strain of virus was particularly virulent and we should expand the lockdowns. They think that's a swell idea.

All this attention makes me hard. I like it.

Posted by: Tony Fauci's Alter-Ego at July 27, 2026 02:38 PM (jehhT)

97 He wrote diaries so when it came time to publish his biography he could keep the lies straight.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 02:34 PM (2pkE

This is the problem with using first person historical records for analysis- bias of the subject. The funny thing is, he did not even commit to the lie in private. He enjoyed the lie, so the lie was the point, which is why he recorded the truth in private. He may not have done that everywhere.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s)

98 They look sad to be with him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 02:23 PM (hzuYO)
~~~~~

I thought the same thing.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 02:38 PM (3ImbR)

99 Look at Tapper sitting on his boat like f’ing Chester B. Snodgrass with his prized dogs and a bottle of Cristal chilling in the cooler. If he has an ounce of conscience or honesty he would be hiding and writing an apology. Meanwhile he’s planning his next regatta. The (barely) man has absolutely no second thoughts about anything he did to fill his bank account. He’s already stood on the shoulders of soldiers to grandstand. It’s no surprise he was giving Fauci a handjob while the entire country was suffering. Don’t choke on the pate, Jake.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 02:38 PM (kIFVO)

100 So how is Fauci going to handle Wednesday? He can't take the 5th because he was pardoned so what's he going to say?

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 02:37 PM (kX27y)

"What difference, at this point, does it make?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:38 PM (2YhKe)

101 Fauci has spent his whole life as a federal parasite living off of the blood of the US taxpayer.

You know, like a tick.

Fauci is a tick.

Posted by: FUPA Lint at July 27, 2026 02:38 PM (F1rMs)

102 https://tinyurl.com/ypbre2tv"

Ok, that's funny right there

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:38 PM (XuXeR)

103 Tapper's brow is furrowed in a convincing manner.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 02:39 PM (MzBNC)

104 What self-respecting adult male keeps a diary like a 12 year old girl starting to discover boys?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

105 If that was the case, they'd be knocking of 90% of the CCP leadership.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 02:35 PM (diia5)

________________________

Or just the ones who know what really occurred:

We could pose that question to Chinese military scientist, Zhou Yusen (a prominent high-profile Chinese military virologist and vaccine researcher). Oh, wait. No we can’t. He fell to his death from the roof of the Wuhan Institute of Virology back in May 2020. Clumsy of him.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 02:39 PM (dIske)

106 I'll give Fauci credit for once thing.

He knew which media asses he had to kiss to keep his COVID coverup going as long as it did.

Evil little goblin bastard.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:39 PM (6ydKt)

107 The twitters are full of Fauci's diary. He may not be winning the approbation of the masses for much longer.

Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete the email after you read it at July 27, 2026 02:40 PM (rbvCR)

108 @85

>>No one will ever convince me that all of this wasn't planned and coordinated.

I believe it was both an accidental leak from the Chinese lab and a Western operation once it was leaked to give them best conditions to remove Trump.

Remember, China did not force Western countries to go tyrannical, that was all them, utilizing the, never let a crisis go to waste, template.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2026 02:40 PM (XV/Pl)

109
"What difference, at this point, does it make?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:38 PM (2YhKe)

The equivalent of I have no recollection.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 02:40 PM (kX27y)

110 I think he believes this diary made him sound like a good guy…

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 02:40 PM (Dd38x)

111 Tapper's head needs to be shoved up Fauci's ass. And then Fauci's head needs to be shoved up Tapper's ass.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 02:41 PM (MzBNC)

112 What self-respecting adult male keeps a diary like a 12 year old girl starting to discover boys?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

Self-important poseur retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 02:41 PM (zZu0s)

113 . He fell to his death from the roof of the Wuhan Institute of Virology back in May 2020. Clumsy of him."

Amazing how so many folks seemingly like to walk around on top of buildings...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:41 PM (XuXeR)

114 Ok, but have y’all heard about the reflecting pool?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 27, 2026 02:41 PM (u73oe)

115 Tapper's head needs to be shoved up Fauci's ass. And then Fauci's head needs to be shoved up Tapper's ass.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 02:41 PM (MzBNC)

The ol' cranial rectal sixty nine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)

116 The Deranged Dwarfish Narcissists was one of the garage band names under consideration by some members of the Grateful Dead.
Thankfully they rejected it.

Posted by: Obscure music history for 200, Alex at July 27, 2026 02:42 PM (2Ez/1)

117 What self-respecting adult male keeps a diary like a 12 year old girl starting to discover boys?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

I journal off and on. It helps put things in perspective in my life, which has often not been terribly stable.
It also helped me improve my handwriting.

Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete the email after you read it at July 27, 2026 02:42 PM (rbvCR)

118 "How did they get it ?"

My question as well - perhaps he did it on a work computer? Didn't think to delete when he left? Or, more likely, didn't know that a back-up was automatically done?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 02:42 PM (GMWTj)

119 "Fauci's diary says he privately put COVID's fatality rate at 0.2-0.3%. Under oath weeks later, he told Congress it was 10x the flu."

Now that the pandemic is over, has anybody calculated the actual fatality rate? If so, what was it?

Posted by: gp at July 27, 2026 02:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

120 Tapper's head needs to be shoved up Fauci's ass. And then Fauci's head needs to be shoved up Tapper's ass."

Hey, we did that!

/"Hancock" scriptwriters

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:42 PM (XuXeR)

121 "This email" damnit

Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete this email after you read it at July 27, 2026 02:42 PM (rbvCR)

122 Where is that video of Fauci yukking it up at a baseball game without a mask until he noticed the camera??

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 02:42 PM (2pkE8)

123 I ran across an amusing stat...

In conservative to conservative marriages 86% report being happy

In leftist to leftist marriages 74% report being happy

In conservative married to leftist marriages 75% report being happy

And in leftist married to conservative marriages only 67% report being happy.

So...don't marry leftists.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 02:43 PM (sKqQm)

124 60 This sounds serious! That means there will consequences, right?

Right?!?
Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (xhfG9)

Also: I hate that I have had to dust off this schtick.

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 02:43 PM (xhfG9)

125
The Deranged Dwarfish Narcissists was one of the garage band names under consideration by some members of the Grateful Dead.
Thankfully they rejected it.
Posted by: Obscure music history for 200, Alex at July 27, 2026 02:42 PM (2Ez/1)

There's a 'mini KISS' playing at the Texas State Fair this year.

It's a KISS tribute band made up of midgets.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:43 PM (2YhKe)

126 What about the scarf lady?

Posted by: I gotta asl at July 27, 2026 02:43 PM (2Ez/1)

127 If they didn't hang the little cocksucker after the AIDS debacle, they're not going to do it now. His job was in immunology, and he has managed to immunize himself from any consequences of his actions. Maybe after he's dead a while, someone will allow that mistakes were made. Not before, however.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 27, 2026 02:43 PM (QaH55)

128 BTW - there was a perfect 'laboratory test' for anyone interested in pursuing actual science in the juxtaposition of the Diamond Princess cruise ship - filled with seniors - that was quarantined because of Covid infections and the USS Theodore Roosevelt, nuclear aircraft carrier - whose skipper was cashiered for reporting in the clear that his ship was non-mission capable because of covid. I believe the cruise ship had less than 10 fatalities - carrying the most susceptible age group - and the carrier had 1 fatality ( a chief with some co-morbidity IIRC).

This occurred very early in the crisis and presented a database that a fucking high school student could have worked out. But both were ignored. Because it would have distracted from the Prime Directive - Getting Trump.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 27, 2026 02:44 PM (U4hpE)

129
Good for Rand Paul. It's good to put this on record.

In the future it will be important for people to look back on these documents.

In our time, I don't think it'll make much of a dent. Most people already recognize that this little guy is a sleazy little liar who screwed everybody over.

The ones who haven't acknowledged that never will. They bought their votive candles and will continue their devotions for all time.

These are the people still wearing the Mask of the Red Left. It's a lifestyle for them now.

Posted by: Bat-Eaters Anti-Defamation League at July 27, 2026 02:44 PM (rRwe3)

130 Dear diary,

Today I sucked off Jake Tapper after dinner. His member was much smaller than the average human. If fact from a clinical standpoint I would say it was microscopic with balls the size of marbles. Still, it was quite a treat for a man of my stature. I’m a small person who shops off the garden gnome rack at the children’s store. So it was fitting for a man who is smaller than a pile of elephant dung. It also went well with the Chablis and added a pungent sensation to the crudités.

Yours shortly,
Lord Anthony “Foot High” Fauci.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 02:44 PM (kIFVO)

131 This is what he was pardoned for.

Be a shame if I were never really a President, wouldn't it?

Posted by: I Got Diaries, Too! at July 27, 2026 02:44 PM (+5DDj)

132 > So how is Fauci going to handle Wednesday? He can't take the 5th because he was pardoned so what's he going to say?

Normally I would say he's going to pull the, "I don't recall..." trick. But if the idiot really kept a diary and the diary says what they claim, I don't know what he'll say.

"I wasn't under oath when I wrote that. I was lying to my personal diary because I'm a psychopath." Just doesn't seem like a workable argument.

Of course his lawyers will do everything to make sure the diary gets excluded and/or has provenance issues.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 02:44 PM (mkw2N)

133 This proves that the entire scam was coordinated as part of the effort to steal 2020 election.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 27, 2026 02:45 PM (0U5gm)

134 Now that the pandemic is over, has anybody calculated the actual fatality rate? If so, what was it?"

Funny you should ask. Several have tried to sort that out, but actual reliable data seems to be...a bit hard to come by.

Said data might be in Al Capone's vault...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:45 PM (XuXeR)

135 Are we missing anyone?

@WheelerRipWA 2h
Man Arrested In Yellowstone Chasing Tourists In Bison Costume

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 02:45 PM (diia5)

136 @WheelerRipWA 2h
Man Arrested In Yellowstone Chasing Tourists In Bison Costume
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 02:45 PM (diia5)

Has anyone seen Carlos Mencia lately?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:46 PM (2YhKe)

137 83 This is what he was pardoned for.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 02:35 PM (zZu0s)

No. He was pardoned for everything. EVERYTHING

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 02:46 PM (xhfG9)

138 What about the scarf lady?
Posted by: I gotta asl at July 27, 2026 02:43 PM (2Ez/1)

Brix got a promotion. She is working in the SW where measles, hanta and screw worm are all emerging threats.
I am sure we will find some viral nasty suddenly appearing that will require martial law, yet again.

Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete this email after you read it at July 27, 2026 02:46 PM (rbvCR)

139 Not to throw a wet blanket on this but if no one gets arrested the FNM/LIVs won't care about any of this.

Yes the LIVs know COVID was kind of fake and that's why they passed on MPV and Hantavirus vaxxes but this isn't going to go anywhere without a prosecution.

And you know what? Arrest Fauci for creating COVID and even if the courts protect him due to Biden's pardon the LIVs WILL notice.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

140 68 Posted by: Diamond Princess cruise ship, full of old people at July 27, 2026 02:32 PM (vDZgA)

Correct the answer as I said then was to allow those with co-morbidities to stay home and give the young the chance to grow into middle management....we did precisely the wrong thing.

Posted by: sven at July 27, 2026 02:46 PM (Int1s)

141 Supposing Fauci actually shows up for any sort of Congressional horseshit hearing, what's he going to say?

I mean, seriously, he's totally untouchable at this point and Congress has zero influence on what happens to Fauci next week or next year. Plus he's got a security team around him 24X7. It'd take some serious pull to have him wrapped up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 02:46 PM (jehhT)

142 >> Man Arrested In Yellowstone Chasing Tourists In Bison Costume

May he never have to buy another beer in his entire life.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (egaJw)

143 I get keeping a diary for some people.

But this guy kept a diary where he is basically admitting to, at the least, a cover up of the origins of a disease that killed millions, a brand new disease he helped pay to invent and may not have existed without the NAID and his insistence on keeping Gain-of-Function research going.
He also lied to Congress.

It's not only audacious, it's criminally stupid.

Didn't he ever think the diaries would get subpoenaed eventually?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (6ydKt)

144 This occurred very early in the crisis and presented a database that a fucking high school student could have worked out. But both were ignored. Because it would have distracted from the Prime Directive - Getting Trump.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 27, 2026 02:44 PM (U4hpE)

That's 8 deaths out of about 10,000.

Or, a morbidity rate of 0.08%

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (AdHga)

145 Brix got a promotion. She is working in the SW where measles, hanta and screw worm are all emerging threats.

I saw some lefty thread where they were accusing RFK jr of causing a screw worm outbreak so this information makes me wonder...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (sKqQm)

146 Man Arrested In Yellowstone Chasing Tourists In Bison Costume
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Tourists in bison costumes deserve to be chased.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (DZ9Lv)

147 In conservative married to leftist marriages 75% report being happy

And in leftist married to conservative marriages only 67% report being happy.

So...don't marry leftists.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026

Confused by this- the first one listed those being asked if they are happy?

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (Dd38x)

148 Does Jake Tapper have any beagles?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (2Ez/1)

149 Ryan Grim spouting nonsense about Fauci
"Fauci should still be prosecuted for this deception. In his diary in January 2020, he says that the wet market was a super spreader but not the origin — yet publicly he claimed exactly the opposite.

Tens of millions died and world history was upended. And not a single lesson learned except some wrong ones."

Why is Grim in this instance trying to placate to conspiracy nut jobs?

Fauci had a penchant for telling "noble lies" (things that he didn't believe but that he thought others needed to believe "for their own good.") This behavior eviscerated public trust during the pandemic.

Regarding mistrust: Fauci (who is a republican) absolutely was a cause of mistrust. The mask thing was obvious because I think he admitted to it pretty quickly. He also admitted to playing around with the definition of "herd immunity."

People don’t even know what crime they want Fauci arrested for. Deception is not a crime, if it was President Trump would be in jail.

Jesus who even gives a shit about Fauci anymore. I love Ryan but he's not immune to dumb takes

Posted by: Deranged Leftist Race Hustler desperate to blame Whitey and European culture at July 27, 2026 02:48 PM (VB9q0)

150 Gay boat, Jake.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 02:48 PM (viF8m)

151 Heroes don't get subpoenaed

Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete this email after you read it at July 27, 2026 02:48 PM (rbvCR)

152 Didn't he ever think the diaries would get subpoenaed eventually?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (6ydKt)

No

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 02:48 PM (xhfG9)

153 Thanks, Tony! Now we've got a great caricature for next model.

Posted by: Garden Gnomes Are Us at July 27, 2026 02:48 PM (2Ez/1)

154 Didn't he ever think the diaries would get subpoenaed eventually?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (6ydKt)

How?

Trump was never going to win - certainly not AGAIN. He had nothing to fear.

I'd also suggest he knew as early as February 2021 that he'd get a pardon no matter what happened.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:49 PM (AdHga)

155 "I wasn't under oath when I wrote that. I was lying to my personal diary because I'm a psychopath." Just doesn't seem like a workable argument.
----------
Dunno. During Capt. Dreyfus' first trial, "experts" "proved" that Dreyfus faked his own handwriting. Stupider things have happened.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 02:49 PM (amcLV)

156
I think the COVID-19 virus was created as part of a larger, long-term nefarious plan. It was not supposed to be released. Whatever the long term plan intended to release was to come out much later. COVID escaped from the Wuhan Virology Institute due to typical slovenly and careless Chinese procedures. The lab has Level 4 containment capability (positive pressure space suits etc.), but none of that was in use for this project. Once the CCP realized it escaped they exploited it, and so did political opportunists in the West.

I wonder what the bastards are working on now.

Recall that the director of the Wuhan Institute was thrown off the roof of the institute by "Security" shortly after The Big Virus Emergency started. Why they did that instead of quietly disappearing him has not been explained.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 27, 2026 02:49 PM (4Aqsh)

157 They lied, killed, and ruined millions of lives.
I would pull the trigger myself without reservation or remorse.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:37 PM (JvZF+)

He survived, but our son had throat cancer during Covid- diagnosed the week the lockdowns began. The distancing nonsense made a bad situation even worse. Our daughter took over his care, until she couldn't any more with her children out of school. We were not allowed by them to come to the city to help until then, b/c of our age.

Posted by: sal at July 27, 2026 02:49 PM (f+FmA)

158 > Man Arrested In Yellowstone Chasing Tourists In Bison Costume

More people need to learn Muay Thai. One good teep kick and bison boy will have learned his lesson.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 02:49 PM (mkw2N)

159
Didn't he ever think the diaries would get subpoenaed eventually?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026

Clearly no, because he thought he was amazing and he thought all the little people will love him forever.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 02:49 PM (Dd38x)

160 People don’t even know what crime they want Fauci arrested for. Deception is not a crime, if it was President Trump would be in jail.

Posted by: Deranged Leftist Race Hustler desperate to blame Whitey and European culture at July 27, 2026 02:48 PM (VB9q0)

Deprivation of rights under color of law.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (AdHga)

161
Brix got a promotion. She is working in the SW where measles, hanta and screw worm are all emerging threats.
I am sure we will find some viral nasty suddenly appearing that will require martial law, yet again.
Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete this email after you read it at July 27, 2026 02:46 PM (rbvCR)

She's at Texas Tech, unfortunately.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (2YhKe)

162 on an expensive speed boat."

That's a pontoon...

*******

On a calm day with zero sea state, my pontoon -- a Berkshire 23RFX STS, with a Suzuki 250 -- topped out at 42 mph. That's pretty speedy.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (J4Dwc)

163 Fauci has no other choice but to take the Fifth at this hearing he's supposed to attend this week.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (6ydKt)

164 I saw some lefty thread where they were accusing RFK jr of causing a screw worm outbreak so this information makes me wonder...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (sKqQm)

screw worm is related to human smuggling. The trailers bringing in Mexican cattle are bringing in human traffic, and they don't get inspected for that reason. That was the traffic that brought screw worm through Panama.

Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete this email after you read it at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (rbvCR)

165 ... that had better have been how Fauci actually typeset his diary.

If not, Rand's editorial choice of the font and graphics makes it look like a meme. Makes it look fake.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 02:51 PM (vJrRc)

166 I remember watching a memorial service for someone via streaming internet. All because of this.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 02:51 PM (2Ez/1)

167 People don’t even know what crime they want Fauci arrested for. Deception is not a crime, if it was President Trump would be in jail.

Posted by: Deranged Leftist Race Hustler desperate to blame Whitey and European culture at July 27, 2026 02:48 PM (VB9q0)

Deprivation of rights under color of law.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (AdHga)

18 U.S.C. § 242. Let's be precise.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:51 PM (AdHga)

168 Hemp. Oak.

Some assembly required.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 02:51 PM (vE0+H)

169 Fauci has no other choice but to take the Fifth at this hearing he's supposed to attend this week.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (6ydKt)

I don't believe you can take the Fifth is you've been pardoned for the subject at hand.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:52 PM (AdHga)

170 Confused by this- the first one listed those being asked if they are happy?

Yes. So conservatives are most happy married to conservatives and leftists to leftists.

But leftists are about 10% less happy in their marriage whoever they are married to

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 02:52 PM (sKqQm)

171 > Dunno. During Capt. Dreyfus' first trial, "experts" "proved" that Dreyfus faked his own handwriting. Stupider things have happened.

What?

If they proved he faked his own handwriting, doesn't that mean he wrote it?

Or were the experts working for the prosecution and they were tasked with proving the "fake" entries were real?

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 02:52 PM (mkw2N)

172
It would be nice if they could prove Fauci, Birx, etc were taking cash from China or any other foreign gov't during the time span.

That would prove treason and sedition.

I suppose that Biden's pardons still cover that, but maybe there's still a way they could end up in front of the hangman or a firing squad or Ol' Sparky for all the people they killed with their false info and subversion.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 02:52 PM (iJfKG)

173 Did the whole world shut down because Fauci was such a fascinating homunculus?

Posted by: Oglebay at July 27, 2026 02:53 PM (2ap+5)

174 Deprivation of rights under color of law.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (AdHga)

Sounds racist.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 02:53 PM (vE0+H)

175
Dear diary,

Today, I became The Science. Before, I was just a greasy little nerd with a jumped up government job. But now I'm The Science.

It's totally awesome. I never thought it could happen to me. My barista, an essential worker, thanked me for saving the world, showed me her lower back Pfizer tattoo, and then took me to the bathroom and "blew out my votive candle," IYKWIM. She didn't maintain safe distancing, I'll tell you that much.

It's good to be The Science.

Posted by: Anthony Fauci at July 27, 2026 02:53 PM (rRwe3)

176 Fauci has no other choice but to take the Fifth at this hearing he's supposed to attend this week.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (6ydKt)

I don't believe you can take the Fifth is you've been pardoned for the subject at hand.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:52 PM (AdHga)

He's going to wag his cock at everyone, bid them adieu and walk right the f*ck out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:53 PM (2YhKe)

177 Regarding mistrust: Fauci (who is a republican)

No, no, no.
That's completely wrong.

The Science is above politics.

Or so you people say.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:53 PM (6ydKt)

178 163 Fauci has no other choice but to take the Fifth at this hearing he's supposed to attend this week.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (6ydKt)

He can’t. He has already been pardoned. There is nothing to incriminate.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 02:53 PM (Dd38x)

179 Aside from killing millions, from AIDs to COVID, Fauci also tortured beagle puppies.
Top Demon.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (mtmGz)

180 I suppose that Biden's pardons still cover that, but maybe there's still a way they could end up in front of the hangman or a firing squad or Ol' Sparky for all the people they killed with their false info and subversion.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 02:52 PM (iJfKG)

18 USC § 242 is already a capital crime, so you don't even need to add treason or sedition.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (AdHga)

181 Moose, Bear and Trooper should toss him overboard.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (YwEeS)

182 homunculus
Another word for old greek homo

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (K66ud)

183 > Deprivation of rights under color of law.

Does anyone actually get convicted of this?

I hear SovCits and Militia types use this phrase a lot, but their arguments usually carry the same weight as a gnat's fart.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (mkw2N)

184 If they proved he faked his own handwriting, doesn't that mean he wrote it?

Or were the experts working for the prosecution and they were tasked with proving the "fake" entries were real?
Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 02:52 PM (mkw2N)
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Too complicated to get into here. It just shows what a convoluted argument they had to build to frame the guy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (amcLV)

185 Oh no Brooke Baldwin is pissed at Megyn Kelly for talking about Baldwin's sex life. I think we need a scissor off , ladies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (BlDDt)

186 Nothing Will Happen.

(We were out at a three martini lunch)

Posted by: The Nothing Will Happen Choristers at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (2Ez/1)

187 I get keeping a diary for some people.

But this guy kept a diary where he is basically admitting to, at the least, a cover up of the origins of a disease that killed millions, a brand new disease he helped pay to invent and may not have existed without the NAID and his insistence on keeping Gain-of-Function research going.
He also lied to Congress.

It's not only audacious, it's criminally stupid.

Didn't he ever think the diaries would get subpoenaed eventually?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (6ydKt)
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He got away with murder -- literal murder -- his entire life. In the 1980s he repeatedly lied about AIDS and the extreme risks of transmission in the gay sex community.

The AIDS epidemic in the gay sex community could have been avoided or at least minimized if he told the truth. And had it been minimized there, it never would have spread beyond there.

But for purely political purposes -- sound familiar? -- Fauci lied. Many people died because of him.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

188 Confused by this- the first one listed those being asked if they are happy?

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (Dd38x)

Does the fact that leftists are generally less happy than conservatives have anything to do with these figures? Nah it's probably something else.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 02:55 PM (vE0+H)

189 I suppose that Biden's pardons still cover that, but maybe there's still a way they could end up in front of the hangman or a firing squad or Ol' Sparky for all the people they killed with their false info and subversion.

Biden issued a federal pardon, and even if you respect that (what was he pardoned for specifically Joe?) every state has laws against murder and negligent homicide.

If Granny Smith died from COVID in Florida there is nothing stopping Florida from charging Fauci and Dazsak

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)

190 > He's going to wag his cock at everyone

More like hold the base with tweezers and jiggle it a bit.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 02:56 PM (mkw2N)

191 I notice Jake isn't wearing a life-vest in the last photo of him driving his boat.

Rather casual approach to safety, there...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 02:56 PM (FZ29D)

192 How many times do we see 'gain of function' in these documents? That's a wrap.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 02:56 PM (3oLiU)

193 As I said the other day, have an ambitious state prosecutor charge Fauci for a death in their state. Biden pardoned him for fed crimes , though a debate does exist about the reach of a presidential pardon

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 02:56 PM (BlDDt)

194 "Big front page article abut me appeared in the Washington Post. Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyoperbole [sic] to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable peson [sic] in the world."

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"Now I know what it feels like to be worshipped & adored after killing millions -- like Chairman Mao!" * swoons *

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 27, 2026 02:56 PM (9EFgU)

195 He survived, but our son had throat cancer during Covid- diagnosed the week the lockdowns began. The distancing nonsense made a bad situation even worse. Our daughter took over his care, until she couldn't any more with her children out of school. We were not allowed by them to come to the city to help until then, b/c of our age.
Posted by: sal at July 27, 2026 02:49 PM (f+FmA)
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So many needless cruelties inflicted by those who exempted themselves.

Looking at you Gavin Newsom and Nancy Pelosi. Your fates are yet to be determined and your crimes will have an accounting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:56 PM (JvZF+)

196 "My barista, an essential worker, thanked me for saving the world, showed me her lower back Pfizer tattoo, and then took me to the bathroom and "blew out my votive candle," IYKWIM. She didn't maintain safe distancing, I'll tell you that much.

It's good to be The Science."
++++++

LOL!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 02:56 PM (2Ez/1)

197 > Too complicated to get into here. It just shows what a convoluted argument they had to build to frame the guy.

Fair enough.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 02:56 PM (mkw2N)

198 ...Whatever the long term plan intended to release was to come out much later. COVID escaped from the Wuhan Virology Institute due to typical slovenly and careless Chinese procedures...

...Due to typical slovenly and careless COMMUNIST Chinese procedures. Commies are fucking notorious for slovenly and careless procedures, e.g., Chernobyl.

And yeah, I know about Three Mile Island but that was nothing in comparison to Chernobyl. Although it gave that c*nt Jane Fonda a vehicle for destroying the American nuclear energy program.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 27, 2026 02:57 PM (U4hpE)

199 I remember watching a memorial service for someone via streaming internet. All because of this.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 02:51 PM (2Ez/1)

I told a number of people coming to my father's funeral that I was considering buying pick-axe handles to pass out in case the Governor decided to restart lockdowns like had been threatening and someone decided to shut us down.

Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete this email after you read it at July 27, 2026 02:57 PM (rbvCR)

200 I don't believe you can take the Fifth is you've been pardoned for the subject at hand.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:52 PM (AdHga)

He's in a Catch-22 then.

Because if he lies during this hearing he can be prosecuted because his pardon only ran to 2024 (IIRC).

And if he can't take the Fifth because of the pardon, it's going to be quite interesting watching him trying to squirm around the lying he is going to have to do at some point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:57 PM (6ydKt)

201 Any pretense the media is not biased is now finished. This isn't some little incident, this was a lie that affected every man, woman and child on this planet and killed millions.

The longer they try to cover up their complicity the worse the damage to their credibility. I hope they never give in.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 02:57 PM (viF8m)

202 He's going to wag his cock at everyone, bid them adieu and walk right the f*ck out.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:53 PM (2YhKe)

You forgot 'set his hat in a jaunty fashion'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)

203 How did the feds get hold of Fauci's diaries? Are they electronic, not pen & paper?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 02:57 PM (mtmGz)

204 just add a song with an upright bass and we shall have deja vu all over.

Posted by: alpine_beer at July 27, 2026 02:58 PM (van9r)

205 Far more people have died from the shot that from the flu.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 27, 2026 02:58 PM (0U5gm)

206 Specific reminder: During the AIDS crisis, Fauci worked to allow anal sex receivers to donate blood. Now, why would he do that?

Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 02:58 PM (OlzlW)

207 I notice Jake isn't wearing a life-vest in the last photo of him driving his boat.

Rather casual approach to safety, there...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 02:56 PM (FZ29D)

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That's a staged photo in his backyard swimming pool, so no need to worry comrade!

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 27, 2026 02:59 PM (9EFgU)

208 Deprivation of rights under color of law.

Does anyone actually get convicted of this?

I hear SovCits and Militia types use this phrase a lot, but their arguments usually carry the same weight as a gnat's fart.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (mkw2N)

United States v. Otherson. Border patrol agents - plural - were convicted of coordinating assaults on people they thought were illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:59 PM (AdHga)

209 You forgot 'set his hat in a jaunty fashion'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)
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Is it festive? and little?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 02:59 PM (amcLV)

210 In Style magazine had Fauci on its cover in 2020 sitting poolside wearing sunglasses as a celebrity shot lionizing him. If that didn't tell you what a narcissistic POS and fraud he was, nothing would. This was done in the middle of a pandemic like he was about to open in a blockbuster movie. The next movie I want to see is the Nuremberg Trials Part II.

Posted by: Cheri at July 27, 2026 03:00 PM (oiNtH)

211 Yea but ..............................

Trump said POUSSY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 27, 2026 03:00 PM (ctoj/)

212 He is exactly who we knew him to be from the very beginning. He is easily one of the most wicked, treasonous sons of bitches of our lifetimes.

Posted by: He should be in ADX at July 27, 2026 03:01 PM (TbWk/)

213 I told a number of people coming to my father's funeral that I was considering buying pick-axe handles to pass out in case the Governor decided to restart lockdowns like had been threatening and someone decided to shut us down.

Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete this email after you read it at July 27, 2026 02:57 PM (rbvCR)

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Yep. During the Covid PsyOps, I remember thinking if I had a dying relative that they wouldn't let me see or be with -- I would have broken them out of whatever hellhole they were in and would have dropped bodies if necessary to do so.

The absolute gall of those ghouls ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 27, 2026 03:01 PM (9EFgU)

214 This is so f*cking infuriating. All the damage this scumbag caused, and there will be no comeuppance.

Over/under on how many times he says "I do not recall" in front of Congress, Wednesday?

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at July 27, 2026 03:01 PM (Iwv3U)

215 Fauci has no other choice but to take the Fifth at this hearing he's supposed to attend this week.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 02:50 PM (6ydKt)

He can’t. He has already been pardoned. There is nothing to incriminate.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 02:53 PM (Dd38x)
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His pardon only covers federal offenses, not state, and not potential future liability. So he can still plead the fifth.

I don't think he will. Assuming he even shows up, which I think is 50-50 at best, I think he'll go in there and do what he does best: lie his ass off. And he'll have half the country -- Democraps -- still singing his praises.

See my comment above. The guy's been murdering people -- and torturing puppies -- his entire life. He's not only gotten away with all that, he's been touted as a hero genius.

Think he gives a rat's ass about some Congressional clown show?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

216 ...The longer they try to cover up their complicity the worse the damage to their credibility. I hope they never give in.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 02:57 PM (viF8m)

They won't. They don't care. They really don't.

Media Delenda Est. And I really , really mean that.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 27, 2026 03:02 PM (U4hpE)

217 111 Tapper's head needs to be shoved up Fauci's ass. And then Fauci's head needs to be shoved up Tapper's ass.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 02:41 PM (MzBNC)
***********
Similar to Thanksgiving Turdurken?

Other than knowing Fauci is a fraud and evil science schemer, I figured he'd recommend the turdurken, stuffing, sweet potatoes, green beans and pie be put in a blender together and sipped with a straw under your mask that Thanksgiving.

Altho it was a great excuse not to see some of the in-laws that year! Now they do their own thing, thank goodness!

How much yuan did Fauci receive for his cooperation and instruction? Find that out and off to the gallows! The scarf lady already has her supplies for her own rope. They are going to be judged by God and soon, hopefully. That's about as wicked as I can print and not go to confession.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 03:02 PM (hzuYO)

218 He's going to wag his cock at everyone, bid them adieu and walk right the f*ck out.

That would be the first cool thing he's ever done.

And probably the last.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 03:02 PM (2ocoG)

219 Does anyone think that maybe the scientific elite was trying to reduce the world's population to lessen "climate change"? Would explain a lot.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 03:02 PM (BlDDt)

220 You f*cking ingrates.

If it wasn't for Fauci, we would've NEVER got NURSES DANCING on TIKTOK!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:03 PM (2YhKe)

221 Notice how the MSM always chooses the most unflattering, deranged looking pictures of Trump for thumbnails. Usually mouth open in the middle of speaking, only the lower half of his face.Constant propaganda.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 03:03 PM (YwEeS)

222 Only dorks wear a life vest while driving a pontoon.

Oh..

Yeah, he should be wearing a life vest.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 03:03 PM (J4Dwc)

223 The next movie I want to see is the Nuremberg Trials Part II.
Posted by: Cheri at July 27, 2026 03:00 PM (oiNtH)

=======

I loath Spencer Tracy's character in Judgment at Nuremberg.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 27, 2026 03:03 PM (2ap+5)

224 I mean surely that dude, Kaitlan Collins, could be covering this. He has a reputation for being fearless.

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at July 27, 2026 03:03 PM (Iwv3U)

225 Does anyone think that maybe the scientific elite was trying to reduce the world's population to lessen "climate change"? Would explain a lot.

The media did float that briefly as an unexpected benefit of Covid, but it didn't go over well.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 03:04 PM (2ocoG)

226 Another little gift from Blo Jiden and gang................

It came from a Hamster had oral sex with a skunk that was butt fucked by a camel after a IRGC Commander had sex with the Camel.

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 27, 2026 03:04 PM (ctoj/)

227 Specific reminder: During the AIDS crisis, Fauci worked to allow anal sex receivers to donate blood. Now, why would he do that?

Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 02:58 PM (OlzlW)

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Same reason that Pedo Tampon Tim pardons his own kind -- pedos.

Fauci's gay and his shit's literally all retarded.

I'm surprised he didn't mandate public anal swabs during the Covid PsyOps ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 27, 2026 03:04 PM (9EFgU)

228 It's just too bad Rep. Brandon Gill isn't a senator.
He'd throw Fauci around five questions that would expose him about five times in the hearing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:04 PM (6ydKt)

229 We’d love to cover this. But there are only so many hours in the day. 23.99 of those are currently taken up by the tranny CNN anchorette story.

Posted by: MSM at July 27, 2026 03:05 PM (Xe8e7)

230 O/T but before I forget:

Did y'all see the "new" photoshop of Mitch and chy knee wife in the NY Post today? At rehab, I guess. They changed clothes! It's like electronic paper doll photoshopping! I almost laughed but don't have the energy.

At this point they might as well do an Etch A Sketch picture of him and post that for proof of life. Or one of those magnetic games where you'd move hair around and moustaches.

I am fueled for productivity from lunch and will announce this with loud rock and roll. I need tonic for my gin. Soon.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 03:06 PM (hzuYO)

231 Think he gives a rat's ass about some Congressional clown show?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

I'm not sure if he still has the same protection he had with the media and Dems.

They don't want to be near the radioactive midget either.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)

232

*tosses Fauci votive candle in the trash*

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:06 PM (4NO2D)

233 The whole COVID thing was eye opening at least. Masks came off, figuratively, while actual masks were being forced on us. Pre lockdowns was a different world more than even pre 9/11 was.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 03:06 PM (YwEeS)

234 But for purely political purposes -- sound familiar? -- Fauci lied. Many people died because of him.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

After 550 days of the Trump Administration and not one significant indictment or arrest of any of the traitors who masterminded the theft of the 2020 election and those who conjured up the Russia hoax or the masterminds of the invasion of millions of Turd Worlders into the USA is anyone really surprised the MSM does not cover the incriminating diary of the worst mass murderer in human history?
THEY -- they know that we know who THEY are /-and THEY have no fear of ANYthing serious happening to them. But Trump has done a hell of a job outside the borders of the USA. OH....... wait ......

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at July 27, 2026 03:07 PM (FCPbW)

235 that cruise ship, Diamond Princess(?), told me everything I needed to know, so I never believed a word of their lies.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 03:07 PM (VyBeY)

236 It came from a Hamster
Hampster! HAMPSTER!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 03:07 PM (+4hLU)

237 "I felt he'd found my diary
And read each page out loud.

....

Killing us softly with his virus,
Killing us softly
With his virus.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)

238 I think Fauci's arrogant enough to walk in to any setting and tell everyone to suck his wrinkled dick. He ain't gonna say shit to anyone because he doesn't have to.

The whole pardon thing will tie up Congress and the judiciary just long enough for some leftist judge to rule Fauci doesn't have to appear or say anything to anyone.

Seeing as how the judiciary is squarely on his side. Many of them openly ruled on the lockdowns and punishments for those who disobeyed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 03:08 PM (jehhT)

239 Should Jake Tapper really be driving a boat? Isn't that a sign of white privilege, capitalism and elitism?

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2026 03:08 PM (NpAcC)

240 Think he gives a rat's ass about some Congressional clown show?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

I'm not sure if he still has the same protection he had with the media and Dems.

They don't want to be near the radioactive midget either.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:06 PM (6ydKt)
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They would surely rather see him just go away. But they will never turn on him. They can't. They were (and to a certain extent still are) heavily invested in the covid scam and all the lies and coverups.

And I'll bet probably half of Democraps still believe the guy walks on water.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)

241
AIDs was Gay, not fake.

COVID was Fake and Gay.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)

242 All this Fauci talk today I’m gonna have a coronary. This guy spikes my BP like no other….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 03:09 PM (+gA9j)

243 >>Think he gives a rat's ass about some Congressional clown show?

Yes. If there is one thing very evident from Fauci's diary is that is beyond obsessed with his image. I think he cares about it almost as much as money.

The public has his own documents now. He can lie and spin all he wants but it is impossible for him to refute what we can all see written in his own hand. And it wasn't just the US relying on Fauci's edicts, he helped influence western governments around the world.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 03:10 PM (viF8m)

244 Think he gives a rat's ass about some Congressional clown show?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)
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He is the Science after all.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:10 PM (Fi81e)

245 My favorite likeness of Fauci was in the New Yorker; "Anthony Fauci, Lifeguard" He is sitting up in a lifeguard chair, but instead of looking down at those he was supposed to be protecting, he was looking up and away.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 03:10 PM (GMWTj)

246 Man Arrested In Yellowstone Chasing Tourists In Bison Costume
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Tourists in bison costumes deserve to be chased.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 27, 2026 02:47 PM (DZ9Lv

Would he survive a dose of bison tranquilizer in the ass?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 03:11 PM (MzBNC)

247 You people are way too young to be so cynical.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:11 PM (6ydKt)

248 All this and I band myself from stonecold creamery. All because holding up my shirt over my face was not a mask. Ha ha ha screw these Marxist pos!

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at July 27, 2026 03:11 PM (JIfX5)

249 Then, with these reveals, there's no more to be said. The networks and cable outlets conspired against the United States. Each network should immediately have their license to broadcast yanked. What to do about cable, I don't know.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 03:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

250 202 He's going to wag his cock at everyone, bid them adieu and walk right the f*ck out.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:53 PM (2YhKe)

You forgot 'set his hat in a jaunty fashion'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 27, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)
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I doubt he can find it (not the hat).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 03:12 PM (hzuYO)

251 --He can't take the 5th because he was pardoned so what's he going to say?

I'm curious. What makes one think Fauci won't try to plead the 5th? Because he was pardoned? Where is it written that he still can't do this? And remember folks -- this is just a Senate hearing. Only purpose of this is to showboat. To get soundbites. That is it.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:12 PM (N39Ws)

252 that cruise ship, Diamond Princess(?), told me everything I needed to know, so I never believed a word of their lies.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 03:07 PM (VyBeY)

Cuomo DEMANDED the 2 Red Cross ships come to NY because they had so many dead and dying.

Not one patient boarded either one of the ships.

NOT. ONE.

We were scammed.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)

253 History will laugh at us.

Trump: "34 felonies"

Fraudci: 0 crimes.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)

254
I think Austin Powers failed to predict how somebody worthy of the title "Dr. Evil" would look and behave.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)

255 Do people holding high profile positions typically keep diaries?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 03:14 PM (MzBNC)

256
Fauci is 85 years old, and may decide not to show for 'medical reasons,' or not recall, or otherwise dodge testifying truthfully.

Whatever testimony they squeeze out of him is useful for implicating other people who were involved.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 27, 2026 03:14 PM (VWtfl)

257 And I'll bet probably half of Democraps still believe the guy walks on water.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)

If the diaries go viral he will lose a lot of followers.
I agree, they are still covering for him on that part but I don't know how long they can keep a lid on it with the hearing coming - Rand might make it a little fiery in there.

Rand Paul has made it his mission to get Fauci (at least for perjury), and I'm all on board while there's still a chance.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:15 PM (6ydKt)

258 "AIDs was Gay, not fake."

Originally called "GRID" for "Gay Related Infectious Disease." I have speculated that it was Fauci who made the name change.

Fauci was the one who heterosexualized AIDS. Without him, it would have just been considered a gay thing.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 03:15 PM (GMWTj)

259 100% Insane.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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31m
INSANE

JB Pritzker just approved SB3341 which allows MINORS to get birth control medications, implants, and IUDs WITHOUT parental knowledge or consent.

Minors can get prescriptions from doctors, fill it at a pharmacy, and pick it up, all without a legal guardian or parent.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 03:15 PM (kX27y)

260 You know who else loved science?

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 03:15 PM (2XVSY)

261 I don't think Fauci can be prosecuted due to the pardon, but I think Congress and the DoJ can stipulate that the pardon is fairly vague, so Fauci has to tell them what he was pardoned for. And then anything he forgets to mention can be prosecuted.

Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete this email after you read it at July 27, 2026 03:15 PM (rbvCR)

262 >>I'm curious. What makes one think Fauci won't try to plead the 5th? Because he was pardoned? Where is it written that he still can't do this? And remember folks -- this is just a Senate hearing. Only purpose of this is to showboat. To get soundbites. That is it.

Eugene Volokh is not only a blogger, he's a professor of law at UCLA, claims that a federal pardon only offers protection from federal crimes not state crimes. If he's correct then Fauci can still be prosecuted at the state level if any state AGs want to take it on.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 03:16 PM (viF8m)

263 Fraudci is going to give a "You can't handle the truth!" level of rant, but it will be all lies

Because he's got nothing.

"You WANT me infesting beagles' eyes with sandfleas!!"

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

264 232

*tosses Fauci votive candle in the trash*
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:06 PM (4NO2D)

Better to light it and shove it up his squeak hole. Just to get the party started.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:16 PM (N39Ws)

265 Besides being stuck in car in driveway its hailing

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:16 PM (Ia/+0)

266 255 Do people holding high profile positions typically keep diaries?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 03:14 PM (MzBNC)

Several modern presidents have.
I know Reagan and Bush I did, probably W. Bush, too.
For memoir purposes if nothing else.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:16 PM (6ydKt)

267 The country still hasn’t recovered from the covid bullshit. I doubt we’ll ever recover back to 2019 in some areas. One trivial area that’s never recovered: dining out. Restaurants got truly fucked by all the “rules”…. Same with hotels: you used to get your room serviced every day automatically. Now you gotta make a request, it’s tiresome.

Not to mention an entire generation of kids who lost about 2 years of school and socialization

(grinds teeth)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 03:16 PM (+gA9j)

268 The plus side of Fauci's autopen pardon is that he cannot take the 5th in testimony.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:17 PM (4NO2D)

269 If Trump keeps a diary it will be the best ever.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 03:17 PM (MzBNC)

270 JB Pritzker just approved SB3341 which allows MINORS to get birth control medications, implants, and IUDs WITHOUT parental knowledge or consent.

Minors can get prescriptions from doctors, fill it at a pharmacy, and pick it up, all without a legal guardian or parent.
Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 03:15 PM (kX27y)

Child prostitutes have a limited period that they are profitable before they age out, die or get beaten too often. Pregnancies, even abortions, limit that window of opportunity.

Posted by: Kindltot - Please delete this email after you read it at July 27, 2026 03:17 PM (rbvCR)

271 262
Eugene Volokh is not only a blogger, he's a professor of law at UCLA, claims that a federal pardon only offers protection from federal crimes not state crimes. If he's correct then Fauci can still be prosecuted at the state level if any state AGs want to take it on.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 03:16 PM (viF8m)

That I believe. Call me cynical, but I can't think of a single state AG that wants to pick that fight.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:17 PM (N39Ws)

272 Fauci was the one who heterosexualized AIDS. Without him, it would have just been considered a gay thing.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 03:15 PM (GMWTj)
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Ah, yeah, he's an old hand an National Fraud, isn't he.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)

273 268 The plus side of Fauci's autopen pardon is that he cannot take the 5th in testimony.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:17 PM (4NO2D)

Why?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:18 PM (N39Ws)

274 hat cruise ship, Diamond Princess(?), told me everything I needed to know, so I never believed a word of their lies.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 03:07 PM (VyBeY)

Cuomo DEMANDED the 2 Red Cross ships come to NY because they had so many dead and dying.

Not one patient boarded either one of the ships.

NOT. ONE.

We were scammed.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)
_____

Same with the massive tent-camp hospital complex erected at staggering expense in Central Park across from Mt Sinai. I drove past that a few times a week. I never saw a single patient there. Not one.

In the beginning, there were a lot of nurses and support staff there. But since no patients were ever there, after a few weeks they abandoned all pretense and the whole thing was a ghost town.

This was at the same time that ass-ranger Allah Pundit at HotAir was hysterically posting blatant lies about how hospitals in NYC were overflowing with dying covid patients.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)

275 @libsoftiktok
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31m
INSANE

JB Pritzker just approved SB3341 which allows MINORS to get birth control medications, implants, and IUDs WITHOUT parental knowledge or consent.

Because he f*cks kids.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

276 The plus side of Fauci's autopen pardon is that he cannot take the 5th in testimony.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:17 PM (4NO2D)
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* Laughs in Democrat *

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)

277 Fauci will burn in Hell someday

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:19 PM (Ia/+0)

278 JB Pritzker just approved SB3341 which allows MINORS to get birth control medications, implants, and IUDs WITHOUT parental knowledge or consent.

Minors can get prescriptions from doctors, fill it at a pharmacy, and pick it up, all without a legal guardian or parent.

Why is it that Democrats keep passing laws which have the clear intent of helping pedophiles?

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 03:19 PM (2ocoG)

279 96 I also had lunch with the ladies of The View. They are very special to me, so I told them to pass on the vax
==

The only thing that would pierce Fauci's shield of invincibility is if he really did tell people in private to avoid the vax.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 27, 2026 03:19 PM (0bjKf)

280 This isn't my first rodeo of Massive Fraud!

Posted by: Dr. Tony Fraudci at July 27, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)

281 Dear Diary:
Ha ha hee hee ho ho.
Off to the funny farm you go

xoxo
Tony the Gnome

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 03:20 PM (UjdFS)

282 I don't think Fauci's pardon has any validity. It was demonstrated that he harangued Biden's staff for one the last morning of Biden's presidency. Biden was quite likely out of the loop. Pardons are non-delegable. It's question of fact - did Biden know? - and not law.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 03:20 PM (GMWTj)

283 Don’t forget Fauci also proudly wrote about how he’d hang out in gay bathhouses at the beginning of AIDS. That doesn’t sound like science to me… it sounds gross

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 03:20 PM (+gA9j)

284 This was at the same time that ass-ranger Allah Pundit at HotAir was hysterically posting blatant lies about how hospitals in NYC were overflowing with dying covid patients.

That's not a nice way to talk about Ace's famous dinner date.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 03:21 PM (2ocoG)

285 The plus side of Fauci's autopen pardon is that he cannot take the 5th in testimony.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:17 PM (4NO2D)

Why?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:18 PM

He can't incriminate himself.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:21 PM (4NO2D)

286 Tony Fraudci loved Science so much, he couldn't bare to part with it. He couldn't bare the thought of it being anyone else's.

That's what the chains and the cot in the basement are about.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

287 Why is it that Democrats keep passing laws which have the clear intent of helping pedophiles?
Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 03:19 PM (2ocoG)

It's a puzzler.

Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 03:22 PM (OlzlW)

288 >>That I believe. Call me cynical, but I can't think of a single state AG that wants to pick that fight.

I don't know, there are some pretty feisty AGs in red states like Missouri and Florida.

I still think the biggest impact will be on people who blindly trusted government and douchebags like Fauci because he was The Science. Seeing Fauci prosecuted and thrown in prison would be immensely satisfying. Creating an environment where more people started seeing that government is not their biggest and bestest buddy might have a bigger long term benefit to all of us.

2 years of our lives and for some their lives were lost to this insane narcissist and his helpers in the intel community and media. Businesses lost, lives ruined, people dead. I don't see many forgiving and forgetting.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 03:22 PM (viF8m)

289 Dude needs a tire fire.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 03:22 PM (S41Gd)

290 Fauci was the one who heterosexualized AIDS"

Remember the Donahue show background of "Aids" in block letters?

Pepperidge Farms remembers...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:23 PM (XuXeR)

291 Rand Paul just tweeted this:

Rand Paul
@RandPaul
If Anthony Fauci lies before Congress on Wednesday, as he did in previous hearings, his preemptive pardon won’t cover him.
Quote

Gain of Fauci
@DschlopesIsBack
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19h
Today is a great time to remind you that Anthony Fauci was LITERALLY SHAKING while lying in front of Congress about his Gain of Function research in China through the NIH.

Gain of Fauci.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 03:23 PM (kX27y)

292 In the beginning, there were a lot of nurses and support staff there. But since no patients were ever there, after a few weeks they abandoned all pretense and the whole thing was a ghost town.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:18 PM (iFTx/)

From what I can gather, a lot of the casualties in NYC were in nursing homes and assisted care. When, apparently, Cuomo could've just sent the recovering patients to the tent hospitals or the cruise ship instead of building full of seniors.

That's when the media had a Cuomo news conference on every day like he was the voice of God, while blaming it all on Trump.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:23 PM (6ydKt)

293 I spent Christmas 2020 in San Diego with both of my boys. Marine had just returned to the west coast from Camp Lejuene.

Flight was 1/3 full. Everyone was happy and pleasant.

It was a wonderful time to travel.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 03:24 PM (KlzAE)

294 Here is a link to a PDF of the released diary material.

https://tinyurl.com/3brb964z

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:24 PM (4NO2D)

295 Dude needs a tire fire.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 03:22 PM (S41Gd)

The Fauci Swing.

https://shorturl.fm/IecNN

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)

296 >186 Nothing Will Happen.

(We were out at a three martini lunch)

Posted by: The Nothing Will Happen Choristers
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nice work

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 03:24 PM (ZxPkt)

297 278 JB Pritzker just approved SB3341 which allows MINORS to get birth control medications, implants, and IUDs WITHOUT parental knowledge or consent.

Minors can get prescriptions from doctors, fill it at a pharmacy, and pick it up, all without a legal guardian or parent.
__________________________

All those "benefits" seem to lean towards females. They might run into a problem with the Equal Protection Clause. There's a threshold on this type appropriation.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 03:25 PM (dIske)

298
Flight was 1/3 full. Everyone was happy and pleasant.

It was a wonderful time to travel.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 03:24 PM (KlzAE)

Well, it's certainly back to sucking royally, now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)

299 Fauci will burn in Hell someday

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:19 PM (Ia/+0)

We could do Satan a solid and preheat the motherfucker.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 03:25 PM (S41Gd)

300 how hospitals in NYC were overflowing with dying covid patients."

I was a volunteer at MD Anderson at the time. The BS we'd see was...staggering

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:25 PM (XuXeR)

301 Fauci will get a case of I don't remember and can't recall.
This is known.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 03:25 PM (n5tGW)

302 Whose body count is higher, Fauci or Mengele?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 27, 2026 03:26 PM (0U5gm)

303 Those diary entries are hilarious

but that's as far as this will go

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 03:26 PM (ZxPkt)

304 Pepperidge Farms remembers...
Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:23 PM (XuXeR)
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I Will Remember

Posted by: Queensr�che Lyrics at July 27, 2026 03:26 PM (Fi81e)

305 I would pull the trigger myself without reservation or remorse.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:37 PM (JvZF+)

Acting like there wouldn't be a line.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 27, 2026 03:26 PM (zafwz)

306 @RandPaul
If Anthony Fauci lies before Congress on Wednesday, as he did in previous hearings, his preemptive pardon won’t cover him.
.......

Ooh ooh. Something is going to happen?

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 03:26 PM (UjdFS)

307 Pepperidge Farms remembers...
Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:23 PM (XuXeR)
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I Will Remember

Posted by: Queensrÿche Lyrics at July 27, 2026 03:26 PM (Fi81e)

308 I hope no damage on car

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:27 PM (Ia/+0)

309
We could do Satan a solid and preheat the motherfucker.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 03:25 PM (S41Gd)

This.

The man needs to suffer a bit on this dimension, first.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)

310 Dude needs a tire fire."

Ah. A "Winnie Mandela"

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:27 PM (XuXeR)

311 I would pull the trigger myself without reservation or remorse.

Beating him into a mire of his own blood would be much more satisfying.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:27 PM (4NO2D)

312 Fauci isn't going to own up.I would wager

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:28 PM (Ia/+0)

313 285 The plus side of Fauci's autopen pardon is that he cannot take the 5th in testimony.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:17 PM (4NO2D)

Why?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:18 PM

He can't incriminate himself.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:21 PM (4NO2D)

OK. Doesn't mean he won't plead it. What is the Senate panel going to do? Yell at him?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:28 PM (N39Ws)

314 This was at the same time that ass-ranger Allah Pundit at HotAir was hysterically posting blatant lies about how hospitals in NYC were overflowing with dying covid patients.

That's not a nice way to talk about Ace's famous dinner date.

In the beforetimes they went to movies together but that pre Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, pre, Shaka, when the walls fell

Posted by: dagny at July 27, 2026 03:28 PM (chM/Q)

315 Flight was 1/3 full. Everyone was happy and pleasant.

It was a wonderful time to travel.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 03:24 PM (KlzAE)
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Flew out to a customer site September 2020.

Only person in my organization with the balls.

But that was good "social distancing"

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:28 PM (Fi81e)

316 311 I would pull the trigger myself without reservation or remorse.

Beating him into a mire of his own blood would be much more satisfying.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:27 PM (4NO2D)

Negan from Walking Dead, carrying Lucille, enters the chat.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:28 PM (N39Ws)

317 He thinks nothing will happen because he is protected by tje Deep State

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:28 PM (Ia/+0)

318 “Tony’s Diary - Do Not Open!” In the tween girl font is just *chef’s kiss*

LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 03:28 PM (Eo+Kz)

319 Fauci was the one who heterosexualized AIDS. Without him, it would have just been considered a gay thing.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming

Remember when some nuns got blood transfusions of blood taken from AIDS-infected homosexuals, and the media was gleeful, trumpeting, "See? EVEN NUNS CAN GET IT! It's not just a gay thing!" And based in this one incident they declared conclusively that every normal person was at risk, and therefore AIDS needed 100% of all funding funneled into curing it.

Fauci had his fingerprints all over that, too.

Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 03:28 PM (Av6i5)

320 What is the Senate panel going to do? Yell at him?"

They might even write a letter.

Devastating

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (XuXeR)

321 >>>Don’t forget Fauci also proudly wrote about how he’d hang out in gay bathhouses at the beginning of AIDS. That doesn’t sound like science to me… it sounds gross

>That's how he met Don Lemon and Barack Obama.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (3oLiU)

322 What is the Senate panel going to do? Yell at him?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:28 PM

Throw him into the House Gaol.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (4NO2D)

323 how hospitals in NYC were overflowing with dying covid patients."

I was a volunteer at MD Anderson at the time. The BS we'd see was...staggering
Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:25 PM (XuXeR)
_____

Yea, it was nuts. I'd get into online "fights" with AP over some fake news report about how there were so many dying covid patients at Hospital X in NYC that they were overflowing into the streets. That sounded like complete bullshit to me, so I went to the hospital in question to see for myself. Of course, it was complete bullshit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)

324 What is the Senate panel going to do? Yell at him?"

They might even write a letter.

Devastating
Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (XuXeR)

Sleeves.

Will.

Roll.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)

325 Jan 14, 2020, Fauci was on a radio show talking about the anti-vax movement. Sounds like he knew about plans for later on ....

Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (OlzlW)

326 Tens of millions of people still believe that getting the shot was the patriotic thing to do.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (n5tGW)

327 He needs to be fined and sued into penury.

Posted by: dagny at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (chM/Q)

328 2 years of our lives and for some their lives were lost to this insane narcissist and his helpers in the intel community and media. Businesses lost, lives ruined, people dead. I don't see many forgiving and forgetting.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 03:22 PM (viF8m)

5 years on and I can still go rage-stroke mad if I let my thoughts linger.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 27, 2026 03:30 PM (zafwz)

329 He needs to be fined and sued into penury.

Posted by: dagny at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (chM/Q)
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Exactly! Whack his peepee!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:30 PM (Fi81e)

330 Also, although I am not proficient at Math, 0.2% to 2% is a greater spread than 5, no?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 03:30 PM (Eo+Kz)

331 He can't incriminate himself.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 03:21 PM (4NO2D)

OK. Doesn't mean he won't plead it. What is the Senate panel going to do? Yell at him?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:28 PM (N39Ws)
____________________________

Shots for "I don't remember." and "I don't recall." Clear trunk space in your car, you'll be grabbing a case of Value Rite gallon jugs of hooch.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 03:30 PM (dIske)

332 thx for that link, toby928(c)!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 03:30 PM (VyBeY)

333 We need to revoke the broadcast licenses for the big three.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 27, 2026 03:30 PM (bkuEU)

334 There were many early signs that COVID hysteria was 99% BS. One big one was anybody that had to go to a hospital during the height of the crisis did not see huge lines at emergency rooms, lines of ambulances, doctors rushing around in a panic etc.... The only sign of the pandemic were the filthy face masks everybody was forced to wear.

Still pisses me off.

Posted by: Ripley at July 27, 2026 03:31 PM (GUOwU)

335 It was a wonderful time to travel."

Flights and airports were empty... I had an entire gate area at DFW by myself.
Most shops were closed, tho.

Driving was tough - no place to pull off and grab a bite

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:31 PM (XuXeR)

336 How will I know when I hate the media enough?

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 27, 2026 03:32 PM (yFLFB)

337 What is the Senate panel going to do? Yell at him?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

It's time to break out the Mace of the House of Representatives. Yes, it's a real thing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 03:32 PM (diia5)

338 Flight was 1/3 full. Everyone was happy and pleasant.

It was a wonderful time to travel.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 03:24 PM (KlzAE

No masks in first, it was a crock from the start.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 03:32 PM (Dd38x)

339 Minors can get prescriptions from doctors, fill it at a pharmacy, and pick it up, all without a legal guardian or parent.
Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 03:15 PM (kX27y)

Gotta be 21 to buy beer and cigarettes, though...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 27, 2026 03:32 PM (nbLIj)

340 I got lsughed at when i asked if my ob/gyn in 1991 was aids safe. He had clogs and a ponytail.

Posted by: dagny at July 27, 2026 03:32 PM (chM/Q)

341 How will I know when I hate the media enough?
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 27, 2026 03:32 PM (yFLFB)

When you move to the middle of nowhere and use your TV for target practice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 03:33 PM (2YhKe)

342 327 He needs to be fined and sued into penury.

Posted by: dagny at July 27, 2026 03:29 PM (chM/Q)

He's got his Federal salary, and benefits.
Royalties from books he's written.
Whatever money he's made from media appearances, speeches, and that documentary Disney made about him.
A crap ton of money from pharmaceutical patents & deals he got as Director of NIAD.

There's a lot there to sue over.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:33 PM (6ydKt)

343 There were many early signs that COVID hysteria was 99% BS. One big one was anybody that had to go to a hospital during the height of the crisis did not see huge lines at emergency rooms, lines of ambulances, doctors rushing around in a panic etc.... The only sign of the pandemic were the filthy face masks everybody was forced to wear.

Still pisses me off.
Posted by: Ripley at July 27, 2026 03:31 PM (GUOwU)
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I still remember a flu expert calling into Chris Plante's show a week or two before lockdown.

He said that more people would die from the yearly flu than from Covid at the same scale.

Luckily we had no deaths from "the flu" the next couple of years.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:33 PM (Fi81e)

344 Seeing sun but still raining

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)

345 I'm still proudly 1-0 vs the Needle Nazis,well about 20 and 0 if I count pressure from some in laws and relatives .

Posted by: Rex B at July 27, 2026 03:34 PM (F/+zi)

346 height of the crisis did not see huge lines at emergency rooms, lines of ambulances, doctors rushing around in a panic etc.... "

This. No overflowing morgues, no bodies in the streets, people somehow not dropping dead...

A real puzzler.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:34 PM (XuXeR)

347 We've come all the way in science to now saying it is bigoted to not accept aids tainted blood donations.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 03:35 PM (n5tGW)

348 The country still hasn’t recovered from the covid bullshit. I doubt we’ll ever recover back to 2019 in some areas. One trivial area that’s never recovered: dining out. Restaurants got truly fucked by all the “rules”…. Same with hotels: you used to get your room serviced every day automatically. Now you gotta make a request, it’s tiresome.

Not to mention an entire generation of kids who lost about 2 years of school and socialization

(grinds teeth)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 03:16 PM
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Fast food restaurants realized they can simply ignore the actual inside seating area. If you're not a the drive thru, you don't exist.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 03:35 PM (2Ez/1)

349 5 years on and I can still go rage-stroke mad if I let my thoughts linger.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at July 27, 2026 03:30 PM (zafwz)

Same here. I have a vested interested in seeing that smug punk suffer. Tremendously.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 03:35 PM (N39Ws)

350 In May of 2020, we had a camping out MoMe in central WA.

I think 10-12 showed up. It was wonderful.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 03:35 PM (9mRXp)

351 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 03:35 PM (VyBeY)

352 nood thune

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 27, 2026 03:36 PM (6ydKt)

353 >>There were many early signs that COVID hysteria was 99% BS.

You mean like arrows on the floors of grocery stores showing which direction you could walk because flying covid germs were too stupid to change direction in flight?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 03:36 PM (viF8m)

354 And a few hundred thousands of deaths, not that he has anymore concerns the Joseph Stalin had

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:36 PM (Ia/+0)

355 There's a guy working at our local grocery store who still wears a mask. Occasionally I see him without it (lunch break?) and that's the only time I greet him. I try not to acknowledge mask wearers because I don't want them to breathe on me.

Posted by: Emmie at July 27, 2026 03:37 PM (OlzlW)

356 what a gyp
I was promised corpses stacked in the streets like cord-wood

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 03:37 PM (ZxPkt)

357 well about 20 and 0 if I count pressure from some in laws and relatives ."

I've related here my family experience...

Of the nearly 20 at that springs family gathering, which featured much hoping for the shots, there are currently two of us alive without symptoms. Cardiac issues, dementia, and cancer ran thru like...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 03:38 PM (XuXeR)

358 I'm still proudly 1-0 vs the Needle Nazis,well about 20 and 0 if I count pressure from some in laws and relatives .
Posted by: Rex B at July 27, 2026 03:34 PM (F/+zi)
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Ah, but like the first night of the lockdown, CBS 60 minutes (I think) showed lines into the street of people trying to get into the emergency room.

And then no lines, and the knowitalls shrieking "YOU CAN'T TELL THE BUSYNESS OF AN ER FROM THE OUTSIDE!!!" as if CBS hadn't done exactly that (probably staged) the night before.

This was a response to the flood of medical truth-tellers all over the world putting their empty ERs on Youtube.

Youtube was a major vein of Truth until the Ministry of Truth got to it.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 03:38 PM (Fi81e)

359 "This. No overflowing morgues, no bodies in the streets, people somehow not dropping dead...

A real puzzler.

Posted by: man"

And yet well over half the country (most of the world to) did not believe their lying eyes but swallowed the propaganda reports whole without question. Just floors me to this day.

Posted by: Ripley at July 27, 2026 03:38 PM (GUOwU)

360 >>>When you move to the middle of nowhere and use your TV for target practice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

>I picked up a big, cheap flat screen tv, but I use it as a split screen monitor for the notebook. Works fine.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 03:39 PM (3oLiU)

361 I flew to Europe in March 2020.

There were 7 passengers...in a Boeing 747.

5 of those passengers were in first class, so I couldn't even see them.

I basically had the entire plane to myself. It was glorious. Stewardesses jut gave me free drinks, free anything -- they were bored and had nothing to do.

However, when I landed at Heathrow, the Customs and Immigration people were very suspicious.

"Why are you traveling?"

"Do I have to have a reason? Because I want to."

"But governement recommendation is NOT to travel or even go outside."

"Well -- is it illegal to travel? Am I breaking the law?"

"No, but -- IT ISN'T RECOMMENDED." As if that was supposed t dissuade me. They didn't understand Americans' psychologyy.

"Well, if it isn't illegal, then I can travel, right?

(Glares at me with suspicion., stamps passport.)

Posted by: zombie at July 27, 2026 03:41 PM (Av6i5)

362 "There were many early signs that COVID hysteria was 99% BS.

You mean like arrows on the floors of grocery stores showing which direction you could walk because flying covid germs were too stupid to change direction in flight?

Posted by: JackStraw"

I like how being forced to stand in line with breathing on other people to get in stores and all squeeze though one open door was deemed safer that the free flow of people through several open doors. Ass fuckin backward, if you really wanted to prevent transmission.

Posted by: Ripley at July 27, 2026 03:43 PM (GUOwU)

363 Pretty sure I told this story when it happened; I'm in the grocery store. At the checkout, cashiers ringing me up.2 women behind me "social distancing"-1/4 " plexi-glass hanging off strings from ceiling. Cashier (everyone in masks) looks over. The 2 women behind me have a little "rat dog" in the child seat. "Excuse me, can you change lines-I'm hyper-allergenic to dogs". You're in the "Fortress of Solitude" and you're afraid you'll break out in hives? When I realized, it was all a farce...

Posted by: pahound at July 27, 2026 04:11 PM (AjR4+)

364 Until Fauci is strung up, I don't care.

None of this is new - or breaking - to those who were paying attention at the time.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 27, 2026 04:48 PM (pE12i)

365 There were many early signs that COVID hysteria was 99% BS. One big one was anybody that had to go to a hospital during the height of the crisis did not see huge lines at emergency rooms, lines of ambulances, doctors rushing around in a panic etc.... The only sign of the pandemic were the filthy face masks everybody was forced to wear.

Still pisses me off.
Posted by: Ripley at July 27, 2026 03:31 PM (GUOwU)

Did see a lot of nurses dancing in empty hallways in the hospital, though.

And NYC not using a single one of the beds Trump put in Central Park.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:07 PM (uhVAy)

366 I like how being forced to stand in line with breathing on other people to get in stores and all squeeze though one open door was deemed safer that the free flow of people through several open doors. Ass fuckin backward, if you really wanted to prevent transmission.
Posted by: Ripley at July 27, 2026 03:43 PM (GUOwU)

I remember going masked into a store and having to sneeze, so I reflexively pulled the mask down and did so. I laughed.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 27, 2026 05:09 PM (uhVAy)

Maryland Man Goes on Stabbing Spree in Paris, Saying Allah Sent Him to Kill Women

The police say that you should ignore his self-stated motive. It doesn't matter that he says Allah sent him to kill women. The man, you see, is "crazy."

And you know No True Islamist can be crazy. Just like all failed communist states are dismissed. No True Communist State would ever send its citizens to the gulag for complaining about a lack of bread!

So this is how they keep removing leftists and trans extremists and Islamists from the terrorist lists -- they just say the killer is "mentally unstable" so (say it with me) The Motive May Never Be Known.

Three people, reportedly including a pregnant woman, were injured on Monday morning in Paris after a man went on a stabbing spree in the French capital.
...
Despite the attacker reportedly claiming that he was motivated by "Allah", the case is not currently being treated as a terror incident. A source close to the investigation told Le Parisien: "The guy said Allah sent me to kill women. But no, he's crazy."
The original story continues as follows...
According to a report from the Parisien newspaper, three women were attacked in the street by a knifeman near the Porte de Clichy metro station in northern Paris on Monday. The paper asserted that one of the three victims was pregnant at the time of the attack.
A separate report from Le Figaro stated that two of the victims are currently in critical condition, while the third is in serious condition.
"They were taken care of by emergency services and transported to the hospital," a Paris police prefecture spokesman stated.
Le Figaro said that an off-duty police officer had witnessed a man with two knives attacking a pedestrian. He is said to have called for backup and eventually apprehended the suspect.
The paper cited footage circulating on social media, which appeared to show the suspected knifeman being held down by multiple people. In the video, he is reportedly heard saying: "Allah commanded me".
...
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said that he is remaining "very cautious about the motive of this violent act," claiming that the suspect was heard "uttering incoherent statements".

This follows a weekend in which another Maryland Man, "Abdul B.," rammed a vehicle into a "pride" parade in Berlin.

This particular Maryland Man was well known to authorities as a terrorist who had joined ISIS.

But they let him out on the streets anyway.

He's an anchor baby.

The suspect in the terror attack, which struck the Berlin Pride Parade on Saturday evening, has been identified as 21-year-old 'Abdul B.', who was previously detained in Germany on terror offences, reportedly including the support of the so-called Islamic State.
UPDATE 13:40: German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Sunday morning that at least one person was killed and 29 people were injured, some seriously, in what he said is believed to have been an "Islamist terror attack" at the Berlin Pride Parade on Saturday evening. Dobrindt said the suspect was born in Germany but is of Lebanese descent, with his mother naturalised in the country in 2002. He also confirmed that the alleged terrorist had also attacked revellers with a bladed weapon, thought to be a machete. The manhunt continues.
The original story continues as follows...
Tragedy struck the annual Christopher Street Day event in the German capital, one of the largest LGBTQ pride parades in Europe, with a white van being driven into a crowd in the Tiergarten area of the city at around 10 pm, leaving at least one dead and 29 injured.
Berlin Police identified "Abdul B." as their main suspect, releasing a picture of the 21-year-old as they conduct a large-scale manhunt. The force said that there may be more suspects yet to be identified. A spokesman earlier revealed that the suspect was known to police as an "Islamist".
...

German paper of record Die Welt reported that Abdul was previously identified as a threat by police and had been in juvenile detention as recently as May for having attempted to incite or threaten a terror attack. He was also said to have claimed to have contacts with the ISIS terror network.
After being released in May, Abdul was reportedly put on probation and was instructed to attend de-radicalisation counselling sessions, the third of which was scheduled for Monday.

You brought social workers to a terror-fight.

While it is yet to be confirmed that he was a supporter of the so-called Islamic State, Die Welt noted that the U.S. State Department had specifically warned in 2024 that ISIS had called on supporters to attack Pride events in Europe.

Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
@DrewPavlou
Guys, the details of the latest jihadist attack in Europe are psychotic.
Abdul Ballout was born in Berlin, but he left Germany for Lebanon.
Germany identified him as an Islamist threat, so they had him arrested in Lebanon and FLEW HIM BACK TO GERMANY to put him on trial for plotting terror attacks.
He was convicted and sentenced for terrorism offences in May 2026 but released on time served.
By July 2026 he was back on the streets.
German authorities told him to attend de-radicalisation counselling sessions.
He responded by carrying out a jihadist terrorist attack on a pride parade.

As Fox Butterworth would say: Despite the indulgence of socialist governments for crime and terror, socialist states and cities keep experiencing high rates of crime and terror.

Three people were killed and four were wounded Sunday evening during a shooting at a food festival at the Seattle Center, a short distance from the city's iconic Space Needle, police said.
One of the wounded was a 2-year-old toddler, and police said they believed the incident began when two parties began shooting at each other.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced one person was taken into custody, while Seattle Assistant Police Chief Tyrone Davis said at least one other suspect remained at large.
"There may be more," Davis said, according to the Seattle Times. "We're still trying to figure this out."

It takes an intellectual to summon the mental discipline to remain permanently blind to blood-soaked reality.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:20 PM (2YhKe)

2 Boom.

Off to lum.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

3 rst

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 01:21 PM (e/mVK)

4 > The man, you see, is "crazy*."

*Devout Muslim.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 01:21 PM (mkw2N)

5 Once again, there is no such thing as radical Islam. There is just Islam.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 01:23 PM (viF8m)

6 > This follows a weekend in which another Maryland Man, "Abdul B.," rammed a vehicle into a "pride" parade in Berlin.

I'd rather no Muslims drive cars through people. But if they're going to do it, I'd rather they do it at a pride parade.

I need to go repent now.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 01:24 PM (mkw2N)

7 "There may be more," Davis said, according to the Seattle Times. "We're still trying to figure this out."

Without criticizing their culture.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 01:24 PM (MWfyi)

8 Mentally ill = orthodox islham

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

9 None so blind as those who will not see.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 01:25 PM (qRla/)

10 A little syligism for you:

Islam says it is totally ok to abuse women

Abusing women is crazy

Therefore: islam is crazy

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 27, 2026 01:26 PM (wMHLU)

11 To be a modern "leftist" you must have to have 1984 level "I see three fingers" skills.

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 27, 2026 01:26 PM (3/XaG)

12 Was there some kind of special anniversary on the days of the "People of No Known Motive" attacks? Y'know, some time when the Crusaders kicked their co-religionists asses or some such, for which all Muslims everywhere have sworn eternal revenge? Or was this just a "day ending in Y" type of attack?

The Seattle thing is why cities should require marksmanship classes for gangbangers.

If they can reliably hit their rival gang targets without hitting bystanders, it'll eventually solve the problem.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 01:26 PM (vJrRc)

13 Some people's only goal in life is to get "Slum Dawg" tattooed across their throat and then die in a gunfight.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 01:26 PM (MWfyi)

14 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 01:25 PM (qRla/)

How are you doing, Sir? You still under the weather?

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:27 PM (77rzZ)

15 This was posted on X showing the photos and names of 4 women who apparently are part of the violence prevention course in Germany. What a sick joke:

https://tinyurl.com/35znxvej

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 01:27 PM (kX27y)

16 Syllogism

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 27, 2026 01:27 PM (wMHLU)

17 Has it crossed your mind that you can't spell 'woke' without 'ewok'?

Posted by: Philosomoron at July 27, 2026 01:28 PM (0sNs1)

18 Abdul B - the Muslim face of white supremacy.

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2081502495684087877?s=20

Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 27, 2026 01:28 PM (GTqXr)

19 7 "There may be more," Davis said, according to the Seattle Times. "We're still trying to figure this out."

Without criticizing their culture.
Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 01:24 PM (MWfyi)

Am I to assume it's the Amish again ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 01:28 PM (FuSB1)

20 Lemme guess: Baltimore.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 01:29 PM (2Ez/1)

21 >>It takes an intellectual to summon the mental discipline to remain permanently blind to blood-soaked reality.

If only this were true. Too many liberals (mostly white, mostly female) are very disciplined in accepting the narrative.

Each of the train of assaults is called an aberration which does not reflect on the race, religion, culture, or immigrant status. These idiots think that *we* are the stupid ones for generalizing and misreading reality.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 01:29 PM (4vx4K)

22
He was all out of bubblegum.

Motive understood.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:29 PM (Fi81e)

23 The Seattle thing is why cities should require marksmanship classes for gangbangers.

If they can reliably hit their rival gang targets without hitting bystanders, it'll eventually solve the problem.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 01:26 PM

That would require a focus on fundamentals.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 01:30 PM (0sNs1)

24 Orgasm > Syllogism

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 01:30 PM (mkw2N)

25 police said they believed the incident began when two parties began shooting at each other.
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That reads like a Chevy Chase line from the original Saturday Night Live.

Posted by: Crusader at July 27, 2026 01:30 PM (TN0g+)

26 LGBTQ+ activist speaks at a vigil in Berlin a day after the Islamist car-ramming attack against the Berlin Gay Pride Parade:

“I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person”

And the sheep clapped liked trained seals.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)

27 "After being released in May, Abdul was reportedly put on probation and was instructed to attend de-radicalisation counselling sessions, the third of which was scheduled for Monday."

The same people who insist that conversion therapy is a dangerous lie will also insist that you can turn radical Muslim head-choppers into normal citizens through "de-radicalisation counselling sessions"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

28 It takes an intellectual to summon the mental discipline to remain permanently blind to blood-soaked reality.
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No, that's a institutional model of "intellect".

Not actual intellect. To be "intelligent" is to be able to read—and not just text.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e)

29 "There may be more," Davis said, according to the Seattle Times. "We're still trying to figure this out."

Without criticizing their culture.

Perhaps they were confused and thought they were at a Waffle House or on a Carnival Cruise.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 01:31 PM (Riz8t)

30 We need some of those trained rape dogs to go in and just assert dominance in a non gay way.

Posted by: Plahm Gratner at July 27, 2026 01:32 PM (e/mVK)

31 >>>Allah Sent Him to Kill Women

He's not wrong.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 27, 2026 01:32 PM (tBH5l)

32 Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson responded with "were going to stage a play to show why guns are bad. Mkay"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 01:32 PM (BlDDt)

33 A film representing a vigilante is the worse thing ever.
A muzzie doing his part as his own ideology vigilante is just mental illness.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)

34 There is nothing funnier to me than gays wearing keffiyehs and shouting Free Palestine as some muslim lunatic slaughters them.

Being that stupid should have a price.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 01:33 PM (viF8m)

35 That happened on the worst day of Abdul's life. No judging...

Posted by: Tampon Timmah! at July 27, 2026 01:33 PM (J4Dwc)

36 Maryland men get around.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 01:33 PM (Cqx++)

37 Perhaps they were confused and thought they were at a Waffle House or on a Carnival Cruise.
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The chicken nuggets are to die for.

Posted by: Crusader at July 27, 2026 01:33 PM (TN0g+)

38 You see, in the religion of Leftism, the authorities are the higgh priests and only they have the skill and wisdom to interpret reality.

The Lefty drone repeats what they are told, scoffs and MAGA for not *seeing*, for not *believing* and for not *understanding* that reality is much more subtle and complex.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 01:33 PM (4vx4K)

39 They like this shit folks. Trust me. This is what they wanted. You deserve it

No other explanation is possible. If there was, I’d sure like somebody to explain. Show your work.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 01:33 PM (7SIxQ)

40 Senator Van Hollen can't have a pina colada with these Maryland men because they're muzzies and can't drink

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 01:33 PM (BlDDt)

41 Even though I loathe Europe, it's still sad to me they completely ruined all these countries because everyone was afraid to be called a racist.

Posted by: Leupold at July 27, 2026 01:34 PM (eIzlH)

42 Three people, reportedly including a pregnant woman,

BIRTHING PYRSON!!!

Posted by: This... is XiNN at July 27, 2026 01:34 PM (vDZgA)

43 LGBTQ+ activist speaks at a vigil in Berlin a day after the Islamist car-ramming attack against the Berlin Gay Pride Parade:

“I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person”

Person should probably throw itself off a building, just to atone for ever thinking that someone from a culture that throws its ilk off of buildings could ever plan and carry out a scheme to inflict harm on the kinds of people his culture likes to throw off of buildings.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 01:35 PM (vJrRc)

44 "Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson..."

Stop putting women in charge.

Posted by: Seriously at July 27, 2026 01:35 PM (2Ez/1)

45 26 LGBTQ+ activist speaks at a vigil in Berlin a day after the Islamist car-ramming attack against the Berlin Gay Pride Parade:

“I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person”

----

Real life never plays out like your fantasy

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 27, 2026 01:35 PM (wMHLU)

46 Maryland men get around.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 01:33 PM (Cqx++)

Some in better ways than others!

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 01:36 PM (S0M0K)

47 Leftists want Muslims to destabilize our society.

To actually figure out that Muslims are doing this, we could take pragmatic steps to reign this in. The Constitution is not a "suicide pact", after all. And the pragmatics could take pragmatic steps.

The left and Muslims are trying to topple our base of power. Both groups feel that they are using the other as a tool to catch the reins of power as they fall.

Hence the left cannot have you blunting the effectiveness of Muslim radicalism, by taking pragmatic steps.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)

48 All of the news posts on Bing news for the pride attack followed the same sleazy talking point:

"A car drove into a parade in Berlin..."

The religion of the innocent lamb behind the wheel of that demon car was somehow easy to deduce...

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at July 27, 2026 01:36 PM (cSmE1)

49 43 LGBTQ+ activist speaks at a vigil in Berlin a day after the Islamist car-ramming attack against the Berlin Gay Pride Parade:

“I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person "

Seriously ? I can't print what I hope happens to you...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 01:36 PM (FuSB1)

50 I'm sure someone on this thread said this as well , but I am so tired of these people stabbing folks and then the media and leftists have to immediately jump up and say, "It's obviously a mental illness." No; That's what Islam tells them to do to "infidels".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 01:36 PM (W90Ou)

51 I have to give them credit. The muslims play "Smear the Queer" to win.

What the muslims need is mandatory Drag Queen story hours each weekend in the mosques. They can learn how Mommies can have a penis and watch some guy in a dress with a beard playfully bounce their young children on their laps. That should fix their hate of gays.

Then we can work on the islamic hatred of Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Zoroastrianists, atheists, dogs, music, alcohol, anything and everyone not muslim both in the past and in the future.

Problem solved.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 01:36 PM (Sco7b)

52 Neighbors say Abdul was just turning his life around and recently began attending a Koran study.

Posted by: Local media at July 27, 2026 01:37 PM (2Ez/1)

53 Once you go blasphemic.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

54 BIRTHING PYRSON!!!
Birthing hips

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 01:37 PM (Y6x0W)

55 Oh, the CBC actually did call the German attack an Islamic attack. Seriously.

I was shocked.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 01:37 PM (Sco7b)

56 To be fair, Islam is, in fact, insane, and its adherents afflicted by 70 generations of first cousin marriage and progeny therefrom, leading to shockingly elevated levels of psychosis and seriois birth defects.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 27, 2026 01:37 PM (tkyEs)

57 Now I'm contemplating what the word would be for the roof-based equivalent of defenestration.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (vJrRc)

58 2 Boom.

Off to lum.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

Say, what is the etymology of 'lum'? For that matter, 'nood'? I made one up in my head for the latter (portmanphonic of new + thread), but it could be wrong.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (Sy6m/)

59 Real life never plays out like your fantasy

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 27, 2026 01:35 PM (wMHLU)
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The refusal to learn how Nature defies theory is what created Lysenkoism.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

60 The reaction of European politicians and police essentially proves that they want these attacks to happen. The actual Europeans will die, leave the country, or become prisoners in their homes. Then, the Euros have carte blanche, since the invaders they brought in don't comprehend western civilization or representative government.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)

61

The Seattle Police Chief Idiot lives in Chicago.

DEI all day long.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (och2J)

62 It's like beginning a press conference with a "land acknowledgement." They should always have an "islam acknowledgment," saying that true islam does not encourage violence. The net effect of the two is the same.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (GMWTj)

63 I was in Berlin last year and felt so happy and safe and seen by the community around me. I feel sick.

As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed. I used to believe we were progressing but lately I’ve come to believe we’re actually regressing.

I know Muslims in America who voted for Trump because they fly into a homicidal rage whenever they see a rainbow flag, then acted all surprised when he talked about turning Gaza into one of his stupid resorts once his genocidal buddies have killed everyone inside.

On the lgbt sub someone made a thread on how we shouldn't be hard on muslims after the incident. A person died and many were severely injured, yet some queer people put muslims' feelings above LGBT people's lives and rights!

If a Christian extremist attacked 29 people, we don’t then go and attack Christians This attack has nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with extremism. It is logical to want to protect another marginalised group, Muslims, who are not responsible for the attack but will be branded with blame. Queerness is political and looks like protection and advocacy for those groups.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (VB9q0)

64 LGBTQ+ activist speaks at a vigil in Berlin a day after the Islamist car-ramming attack against the Berlin Gay Pride Parade:

“I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person "

Kinda reminds me of Jackie Kennedy's disappointment that her husband was killed by a commie and not a right-winger.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (77rzZ)

65 I'm sure someone on this thread said this as well , but I am so tired of these people stabbing folks and then the media and leftists have to immediately jump up and say, "It's obviously a mental illness." No; That's what Islam tells them to do to "infidels".
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

This news is not for you or anyone on this thread. It's for the sheep to get them in line.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (wOO3z)

66 "A car drove into a parade in Berlin..."
......

The towel must have slipped down over his eyes.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 01:39 PM (UjdFS)

67 "A car drove into a parade in Berlin..."
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at July 27, 2026 01:36 PM

We need to ban assault cars and their high-capacity gas tanks!!!

If it only saves one life ...

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 01:39 PM (0sNs1)

68 Say, what is the etymology of 'lum'? For that matter, 'nood'? I made one up in my head for the latter (portmanphonic of new + thread), but it could be wrong.
Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (Sy6m/)

If you purchase the platinum membership, these questions will be answered.

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 01:39 PM (S0M0K)

69
I bless the rains up in Michigan.
I bless the rains up in Michigan.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:39 PM (Fi81e)

70 Wait , wait wait, I'm from Queers for Palestiiiiiiiine. Splat

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 01:40 PM (BlDDt)

71 >>> 63
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As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed. I used to believe we were progressing but lately I’ve come to believe we’re actually regressing.
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Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (VB9q0)

I have an idea to cheer you up, go on a LGBTQ-affirming cruise!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 27, 2026 01:40 PM (vDZgA)

72 How are you doing, Sir? You still under the weather?
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:27 PM (77rzZ)

The worst is over, but I'm still clogged with mucus and my right ear is still blocked. Perhaps by the end of the week, I'll be back to normal. Thank you for asking.

And I do have things to occupy my time. I owe CBD a Sunday Book Thread, I have my novel to edit and my Kino Lorber package came today, so I have movies to watch when I need a break.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 01:40 PM (qRla/)

73
Say, what is the etymology of 'lum'? For that matter, 'nood'? I made one up in my head for the latter (portmanphonic of new + thread), but it could be wrong.
Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (Sy6m/)

Nood is what some used to declare a new thread has been posted. Meaning New, but because boobs, nood was used (complete guess on my part).

I started using the NOODlum call when it was being discussed as to how Muldoon came up with his nick and someone said "it could be because it's noodlum spelled backwards."

I've been using NOODlum ever since.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:40 PM (2YhKe)

74 If a Christian extremist attacked 29 people, we don’t then go and attack Christians This attack has nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with extremism. It is logical to want to protect another marginalised group, Muslims, who are not responsible for the attack but will be branded with blame. Queerness is political and looks like protection and advocacy for those groups.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (VB9q0)

Now do gun owners.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 01:40 PM (AdHga)

75 As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed. I used to believe we were progressing but lately I’ve come to believe we’re actually regressing.
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Just believe in the ~~Great Pumpkin~~Arc of History!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:41 PM (Fi81e)

76 26 LGBTQ+ activist speaks at a vigil in Berlin a day after the Islamist car-ramming attack against the Berlin Gay Pride Parade:

“I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person”

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Freud would say: did you turn gay to justify your hatred of white Christians. If there were no Christians, would you have a reason to be gay.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 27, 2026 01:41 PM (wMHLU)

77 Like Kilimanjaro rising above the U.P.

Posted by: ToTo at July 27, 2026 01:41 PM (2Ez/1)

78 Is it time to play cowboys and Islam yet?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 01:41 PM (gjK9N)

79 The Seattle Police Chief Idiot lives in Chicago.

DEI all day long.

Which is why he wasn't at the press conference.

He apparently also flunked the required polygraph exam during the hiring process - they hired him anyway.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 27, 2026 01:41 PM (aD4fx)

80 >>The left and Muslims are trying to topple our base of power. Both groups feel that they are using the other as a tool to catch the reins of power as they fall.

The left thinks muslims are useful allies. Muslims think leftists are useful idiots.

You can tell by which group is constantly murdering the other.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 01:42 PM (viF8m)

81 Paris, Berlin, spread the love.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 01:42 PM (3oLiU)

82 The homos immediately put out a statement to the effect that " don't let the far right use this" . Same thing Australias government did after Bondi beach.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 01:42 PM (YwEeS)

83 If a Christian extremist attacked 29 people, we don’t then go and attack Christians

Floyd Lee Corkins II begs to differ.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 27, 2026 01:42 PM (gKWVE)

84 As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed. I used to believe we were progressing but lately I’ve come to believe we’re actually regressing.
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Maybe try living your blaspheme life and not shoving it down everyone's throats all the time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

85 "We cannot let the chud right-wing use this as a cudgel to restrict the immigration policies that let people like this into the country."

"X-tians are just the same, both want to 'genocide' us!"

-Things you'll see on (leftist) Reddit downplaying these attacks.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 27, 2026 01:42 PM (lNxD2)

86 Leftist intellectuals are NOT "permanently blind to blood-soaked reality."

They use every murder to call for more gun control. So there! Not indifferent at all.

Remember when Kamala, when asked about open bordeds and illegal aliens said, "We must address the root causes of this problem in their countries of origin"? So. Not indifferent.

Posted by: mnw at July 27, 2026 01:42 PM (RCjYY)

87 Both groups feel that they are using the other as a tool to catch the reins of power as they fall.

Posted by: Axeman

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Yes, but I think that is secondary.
Their main alignment is that they want to destroy the West and have concluded that the best path is to do the opposite of whatever "conservatives" think.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 01:43 PM (4vx4K)

88 Plus "nood" sounds like "nude."

Posted by: Oh By The Way at July 27, 2026 01:43 PM (2Ez/1)

89 In the coverage I saw was also someone carrying a sign "We will dance again!"

That made me laugh.

I wonder how that gay cruise ship is doing.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 01:43 PM (Sco7b)

90 I'm sure someone on this thread said this as well , but I am so tired of these people stabbing folks and then the media and leftists have to immediately jump up and say, "It's obviously a mental illness." No; That's what Islam tells them to do to "infidels".

It's so weird that mentally ill Methodists don't respond by stabbing random people.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 27, 2026 01:43 PM (aD4fx)

91
If a Christian extremist attacked 29 people, we don’t then go and attack Christians

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

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The hell you don't.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 01:43 PM (XJ22o)

92 Star Trek reporter: Mr Spock, are there gays on Vulcan
Spock : it's not logical to put your sexual organ in feces

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 01:43 PM (BlDDt)

93 As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed. I used to believe we were progressing but lately I’ve come to believe we’re actually regressing.

I think you're probably right, but if you wonder why it's happening, you need only look in the mirror. Most people were at the point of saying "just don't shove it in my face, and we're cool", but that wasn't enough for the militants. Now comes the backlash. The loons have been driving the zeitgeist for the last decade or so, and the vast majority of gays have been unwilling to condemn them. No, it's not fair, but it's human nature.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 01:44 PM (Riz8t)

94
Kinda reminds me of Jackie Kennedy's disappointment that her husband was killed by a commie and not a right-winger.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM (77rzZ)

___________

99.99% of Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories are driven by a failure to believe that the President of the United States can be murdered by one poor commie loser.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 01:44 PM (O0L8i)

95 "... de-radicalisation counselling sessions."

_______________________

I believe the technical term for this is "aversion therapy."

For example, lets say that you and your three droogs go out on the town, you're going to start the evening with, "Ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence?" Of course, you're going to want to pace yourself. So, be selective in such a way, "No time for the old in-out, love, I've just come to read the meter." And finally, always be aware of your surroundings, "What's it going to be then, eh?"

(no one in Germany bothered to read "The Clockwork Orange.")

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 01:44 PM (dIske)

96 "As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed."
......

Couldn't be your disgusting sexual desires or anything.
Like meeting your sex partners in public restrooms and stuff.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 01:44 PM (UjdFS)

97 I wonder how that gay cruise ship is doing.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog

Fabulous.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 01:44 PM (wOO3z)

98 As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed. I used to believe we were progressing but lately I’ve come to believe we’re actually regressing.

Then maybe - just maybe - you should have listened when we told you we wanted to be left alone and wanted you to keep your hands off our kids.

The blogger Mark Shea addressed this years ago when he said the unstated bedrock of the Gaystapo was "Tolerance is not enough. You. MUST. Approve."

That pendulum edge is pretty damned sharp, isn't it?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 01:44 PM (qRla/)

99 I had hoped that the attacker was not a foreigner, but a white Christian person

It's mental. They can't reconcile what they have been brainwashed about. By definition, these attacks are not what a true Christian would do, but it is what a true muslim is required to do. But they still can't wrap their brain around it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 01:44 PM (n5tGW)

100 I wonder how that gay cruise ship is doing.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 01:43 PM (Sco7b)

No complaints!

Posted by: Bill Kristol at July 27, 2026 01:45 PM (S0M0K)

101 "I'm sure someone on this thread said this as well , but I am so tired of these people stabbing folks and then the media and leftists have to immediately jump up and say, "It's obviously a mental illness."

I was discussing the source documents (e.g. the quran, the hadith) with my rabbi that show that killing is a religious obligation for a Believer, but his response was well, there are parts of the Torah I am unhappy about.

Side note - spellcheck wanted me to capitalize the first letter of "quran." Out of curiosity, I wanted to see if it insisted on capitalization of the first letter of "bible." It didn't.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 01:45 PM (GMWTj)

102 Heh. The test failed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

103 "As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed."
*******
Yeah, well, you're only one of the five letters, so...

Posted by: Twenty percenter at July 27, 2026 01:46 PM (2Ez/1)

104 Paris, Berlin, spread the love.
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Last time in Paris was strange.

Posted by: Geoff Tate at July 27, 2026 01:46 PM (TN0g+)

105 Side note - spellcheck wanted me to capitalize the first letter of "quran." Out of curiosity, I wanted to see if it insisted on capitalization of the first letter of "bible." It didn't.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 01:45 PM (GMWTj)

It wants me to spell 'palestinian' with a capital P, but alas.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

106 Side note - spellcheck wanted me to capitalize the first letter of "quran." Out of curiosity, I wanted to see if it insisted on capitalization of the first letter of "bible." It didn't.
Posted by: CTHillary

I wish we would just go back to spelling it "Koran."

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (77rzZ)

107 Am I supposed to feel sorry for the LGBTQ who certainly voted for this?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (DbmIv)

108 Posted by: Sharkman at July 27, 2026 01:37 PM (tkyEs)
it's even worse in Pakistan because of a cultural institution called "baad" here a brother and sister from one family marry the brother and sister from another, essentially as hostages after violence. When the cousins from those marriages marry it's genetically more similar to sibling marriage.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (lFFaq)

109
Last time in Paris was strange.
Posted by: Geoff Tate at July 27, 2026 01:46 PM (TN0g+)

Paris is burning......

Posted by: Dokken at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

110 99.99% of Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories are driven by a failure to believe that the President of the United States can be murdered by one poor commie loser.

The same goes for candidates proposed as Jack the Ripper.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (qRla/)

111 Paris, Berlin, spread the love.
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Last time in Paris was strange.
Posted by: Geoff Tate at July 27, 2026 01:46 PM (TN0g+)
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Trigger Warning: Queensryche lyrics. (Appreciated, btw. as one of my favorite bands of the 80s.)

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (Fi81e)

112 I wish we would just go back to spelling it "Koran."
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM

You can.

Posted by: Koran Koran Koran Koran at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (2Ez/1)

113 >>> 102 Heh. The test failed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

*scowls*

*holds up card*

2.3

Posted by: East German Judge at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (vDZgA)

114 Conservatives and Islamists agree on many things. Abortion, gay rights, small government, hate socialists. Tough on crime! low taxes (10%) capitalism

As for taking over the West?
They would much rather kill another muslim than an infidel.

Posted by: aliassmith smith at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (LN9Ll)

115 Is it time to play cowboys and Islam yet?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Almost a quarter century late.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (oUopv)

116 Paris is burning......
Posted by: Dokken at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

"Everything burns". - That dood in that one Nolan movie who made it better than it actually was.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (lNxD2)

117 Kinda reminds me of Jackie Kennedy's disappointment that her husband was killed by a commie and not a right-winger.
———

She did publicly call Oswald a shitty little Communist, but positing that, I think, is quite a stretch. Where do you get that?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (7SIxQ)

118 when two parties began shooting at each other"

See, guns bad.

Nothing else matters.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (XuXeR)

119 In the coverage I saw was also someone carrying a sign "We will dance again!"

That made me laugh.

I wonder how that gay cruise ship is doing.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 27, 2026 01:43 PM (Sco7b)
______

After Egypt denied them entry too, they decided to avoid any further stops in Muslim countries. I'm sure they were all defiant to the end that the problem isn't Islam's murderous hatred of gays, but mysterious shadowy "right wing" forces

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

120 The gay cruise tried to land at the island of Lesbos. They were rejected

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (BlDDt)

121 ---
Trigger Warning: Queensryche lyrics. (Appreciated, btw. as one of my favorite bands of the 80s.)
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (Fi81e)

Rumor has it, Queensrÿche is playing The State Fair of Texas this year.

I'd have to look and see who's still in the band, however.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (2YhKe)

122 Liberal women express sympathy for Muslim who plowed car into LGBT festival, blame white Christian men instead 🤡

https://tinyurl.com/bddrubdu

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Damn white Christian males!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 01:49 PM (ndZc7)

123 Has anyone questioned the knife as to why he did it?

Posted by: An SUV at a Christmas parade at July 27, 2026 01:49 PM (7Q0e+)

124 I wish we would just go back to spelling it "Koran."
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
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Don't you want me to be seen???

Posted by: The letter "Q" at July 27, 2026 01:49 PM (amcLV)

125 I wish we would just go back to spelling it "Koran."
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM

You can.
Posted by: Koran Koran Koran Koran at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (2Ez/1)
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Stick that in your dictionary!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:49 PM (Fi81e)

126 I wonder, when they go to their islands and groves and mountain redoubts, do they laugh about the lies they tell? Do they guffaw about how they are turning the West into yet another failed muslim shithole?

I bet they do.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 01:49 PM (4vx4K)

127 I was discussing the source documents (e.g. the quran, the hadith) with my rabbi that show that killing is a religious obligation for a Believer, but his response was well, there are parts of the Torah I am unhappy about.

And which parts of the Torah demand you to kill the unbeliever, rabbi?

I know Jesus said that he who has no sword should sell his cloak and buy one, but He didn't add that you should go out and kill anyone who looks at you cross-eyed.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 01:49 PM (qRla/)

128 Posted by: aliassmith smith at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (LN9Ll)

True or false: Islam is right about women and gays.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 01:49 PM (AdHga)

129 go on a LGBTQ-affirming cruise!
......

Which brings the question of cleaning the ship's cabins, beds, etc. to get ready for the next poor suckers.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 01:49 PM (UjdFS)

130 Posted by: aliassmith smith at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (LN9Ll)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 27, 2026 01:50 PM (2YhKe)

131
I wish we would just go back to spelling it "Koran."
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM

___________

Or "Karen"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 01:50 PM (O0L8i)

132 99.99% of Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories are driven by a failure to believe that the President of the United States can be murdered by one poor commie loser.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 01:44 PM (O0L8i)

Eh, and 60% is that everyone who stood to gain or was in position to help things along suddenly acted like they had something to hide.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 01:50 PM (rbvCR)

133
When do these loners organize an October 7-style attack at a European venue? About 100 members of a Hamas battalion carried out the attack at the Nova music festival. Seems like 25 could do some serious damage at a gay pride event.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 01:50 PM (XJ22o)

134 We need to ban assault cars and their high-capacity gas tanks!!!

If it only saves one life ...
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 01:39 PM (0sNs1)

We're working on it!

Enroll in your 15-minute city today!

Posted by: WEF and Davos crowd at July 27, 2026 01:50 PM (KFbdf)

135 "I wonder how that gay cruise ship is doing."

It has taken a serious political turn. Graham Platner is aboard and he lectured them that it is not about sex, but domination!

He then invited all the passengers to dominate him.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 01:50 PM (GMWTj)

136 > As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed. I used to believe we were progressing but lately I’ve come to believe we’re actually regressing.

The problem is, what he calls "hatred" is most likely an amalgamation of fake hate crimes, imagined scenarios, a few cherry picked incidents across several decades and trillions of human interactions, and general, normal revulsion at the homo sex act.

On the other side, you've got dudes like this nurse twerking at his job and being generally disgusting and fearing absolutely no consequences.

http://tiny.cc/lqf7101

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (mkw2N)

137 You know, with Fauci, I am on thin ice theologically. There were times in the Old Testament when God would harden someone's heart so he could make an example of them, so there's a precedent. But then, Jesus came along and used the parable of the prodigal son to explain that He wants everyone to come back to Him, so He came especially for the worst, who need the most help.

This means it's unworthy to pray for Fauci's heart to calcify in prideful unrepentance, so that he will go to Hell. But then, the same parable shows that Jesus understands full well that we will have problems with bad people getting good with God at the last minute. It's His way, not ours.

But there's no such conflict in my mind with Muslims. You will know a believer by his fruits, so I think that Allah is an alias of Satan, they are devout Devil-worshippers, and they will confidently join the Father of Lies in Hell, without my having to pray for it.

In contrast, although I think LDS theology is nuts, there is no denying the fruit it produces is sweet. I expect to see my relatives on that side of the family in Heaven, albeit with some good-natured ribbing. (We'll see who is joshing whom.)

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (Sy6m/)

138 120 The gay cruise tried to land at the island of Lesbos. They were rejected
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM

Scissor me timbers!

Posted by: Lickalottapuss at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (2Ez/1)

139 Trigger Warning: Queensryche lyrics. (Appreciated, btw. as one of my favorite bands of the 80s.)
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:47 PM (Fi81e)

Rumor has it, Queensrÿche is playing The State Fair of Texas this year.

I'd have to look and see who's still in the band, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:48 PM (2YhKe)
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Post-Degarmo QR is not true QR. Although, Mindcrime II is still pretty good.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (Fi81e)

140 When will the islamic rock worshipping crowd have thoughts of peace, one asks, vs machete alla snack bar beheadings? That's always their excuse, then they get off on mental illness in the sympathetic courts to go jihad again, as they are inbred with hatred from the ko ran.

When will Europe Rise UP, dammit? Get it together, you stupid people! They don't like your poodles, which you let crap on your sidewalks and bring into bistros in yor stupid purses!!! That alone should make them angry at the barbarians to fight back!

Can we vaporize xanax for the masses as we deport their asses? This is an example of my poetry today.

I will now go be productive for possibly an hour. It will probably lead off into another segue of this soap opera I live, discovering just how constipated my hobbies are. The blasted photo albums that don't make themselves. Trapped inside due to oppressive heat and examining my procrastination is not good, man.

If Canada was not so screwed up I'd go up there to find cooler weather in a cabin on a lake, but they are on fire or putting people in suicide pods, which leads me to stay home. Or be a grizzly bear's snack.

I need snow.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (hzuYO)

141 She did publicly call Oswald a shitty little Communist, but positing that, I think, is quite a stretch. Where do you get that?
Posted by: Common Tater

I'm not sure. I may be misremembering. But what the lesbo said put me in mind of that "shitty little Communist" line.

My apologies to Zombie Jackie if I slandered her.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (77rzZ)

142 Shooting at a food festival, huh?

Any names and/or pic of the suspect(s)?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (4KUe5)

143 >As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed."

I'll help you retard. You chose to align with volatile insane troons.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (rJ48h)

144 Gays cruising had a different definition in the 70s, but on second thought, they are really are only about one thing.

Posted by: The End at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (JM9I6)

145 >>Now I'm contemplating what the word would be for the roof-based equivalent of defenestration.

How about 'extectumization'? Just one more syllable.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (NcvvS)

146 13 Some people's only goal in life is to get "Slum Dawg" tattooed across their throat and then die in a gunfight.
Posted by: fd
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There are a bunch of opportunities to do so in Ukraine. They are hiring! Operators standing by......

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)

147 but his response was well, there are parts of the Torah I am unhappy about.

What did you say?

False comparison, IMO

But he doesn't see random Jews just stabbing folks coming out of mosque or at the LBGT parade or running into folks at the Christmas market.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 01:52 PM (lt7On)

148 Nood is what some used to declare a new thread has been posted. Meaning New, but because boobs, nood was used (complete guess on my part).

I started using the NOODlum call when it was being discussed as to how Muldoon came up with his nick and someone said "it could be because it's noodlum spelled backwards."

I've been using NOODlum ever since.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:40 PM (2YhKe)

Thanks! If anything, that makes more sense than I was expecting.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 01:52 PM (Sy6m/)

149 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at July 27, 2026 01:52 PM (2Ez/1)

150 After being released in May, Abdul was reportedly put on probation and was instructed to attend de-radicalisation counselling sessions, the third of which was scheduled for Monday.

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Session 3 is the one where they teach you not to drive a car into a crowd.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at July 27, 2026 01:52 PM (oaYsi)

151
Eh, and 60% is that everyone who stood to gain or was in position to help things along suddenly acted like they had something to hide.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 01:50 PM (rbvCR)

_____________

*polite cough*

Those two things aren't inconsistent. The biggest fear of a government functionary is that they will be found responsible for screwing up..

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 01:52 PM (O0L8i)

152 Last time in Paris was strange.
Posted by: Geoff Tate at July 27, 2026 01:46 PM (TN0g+)

Paris is burning......
Posted by: Dokken
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There was a small window of time when George Lynch may have been the most bad ass guitarist on the planet. The track "Paris is Burning" is an example, and so are "Kiss of Death" and "Mr Scary". For that small window of time there was seemingly nothing that he couldn't throw in that wouldn't be both blindingly fast and searing in nature.

By the time the first two Lynch Mob albums dropped, the sizzle was mostly gone.

Posted by: Geoff Tate at July 27, 2026 01:52 PM (TN0g+)

153 This is being done on purpose. The Powers That Be want the populace to be terrified. The number and severity of the attacks will intensify. Everything is proceeding according to their plans.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at July 27, 2026 01:53 PM (V362x)

154 Idiot Cracker Barrel CEO to step down after disastrous rebrand.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 01:53 PM (mkw2N)

155 95 "... de-radicalisation counselling sessions."

You can't spell therapist without "the rapist"

Posted by: Polka will never die at July 27, 2026 01:53 PM (LJ/fG)

156 Gives whole new meaning to the term "garbage truck."

Garbage trucks join surveillance game, sending authorities images of homes with ordinance violations

-
Big Garbage Is Watching.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 01:53 PM (ndZc7)

157 go on a LGBTQ-affirming cruise!
......

Which brings the question of cleaning the ship's cabins, beds, etc. to get ready for the next poor suckers.
Posted by: wth

Shitty job, to say the least.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 27, 2026 01:53 PM (TezPK)

158 143 >As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed."
*****
Is it true lesbians don't cook?

Posted by: They just eat out at July 27, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)

159 Those infidels deserved it.
/colonised media subtext

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 01:54 PM (JvZF+)

160 Now the Press was blaming a “climate of right wing hate” publicly on air, before the president was even declared dead, or near enough. But I never took Mrs. Kennedy’s statement to be any reflection of her preferences on who might kill her husband.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 01:54 PM (7SIxQ)

161 There was a clip on X of some of the Berlin event attendees publicly mourned, with a young gal saying she so wished it had been a white Christian shooter!

Wtf?

I guess she doesn’t want her worldview challenged, and her righteous beliefs in the safety of her diverse community to be shown as a total fiction.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 01:54 PM (4KUe5)

162 99.99% of Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories are driven by a failure to believe that the President of the United States can be murdered by one poor commie loser.
Posted by: Hadrian

----------------
but he wasn't "one poor commie loser," he was a guy who defected to the USSR (who does that?) then returned (?!) and traveled the world meeting commies, and *had* to be on the CIA radar, if not an asset.

Nothing added up -- once that happened, it is easy to start questioning everything.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 01:54 PM (4vx4K)

163 Allah did send him

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 01:55 PM (X58gq)

164 47 Leftists want Muslims to destabilize our society.

To actually figure out that Muslims are doing this, we could take pragmatic steps to reign this in. The Constitution is not a "suicide pact", after all. And the pragmatics could take pragmatic steps.

The left and Muslims are trying to topple our base of power. Both groups feel that they are using the other as a tool to catch the reins of power as they fall.

Hence the left cannot have you blunting the effectiveness of Muslim radicalism, by taking pragmatic steps.
Posted by: Axeman
======
Watermelon coalition. Green and Red. Same as UK.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv)

165
Now the Press was blaming a “climate of right wing hate” publicly on air, before the president was even declared dead, or near enough

___________

Yeah, ol' Uncle Walter was doing that right from the git-go.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 01:55 PM (O0L8i)

166 discussing the source documents (e.g. the quran, the hadith) with my rabbi that show that killing is a religious obligation for a Believer, but his response was well, there are parts of the Torah I am unhappy about.

The response, I think, would be to line up Reliance of the Traveler on one side, and Shulhan Aruch (I'm sure I'm misspelling it) on the other. These are the same genre of book: halacha-on-the-go, in case the travelling believer ends up in a strange city.
Reliance of the Traveler used to be a frequent topic on Jihadwatch for its death-to-the-apostate, curse-on-the-Jews, war-on-the-infidel summaries of the Hadith.
I don't think we see this in the Shulhan Aruch.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 27, 2026 01:55 PM (gKWVE)

167 Line from Paula ABDUL 's song "Straight Up"
" or am I caught in a hit and run", seems appropriate

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 01:55 PM (BlDDt)

168 There was a small window of time when George Lynch may have been the most bad ass guitarist on the planet. The track "Paris is Burning" is an example, and so are "Kiss of Death" and "Mr Scary". For that small window of time there was seemingly nothing that he couldn't throw in that wouldn't be both blindingly fast and searing in nature.

By the time the first two Lynch Mob albums dropped, the sizzle was mostly gone.
-----

Sorry, that assertion is mine (dropped the sock).

Posted by: Crusader at July 27, 2026 01:56 PM (TN0g+)

169 If they really wanted to “de-radicalize” the dude they would shut his MOSQUE.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 01:56 PM (4KUe5)

170 Ah, ASS chimed in with the same-ol-shit argument that Christians are wannabe "just as bad" as the Muzzies.

Yet somehow, you're more tolerant of their slaughter than the intentions you project upon us.

Right?

I'm guessing if one nutcase "Christian" said "I'm going to stab people for Jesus!" you wouldn't pretend that you could never guess his motive, would you?

That's why your politics and ideology is STUPID. You don't have a process you can STICK to.

Examine me, O Ideology, and see if there be any unclean ways in me!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:56 PM (Fi81e)

171 If Canada was not so screwed up I'd go up there to find cooler weather in a cabin on a lake, but they are on fire or putting people in suicide pods, which leads me to stay home. Or be a grizzly bear's snack.

I need snow.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (hzuYO)

Maybe New Hampshire? It is now being represented (tongue in cheek) as the Alabama of New England, with its whole Live Free Or Die ethos.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (Sy6m/)

172 but he wasn't "one poor commie loser," he was a guy who defected to the USSR (who does that?) then returned (?!) and traveled the world meeting commies, and *had* to be on the CIA radar, if not an asset.
Posted by: bob

And then the ex-CIA head was appointed to the Warren Commission.

The whole thing stank to high heaven.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (77rzZ)

173 There is nothing funnier to me than gays wearing keffiyehs and shouting Free Palestine as some muslim lunatic slaughters them.

Being that stupid should have a price.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 01:33 PM (viF8m)

Yeah.

Sometimes you spend a whole career from the Army, to the CIA, to Foggy Bottom, undermining your own country and half a dozen others from Amsterdam to Amman, all on behalf of your beloved Palestinians, and then they blow you up in your own embassy with a truck bomb.

Isn't it ironic?

Don't ya think?

Posted by: zombie Robert Ames at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (rRwe3)

174 there are parts of the Torah I am unhappy about.
Bacon?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (dgOAm)

175 There should be a lesson taken from the fact that if you insult a mohammedan, they try to kill you. And, they get a pass.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (0U5gm)

176 142 Shooting at a food festival, huh?

Any names and/or pic of the suspect(s)?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 01:51

GatewayPundit

Sorry, no link.

Taking care of dog and back to work.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (Sco7b)

177 Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced one person was taken into custody, while Seattle Assistant Police Chief Tyrone Davis said at least one other suspect remained at large.

"There may be more," Davis said, according to the Seattle Times. "We're still trying to figure this out."
=====

Political menu:
"An isolated incident"
or
"This is unacceptable"
or
"We will not rest"
or
"We have no ideas or suspects"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (JvZF+)

178 Yeah, ol' Uncle Walter was doing that right from the git-go.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
======
And Dan Rather was the CBS reporter at Parkland Hospital.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)

179 In the coverage I saw was also someone carrying a sign "We will dance again!"

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We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance
And if they don't dance
Well they're no friends of mine

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (ndZc7)

180 If you want daily examples of how the left can't peacefully tolerate *any* challenge to their thinking, those video shorts where the abortion abolitionist films people interacting with him are really telling. He endures endless outright verbal abuse...for simply having an opinion that differs with theirs.

Posted by: Crusader at July 27, 2026 01:58 PM (TN0g+)

181 Weren't we sending these guys to El Salvador? I guess a couple of them slipped out.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 01:58 PM (3oLiU)

182 When will Europe Rise UP, dammit"

Same as before... never.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 01:58 PM (XuXeR)

183 Live Free Or Die ethos.
Eat cheese or die

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 01:58 PM (dgOAm)

184
"We have no ideas or suspects"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (JvZF+)

__________

or
"It's all too confusing. Let's forget about it."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 01:58 PM (O0L8i)

185 If they really wanted to “de-radicalize” the dude they would shut his MOSQUE.

Posted by: Lizzy

If Euros and Americans wanted to lower the terrorism rate in their countries, they would shut hundreds of them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 27, 2026 01:59 PM (0U5gm)

186 Saw a protest where against Trump's deportation policy and hat was being run by pro Hamas people. Some yutz showed up with a pride flag. It was quickly pulled out of the guys hands and disappeared

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 01:59 PM (BlDDt)

187 This is being done on purpose. The Powers That Be want the populace to be terrified. The number and severity of the attacks will intensify. Everything is proceeding according to their plans.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese

They are the ones that need to be terrified, because once people have had enough it isn't going to end well for them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 01:59 PM (gjK9N)

188 In case anything still thinks this guy is conservative. Although I admit I have little idea who he is. I only know about him because of this blog.

"I don’t think everything about wokeism was bad. I think genuinely it has made people more respectful and empathetic,” Fuentes told Callaghan on his page 'Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan.'"

https://tinyurl.com/yberfyaa

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 02:00 PM (iFTx/)

189 186 Saw a protest where against Trump's deportation policy and hat was being run by pro Hamas people. Some yutz showed up with a pride flag. It was quickly pulled out of the guys hands and disappeared
******
I never really caught on.

Posted by: Queers for Hamas! at July 27, 2026 02:00 PM (2Ez/1)

190 Any names and/or pic of the suspect(s)?"

Snitches get stitches, bi**h. Besides, it's just a couple of hard trippn bangers gettn dissed.

Or something.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:00 PM (XuXeR)

191 Liberal women express sympathy for Muslim who plowed car into LGBT festival, blame white Christian men instead 🤡

https://tinyurl.com/bddrubdu

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Damn white Christian males!

Apparently the only creature in the world which is a fully actualized human being according to the Left.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 02:01 PM (vJrRc)

192 *polite cough*

Those two things aren't inconsistent. The biggest fear of a government functionary is that they will be found responsible for screwing up..
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 01:52 PM (O0L8i)

Yes, but some of them appeared to be so concerned they set up alibis ahead of time. And later were outed as total shitbag weasels that even Mustelid species wouldn't trust.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 02:01 PM (rbvCR)

193 92 Star Trek reporter: Mr Spock, are there gays on Vulcan
Spock : it's not logical to put your sexual organ in feces
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Anti-cloaca discrimination!!!!!

Posted by: Birds and reptiles at July 27, 2026 02:01 PM (VB9q0)

194 I was discussing the source documents (e.g. the quran, the hadith) with my rabbi that show that killing is a religious obligation for a Believer, but his response was well, there are parts of the Torah I am unhappy about.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 01:45 PM (GMWTj)

Find another Rabbi. I did.

Many years ago there was a terror attack in Israel, and several people were killed. The Rabbi (a chick!) of our old Synagogue spoke about how important it was to care for the "undocumented" in town. No mention of Jews being murdered because they were Jews.

We never went back.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:02 PM (l4RKn)

195 After being released in May, Abdul was reportedly put on probation and was instructed to attend de-radicalisation counselling sessions, the third of which was scheduled for Monday.

----

Session 3 is the one where they teach you not to drive a car into a crowd.
Posted by: Cave Johnson

Doh! So close!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 02:02 PM (oUopv)

196 Is Paris Flaming?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 02:02 PM (ndZc7)

197 Did no one see the Seattle shooters? Invisiblity cloaks?

Probably transmaphrodites in drag.

Odd that there is now no ID for BOLO's. Possibly so hideous the survivors cannot describe them.

The photo of the police did not give confidence as they looked sort of scrawny and confused.

I read that a influencer (WHY are there so many influencers that don't seem to influence anyone? Is there a college degree in this like feminist studies? They are everywhere!!!) said there were no bag checks and few security at the event.

I avoid crowds in general and this was wide open for problems.

I simply stay home and bathe in disgust at the heat instead. At least I don't go jihad (yet).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 02:02 PM (hzuYO)

198 Is Paris Flaming?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

Fabulously!

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 27, 2026 02:03 PM (TezPK)

199 Sefton and I talk about the unpleasant reality that muslim murderers are not crazy, they aren't disturbed, they aren't stupid. They are sane and rational actors obeying what they have been taught.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:03 PM (l4RKn)

200 196 Is Paris Flaming?

Usually.

Posted by: The internet at July 27, 2026 02:03 PM (2Ez/1)

201 103 "As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed."
*******
Yeah, well, you're only one of the five letters, so...
Posted by: Twenty percenter

Only one? I have HIV, HEP A and C, HPV....I'm collecting letters like Pokémon!

Posted by: Confused gay dude at July 27, 2026 02:04 PM (VB9q0)

202
"Allah sent me and I abide by the word of Allah alone."

...

"We may never know the motive."

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 02:04 PM (vE0+H)

203 In case anything still thinks this guy is conservative. Although I admit I have little idea who he is. I only know about him because of this blog.

"I don’t think everything about wokeism was bad. I think genuinely it has made people more respectful and empathetic,” Fuentes told Callaghan on his page 'Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan.'"

https://tinyurl.com/yberfyaa

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 02:00 PM (iFTx/)
---
The "Alt-right" was reactionary.

I find it hard to reconcile it with "traditional" and "conservative" values, although it does appear that some of the Alt-Right seemed to have a connection with Christian theology. Although the most obvious candidate for me, Vox Dei, always had a strong libertarian strain.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:04 PM (Fi81e)

204 I simply stay home and bathe in disgust at the heat instead.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

That's hot.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 02:04 PM (77rzZ)

205 guess she doesn’t want her worldview challenged, and her righteous beliefs in the safety of her diverse community to be shown as a total fiction

This right here. It is excruciating to realize after some years usually, that one has been completely wrong about a great many things. It is completely terrifying to contemplate for people who never much thought about anything anyway, rather trusting that authority figures taught them the straight dope.

Reasonably decent and intelligent people want to hold a coherent world view that makes sense. I’ve seen the results of a dawning awareness when attempted to set people to thinking for themselves, or hey, there are different perspectives here, different opinions that are certainly valid and not based on hatred or bigotry or greed or some ulterior purpose etc etc.

They don’t like this, at all. This is also incidentally why they will get furious at YOU for pointing this out, not the actual perpetrators. It’s like an unexplored portion of the map in their mind “Here there Be Dragons”

They can’t do it. Socratic method will have them twisting and turning and fighting every step of the way. Pointless.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 02:05 PM (7SIxQ)

206 Staying home bathing in disgust at the heat is no way to go through life, young lady.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at July 27, 2026 02:05 PM (2Ez/1)

207
Three people were killed and four were wounded Sunday evening during a shooting at a food festival at the Seattle Center, a short distance from the city's iconic Space Needle, police said.

One of the wounded was a 2-year-old toddler, and police said they believed the incident began when two parties began shooting at each other.

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Two guesses:
1. It was over 'respect,' i.e. over nothing.
2. The two groups of shooters hit everything and everyone except each other.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 27, 2026 02:05 PM (azNOR)

208 We never went back.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:02 PM (l4RKn)
=====

Please tell me you flounced out of the sermon!

Lie if you have to!

Great flouncing opp.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:06 PM (JvZF+)

209 Speaking about a muslim war we're not attacking Iran anymore we're "talking " How'd that work out all the other times ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 02:06 PM (FWPkT)

210 Did no one see the Seattle shooters? "

Well, if reports are to be believed, they were "youths" and "male", one described as "having dreadlocks"

Clearly Mennonites.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:06 PM (XuXeR)

211 The importation of tropical fruit into France has been suspended.

Riots are breaking out as people seek out the last mango in Paris.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 02:07 PM (0sNs1)

212 Well, if reports are to be believed, they were "youths" and "male", one described as "having dreadlocks"

Clearly Mennonites.
Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:06 PM (XuXeR)

Or the Amish Liberation Front (ALF) is active in Seattle, again.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 27, 2026 02:07 PM (lNxD2)

213 I guess the gays in Berlin are willing to live with a few broken eggs for their omelet rather than face the reality. Fine. Import your death.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 02:07 PM (n5tGW)

214 By the time the first two Lynch Mob albums dropped, the sizzle was mostly gone.
Posted by: Geoff Tate at July 27, 2026 01:52 PM (TN0g+)

It's amazing to me how effortless he made it look.....

https://youtu.be/0RfO_a7zAvg

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 27, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

215 They are sane and rational actors obeying what they have been taught.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:03 PM (l4RKn)
~~~~~

Exactly. The only good muslim is a bad muslim.

And I wish Zuhdi Jasser would give it up. He's been at it for years and as far as I can see has made very little to no progress in his "Battle for the Soul of Islam."

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 02:07 PM (3ImbR)

216 I wish we would just go back to spelling it "Koran."
Posted by: Bulg

Why? Do you have something against the Queeran?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 02:07 PM (diia5)

217 I need snow.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (hzuYO)

Try the Mount Washington Valley in NH. There's snow on the upper ridges of the Presidential Range in August, sometimes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 02:07 PM (qRla/)

218 "guess she doesn’t want her worldview challenged, and her righteous beliefs in the safety of her diverse community to be shown as a total fiction"
===
Now do COVID.

Posted by: And recycling at July 27, 2026 02:07 PM (2Ez/1)

219 Please tell me you flounced out of the sermon!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:06 PM (JvZF+)

My wife would have strangled me. I kept my mouth shut until we got into the car.

But we never returned, and that is many thousands of dollars they lost simply because of the leftist "rabbi."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:08 PM (l4RKn)

220 L’Homme du Maryland?

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 02:08 PM (Xe8e7)

221 Did no one see the Seattle shooters? "

Well, if reports are to be believed, they were "youths" and "male", one described as "having dreadlocks"

Clearly Mennonites.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:06 PM (XuXeR)

There WOULD have been video of the incident, but Seattle disabled the city's security cameras because ICE could use them to track illegals.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 02:08 PM (AdHga)

222 This right here. It is excruciating to realize after some years usually, that one has been completely wrong about a great many things.
====
Took me from 1998-2002

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:08 PM (JvZF+)

223 177 Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced one person was taken into custody, while Seattle Assistant Police Chief Tyrone Davis said at least one other suspect remained at large.

"There may be more," Davis said, according to the Seattle Times. "We're still trying to figure this out."
=====

Political menu:
"An isolated incident"
or
"This is unacceptable"
or
"We will not rest"
or
"We have no ideas or suspects"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 01:57 PM (JvZF+)

Ultimately, the mayors of Blue Sh!tholes say 'society failing the disadvantaged accused' is the root cause of the death and destruction by the Usual Suspects. Every. Damned. Time.

Followed by the mayor, without taking a breath, stating more money is needed to remedy the failings of society.

Posted by: Gref at July 27, 2026 02:09 PM (5rh/l)

224 *the last mango in Paris*

ISWYDT.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 02:09 PM (2Ez/1)

225 Well, if reports are to be believed, they were "youths" and "male", one described as "having dreadlocks"

Clearly Mennonites.
Posted by: man

Radical Odin fundamentalists! Probably had SS runes and were trying to enslave black people! They already stole our 'locs, and now they're coming for the rest!!!

Posted by: Deranged Leftist Race Hustler desperate to blame Whitey and European culture at July 27, 2026 02:09 PM (VB9q0)

226 L’Homme du Maryland?"

Sacre Bleu!

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:09 PM (XuXeR)

227 but his response was well, there are parts of the Torah I am unhappy about.

Posted by: CTHillary,

-------

This is like comparing a gun used by a mass shooter to a gun used for self defense or policing.

Jews are taught to question, think, argue, and examine everything. To understand and strive for what is best. If a Jew shoots up a parade, we can rightfully conclude that he did something wrong, and if he justifies by some text, we can conclude he used the tool improperly.

muslims are taught to obey. When they shoot shit up they are ***rewarded*** here on Earth with respect and acclaim among other muzzies (often quietly), and they are promised reward after death. They used the tool exactly as it was designed. They are told that their book is perfect and complete!

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 02:09 PM (4vx4K)

228 Riots are breaking out as people seek out the last mango in Paris.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I'm not endurian any more fruit puns!

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 02:09 PM (77rzZ)

229 Ace,

Port de Clichy is close enough to the Banlieue that I stayed away at night.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:09 PM (l4RKn)

230 Well, if reports are to be believed, they were "youths" and "male", one described as "having dreadlocks"

Clearly Mennonites.

Posted by: man

I heard they were screaming Seattle is maga country.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 02:10 PM (Xe8e7)

231 Followed by the mayor, without taking a breath, stating more money is needed to remedy the failings of society."

And to ban guns...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:10 PM (XuXeR)

232 If an illegal has a deportation order, how is he/she "undocumented"?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 27, 2026 02:10 PM (DZ9Lv)

233
American liberalism, with some of its roots in Owen's social theory, carries with it the idea that we have to fix society's problems with charity or at the very worst, counseling.

I think it's worthwhile considering another motivation for saying the motive can't be determined. And that's because they don't see a "solution" for people radicalized to Islam.

But it's not like they can give up their "We can fix this" "Solutions"-oriented worldview. So, it's just an individual break at a time.

To be fixed only when ~~Jesus comes~~they fix all of society's problems at once..

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:10 PM (Fi81e)

234 Well, if reports are to be believed, they were "youths" and "male", one described as "having dreadlocks"
........

Oddly familiar looking.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 02:10 PM (UjdFS)

235 I need snow.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 01:51 PM (hzuYO)
~~~~~

Try the northern Rockies. There was still 12 feet of snow on the sides of the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier NP when I was there in July.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (3ImbR)

236 But we never returned, and that is many thousands of dollars they lost simply because of the leftist "rabbi."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Chick clergy are usually disasters.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (77rzZ)

237 I'm not endurian any more fruit puns!"

That stinks

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (XuXeR)

238 Amish Liberation Front?

Pffffttt...

The United Front for the Liberation of Amish People!

Posted by: M. Python at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (2Ez/1)

239 I flounced out of our cousin's synagogue on a Friday night with a kid under each arm. I forget why. Gaza probably. Not this Gaza, the other Gaza. It was teh awesome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (JvZF+)

240 Shyza.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)

241 If an illegal has a deportation order, how is he/she "undocumented"?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 27, 2026 02:10 PM (DZ9Lv)
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Not to mention a driver's license (and a "voter registration" in NJ).

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (Fi81e)

242 Try the northern Rockies. There was still 12 feet of snow on the sides of the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier NP when I was there in July.
Posted by: IrishEi

That is insane.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (77rzZ)

243 Try the northern Rockies. There was still 12 feet of snow on the sides of the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier NP when I was there in July.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (3ImbR)

Unpossible . NYT and Al Gore said there would be no more snow by 2020.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 02:12 PM (Xe8e7)

244 It is excruciating to realize after some years usually, that one has been completely wrong about a great many things.

Posted by: Common Tater
----------------

Yesterday I thought I was wrong about something.

... but I was mistaken.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 27, 2026 02:12 PM (4vx4K)

245 Not this Gaza, the other Gaza.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

There's more than one Gaza?

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 02:13 PM (77rzZ)

246 Also, apparently, the "undocumented" pay taxes....

undocumented-ly.

But, they probably don't get a return, because that would require a documentable address or PO box, which would have documentation.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:13 PM (Fi81e)

247 Unpossible . NYT and Al Gore said there would be no more snow by 2020.
Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 02:12 PM (Xe8e7)
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Narrator: They didn't actually believe it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 02:13 PM (amcLV)

248 Snow in July?

Try Colombia. Medellín area. Ask for Pablo...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:14 PM (XuXeR)

249 “A group … of … individuals”

Not a gang, though. No! A group. Of individuals

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 02:14 PM (7SIxQ)

250 There's more than one Gaza?
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 02:13 PM (77rzZ)
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This was the Gaza the Israelis decided to leave to the savages in 2005.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:14 PM (JvZF+)

251 I flounced out of our cousin's synagogue on a Friday night with a kid under each arm.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (JvZF+)

Show-off!

My in-laws were members as well, and it would have precipitated a spirited discussion of all of my failings.

It wasn't worth it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:15 PM (l4RKn)

252 As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed. I used to believe we were progressing but lately I’ve come to believe we’re actually regressing.
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Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 27, 2026 01:38 PM

As a member of the IDGAF+ community, IDGAF.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 27, 2026 02:16 PM (bFu5X)

253 75 As a gay man, the hatred towards LGBTQ just makes me endlessly depressed. I used to believe we were progressing but lately I’ve come to believe we’re actually regressing.
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Just believe in the ~~Great Pumpkin~~Arc of History!

meanwhile, elon is busy creating the great ark of history. he needs to make certain starship is large enough to take a bunch of animals to mars, too.

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 02:16 PM (sGtp+)

254 They pay sales tax, which means they are “taxpayers” albeit in name only, and thus should immediately receive Amnesty and the rest of it.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 02:16 PM (7SIxQ)

255 Also, apparently, the "undocumented" pay taxes...."

Which seems to be witholding only, so "paid by employer "

Which they ain't paying anyway. These tales always rely on "estimates".

Funny, huh?

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:16 PM (XuXeR)

256
As a member of the IDGAF+ community, IDGAF.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 27, 2026 02:16 PM (bFu5X)

A brother of the DILLIGAF Foundation.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:16 PM (2YhKe)

257 Flouncing from a synagogue is something I hadn't even considered. I must try it.

Posted by: Sir Flouncealot at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (JM9I6)

258
I flounced out of our cousin's synagogue on a Friday night with a kid under each arm.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:11 PM (JvZF+)

______________

Can't say I've ever heard a "political" sermon at any church. Maybe I'm just lucky.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (O0L8i)

259 This was the Gaza the Israelis decided to leave to the savages in 2005.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:14 PM (JvZF+)

The one that has been independent of Israel? The one that has received many $billions from the West? The one whose workers could work in Israel?

Wow! 20 years of that! It must be a paradise!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (l4RKn)

260 They pay sales tax"

At the bodega? Okay...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (XuXeR)

261 Ace is not listed:

https://t.co/fD327spSek

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (5UTWB)

262 My in-laws were members as well, and it would have precipitated a spirited discussion of all of my failings.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

You just didn't want your questionable judgment about chili ingredients to be challenged.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (77rzZ)

263 "There was still 12 feet of snow on the sides of the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier NP when I was there in July."

There used to be signs in Glacier National Park "Gone by 2020" which referenced the glaciers themselves. They have been taken down and replaced with signs that give an indeterminate date for when they will disappear.

If Trump would grant me one administrative wish, I would want the "Gone By 2020" signs back up and kept up.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (GMWTj)

264 ...he needs to make certain starship is large enough to take a bunch of animals to mars, too.
Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 02:16 PM (sGtp+)
~~~~~

Just dogs. I'm not going anywhere if there are no dogs.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 02:18 PM (3ImbR)

265 197 Did no one see the Seattle shooters? Invisiblity cloaks?

i'm seeing rumors the mayor turned off the city security cameras some time ago to frustrate ice.

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 02:18 PM (sGtp+)

266
Can't say I've ever heard a "political" sermon at any church. Maybe I'm just lucky.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (O0L8i)

The last Catholic Church I attended told me that we brought 9-11 on ourselves........That was, of COURSE, AFTER the collection plate went around.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:18 PM (2YhKe)

267 Another milestone for wymyn!

Muslim woman in full body covering wins "British Citizen Award For Empowering Young Women"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 02:19 PM (ndZc7)

268 I'd rather no Muslims drive cars through people. But if they're going to do it, I'd rather they do it at a pride parade.

I need to go repent now.

The organizers of the pride parade want everyone to know that Islam is awesome and it's sad that Abdul was shot by the police before he could free Palestine. So no need to repent.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 27, 2026 02:19 PM (2ocoG)

269
My in-laws were members as well, and it would have precipitated a spirited discussion of all of my failings.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

____________

Majority shareholders in Mrs. Butterworth's?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 02:19 PM (O0L8i)

270 a spirited discussion of all of my failings.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:15 PM

"Fortunately, we are generally not among them."

-- Fixing Ace's close tags

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 02:19 PM (0sNs1)

271 meanwhile, elon is busy creating the great ark of history. he needs to make certain starship is large enough to take a bunch of animals to mars, too.

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 02:16 PM (sGtp+)
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We need to send the DEI personnel ahead on Ark B, so that things are good an tolerant already on the planet we land.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 02:19 PM (Fi81e)

272 Wow! 20 years of that! It must be a paradise!"

It's like Haiti. Even has BBQ.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:20 PM (XuXeR)

273 I'm kind of curious how long it will take before these self-proclaimed Communists start up the ole' death squad groups again. The "Revolutionary Organization 17 November" is a good example of a Greek Marxist–Leninist urban guerrilla organization. Killed a couple of Americans, and lots of other people in high positions. They operated back in the mid to late 70's.

That's just one example. There were many of these types groups carrying out assassinations and bombings. Some in the US.

It's destined to happen again. Right now, it's a few singular attacks here. A few there. But, I can't help thinking a resurgence of organized hit squads will be returning shortly. You may wonder why they threw the book at that group down in Texas attacking the ICE facility. I think some people in government actually understand we are on the precipe of a replay of the 70's, and needed to send a message with the sentences imposed.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 02:20 PM (dIske)

274 NOOD

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 02:20 PM (3ImbR)

275 199 Sefton and I talk about the unpleasant reality that muslim murderers are not crazy, they aren't disturbed, they aren't stupid. They are sane and rational actors obeying what they have been taught.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:03 PM (l4RKn)
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Dat's the plan, as I lie back and think of Charles Martel!

They have told us since the late '90's they would defeat western civ through our own democracy! It was disregarded for kumbaya, love is love, whirled peas. SPIT

This feels like an ALL CAP day but I will refrain.

I had a mild jihad a few minutes ago at lunch with the dude I married. He went on one of his OCD hyper sprees outside and pruned my David Austin roses.

This is not a new battle as I tell him not to do this in hot weather. They are the size of small trees and survive.

This summer, however, I feel the defeat and said that I don't even care if they die.

He wandered back (it's a big house) and said I was right, he looked it up, and they don't like pruning in hot weather.

I just pruned his head like a praying mantis but without the sex. I don't care if everything dies in this heat!

Start day drinking is the answer.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 02:20 PM (hzuYO)

276 Can't say I've ever heard a "political" sermon at any church. Maybe I'm just lucky.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (O0L8i)

There is a group of vile "Rabbis" who hide their hard-left tendencies behind a Jewish idea called "Tikkun Olam." It means to repair the world, but they have co-opted it to mean it in a political way, which is absolutely not its intent!

They are all scum, and Sefton would call them "self-gassing Jews."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:21 PM (l4RKn)

277 new thread yo

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 27, 2026 02:21 PM (CWTWj)

278 I ran across an amusing stat...

In conservative to conservative marriages 86% report being happy

In leftist to leftist marriages 74% report being happy

In conservative married to leftist marriages 75% report being happy

And in leftist married to conservative marriages only 67% report being happy.

So...don't marry leftists.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)

279 Can't say I've ever heard a "political" sermon at any church. Maybe I'm just lucky.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (O0L8i)
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Me either until then

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:22 PM (JvZF+)

280 i'm seeing rumors the mayor turned off the city security cameras some time ago to frustrate ice."

Same. Seems to be some truth to that tale...

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 02:22 PM (XuXeR)

281 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:18 PM (2YhKe)

The offertory is always after the homily in the Catholic Mass, so that could not have happened that way. In my 60 years I've never heard a priest deliver an overtly political sermon. It's remarkable you heard one on your only visit. What are the odds. Should have bought a Lotto ticket.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 27, 2026 02:24 PM (wGerL)

282 Islam tells its followers God demands them to force everyone into submission and that LGBTQ stuff is wrong

Why wouldn't they then rationally use terror to stop the LGBTQ stuff?

And I saw a video where British cops made a woman stop walking her dog on the street because there was a nearby Muslim rally so this stuff is working.

But modern western governments are completely onboard with Big Gay so that is the one thing they won't stop.

So one of three things will happen:

1) A right leaning government will send the Muslims home

2) A right leaning government will stop public homosexuality

3) Muslims kill so many leftists that the leftists relent and stop public homosexuality

Since the elections in Europe are mostly fixed options 1/2 won't happen. So expect a log more stabbings...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 02:28 PM (sKqQm)

283 NOOD

RAND PAUL

[/outside voice]

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 27, 2026 02:28 PM (vDZgA)

284 Still waiting on my Constitutional amendment where Muslims are deemed dhimmi and treated accordingly.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at July 27, 2026 02:31 PM (GMWTj)

285 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 02:18 PM (2YhKe)

Consider attending the Anglican Church in America, Sponge. It has dioceses across the country, is growing , is conservative, Bible based and standing upon the foundation of Jesus Christ and entirely concerned with one's relationship with Christ and evangelism. I have now been three times and there has not been a political sermon. I think that they branched off from both the Episcopal Church and the English Anglican Church because they were unhappy with its progressive stances.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 02:36 PM (Csh33)

286 259 This was the Gaza the Israelis decided to leave to the savages in 2005.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 02:14 PM (JvZF+)

The one that has been independent of Israel? The one that has received many $billions from the West? The one whose workers could work in Israel?

Wow! 20 years of that! It must be a paradise!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 02:17 PM (l4RKn)

The same Gaza that the Egyptians had to build a wall to keep the Egyptians from trying to sneak into?

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 27, 2026 02:36 PM (k1E2D)

287 He is said to have called for backup and eventually apprehended the suspect.

He should have shot him multiple times, then beat him soundly, before calling for backup. Then he should have cuffed him.

Posted by: GWB at July 27, 2026 08:20 PM (kU0PQ)

Waah: Leftists, "Journalists" (But I Repeat Myself) Cry and Seethe Over Trump's Suggestion that CNN's Kaitlin Collins Sorta Looks Like a Transgender Witch

Well he didn't say "witch." I'm adding that.

Dylan Mulvaney Responds After Trump Mocks Her and CNN's Kaitlan Collins at White House Correspondents' Dinner

"To the president, thank you for reminding me that I am more powerful than I even knew," she said in a video posted to social media.

Oh, snup.

A snup is a failed "snap."

Transgender advocate and actress Dylan Mulvaney has responded to President Donald Trump after the latter mocked both her and CNN's Kaitlan Collins during his speech at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night.
At the event, which had been postponed from April after a gunman fired shots as the first dinner was under way, Trump gave a speech wherein he compared the two women after Collins accepted an award for her working covering the administration.

I completely forgot this was still going on and I had no idea it was going on this past weekend.

"I want to personally congratulate CNN's Kaitlan Collins on receiving her award," Trump said. "It was all about me. It's a fake -- she shouldn't get the award, it was a fake. But I didn't mind. I said, 'Kaitlan, congratulations.' But it was fake, there's no question about it."
After criticizing Collins for her facial expressions, Trump then compared her to Mulvaney, mentioning the 2023 controversy surrounding the latter's Bud Light commercial. Three years ago, Mulvaney made an ad for Bud Light that was met with criticism from conservatives who launched a boycott against the beer brand, leading to a decline in sales.
"I thought Kaitlan had really made it big with a major new sponsorship, but then I informed her that it wasn't her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney," Trump said Friday. "Dylan Mulvaney cost Bud Light $35 billion in market cap. That was the worst commercial ever made by the way, for those few people who want to hear that. Most people don't care, but I would. I wouldn't want to hire Dylan any time soon."

Trump posted this photoshop to prove his point:

He roasted the media generally.

"The attempted mass murder at the Washington Hilton-that's what it could have been-was an assault on our democracy itself," Trump said. "A very serious situation. Many of you were there with me, and some showed extreme bravery, like Pete Hegseth, Steve Miller, Tom Holman. Really, they were standing on tables. And most of you were under the table," he said to Friday night's attendees, which got some laughs.

The media remained stone-silent and barely laughed at any of Trump's jokes.

Even the president was critical of some of the jokes when they received no laughs. At one point, he referred to the "governor of Chicago," presumably billionaire Gov. of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, while discussing a staged fight among politicians.

"I would say I could mention the governor of Chicago, but I'm going to mention instead Jerry Nadler, and they're fighting for a big piece of cheesecake, big fat piece of cheesecake," he said to zero audible laughs. "Who the hell wrote that line?"

In fairness, a lot of these aren't ha-ha jokes. They're really just insults delivered in a faux-jocular way. I understand that -- it's hard to be funny about people you actually hate. The media leftists hate Trump, and Trump, understandably, hates them back.

None of their "jokes" about Trump are funny either. Just insults.

Following mentions of late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, whom he called talentless, Trump also admitted that he truly hates some people.

"They thought about going with a professional clown for entertainment, but Adam 'Shifty' Schiff was not available," Trump joked. "You know he's known -- I hate some people. You know, I shouldn't say the surprise. I'm not supposed to hate him. I'm supposed to love everybody, but he's a terrible person. He's a liar, and I called him watermelon head because he has the largest head I've ever seen with the smallest neck, pencil neck. How does that big fat ugly head stand on a on a little pencil, pencil, pencil neck?"

That's not really a joke. That's just reality.

Menstrual manlet Jim Acosta was, get this, outraged.

Jim Acosta
@Acosta
Jul 24
This dinner is a disgrace. Trump's rambling, unhinged speech is full of hate and spite. Just spewing nastiness at his usual targets. Let's not sanitize how truly ugly it was. This would be a great moment for members of the press to get up and walk out.

The ultimate troll was Trump's announcement that he's running for president again in 2028:

.@POTUS: "I won three times � now I'm going to do it again." 🤣 pic.twitter.com/7CElUcVlyO
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 25, 2026

This was kinda funny:

.@POTUS: "A once feared and powerful regime that relentlessly attacked America has finally been toppled. Their former leaders have been removed and they�re now being run by a gay dictator facing internal divisions. But I for one wish Bari Weiss all the best at CBS News." 🤣 pic.twitter.com/tlE0i7Wwbc
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 25, 2026

Here was the Kaitlin Collins insult:

.@POTUS: "I thought @kaitlancollins had really made it big with a major new sponsorship, but then I informed her that it wasn't her on the Bud Light can, it was Dylan Mulvaney." 🤣 pic.twitter.com/QAOKHgAwiR
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 25, 2026

One problem with Trump's jokes and speeches in general is that he hates just reading prepared material. His "compromise" for reading a speech, or reading a prepared joke, is to read one line of the pre-written material, then add in two or three sentences of improvised riffs between each line. This is what makes his SOTU addresses so long and, frankly, meandering. It also hurts a joke when you riff two or three lines unrelated to the joke between the set-up and punchline. It separates the two things you're trying to connect in the joke.

That said: I like showing disrespect to people who are thoroughly disreputable, despicable, and whore-ish. Funniness is beside the main point.

How was your weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 We want to multiply, are you gonna do it?
I know you qualify, are you gonna do it?
Don't be so circumscribed, are you gonna do it?
Just get yourself untied, are you gonna do it?

Feel the heat pushing you to decide
Feel the heat burning you up, ready or not

Some like it hot, and some sweat when the heat is on
Some feel the heat and decide that they can't go on
Some like it hot, but you can't tell how hot 'til you try
Some like it hot, so let's turn up the heat 'til we fry

SOME LIKE IT FIRST BUT THE BLADE IS ON

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

2 So funny

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (N1DT3)

3 You can never bitch slap journalists enough.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (Sco7b)

4 I told my wife that they couldn't take offense because they'd have to admit there's something wrong with being compared to a tranny...

But I seriously underestimated their ability to doublethink.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 12:13 PM (N1DT3)

5 Christopher Nolan should have cast Dylan as Helen of Troy

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:13 PM (2GVsD)

6 Should we summon the Corgis?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:14 PM (2GVsD)

7 Those jokes made me laugh. Too bad we weren't there.

Posted by: LASue at July 27, 2026 12:14 PM (mFhj8)

8 Jim Acosta
@Acosta

Jul 24

... a disgrace. Trump's rambling, unhinged speech is full of hate and spite. Just spewing nastiness at his usual targets. Let's not sanitize how truly ugly it was.

Soooo...like you at question time at the WH press briefings, only, you know, more eloquent- and manly?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

9 "The attempted mass murder at the Washington Hilton-that's what it could have been-was an assault on our democracy itself," Trump said. "A very serious situation. Many of you were there with me, and some showed extreme bravery, like Pete Hegseth, Steve Miller, Tom Holman. Really, they were standing on tables. And most of you were under the table," he said to Friday night's attendees, which got some laughs.

Good shit there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 12:15 PM (wOO3z)

10 No woman, no matter how progressive, takes "you look like a trans woman" as a compliment.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 12:15 PM (pvZMi)

11 Sally Quinn, in the New York Times, laments the decline of the Uniparty:

The worst part about living in Donald Trump’s Washington has been seeing just how much fun he and all the MAGA vandals he brought to power have been having sacking and pillaging the place. This while the rest of us longtime Washingtonians who abided by norms, shared values and even bipartisanship were filled first with shock, then a feeling of helplessness, and hopelessness. It could border on passivity. What could be done?

Will no one think of the "longtime Washingtonians"?

They lose the billions in USAID money (most of which was spent within the Beltway), and have to put up with "MAGA vandals" on top of that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 27, 2026 12:15 PM (aD4fx)

12 I thought Trump's speech was good.

He was at times funny, at times a political speech, and at times openly mocking and contemptuous of the simping limpdick legacy media who payed piles of money to sit there watching Trump shit on them.

What more could you want? Boobs?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 12:16 PM (iFTx/)

13 How is it insulting to be compared to the wonderful girlhood owner Mulvaney?

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 12:16 PM (hftzA)

14 No woman, no matter how progressive, takes "you look like a trans woman" as a compliment.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 12:15 PM (pvZMi)

But the leftist ones will never explain why.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 12:16 PM (N1DT3)

15 When did Dylan Mulvaney become a thespian?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 12:17 PM (MzBNC)

16 Did anyone get up and walk out on President Trump during his remarks? If not, why not?

Or did they all just sit there and take it because deep down inside they know he's right about them?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 12:17 PM (FZ29D)

17 Leftists:

MAGA vandals bad

Illegal alien vandals enrich

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:17 PM (2GVsD)

18 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

19
What more could you want? Boobs?
Posted by: Elric The Blade

That's a silly question.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 12:17 PM (wOO3z)

20 Kaitlan Collins has manface.

Dylan Mulvaney is a 'man.'

The reference is valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)

21 For those of you keeping score at home, I'm still not tired of all the winning.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 12:18 PM (2Ez/1)

22 Piper

Did you forget the /sarc tag?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:18 PM (2GVsD)

23 You can never bitch slap journalists enough.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (Sco7b)
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I picture the people lined up to smack the hysterical lady in "Airplane!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 12:18 PM (amcLV)

24 Willowed:
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I knew it was all bullshit early on, when people at work were saying they had seen satellite photos of mass graves in China

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (ZxPkt)
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Do you disbelieve the mass graves?

Because another theory has arisen that China 1) "leaked" the virus and sent 2) Chinese citizens all over the world to cover up a massive and brutal suppression of a brewing revolt.

I remember when people were explaining that the massive falloff in cellular activity from China cannot be explained by the virus casualties China was claiming.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:18 PM (Fi81e)

25 Some moron has probably already stated this, so I'll just reiterate that that Mulvaney freak is a man and should always be referred to as such.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 27, 2026 12:18 PM (3Ope8)

26 I would have enjoyed it if Andrew Dice Clay had written the jokes for him.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 27, 2026 12:18 PM (bNf8H)

27 @Acosta
Jul 24

This dinner is a disgrace. Trump's rambling, unhinged speech is full of hate and spite. Just spewing nastiness at his usual targets. Let's not sanitize how truly ugly it was. This would be a great moment for members of the press to get up and walk out.

You're just a whiney fag, Jm J. Acosta.

Go suck a dick, fag.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)

28 Yeah, I didn't think any of them were really funny. But you have an audience that has pre-planned to not laugh at anything what are you gonna do? The joke is that they have to sit there at their own stupid event and just take the insults. That I find very funny.

And that Kaitlin/Dylan comparison is gonna stick.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 12:19 PM (n5tGW)

29 I picture the people lined up to smack the hysterical lady in "Airplane!"

Boxing gloves or pipe wrench?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:19 PM (2GVsD)

30 Can we just not do these correspondents dinners anymore?

They're not interesting, they're not funny, they don't do anything except give these journalists an excuse to fellate each other.

I can turn on the TV and get all of those every day of the year.

Posted by: Dr. T at July 27, 2026 12:19 PM (jGGMD)

31 Leftists:

MAGA vandals bad

Illegal alien vandals enrich
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:17 PM (2GVsD)
---
They have twice the number of standards conservatives have.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:19 PM (Fi81e)

32 Sally Quinn, in the New York Times, laments the decline of the Uniparty:

The worst part about living in Donald Trump’s Washington has been seeing just how much fun he and all the MAGA vandals he brought to power have been having sacking and pillaging the place. This while the rest of us longtime Washingtonians who abided by norms, shared values and even bipartisanship were filled first with shock, then a feeling of helplessness, and hopelessness. It could border on passivity. What could be done?

I'm a long time Washingtonian (well, I live in DC-adjacent NoVa) and I'm not sad, shocked, helpless, hopeless, or passive. In fact, it's what I voted for. As to this mythical "norms, bipartisanship and shared values", GTF outta here with that crap. I was here for Jimmah, Clinton, Obama, and Biden. The only value I shared with them is a hatred for the press.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

33
did they all just sit there and take it because deep down inside they know he's right about them?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

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

They all just sat there and too it because they're addicted to power and attention.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 12:19 PM (XJ22o)

34 What more could you want? Boobs?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 12:16 PM (iFTx/)
----------
Any time is a good time for boobs.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 12:19 PM (amcLV)

35 DM should have stayed male.

Because he makes for one homely bitch.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (oUopv)

36 Did Jim Acosta ever recover from the pink eye?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (2GVsD)

37 What more could you want? Boobs?
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Well, the Press are boobs, but not the right pair.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (u82oZ)

38 15 When did Dylan Mulvaney become a thespian?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026

He always was. He started as a gay man on broadway. He got bit parts regularly until he decided to do his journey to girlhood and SUDDENLY he became famous and started making millions. The decision to be trans was not related, I am sure.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (hftzA)

39 *raising fist in triumph*
Tonight, we are thespians!

Posted by: Theater kids on opening night at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (2Ez/1)

40 >>I would have enjoyed it if Andrew Dice Clay had written the jokes for him.
__
Hickory-dickory dock,
Kaitlin Collins has a c*ck.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (bNf8H)

41 Trump pays them back in their coin.

Posted by: steevy at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (YwEeS)

42 "Dylan Mulvaney is a beautiful woman!"

*Trump compares actual woman to Mulvaney*

"TRANSPHOBE!!!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (2YhKe)

43 Can we just not do these correspondents dinners anymore?

They're not interesting, they're not funny, they don't do anything except give these journalists an excuse to fellate each other.

I can turn on the TV and get all of those every day of the year.
Posted by: Dr. T at July 27, 2026 12:19 PM (jGGMD)
---
I'm a Trump guy.

He was cringe, as the kids say.

He was channeling some Great Karen spirit.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (Fi81e)

44 Menstrual manlet Jim Acosta was, get this, outraged.

No. Nooooooooooooooo! Not that!! I'm experiencing a sudden attack of the vapors! Where's my fainting couch?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 12:21 PM (0sNs1)

45 >>Because another theory has arisen that China 1) "leaked" the virus and sent 2) Chinese citizens all over the world to cover up a massive and brutal suppression of a brewing revolt.

There was well over a month or two of coverage of the Chinese protesting...
then there was Covid and the Chinese 'Lockdowns'.

Then there were no more protestors.

Weird that.

Posted by: garrett at July 27, 2026 12:21 PM (zGzrB)

46 Maybe someone should feed Al Bundy quotes into Trump's teleprompter.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:22 PM (2GVsD)

47 DM should have stayed male.

Because he makes for one homely bitch.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (oUopv)
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Same can be said about the blue-haired shrieker in that viral video and the Maine candidate.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:22 PM (Fi81e)

48 Covid was released for one reason and one reason only:

To stop Trump.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)

49 Dylan Mulvaney is a beautiful woman. But comparing another woman to Dylan is calling that woman ugly

Hmmmmm.

The left never disappoints.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:22 PM (Xe8e7)

50 Did anyone get up and walk out on President Trump during his remarks? If not, why not?

-----------

They were afraid to leave Secret Cervix protection -- all the while secretly hoping there was a group of assassins they "helpfully" motivated waiting to take out Trump and other members of his team?

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 27, 2026 12:23 PM (9EFgU)

51 Did he make fun of the correspondents who, in the heat of the moment, when gunfire erupted, had the presence of mind to snatch the wine bottles before running for the exits?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 12:23 PM (jehhT)

52 Is Mulvaney trans or is he doing it for laughs like Milton Berle?

Posted by: mr tmz at July 27, 2026 12:23 PM (rJ48h)

53 I bet you the Tate Bros would need to have a long and hard argument about whether or not they wanted to bang Collins or Mulvaney.

Posted by: garrett at July 27, 2026 12:23 PM (zGzrB)

54 Did Mulvaney go full monty and have his dick cut off for an open wound bonus hole?

Or is he just a mentally broken chick with dick?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)

55 "Is Lizzo beautiful?"
"Absolutely, she's like SOOOO gorgeous!"
"You look just like her."
*seethes*

Posted by: So much self-ownage these days at July 27, 2026 12:23 PM (TbWk/)

56 I knew it was all bullshit early on, when people at work were saying they had seen satellite photos of mass graves in China

A lot more work needs to be done identifying the disinformation campaign launched against the West.

Remember all the videos from China and Iran showing people collapsing on the street from Covid?

Obviously designed to spread panic.

Who was behind those videos?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 27, 2026 12:24 PM (aD4fx)

57 Same can be said about the blue-haired shrieker in that viral video and the Maine candidate.
Posted by: Axeman

I saw a meme yesterday with a pic of Biden sniffing Meatloaf and the caption said "smells like sausage".

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 12:24 PM (wOO3z)

58 When did Dylan Mulvaney become a thespian?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 27, 2026 12:17 PM (MzBNC)

Always has been. He'd eat his own pussy if h could get around to it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:24 PM (1z8ji)

59 __
Hickory-dickory dock,
Kaitlin Collins has a c*ck.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 27, 2026 12:20 PM (bNf8H)

I laughed way too hard at this.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:24 PM (2YhKe)

60 Apparently, some American couple that fled to Venezuela to escape Trump's America now regrets it.

Own your mistakes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:25 PM (2GVsD)

61 Did they take the wine bottles when the event was over?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 27, 2026 12:25 PM (2Ez/1)

62 Thea things work well the person giving the speech also does some self deprecating. Trump doesn’t do that. It’s not his thing. So it falls flat.

The whole thing is stupid, Trump should tell them all to fuck off, if someone needs him he’ll be golfing Florida this weekend.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:25 PM (Xe8e7)

63 54 Did Mulvaney go full monty and have his dick cut off for an open wound bonus hole?

Or is he just a mentally broken chick with dick?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)

I don't think he ever had surgery. He's just cosplaying for the money and notoriety.

Posted by: Lack of commitment to the part at July 27, 2026 12:25 PM (TbWk/)

64 Elric, we always want boobs.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

65 For those who hunger for blog-favorite Brian Stelter's take on the Correspondent's Dinner (a take which, strangely, is absent here), here is something to titillate (if not sate) that hunger:

https://www.alternet.org/trump-correspondents-dinner/

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 12:26 PM (0sNs1)

66 Dylan isn't powerful and isn't actually funny, but -- he IS a joke.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 12:26 PM (rdVOm)

67 DTS should have made some remark about the correspondents all being fake, so he provided boxed wine, repackaged in bottles with a fancy looking label. Not that they would know the difference.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 27, 2026 12:26 PM (3Ope8)

68 Any mockery of reporters is A-Okay with me…. I saw Potato Head Stelter was insulted as well so that means the speech was a smashing success

Or related to Stelter a (potato)mashing success

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 12:26 PM (+gA9j)

69 Anna Puma

Were they trapped in the rubble?

Lie to me if you must.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 12:26 PM (u82oZ)

70 Kaitlin Collins has serious manface.

But here's the thing if the left's claim that transwomen are women and there is nothing wrong with them how can they argue it is an insult to call someone one?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)

71
Elric, we always want boobs.
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)

https://shorturl.fm/q08NN

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:27 PM (2YhKe)

72 Maybe someone should feed Al Bundy quotes into Trump's teleprompter.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:22 PM (2GVsD)

No Ma’am…. I wanna join that club!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 12:28 PM (+gA9j)

73 Remember Dylan Mulvaney's schtick is not that he's an adult woman, he's cosplaying as a teenaged girl.

Really makes you wonder who Bud was marketing to when they hired him.

Teenaged Girls?
Or Adult (non-Somali) Pedos?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

74 That said: I like showing disrespect to people who are thoroughly disreputable, despicable, and whore-ish. Funniness is beside the main point.

==

They don't deserve funniness !

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 12:28 PM (GD0B3)

75 This while the rest of us longtime Washingtonians who abided by norms, shared values and even bipartisanship...
-----

4 more years of "bipartisanship" would have killed this great nation. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Posted by: Crusader at July 27, 2026 12:29 PM (TN0g+)

76 Really makes you wonder who Bud was marketing to when they hired him.

Teenaged Girls?
Or Adult (non-Somali) Pedos?
Posted by: 18-1

Yes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 12:29 PM (wOO3z)

77 Seattle media are discovering this mother none of the canyon the city caught yesterday's mass shooting.
Why?
The commie mayor had them shut off to thwart ICE.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 12:29 PM (2WIwB)

78 Men make the best women.

Posted by: Stuff Chris Plante sez at July 27, 2026 12:29 PM (2Ez/1)

79 How Mulvaney got his start.......

https://youtu.be/17q0SAEipSc

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:29 PM (2YhKe)

80 The "dinner" was awful. Just stupid all around, with stupid, unaccomplished people giving each other participation trophies.

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 12:30 PM (GD0B3)

81 Really makes you wonder who Bud was marketing to when they hired him.

Teenaged Girls?
Or Adult (non-Somali) Pedos?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

They’re not marketing to anyone. It’s a check the box campaign to satisfy the alphabet mafia and Blackrock’s social score.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:30 PM (Xe8e7)

82 This while the rest of us longtime Washingtonians who abided by norms, shared values and even bipartisanship were filled first with shock, then a feeling of helplessness, and hopelessness. It could border on passivity.

The people that told me Dick Cheney was a genocidal maniac are now complaining that the current president won't follow his norms.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)

83 STD’s are more popular than the media. Trump was nice. I would have gotten up there and wagged by dick at them.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 12:30 PM (OX0hA)

84 At least this time there was proper security...and nice chandeliers !

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 12:30 PM (GD0B3)

85 Jeez.
Disregard 77. WTF???

Seattle media are discovering that none of the city cameras caught yesterday's mass shooting.
Why?
The commie mayor had them shut off to thwart ICE.

No idea how that happened.
Sorry guys.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 12:31 PM (2WIwB)

86 STD’s are more popular than the media. Trump was nice. I would have gotten up there and wagged by dick at them.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 27, 2026 12:30 PM (OX0hA)

SCHLONGED!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:31 PM (2YhKe)

87 Hickory-dickory dock,
Kaitlin Collins has a c*ck.
Posted by: Frasier Crane
________

...
...
And dumped Tapper on the next block

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 12:31 PM (XvL8K)

88 >>>He's a liar, and I called him watermelon head because he has the largest head I've ever seen with the smallest neck, pencil neck. How does that big fat ugly head stand on a on a little pencil, pencil, pencil neck?

>Isn't that Jew hate? This is why Trump is Hitler.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 12:31 PM (3oLiU)

89 Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 12:29 PM (2WIwB

I'm sorry. I'm really tired today, but I didn't understand the first sentence.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 12:31 PM (2+NBt)

90 In an alternate universe I think Trump could’ve been a pretty good standup comic…. Whenever I see the word riffing I think of George Costanza seeking his apology and instead he gets riffing and bee-bopping and scatting all over him haha

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 12:32 PM (+gA9j)

91
This would be a great moment for members of the press to get up and walk out.

So why didn't you do so, Jimmy A? Lead the parade, you thought leader, you!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:32 PM (ixS3i)

92 Afternoon Ace.
So I take it that Acosta wasn't invited and he's upset he didn't go to the sock hop. Boo hoo Jimmy boy they'll appreciate your work at the gloryhole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 12:32 PM (xh8GK)

93 Trump should learn that his rambling, off the cuff style works better at rallies than behind enemy lines.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:32 PM (Fi81e)

94 FenelonSpoke,

See 85.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 12:32 PM (2WIwB)

95 Bri - an Stel - ter

(He'll steal your girl, you know.)

Posted by: Sam Gangee at July 27, 2026 12:32 PM (0sNs1)

96 77 Wow, major autocucumber fail.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 12:32 PM (77rzZ)

97 I'd say Shane Gillis roasting Chelsea Handler is the gold standard, except for this, the GOAT:

https://youtu.be/NFpkvAePP7M?is=5aKphwIIQ00NpDSs

Posted by: logorof at July 27, 2026 12:32 PM (jo6FO)

98 Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 12:31 P

Thanks for the correction.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 12:33 PM (2+NBt)

99 48 Covid was released for one reason and one reason only:

To stop Trump.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)

Contrast the response to the coronavirus pandemic in 2019-2020 to the coronavirus pandemic in 2003. I suspect Bush did something the deep state wanted and Trump did not.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 27, 2026 12:33 PM (OlzlW)

100 Trump was relaxed and acted like a gentleman and a sportsman. Even when the decrepit Wolf Blitzer (or whatever his name is) was giving out trophies for Epstein "coverage" !

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 12:33 PM (GD0B3)

101 Did anybody watch The Mentalist perform at the end? I can't stand him, is he supposed to be funny?

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 12:33 PM (kX27y)

102 Jeez.
Disregard 77. WTF???

Seattle media are discovering that none of the city cameras caught yesterday's mass shooting.
Why?
The commie mayor had them shut off to thwart ICE.

No idea how that happened.
Sorry guys.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 12:31 PM (2WIwB)

Autocucumber FTW!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 12:33 PM (+gA9j)

103 10 No woman, no matter how progressive, takes "you look like a trans woman" as a compliment.

but i thought i was supposed to believe that trans women *are* women!

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 12:33 PM (sGtp+)

104 My general take on the whole thing is, why bother? It helps no one, other than giving the targets of the comments something else to bitch about. If the MSM is truly irrelevant, then the greatest insult would be to just ignore them.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 27, 2026 12:33 PM (QaH55)

105 I thought trans women were women and there was no difference between them and cis female womb havers. Did I miss a memo?

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 12:33 PM (+4yJ5)

106 did they all just sit there and take it because deep down inside they know he's right about them?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

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

They all just sat there and too it because they're addicted to power and attention.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 12:19 PM (XJ22o)

Not exactly.

This is more of their "norms". The President gets his chop at the WHCD, and normally they sit there and laugh along with his jibes at them.

But, yeah, his jokes would've worked better with a short and snappy delivery. Ace Is right about that.

Oblabla actually was the big tradition breaker when he spent his time at WHCD dumping on Trump and p[raising himself with humble-brag 'jokes".

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 12:33 PM (iJfKG)

107 64 Elric, we always want boobs.
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 12:25 PM (77rzZ)
________

https://tinyurl.com/3as3f5n8

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 12:33 PM (iFTx/)

108 IIRC the Bud light Mulvaney thing wasn’t even really a campaign. It was a one off YouTube video or some such.

Much like how movies have to have a gay and black actor to qualify for Oscars. Doesn’t matter how big the part is as long as they have a few lines it’s good. See Odyssey as Exhibit A.

Bud Light did that with Mulvaney. Here you go trannies, we have a tranny ad. Happy? Cool. Now back to our normal marketing.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:34 PM (Xe8e7)

109 Jm J. Acosta still thinks it was a violation of his 1st Amendment rights having his press credential revoked after he assaulted a young lady intern when she tried to take the mic away from his face.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)

110 From ESPN:
The wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot by the couple's son Sunday night at the family's home in Virginia.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 27, 2026 12:34 PM (rJ48h)

111 People probably hate the media even more after "the dinner". So..good for them!

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 12:34 PM (GD0B3)

112 Bari Weiss is an overhyped meh.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2026 12:34 PM (7s9Qe)

113 No idea how that happened.
Sorry guys.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 12:31 PM (2WIwB)
---
"Good intentions should never cause side effects!" - Progs creating a wishlist for the "next reality".

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:34 PM (Fi81e)

114 Yeah, I'd rather Trump be genuinely funny if he's going to roast the enemies of the people. They need to be laughed out of public life.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 27, 2026 12:35 PM (OlzlW)

115
Fen

Seattle media are discovering this morning ~~mother~~ that none of the canyon surveillance cameras installed by the city caught yesterday's mass shooting.
Why?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:35 PM (ixS3i)

116 From ESPN:
The wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot by the couple's son Sunday night at the family's home in Virginia.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 27, 2026 12:34 PM (rJ48h)
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Reiner syndrome.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:35 PM (Fi81e)

117 Just spewing nastiness at his usual targets. Let's not sanitize how truly ugly it was

Eat a Bag of Dicks, asshole. Then eat the bag. He just throws your shit right back at you. Don’t start none, there won’t be none.

Americans have been waiting for a politician like this for a long, long LONG time.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 12:36 PM (7SIxQ)

118 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
DJT is the Troll Master

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 12:36 PM (zACrK)

119 The wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot by the couple's son Sunday night at the family's home in Virginia.
Posted by: mr tmz

The Bieniemy is inside the gates.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 12:36 PM (wOO3z)

120 From ESPN:
The wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot by the couple's son Sunday night at the family's home in Virginia.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 27, 2026 12:34 PM (rJ48h)

I guess she'll no longer be Sleeping with Bieniemy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:36 PM (2YhKe)

121 The virus stops with each vaccinated person, and Ms. Mulva is a real woman.

Posted by: Richard Maddow at July 27, 2026 12:37 PM (7Q0e+)

122 Headline at Twitchy : DNC doing its but to get money out of politics

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 12:37 PM (xh8GK)

123 Did Mulvaney go full monty and have his dick cut off for an open wound bonus hole?

Or is he just a mentally broken chick with dick?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)
_____

I don't think he's had any work done at all. No hormones, nothing. He's an actor, a performer. His earlier gimmick was to cosplay as a ridiculously flamboyant gay man.

When that didn't get him the notoriety he was desperate for, he got the idea to "trans" during covid. But it was more cosplay aimed at young teen girls.

I think the guy is just a fake phony with a gimmick.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 12:37 PM (iFTx/)

124 I never got a dinner.

Posted by: Aaron Chwatt Fan at July 27, 2026 12:38 PM (JM9I6)

125 This Berlin terror attack just gets more and more amazing.

Currently the news stories say he was born in Germany to Lebanese Muslim parents.

The jihadi had flown from Germany to Lebanon to try to join ISIS. The Lebanese arrested him. When he flew back to German a few months later (I assume the German made the Lebanese release him) the Germans...put him on probation.

And then he went out and attacked the German pride rally.

If the German government is going to let ISIS folks roam the country what the hell do they think is going to happen?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:38 PM (sKqQm)

126 From ESPN:
The wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot by the couple's son Sunday night at the family's home in Virginia.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 27, 2026 12:34 PM (rJ48h)

Some people are too quick to take offense.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:38 PM (1z8ji)

127 Wow, I am both shocked and stunned

at hearing Jimmy Acosta was still alive

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at July 27, 2026 12:38 PM (fapp/)

128 Seattle media are discovering that none of the city cameras caught yesterday's mass shooting.
Why?
The commie mayor had them shut off to thwart ICE.

-------

Seattle brought this on themselves. That city will vote their way into becoming the west coast version of Detroit or Chicago in no time at all.

Posted by: Crusader at July 27, 2026 12:38 PM (TN0g+)

129
The virus stops with each vaccinated person, and Ms. Mulva is a real woman.
Posted by: Richard Maddow

GIRL, hater! She's celebrating her girlhood!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:38 PM (ixS3i)

130 Is it really advisable to use random letters of the alphabet, or “gay” to describe these people?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 12:38 PM (7SIxQ)

131 That's not really a joke. That's just reality.
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The Shitf stuff plays better at rallies, where it's pretty much a "callback".

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)

132 Bipartisanship is silly. I don't care who voted for a good bill, one party or both, doesn't matter.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 12:39 PM (n5tGW)

133 "In fairness, a lot of these aren't ha-ha jokes. They're really just insults delivered in a faux-jocular way. I understand that -- it's hard to be funny about people you actually hate. The media leftists hate Trump, and Trump, understandably, hates them back." - Ace
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DJT knows his peeps. Latest Gallup poll on the MSM - Independents - only 27% trust the media. Republicans - only 8% trust the MSM, the first time Gallup polling put this group's trust in the single digits, ever.

Posted by: mrp at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (rj6Yv)

134 I don't think he's had any work done at all. No hormones, nothing.

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

He's a drag queen, couldnt hack it as a gay man so now he's playacting as a vapid female influencer

Even the trans can't stand him, and that's saying a lot

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (fapp/)

135 From ESPN:
The wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot by the couple's son Sunday night at the family's home in Virginia.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 27, 2026 12:34 PM (rJ48h)

One of Chris Berman's best nicknames - Eric "Sleeping With" Bieniemy

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (S0M0K)

136 The hard left controlled both parties from 1999-2016. They are still upset that they only control 1.5 parties now.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)

137 Jm J. Acosta's butt is incredibly hurt that he wasn't invited to the dinner.

He's lashing out.

Because he's really a 14 year old girl.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)

138 Advocate.com: Trump hijacks White House Correspondents’ Dinner redo with antigay jabs, anti-trans mockery & lies
The president insulted Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon and Dylan Mulvaney while rambling from TikTok views to a White House “drone port.”

Constantly attacking transgender people, now they're just doing the entire LGBTQIA+ All that's doing is spotlighting & showing the world why bullies & fascism both how they operate, & why they never last.

The point of attacking trans people was *always* to pivot to attacking the rest. Rowling has recently broadened her attacks to include cis gay people as well. Now that they've successfully built up momentum, they're moving to expand that rollback of rights and human decency to include more targets.

Part of the point of attacking transfolk is also because their mere existence invalidates all of the "traditional gender role" bullshit that their fascist ideology depends on.

Trump's offensive, incoherent speech was his normal demented self. He gave the same stump speech to thousands of boy scouts at their Jamboree event. When conservatives say Harris spoke word salad, I always point to that in comparison

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (K9nu8)

139 All the insults at the media have reached the point of diminishing returns. The problem is, the media has moved well beyond status as a punchline to a truly destructive force. This WH dinner event is a anachronism and our participation is debasing.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (7s9Qe)

140 Hamas supporters, ie leftists, are excited that Malaysia announced any Israeli in the country will be deported.

What the dummies don’t know is that Malaysia has never allowed Israelis in the country to begin with.

It’s like me announcing any NFL players found in my home will be asked to leave. The NFL is literally shaking right now.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (Xe8e7)

141
One of Chris Berman's best nicknames - Eric "Sleeping With" Bieniemy
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (S0M0K)

Heh. Beat ya to it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)

142 If the German government is going to let ISIS folks roam the country what the hell do they think is going to happen?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:38 PM (sKqQm)

Being called the most predictable terror attack ever. Also, there were about 1,000 more cops assigned than the previous years and all the roads were blocked off.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 12:41 PM (kX27y)

143 The o
bservations were spot on, but the jokes just weren't funny, glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at July 27, 2026 12:42 PM (e5PCC)

144 Trump hijacks White House Correspondents’ Dinner redo with antigay jabs, anti-trans mockery & lies

===

*takes out tiny violin..

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 12:42 PM (GD0B3)

145 The commercial on ESPN where the kid was in the Bermanism class...........

"Drew Bledsoe much he needed a transfusion......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:42 PM (2YhKe)

146 The point of attacking trans people was *always* to pivot to attacking the rest.

I'm so old I remember when the left told me they just wanted the right for gay people to marry and any notion that they wanted rights for bigamists, trannies, or pedos was insane.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)

147 Heh. Beat ya to it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)

Yeah but you probably manipulated the url to do so!

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 12:42 PM (S0M0K)

148 existence invalidates all of the "traditional gender role" bullshit that their fascist ideology depends on.

—

Doesn’t Obama have a wife and 2 children? I guess he’s a fascist.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:42 PM (Xe8e7)

149 All the insults at the media have reached the point of diminishing returns. The problem is, the media has moved well beyond status as a punchline to a truly destructive force. This WH dinner event is a anachronism and our participation is debasing.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (7s9Qe)
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Some good, fresh jabs at fake news would have been good, IMO.

Trump would have to rehearse them, though.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:42 PM (Fi81e)

150 61 Did they take the wine bottles when the event was over?

more importantly, did they bring back the ones they took last time?

Posted by: anachronda at July 27, 2026 12:42 PM (sGtp+)

151 Ace - thanks once again for wading through the muck to pull out the gems, such as they are. I could never subject myself to having to do that, which is why I cherish Ace of Spades.

OT: how are you coming with the crow? I have a group of about 5-6 (I guess you could call them a murder of crows) that come to visit me every once in a while. Large, handsome, and shiny black. They can't use the bird feeders because they are too heavy, but they sure like the bird bath. Do you have one? If not, it might help with your crow. Best always.

Posted by: Retired, thank God at July 27, 2026 12:43 PM (va0Yo)

152 Being called the most predictable terror attack ever. Also, there were about 1,000 more cops assigned than the previous years and all the roads were blocked off.

I've seen several videos of German alphabet folks complaining not about the attack itself but that it was by a Muslim Arab instead of a white Christian

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

153 Mulvaney has had his face surgically "feminized" but I haven't heard about anything more. I recall him tweeting his excitement from his hospital bed.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 27, 2026 12:43 PM (OlzlW)

154
Will no one think of the "longtime Washingtonians"?

They lose the billions in USAID money (most of which was spent within the Beltway), and have to put up with "MAGA vandals" on top of that.

The money pump don't work
'Cause the vandals stole the handle

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:43 PM (ixS3i)

155
Yeah but you probably manipulated the url to do so!
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 12:42 PM (S0M0K)

And I would've succeeded too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:43 PM (2YhKe)

156 If the guy works for KC, why does he live in Virginia?

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 12:43 PM (77rzZ)

157 Listed them last night, Mulvany's had about 8 plastic surgeries.
He looks, with makeup, a lot prettier than horse face.
The article questioned whether he's had his privies cut
or not.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 12:44 PM (jU8k8)

158 Mulvaney has had his face surgically "feminized" but I haven't heard about anything more. I recall him tweeting his excitement from his hospital bed.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 27, 2026 12:43 PM (OlzlW)

I read that as excrement.........

Ewwwwww......but still wouldn't put it past Mulvaney.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)

159 JFC. Everyone's a critic.

F the MFM.

Posted by: That Guy at July 27, 2026 12:44 PM (8JR9p)

160 Part of the point of attacking transfolk is also because their mere existence invalidates all of the "traditional gender role" bullshit that their fascist ideology depends on.

Nope. It's because they are cosplaying and they demand we conform to our reality.

Oh, and the troons molesting kids is another reason we're attacking them. Just sayin'.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 12:44 PM (+4yJ5)

161 The hard left controlled both parties from 1999-2016. They are still upset that they only control 1.5 parties now.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)
====

In the latest Gallup MSM Trust poll, only 51% of Dems trust the media. Granted, the DSA wing probably polls 10% trust in the media.

Posted by: mrp at July 27, 2026 12:44 PM (rj6Yv)

162 He's a drag queen, couldnt hack it as a gay man so now he's playacting as a vapid female influencer

Even the trans can't stand him, and that's saying a lot
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (fapp/)

Probably not a good candidate for Aero Pinochet. So light in the loafers, he would flutter down, and alight on the sea like a big old shithawk.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:44 PM (1z8ji)

163 Trump could have got up their and shat on the stage.

It wouldn't change my opinion that he and his disciples appear to be the main hope for America one smidgeon.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:45 PM (Fi81e)

164 Trump would have to rehearse them, though.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:42 PM (Fi81e)

LOL! He has better things to do with his time, all more important to the country.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 27, 2026 12:45 PM (OlzlW)

165 If the guy works for KC, why does he live in Virginia?
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 12:43 PM (77rzZ)

A lot of players and coaches don't live full time where they play.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 12:45 PM (wOO3z)

166 In the latest Gallup MSM Trust poll, only 51% of Dems trust the media. Granted, the DSA wing probably polls 10% trust in the media.

In fairness to the DSA, Graham Platner is the only example of a rapist the Dems have kicked out of their party...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)

167 The NY Post wants you to know that "big boobs are over."

https://tinyurl.com/yc3uzdtf

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 12:45 PM (iFTx/)

168 OT - Another proof of life photo sitting in the same hospital bed with his wife. Can't go to a picnic? What about going to the Senate and doing his job??
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Senator Mitch McConnell, 84, released a new photo of himself and his wife Elaine Chao in an email late Monday morning.

But he has not spoken publicly since his hospitalization 44 days ago.

In the email, the Senator expressed regret that he could not attend a picnic in Western Kentucky this week.

'Senator McConnell continues his recovery from a fall at home in June,' an attached comment from his doctor said.

'Since his discharge from hospital care, he has maintained a strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation.'

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 12:45 PM (kX27y)

169 Would you trade a Bud Light for a blowjob from Dylan Mulvaney? This bears some serious consideration. What about a handy?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 12:46 PM (3oLiU)

170 Posted by: Paul at July 27, 2026 12:45 PM (+Ej69)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 27, 2026 12:47 PM (2YhKe)

171 153 Mulvaney has had his face surgically "feminized" but I haven't heard about anything more. I recall him tweeting his excitement from his hospital bed.

Posted by: Emmie,
---

Recalling

Forhead shaved
goozle shaved
hairline extended
titty implants
chin shaved
there were more

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 12:47 PM (jU8k8)

172 Oblabla actually was the big tradition breaker when he spent his time at WHCD dumping on Trump and p[raising himself with humble-brag 'jokes".
Posted by: naturalfake

That dinner was responsible for Trump deciding to run for President.

So Obama had an own goal there, without extra time needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 12:47 PM (u82oZ)

173 Part of the point of attacking transfolk is also because their mere existence invalidates all of the "traditional gender role" bullshit that their fascist ideology depends on.
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So, if 99% of all people feel something is a bad idea, and try to regulate society to remember that this is a bad idea, so that it's Not-That-Idea-"centric", that's "fascism".

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:47 PM (Fi81e)

174 How was your weekend?
.......

Great.
Big south swell, took the grandsons surfing at Manresa, Pleasure Point and Capitola.
How was yours?

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 12:47 PM (UjdFS)

175
Rowling has recently broadened her attacks to include cis gay people as well.

"cis gay"? The spiral into insanity continues apace.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:48 PM (ixS3i)

176 Cracker Barrels CEO has resigned. What took her so long?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 12:48 PM (xh8GK)

177 The Bari Weiss joke was good.

Posted by: WisRich at July 27, 2026 12:48 PM (G0vdT)

178 One of Chris Berman's best nicknames - Eric "Sleeping With" Bieniemy
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 12:40 PM (S0M0K)

--I'm not sure if it's available online, but the original Washington Post review trashing the movie Sleeping With the Enemy is itself a master-ripping.

It would've been by either Howe or Stephen Hunter IIRC.

Posted by: logorof at July 27, 2026 12:48 PM (jo6FO)

179 Oblabla actually was the big tradition breaker when he spent his time at WHCD dumping on Trump and p[raising himself with humble-brag 'jokes".
Posted by: naturalfake

That dinner was responsible for Trump deciding to run for President.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 12:47 PM (u82oZ)
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Trump denied that directly at the WHCDv2.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:48 PM (Fi81e)

180 Big boobs will never be over.

Though...

All
Boobs
Matter

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:48 PM (sKqQm)

181 >If the guy works for KC, why does he live in Virginia?
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 12:43 PM (77rzZ)

He was Redskins OC in 2023, I think. Maybe wife didn't want to move.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 27, 2026 12:48 PM (rJ48h)

182 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:48 PM (ixS3i)

What is the "cis" in that phrase supposed to mean?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 12:49 PM (W90Ou)

183 I don't like Jim Acosta

Posted by: The Ballots at July 27, 2026 12:49 PM (LOZbR)

184 Andre “Bad Moon” Rison
Mike “You’re in Good Hands With” Alstott
Eric “Sleeping With” Bieniemy
Plus 500 more

Chris Berman is a legend

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 12:49 PM (CUP/i)

185 Rowling has recently broadened her attacks to include cis gay people as well.

On a regular basis the Alphabet people call for her to be raped and murdered.

She is generally actually pretty well measured in her responses as one has to be in Britain to not get arrested

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:49 PM (sKqQm)

186 What is the "cis" in that phrase supposed to mean?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 12:49 PM (W90Ou)

They stay on one side of the bathhouse.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:50 PM (1z8ji)

187 The company that produces and installs the surveillance cameras, Flock, has partnered with an aviation software company to launch drones capable of flying 60 mph and read a car's license plate and collect vehicle data from 2000 feet of standoff. They call it a first responder drone or something like that. No potential for abuse there.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 12:50 PM (J4Dwc)

188
'Since his discharge from hospital care, he has maintained a strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation.'

Posted by: beckster

Did he acquire Ruth Bader Ginsberg's kettle bells? Those things worked miracles!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:50 PM (ixS3i)

189 The NY Post wants you to know that "big boobs are over."

https://tinyurl.com/yc3uzdtf
Posted by: Elric The Blade
........

Bulg is gonna be bummed.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 12:50 PM (UjdFS)

190 Point of order, Dylan Mulvaney is not a "she."

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 27, 2026 12:50 PM (y2f7I)

191 Weekend?

Mowed the big yard, drank beer and shot guns.

Not a bad one, I guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:50 PM (2YhKe)

192 Axeman

IDNKT.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 12:50 PM (u82oZ)

193 >>>How was your weekend?

I made and canned three gallons of apple juice and went to the Brooks Steam-up at Powerland Heritage Park.
I also made a stab at making plum kuchen but that turned out less than ideal.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 12:51 PM (rbvCR)

194 I must admit I'm not too animated by what Jm J. Acosta thinks.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 27, 2026 12:51 PM (FmapG)

195 If the guy works for KC, why does he live in Virginia?

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 12:43 PM (77rzZ)
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You can't always tell, but yeah, that sentence suggested that could be part of it.

But again, NFL coaches move around the NFL quite a bit, and it might have been the idea that they would leave the kid "in a high school where he has friends", too.

Kinda puts people into a bind.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:51 PM (Fi81e)

196 "Transgender advocate and actress Dylan Mulvaney..."

actress
/ˈaktrəs/
An actress is a female person who acts in a play, movie, or television show
Female performer: A woman or girl whose job or role is playing a character in art or entertainment.

_____________________________

Ok, the pronoun thing was an annoyance. But, digging into and shaping the actual language seems a bit much.

The word "actor" is, for the most part applied to both males and females in the profession. The fact that they used "actress" is a bias in and of itself.

Posted by: Orson at July 27, 2026 12:51 PM (dIske)

197 LOL

"Paramount Tactical - Gary Melton
@paramounttactcl
15h
Shawn Ryan: “I wish I was never part of that institution (Navy SEALs). I obviously don’t align with the ethics.”

Navy SEALs’ core values: Honor, Courage, and Commitment.

I agree, Shawn. You don’t.

You are being used to demoralize and destroy your own country. You’re a useful idiot of our enemies."

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 12:52 PM (GD0B3)

198 Trump did okay at other similar roasts. I think he was too busy to prepare for this one. His joke writers weren't very good either though.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 12:52 PM (KC5Lt)

199 I must admit I'm not too animated by what Jm J. Acosta thinks.
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 27, 2026 12:51 PM (FmapG)

But I bet he'd f*ck him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)

200 Seattle media are discovering this morning mother that none of the canyon surveillance cameras installed by the city caught yesterday's mass shooting.
Why?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:35 PM (ixS3i)

I am led to understand that the Mayor ordered them turned off so that ICE could not use them to catch illegals.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 12:52 PM (rbvCR)

201
What is the "cis" in that phrase supposed to mean?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

alphabet math : cis gay == gay

Padding the verbiage to pad their sense of being in the know.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:52 PM (ixS3i)

202 Did he acquire Ruth Bader Ginsberg's kettle bells? Those things worked miracles!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:50 PM (ixS3i)

And Jimmy Carter's tractor tire.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 12:53 PM (wOO3z)

203 Bert "Be home" Blyleven

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 12:53 PM (/koUA)

204 Stop misgendering me!

Posted by: Blue-Haired Freak at July 27, 2026 12:53 PM (JM9I6)

205 Cis = normal man/woman

So a cis gay man doesn't wear party city wigs and hasn't cut off his junk

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)

206 62 Thea things work well the person giving the speech also does some self deprecating. Trump doesn’t do that. It’s not his thing. So it falls flat.

The whole thing is stupid, Trump should tell them all to fuck off, if someone needs him he’ll be golfing Florida this weekend.
Posted by: Chaos

He skipped most of them but Trump never does anything for a whim. This was directed exactly at the main stream media for his peeps, not for laughs, but to hearten his coalition for the upcoming elections. Attacking the Democratic propagandists in the Main Stream Media unites the right (see above on the 8 percent media trust among republicans and helps with independents 17 percent trust).

Trump is an infighter and when he senses weakness--he keeps punching that area repeatedly. And that weakens the Democrat op attacks because his coalition simply rolls their eyes and say whatever. Prior GOP presidents named Bush simply took it up the ass.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 12:54 PM (E4rtv)

207 Andre “Bad Moon” Rison
Mike “You’re in Good Hands With” Alstott
Eric “Sleeping With” Bieniemy
Plus 500 more

Chris Berman is a legend
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 12:49 PM (CUP/i)

I once heard / read that when he was asked about his personal favorites he said number 1 was Bert "Be Home" Blylevin. Also high on his list was John "Tonight Let It Be" Lowenstein.

Some great ones I recall -
Roberto "Remember The" Alomar
Wally "Absorbine" Joyner
Eddie "Eat Drink and Be" Murray
Raphael "Emerson, Lake, and" Palmeiro

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 12:54 PM (S0M0K)

208 Taylor Swift is also a dude.

Posted by: logorof at July 27, 2026 12:54 PM (jo6FO)

209 Cis = normal man/woman

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)
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It's pronounced: "".

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:54 PM (Fi81e)

210 If the guy works for KC, why does he live in Virginia?
Posted by: Bulg

Not that uncommon to live and work in different cities. I did it myself for a while. With the nfl there’s an offseason for almost half a year which makes it that much easier.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:55 PM (Xe8e7)

211 🤣🤣🤣

https://tinyurl.com/bdt8ma5w

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 12:55 PM (GD0B3)

212 Lots of stabby muzzie stories this weekend. Don't know what Seattle was all about though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 12:55 PM (n5tGW)

213 There's a former navy seal that insanely thinks he's a woman now so another SEAL that is a commie is not a surprise.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 12:55 PM (KC5Lt)

214 I agree, Shawn. You don’t.

You are being used to demoralize and destroy your own country. You’re a useful idiot of our enemies."

Posted by: runner
=======
He is a self admitted CIA mercenary and drug dealer that liked to sample his own product.

The thing with CIA is that they never stop being CIA even when they are 'retired' or 'fired'. It is always a house of mirrors with those assholes.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

215 Lots of stabby muzzie stories this weekend.

==

NO kidding ! Except when that awful radicalized car hit a parade in Berlin.

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 12:56 PM (GD0B3)

216 I bet that DJT post with a beaming Mr. Mulvaney hoisting a can of Bud Light wasn't helpful for the AB Inbev marketing team's brand recovery project.

Posted by: mrp at July 27, 2026 12:56 PM (rj6Yv)

217
Cracker Barrels CEO has resigned. What took her so long?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

She was remarkably incapable of solving the golf tees puzzle that CB had at every table. She refused to leave until she had done so.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:56 PM (ixS3i)

218 Stop misgendering me!

Posted by: Blue-Haired Freak at July 27, 2026 12:53 PM (JM9I6)
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I didn't, sir.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:56 PM (Fi81e)

219 208

This is just silly.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 12:56 PM (Dd38x)

220 He is a self admitted CIA mercenary and drug dealer that liked to sample his own product.

The thing with CIA is that they never stop being CIA even when they are 'retired' or 'fired'. It is always a house of mirrors with those assholes.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

Never get high on your own supply!

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 12:56 PM (GD0B3)

221 If the guy works for KC, why does he live in Virginia?
Posted by: Bulg

Telework

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 12:56 PM (S0M0K)

222 moar of egg-effing-zackley what I voted for! LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 12:57 PM (VyBeY)

223 Chris "Cab" Callaway

Posted by: logorof at July 27, 2026 12:57 PM (jo6FO)

224 Lots of stabby muzzie stories this weekend. Don't know what Seattle was all about though.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 12:55 PM (n5tGW)

Sounds like a gun fight between two gang bangers with bad aim.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:57 PM (1z8ji)

225 176 Cracker Barrels CEO has resigned. What took her so long?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

She could never solve the stupid peg game that's on every table.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 27, 2026 12:57 PM (qau5w)

226 Wait. Sean Ryan's a "commie", now?

When did that happen?

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:58 PM (Fi81e)

227 The company that produces and installs the surveillance cameras, Flock, has partnered with an aviation software company to launch drones capable of flying 60 mph and read a car's license plate and collect vehicle data from 2000 feet of standoff. They call it a first responder drone or something like that. No potential for abuse there.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 12:50 PM (J4Dwc)

Secret for you: your car is transmitting the equivalent of a transponder that can be picked up already, there is no reason for a license plate reader, except maybe for older cars and for any "subscriber" that can't get justification for tapping into that surveillance system.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR)

228 Steve “I’ve Got You Babe” Bono
Natrone Means “Business”
Jake “Daylight Come and You Gotta” Delhomme
Rick “No Time to Wallow In the” Mirer
Chris Fuamatu “Bad” Ma’afala
Vince Workman “My Way Back to You, Babe”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 12:58 PM (CUP/i)

229 Wait. Sean Ryan's a "commie", now?

When did that happen?
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:58 PM (Fi81e)

When he got paid to be one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:58 PM (2YhKe)

230 polynikes

My observation, from my time in the Service, is there is a finite amount of stupidity in even the most elite outfit.

My Navy SEAL boss at one command was a great boss. I have stories.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 12:59 PM (u82oZ)

231 Mulvaney is stronk beautiful woman. How is it that Collins is upset?

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 12:59 PM (S3cbw)

232 I'm so old I remember when the left told me they just wanted the right for homosexuals to “marry”
——-

You sweet summer child! At first, it was “we just want to be left alone”. I didn’t realize they left out the rest - “…. with your children”. It seems to me there is some sort of defect here, largely if not exclusively the result of childhood trauma from molestation. Now they are institutionalizing it, and codifying it into law. This tracks with all the other fucked up shit they do.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 12:59 PM (7SIxQ)

233 In the latest Gallup MSM Trust poll, only 51% of Dems trust the media. Granted, the DSA wing probably polls 10% trust in the media.
Posted by: mrp

Yes, those 49% in the Dem coalition don't trust the media because they think it is too conservative because they are run by corporations. They prefer fake news from their ProPublica, NPR, and PBS because those are non-profit.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)

234 >>>Taylor Swift is also a dude.

Posted by: logorof

>Tay-Tay has been cloned like a yak so she can go into hiding and crank out some little Travis Kelces.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 01:00 PM (3oLiU)

235 Mulvaney is stronk beautiful woman. How is it that Collins is upset?

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 12:59 PM (S3cbw)

Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)

236 Trump had to know what was coming with Fauci and I think he blames the garbage media at least as much as Fauci for the damage they did to the country.

Destroying what little credibility they had left has got to be high on his agenda.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)

237 Jim Acosta
@Acosta

Jul 24

An unemployed non-journalist. Who cares what he thinks?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 27, 2026 01:00 PM (0U5gm)

238 > There's a former navy seal that insanely thinks he's a woman now so another SEAL that is a commie is not a surprise.

SEALs are exceptionally athletic trigger pullers who can push through pain and hardship. Their toughness and discipline and desire to serve are all praiseworthy.

But they can still be politically retarded.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 27, 2026 01:00 PM (mkw2N)

239 205 Cis = normal man/woman

So a cis gay man doesn't wear party city wigs and hasn't cut off his junk
Posted by: 18-1

Basically. "Cis" means your actual biological sex matches your "self-identified gender." So, yeah, a cis gay guy is just a gay dude, unlike a gay trans man, which is actually just a woman pretending to be a man that's attracted to dudes that like dudes. Simple.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 27, 2026 01:00 PM (K9nu8)

240 Secret for you: your car is transmitting the equivalent of a transponder that can be picked up already, there is no reason for a license plate reader, except maybe for older cars and for any "subscriber" that can't get justification for tapping into that surveillance system.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR)

None of that crap in any of my cars. OnStar was available in 2008, but my Suburban does not have it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 01:01 PM (1z8ji)

241 229 Wait. Sean Ryan's a "commie", now?

When did that happen?
Posted by: Axeman
=========
He pivoted when the big influencer fake right types like Me-Again and Qatarlson did. Groyperism.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)

242 I'm so old I remember when the left told me they just wanted the right for homosexuals to “marry”
——-

You sweet summer child! At first, it was “we just want to be left alone”.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 12:59 PM (7SIxQ)
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And that was mainly to be "treated as family" in hospital rooms of friends dying with AIDs.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:01 PM (Fi81e)

243 Mulvaney will never be a woman but he will always be a freak

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 01:02 PM (abScH)

244 My Navy SEAL boss at one command was a great boss. I have stories.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

We had a very funny SEAL in the Navy detachment at DLI. He used to run the PT tests. Moonlighted as a bouncer at Clint Eastwood's restaurant in Carmel. Good guy.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:02 PM (77rzZ)

245 Basically. "Cis" means your actual biological sex matches your "self-identified gender." So, yeah, a cis gay guy is just a gay dude, unlike a gay trans man, which is actually just a woman pretending to be a man that's attracted to dudes that like dudes. Simple.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 27, 2026 01:00 PM (K9nu

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As I pointed out, it's pronounced "".

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:02 PM (Fi81e)

246 Lot of NFL guys live around lake tahoe. Nevada has no income tax.

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 01:03 PM (e/mVK)

247 #71 Sponge: You, Sir, are a great American!

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 27, 2026 01:03 PM (JNTt1)

248 231 Mulvaney is stronk beautiful woman. How is it that Collins is upset?
Posted by: blaster
======
Because it leaves her tarred as a dude in a dress and unable to respond how she really feels.

Hoisted by her own 'balls' so to speak.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 01:03 PM (E4rtv)

249 241 229 Wait. Sean Ryan's a "commie", now?

When did that happen?
Posted by: Axeman
=========
He pivoted when the big influencer fake right types like Me-Again and Qatarlson did. Groyperism.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)
-----------

I'm wondering if it's also because the WH event cost him a lot of money.

Posted by: WisRich at July 27, 2026 01:03 PM (G0vdT)

250

Another stabbing. I'd delete "radical" from the question below:

Vivid.🇮🇱
@VividProwess
·
4h
BREAKING: The man who carried out today’s mass-stabbing against 3 women in Paris says “It was Allah who ordered me to do it.”

When will the world realize that the biggest danger to humanity is radical Islam?

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 01:03 PM (kX27y)

251 Sponge: You, Sir, are a great American!

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 27, 2026 01:03 PM (JNTt1)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:04 PM (2YhKe)

252 Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 12:59 PM (u82oZ

I agree. Growing up in a military environment I became somewhat aware though I was young.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 01:05 PM (KC5Lt)

253 Trump is an infighter and when he senses weakness--he keeps punching that area repeatedly. And that weakens the Democrat op attacks because his coalition simply rolls their eyes and say whatever. Prior GOP presidents named Bush simply took it up the ass.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 12:54 PM (E4rtv)

I find this very insightful. And it isn't convoluted. I don't know why so many have "Trump is a big dummy who has no idea how anything works" as their goto criticism

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 01:05 PM (S3cbw)

254 I didn’t drink Bud swill prior to the tranny ad. So I could not boycott it any more than I already had.

I happened to see a story over the weekend about drinking in the US. It has declined across the board by a lot recently. Yuutes don’t drink as much as the olds and the olds are cutting back too for health reasons. The percent of adults who drink on a regular basis is at the lowest level since that type of data has been tracked.

It’s a big problem for Big Booze/Beer/Wine.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 01:05 PM (Xe8e7)

255 @VividProwess
·
4h
BREAKING: The man who carried out today’s mass-stabbing against 3 women in Paris says “It was Allah who ordered me to do it.”

When will the world realize that the biggest danger to humanity is radical Islam?
Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 01:03 PM (kX27y)

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:05 PM (2YhKe)

256 Trump had to know what was coming with Fauci and I think he blames the garbage media at least as much as Fauci for the damage they did to the country.

Destroying what little credibility they had left has got to be high on his agenda.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)
=======

Without the support of the 'tards holding the purse strings, what we call the 'MSM' would disappear with a finger snap. Losing control of Twitter cost the Narrative Machine's bankrollers a ton equity value.

Posted by: mrp at July 27, 2026 01:05 PM (rj6Yv)

257 Bulg

The story my widows like is he adopted a child after years of no children.

Then his wife gets pregnant. She is late for delivery, which he handled well.

After the baby was born, the fittest guy I ever knew, with absolutely no quit in him, dragged his sorry ass to work with dark circles under his eyes. For 7 weeks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 01:05 PM (u82oZ)

258 217
Cracker Barrels CEO has resigned. What took her so long?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

She was remarkably incapable of solving the golf tees puzzle that CB had at every table. She refused to leave until she had done so.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Because those institutional investors vested in stupid DEI shit did not want her departure to be blamed on that DEI shit. So she is leaving to pursue other opportunities to ruin other companies. I suggest she goes to Panera to ruin it further into bankruptcy.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv)

259 Yes, those 49% in the Dem coalition don't trust the media because they think it is too conservative because they are run by corporations. They prefer fake news from their ProPublica, NPR, and PBS because those are non-profit.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)
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'Zactly.

It's the same thing as who in Congress the various sides trust when "9% trust Congress". Progs don't trust anything coming out of a Republican Congress, but we trust that only slightly more, part of the time.

If I had to guess, "Conservative Independents" (CIs) probably are more consistent in their distrust of Congress, and DC in general.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:06 PM (Fi81e)

260 The NY Post wants you to know that "big boobs are over."

https://tinyurl.com/yc3uzdtf
Posted by: Elric The Blade
........

Bulg is gonna be bummed.
Posted by: wth at July

Big boobs are never over. It ain't happenin'.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:07 PM (77rzZ)

261 The fact that they used "actress" is a bias in and of itself.
——-

Good catch. “Actress” is ordinarily a long banned word by the usual suspects.

Somebody missed a golden opportunity when Feinstein got her panties in a twist about being called “Ma’am”. “It’s Senator” she claimed.

Well no, a female in the Senate is termed a “Senatrix”. I’m sure she wouldn’t have liked that either, but that’s not news.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 01:07 PM (7SIxQ)

262 >>Without the support of the 'tards holding the purse strings, what we call the 'MSM' would disappear with a finger snap. Losing control of Twitter cost the Narrative Machine's bankrollers a ton equity value.

What's coming out in some of the Fauci documents was just how much the media was in partnership with Fauci to push his lies. They weren't just gullible, they were part of it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 01:07 PM (viF8m)

263 When will the world realize that the biggest danger to humanity is radical Islam?
Posted by: beckster

As so as the left realizes they will be first to be beheaded.... So, never.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 01:08 PM (diia5)

264
What's coming out in some of the Fauci documents was just how much the media was in partnership with Fauci to push his lies. They weren't just gullible, they were part of it.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 01:07 PM (viF8m)

Metallica has an album title that fits here........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

265 All the insults at the media have reached the point of diminishing returns.
------

I so disagree. We can't hate them enough.

Posted by: Crusader at July 27, 2026 01:08 PM (TN0g+)

266 It’s a big problem for Big Booze/Beer/Wine.
Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 01:05 PM (Xe8e7)

The bar around the corner from me is all but empty 90% of the time. I'd bet there are days they don't even make wages.

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 01:09 PM (e/mVK)

267 Somebody missed a golden opportunity when Feinstein got her panties in a twist about being called “Ma’am”.

That was the other CA woman senator, not Feinstein. Barbara Boxer.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:09 PM (77rzZ)

268 Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:05 PM (2YhKe)

------------
And, right on cue, it's being said the 31 year old has mental health issues.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 01:09 PM (kX27y)

269 Crusader

First the Media, then the Mullahs.

Posted by: Air Pinochet at your service at July 27, 2026 01:09 PM (u82oZ)

270 When will the world realize that the biggest danger to humanity is radical Islam?

Posted by: beckster
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Don't think so. Marxism and Islam are twin dangers.

And they work with each other hoping to catch the balance of power as the host society topples.

Islam would be less of a threat without the Left to utilize them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:10 PM (Fi81e)

271 When will the world realize that the biggest danger to humanity - Islam?
——-

Don’t be fooled. The world knew this 50 years ago. What you’re seeing now is what happens after they surrender.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 01:10 PM (7SIxQ)

272 " The NY Post wants you to know that "big boobs are over."

They don't know us very well, do they?

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 01:10 PM (MWfyi)

273 And, right on cue, it's being said the 31 year old has mental health issues.
Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 01:09 PM (kX27y)

Yeah. Islam. It's a mental disorder.

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 01:10 PM (e/mVK)

274 Kill 'Em All!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 01:11 PM (wOO3z)

275 When will the world realize that the biggest danger to humanity is radical Islam?
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"Radical" Islam? I'm tired of pretending that there's any variant of Islam that *isn't* "radical". Islam is a poisonous ideology and nothing about it belongs in a free society.

Posted by: Crusader at July 27, 2026 01:11 PM (TN0g+)

276 And, right on cue, it's being said the 31 year old has mental health issues.
Posted by: beckster

That's true of most Muslims. And liberals.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:11 PM (77rzZ)

277 ------------
And, right on cue, it's being said the 31 year old has mental health issues.

Posted by: beckster at July 27, 2026 01:09 PM (kX27y)

They're finally defining orthodox islham correctly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:11 PM (2YhKe)

278 Kill 'Em All!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 01:11 PM (wOO3z)

Get this man a CEEgar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)

279 >>"Radical" Islam? I'm tired of pretending that there's any variant of Islam that *isn't* "radical". Islam is a poisonous ideology and nothing about it belongs in a free society.

Correct.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 01:12 PM (viF8m)

280 beckster

He is a barbarian throwback to a tribal past we left behind. Except for Islam and cannibals on an island in the Indian Ocean.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 01:12 PM (u82oZ)

281
The NY Post wants you to know that "big boobs are over."

https://tinyurl.com/yc3uzdtf
Posted by: Elric The Blade
........

Bulg is gonna be bummed.
Posted by: wth at July

Big boobs are never over. It ain't happenin'.
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:07 PM (77rzZ)

Somebody at the Post is jealous that Sydney Sweeney's Luscious Love Melons are getting all the attention that the writer's rotten kumquats deserve.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 27, 2026 01:12 PM (iJfKG)

282 That was the other CA woman senator
——

Senatrix.

Posted by: Please Make A Note Of It at July 27, 2026 01:12 PM (7SIxQ)

283
What's coming out in some of the Fauci documents was just how much the media was in partnership with Fauci to push his lies. They weren't just gullible, they were part of it.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 01:07 PM (viF8m)

This was in question?

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 01:12 PM (S3cbw)

284 That was the other CA woman senator, not Feinstein. Barbara Boxer.
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 01:09 PM (77rzZ)
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Boxer and Feinstein were both insufferable liberals, but they belonged to a more reasonable generation, when women on the Left knew what a woman was.

Posted by: mrp at July 27, 2026 01:13 PM (rj6Yv)

285 A witty illustration of all the times the "news" media has straight carried water for the Democratic party would have been on point at the WHCDv2.

To repeatedly paste establishment media as water carriers for the Democratic party would have done something.

And that would have left it to us to confront them (with their own brand of bullshit) "You just don't like it because it was too true for you".

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:13 PM (Fi81e)

286 The NY Post wants you to know that "big boobs are over."

https://tinyurl.com/yc3uzdtf
Posted by: Elric The Blade

This has all the hallmarks of Russian disinformation.

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 01:14 PM (S3cbw)

287 Kill 'Em All!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 01:11 PM (wOO3z)

Get this man a CEEgar.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)

Now THAT would be "And Justice For All"!!

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 01:14 PM (S0M0K)

288 Hmmm.

Are there enough differences in Chinese or Islamic DNA expression to weaponize an antibody reaction?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 01:14 PM (u82oZ)

289 Inviting Crowder to the WHCD would have been *a lot* more effective in laying in to the Dems and the press, than what Trump did.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)

290 Define bib boobs?

What's considered a "big" boob?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2026 01:15 PM (XV/Pl)

291 I so disagree. We can't hate them enough.
Posted by: Crusader at July 27, 2026 01:08 PM (TN0g+

I didn't say we shouldn't hate them. I implied these insults are tiresome and lame.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2026 01:15 PM (7s9Qe)

292 My Navy SEAL boss at one command was a great boss. I have stories.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 12:59 PM (u82oZ)

My SERE class in 1985 had six SEALs in it, all enlisted types. They created such havoc in the compound that soon after, the commander in charge said no more than two SEALs per SERE class going forward.

I have stories about those six that still make me laugh.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 01:15 PM (J4Dwc)

293 I'm ok with big boobs being over as long as they are over me.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 01:16 PM (MWfyi)

294 289 Inviting Crowder to the WHCD would have been *a lot* more effective in laying in to the Dems and the press, than what Trump did.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)

Agreed. Or Greg Gutfeld.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2026 01:16 PM (7s9Qe)

295
Now THAT would be "And Justice For All"!!
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 01:14 PM (S0M0K)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)

296 I'll like it when Fauci and the rest are the subject of Drowning Pool's "Let the Bodies Hit the Floor"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 01:16 PM (BlDDt)

297 They do exactly the same thing with the trannies.

It’s not weird to be a transexual, not a mental case, oh no. Perfectly fine, he was “experiencing mental health issues” though. That’s different.

One of the things pervasive gaslighting does to people over long periods is make them a little crazy too, I’m convinced. Trying to juggle 64,000 dissonant bits of bullshit takes its toll on the psyche in weird ways. One has to hold a certain level of suspended belief.

Posted by: Please Make A Note Of It at July 27, 2026 01:17 PM (7SIxQ)

298 The NY Post wants you to know that "big boobs are over."

https://tinyurl.com/yc3uzdtf
Posted by: Elric The Blade

"Flat is justice" weebs rejoice!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 27, 2026 01:17 PM (vJrRc)

299 Fauci and COVID fucked up the bar scene. I don't go to bars anymore unless it's for a quick lunch and brew with my friends and family.

If I want a cocktail, I get a bottle at the liquor store and have one at my leisure. And I'm not paying exorbitant prices, tipping, nor drinking and driving. Usually I'll have half a drink and a nap.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 01:17 PM (3oLiU)

300 The new socialist PM of Britain was photographed wearing a $800 jacket, $120 t-shirt and $400 jeans.

Shocking!!! I would expect a $900 pair of jeans.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 01:18 PM (Xe8e7)

301 Afternoon, all.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 27, 2026 01:19 PM (qRla/)

302 Inviting Crowder to the WHCD would have been *a lot* more effective in laying in to the Dems and the press, than what Trump did.
Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)

Agreed. Or Greg Gutfeld.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 27, 2026 01:16 PM (7s9Qe)
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That's weird, I watch Gutfeld a lot more than I have watched Crowder recently, but I didn't think of Greg.

Also, speaking of a guy who can riff spontaneously, as well.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:19 PM (Fi81e)

303 Kaitlan Collins looks like she's got a permanent Dirty Sanchez.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:20 PM (2YhKe)

304
Sally Quinn, in the New York Times, laments the decline of the Uniparty:

The worst part about living in Donald Trump’s Washington has been seeing just how much fun he and all the MAGA vandals he brought to power have been having sacking and pillaging the place. This while the rest of us longtime Washingtonians who abided by norms, shared values and even bipartisanship were filled first with shock, then a feeling of helplessness, and hopelessness. It could border on passivity. What could be done?

Will no one think of the "longtime Washingtonians"?

They lose the billions in USAID money (most of which was spent within the Beltway), and have to put up with "MAGA vandals" on top of that.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 27, 2026 12:15 PM (aD4fx)

Obligatory Jay Landsman The Wire clip

https://tinyurl.com/yc47zpdt

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2026 01:21 PM (sPkMV)

305 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

306 The new socialist PM of Britain was photographed wearing a $800 jacket, $120 t-shirt and $400 jeans.
----

Its never socialism for them. Its socialism for the little people. Bernie Sanders has 3 houses.

Posted by: Crusader at July 27, 2026 01:21 PM (TN0g+)

307
And if you can't have
the cup-size you love, baby,
love the one you're with.
Love the one you're with.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 01:23 PM (0sNs1)

308 They do exactly the same thing with the trannies.

It’s not weird to be a transexual, not a mental case, oh no. Perfectly fine, he was “experiencing mental health issues” though. That’s different.

Posted by: Please Make A Note Of It at July 27, 2026 01:17 PM (7SIxQ)
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The thing is that when John Hopkins started doing all this "gender therapy" stuff, they weren't trying to state truth, they were mainly trying to argue about how to make this patient's life as relatively happy as they could.

And because "scientists" had made the decision, it somehow made it incumbent upon us to confer it with an effect that was never the point.

It was never meant to be "true". It was just meant to be "effective" in "saving the life" of a gender dysphoric.

I really think this falls under Eisenhower's farewell address, from which the progs only hear "Military-industrial complex", and not "Expert takeover of representative government".

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 01:24 PM (Fi81e)

309 289 Inviting Crowder to the WHCD would have been *a lot* more effective in laying in to the Dems and the press, than what Trump did.
Posted by: Axeman

No one would have paid attention.

This was not a comedy gig but another Trump operation to humiliate and discredit a dishonest Democrat media. And it was aimed not at ticking funnybones but at insulting the press under the guise of 'jokes' just like the left is always 'joking' about killing those of us on the right as h8rs.

Trump went there on purpose to cause a stink which wakes up complacent types to remind them that they hate the media too, it is not designed to appeal to Democrats as that bipartisan ship sailed in Trump's first term. It is intended directly as humiliating and lowering the main stream media by insulting them. The fact that the media had to sit there and take it due to social norms does not vitiate the insults' effects on the normally somnolent indy middle and reinvigorates his peeps on the right.

This is a fight and insulting the enemy is a time honored way to rally your own troops and bring shame on the enemy.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 01:25 PM (E4rtv)

310 “This - while the rest of us longtime Washingtonians who abided by norms, shared values and even bipartisanship -“
——-

Ha! Get bent, lady. You fucking Chucks have depended on failure theater “Republicans” to roll over and play dead for decades.

You’ve never had to defend your bullshit ideas. You can try to defend the indefensible, but it doesn’t work any longer. It’s long been the natural order of things for Republicans to play their designated role as Piñata, but the voters are catching on, at least.

Politics ain’t beanbag. Women, children, and revenuers get out the way

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 01:27 PM (7SIxQ)

311 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2026 01:21 PM (sPkMV)

Can't help but lol at her decrying the loss of shared norms and values. Strong schadenfreude that she gets to experience what the rest of us have gone through for decades.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 27, 2026 01:29 PM (lFFaq)

312 I've been snarking for awhile that Kaitlin looks trans. Have called Schiff a pencil neck since Ed Buck, and later the Standard Hotel helicopter crash.

I will be arrested soon, I guess.

My weekend was fine & I hope the same for all who read here in this microcosm of sanity and hilarity. Not to be confused with Hillaria Baldwin's cucumbers, which she does not know how to say in English.

Had thankfully forgotten about her til I saw a photo in the UK DM of her doing yoga in her bathroom. Pathetic woman who mated with Eyebag Baldwin (who shoots women photographers on set).

I scan this tabloid & am done for the day.

One fine day I hope,with all of my wicked heart, that Britney will join a convent & stop sticking her head out of limos on highways and dancing. She has a strange body. I wonder who enjoys her dancing & why.

Then I move on to Heidi Klum, eternally flashing her boobs, & the cycle goes unbroken & I make lunch.

Will this hot summer ever end I scream in silence like the painting by Edvard Munch. All of his paintings are weird and depressing. He must have hated summer triple digit weather, too!

I pray that the rains from hurricanes off Hawaii visit me inland. Please.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 27, 2026 01:36 PM (hzuYO)

313 I remember Trump having to sit at the WHCD in the past and take the insults with no way to respond. It felt cruel at the time as it was also not funny. Their hurt feelings couldn't have happened to a more deserving crowd.

Posted by: drocity at July 27, 2026 01:54 PM (SWJcb)

314 Trump posted this photoshop to prove his point:

She looks hideous!

https://youtu.be/nasJY2wSDB4&t=73s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 05:19 PM (l3cgK)

THE MORNING RANT: As Bombshell Fauci Docs Drop, Faux-Conservative Media Indignantly Covers Story It Suppressed in 2020

The best time to be skeptical of an “expert” stating there’s an emergency requiring the suspension of your freedom is the moment he states his intent to deny you liberty.

The type of conservatives who read this blog were highly skeptical of Anthony Fauci from day one, as was much of the new conservative media. However, the legacy (formerly?) conservative media could not lick Anthony Fauci’s boots hard enough in Spring of 2020.

Over this past weekend, major news broke, with many of Anthony Fauci’s personal notes from early 2020 being released. They revealed that before the March 2020 lockdowns, Fauci had already acknowledged that the wet markets were not the source of the Covid virus. The release also reveals extensive collaboration between Fauci and media personalities on how to shape the message and counter critics. There will be extensive coverage here and elsewhere of these bombshell revelations from better investigative writers than me, so sit tight.

In this quick post, I just want to point out that the same faux-conservative media that cooed over Anthony Fauci - and criticized you and me for doubting him - are now doing very serious journalism about these important stories they tried to suppress six years ago.

Here is a 2020 National Review piece from Andrew McCarthy published about six weeks into the two-week lockdown, in which he condemns some House Republicans for daring to criticize McCarthy’s lord and savior, Anthony Fauci.

“House Conservatives Who Attacked Dr. Fauci Should Know Better” [National Review – 4/15/2020]

As we’ve all heard over the past month, Dr. Fauci has worked long hours through seven-day weeks trying to save American lives. He also has made countless statements in scores of interviews and White House Task Force press conferences. Consistently, he has been a model of empathy. Again and again, he has agonized over the excruciating choice that government officials have no choice but to make: The choice between the well-being of (a) those sick from, dying of, and vulnerable to a potentially lethal infectious disease, and (b) those whose financial, emotional, and physical well-being are being shattered by the shutdown. It has worn on him, like it would wear on any of us.

As Fauci’s web of lies became ever more tangled, it became harder for Fauci’s “conservative” fanboys to justify their worshipful swooning. But Fauci was working to take out President Trump, so the NeverTrump media remained loyal to him, working to keep him propped up until Trump was gone.

By late July 2020, over four months into the two-week lockdown, Fauci’s popularity was eroding. He was seen in public violating his own lockdown protocols, while also posing in glamour shots for celebrity magazines. Jim Geraghty rushed to protect Fauci in a piece that gently chided Fauci’s PR mistakes (“unforced errors” while also slobbering all over Fauci.

Before we go any further, let me begin by saying I believe Dr. Anthony Fauci is an exceptional doctor and public-health expert who is doing the best he can in extremely challenging circumstances. I think most of his judgments during this pandemic have been either correct or a reasonable assessment based upon what was known at the time.

In a tweet yesterday, this same Jim Geraghty is now snarking at Fauci:

“Dr. Anthony Fauci, in his private notes, January 2020: ‘Now we know the Market Was Not the Source, It Was the Amplifier.’
Funny, I don’t remember him emphasizing or even mentioning that point throughout the entire pandemic and aftermath…”

It does not matter that National Review’s coverage of Covid and Fauci became more critical by 2021 (once Trump was successfully dispatched in the 2020 election.) National Review was as reverent about Fauci in early 2020 as any legacy left-wing media source.

Regarding the latest Fauci revelations, National Review and its writers ought to simply abstain from discussing or covering the story altogether, unless it’s an apology for their lack of critical coverage when it could have made a difference in 2020. They also deserve mockery for any efforts to now critically cover the events of 2020.

Fauci was always the villain. It's regrettable that you and @NRO spent so much time defending him and condemning Fauci's right-wing critics. pic.twitter.com/8DK1ty7t8L
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) July 26, 2026

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 is late!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 11:01 AM (N1DT3)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:02 AM (2YhKe)

4 I will not be satisfied in this life until Fauci and Birx are hanged by the neck until dead in the public square for crimes against humanity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)

5 NR is on the left. They pretend to be on the right.

This is a great example. The left does the exact same thing- they will pretend that what they said last year never happened.

No explanation. No apology. Just pretend every day is a fresh slate.

Because they live in the world of perception, so they hide the truth.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 11:03 AM (N1DT3)

6 The NRO crew are controlled opposition and have been so for decades at this point.

They knew Fauci was lying, and they didn't care because the checks kept clearing.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 11:04 AM (sKqQm)

7 This is a great example. The left does the exact same thing- they will pretend that what they said last year never happened.

I've seen lefties claim:

There was never a clot shot mandate
There were never lock downs
No one ever claimed the clot shot stopped the spread of COVID

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm)

8 Willowed:

Speaking of "journalists" they spent an inordinate amount of time Friday night recounting the most recent unpleasantness from their event in April.
To hear them tell the story they are all desethe rving of the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravely texting and tweeting from beneath the banquet tables as they boldly swigged from stolen bottles of wine.

Regular Navy SEALS, they were.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

9 I have to admit that the Fox News site wasn't shy running stories that push back against the Covid narrative at the time.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:05 AM (KC5Lt)

10 I will not be satisfied in this life until Fauci and Birx are hanged by the neck until dead in the public square for crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)

Well, Sponge, you won't see that. But, although Fauci is protected from prosecution by the pardon, the media that conspired with him - as seen above - have no such protection. The DoJ needs to go after them and a jury should give them the same consideration the Allies gave to Streicher. After all, he was only a publisher....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 11:05 AM (1Ff7Z)

11 NRO is controlled opposition, nothing more. They are part of the influence and propaganda machine. I suspect they always have been, even back to - and maybe especially- under William F Buckley.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 27, 2026 11:05 AM (xcxpd)

12 *deserving

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 11:05 AM (2Ez/1)

13 I pity anyone who takes National Review seriously any more. It's completely worthless.

Posted by: tsj017 at July 27, 2026 11:06 AM (xqi/r)

14 10 I will not be satisfied in this life until Fauci and Birx are hanged by the neck until dead in the public square for crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)

Well, Sponge, you won't see that. But, although Fauci is protected from prosecution by the pardon, the media that conspired with him - as seen above - have no such protection. The DoJ needs to go after them and a jury should give them the same consideration the Allies gave to Streicher. After all, he was only a publisher....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 11:05 AM (1Ff7Z)

Well, can we see a Luigi of Felchi?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 27, 2026 11:06 AM (xcxpd)

15 And where those emails and diary entries released?

X

By whom?

Rand Paul. The guy running the hearing featuring Fauci on Wednesday.

I know a lot of you hate Congressional hearings but I am definitely going to enjoy watching Fauci get grilled on Wednesday. He might have a pardon but it won't protect him for lies he tells now.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:07 AM (viF8m)

16 You can shop my new scarf collection on Etsy!
They're so CUTE!!

Posted by: Old Lady Birx at July 27, 2026 11:07 AM (2Ez/1)

17 I've seen lefties claim:

There was never a clot shot mandate
There were never lock downs
No one ever claimed the clot shot stopped the spread of COVID
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm)

And video evidence has no effect on them.

I've met flat earthers and they are actually more defensible. At least the flat earthers consistently believe one thing in the face of all evidence. The left believes a chain of ever changing, often contradictory, things against all evidence.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 11:07 AM (N1DT3)

18 biden pardoned him so there is nothing that will happen to him. That thing where congress forces him to testify under oath to charge him with perjury is just a pipe dream and won't work either. He is an old man and all he has to say is "I don't recall". Plus there isn't a grand jury anywhere in DC that will indict him.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2026 11:08 AM (0N4FZ)

19
I know a lot of you hate Congressional hearings but I am definitely going to enjoy watching Fauci get grilled on Wednesday. He might have a pardon but it won't protect him for lies he tells now.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:07 AM (viF8m)

I'm leaning more towards Fauci not even showing up.

"I have a pardon. Blow me."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)

20 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at July 27, 2026 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)

21 Thanks for your essay, Buck. I can't even bear to look at Fauci's face, he's such a reprehensible human being, and I know quite a few dear people
whose loved ones were affected adversely by the shot or who are still are being affected by it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 11:09 AM (3OyJk)

22 I ever see Fauci on the street, I'm taking one for the team.

You guys will bail me out, right?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)

23 Good morning.

Posted by: Nothing Will Happen at July 27, 2026 11:10 AM (Xe8e7)

24 I had enough factual information at the time where I would have fired Fauci. I know there were political considerations Trump considered at the time but it's always best just to do what is right and let the chips fall where they may.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:10 AM (KC5Lt)

25 Fauci's recent murderous rampage doesn't overshadow his unbridled success battling the scourge of AIDS 40+ years ago.

Posted by: Barry Bathhouse at July 27, 2026 11:10 AM (JM9I6)

26 FenelonSpoke

We had commenters here that were killed by Fauchi's policies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 11:10 AM (u82oZ)

27 Why was this private diary kept? Especially when it’s so contradictory. It’s weird.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (Dd38x)

28 I keep suggesting this and don't know why it wouldn't work: Hold the upcoming hearing in some favorable US district court jurisdiction and make him lie there. His pardon does not extend to new perjury.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (XvL8K)

29 It's not lying if you believed it and created it. Was there a worldwide panic...?

Posted by: Anthony Fauci at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (+5DDj)

30 Anyone with an IQ above room temperature knew it was a Democrat op/scam when BLM was allowed to riot all summer but white families were not allowed to attend church.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (Xe8e7)

31 Thanks for covering this, Ace. There are soooooo many diary entries from Fauci that are just incredible. The man is pure evil.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (3ImbR)

32 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I'd give you an alabi.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (u82oZ)

33 It's not 'just' the media that participated in the operation to subjugate the public with covid bullshit. The judiciary was more than happy to enforce Fauci's mandates when it suited them too.

It was always about forced compliance with unpopular mandates. And the judiciary was, and is, squarely on the left's side.

Fauci needs to be burned alive, but there's a slew of judges than need to join him. And quite a few politicians as well.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (jehhT)

34 >I can't even bear to look at Fauci's face, he's such a reprehensible human being
++++
His face would make a good model for a garden gnome.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (2Ez/1)

35
We had commenters here that were killed by Fauchi's policies.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 11:10 AM (u82oZ)

I miss Oregon Muse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (2YhKe)

36 Why was this private diary kept? Especially when it’s so contradictory. It’s weird.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (Dd38x)

Why do you think so much of ancient literature features "Hubris"?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026 11:13 AM (N1DT3)

37 Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 11:10 A

Yes, and I only knew some of them from on here and it's still heartbreaking.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 11:13 AM (3OyJk)

38 Fauci lied about masks. He lied about HCQ. He teamed up to lie about the Covid model.

He had financial interests in a number of COVID related aspects.

He previously lied about a number of things during the AIDs pandemic.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:13 AM (KC5Lt)

39 I wanted that Paul Winchell sounding mofo blowtorched the minute I heard him talk. He gave off bad juju vibes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 11:13 AM (S41Gd)

40
I'd give you an alabi.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (u82oZ)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:13 AM (2YhKe)

41 Damn. I missed an Art Thread called Sheep Washing?

*le sigh*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 27, 2026 11:13 AM (bFu5X)

42 >20 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that
-----

Threadwinner?

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 11:13 AM (ZxPkt)

43 36 Why was this private diary kept? Especially when it’s so contradictory. It’s weird.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM (Dd38x)

Why do you think so much of ancient literature features "Hubris"?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 27, 2026

Good point.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 11:14 AM (Dd38x)

44 Fauci lied about masks. He lied about HCQ. He teamed up to lie about the Covid model.

He had financial interests in a number of COVID related aspects.

He previously lied about a number of things during the AIDs pandemic.
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:13 AM (KC5Lt)

Let's not forget his investments in Remdesivir or whatever that shit was.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:14 AM (2YhKe)

45 Why was this private diary kept? Especially when it’s so contradictory. It’s weird.
Posted by: Piper

For the same reason the Germans kept meticulous records at the death camps; they were PROUD of what they had done.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

46 >>I'm leaning more towards Fauci not even showing up.

>>"I have a pardon. Blow me."

Again, a pardon on past deeds does not cover the future. And he can't plead the 5th either.

He might not show but all he will do is increase the focus on his past actions and he can always be subpoenaed to appear. And if he blows that off he can be arrested.

The reason Paul released this stuff on X is because the media, who is as culpable as him, would have just buried it. Too late for that now. It's all over social media.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:14 AM (viF8m)

47 On today's episode of the Waltons, grandpa dies and his stash of homo child porn is discovered.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 11:14 AM (uDtSY)

48 I miss Oregon Muse.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:12 AM

Yes; He was a dear man.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 11:14 AM (3OyJk)

49 Who was Fauci’s mini me that woman who always wore scarves? She needs to burn in hell for all eternity as well.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:14 AM (Xe8e7)

50 Covid and the vaccine were two separate ops. Fauci was neck deep in both of them.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:14 AM (KC5Lt)

51 38 Fauci lied about masks. He lied about HCQ. He teamed up to lie about the Covid model.
###

Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: Six feet of separation at July 27, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)

52 I knew people who claimed back in the 80’s that Fauci had helped to engineer the AIDS virus. I used to dismiss that all as just crazy talk, no one would do that.

Now they ask me “so you know he did it once, is it that hard to believe he did it twice?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 11:15 AM (xLOWQ)

53 The "educated" are the most easily duped.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 11:15 AM (d9FiM)

54 I wanted that Paul Winchell sounding mofo blowtorched the minute I heard him talk. He gave off bad juju vibes.

What about his mojo? Was his mojo working?

Posted by: Muddy Waters at July 27, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

55 Who was Fauci’s mini me that woman who always wore scarves? She needs to burn in hell for all eternity as well.
Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:14 AM (Xe8e7)

Deborah Birx, who is now the President of the Health and Human Sciences department at Texas Tech.

It's hard not to take a road trip to Lubbock.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:16 AM (2YhKe)

56 The "educated" are the most easily duped.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 11:15 AM (d9FiM)

But experts says so. And we’re experts and very smart. So that means other experts must be smart too and telling the truth,

Posted by: The Highly Educated at July 27, 2026 11:16 AM (Xe8e7)

57 Is there not one country on this planet that will begin Nuremburg-esque trials against Fauci and his ilk?

Every day this man breathes free air is an abomination.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 11:16 AM (N39Ws)

58 @jeffreytucker
14h
This was the day in which Trump realized that the presidency had been completely stolen from him:

“After the presser (about 1 hour) Deb Birx texted and then called me saying it was good that I was not there since after the presser, the POTUS called her into the Oval and started yelling at her saying 'You and Fauci have destroyed the country and the economy. I should never have listened to you. You have completely destroyed us.' He kept saying this over and over again and was yelling at her. I encouraged her that we are OK and at the end of the day she and I will be loved by the people we care about. She was relieved and after wrote me a text sincerely thanking me.”

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 11:16 AM (3ImbR)

59 I will not be satisfied in this life until Fauci and Birx are hanged by the neck until dead in the public square for crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:03 AM

Get used to disappointment.

Posted by: The Dread Pirate Westley at July 27, 2026 11:17 AM (bFu5X)

60 Rush used to refer to her as "Team Scarf."

Posted by: I miss Rush at July 27, 2026 11:18 AM (2Ez/1)

61 I would laugh my ass off if some of the universities and institutions that gave Fauci millions in awards for his "heroic" efforts with the virus he helped create start trying to claw back the money.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:18 AM (viF8m)

62 Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 11:16 AM (3ImbR)

But he still didn't fire them.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:18 AM (KC5Lt)

63 My kingdom for a Queensrÿche lyric..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)

64 Yoo-hoo!
Posted by: Six feet of separation at July 27, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)

Yep - when he got to throw the opening day first pitch. Attending sporting events - but it was OK because he was "sophisticated".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 11:18 AM (N39Ws)

65 May The Lord be comforting the soul of Mrs. Doof, whom fell victim to Fauci and his retched disease........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

66
But he still didn't fire them.
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:18 AM (KC5Lt)

He "lost" the election.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)

67 I made a facebook post, about 3/13/20, saying in effect who TF is this guy and why would we ever do what he's saying?
Wish I knew how to dig that out.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 27, 2026 11:20 AM (sl73Y)

68 I still sadly laugh at the Left who wanted to mandate a mRNA vaccine but would rather people starve than eat GMO foods.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:20 AM (KC5Lt)

69 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Directional arrows in the grocery store at July 27, 2026 11:20 AM (2Ez/1)

70 65 May The Lord be comforting the soul of Mrs. Doof, whom fell victim to Fauci and his retched disease........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

Amen.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 11:20 AM (N39Ws)

71 11 NRO is controlled opposition, nothing more. They are part of the influence and propaganda machine. I suspect they always have been, even back to - and maybe especially- under William F Buckley.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
========
I think our natsec view after WWII is that information (and people) needed to be controlled. CIA peeps like William Colby bragged about it in their CIA approved memoirs--Colby was involved in the 50's with keeping Italy from Communism so he discusses in various ways how the CIA did that there which is a blueprint for how they did it here.

Brits had this mindset even longer and were quite skilled in black and white propaganda and cultivated close ties with promising leaders in various fields.

Project Mockingbird files plus the files in the JFK assassination show that the natsec establishment has a bunch of paid influencers as assets (not formal agents) but paid in one way or another by career advancement, direct or indirect subsidy, or even political careers.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)

72 Reading these excerpts, this man loves himself. It’s bizarre, y’all. It’s like he is writing a record to enshrine his amazingness. This person honked to say thank you (like the whole room applaused memes. For real). I can’t imagine being this self obsessed.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 11:21 AM (Dd38x)

73
NR is on the left. They pretend to be on the right.

This is a great example. The left does the exact same thing- they will pretend that what they said last year never happened.

Or the infamous anti-Trump NR issue from Jan 2016 when most of the conservative "thought leader" cabal eagerly signed off in the rag to shit all over anyone who supported Trump. Only to turn moderately pro-Trump when he was a winner. And to cycle back and forth from opposition to support as his star would rise and fall.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2026 11:21 AM (c85qm)

74 Is it even a pandemic if the world wide annual death count is the same statistically as it was the previous 5 non-pandemic years?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 27, 2026 11:21 AM (wMHLU)

75 The lab leak was purposely done. The media had their instructions to hype it to unrealistic levels. Many of us saw it for what it truly was: A political op from day one.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 27, 2026 11:21 AM (g8Ew8)

76 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (amcLV)

77 biden pardoned him so there is nothing that will happen to him. That thing where congress forces him to testify under oath to charge him with perjury is just a pipe dream and won't work either. He is an old man and all he has to say is "I don't recall". Plus there isn't a grand jury anywhere in DC that will indict him.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Did he? Really?
Or was it some low level staffer running that autopen? Or was it Lieawatha running the autopen?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (oUopv)

78 61 I would laugh my ass off if some of the universities and institutions that gave Fauci millions in awards for his "heroic" efforts with the virus he helped create start trying to claw back the money.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I would laugh if those university and institutional personnel went to prison as a co-conspirator with Fauci to defraud the federal government for personal gains in wealth and careers.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)

79 I will not be satisfied in this life until Fauci and Birx are hanged by the neck until dead in the public square for crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)
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Unfortunately, pissing on their graves is about the best we can hope for.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (FZ29D)

80 >>@Zigmanfreud
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41m
>>For those who try to downplay the significance of Dr. Fauci being totally obsessed with his new-found fame in 2020, who may claim that it didn’t really impact anything, please ask yourself a question…

>>What was Fauci’s incentive when it came to how long the pandemic would last?!

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (viF8m)

81 70 65 May The Lord be comforting the soul of Mrs. Doof, whom fell victim to Fauci and his retched disease........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

Amen.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

Right! We have had quite a few people we all hold dear to us affected. Doof’s wife, at an age no one should lose their wife and mother of their children.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (Dd38x)

82 Fucky's policies killed my sister.

Fuck the lot of 'em.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (PSEDc)

83 I would laugh my ass off if some of the universities and institutions that gave Fauci millions in awards for his "heroic" efforts with the virus he helped create start trying to claw back the money.

Posted by: JackStraw

=====

That would be an attack on credentialism.

If the universities were to grow to loathe the malignant goblin, it would be due to his actions making their future appeals to expertise more difficult.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (j8mcf)

84 It wasn't a pandemic and I challenge anyone who tries to call it that.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 11:23 AM (2Ez/1)

85 The "educated" are the most easily duped.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Depends on what 'educated' means here. Credentialed? Yes, entirely. The academy has become Plato's cave.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 11:23 AM (diia5)

86 Fauci: Because every country needs a Trofim Lysenkko.

/s (In case it wasn't obvious.)

Posted by: RS at July 27, 2026 11:24 AM (GYx3d)

87 77
Did he? Really?
Or was it some low level staffer running that autopen? Or was it Lieawatha running the autopen?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (oUopv)

Does it matter? He has the pardon and no politician has the stomach to challenge it. Which is why I ponder the question -- why isn't another country trying to prosecute him?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 11:24 AM (N39Ws)

88 >>I would laugh if those university and institutional personnel went to prison as a co-conspirator with Fauci to defraud the federal government for personal gains in wealth and careers.

I suspect virtually all of them will claim they were duped. Some probably were. They aren't nearly as smart as they think they are.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:24 AM (viF8m)

89 I would laugh my ass off if some of the universities and institutions that gave Fauci millions in awards for his "heroic" efforts with the virus he helped create start trying to claw back the money.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I would laugh if those university and institutional personnel went to prison as a co-conspirator with Fauci to defraud the federal government for personal gains in wealth and careers.

I would laugh my ass off if a bison tossed some grandpa in the air like a rag doll. Oh wait, that's not really funny, and may not be in the spirit of the previous comments.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

90 Flu deaths almost non existent in 2020-2021.

🤔

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:25 AM (KC5Lt)

91 Right! We have had quite a few people we all hold dear to us affected. Doof’s wife, at an age no one should lose their wife and mother of their children.

..
Posted by: Piper at July 27, .2026 11:22 AM (Dd38x)

Yes... And dear Oregon Muse...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 11:25 AM (FuSB1)

92 About Fauci's pardon...

If it was a staffer and the autopen and there's no documentation from *biden I'd like to see that fleshed out.

I seem to recall a number of *biden's former staff were called to testify about the use of the autopen. I think at least one of them told Congress to piss off.

That whole episode should be revisited.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 11:25 AM (jehhT)

93 Woodstock took place during the Hong Kong flu pandemic.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:26 AM (KC5Lt)

94 HIV was not quarantined because?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 27, 2026 11:26 AM (YlWIZ)

95 Right! We have had quite a few people we all hold dear to us affected. Doof’s wife, at an age no one should lose their wife and mother of their children.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (Dd38x)

The rage I have for this man burns like the sun. My comfort comes knowing he still has one Judge left to face. I hope all Fauci finds his fortune and fame are worth the eternal price.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 11:26 AM (N39Ws)

96 Can we count on your support as we hold Dr. Fauci accountable after the midterms?

Posted by: GOP at July 27, 2026 11:27 AM (wGerL)

97 What kind of grown man keeps a diary?

Dearest Diary,

First entry. This feels kinda gay.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 27, 2026 11:27 AM (s522d)

98 Speaking of Biden, the tape of his interview with Hur is set to be released any day after a federal judge ruled against Biden trying to keep them secret.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)

99 biden pardoned him so there is nothing that will happen to him. That thing where congress forces him to testify under oath to charge him with perjury is just a pipe dream and won't work either. He is an old man and all he has to say is "I don't recall". Plus there isn't a grand jury anywhere in DC that will indict him.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2026 11:08 AM (0N4FZ)

"Fuck your pardon!"

Posted by: Arnold "fuck your freedoms' Shwantz at July 27, 2026 11:27 AM (hmYU4)

100 74 Is it even a pandemic if the world wide annual death count is the same statistically as it was the previous 5 non-pandemic years?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 27, 2026 11:21 AM (wMHLU)

It’s the same math we use to say Israel is committing genocide against Palis, as the Pali population goes every year.

Posted by: The Highly Educated at July 27, 2026 11:27 AM (Xe8e7)

101 94 HIV was not quarantined because?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 27, 2026 11:26 AM (YlWIZ)

San Francisco bath house doors didn't lock.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 11:27 AM (N39Ws)

102 I had some coworkers who were all into "contact tracing." It was odious.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 11:27 AM (2Ez/1)

103 I used to be a thing.
Posted by: Directional arrows in the grocery store

Same here.
Posted by: Ear Loop Mask that doesn't protect from covid virus

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 11:27 AM (oUopv)

104 77 biden pardoned him so there is nothing that will happen to him. That thing where congress forces him to testify under oath to charge him with perjury is just a pipe dream and won't work either. He is an old man and all he has to say is "I don't recall". Plus there isn't a grand jury anywhere in DC that will indict him.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Jurisdiction happens where the offence happened, not necessarily DC as we see in the Mar a Lago investigation. And it can be massaged quite a bit.

Plus the fun fact that due to his pardon, he cannot refuse to testify before Congress. The charming thing is due to Palko v. CT, parallel charges in any state affected by his decisions can occur in state courts. Presidential pardons do not cover those.

Bad things can happen to Fraudulent Fauci, it is just that so far, we have not chosen to do so primarily, I think, due to his knowledge of how the intel community spent the last 30 plus years financing all sorts of ghastly experiments in foreign and domestic labs, in contravention of the Chemical and Biological Warfare treaty, for supposedly 'defensive' purposes.

Some"Scientists" are no more holy nor ethical than hoodrat drug dealers.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv)

105 Flu deaths almost non existent in 2020-2021.
Posted by: polynikes

No money in reporting flu.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 11:28 AM (diia5)

106 Well, Sponge, you won't see that. But, although Fauci is protected from prosecution by the pardon, the media that conspired with him - as seen above - have no such protection. The DoJ needs to go after them and a jury should give them the same consideration the Allies gave to Streicher. After all, he was only a publisher....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 11:05 AM (1Ff7Z)

Pardon? Bwahaha!

Posted by: Judge Lynch at July 27, 2026 11:28 AM (1z8ji)

107 What kind of grown man keeps a diary?

The kind who thinks he's so important that the rest of the world will want to read his thoughts on every topic. But yeah, he's just a humble scientist.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

108 Can somebody please tell me why my idea at 28 wouldn't work? Committee hearings are often held outside DC.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 11:28 AM (XvL8K)

109 Buckley was CIA and NR was boob bait for the bubbas.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 27, 2026 11:29 AM (rJ48h)

110 We've heard ofFaustian bargains, now shall we see if there are any Faucian bargains?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:29 AM (2GVsD)

111 And here we go. Sure is convenient that all of this is starting to drop just before the midterms.

>>JeffClarkUS
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>>The Oversight Project is going to get the Biden tapes imminently.

>>The injunction pending appeal by the DC Circuit has been dissolved.

>>Stand by. Get ready.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:30 AM (viF8m)

112 Plus there isn't a grand jury anywhere in DC that will indict him.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2026 11:08 AM (0N4FZ)

Why does DC get it's own locals for a grand jury. DC should draw from the whole of the US.
There's like 350,000 people there and 1/3 are illiterate. The jury pool is small and retarded.

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 11:30 AM (q+u/q)

113 HIV was not quarantined because?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 27, 2026 11:26 AM (YlWIZ)

It has been mentioned that there were several medications available, yet not released to the public, to treat HIV, but because there had been so much $$$$ tied to the existing treatments, they wanted to use that all up before releasing the new, more effective medications.

Big Pharma is one of the most evil entities the world has ever known.

And Fauci's name is all over a LOT of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:30 AM (2YhKe)

114 What kind of grown man keeps a diary?

Dearest Diary,

First entry. This feels kinda gay.

We won't know until we see if he dotted his "i" with little hearts.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)

115 used to be a thing.
Posted by: Directional arrows in the grocery store

That I never ever followed. That and wearing a mask. Not that I was trying to piss people off but it was my protest against the insanity and sheepish conformity.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:30 AM (KC5Lt)

116
I suspect virtually all of them will claim they were duped. Some probably were. They aren't nearly as smart as they think they are.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:24 AM (viF8m)

The Commie cocksuckers' favorite excuse. "I was dumb as a box of rocks. Which is why you should give me a pass on this catastrophe."

"But when the next crisis rolls in, you should totally bow before my expertise because I'm totally smart, yo."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2026 11:30 AM (c85qm)

117
Oh, well. I must go out and purchase several new pairs of Crocs, including at least one pair with outdoor tread soles. Wish me luck!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 11:29 AM (0sNs1)

Say hi to garrett, I guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (2YhKe)

118 The left loved Covid. They love being victims and this was the ultimate victimhood. Then they could also be heroes in attacking non-believers in order to save grandma. Best fucking time of their lives.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (Xe8e7)

119 Remember:

Every single one of the faggot-ass cartel judges--when begged to end these gross Constitutional abuses--hemmed and hawed before mumbling about how it's a very complex issue and we should destroy lives and business just in case it really is a health crisis.

But when some tatted-up, murdering rapist illegal finally gets caught by ICE, every one of these bitches can't wait to be the first to rule and demand the little angel be let free to terrorize Americans as he has Constitutional rights.

But not you, not you the citizen--you can fuck right off about your Constitutional rights.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (3cUTc)

120 How did someone get this diary from Fauci?

Posted by: Nova Local at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (tOcjL)

121 All doctors have big egos but Fauci's ego is something else.
Small man syndrome irl

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (X58gq)

122 Don’t forget Fauci’s torturing of beagles, either. He is a vile person on nearly every level imaginable.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (77rzZ)

123 Why does DC get it's own locals for a grand jury. DC should draw from the whole of the US.
There's like 350,000 people there and 1/3 are illiterate. The jury pool is small and retarded.

The remainder are literate but think AOC is too conservative.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (Riz8t)

124 The left loved Covid. They love being victims and this was the ultimate victimhood. Then they could also be heroes in attacking non-believers in order to save grandma. Best fucking time of their lives.
Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (Xe8e7)

They are STILL wearing masks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (2YhKe)

125 I still sadly laugh at the Left who wanted to mandate a mRNA vaccine but would rather people starve than eat GMO foods.
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:20 AM (KC5Lt)

If you enjoy a nice buttered ear of corn at your barbeque, you're eating a GMO food. Natural corn is inedible.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (1Ff7Z)

126 I just heard that the King of Spain is quarantined on his jet.

That means the reign of Spain stays mainly on the plane.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 11:32 AM (oUopv)

127 The jury pool is small and retarded.
Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 11:30 AM (q+u/q)
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You know who else was small and retarded?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 11:32 AM (amcLV)

128 I will not be satisfied in this life until Fauci and Birx are hanged by the neck until dead in the public square for crimes against humanity.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:03 AM

Get used to disappointment.
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Westley at July 27, 2026 11:17 AM (bFu5X)

Well, there are other alternatives.

Posted by: Sanders at July 27, 2026 11:32 AM (hmYU4)

129 I suspect virtually all of them will claim they were duped. Some probably were. They aren't nearly as smart as they think they are.
Posted by: JackStraw

That dog won't hunt where documents show you beseeched dear Leader Tony for grants and likewise accepted his quid pro quo to nominate him or give him cash awards.

Quid pro quo=kickback for government cash which violates the Honest Service statute for Mr. Tony and renders the kickback university personnel criminally liable for bribery.

And that money could be reclaimed by some enterprising person via a False Claims act litigation filed in your local federal courts.

The enterprising person gets a chunk of that money btw and if you really want to become a millionaire, the whole federal government reeks of false claims frauds perpetrated on fedgov.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)

130 The only kind of "grilling" I want that little troll subjected to involves actual fire.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 11:32 AM (+4yJ5)

131 What I did do though but always did prior to Covid was follow the random six foot rule. I actually liked that no one got in my space . 😀

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:32 AM (KC5Lt)

132 Posted by: Paul at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (+9mfm)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 27, 2026 11:33 AM (2YhKe)

133 Meanwhile

The Democrat Lt. Governor of Hawaii has been indicted for being a crook.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:33 AM (2GVsD)

134 Why was this private diary kept? Especially when it’s so contradictory. It’s weird.
Posted by: Piper

Hubris. pure hubris.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 11:33 AM (NnhvP)

135 Getting Obi Wan vibes...

"'National Review.' Now, there's a name I haven't heard in quite some time..."

A couple decades ago, they were top on my reading list for daily ingestion. Then they went the way of the Lincoln Project retards. Saw Rich Lowry as a panelists somewhere recently and didn't recognize him. He looked so old. I can only imagine Jonah Goldberg has his own gravitational pull by now.

Posted by: red speck at July 27, 2026 11:33 AM (Ve/HL)

136 119
Oh, well. I must go out and purchase several new pairs of Crocs, including at least one pair with outdoor tread soles. Wish me luck!
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Don't forget the shiny bling you can put on them.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)

137 If you enjoy a nice buttered ear of corn at your barbeque, you're eating a GMO food. Natural corn is inedible.

Who's the smart one now, huh?

Posted by: Teosinte at July 27, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

138 Over 1 million Americans died after Trump told us it was all under control

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On no. People never died before Trump. He’s such a monster.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:34 AM (Xe8e7)

139 The rot; it runs deep.

Posted by: El Borak at July 27, 2026 11:35 AM (ZoP4C)

140 Fauci all trussed up and aware with vocal cords cut being slowly devoured by sand fleas.

If it's good enough for the beagles in one of Fauci's outsourced experiments, it is good enough for Tony.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:35 AM (2GVsD)

141 Our marketing director named her dog "Fauci." Naturally.

Posted by: red speck at July 27, 2026 11:35 AM (Ve/HL)

142 137 Meanwhile

The Democrat Lt. Governor of Hawaii has been indicted for being a crook.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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He must be of the stupid variety because he was obvious enough to get caught with his fingers in the till.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)

143 Ivermectin is showing to be the best medication ever discovered.........

Paul is a f*cking idiot. I'm betting his mom gave him fish tank cleaner because Trump said something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:35 AM (2YhKe)

144 Which is why I ponder the question -- why isn't another country trying to prosecute him?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 11:24 AM (N39Ws)

Their leaders profited from it as well?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 11:35 AM (1Ff7Z)

145 Again, a pardon on past deeds does not cover the future. And he can't plead the 5th either.

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He is in bit of a pickle. He can perjur himself and go to jail, or he can tell the truth and be torn limb from limb by an angry hoard.

I'll be mildly satisfied knowing that he can't go out in public for fear of being beaten to death by someone whose life he ruined

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 27, 2026 11:35 AM (wMHLU)

146 > That I never ever followed. That and wearing a mask. Not that I was trying to piss people off but it was my protest against the insanity and sheepish conformity.
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:30 AM
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One of my favorite memes was the McWine mom wearing a mask with the words "I just do what my television tells me to do" printed on it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 11:35 AM (2Ez/1)

147 If you enjoy a nice buttered ear of corn at your barbeque, you're eating a GMO food. Natural corn is inedible.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 11:31 AM (1Ff7Z)

The first strains of edible corn were created the old fashioned way of slicing and grafting. The Left don't mind that . They don't like it when it's done in a lab microscopically inserting plant DNA or however it's done to get 'GMO'

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (KC5Lt)

148 Fauci will be granted a three day funeral when he passes.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (rJ48h)

149 It's not at all clear what Fauchi was pardoned for so, why don't we, you know, charge him for his manifest crimes and let the chips fall where they may.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (XV/Pl)

150 You guys who are resistant to opening an account on X really ought to do so. It is the only way you will be able to see everything that is going on, not just these Fauci diary entries. There is just so, so much out there...

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (3ImbR)

151 Well, that took a second.

@libsoftiktok 2m
JUST IN: Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino to STEP DOWN following the company’s disastrous rebrand

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (diia5)

152 It is a good point - we didn't quarantine people with AIDS because everyone agreed the government didn't have the power to do so at the time, though with the way AIDS worked it would have mostly ended the outbreak.

And this was again confirmed years later when the Ebola nurse came back to the US under Biden.

But then a few years later the government claimed the right to execute lock downs and considered concentration camps for anyone refusing the clot shot which goes way beyond any notion of quarantine

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (sKqQm)

153 t wasn't a pandemic and I challenge anyone who tries to call it that.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

No flu diagnosis that year!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (NnhvP)

154 Lt. Gov. Luke, SHE got indicted. Out on $80,000 bail.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (2GVsD)

155 Paul is one of the “heroes” I’m taking about. People like him who have nothing in their lives all of a sudden had a purpose.

He’s still clinging to it 6 years later

Sad!!

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (Xe8e7)

156 If it was a staffer and the autopen and there's no documentation from *biden I'd like to see that fleshed out.

But Biden retroactively verbally vouched for the autopen. No doubt because someone told him to but still, it'll be hard to overcome that in any legal sense.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (vTZFs)

157 My dad had to accept his mother dying alone. My mom has an autoimmune disorder, is older, and heavy. She's the perfect deadly-Covid Candidate.

Even reading the things we're finding today from Fauci's private, contemporaneous writings, will NEVER shake him from his belief that everything Fauci said then was absolute truth, supported by hundreds of scientists who verified and re-verified every statement.

And my mom will functionally never leave the house again.

It's religious.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (AdHga)

158 It's not at all clear what Fauchi was pardoned for so, why don't we, you know, charge him for his manifest crimes and let the chips fall where they may.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (XV/Pl)

It was one of those magical pardons for "crimes not yet discovered."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:37 AM (2YhKe)

159 >>You guys who are resistant to opening an account on X really ought to do so. It is the only way you will be able to see everything that is going on, not just these Fauci diary entries. There is just so, so much out there...

Did you happen to see DataRepublicans latest drop yesterday?

Yowza

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:37 AM (viF8m)

160 Paul is one of the “heroes” I’m taking about. People like him who have nothing in their lives all of a sudden had a purpose.

He’s still clinging to it 6 years later

I know for a fact that Paul wears 3 masks, none of which goes over his nose.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

161 Did he? Really?
Or was it some low level staffer running that autopen? Or was it Lieawatha running the autopen?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 11:22 AM (oUopv)

Of course it was some low level staffer, and everyone knows it. But no one can legally prove it, which means proving that Biden didn’t intend to authorize it. So no one talks about it anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 11:38 AM (xLOWQ)

162 134 What I did do though but always did prior to Covid was follow the random six foot rule. I actually liked that no one got in my space . 😀
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:32 AM (KC5Lt)

Yeah. That was the silver lining.
That and everybody staying home and not in my fucking way when I drove to work.
That was pretty cool.

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 11:38 AM (q+u/q)

163 The first strains of edible corn were created the old fashioned way of slicing and grafting. The Left don't mind that . They don't like it when it's done in a lab microscopically inserting plant DNA or however it's done to get 'GMO'
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (KC5Lt)
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Random cosmic rays = good
Purposeful alteration - bad

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 11:38 AM (amcLV)

164 Hey, Paul! Fuck off!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 27, 2026 11:38 AM (g8Ew8)

165
@libsoftiktok 2m
JUST IN: Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino to STEP DOWN following the company’s disastrous rebrand
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (diia5)

The CO's of Harley Davidson, John Deere and Tractor Supply never stepped down.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

166 124 Don’t forget Fauci’s torturing of beagles, either. He is a vile person on nearly every level imaginable.
Posted by: Bulg

People that abuse animals display classic examples of sociopathy (disregard for others while worshipping self) and even psychopathy if they enjoyed it.

I think Tony enjoyed that beagles were tortured and that comes clear in this diary where he enjoyed lying and getting away with it.

Now think of how much his psychopathy has affected ALL National Institute of Health spending since the 80's when he was in charge. How many more lies, how many more deaths, how much more torturous 'experiments' on the level of Dr. Mengele.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)

167 For those not following it there was a jihadi attack on the German pride rally. I found out because I ran across a reel of a pink haired woman upset not that a jihadi attacked gay people in Germany, but that white Christians were pointing out a jihadi attacked gay people in Germany.

Well...now I'm getting a bunch of reels, tweets, and social media postings of various LGBTQ types complaining not that there was an attack but that it was by a jihadi.

What an insane world. Your people brought this guy to Germany knowing he was a jihadi. This was exactly how this sort of thing ends, you should be happy you are getting "diversity" no?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 11:38 AM (sKqQm)

168 That and everybody staying home and not in my fucking way when I drove to work.
That was pretty cool.
Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 11:38 AM (q+u/q)

I carried the letter from work that said I was 'essential' and could be out and about........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:39 AM (2YhKe)

169 Rachel Corrie or Anthony Fauci, who has murdered more in the name of "SCIENCE!"???

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:39 AM (2GVsD)

170 Over 1 million Americans died after Trump told us it was all under control

From motorcycle accidents, drug overdoses, diabetes, COPD , etc. . When a hospital gets automatically paid 13k when COVID is a cause of death I'm surprised it wasn't 2 million.

Again flu deaths were almost non existent.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:39 AM (KC5Lt)

171 rickb223

Groan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 11:39 AM (u82oZ)

172 ack

Rachel Carson

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:39 AM (2GVsD)

173 > I'll be mildly satisfied knowing that he can't go out in public for fear of being beaten to death by someone whose life he ruined
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He's got security. At one time, taxpayer funded. But I think he has to supply his own now. Whether he's getting money on the side for that... I've no idea.

But you can bet the guy never leaves home without a crew to protect him.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 11:40 AM (jehhT)

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Posted by: Fauci's Respirator Warehouse at July 27, 2026 11:40 AM (F1rMs)

175 You guys who are resistant to opening an account on X really ought to do so. It is the only way you will be able to see everything that is going on,

Or just install an x-to-xcancel browser plug-in.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 27, 2026 11:40 AM (vTZFs)

176 It's not at all clear what Fauchi was pardoned for so, why don't we, you know, charge him for his manifest crimes and let the chips fall where they may.

Yep.

There are two potential outcomes both good.

1) The courts dismiss the idea of "whatever he actually did pardons" and Fauci goes to jail

2) The courts hold up Fauci's "whatever he actually did pardons" and we get to point out the only reason Fauci isn't in jail for COVID is because Biden pardoned him AND Trump gets to issue his own "whatever he actually did pardons" at the end of his term

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

177 He's got security. At one time, taxpayer funded. But I think he has to supply his own now. Whether he's getting money on the side for that... I've no idea.

But you can bet the guy never leaves home without a crew to protect him.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 11:40 AM (jehhT)

He's still getting taxpayer dollars over $400k per year.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:40 AM (2YhKe)

178 Howard Stern didn’t leave his house for 3 years because he listened to fauci religiously. And still to this day if you ask him about Fauci he’ll say Fauxi is a great man.

It’s amazing how retarded people are.

Paul is another good example.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:41 AM (Xe8e7)

179 What happened to that homosexual/deviant cruise ship in the Med?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:41 AM (2GVsD)

180 136 Darn. You have to get up early these days in order to get in before one of the "Nothing will happen" choristers.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 27, 2026 11:33 AM
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We start warming up at 6:30.
Bring your own coffee.

Posted by: The Nothing Will Happen choristers at July 27, 2026 11:41 AM (2Ez/1)

181 People were fired over his lies.
People were forced to take an experimental drug for his lies.
People were thrown to the ground and arrested for his lies.
Businesses were raided by SWAT teams in military gear and full-auto weapons over his lies.
Hundreds of billions were lost, people lost their entire livelihood over his lies.
Churches were closed and leaders arrested over his lies.
Children lost years of irreplicable cognitive development over his lies.
Tens of thousand were killed in hospitals for treatments he knew were lies.
Tens of thousands more died cold and alone, locked in nursing homes, families banned from visiting, because of his lies.
And were further abused by banning from their funeral.

I don't fucking think we should let Biden's pardon stop us from publicly executing him.
And every single fucking judge that tries to stop us can swing by their scrawny little neck right next to him.

That's how much of an abuse Fauci heaped on America--if we don't punish him with death, the law means nothing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 27, 2026 11:41 AM (3cUTc)

182 Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:37

What did DataRepublican have to say?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 11:41 AM (6ZG1g)

183 You DICK!!!!
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 27, 2026 11:33 AM (2YhKe)

He's one in a million. But, one that got away.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 11:41 AM (1Ff7Z)

184 If the government had done nothing fewer people would have died during the COVIDmania era.

Of course if the government merely suggested people exercise and take Vit D the death toll would have been even lower

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)

185 >>> 182 Howard Stern didn’t leave his house for 3 years because he listened to fauci religiously. And still to this day if you ask him about Fauci he’ll say Fauxi is a great man.

It’s amazing how retarded people are.

Paul is another good example.
Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:41 AM (Xe8e7)

Maybe Pawl *is* Howard Stern.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 27, 2026 11:42 AM (vDZgA)

186 Anna Puma

Pulled into Fire Island? Or San Francisco? One of the two.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 11:42 AM (u82oZ)

187 They don't like it when it's done in a lab microscopically inserting plant DNA or however it's done to get 'GMO'
Posted by: polynikes
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You can create some pretty bad shit that nature would never permit (most hybrids actually suck so are never continued). Like inserting genes from one plant into another for disease resistance. Making plants sterile deliberately so that farmers cannot replant with those 'corporate' seeds, and so on.

It is always wise to be skeptical to the claims of people that stand to benefit from whatever technology is being promoted--from social media, to food safety.

Otherwise the unwitting public becomes the beta testers for whatever makes a buck. No different than patent medicine scams in the olden days.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

188 Washington Nearsider

Have you seen the new 1/32 Eduard P-51B Hybrid kit that is coming out next week?

Or Revell's 1/32 Me 262A-1a/U4?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:43 AM (2GVsD)

189 The CO's of Harley Davidson, John Deere and Tractor Supply never stepped down.......

The Eurotrash guy who tried his best to gay up the company left last year. No idea of the current one is any better.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 27, 2026 11:43 AM (vTZFs)

190 "We had commenters here that were killed by Fauci's policies." Posted by: NaCly Dog

Overall it was the general policies of shut downs, and denial of "alternative effective meds" (to deadly ventilators or Remdesivir) , and denial of "informed consent" that made Fauci so evil.

I'm not clear what policy changes would have made a difference for those like Oregon Muse, and I don't know his details. The fake vax itself was often deadly in many ways, including the "side effect" of giving people Covid.

I'm still thinking Fauci is subject to state prosecutions, and/or civil liabilities.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (vbXSk)

191 >>> 191 They don't like it when it's done in a lab microscopically inserting plant DNA or however it's done to get 'GMO'
Posted by: polynikes
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You can create some pretty bad shit that nature would never permit (most hybrids actually suck so are never continued). Like inserting genes from one plant into another for disease resistance. Making plants sterile deliberately so that farmers cannot replant with those 'corporate' seeds, and so on.

It is always wise to be skeptical to the claims of people that stand to benefit from whatever technology is being promoted--from social media, to food safety.

Otherwise the unwitting public becomes the beta testers for whatever makes a buck. No different than patent medicine scams in the olden days.
Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

Is that wrong? Should we not do that?

Posted by: Microsquish at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (vDZgA)

192 Part of the scam was classifying deaths as “with Covid” as opposed to “from Covid”. So someone who was shot to death but had Covid counted as a “Covid death”. Same with people in car accidents or cancer deaths or heart attacks or any deaths. The millions of people who die every year but happened to have Covid were Covid deaths.

And most people bought that lie fully.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (Xe8e7)

193 It just hit me this morning: I'm probably rather late to this observation, but next time somebody says that "roads are socialism" tell them that they are creating a false dichotomy out of "socialism".

Providing roads to everyone has nothing to do with the ownership of all means of production OR Owen's idea of fixing all of society all at once. (Owen is the original source of the term "socialism")

It is not the case that a society either is intent on fixing society first as a means of fixing all social problems (which Owen "resolved" by creating communes for normies to live off his wealth in the 1820s) or that the government owns the "means of production" OR we don't have government services.

All they are saying is that you have to draw a line somewhere. And duh, yeah. That's exactly what we non-socialists are saying.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (Fi81e)

194 Rachel Corrie or Anthony Fauci, who has murdered more in the name of "SCIENCE!"???
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:39 AM (2GVsD)

I flat-out don't know.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (1z8ji)

195 >>What did DataRepublican have to say?

She is an incredible researcher. She has been able to discover the real power behind donor and voter information for the DNC and much of it is foreign controlled.

It's a complicated web but among the countries implicated are of course China, the UK and Australia. It was just an introductory piece and more to follow but it is explosive.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (viF8m)

196 But Biden retroactively verbally vouched for the autopen. No doubt because someone told him to but still, it'll be hard to overcome that in any legal sense.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (vTZFs)

And remember, if a Democrat files charges against a conservative, he can look forward to them floating around and making a stink for 2 or 3 years. But if a Republican administration files charges against a Democrat, there will always be a judge eager to toss them out within 6 hours.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (xLOWQ)

197 The first strains of edible corn were created the old fashioned way of slicing and grafting. The Left don't mind that . They don't like it when it's done in a lab microscopically inserting plant DNA or however it's done to get 'GMO'
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (KC5Lt)

But it's not "organic." So, they really shouldn't eat it. In fact, they should be forced to only eat Durian and dinaguan.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 27, 2026 11:45 AM (1Ff7Z)

198 "whatever he actually did pardons"

And a core thing in this. When the clot shot came out the claim was it would stop the spread of COVID. Get the two shots and you can never get COVID right?

This was the grounds for the clot shot mandate.

But fairly quickly it came out moderna/pfizer had faked their data and the clot shot did not stop you from getting COVID. The narrative changed to "it will stop you from getting AS sick" but the mandates stayed. Still based on the idea that it stopped the spread of COVID.

And even once they were claiming it was a conspiracy theory that anyone ever claimed the clot shot stopped the spread of COVID they kept the mandates based on the notion the clot shot stopped the spread of COVID

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

199 Part of the scam was classifying deaths as “with Covid” as opposed to “from Covid”. So someone who was shot to death but had Covid counted as a “Covid death”. Same with people in car accidents or cancer deaths or heart attacks or any deaths. The millions of people who die every year but happened to have Covid were Covid deaths.

And most people bought that lie fully.
Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (Xe8e7)
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You know who died with Covid (No, not Hitler.) that the press would not tell you about?

St. Floyd.

"I can't breathe" Floyd.

No, that had to be 100% Chauvin for the press' lies.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 11:46 AM (Fi81e)

200 Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (viF8m)

Oh, yes. Thanks I was aware of that even though I don't have a X account. I thought it was something really recent.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 11:46 AM (6ZG1g)

201 Did you happen to see DataRepublicans latest drop yesterday?
Yowza
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:37 AM (viF8m)
~~~~~

I did. If this republic is to be saved, it will be in no small part due to her efforts. She's incredible. Thank God she's on our side!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 11:46 AM (3ImbR)

202
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Sid at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (0sNs1)

You're shit bucket boy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:46 AM (2YhKe)

203 I think sometimes Fauci should be synonymous with Hitler. I understand that's the type of comparisons liberals like to make. But funding the development of the virus, releasing it purposely (IMO), shutting down pretty much the entire world, countless deaths from the virus and as well as undiagnosed medical issues, an inoculation that was worse than the virus impacting the health of millions, family separations, lack of visitation or funeral arrangements, lockdowns, facemasks, lack of schooling, on and on. That puts him pretty high on the evil list.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 11:46 AM (n5tGW)

204 The people that tell you public roads are socialism also tell you it is a straw man to argue they could just go form a commune with their socialist buddies because socialism only works if the government controls the means of production.

So by their own definition roads are not socialism...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 11:47 AM (sKqQm)

205 Why was this private diary kept?

He masturbates furiously thinking about what he accomplished.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 11:47 AM (ExV1e)

206 But Biden retroactively verbally vouched for the autopen. No doubt because someone told him to but still, it'll be hard to overcome that in any legal sense.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (vTZFs)
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I agree, because it's arguably "delegation".

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 11:47 AM (Fi81e)

207 Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

Another 100k died in southern India because they refused to use the flood resistant GMO rice strain and had it done the old fashioned way that took two years to create. No difference in nutritional/health/safety factors.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:47 AM (KC5Lt)

208 The CO's of Harley Davidson, John Deere and Tractor Supply never stepped down.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

HD is owned by hedge funds, the largest owner is blackrock. Of course that turkey isn't stepping down.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 11:47 AM (diia5)

209 Random cosmic rays = good
Purposeful alteration - bad
Posted by: Captain Obvious

It is not really that. We have genetically improved plant and animal species forever using grafting, genetic crosses, and selective breeding.

But, with CRISPR gene insertion machines, we can put whatever genes from whatever source we like--like inserting genes from AIDs retrovirus into COVID-2 virus to make it harder to destroy and require the need for medical intervention for the rest of a person's life--you know, like AIDS and PEPFAR.

You don't get that shit from Mother Nature--purposeful malicious insertion of genes to make people sicker and die.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:47 AM (E4rtv)

210
I flat-out don't know.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:44 AM (1z8ji)

She would be proud knowing she was the inspiration for the phenomenon for kids around the world known as Flat Stanley.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 11:48 AM (2YhKe)

211 4 I will not be satisfied in this life until Fauci and Birx are hanged by the neck until dead in the public square for crimes against humanity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 11:48 AM (jU8k8)

212 Oh, well. I must go out and purchase several new pairs of Crocs, including at least one pair with outdoor tread soles. Wish me luck!
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Heh, yeah, we always had you pegged as a Croc guy!

Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at July 27, 2026 11:48 AM (JM9I6)

213 There are two potential outcomes both good.

I assume that his protection against a civil suit is that he wasn't actually in charge?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)

214 >>@foxnewspolitics
·
1h
>>EXPOSED: Fauci's private diary reveals he estimated COVID-19's case fatality rate at 0.2-0.3% in February 2020. Weeks later, he told Congress under oath that the virus had a higher mortality rate.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

215 What could possibly go wrong?

@LeadingReport 8m
Private company is releasing 600,000 Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes across the D.C. region.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 11:49 AM (diia5)

216 Heh, yeah, we always had you pegged as a Croc guy!
Posted by: Penguin Defense Fund 501c3 at July 27, 2026 11:48 AM (JM9I6)

ISWYDT

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 11:49 AM (xhfG9)

217 Reminder: This is the same Anthony Fauci that would not deign to restrict or criticize gay bathhouses in any way during the onset of the AIDS hysteria/epidemic.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 27, 2026 11:49 AM (/jglT)

218 Same people who say roads are socialism also think Sweden is socialist.

They know a lot of things that aren’t so (hat tip to Reagan).

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:49 AM (Xe8e7)

219 The people that tell you public roads are socialism also tell you it is a straw man to argue they could just go form a commune with their socialist buddies because socialism only works if the government controls the means of production.

So by their own definition roads are not socialism...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 27, 2026 11:47 AM (sKqQm)
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Definitely not Owen-socialism.

And since many roads were provided by contracting private companies a fee for road construction, government-paid roads do not require any control of the "means of production", but only the ability to purchase production.

Which anybody can do with money.

Progressives are Schrodinger's stickler on what "socialism" means.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 11:50 AM (Fi81e)

220 What is Wolbachia? And how lethal is it to Congress?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:50 AM (2GVsD)

221 The virus was so smart it even knew what time it was at National Parks!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 11:50 AM (2Ez/1)

222 Wow, so this seems really serious.

That means there will be consequences, right?

Right?!?

Posted by: blaster at July 27, 2026 11:50 AM (xhfG9)

223 FaucI, government, and the media burned a hell of a bridge. It will likely never be revuilt.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 11:50 AM (2WIwB)

224 Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:47 AM (E4rtv)

What GMO food has done that? Since I have a choice I eat non GMO but I haven't seen any proof it's killing people like mRNA vaccines.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:50 AM (KC5Lt)

225 Excellently written and perfect tone. Thank you!

Posted by: Oglebay at July 27, 2026 11:51 AM (2ap+5)

226 Fauci has never been good at math.

Remember he told George Will that by the '90s TEN percent of the heterosexual population would be HIV positive.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:51 AM (2GVsD)

227 Why did Fauci lie so much so often?
Trying to take out Trump?
Trying to cover up his financial support to Wuhan?
Payoffs from Big Pharma?

All of the above?

Posted by: Random PJ at July 27, 2026 11:51 AM (+jscL)

228 What is Wolbachia?
$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 11:51 AM (MI2XO)

229 Progressives are Schrodinger's stickler on what "socialism" means.

Whenever I debate a lib, I start by demanding that they define their terms. Otherwise, you get nonsense. Well, more nonsense.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

230 virus was so smart it even knew what time it was at National Parks!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 11:50 AM (2Ez/1)

Also knew to leave people in restaurants alone while eating. But attack the same people when walking to or from their table. That’s why masks were required during the walk but not while seated.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:52 AM (Xe8e7)

231 Another 100k died in southern India because they refused to use the flood resistant GMO rice strain and had it done the old fashioned way that took two years to create. No difference in nutritional/health/safety factors.
Posted by: polynikes
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The answer is we don't know and the scientists themselves cannot be entrusted to tell the truth either, Fauci is a perfect example of that mindset.

And corporations inevitably take over the regulatory establishment in order to keep the profits flowing and the lawsuits at bay.

EVERYTHING has cost benefit analysis and one of the buggers in that is estimating future costs from whatever 'new' technology exists--for example, will the genetic modification actually cause future deaths while perhaps 'saving' those today. We ignore the future (look at our federal debt) and weight the present far too much.

There is a reason that medical trials of new drugs are expensive and run for years. It is to try to find out the known unknowns. The truth is we as humans are not that smart with our tools as we think. It is not to dismiss GMO totally but a really hard look at the benefits versus the risk.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:52 AM (E4rtv)

232 Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

I don't debate libs anymore. I just ridicule them.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:53 AM (KC5Lt)

233 126 I just heard that the King of Spain is quarantined on his jet.

That means the reign of Spain stays mainly on the plane.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 11:32 AM (oUop

***

Meanwhile one of the King's baggage handlers fainted and fell onto the baggage carousel. Don't worry though,he's slowly coming around.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 11:54 AM (2WIwB)

234 ======
I would laugh if those university and institutional personnel went to prison as a co-conspirator with Fauci to defraud the federal government for personal gains in wealth and careers.

Posted by: whig
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Hotez

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 11:54 AM (jU8k8)

235 >What is Wolbachia?>

Side effects include vomiting, diarrhea, headache, upset stomach, fever, cough, itchy scalp, night sweats and cannibalism.

Posted by: Big Fat Fizer at July 27, 2026 11:54 AM (2Ez/1)

236 Oh, well. I must go out and purchase several new pairs of Crocs, including at least one pair with outdoor tread soles. Wish me luck!

Posted by: Duncanthrax

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Crocs are an easy slip-on, moderately-protective footwear. Also very ventilated. (Hence the moderate protection).

Low-key "boots".

For picking up doggie doo, easy to turn them over and blast water on the soles. And it's done.

Crocs are utile.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 11:54 AM (Fi81e)

237 The DNC is in turmoil
https://tinyurl.com/3z6jm2cc

the DNC put up its own DC headquarters as collateral for a $15 million line of credit last year. That was bad news on its own. But it's gotten worse. Party leaders have now asked vendors to hold off sending invoices until after the midterms, according to three people briefed on the discussions.

Ouch.

And then there’s the issues with Chairman Martin. According to the report, he has become isolated, anxious about his job security, and dependent on a shrinking circle of trusted aides.

You know who else became isolated, anxious about his job security, and dependent on a shrinking circle of trusted aides?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)

238
This is a great example. The left does the exact same thing- they will pretend that what they said last year never happened.

No explanation. No apology. Just pretend every day is a fresh slate.

See also Television Meteorologists Code of Ethics.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 11:55 AM (a3CJ+)

239 That means the reign of Spain stays mainly on the plane.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 11:32 AM (oUop
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* standing applause *

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 11:55 AM (Fi81e)

240 But fairly quickly it came out moderna/pfizer had faked their data and the clot shot did not stop you from getting COVID. The narrative changed to "it will stop you from getting AS sick" but the mandates stayed. Still based on the idea that it stopped the spread of COVID.

Posted by: 18-1

I may be remembering wrong, but wasn't the issue that neither company even tested the shots' ability to stop the spread of the virus before emergency approval. They admitted it in congressional questioning.

So yes, it was a total fabrication that resulted in the forced shots, but it still isn't clear where the lie originated. A safe bet would be Fauci or Biden's minions.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 27, 2026 11:55 AM (yFLFB)

241 Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:52 AM (E4rtv)

GMO foods have been around for decades. It's why tomatoes suck now but I don't recall any GMO foods proven to be dangerous is all I'm saying . That and the non comparison to mRNA vaccines.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:56 AM (KC5Lt)

242 226 Fauci has never been good at math.

Remember he told George Will that by the '90s TEN percent of the heterosexual population would be HIV positive.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 11:51 AM (2GVsD)

Greatly overestimating those who like it up the squeaker.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 11:56 AM (N39Ws)

243 Also knew to leave people in restaurants alone while eating. But attack the same people when walking to or from their table. That’s why masks were required during the walk but not while seated.
Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:52 AM

That was so idiotic.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 11:56 AM (2Ez/1)

244 People are still sniffing Fauci's farts thru particle masks and behaving like we've had an outbreak of zombies.

A day may come when you need scuba to survive but we're not there yet.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 11:56 AM (3oLiU)

245 157 My dad had to accept his mother dying alone. My mom has an autoimmune disorder, is older, and heavy. She's the perfect deadly-Covid Candidate.

Even reading the things we're finding today from Fauci's private, contemporaneous writings, will NEVER shake him from his belief that everything Fauci said then was absolute truth, supported by hundreds of scientists who verified and re-verified every statement.

And my mom will functionally never leave the house again.

It's religious.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 11:36 AM (AdHga)

Blood cancer folks talk all the time about having two options - living life or avoiding death. Living life probably brings about death sooner, but it's the way more desirable and joy-causing way to go, for a disease that's gonna kill you either way.

Maybe try to get your mom slowly in the living life mindset with baby steps (I did that a lot on blood cancer boards, helping folks try something out of the house, just outside and short, and to work their way up back to real life)...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 27, 2026 11:56 AM (tOcjL)

246 The coco times is when the left started mocking “do your own research” as a conspiracy theory. The party of science decided the earth was flat and anyone questioning it was a crazy person. I mean all the leading scientists said so.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:56 AM (Xe8e7)

247 he's slowly coming around.
Ouch

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 11:56 AM (8LmKF)

248 The answer is we don't know and the scientists themselves cannot be entrusted to tell the truth either, Fauci is a perfect example of that mindset.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:52 AM (E4rtv)
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Yeah! Fuck you, Carl Sagan!

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 11:56 AM (Fi81e)

249 "Random cosmic rays = good
Purposeful alteration - bad" Posted by: Captain Obvious

yeah, and when the random mutation occurred, it happened to all the DNA, so maybe they got a more red tomato, but they don't know how many other DNA strands were effected in harmful (but less noticeable) ways.

iirc, "RoundUp" (glyphosate) was designed to mimic an "organic" herbicide (I forget which) so it would be more acceptable. But they used it (and depended on it) so much that "nature" figured it out after a few years, and some weeds now just laugh at it.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 27, 2026 11:57 AM (vbXSk)

250 What GMO food has done that? Since I have a choice I eat non GMO but I haven't seen any proof it's killing people like mRNA vaccines.
Posted by: polynikes

FWIW, there are a whole host of syndromes that are apparently caused by modern living and medicine does not 'know' exactly how genes get turned on and off and by what. Food allergies for example, affect on fertility, cancers, obesity, malnutrition, and so on.

So what is the effect on a tomato that has a gene inserted by CRISPR to allow certain chemicals to be used around it like Roundup. Answer, we might know in 20-50 years, maybe not then.
So we play Russian Roulette with a very large cylinder.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

251 Fauci's farts
The ones with chunks?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 11:57 AM (8LmKF)

252 Thx Buck
I new the whole thing was an op when I saw a story in the NY Post about people being banned from golf course. There was also a story with a picture of people crammed into a subway. Someone asked how the two could be reconciled. The answer, because people need to get to work not golf.
Viruses don't care what people "need"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 11:58 AM (xh8GK)

253 Whenever I debate a lib, I start by demanding that they define their terms. Otherwise, you get nonsense.
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Don’t let them change the subject, either. They are very prone to this, deploying a staccato “drive by” series of bogus “facts”. They are very slippery about this. You nail them on a key faulty premise, they immediately pivot to something completely unrelated, and “what about this!?” and try to compare things that are not comparable, and move on to their next sacred cow.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 11:58 AM (hf6fI)

254 @LeadingReport 8m
Private company is releasing 600,000 Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes across the D.C. region.

Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Isn't this a Bill Gates engineered operation?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 11:59 AM (jU8k8)

255 “I assume that his protection against a civil suit is that he wasn't actually in charge?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)“

Yes. And after that, various iterations of “sovereign immunity.” Sovereign Immunity = “You can’t sue us because we’re the government, and Fuck You.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 11:59 AM (xLOWQ)

256 The type of conservatives who read this blog were highly skeptical of Anthony Fauci from day one
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Amen and amen... The whole thing had a dystopian stench to it. How that bullshit 2 weeks chart with no fucking numbers on either axis got passed off as "Science!" still raises my blood pressure so I'm going to stop thinking about it now

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at July 27, 2026 11:59 AM (vwUzv)

257 Yeah! Fuck you, Carl Sagan!
Posted by: Axeman
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Ah yes, nuclear winter Carl who foolishly but confidently predicted that Kuwaiti oil wells burning would bring about.

Asshole Carl with his billions and millions shtick.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)

258 GMOs are bad because Karen McAwful says so. And she’s smart and most be listened to. Also get that 17th booster shot H8er or else grandma will die.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 11:59 AM (Xe8e7)

259 About 25 years ago, I was a subscriber to National Review. It was a decent magazine at the time. Somehow, Trump broke the writers of the National Review, and they haven't yet recovered.

Posted by: Ralph at July 27, 2026 11:59 AM (8WZD4)

260 I'm sure the GOP is working tirelessly to come up with a funding plan for the Democrats.

Bet on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 11:59 AM (jehhT)

261 You know who else became isolated, anxious about his job security, and dependent on a shrinking circle of trusted aides?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:55 AM
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It was the damn strawberries, I tell you!!

Posted by: Bogart in The Caine Mutiny at July 27, 2026 12:00 PM (2Ez/1)

262 "As we’ve all heard over the past month, Dr. Fauci has worked long hours through seven-day weeks trying to save American lives."

Oh suck my fucking dick

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 12:00 PM (iFTx/)

263 I new the whole thing was an op when I saw a story in the NY Post about people being banned from golf course. There was also a story with a picture of people crammed into a subway. Someone asked how the two could be reconciled. The answer, because people need to get to work not golf.
Viruses don't care what people "need"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 11:58 AM (xh8GK)

The PGA changed the rule about pulling the flag during putts because people were told they shouldn't touch anything. Ball washers were left empty as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:00 PM (2YhKe)

264
I believe Dr. Anthony Fauci is an exceptional doctor and public-health expert who is doing the best he can in extremely challenging circumstances. I think most of his judgments during this pandemic have been either correct or a reasonable assessment based upon what was known at the time.

Sounds familiar, yes?

[ Anthony Fauci is ] "the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being we have ever known."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:00 PM (ixS3i)

265 Fauci…. The topic guaranteed to spike my BP. I still grind my teeth if I think of all the absolute and utter grade A bullshit surrounding covid…. Words can’t properly express the rage

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 12:01 PM (+gA9j)

266
Ball washers were left empty as well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

"Not at our house!"

-- Pete Buttgiggity

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:01 PM (ixS3i)

267 Had a lib friend tell me that the masks obviously worked because there were NO cases of flu.

SMH. Still.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 27, 2026 12:01 PM (3ImbR)

268 My wife died from TTP. She took the Johnson & Johnson vaccine which was pulled shortly after due to a clotting issue. NIH insists that there is no link between TTP and the J&J vaccine, but you'll never convince me that that vaccine didn't ultimately kill her.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 12:01 PM (J4Dwc)

269 Meanwhile one of the King's baggage handlers fainted and fell onto the baggage carousel. Don't worry though,he's slowly coming around.
Posted by: Diogenes

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 12:02 PM (oUopv)

270 The PGA changed the rule about pulling the flag during putts because people were told they shouldn't touch anything. Ball washers were left empty as well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:00 PM (2YhKe)
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Don'tcha hate playing golf with dirty balls?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 12:02 PM (amcLV)

271 Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

You keep saying 'might' . In the mean time free GMO food is being rejected in countries with a starving population because of the might propaganda.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 12:02 PM (KC5Lt)

272 I new the whole thing was an op when I saw a story in the NY Post about people being banned from golf course. There was also a story with a picture of people crammed into a subway. Someone asked how the two could be reconciled. The answer, because people need to get to work not golf.
Viruses don't care what people "need"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 11:58 AM (xh8GK)

The PGA changed the rule about pulling the flag during putts because people were told they shouldn't touch anything. Ball washers were left empty as well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:00 PM (2YhKe)
________

"Meh"

-- Smelly, sweaty, and probably bleeding BLM protestors smelling, sweating, and probably bleeding on each other at street riots.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 12:02 PM (iFTx/)

273 Posted by: Nova Local at July 27, 2026 11:56 AM (tOcjL)

You're wonderful for taking the time to offer a suggestion, but she's too far gone.

She's just waiting to die. That's horrible and depressing, but my relationship with my parents is such that there's only so much I can do.

She told me Charlie Kirk deserved it and told my (then) 6 year-old child that the president is a rapist and a Nazi.

We don't talk much.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 12:02 PM (AdHga)

274 255 “I assume that his protection against a civil suit is that he wasn't actually in charge?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)“

Yes. And after that, various iterations of “sovereign immunity.” Sovereign Immunity = “You can’t sue us because we’re the government, and Fuck You.”
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Look up ultra vires doctrine that removes such protections. If a person uses a government office to commit criminal actions knowingly, that person can and often is held guilty and the shield of sovereign immunity does not cover criminal nor civil liability.

Sovereign immunity derived from medieval courts where the king, as fount of all laws, could not be accused himself of lawbreaking nor civilly liable. But, the king's agents could and were if they exceeded what authority the king granted them.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 12:02 PM (E4rtv)

275 My wife died from TTP. She took the Johnson & Johnson vaccine which was pulled shortly after due to a clotting issue. NIH insists that there is no link between TTP and the J&J vaccine, but you'll never convince me that that vaccine didn't ultimately kill her.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 12:01 PM (J4Dwc)

*bows head in silent prayer*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:03 PM (2YhKe)

276 My wife died from TTP. She took the Johnson & Johnson vaccine which was pulled shortly after due to a clotting issue. NIH insists that there is no link between TTP and the J&J vaccine, but you'll never convince me that that vaccine didn't ultimately kill her.
Posted by: one hour sober

I am so sorry to hear that. There are no words. 😢

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 12:03 PM (oUopv)

277 Progressives are Schrodinger's stickler on what "socialism" means.

Whenever I debate a lib, I start by demanding that they define their terms. Otherwise, you get nonsense. Well, more nonsense.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)
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Because they push their definitions on you. That's what I realized when I was reminded of Madmani's "argument" that paved roads are "socialism" this morning.

1. They are always trying to change the definition of words.
2. They are always trying to push this instant definition on you.

"If you like any government service, you're basically socialist, yourself."

While I probably have a higher tolerance for government services than a good number of people on this board, it's nowhere near the "Government owns all means of production" or "no one owns property" levels.

What I want should not be possible, but it is. I want a distribution of discretion, not a monopoly on it.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:03 PM (Fi81e)

278 About 25 years ago, I was a subscriber to National Review. It was a decent magazine at the time. Somehow, Trump broke the writers of the National Review, and they haven't yet recovered.
Posted by: Ralph at July 27, 2026 11:59 AM (8WZD4)

Trump didn’t break them. He exposed them.

NR and all the other “conservative media” outlets talked a big game. We want lower taxes, we want gun rights we want to overturn Roe, we want an end to illegal immigration.

Then Trump came along and said yeah man let’s do this. And NR was all whoa whoa whoa hold on there big dawg. We didn’t really mean any of it. We just know our robe readers do so we play along.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:03 PM (Xe8e7)

279 What GMO food has done that? Since I have a choice I eat non GMO but I haven't seen any proof it's killing people like mRNA vaccines.

On a case by case basis, GMO foods are often superior to heritage foods, if not by one metric alone:

Some nutrition is better than no nutrition. And you get no nutrition when you don't have enough produce to meet demand.

People whine about GMO not being as nutritious as their grand parents food. But their food depleted soils, used too much water, was prone to drought, floods, insects, hail storms and weeds.

Golden Rice is a superior to heritage in that not only does it maintain the same nutrient level as heritage, but also is modified to produce beta-carotene which the body converts into Vitamin A which some "at risk" populations are naturally deficient in.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 12:04 PM (xE0sV)

280
Fake Jake Fapper is already at work on his next, "See, we really did come down on the side of truth!" fantasy masquerading as history.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:04 PM (ixS3i)

281 National Review are DC republicans. Worse than California Republicans.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 12:04 PM (KC5Lt)

282 Not to rehash all of The Unpleasant Times, but wasn't there a cruise ship with the majority of passengers being elderly that served to disprove the whole premise?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 12:05 PM (2Ez/1)

283 Krebs, I saw your comment about your granddaughter taking riding lessons
So many wonderful hours are ahead for her.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 12:05 PM (abScH)

284 My wife died from TTP. She took the Johnson & Johnson vaccine which was pulled shortly after due to a clotting issue. NIH insists that there is no link between TTP and the J&J vaccine, but you'll never convince me that that vaccine didn't ultimately kill her.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 12:01 PM (J4Dwc)

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Wow. Sorry for you. We lost my mother-in-law just recently, within the 5-year period. My wife checked the lot # on her batch, and it was the second-most lethal lot.

The anti-Jab experts in the field said that 3-5 years would put us into the thick of the Jab deaths.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:05 PM (Fi81e)

285 Liquor stores were deemed essential
Businesses. But hiking trails, beaches and boat launches were closed.

In the name of science of course.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:06 PM (Xe8e7)

286 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 27, 2026 11:41 AM (3cUTc)

Yes X 100,000,000

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 12:06 PM (q+u/q)

287 They did incalculable damage to their credibility when they did not employ a system of testing for those who acquired Covid 19 and recovered. I had it long before any vaccine was a gleam in Fauci’s eye.

“Naturally conferred immunity!? What’s that? Huh. I’ll have to look into that”. I knew then something was really fucked up.

Then, it was Double Plus Good! Take the Vaxx anyway!

The usual suspects, who are at best perceived to be lying about everything, for decades now, were just too insistent on the entire thing. The truth is not ordinarily surrounded by a impenetrable defense of bullshit, no reasonable person could possibly think they didn’t have something up their sleeve.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 12:06 PM (hf6fI)

288 I specifically remember having a mild panic at the time because of the videos of people falling over in China, the constant drumbeat of how deadly it was, for oh about 2 weeks and then knowing just enough science said this is complete and utter bullshit. Airborne viruses last about 30 seconds in the sunlight. Arresting the one surfer in the whole Atlantic Ocean wasn't about a virus.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 12:07 PM (n5tGW)

289 My wife died from TTP. She took the Johnson & Johnson vaccine which was pulled shortly after due to a clotting issue. NIH insists that there is no link between TTP and the J&J vaccine, but you'll never convince me that that vaccine didn't ultimately kill her.
Posted by: one hour sober

Awful. This government has a lot to answer for.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 12:07 PM (wOO3z)

290 I’ll never forget sometime in the spring of 2020 some guy got arrested in Manhattan Beach, CA for surfing… alone. Definite super spreader potential there right?

Surfer dude was a bit of an asshole with the police which is probably why he was arrested rather than just being asked to leave but sheesh….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 12:07 PM (+gA9j)

291 Colorado's sodomite governor decreed that bars had to close at ten pm, because that is when the virus would come out to play

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 12:07 PM (ZxPkt)

292
[ Anthony Fauci is ] "the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being we have ever known."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:00 PM (ixS3i)

Raymond, why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?

Posted by: Angela Lansbury, in sinister mode at July 27, 2026 12:07 PM (TbWk/)

293 Roberts ruled that Churches had to remain closed and confirmed the right of Casinos to remain open. That's when I knew he was on the take.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 12:08 PM (KC5Lt)

294 That they did so much damage is infuriating. But as infuriating is today, 1/2 the country looks back at things and is pleased. They can’t wait until the next “pandemic” or other emergency comes around to be obedient little soldiers for the state.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:08 PM (Xe8e7)

295 285 Liquor stores were deemed essential
Businesses. But hiking trails, beaches and boat launches were closed.

*ahem*

Posted by: Churches at July 27, 2026 12:09 PM (2Ez/1)

296 Liquor stores were deemed essential
Businesses. But hiking trails, beaches and boat launches were closed.

In the name of science of course.
Posted by: Chaos

Duuuude. People need their green sticky bud.

Posted by: Dispensaries at July 27, 2026 12:09 PM (wOO3z)

297 273 Posted by: Nova Local at July 27, 2026 11:56 AM (tOcjL)

You're wonderful for taking the time to offer a suggestion, but she's too far gone.

She's just waiting to die. That's horrible and depressing, but my relationship with my parents is such that there's only so much I can do.

She told me Charlie Kirk deserved it and told my (then) 6 year-old child that the president is a rapist and a Nazi.

We don't talk much.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 27, 2026 12:02 PM (AdHga)

Yikes. I'm sorry. I'll say prayers for you and her sanity.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 27, 2026 12:09 PM (tOcjL)

298 GMO's can be fine, depending on what they're doing.

The fact that they've attempted to modify foods, bugs, cows, etc. to FORCE things upon the public in the name of vaccines or other diseases means I don't f*cking trust them ONE BIT anymore and no longer want them f*cking with my food for any reason whatsoever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

299
I don't know that I would have spent any years as an "atheist" if it weren't for imbibing the Sagan Kool-Aid.

Cosmos was a big influence on me.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:09 PM (Fi81e)

300 Not to rehash all of The Unpleasant Times, but wasn't there a cruise ship with the majority of passengers being elderly that served to disprove the whole premise?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 12:05 PM (2Ez/1)
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The Diamond Princess (?). Only 7 deaths among over 3700 passengers and crew, the population skewing considerably older than the average.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 12:09 PM (amcLV)

301 You keep saying 'might' . In the mean time free GMO food is being rejected in countries with a starving population because of the might propaganda.
Posted by: polynikes
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And yours is similar propaganda using rhetoric of something you do not personally know--the answer is that countries are sovereign and they get to choose what their people do. And if they choose not to allow GMO food, then it is on that country's government, not me.

Claiming cheap virtue for whatever position you take is a debater's trick to distract emotionally and not a serious argument.

Your premise that 100k will die without GMO is a) not supported by your argument which is probably derived from 'authority', and b) we never know the counter argument from your moral imperative rhetoric. Could it affect local food supply and result in actually less food for people, could it result in other negatives, etc.

"Feeding Africa" for example by Live AID back in the day actually killed a lot more Africans because it cemented a demented Ethiopian dictator Mengistu in power and destroyed local farmers. When Bono and his celebrity ilk went away, they left a mess that got worse than better.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

302
Krebs, I saw your comment about your granddaughter taking riding lessons
So many wonderful hours are ahead for her.
Posted by: Ben Had

Thank you so much!

She really is taking to it and the discipline required to prepare herself and her mount for the activity, as well as performing the necessary tasks afterward.

Of the two gKids, she is the one who most enjoys the outdoors. I love her attitude in that regard.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (ixS3i)

303 --------
The Diamond Princess (?). Only 7 deaths among over 3700 passengers and crew, the population skewing considerably older than the average.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 12:09 PM

Yes, that was it. Thanks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (2Ez/1)

304 >>The anti-Jab experts in the field said that 3-5 years would put us into the thick of the Jab deaths.

Wife took the J&J jab in July, 2020; died August, 2025.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (J4Dwc)

305 Colorado's sodomite governor decreed that bars had to close at ten pm, because that is when the virus would come out to play
Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 12:07 PM (ZxPkt)

That lead to the Covid theme song:

https://youtu.be/yRYFKcMa_Ek

Only comes out at night.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)

306 Oh suck my fucking dick
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 12:00 PM

You have another non-procreating one?

I thought only Vulcans were bifurcated.

Posted by: Spock, son of Sarek at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (0sNs1)

307 The wet market was not an "amplifier" either. It was simply the community the virus was released into. Any community would have done as well where there was any interaction between people.

The guy thinks like a leftist, which is to say not clearly at all. He just says things that he thinks sound good or make him seem like an intellectual regardless of if they make any sense.

Posted by: Thatch at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (S6YCM)

308 Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

That's what I call an army of strawmen .

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (KC5Lt)

309 NUDE GAY TRANNY FUGLIES

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

310 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS)

311 Somewhere in SoCal, I think Orange county, a skate park was closed but kids went anyway. So the state/county filled up the park with sand, making it unusable. Then the kids showed up with dirt bikes and used it as a dirt bike track.

That was one of the best fuck you instances.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (Xe8e7)

312 "You don't get that shit from Mother Nature--purposeful malicious insertion of genes to make people sicker and die." Posted by: whig

Like all new tech, it can be used for good or evil. The CRISPR stuff as a weapon is a bit scary, for sure. But if China is developing some virus to kill only white people, I hope we have some equal "mutually assured destruction" weapon of our own (I guess).

Posted by: illiniwek at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (vbXSk)

313 Pretty clear at this point that the people doing the most damage to science are scientists.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (n5tGW)

314 Surfer dude was a bit of an asshole with the police which is probably why he was arrested rather than just being asked to leave but sheesh….

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To be fair, I'd be an asshole towards cops who were arresting me for surfing.

Posted by: Kareem of Wnheat at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (8JR9p)

315 I refused the Shot on standard 'fuck that shit' grounds

now I'm grateful to have dodged a bullet

I knew it was all bullshit early on, when people at work were saying they had seen satellite photos of mass graves in China

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (ZxPkt)

316 Roberts ruled that Churches had to remain closed and confirmed the right of Casinos to remain open. That's when I knew ~~he was on the take~~ ...

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 12:08 PM (KC5Lt)
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... we were being ruled by judge fiat.

Posted by: Axeman at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (Fi81e)

317 Wow. Sorry for you. We lost my mother-in-law just recently, within the 5-year period. My wife checked the lot # on her batch, and it was the second-most lethal lot.

The anti-Jab experts in the field said that 3-5 years would put us into the thick of the Jab deaths.
Posted by: Axeman
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Very possible. We drive down the highway only looking at our rear view mirror in many cases.

Posted by: whig at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)

318 Wife took the J&J jab in July, 2020; died August, 2025.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 12:11 PM (J4Dwc)

Dad and step mother took the jabs and multiple boosters.

Dad died last year from supposed kidney cancer. Step mother is now in a home suffering from Parkinson's and dementia.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

319 The 100k that died in the two years that they had no rice production because of the monsoons isn't a premise.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 12:14 PM (KC5Lt)

320 >>>Fauci's farts
The ones with chunks?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

>They're all chunky when your particle mask is incapable of filtering them out. Nobody I talked to ever saw the flu virus lingering at the big box store.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 12:15 PM (3oLiU)

321 293 Roberts ruled that Churches had to remain closed and confirmed the right of Casinos to remain open. That's when I knew he was on the take.
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 12:08 PM (KC5Lt)

And since when did churches - clergy - answer to civil authorities. Isn't it their duty to serve their flock? How is God going to look upon them denying Sunday worship?

For us Catholics -- how is God going to look upon priests who denied the Holy Eucharist to people?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 27, 2026 12:15 PM (N39Ws)

322 New thread

CNN, Trump, Dylan Mulvaney

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 12:15 PM (2GVsD)

323 Business partner s sister was all in on the shot. She now suffers from heart disease and dementia

Posted by: Ben Had at July 27, 2026 12:16 PM (abScH)

324 Sorry, brain fart, wrong year. Wife took the J&J vaccine in July of 2021, not 2020.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 12:17 PM (J4Dwc)

325 Surfer dude was a bit of an asshole with the police which is probably why he was arrested rather than just being asked to leave but sheesh….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 12:07 PM (+gA9j)

In ALL actuality, everyone needed to be assholes with the police back then. They were following their paymasters, and will once again when the next "crisis" occurs.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 27, 2026 12:22 PM (hmYU4)

326 Is this going to be Covid Anthony Fauci MONTH AGAIN?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 12:24 PM (jU8k8)

327 The lifeguards on the beaches in LA getting 16 hours days sitting in trucks keeping people off the beach.

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 12:24 PM (e/mVK)

328 My question is, why reveal this now?

Why not wait until Fauci has a chance to perjure himself again and then reveal that you already know all of his secrets?

Why let him know what he should not try to lie about?

Sure, this makes for some headlines, but it severely undermines getting a chance to indict Fauci for lying when not protected by the Auto-Pen Amnesty.

Posted by: Sam at July 27, 2026 01:20 PM (7jMef)

329 Great topic and knife, Buckster. Fauci is the modern Mengele. Rand Paul will offer a lot of theatre on Thursday, nothing more.

Posted by: Danimal28 at July 27, 2026 07:10 PM (vGw+K)

330 I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt Fauci was the villain when I found out he was also the guy who decided AIDS was something any of us could get and therefore we shouldn't bother all those homosexual men and intravenous drug addicts with anything directed at them. Because I knew that was wrong in the 80s. (I had an inkling he was the villain before that, but that was when I KNEW.)

Posted by: GWB at July 27, 2026 08:16 PM (kU0PQ)

331 National Review ceased being a conservative media organ as far back as 2014-2015. Donald Trump running for the GOP nomination in 2016 pushed them over the edge and got them to fully reveal themselves as nothing more than shills for the Republican Party donor class and Chamber of Commerce. They are a damn disgrace!

Posted by: Tracy at July 27, 2026 10:44 PM (yv4KX)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Sheepwashing
Sir David Wilkie

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:30 AM (oUopv)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

4 Is that what the kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 09:31 AM (jehhT)

5 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at July 27, 2026 09:31 AM (5rh/l)

6 Very pastoral.

Posted by: huerfano at July 27, 2026 09:31 AM (VJX5o)

7 Always curious how sheep don't shrink when they get wet, but yet wool does.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:31 AM (oUopv)

8 I will note that all of my actual firsts are legit as I don't rig it to get them.

Anyone doing such is a loser that needs to get a life outside of cheating on the internet to get attention.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

9 No boobs. Dog, though.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 09:32 AM (K66ud)

10 Somehow sheep detailing never really took off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 09:32 AM (6/7Fs)

11 A Muslim dating site
Nice , would hang. Thx CBD.
Off for a walk

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 09:32 AM (xh8GK)

12 Kind of fuzzy until you embiggen. Another new artist. Off to look him up.

Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

13 Sheep on the right. Goats on the left.

Posted by: It's In The Bible at July 27, 2026 09:33 AM (JM9I6)

14 Those little books of sheep wash tickets make handy Christmas gifts.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 27, 2026 09:33 AM (ibDUx)

15 Now this is art. What a cozy house.

I wish more people would wash their sheep. Man, they get filthy.

Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2026 09:34 AM (+5DDj)

16 Awwww sheepshit.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:34 AM (2YhKe)

17 Other works in Wilkie's Farm Life series:

Cow Tipping
Bull Jumping
Chicken F*cking

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 09:34 AM (6/7Fs)

18 >>Posted by: the lower depths at July 24, 2026 04:55 PM (Yh7zv)

Got a first once on one of Krakatoa's weekend EMTs because it turned up on the RSS feed before it got to the main page.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 09:34 AM (NcvvS)

19 Sheep have to be washed??

Nice pastoral scene, but the rendered detail isn’t great. It seems blurry

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 09:34 AM (yz/88)

20 Why wash sheep? Can't you just wash the wool after shearing?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:34 AM (zOVA2)

21 Sheep on the right. Goats on the left.
Posted by: It's In The Bible at July 27, 2026 09:33 AM (JM9I6)

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:34 AM (2YhKe)

22 "Everybody into the pond!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

23 A clean sheep is a happy sheep

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 09:34 AM (H0MJK)

24 So, no sparks go up the chim-o-lee, land on the thatch roof, setting the home ablaze?

Posted by: Would Make A Better Painting. at July 27, 2026 09:35 AM (JM9I6)

25 I hope they take their sheep out of the dryer quickly or they'll wrinkle.

Posted by: Kris at July 27, 2026 09:35 AM (yYNOR)

26 My friend Laverne's mother was a Navajo sheepherder. Laverne and her husband would shear her sheep for her every spring. She said it was the hardest, nastiest, stinkiest work you would ever do, but when you were finished your skin was really soft.

Posted by: huerfano at July 27, 2026 09:35 AM (VJX5o)

27 Needs some Simple Green on that.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (diia5)

28 Bucolic!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (X8xt3)

29 Playing with the urls to comment early will get you banned.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (l4RKn)

30 Water wheel and a nukular glow from the house window would go a long way in making this painting presentable.

Posted by: Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (JM9I6)

31 Sheep dipping and cow tipping, two great American values.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (ndZc7)

32 Sheep dip?

Posted by: red speck at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (Ve/HL)

33 Mornin’, Sam.

Mornin’, Ralph.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

34 Sheepwashing
Sir David Wilkie

Like it though not what I pictured a Scottish farm.

National Galleries Organization - About this artwork
This painting was based on sketches that Wilkie made around 1815 during a retreat to the Wiltshire countryside from his permanent home in London. It is believed to show a scene at Fisherton Delamere, near Salisbury. Shortly before the painting was exhibited at the British Institution in 1817, he wrote to the great art patron and amateur landscape painter Sir George Beaumont. Wilkie asserted that although landscape painting was entirely new to him, the picture was done with the sole object of teaching himself how to ‘paint an out-door scene with facility’. Wilkie was a great admirer of seventeenth century Dutch landscapes, and this practical scene of work and nature recalls the paintings of Jacob van Ruisdael and Meindert Hobbema, especially in the inclusion of the water-wheel motif.

Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (LL19j)

35 The sheep were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 27, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

36 Looks like the artist got soap in their eyes.

Posted by: davidt at July 27, 2026 09:37 AM (Q+gd/)

37 Don't start counting the sheep, unless you want to fall asleep.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

38 Clothing-optional sheep beach. That's hot.

Posted by: red speck at July 27, 2026 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)

39 My friend Laverne's mother was a Navajo sheepherder. Laverne and her husband would shear her sheep for her every spring. She said it was the hardest, nastiest, stinkiest work you would ever do,

but when you were finished your skin was really soft.
Posted by: huerfano

Natural lanolin?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:37 AM (oUopv)

40 This art is not baaaaaah-d

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

41 Playing with the urls to comment early will get you banned.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (l4RKn)

Elric soon to be hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)

42 I like my sheep to be clean.

Posted by: Goatfvckers at July 27, 2026 09:38 AM (JvZF+)

43 The dog's like, "You call that a grouping?? Let me in there!"

Posted by: red speck at July 27, 2026 09:38 AM (Ve/HL)

44 Hey, a Kris sighting!

Howdy, Stranger!

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

45 Playing with the urls to comment early will get you banned.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (l4RKn)

I have no idea what this means so I think I’m safe. About as safe as the lady I just noticed in the painting who appears to be standing in the pond to wash sheep?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 09:38 AM (yz/88)

46 Sheep dip?
Posted by: red speck

I brought tortilla chips!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:38 AM (oUopv)

47
Dog, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 09:38 AM (O0L8i)

48 Can't go out tonight. Just washed my sheep and can't do a thing with them.

Posted by: Homebody at July 27, 2026 09:39 AM (JM9I6)

49 40 >>This art is not baaaaaah-d

Are ewe really gonna start this?

Posted by: red speck at July 27, 2026 09:39 AM (Ve/HL)

50
Sheep dip?
Posted by: red speck at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (Ve/HL)

Bad with tortilla chips.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 09:39 AM (O0L8i)

51 Howdy, Stranger!
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

*waves*

Posted by: Kris at July 27, 2026 09:39 AM (yYNOR)

52 I can wash fifty sheep.

Posted by: Cool Hand Sheepherder at July 27, 2026 09:39 AM (Q+gd/)

53 Playing with the urls to comment early will get you banned.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I just go to the main page and keep hitting F5 like a crack addicted monkey.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:40 AM (oUopv)

54 Would make an excellent addition to the Ice Machine Room at the Days Inn.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 09:40 AM (6/7Fs)

55 Playing with the urls to comment early will get you banned.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (l4RKn)

The stupidity of proudly announcing it was a bold strategy

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:40 AM (S0M0K)

56 That's NOT how you make suds guy.

Posted by: DaveA at July 27, 2026 09:41 AM (FhXTo)

57 I hope they take their sheep out of the dryer quickly or they'll wrinkle.
Posted by: Kris

Ot to mention the shrinkage.

We miss you Kris. Welcome.

Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

58
I just go to the main page and keep hitting F5 like a crack addicted monkey.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:40 AM (oUopv)

This is the way of the elders.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:41 AM (2YhKe)

59 Why drying your sheep, use the low setting on your dryer and toss in a Bounce dryer sheet. You'll thank me.

Posted by: Hints From Heloise at July 27, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

60 I really woold stay clear of sheep puns.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

61 Sheep have to be washed?

If you not-google it, there was a whole literature on the subject.
Apparently it was done at a "wash-dyke," and here we go.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 27, 2026 09:41 AM (zdLoL)

62 Sheep washing seems like it would be a lot of physical work . I like the painting, although I was not familiar with the painter. I think going to the Mideast back then was dangerous heath wise, since there is also a hymnwriter- whose name I can't recall at the moment- who also died coming back from the Mideast-amongst many others, I would guess.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 09:42 AM (gsYaF)

63 Have To Start Over, Boys! - a limerick

A sheep herder washing his sheep
An accurate count has to keep
He said "Dear Lord in heaven,!
By the time I reach 'seven'
Doggone it! I've fallen asleep!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 27, 2026 09:42 AM (I0N4X)

64 It's not a legitimate, url-manipulated first unless you post in the third person.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 27, 2026 09:42 AM (J4Dwc)

65 Sheep have to be washed?

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Hand wash only. No dry cleaning.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 09:42 AM (6/7Fs)

66
The stupidity of proudly announcing it was a bold strategy
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:40 AM (S0M0K)

He was whistleblowing on Elric. I appreciate the move showing him a fraud.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:42 AM (2YhKe)

67 I wool always love ewe.

Posted by: Oh, no... at July 27, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

68 Always curious how sheep don't shrink when they get wet, but yet wool does.

Posted by: rickb223

My guess is that wool on the sheep is coated with water repellants like lanolin, while that has been stripped off after the sheep is sheared and the wool is turned into fabric. Or it could be sheep magic.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 09:43 AM (Riz8t)

69 He was whistleblowing on Elric. I appreciate the move showing him a fraud.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:42 AM (2YhKe)

In keeping with the sheep puns, you're saying it was sheer brilliance?

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:44 AM (S0M0K)

70 This whole wet, messy process was done away with in more modern times. It's easy now.

Posted by: One Hour Martinizing at July 27, 2026 09:44 AM (JM9I6)

71 >>This art is not baaaaaah-d

Are ewe really gonna start this?
Posted by: red speck

Yes, we'll ram it down our throats.

Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2026 09:44 AM (lJ0H4)

72 Sheep have to be washed?

Go look at sheep in the pasture some time. The wool around their...errr...nether areas is covered with feces. It would deter anyone but a horny Muslim.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 09:44 AM (Riz8t)

73
In keeping with the sheep puns, you're saying it was sheer brilliance?
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:44 AM (S0M0K)

Ewe Betcha!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

74 I can smell it from here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 09:45 AM (jehhT)

75 Always curious how sheep don't shrink when they get wet, but yet wool does.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:31 AM (oUopv)

Just don't tumble dry your sheep and you'll be fine.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 09:45 AM (ExV1e)

76 Sheep are dirty, foul things. They're entire existence is a joke of a mutation that humans though was a winning exercise. Feh. Gross poo-butt, clover eating problems on hooves.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 09:46 AM (diia5)

77 Always curious how sheep don't shrink when they get wet, but yet wool does.

Posted by: rickb223

My guess is that wool on the sheep is coated with water repellants like lanolin, while that has been stripped off after the sheep is sheared and the wool is turned into fabric. Or it could be sheep magic.

Also, sheep generally avoid the river "hot" setting.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)

78 Yeah, the smell would horrendous.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 09:46 AM (wOO3z)

79 Sheep have to be washed?

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That's the easy part. Very few sheep survive an hour tumbling around in the dryer.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 09:46 AM (6/7Fs)

80 We shall come rejoicing,
washing up the sheep.

Posted by: Misheard Hymnal Lyrics at July 27, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

81 Always curious how sheep don't shrink when they get wet, but yet wool does.

Posted by: rickb223

We were in the pool!

Posted by: The males at July 27, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

82 I like the low horizon line here. It draws more attention to the sheep, which is interesting. The sheep, people, buildings and landscape are all in a similar tone. The sky is the only contrasting color, but the large off-white shape of the sheep herd dominates. It slopes upward from lower left to middle right countering the other static forms and lines in the painting. The herd also replicates the swooping shape of the clouds in the sky.

Posted by: Kris at July 27, 2026 09:47 AM (yYNOR)

83 I just go to the main page and keep hitting F5 like a crack addicted monkey.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:40 AM (oUopv)

That is the way. All other ways are proscribed.

It's in the Bible!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:47 AM (l4RKn)

84 Sheep are dirty, foul things. They're entire existence is a joke of a mutation that humans though was a winning exercise. Feh. Gross poo-butt, clover eating problems on hooves.

We proudly strut about in clothes made from recycled, used sheep toilet paper.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 09:47 AM (Riz8t)

85 Okay...the sheep species is "Ovis," But damned if I can think of a halfway decent pun.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:48 AM (l4RKn)

86 Wool doesn’t shrink when it gets wet. But it does in the heat of a dryer. Say, a blanket that is. (Ask me how I know this. I thought Mom was gonna kill me!)

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 09:49 AM (gO+76)

87 This is Ovis Elevator singing "I've Had My Ups and Downs."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:49 AM (2YhKe)

88 I think I see a wolf hidden there in the herd.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 09:49 AM (6/7Fs)

89 82 I like the low horizon line here. It draws more attention to the sheep, which is interesting. The sheep, people, buildings and landscape are all in a similar tone. The sky is the only contrasting color, but the large off-white shape of the sheep herd dominates. It slopes upward from lower left to middle right countering the other static forms and lines in the painting. The herd also replicates the swooping shape of the clouds in the sky.

The man wearing the bright red vest catches your eye immediately. I don't know that poor sheepherders back then could afford such expensive dyes. Interestingly, the British officer class during the American Revolution were easy to target because only they could afford the best red dyes for their uniforms. Seems...unwise.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 09:49 AM (Riz8t)

90 Sheep are dirty, foul things. They're entire existence is a joke of a mutation that humans though was a winning exercise. Feh. Gross poo-butt, clover eating problems on hooves.
---
And stupid.
Cows look like college professors compared to sheep and goats.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 27, 2026 09:49 AM (3cUTc)

91 Ewe Betcha!!!
Posted by: Sponge

I herd that!

Posted by: Groan at July 27, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

92 We, on the other hand, are nice and clean.
— cotton plants

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

93 Sheep have to be washed?

Go look at sheep in the pasture some time. The wool around their...errr...nether areas is covered with feces. It would deter anyone but a horny Muslim.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 09:44 AM (Riz8t)

That's why I prefer rabbit fur for cleanup.

Posted by: The Bear at July 27, 2026 09:50 AM (wVcYX)

94 I really woold stay clear of sheep puns.
Posted by: Bulg

The word sheep is an enigma.
It's singular. It's plural.
It's a floor wax and a dessert topping.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:50 AM (oUopv)

95 We, on the other hand, are nice and clean.
— cotton plants
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

Only because there's a machine to pick it.

Posted by: Illegals Shitting on Lettuce at July 27, 2026 09:51 AM (2YhKe)

96
Try Woolite™ For Your Delicates - a limerick

Here's something that'll make you stop and think
If you wash your sheep by dunking in the "drink"
If you leave them in too long
You are doing it wrong
The doggone things are guaranteed to shrink

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 27, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)

97 We, on the other hand, are nice and clean.
— cotton plants

Keep thinking that, gringo.

Posted by: Jose, cottonpicker extraordinaire at July 27, 2026 09:51 AM (Riz8t)

98 92 We, on the other hand, are nice and clean.
— cotton plants

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Winn ah wuz a little bitty baby
My mama woulda rock me in the cradle
In them ol' cotton fields back home

Posted by: J. Fogerty at July 27, 2026 09:51 AM (6/7Fs)

99 Sheep are dirty, foul things. They're entire existence is a joke of a mutation that humans though was a winning exercise. Feh. Gross poo-butt, clover eating problems on hooves.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 09:46 AM (diia5)

I just learned this and it immediately gives me some theological insight that I appreciate. Jesus is called the great shepherd of the sheep (us humans) in the New Testament. That sheep are filthy dirty animals accords perfectly with the doctrine of total depravity. We need a savior!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 09:52 AM (+gA9j)

100 Painting is a metaphor for what was to come. Brits are now the sheep, with their leaders importing wolves. Sad.

Posted by: Kill the Empire! at July 27, 2026 09:52 AM (JM9I6)

101 The word sheep is an enigma.

Si, the big boat is a sheep.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 09:52 AM (bGzMl)

102 > I really woold stay clear of sheep puns.
Posted by: Bulg

Ewe’ve got to be fleece-ing me!

Posted by: Another groan at July 27, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

103 Apparently it was done at a "wash-dyke," and here we go.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

Although I have NOT made a detailed study of it, it has been my observation that wash-dykes are rarely used by those for which it is named.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 27, 2026 09:53 AM (O6Iwc)

104 Gross poo-butt, clover eating problems on hooves.
Used to date her.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 09:53 AM (bGzMl)

105 I think I saw some thing from Australia the other day.
They were putting the sheep on this platform, then a lid with slots lowers, then the platform lowers and submerges them in this brown liquid.

Maybe they were washing, I thought it was a parasite dip.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 27, 2026 09:53 AM (3cUTc)

106 I saw Crack Addicted Monkeys open for Filthy Sheep at the Hollywood Bowl in 98

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 09:53 AM (+gA9j)

107 Golden Fleece isn't so bad.

Posted by: Jason at July 27, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

108 It always amazed me how military uniforms back in the day were wool. Fighting in July had to suck.

Posted by: Kris at July 27, 2026 09:54 AM (yYNOR)

109 Love watching sheep on Facebook reels. All lined up between the barn and fence to be turned out to pasture.

For some reason there's a blockage in front. Sheepdog jumps up on the back of a sheep and runs the length of the sheep on their backs up to the front to break up the jam. Then runs all the way back. Again, on their backs.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:54 AM (oUopv)

110 90 Aren’t goats pretty clever?

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

111 Lest we get too uppity about stupid, ugly sheep wallowing in their filth and being completely unable to survive in the wild...

https://twitter.com/i/status/2081496923010474293

Posted by: Archimedes at July 27, 2026 09:55 AM (Riz8t)

112 What did one Scotsman say to the other while out in the field? "Hey McCloud Get off of my ewe."

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 27, 2026 09:56 AM (4p0Xq)

113 This reminds me of the delousing station at Stalag 13.

Posted by: Sergeant Hans Georg Schultz at July 27, 2026 09:56 AM (JM9I6)

114 Stinky Sheep

Washy washy washy inn the new blue Cheer™
Rinsy, rinsy rinnsy in the water so clear
Take a sniff...

Peeyew!

Washy washy washy inn the new blue Cheer™...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 27, 2026 09:56 AM (I0N4X)

115 90 Aren’t goats pretty clever?
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:54 AM

Ewe better believe it.

Posted by: Arrrrgh... at July 27, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

116 I really woold stay clear of sheep puns.
Posted by: Bulg

Ewe’ve got to be fleece-ing me!
Posted by: Another groan

It's shear madness.

Posted by: Tuna at July 27, 2026 09:57 AM (lJ0H4)

117 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at July 27, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

118 Bathing suits were wool in the early 20th century.

Posted by: Cole of California at July 27, 2026 09:57 AM (JM9I6)

119 Ancient Chinese secret.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 09:58 AM (wOO3z)

120 108 It always amazed me how military uniforms back in the day were wool. Fighting in July had to suck.
Posted by: Kris at July 27, 2026 09:54 AM

Cotton kills.

Posted by: Civil War soldiers at July 27, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

121 Move along there, ya... ya... big buttheads!

Posted by: Babe at July 27, 2026 09:58 AM (wVcYX)

122 Ewe’ve got to be fleece-ing me!
Posted by: Another groan

It's shear madness.
Posted by: Tuna

Baa-d to the bone.

Posted by: Ugh... at July 27, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

123 Quality wool items are “preshrunk”; which I hadn’t realized when I dried the blanket in the Kenmore. I’m not persuaded this would have proved to be a good argument in my defense. It was kind of comical, the blanket looked like a postage stamp after my ministrations.

I have noticed a wool blanket is more comfortable and “warmer” than a synthetic blanket for some reason. There’s some synergy going on, or they breathe better, or something.

The military went to synthetic fleece garments for some very good reasons, but what they have found was they pick up a funky BO odor that does not wash out readily at all. Don’t get me started on the scam that is Gore-Tex

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:02 AM (gO+76)

124 Grandpa called them stinkin' woollies.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at July 27, 2026 10:02 AM (PSEDc)

125 It always amazed me how military uniforms back in the day were wool. Fighting in July had to suck.
Posted by: Kris

Dublin is almost equal to Edmonton in latitude.
Not sure how warm Edmonton is in summer.
Or London. London is almost equal to Calgary in latitude.

Australia just doesn't make sense period.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 10:03 AM (oUopv)

126
28 Bucolic!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 09:36 AM (X8xt3)

Ha! First word that popped into my head.

And I’m glad I’m not tech-savvy enough to even know how to play with the URL’s.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 10:03 AM (xLOWQ)

127 Australia just doesn't make sense period.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 10:03 AM (oUopv)

They had all been convicts so England decided they needed to be punished some more.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 10:04 AM (xLOWQ)

128 Okay...the sheep species is "Ovis," But damned if I can think of a halfway decent pun.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:48 AM (l4RKn)

"keep fishing"
"You will be circling it soon"
"at least it is not capricious"
keep at it soon ares of inspiration will illuminate you

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 10:05 AM (rbvCR)

129 The secret to happiness is having fun at work.

Part un.

https://tinyurl.com/5n7mv8cn

Part deux.

https://tinyurl.com/3n3x9dbj

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

130 I have noticed a wool blanket is more comfortable and “warmer” than a synthetic blanket for some reason. There’s some synergy going on, or they breathe better, or something.

The military went to synthetic fleece garments for some very good reasons, but what they have found was they pick up a funky BO odor that does not wash out readily at all. Don’t get me started on the scam that is Gore-Tex
Posted by: Common Tater

The convicts used to use a folded US Army surplus wool blanket on the floor polishers as a final buff.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 10:06 AM (oUopv)

131 I tried to count how many sheep in that painting but I kept falling asleep.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 10:07 AM (KC5Lt)

132 So, a sheep wrote the Aeneid?

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

133
Don’t get me started on the scam that is Gore-Tex
Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:02 AM

It's good for the scary cold!

https://youtube.com/shorts/T5220lXeQ-0

Posted by: George Costanza at July 27, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)

134 Sheep having fun.

https://tinyurl.com/yjhsxwkv

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

135 Men are simple creatures.

https://tinyurl.com/3857ewhy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

136 What did one Scotsman say to the other while out in the field? "Hey McCloud Get off of my ewe."
Posted by: Minnfidel at July 27, 2026 09:56 AM (4p0Xq
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Nice try, but in Scotland it's pronounced "yow."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 10:10 AM (amcLV)

137
Sheepwashing

Like dishwashing, only squirmier.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:10 AM (wo4nb)

138 Wool is the only fiber that will keep you warm when it's wet

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 27, 2026 10:11 AM (bkuEU)

139 The convicts used to use a folded US Army surplus wool blanket on the floor polishers as a final buff.

We did that on barracks floors, but I thought we were just enlisted swine, not convicts!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 27, 2026 10:11 AM (Jr+re)

140 Morning glories!

How’s Monday going so far?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 10:12 AM (YQBrg)

141 This gives me ideas for a new song.

Posted by: Ed Sheeran at July 27, 2026 10:12 AM (MDua2)

142
Don’t get me started on the scam that is Gore-Tex
Posted by: Common Tater

I am sure that you'd be pleased to learn that Delaware's own Senator Chris Coons is the step-spawn of that hive of villainy.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:13 AM (wo4nb)

143 Iceland has some type of sheep that's supposed to have the best wool for warmth and water repellent.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 10:14 AM (KC5Lt)

144 You’ll still freeze yer ass off. You probably won’t die though. A wet pair of jeans in the cold and wet is amazingly uncomfortable.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:14 AM (gO+76)

145 I tried to count how many sheep in that painting but I kept falling asleep.
Posted by: polynikes

It pulled the wool over your eyes.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 27, 2026 10:14 AM (MDua2)

146 Is it X that took away my ability to hear, or was it those snot-nosed kids who block every "new news" (conservative leaning) site.

Damned kids. Get off my lawn!!!

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at July 27, 2026 10:14 AM (JCLJi)

147 Would hang. I got nothing against sheep, and it's a nice painting.

Posted by: Case at July 27, 2026 10:15 AM (bqIVz)

148 There are scales on the wool fibers which interlock with agitation or temperature changes when washing. That's how it felts. And you are supposed to skirt off the nasty bits after shearing.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 27, 2026 10:15 AM (bkuEU)

149 I miss civilization.

One gunman surrendered after being confronted by police, while another shooter was being sought after they fled Seattle Center, which was hosting the Bite of Seattle event, Assistant Seattle Police Chief Tyrone Davis said at a late-night news conference.
"There were two people who we believe were shooting at each other," Davis said.
Seven people had been shot at the civic center complex, which is also home to the city's Space Needle.The three victims who died were a 19-year-old man, a 44-year-old man, and a 56-year-old woman, police said in a statement early Monday morning. Two individuals died at the scene and a third died at the hospital.

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But at least it's not racist.

Seattle cops say cameras didn't capture mass shooting at food festival ... just weeks after the new mayor said she was turning off cameras to thwart ICE

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

150 I’m trying to come up with more sheep puns, but so far I got mutton.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

151 We did that on barracks floors, but I thought we were just enlisted swine, not convicts!!
Posted by: LRob in OK

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 10:16 AM (oUopv)

152
Seattle cops say cameras didn't capture mass shooting at food festival ... just weeks after the new mayor said she was turning off cameras to thwart ICE
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7

Isn't a mass shooting usually someone shooting at a group of people not 2 shooting at each other that are bad shots ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 10:18 AM (FuSB1)

153
You’ll still freeze yer ass off. You probably won’t die though. A wet pair of jeans in the cold and wet is amazingly uncomfortable.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:14 AM (gO+76)

You can add sweaty cotton socks to the list of "things uncomfortable in the cold", especially if one is not wearing boots.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:18 AM (wo4nb)

154 Army blankets are rough & tough but pretty much worthless for the purpose. I did learn hospital folds.
I like some the Hudson Bay blankets, though not the classic point blanket. The color scheme looks weird, though I’d take one.

The best bang for the buck in wool gear used to be West German wool field pants. About ten bucks at the Army surplus stores. I’ve a pair of Dachstein mitts that are real good, too. I always wanted one of their pullovers but they cost a fortune.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:20 AM (gO+76)

155 >>I’m trying to come up with more sheep puns, but so far I got mutton.

Ovis is too much.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 10:21 AM (NcvvS)

156 Isn't a mass shooting usually someone shooting at a group of people not 2 shooting at each other that are bad shots ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 10:18 AM (FuSB1)

Anytime four or more people are shot it's considered a mass shooting. Someone put together a poster of all the mass shooters over the last decade ( may have been a decade ago I saw it) and it look like a Grambling year book.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 10:21 AM (KC5Lt)

157 We did that on barracks floors, but I thought we were just enlisted swine, not convicts!!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 27, 2026 10:11 AM (Jr+re)

And smart enough to use someone elses blanket. Best buffer medium by far was PT shirts.

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 10:21 AM (q+u/q)

158
Isn't a mass shooting usually someone shooting at a group of people not 2 shooting at each other that are bad shots ?
Posted by: It's me donna

It becomes a mass shooting in a crowd if the two shooters can neither aim nor fire for shit.

Are they sure that one of the wounded persyns is not the other shooter?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:21 AM (wo4nb)

159 Luke Macias
@lukemaciastx
James Talarico forced admit he has a black voter problem and is now planning on spending $25m in black outreach.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

160 159 Luke Macias
@lukemaciastx
James Talarico forced admit he has a black voter problem and is now planning on spending $25m in black outreach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

Pandering much ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 10:22 AM (FuSB1)

161 Seattle center is a “gun free zone.”

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 10:22 AM (k1CAF)

162
Anytime four or more people are shot it's considered a mass shooting. Someone put together a poster of all the mass shooters over the last decade ( may have been a decade ago I saw it) and it look like a Grambling year book.
Posted by: polynikes

ISWYDT

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:23 AM (wo4nb)

163 the new mayor says she is turning off surveillance cameras to thwart federal authorities
——-

Ain’t it grand? These fucking wenches are more than willing to sacrifice you and yours to keep illegal aliens safe from law enforcement.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:23 AM (gO+76)

164 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

His latest commercial is hilarious with how ridiculously it tries to make him into a west Texas tough guy.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 10:23 AM (KC5Lt)

165 So lemme get this straight: The Blade was just typing the next sequential number in the URL field to cheat, then bragged about it?

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 27, 2026 10:23 AM (IhL8c)

166 I am sure that you'd be pleased to learn that Delaware's own Senator Chris Coons is the step-spawn of that hive of villainy.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:13 AM (wo4nb)

Another nepo baby. Shocked.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 10:23 AM (d9FiM)

167 159 Luke Macias
@lukemaciastx
James Talarico forced admit he has a black voter problem and is now planning on spending $25m in black outreach.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

All the handjobs in the world aren't going to make this weird little cracker popular with blacks.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 27, 2026 10:24 AM (lZt8q)

168
Seattle center is a “gun free zone.”

Posted by: nurse ratched

Frankly, it sounds as if it is a "free fire zone".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:25 AM (wo4nb)

169 Sheep Dip?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:26 AM (jU8k8)

170 The CEO chick that nearly destroyed Cracker Barrel is out... finally.

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 27, 2026 10:26 AM (1Au9i)

171 What genius is behind the Talarico promotion?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:28 AM (jU8k8)

172 >>The CEO chick that nearly destroyed Cracker Barrel is out... finally.
Posted by: Bigsmith

Which company is she set to destroy next?

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 27, 2026 10:28 AM (IhL8c)

173
The CEO chick that nearly destroyed Cracker Barrel is out... finally.
Posted by: Bigsmith

Queer or polyamorous?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:28 AM (wo4nb)

174 This is Ground Zero for the Smallpox Blanket Holocaust.

Posted by: Chief Wild Eagle, Frank de Kova at July 27, 2026 10:28 AM (JM9I6)

175 170 The CEO chick that nearly destroyed Cracker Barrel is out... finally.
Posted by: Bigsmith at July 27, 2026 10:26 AM (1Au9i)

Wonder what she plans on destroying next.

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 10:28 AM (q+u/q)

176 >the new mayor says she is turning off surveillance cameras to thwart federal authorities
.......
Stop putting women in charge.

Posted by: Someone has to say it at July 27, 2026 10:29 AM (2Ez/1)

177 So lemme get this straight: The Blade was just typing the next sequential number in the URL field to cheat, then bragged about it?
Posted by: Taq,

It's not sequential in a +1 algo, but sure.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 10:29 AM (diia5)

178 Milwaukee Bucks player Kyle Kuzma on Mamdani:

“This is 2026. People cosplaying as things they don’t have the authority, the talent, or the track record to
actually be. Just for content.

A mayor playing president. A founder playing operator. A content creator playing one-on-one thinking he’s a pro. A 25yr old with a ring light playing economist. Everyone auditioning. Nobody building.

Were [sic] raising a generation that learning the reward isn’t in doing the thing it’s in looking like you did the thing. The clip is the career. The pose is the product. The soundbite is the substitute for a life’s work. Don’t fall for distractions.”

Hmm, I like the cut of his jib.

Posted by: WisRich at July 27, 2026 10:30 AM (G0vdT)

179
Wonder what she plans on destroying next.
Posted by: Reforger

She should partner up with the numbskull that tanked Bud Light, name their enterprise "The Wrecking Crew", and have at it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:30 AM (wo4nb)

180 175 170 The CEO chick that nearly destroyed Cracker Barrel is out... finally.
Posted by: Bigsmith at July 27, 2026 10:26 AM (1Au9i)

Wonder what she plans on destroying next.
Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 10:28 AM
*****
Don't look at us.

Posted by: Bud Light at July 27, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)

181 170 The CEO chick that nearly destroyed Cracker Barrel is out... finally.

Posted by: Bigsmith
---

Big corporate is so top heavy and disconnected from not only its operations but its customers. Its amazing more don't fail.
.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:32 AM (jU8k8)

182 Wonder what she plans on destroying next.
Posted by: Reforger

She should partner up with the numbskull that tanked Bud Light, name their enterprise "The Wrecking Crew", and have at it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:30 AM (wo4nb)

Team them up with private equity firms, they will basically act like the mob taking over a mom and pop store; strip it, saddle it with debt, ruin the customer base, and sell off the real property to themselves in the bankruptcy.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 10:33 AM (rbvCR)

183 Damn Trump economy!

Dems Resort to Mortgaging Their Headquarters to Bail Out of Their Financial Disaster

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

184 Always curious how sheep don't shrink when they get wet, but yet wool does.

Posted by: rickb223

Sheep these days grow acrylic, which doesn't shrink. It also comes in more colors.

Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2026 10:34 AM (+5DDj)

185 The 72 virgin Islamic afterlife

Posted by: The Ballots at July 27, 2026 10:34 AM (LOZbR)

186 "Were [sic] raising a generation that learning the reward isn’t in doing the thing it’s in looking like you did the thing. The clip is the career. The pose is the product. The soundbite is the substitute for a life’s work. Don’t fall for distractions.”
++++
Is this about me?

Posted by: Fake it 'till you make it at July 27, 2026 10:34 AM (2Ez/1)

187
Were [sic] raising a generation that learning the reward isn’t in doing the thing it’s in looking like you did the thing. The clip is the career. The pose is the product. The soundbite is the substitute for a life’s work. Don’t fall for distractions.

Activities v accomplishments, and their teeter-totters are firmly planted on the ground on the former side of that duopoly.

BTW, if AOC intends to make a run for a Presidential nomination, when will she announce her engagement to marry her manlet, Riley? That's the tell.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:35 AM (wo4nb)

188 What genius is behind the Talarico promotion?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:28 AM (jU8k

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Same one (or related) who did the "Dukakis in a tank" promo?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 27, 2026 10:36 AM (amcLV)

189 >>>Sheepwashing

An activity that I have never participated in. If my luck holds, I will be able to say the same thing on the day I go to my grave.

Posted by: No Name Today at July 27, 2026 10:36 AM (8mulE)

190 179 & 180. Hordemind.

Posted by: Scary to behold at July 27, 2026 10:36 AM (2Ez/1)

191
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 27, 2026 10:24 AM (lZt8q)

It certainly didn't help that he has such a bizarre view of Christ and Christianity . While not all blacks are Christians, the ones that are faithful Christians would find his views unacceptable. I don't even think that Jasmine Crockett- the daughter of a preacher -would agree with all of them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 10:36 AM (dom7w)

192 Team them up with private equity firms, they will basically act like the mob taking over a mom and pop store; strip it, saddle it with debt, ruin the customer base, and sell off the real property to themselves in the bankruptcy.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 10:33 AM (rbvCR)
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Or burn it down.

Posted by: Henry Hill at July 27, 2026 10:37 AM (amcLV)

193 Seattle center is a “gun free zone.”
Posted by: nurse ratched

My bad. I thought the sign said "Weapons Free"...

Posted by: t-bird at July 27, 2026 10:38 AM (+5DDj)

194 I wish.

Fake News: Jim Acosta Accuses Trump of Jailing Journalists

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)

195 inside an old-style Spanish blanket weaver, from wool to blanket
(AI voice translation is poor)

youtu.be/mD0rXtWBh-Q

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 10:39 AM (rbvCR)

196
Fake News: Jim Acosta Accuses Trump of Jailing Journalists
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy

Name one, and that person's affiliation, Jimmy Boy

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:40 AM (wo4nb)

197 67 I wool always love ewe.
Posted by: Oh, no... at July 27, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)
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And I will never let you down!

Posted by: Rick Astley (before Rita Ora) at July 27, 2026 10:40 AM (NUHK/)

198
Ewe Shook Me All Night Long

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:41 AM (wo4nb)

199
Painting is in the classic Scottish Odalisque style.

Trees and a dog so, art. But I'm still not gonna hang it in my place.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 27, 2026 10:41 AM (c85qm)

200
two hunnert

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 27, 2026 10:41 AM (wo4nb)

201 G'day, y'all.

Thank goodness for the man's stand-out red vest — almost makes up for all the drab.

Been saving these up for the art threaders.

This da Vinci Artwork Has Puzzled People For 500 years
https://youtu.be/PCjlS8rIlXU

The Hudson River School Art Movement: A True American Original (h/t thenewneo)
https://youtu.be/rr00_3B0vBM

Whew. Now I can close those tabs.

Posted by: mindful webworker - no dog, but, sheep at July 27, 2026 10:43 AM (jrd4M)

202 Free gun >>> Gun free.
Speaking of which a situation happened where I wasn't carrying and wishing I was. So now both front seats in the wifes car have 68 cal air pistols with rubber balls loaded in them stuck between the seats.

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 10:43 AM (q+u/q)

203 Hmm, I like the cut of his jib.
Circumcised?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 10:44 AM (ybxl8)

204 NYT: “The Democratic Party is so short on cash that leaders at its headquarters have undertaken a new gambit to mask the severity of the problems: asking vendors not to send bills until after the midterm elections”

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Just get AOC and Big Chief Squaw Speaks With Forked Tongue to crunch the numbers and run things.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:44 AM (ndZc7)

205 @lukemaciastx
James Talarico forced admit he has a black voter problem and is now planning on spending $25m in black outreach.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

I thought buying votes was illegal.

Posted by: s at July 27, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)

206 Wtf?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)

207 SPCX ~109

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:47 AM (jU8k8)

208 Dems Resort to Mortgaging Their Headquarters to Bail Out of Their Financial Disaster
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

I laughed. Now that all that US aid money dried up we are finding that democraps aren't the givers they always claimed they were. I wonder what the plan is. Reinstated all the funding when they take over the house? Who does a morgage on someone who relies on donations for income?

Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 10:48 AM (q+u/q)

209 How can the Dems be so low on cash with all the well-heeded donors they have? Where are Soros, Gates et al.?

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

210 Art reminds me doggo needs a bath

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 27, 2026 10:48 AM (X58gq)

211
Fake News: Jim Acosta Accuses Trump of Jailing Journalists
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)

I would only hope Trump sues the shit out of him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)

212 Posted by: mindful webworker - no dog, but, sheep at July 27, 2026 10:43 AM (jrd4M

Thanks for the links, MWW.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 10:49 AM (ONl1C)

213 AI voice translation is poor

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I was listening to an early Agatha Christie in which Poirot is in France. The characters are written as "M. Poirot" etc. which AI dutifully reports as "em Poirot."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:49 AM (ndZc7)

214 Who does a morgage on someone who relies on donations for income?
Posted by: Reforger at July 27, 2026 10:48 AM

*quiet cough*

Posted by: The CCP at July 27, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)

215 Well it's no Thomas Kinkaid. Too many wet sheep.

Posted by: Eromero at July 27, 2026 10:51 AM (LHPAg)

216 How can the Dems be so low on cash with all the well-heeded donors they have? Where are Soros, Gates et al.?
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

Finding out that all those "Soros funded" organizations were actually paid for by *us* after he put up a little seed money was quite a blow.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 27, 2026 10:52 AM (lFFaq)

217 209 How can the Dems be so low on cash with all the well-heeded donors they have? Where are Soros, Gates et al.?

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Those guys were happy to give when they were just repurposing the taxpayer funds they received through USAID.

Now? Not so happy to give.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 27, 2026 10:52 AM (u/oMr)

218 >>> 183 Damn Trump economy!

Dems Resort to Mortgaging Their Headquarters to Bail Out of Their Financial Disaster
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

Totes a Coincidence that this happens when USAID funds get slashed.

Attrit, baby, attrit!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 27, 2026 10:52 AM (vDZgA)

219 Democrats as a rule, progressives &c are tighter than bark on a tree with their own cash.

Their idea of charity is to steal your hard earned honestly earned money and give it to somebody who usually doesn’t really deserve it. If you protest, they will call you “greedy”.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 10:53 AM (gO+76)

220 211
Fake News: Jim Acosta Accuses Trump of Jailing Journalists
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)
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Dreams: Trump is jailing journalists.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:53 AM (jU8k8)

221 St. is also *always* rendered as "street" instead of saint and Dr. as "drive" instead of doctor since the auto-reader can't discern context.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 27, 2026 10:55 AM (lFFaq)

222 Art reminds me doggo needs a bath
It stinks?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 10:55 AM (acXfL)

223 >>Finding out that all those "Soros funded" organizations were actually paid for by *us* after he put up a little seed money was quite a blow.

Even the money he put up was made by working with the CIA.

Regime change is profitable if you are part of the team doing the regime change.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:55 AM (viF8m)

224 >>> 220 211
Fake News: Jim Acosta Accuses Trump of Jailing Journalists
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)
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Dreams: Trump is jailing journalists.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:53 AM (jU8k

In Acostard's world whatsisface Kashoggi was a Journalist.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 27, 2026 10:55 AM (vDZgA)

225 FOX says the world is going end and we'll all be broke because of Trump's Hormuz problem and soaring price of fuel driving the cost of everything up so much that we're going to starve while groveling in the streets.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:56 AM (jU8k8)

226 Seven people shot, three died, four injured. Yet people question if it should be called a mass shooting. Ask the victims. Or at least the ones who are still alive. Oh, but one of them is only two years old so don't guess you can ask him. But you can play word games with semantics if you want, I mean if it makes you feel better.

Posted by: Case at July 27, 2026 10:56 AM (bqIVz)

227 Jm J. Acosta talks like a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 10:56 AM (2YhKe)

228 >>> 225 FOX says the world is going end and we'll all be broke because of Trump's Hormuz problem and soaring price of fuel driving the cost of everything up so much that we're going to starve while groveling in the streets.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:56 AM (jU8k

Suckers! I died of him exiting the Paris Accords.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 27, 2026 10:57 AM (vDZgA)

229 > How can the Dems be so low on cash with all the well-heeded donors they have? Where are Soros, Gates et al.?
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When their demands have been met, the money will flow again.

Those demands? Go further left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 10:57 AM (jehhT)

230 Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:55 AM (viF8m)

Nice con to be able to use the Treasury of the nation being overthrown to fund the overthrowing.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 27, 2026 10:57 AM (lFFaq)

231 221 St. is also *always* rendered as "street" instead of saint and Dr. as "drive" instead of doctor since the auto-reader can't discern context.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
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That automatic help you crap is really overworked.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 27, 2026 10:58 AM (jU8k8)

232 Seven people shot, three died, four injured. Yet people question if it should be called a mass shooting. Ask the victims. Or at least the ones who are still alive. Oh, but one of them is only two years old so don't guess you can ask him. But you can play word games with semantics if you want, I mean if it makes you feel better.
Posted by: Case

And that's what they'll do.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 27, 2026 10:58 AM (wOO3z)

233 >>Nice con to be able to use the Treasury of the nation being overthrown to fund the overthrowing.

Soros was deeply involved in the coup in Ukraine.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 10:59 AM (viF8m)

234 Speaking of "journalists" they spent an inordinate amount of time Friday night recounting the most recent unpleasantness from their event in April.
To hear them tell the story they are all desethe rving of the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravely texting and tweeting from beneath the banquet tables as they boldly swigged from stolen bottles of wine.
Regular Navy seals, they were.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)

235 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

236 ndZc7)

205 @lukemaciastx
James Talarico forced admit he has a black voter problem and is now planning on spending $25m in black outreach.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

I thought buying votes was illegal.
Posted by: s at July 27, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)

That’s the best part of this story! Texas Dems have been literally buying Black votes for 30 years. Talarico’s campaign was trying to pull back on that and spend elsewhere. Black leaders, etc, told him no money, none of them show up and he doesn’t break 30% in the general.
So of course he’s on his knees begging for mercy and promising anything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 11:00 AM (xLOWQ)

237 I'm am feeling really old. Carly Simon is 83 years old.

Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:01 AM (KC5Lt)

238 "Suckers! I died of him exiting the Paris Accords."

Everyone in McKinney is dead

Posted by: The Ballots at July 27, 2026 11:02 AM (LOZbR)

239 Not "The Mill on the Fleece"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:02 AM (1z8ji)

240 Seattle center is a “gun free zone.”

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 27, 2026 10:22 AM (k1CAF)

aka "free fire zone" for gang-bangers

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 11:16 AM (1z8ji)

241 237 I'm am feeling really old. Carly Simon is 83 years old.
Posted by: polynikes at July 27, 2026 11:01 AM (KC5Lt)
Blue sweater at the back of the closet old?

Posted by: Eromero at July 27, 2026 11:17 AM (LHPAg)

242 Downstream the neighbors wonder why their water tastes like mutton shit. Oh wait, they sunk a well.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 11:41 AM (3oLiU)

243 Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It in fact was a amusement account it.
Look advanced to far added agreeable from you! By the way, how can we communicate?

Posted by: bigtechoro at July 27, 2026 06:21 PM (PiKT6)

The Morning Report — 7/ 27 /26

Good morning kids.

If the assassination attempts on President Trump, on top of the slaughter of Charlie Kirk, United Healthcare CEO Brian Thomspon, the organized and disorganized terrorism of Anti-ICE/police Goon Squads and of course the martyrdom of Ashli Babbitt and Roseanne Boyland and the judicial persecution of other January 6th protesters, pro-life protesters and school board members daring to defy/criticize the mind and body raping of their children in the schools . . .

In a case of queer overreach so extreme that even the far-left Denver Public Schools board was forced to act, a lesbian-identifying Colorado teacher was fired this spring after repeatedly pressuring students to kiss same-sex classmates during supposedly instructional classroom skits. Teacher Jennifer Honka was employed for the past eight years to teach French Language and Culture at Northeast Early College (NEC), a high school which is part of the Denver Public Schools district.

Then certainly this story surely is a warning that we are not only on the road to Hell but in the express lane.

Our First Amendment free speech rights aren't there to protect speech we all agree with, it's to protect the speech we don't. A classic, liberal free speech position is that you respect the right to free speech, especially when that speech reflects views you despise. That's what the principle means, it means upholding the right to free speech for your opponents, not just for those with views you are allied with. . . But a new case in Minnesota appears to have violated the free speech rights of a mom who said a bad word. There are no hate speech laws in the United States. Saying mean words is absolutely not a criminal offense. Other nations have hate speech laws, but they have absolutely no place in these United States. This Minnesota court has come up with a workaround. And the jury deliberated for over nine hours. In his closing arguments, her attorney Brian Karalus said, "The state of Minnesota has decided to prosecute Ms. Hendrix for language," and that's exactly what happened. We can all oppose calling people the n-word, but that doesn't make the speech a crime.

Wait, courts, judges, prosecutors and worst of all jurors literally inventing laws out of whole cloth and using them to convict an innocent person?!

Meh, this is who and what leftists are and no doubt if God-forbid they do gain absolute control of this nation, we are well and truly screwed.

On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer defended their proposals to abolish Senate, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and prisons.

If you think this is merely hyperbole, think again. I take these evil fiends at their word. To ignore, dismiss or laugh at them is a grave error. Or a MASS grave error because that is what they have in mind for us.

Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

When Marxism became tribal, it also became genocidal.
‘Third Worldism’ is America’s Greatest Threat

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

Many Americans see that law enforcement and the justice system in America have devolved into a state resembling the procedures and protocols of banana republics.
How the Left Naturalizes Sedition
. . . the Senate is an anachronistic institution, and it comes from the British House of Lords. It is meant to protect power. You know, the Senate was part of the, the system that was made to make sure that the people didn’t have too much of a say. So we want to expand the Congress significantly, but make it a unicameral legislature.
DSA Co-Chair Romer Defends Proposals to Abolish Senate, ICE, Prisons
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Attorney General Hanaway has said Johnston “used the court docket as her dating app,” describing her behavior as “unbelievable” and citing “members of the courthouse walking in on her during one of these incidents.” First elected to her post in 2014, the disgraced prosecutor is apparently running for another term this year.
Prosecutor Suspended for Assisting Illegal Alien Sex Criminal, Starting Relationship With Him.
The political forces governing blue America now deem it blasphemous to say something rude to their protected class of Third World migrants.
In Blue America, Insulting The Third World Is A Blasphemous Offense
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are demonstrating once again that the quantity of munitions matters at least as much as their quality. Years of insufficient defense budgets severely eroded the US defense industry’s capacity and left our military with arsenals that are dangerously small and insufficient to address growing threats.
The US military must RACE to rebuild its supply of munitions
...as his administration continued weighing diplomacy alongside the possibility of renewed military escalation.
‘Far More Than We Need’: Trump Dismisses Claims U.S. Is Short on Munitions in Iran Fight
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
How, then, do courts uphold the Constitution’s separation of powers by reining in the administrative state without destabilizing America’s political and economic institutions?
As The Administrative State Weakens, Who Fills The Vacuum?
California is less golden by the day.
A Rotten Place To Start A Business
Landry is mulling a special session of the legislature to look at ways lawmakers can ‘take more control over the court system’ in New Orleans since the city is incapable of self-governance.
Louisiana Governor, AG Model Fight Against Lawfare After Bogus New Orleans Indictment
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rescinds its requirement that employers report their workforces’ demographic makeup.
Companies May Soon Be Able to Stop Reporting Employees’ Race
How long will we remain the freest country in the world? That’s hard to say.
As Government Grows, Our Freedom Shrinks
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Good thing they’re focused on the real problem, eh?
Vehicular Jihad in Germany, and Germans Vow to Combat ‘Islamophobia’
Germany has “over 9,000 Islamist radicals with apparent violent inclinations.”
Berlin: 1 Killed, 29 Injured as Machete-Wielding Islamist Rams Van Targeting Pride Parade
This came after a manhunt was launched after a van was driven into revellers at Berlin’s Christopher Street Day Pride Parade, killing one and leaving 29 injured.
Berlin Pride Parade Islamist Terror Suspect Shot and Killed by Police
“The proposed use by the new property owner is far more intensive than what is appropriate for a quiet residential neighborhood”
Long Island Residents Object to Plans for Muslim Boarding School and Mosque
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Not only did he intentionally mock this solemn day, but he did so in a way that was historically and logically incoherent.
Mamdani Mocked The Jews’ Solemn Tisha B’Av Observation
The connection between nineteenth-century humanism and antisemitism is both historical and moderately doctrinal.
Humanism and Antisemitism
The kosher-style bagel shop has been a Jewish community fixture since 1979.
Bagels And Bullets: Antisemitic Terror Wave Hits Jewish Bakery Chain
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
"You call him a n*ggr, a child?" The TikToker asked, using the word Hendrix was convicted for saying. "Did you call the child the n-word?"
Conviction of Minnesota mom for saying n-word is violation of First Amendment
President Donald Trump tore into corporate media figures and other critics with a barrage of jokes at Friday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, prompting CNN to issue a statement defending their “integrity and fair mindedness.”
CNN Complains After Trump Lampoons Media, Critics During White House Correspondents’ Dinner
“This place is really the largest group of Trump Derangement Syndrome people ever put together at one time.”
Trump Put the Press in the Hot Seat at WHCA Dinner; They Weren’t Amused

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Adam Candeub is uniquely qualified to lead the DOJ Antitrust Division due to his pioneering track record of dismantling Big Tech overreach.
Big Tech critic Adam Candeub is the right man to lead DOJ Antitrust Division
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
‘President Trump gave manufacturers the foundation, competitiveness and certainty to invest.’
American Manufacturers Are Reshoring, And The Big Beautiful Bill Helped
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Christa Daily has a history of granting outrageous plea deals and letting convicted sex offenders off with light punishments and little to no jail time.
Judge In Shiloh Hendrix Case Repeatedly Let Sex Offenders Walk Without Jailtime
One family member says the ringleader of the group threatened the family before the Friday-night assault, saying, “We’re going to beat up the haole boys,” a Hawaiian slang term commonly used to refer to a white person.
California Family Brutally Beaten in Hawaiian ‘Anti-White’ Attack
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
She was fired, but only after years of complaints.
Lesbian Denver Teacher Forces Same-Sex Kissing During Class Assignments
A therapist involved with the project told the Post that the goal is to help children “learn about the different options that exist for who they can be.”
Minnesota Schools to Receive Transgender Dolls Featuring Removable Genitalia
The district and unions don’t focus on education. They focus on leftist politics and progressive activism.
Los Angeles’ School District Went From Morally to Financially Bankrupt
SECOND AMENDMENT
Maryland’s gun laws are some of the most stringent in the country. These laws include a blanket refusal to recognize out-of-state permits or to make reciprocity agreements with other states, according to the Maryland State Police.
Law That Makes Heroes Felons Could End Up In Supreme Court
In New York, obtaining a permit to carry a firearm is a maze that's nearly impossible to navigate.
New York Doesn’t Want You Armed, The Bureaucracy Proves It
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
It’s notoriously difficult to prove vote fraud. But there are some huge red flags here.
What Might Foreign Interference Look Like?
Get-out-the-vote warrior Scott Presler triggered the upset in the Senate by begging one senator — any senator — to request a roll call vote and force senators to go on the record about the SAVE America Act before the recess. This action is in accord with Senate rules and is based on Article I, Section 5, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) responded to Presler by offering to take up the challenge, and then notified Thune, "I hereby object to any effort to put the Senate into recess in August—at least until such time as the Senate has passed the SAVE America Act—and hereby request a roll call vote."
Rick Scott Joins Push to Force SAVE Act Vote as Lee Explains His Plan
Leon El-Alamin, a community activist and face of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s social justice program, is accused of lying on his candidacy form.
Michigan City Council Member With Violent Past Charged With Election Fraud
In other words, it was Jersey’s Democrat-run agency that screwed up, albeit under then-Gov. Phil Murphy . . . who championed Sherrill as his successor. Note, too, that Sherrill’s team learned of the mess a week before she came clean, as the feds were thundering about nearly 270,000 noncitizens they’d ID’d on voter rolls across Jersey and three other states — more than 35,000 of them in the Garden State.
New Jersey noncitizen-voting mess is tip of an iceberg Mikie Sherrill hopes you won’t notice
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The meteoric rise and torturous fall of Graham Platner in Democrat Party politics may seem perplexing.
A Face in the Crowd

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Friday’s indictment follows state and federal investigations into the campaign finance scandal that also resulted in the indictment of a lobbyist and four other officials.
Grand Jury Indicts Hawaii Lt. Governor for COVID Testing in Alleged ‘Pay-to-Play’ Scheme
The vice president’s luxury home sits near beaches long criticized for ‘hostility’ to black and Hispanic surfers and other aspiring beachgoers
Anti-Segregation Warrior Kamala Harris’ New $8 Million Malibu Estate Is at Heart of Exclusive White Beach Community ‘Antagonistic’ to People of Color
El-Sayed, the Michigan Democrat, has made criticizing 'snake oil salesmen' and medical misinformation central to his Senate campaign
‘Doctor’ Adbul El-Sayed’s Longtime Aide Sold Shady Brain Pills in ‘Pyramid Scheme,’ Falsely Claimed Pills Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
Yet for decades, congressional staffers have operated with fewer mandatory vetting requirements than a shift manager at a grocery store chain. A foreign adversary doesn’t need to hack servers or bribe a member directly. They can simply embed an operative as a driver, an aide, an intern, or a romantic partner to receive information and even sway important policy decisions that affect Americans.
237 Years Overdue: Congresswomen Call For The Obvious After Claiming Declassified Files Show Interns Are Foreign Agents
POLITICS
The Democrat National Committee is reportedly $2 million in debt.
‘Flat Broke’: DNC Meltdown Sparks Panic On The Left
...Wait a minute. If your fundraising committee needs to borrow money, what does that say about how capable the committee is of raising funds? Nothing good. Because of Harris, because of ActBlue, because of whatever dumpster fire was going on, major donors were pulling back, forcing the fundraising committee to look at borrowing money simply to keep the lights on.
Democrats Keep Digging Their Hole Deeper
This data indicates a tightening race ahead of the midterms in November, with Democrats gaining momentum in battleground states. However, as prediction markets suggest that the GOP still retains a slight edge, it remains unclear whether these polling shifts will translate to actual victories later this year.
Republicans Slip Behind Democrats in Three Key Senate Races.
“I saw a picture that concerned me [from] the rally. I didn’t see a single person that looks like me. That tells me all I need to know.”
Whitmer, Clyburn Endorse Haley Stevens in MI Senate Race As Dems Move to Halt DSA’s Rise
Protecting the legacies and preserving the power.
Biden vs. McConnell: A Tale of Two Declines, Part One
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Thad McCotter: Denunciations and diplomatic strategies have not proven particularly efficacious in moving the regime.
‘Meet the New Boss, Worse Than the Old Boss’: Welcome to Ortega-Murillo’s Nicaragua
“A more interesting feud is emerging around economic policy.”
The Emerging Fracture on the Brazilian Right
Don't do it, Western brothers and sisters.
Calls to 'decolonize the West' by Third World leaders, thinkers must be resisted at all costs
Prior to assuming his duties as Head of Political Strategy at Number 10, the Prime Minister’s official residence, McGregor deleted his X (formerly Twitter) account following an expose by The National Pulse revealing his previous posts attacking and smearing President Donald J. Trump and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
EXCLUSIVE: Burnham’s New Strategy Chief Worked With Convicted Paedophile to Downplay UK Grooming Gangs.
How Sharia conquers.
Spain’s Mass Amnesty for Illegal Migrants Could Make Three Million Muslims Legal Citizens
The United States should recognize the systematic abduction of American citizens as a deliberate tactic of Chinese statecraft that warrants a decisive and comprehensive response.
America Must Confront China’s Hostage Diplomacy In The Nuclear Age
The German mainstream still pretends to be puzzled by the upstart party.
Baffled by AfD
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
The strikes come as Ukraine’s successful drone attacks have stalled the Russian army’s advances in an expanded campaign inside Russia that has been causing fuel shortages and piling pressure on Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Six Dead as Ukraine and Russia Trade Missile and Drone Strikes
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Miranda Devine: The vanity of Anthony Fauci will be his undoing.
Deified himself Anthony Fauci was the ‘big head’ of COVID response
We should resist the desire to forget the price paid for Dr. Fauci’s dream of creating novel vaccines for yet-to-appear superviruses.
The Lockdown Dissidents Vindicated
Public confidence collapsed not because Americans asked too many questions, but because too many went unanswered.
The More They Said 'Trust Us,' the Less America Did
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Roger Kimball: The National Museum of American History, like so many aspects of the Smithsonian, has strayed far from its original purpose.
Odysseus Visits the Smithsonian
The controversy over the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History raises a direct question: has the institution remained faithful to that trust?
Can the Smithsonian Be Saved? Restoring the Institution’s Founding Mission
Whenever leftists say something is “for the kids,” you know that your constitutional rights are under attack.
The Left Is Using Kids As A Trojan Horse For Total Online Surveillance
Christopher Nolan is guilty of one of the left's cardinal sins.
Why Isn’t The Left Boycotting ‘The Odyssey’ Over Nolan’s Casting Choices?
Atonement on the high seas in Christopher Nolan’s epic adaption of The Odyssey
Lessons of the Trojan Horse
By trying to make the Odyssey relatable to the twenty-first century, Nolan made a flash in the pan, not an adaptation of foundational text of the Western world.
The Problem With Nolan’s Odyssey Is That It’s Not Homer’s Odyssey
Christian Toto: Conor Oberst shares why his protest song stream dried up in recent years
Bright Eyes Singer’s Trumpian Writer’s Block, Explained
The real problem isn't that sports have become political—it's that politics now insists every corner of American life belongs to it.
Sophie Cunningham May Not Be Interested in Politics, But…
HITHER & YON
The forgotten story of Andrew Jackson’s first military campaign in Asia.
200 Years Ago Marines Were First Accused of Massacring Muslims
Kai Sato, 39, left Catalina Island on June 7 but two weeks later the mast on his sailboat snapped, he ran out of gas and his phone died, leaving him floating helplessly outside of shipping lanes.
California man missing for over a month in the Pacific Ocean is suddenly found drifting off Hawaii

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Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 27, 2026 07:27 AM (0N4FZ)

2 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 07:27 AM (ExV1e)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 07:28 AM (NcvvS)

4 Happy Monday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 07:28 AM (/+uur)

5 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 27, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)

6 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 07:29 AM (DGD6U)

7 That's a lot of link-fu, JJ!

Posted by: CapeFear at July 27, 2026 07:30 AM (usOWp)

8 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 07:30 AM (VyBeY)

9 If you want respect, maybe don't get "Slum Dawg" tattooed prominently across the front of your neck.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)

10 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 07:33 AM (jehhT)

11 > On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer defended their proposals to abolish Senate, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and prisons.
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She needs to get more air time more often.
I mean, nobody watches TV anymore, but still...
Expose the whackadoodles for what they are.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 07:34 AM (2Ez/1)

12 In a case of queer overreach so extreme that even the far-left Denver Public Schools board was forced to act, a lesbian-identifying Colorado teacher was fired this spring after repeatedly pressuring students to kiss same-sex classmates during supposedly instructional classroom skits. Teacher Jennifer Honka

She must have really ticked off someone in the uniparty to have lost the title of 'educator' in the fakenews article.

Imagine how parents might have responded to this 25, 50, 75, 100 years ago...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 27, 2026 07:34 AM (vDZgA)

13 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 07:35 AM (oUopv)

14 There is an error in thinking that pointing out the history of communism (misery and mass murder) to its advocates will discourage them. Murdering people they don't like is exactly what they want.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 07:36 AM (7z8lh)

15 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

16 I was watching the Gay woke Virus alien ship skit.

Clever way to get a subscribe action. Missed hitting that button by this I I much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

17 I watched that Megan Romer interview on Fox News Sunday. She was amazingly honest and open…. Only hedging a bit regarding the timing of opening the border and getting rid of prisons.

She seems to believe that the only reason bad people exist is due to the injustices of our oppressive society. She’s either incredibly stupid and naive or just spouting a line

Of course (no surprise), she’s quite ugly and fat

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 07:39 AM (CUP/i)

18 Marxism has always been tribal. That's exactly what class distinction is. The reason it's more obvious in America is that here - because we don't have rigid social classes here - they had to make it racial. But it's ALWAYS been about tribal grievance, by class, race, or some other engineered classification.

Posted by: GWB at July 27, 2026 07:41 AM (kU0PQ)

19 Berlin: 1 Killed, 29 Injured as Machete-Wielding Islamist Rams Van Targeting Pride Parade

So the van was targeting the pride parade and the Islamist rammed it, with something, to defend the price parade? LI needs an editor.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 07:41 AM (ExV1e)

20 *Of course (no surprise), she’s quite ugly and fat
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 07:39 AM*

You're not supposed to notice.

Posted by: Ugly and fat women everywhere at July 27, 2026 07:42 AM (2Ez/1)

21 LinusVanPelt

How long do you have to be in an all male prison before she is attractive enough?

"Put me is solitary confinement. I got standards."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

22 >>The Democrat National Committee is reportedly $2 million in debt.
‘Flat Broke’: DNC Meltdown Sparks Panic On The Left

I've been saying.

Quite a coincidence. USAID is no more and the DNC is broke.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:43 AM (viF8m)

23 Mass shooting leaves multiple people injured at Seattle food festival as terrifying video shows panicked festivalgoers fleeing for their lives

… why we can’t have ‘nice things’

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 07:43 AM (ubbnW)

24 She’s either incredibly stupid and naive or just spouting a line

Of course (no surprise), she’s quite ugly and fat"

"And"

It's time to point and laugh.

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 07:44 AM (XuXeR)

25 >>The Democrat National Committee is reportedly $2 million in debt.
‘Flat Broke’: DNC Meltdown Sparks Panic On The Left

… heard they hocked DNC HQ for $10 million

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 07:44 AM (ubbnW)

26 14 There is an error in thinking that pointing out the history of communism (misery and mass murder) to its advocates will discourage them. Murdering people they don't like is exactly what they want.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 07:36 AM (7z8lh)

^THIS.

For the true believers, misery and mass murder are not a bug in communism, it's a feature. Each true believer is certain he/she will be in the Politburo. Ordering seizure of properties and torture and extermination of enemies of the communist state. While living like the oligarchs they say they h@ted.

Posted by: Joy Reid at July 27, 2026 07:44 AM (5rh/l)

27 SMOD

There are a few reasons why they don't try that in rural Alabama. Reasons = .45. 9mm. 5.56, etc, etc.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

28 … heard they hocked DNC HQ for $10 million
Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 07:44 AM
+++++

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at July 27, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)

29 "The Democrat National Committee is reportedly $2 million in debt."

They don't have a Only Fans account?

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 07:47 AM (MWfyi)

30 She’s either incredibly stupid and naive or just spouting a line
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 07:39 AM (CUP/i)

Progressivism, despite talking a great game about "reason" is mostly received wisdom. And the explanations are convoluted and sometimes defy logic to give some semblance of "too smart for you, of course" reason and learning behind it. That way they can all nod sagely and claim, "Ah, yes, it's all very reasonable when you explain it that way."

It's why they deny proper history to students and don't worry too much about math, and most of the science doesn't teach them to arrive at their own conclusions from scratch. If they're ignorant, but have been taught a lot of complicated "reason" on race and climate and economics, they will accept the received wisdom and spout it as dogma. Which means they will follow whatever those "experts" tell them and will happily enact communism via populism.

It's the whole reason Adams told us "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

Posted by: GWB at July 27, 2026 07:48 AM (kU0PQ)

31 an

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 07:48 AM (MWfyi)

32 NYPost:

New York State Attorney General Letitia James hammers conservative outfits over paperwork errors, but look how kind she is when the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a political ally, flouts state charity and elections law.

Setting aside CAIR’s links to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, this would be normal political activity — except that CAIR Action NY, though registered federally as a 501(c)(4), never registered with the New York Charities Bureau, as required for any entity soliciting such funds in New York state.

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 07:48 AM (ubbnW)

33 SMOD

Lack of symmetry makes a legal scaffolding (and a country) prone to catastrophic failure.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

34 Murdering people they don't like is exactly what they want.
——-

Right, but the idea though, is to alert the uninformed, people who are persuadable, that the Free Shit Army has a downside they aren’t aware of. I think estimates vary, but approx. 100 million dead in the 20th century. And that isn’t even counting the wars.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 07:51 AM (gO+76)

35 And the prosecutor "helping" the illegal?

Well, said illegal was charged with sodomy, and she (prosecutor) looked lonely...

Maybe she was just out of batteries?

*ducks

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 07:51 AM (XuXeR)

36 Mind the gap.

Posted by: Illegal scaffolding at July 27, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)

37 we are not only on the road to Hell but in the express lane.

The proper expression is, "Express elevator to Hell. Goin' down!"
https://shorturl.fm/Ccymo

Posted by: GWB at July 27, 2026 07:52 AM (kU0PQ)

38 For those of you not on X, this weekend lots of Fauci's emails and diary entries were released and many of them were published on X. That's what Miranda Devine was referring to above.

The Science's saintly image is taking a serious hit. While he was busy locking us down not only was he coordinating with his minions to crush the lab leak theory he was encouraging all his connections and federal grantees to push for him to win awards and prizes from universities and institutions around the world. And some of those awards were worth huge dollar amounts.

He's an absolute demon.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:52 AM (viF8m)

39 I get the violence associated with Socialism/Communism. But I seriously doubt any of the weirdos currently espousing it can pull it off. The murders, I mean.

The wild eyed followers however...

Between these idiots and the rise of Islamists we're going to have our hands full.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 07:53 AM (jehhT)

40 Tee hee. I'm not in jail.

Posted by: Tony Fauci at July 27, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

41 Each true believer is certain he/she will be in the Politburo"

Say, how did the SA work out, anyway?

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 07:53 AM (XuXeR)

42 saintly image is taking a serious hit. "

What to do with all these Fauci votives?

/junk seller

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)

43 Check out my new scarf collection on Etsy. They're SO cute!!

Posted by: Old Lady Birx at July 27, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

44 The Science's saintly image is taking a serious hit. While he was busy locking us down not only was he coordinating with his minions to crush the lab leak theory he was encouraging all his connections and federal grantees to push for him to win awards and prizes from universities and institutions around the world. And some of those awards were worth huge dollar amounts.

He's an absolute demon.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:52 AM (viF8m)

We should take all those awards, and all the money - in singles, put it in a huge pile, and light it on fire while he watches it burn. I shall refrain from discussing where he should be located as he watched.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

45 Mass shooting leaves multiple people injured at Seattle food festival as terrifying video shows panicked festivalgoers fleeing for their lives

… why we can’t have ‘nice things’
Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 07:43 AM (ubbnW)

Ah, here's the part left out of that quote:
after two people apparently began shooting at each other

IOW, it wasn't a "mass shooting", it was two people who were really bad shots trying to take each other out in a crowded place.

Of course, they're using the 'technical' definition of mass shooting ("defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more victims are shot"), but the real meaning in people's heads is "OMG, someone is going to target us for no reason at all." And that (as is so often the case) is not what happened at all.

Posted by: GWB at July 27, 2026 07:57 AM (kU0PQ)

46 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 27, 2026 07:58 AM (53oGX)

47 Mass shooting leaves multiple people injured at Seattle food festival as terrifying video shows panicked festivalgoers fleeing for their lives

It's obvious that we need to ban food festivals.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

48 As I mentioned yesterday, it the 20th century, 50 million were killed in wars. 205 million were killed by their own governments.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 27, 2026 07:59 AM (qFwJc)

49 "The Democrat National Committee is reportedly $2 million in debt."

Don't worry, the GOP is helping the Democrats refund the DNC coffers by voting for tens of billions in new vaguely directed monies like the recently passed "Affordable Housing Act".

Though temporarily sidelined by USAID being taken off-line, and investigations into the trillions of dollars in annual fraud, and the investigation into ActBlue and other illegal foreign money laundering operations, the GOP will find a way to fund ~~their~~ our enemies.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:01 AM (PVBkQ)

50 >>@TaraServatius
·
2h
>>DAMN. In early 2020, Fauci recorded in his diary how much he was able to make the stock market drop with his lie that covid was 10x more deadly than the flu.

>>At the same time, in the same diary, he wrote that covid wasn't any more deadly than the seasonal flu.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:02 AM (viF8m)

51 was two people who were really bad shots "

Two future doctors? Rocket scientists?

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 08:02 AM (XuXeR)

52 "One person has been detained in connection with the shooting, police said, only describing the suspect as a 'young person.'"

Did that young person have "Slum Dawg" tattooed across the front of his neck?

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 08:02 AM (MWfyi)

53 Seattle food court. Lemme guess. La'Shondra didn't get enough curly fries with her chicken strips so she pulled a gun on Dontarrius who said Gout The Way, Bitch. He then pulled out a sidearm of his own and hilarity ensued.

Posted by: Que Steve Inman at July 27, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

54 no one of any consequence

A big blip of Death was the Influenza of 1918. In a way, that death total should be added in, as government policy failed here too.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

55 President Trump was the smartest guy in the room when he implemented policies to reshore manufacturing. But we have a lot of work to do. The All-in podcast crew said that China's near term projected electricity capacity is 8 TW while the corresponding US number is 1-2 TW. The Chinese edge in manufacturing is even larger.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 27, 2026 08:04 AM (2ap+5)

56 The Science's saintly image is taking a serious hit. While he was busy locking us down not only was he coordinating with his minions to crush the lab leak theory he was encouraging all his connections and federal grantees to push for him to win awards and prizes from universities and institutions around the world. And some of those awards were worth huge dollar amounts

-JackStraw

Is that normal in that world? To ask others to submit you for awards and prizes of a million dollars?

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:04 AM (hftzA)

57 How long do you have to be in an all male prison before she is attractive enough?

"Put me is solitary confinement. I got standards."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

Ha! Yes…. I don’t think I could ever be that desperate

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 08:05 AM (m6Mib)

58 Seattle food court. Lemme guess. La'Shondra didn't get enough curly fries with her chicken strips so she pulled a gun on Dontarrius who said Gout The Way, Bitch. He then pulled out a sidearm of his own and hilarity ensued.
Posted by: Que Steve Inman at July 27, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

No. A street festival, not a food court.
Most likely a couple of thugs that had a pre-existing beef with each other.

Posted by: GWB at July 27, 2026 08:05 AM (kU0PQ)

59 Recall that Surfer Girl Tulsi turned over the receipts on Fauci before she left the NSA.

He'll not be the only one.

Developing ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 27, 2026 08:06 AM (dtajH)

60 "Is that normal in that world? To ask others to submit you for awards and prizes of a million dollars?
Posted by: Piper"

People probably get paid for lobbying for awards.

Posted by: fd at July 27, 2026 08:06 AM (MWfyi)

61 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday, hope everyone had a great weekend.
To the Jewish Horde folk Mamdani is such an idiot that in his condescending way he confirmed Jewish rule and existence in the Holy Land for thousands of years. Or am I incorrect?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:06 AM (xh8GK)

62 Is that normal in that world? To ask others to submit you for awards and prizes of a million dollars?
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:04 AM (hftzA)

Yes. It's called a bribe.

Posted by: GWB at July 27, 2026 08:06 AM (kU0PQ)

63 What's all the hubbub about grooming gangs? Looking around, I see that youths need more grooming, not less. Good grooming was always a key to success in life.

Posted by: Emily Litella at July 27, 2026 08:07 AM (JM9I6)

64 *Of course (no surprise), she’s quite ugly and fat
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

You're not supposed to notice.
Posted by: Ugly and fat women everywhere

Her gravitational pull made it kinda hard to not notice.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 08:07 AM (oUopv)

65 police said, only describing the suspect as a 'young person.'"

Well, that tells us all we need to know.

Guns bad. Right?

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 08:08 AM (XuXeR)

66 The Restore America Agenda:
- end the fake voting filibuster
- pass the SAVE Act
- ban birthright citizenship
- defund the judiciary
- end mandatory public schools

Public schools are nothing but a jobs program for otherwise unemployable adults with no marketable skills.
Further it is a slush fund of patronage and graft for corrupt politicians that has not only failed at its stated mission but has made education worse by every measure.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 27, 2026 08:09 AM (3cUTc)

67 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 08:09 AM (nOK1x)

68 For those of you not on X, this weekend

Social media like X is a dead end. Too much of it is bot generated slop. Too much of it is shameless promotion, lies and click-bait. Why waste time on any medium where the posts want to be taken seriously, but are engagement farming, lies, narrative shaping and propaganda?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:09 AM (PVBkQ)

69 >>Is that normal in that world? To ask others to submit you for awards and prizes of a million dollars?

You really have to read the entries to see just how evil this little shit is. He knowingly assisted in poisoning the world, pushed for lockdowns and treatments like Remdesivir and ventilators that were killing people, and at the same time was pushing his colleagues to promote his candidacy for millions in prizes and awards while marveling in his diary that he was being anointed as a savior in the media.

And these are all his words. There's no spinning this.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:10 AM (viF8m)

70 "Youth" means black.

Posted by: The More You Know at July 27, 2026 08:10 AM (2Ez/1)

71 That Kai Soto must be a crappy sailor. I sailed to Tahiti with an all-girl crew!

Posted by: Gardner McKay at July 27, 2026 08:10 AM (JM9I6)

72 Anthony Fauci…. Just mentioning that name causes my BP to spike. How many lives did he ruin, along with scarf lady Deborah Birx and Francis Collins and… the list goes on. I could almost stroke out when I think of people dying alone in nursing homes and hospitals, denied the visits of loved ones….

Psalm 37 keeps me sane

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 08:10 AM (d9SZG)

73 >>Social media like X is a dead end. Too much of it is bot generated slop. Too much of it is shameless promotion, lies and click-bait. Why waste time on any medium where the posts want to be taken seriously, but are engagement farming, lies, narrative shaping and propaganda?

I think that's silly. X is a platform where you can choose the sources you follow and listen to. Trump and his team use social media extensively. So do members of Congress we trust. So do media types like Miranda Devine and many other good reporters who don't get covered in the media.

And so do people like DataRepublican who is one of the best deep state researchers we have. Wait until you see what she posted this weekend. And you will. Where do you think ace and many of the co-bloggers get their material?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:13 AM (viF8m)

74 That Kai Soto must be a crappy sailor. I sailed to Tahiti with an all-girl crew!
Posted by: Gardner McKay"

Hey, I did better, and was in that show with McKay!

/ another guy named Kai

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 08:13 AM (XuXeR)

75 Fvck Mike Brady and team of Oceanliner Designs with a full spread of Long Lance torpedoes.

Brilliant two hour documentary on YouTube,The Wilhelm Gustloff Tragedy, on the history and sinking of the German ship by the Soviet submarine S-13 as Admiral Donitz executed Hannibal to rescue Germans from the Soviet onslaught.

Until the end credits roll. Where Mike decides to deliver a sermon about how civilians keep dying in wars so he lists Myanmar, Israel, Gaza, and Iran among others. And in the credits state that all revenue from this video will go to support humanitarian relief but never says how, but we are treated to refugee scenes and white UN tents in what looks like Gaza. Really? The UN? One of the greatest perpetuators and enablers of civilian suffering in war? Is that where the money will go?

And with the image of battered little teddy bear trapped in wrought iron fencing during this sermon, his deliberate Leni Riefenstahl use of a CGI bear in scenes of the documentary becomes clear. This is Green Helmet Guy levels of propagandization.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 08:14 AM (2GVsD)

76 The Chinese edge in manufacturing is even larger.

And the AI race might as well be over as China is beginning to lap the US.

Its now just creating AI to keep the investment scam money coming in, but watch for the signs of those already in deep looking for a naive buyer.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:14 AM (NzX/y)

77 The Fauci hearings will be a joke . Both sides will posture, Fauci will lie and be indignant and then he won't be indicted.
The documents that have been and will be released show enough evidence already that he lied and makes Mengele look like a chimp

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:14 AM (xh8GK)

78 Social media like X is a dead end. Too much of it is bot generated slop. Too much of it is shameless promotion, lies and click-bait. Why waste time on any medium where the posts want to be taken seriously, but are engagement farming, lies, narrative shaping and propaganda?
Posted by: Community Notes at

Well you need to understand the algo and if you engage in things that are not the above, you rarely get the above. And when you do, you have to be smart enough to ignore it. I only see that stuff because, ironically, I am a community notes contributor, so I get to help zap it. I am sure others here are as well.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:15 AM (Dd38x)

79 >>Is that normal in that world? To ask others to submit you for awards and prizes of a million dollars?

The world of academia is interesting… even in STEM fields. A small personal anecdote… I was finishing my PhD, submitted a paper to a refereed journal and it was rejected resoundingly. So I figured that’s that, it wasn’t worthy. Then my PhD advisor said: No… I know who that referee was by how the review was written. He doesn’t like me so his review was biased. I’ll request another referee… and I’ll be darned he did just that and the paper was published.

Made me realize that all these academic journals are NOT the unvarnished quest for truth. Biases, petty jealousies, leveraging reputation etc etc… it’s a mad mad mad cutthroat world

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 08:16 AM (qORvR)

80 Social media is ugly but you have to use your intelligence to sift through the crap.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:16 AM (xh8GK)

81 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:16 AM (2YhKe)

82 Is that normal in that world? To ask others to submit you for awards and prizes of a million dollars?
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:04 AM (hftzA)

Probably a lot of mutual back scratching in those kinds of circles. "You submit my name, I'll submit yours. We split the prize money if one of us wins."

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 08:16 AM (S0M0K)

83 Ugh......Monday.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:16 AM (2YhKe)

84 Fauci, like a number of others associated with criminal activity, but politically connected and untouchable because the judiciary is squarely on their side, is a symptom of a much larger issue.

He's not going anywhere while alive.

In death, however...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 08:17 AM (jehhT)

85 China is beginning to lap the US"

Based on other fields, I might not fully trust data coming from official Chinese sources...

/tofu AI?

Posted by: man at July 27, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)

86 77 The Fauci hearings will be a joke . Both sides will posture, Fauci will lie and be indignant and then he won't be indicted.
The documents that have been and will be released show enough evidence already that he lied and makes Mengele look like a chimp
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I know he won’t be indicted. But I also know if we do what seems like a fools errand at first, we will knock his name down in the history books. That is worth it, especially knowing he is an egomaniac.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:17 AM (Dd38x)

87 77 The Fauci hearings will be a joke . Both sides will posture, Fauci will lie and be indignant and then he won't be indicted.
The documents that have been and will be released show enough evidence already that he lied and makes Mengele look like a chimp
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:14 AM

Are you saying Nothing Will Happen?

Posted by: The person who always wonders that at July 27, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

88 >>Don't hate the player, hate the game.

I can hate both. Particularly when the player is the guy who wrecked the world, killed millions and lied about it to rig the game.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:19 AM (viF8m)

89 And so do people like DataRepublican who is one of the best deep state researchers we have.

I find her threads lacking. Instead, podcasts allow them to elaborate and develop their story. She also has a book out.

As for the others you wrote about. I keep hearing their narratives then while doing independent research, discover they are only telling the parts of the story that support their thesis while ignoring everything else.

It got to the point where I would rather spend ten minutes with AI then any time with anything on an X like platform where brevity and shock value rule.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:19 AM (NzX/y)

90 Made me realize that all these academic journals are NOT the unvarnished quest for truth. Biases, petty jealousies, leveraging reputation etc etc… it’s a mad mad mad cutthroat world
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at

Like a bunch of nerdy guys in white coats and glasses shiving each other. lol. It’s a funny visual.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:20 AM (Dd38x)

91 And...I'm back. Time to read the articles.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 08:22 AM (+4yJ5)

92 >>I know he won’t be indicted. But I also know if we do what seems like a fools errand at first, we will knock his name down in the history books. That is worth it, especially knowing he is an egomaniac.

And maybe help prevent it from happening again as more people realize guys like Fauci actually aren't the science and trusting the government instead of thinking for yourself is a very bad idea.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:23 AM (viF8m)

93 It got to the point where I would rather spend ten minutes with AI then any time with anything on an X like platform where brevity and shock value rule.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:19 AM (NzX/y)

There's a reason I refer to it as Xcrement.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)

94 we will knock his name down in the history books.

Three counter points to that argument:

• "those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it..."
• "the victor writes the history books"
• "a lie told enough times becomes the 'truth'"

The point being, our culture is definitely firmly entrenched in Zero Day operations. There was no yesterday only today.

And he who has the biggest platform defines the narrative.

Sure, go ahead and to the theater. Fewer than 1% care, and of those, there is nothing that can be done about it except watch the cortisol levels rise.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:23 AM (a6PrB)

95 a lesbian-identifying Colorado teacher was fired this spring after repeatedly pressuring students to kiss same-sex classmates

Millstone, degenerate, some assembly required.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 08:23 AM (+4yJ5)

96 • "a lie told enough times becomes the 'truth'"

Or, just post it on the internet.

Everything on the internet is true.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)

97 I see that the DNC has taken out a $15m loan using its headquarters as collateral. They are literally broke. The big contributors to them in the past , especially the Jewish donors aren't donating because of the anti semites especially in the DSA. Martin the DNC is an incompetent , feckless nitwit.
The RNC is flush with cash as is the Trump super PAC. I have to put out my usual warning: of course the Republicans could screw it up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:26 AM (xh8GK)

98 I can hate both. Particularly when the player is the guy who wrecked the world, killed millions and lied about it to rig the game.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:19 AM (viF8m)

Of course. I was speaking in a broader sense.

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 08:26 AM (S0M0K)

99 Everything on the internet is true.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:24 AM

That's always been my firm belief.

Posted by: Abe Lincoln at July 27, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

100 I see that the DNC has taken out a $15m loan using its headquarters as collateral. They are literally broke. The big contributors to them in the past , especially the Jewish donors aren't donating because of the anti semites especially in the DSA. Martin the DNC is an incompetent , feckless nitwit.
The RNC is flush with cash as is the Trump super PAC. I have to put out my usual warning: of course the Republicans could screw it up
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:26 AM (xh8GK)

But then you read the stories about how James Talarico has $125 million or so in his war chest............

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

101 And maybe help prevent it from happening again as more people realize guys like Fauci actually aren't the science and trusting the government instead of thinking for yourself is a very bad idea.

There was a rather information dense book on the Spanish Flu that, among other things, highlighted the fact that at that time there were the equivalent of the Tony Faucis who were pretty much doing the exact same thing.

We didn't learn crap, even though killing millions to a disease that Rockefeller and his band of misfits cured.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:26 AM (a6PrB)

102 Dead truck battery

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 27, 2026 08:26 AM (/+uur)

103 We are going to get an Edge of Tomorrow 2 movie in 2027?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 08:27 AM (2GVsD)

104 "a lie told enough times becomes the 'truth'"

Or, just post it on the internet.

Everything on the internet is true.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)

We choose truth over facts — Joey Bidet

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 08:28 AM (yz/88)

105 I can hate both. Particularly when the player is the guy who wrecked the world, killed millions and lied about it to rig the game.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:19 AM (viF8m)

This is why the Hague is a joke.

The fact that Fauci and Birx haven't been brought up, tried, convicted and hanged for their crimes against humanity is, in itself, a crime.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)

106 Senate hearings can be held anywhere, not just in DC. So hold the Fauci committee hearing in West Virginia or some other deep red area and make him lie there, and be indicted there. His pardon does not extend to new perjury.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 08:28 AM (XvL8K)

107 Sure, go ahead and to the theater. Fewer than 1% care, and of those, there is nothing that can be done about it except watch the cortisol levels rise.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026

But friend, if I viewed the world through your lens, I would be as miserable as…well, you. And I choose a much different life. I control that, no one else does. You can waste time calling me a Polly Anna but with more words, it won’t change a dang thing with me. I would rather bring more sunshine than rain. I hope it helps others, but selfishly, it’s good for my soul, too.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:28 AM (Dd38x)

108 I was more than a little angry about the Shiloh Hendrix case. If some third world savage cannot understand English and requires an interpreter in a courtroom, how can he be offended by the Wakandan Holy Word?

And I won't lie: When I saw that she was asked to make a statement, I was hoping she'd invoke that work again.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 08:28 AM (+4yJ5)

109 I tend to agree with DSA, that the US Senate as it stands today, is dysfunctional

But that's not the Constitution's fault
it is the fault of the Senators
they are corrupt, and they are rarely if ever held to account

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 08:29 AM (ZxPkt)

110 @100 Sponge, a couple of candidates are getting direct donations, like Talarico, Jackson in Maine and Ossoff, but the Dems as a party are in a bad way financially.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:29 AM (xh8GK)

111 102 Dead truck battery
Posted by: r hennigantx

Currently?

Posted by: Reddy Kilowatt at July 27, 2026 08:30 AM (JM9I6)

112 But friend, if I viewed the world through your lens, I would be as miserable as…well, you. And I choose a much different life. I control that, no one else does. You can waste time calling me a Polly Anna but with more words, it won’t change a dang thing with me. I would rather bring more sunshine than rain. I hope it helps others, but selfishly, it’s good for my soul, too.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:28 AM (Dd38x)

That all sounds great, but is there room for shaking your fist at the clouds in your world?

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (S0M0K)

113 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

The DSA doesn’t really want to abolish prisons. They just want to swap out the inmates, and put us normies in them instead.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (77rzZ)

114 We are going to get an Edge of Tomorrow 2 movie in 2027?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 08:27 AM (2GVsD)

I really liked Edge of Tomorrow. Almost all Cruise movies are entertaining. And Emily Blunt was hot…. Not sure where they can take the sequel though. But I’m pretty sure I’ll watch if the original core cast is involved

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (yz/88)

115 But then you read the stories about how James Talarico has $125 million or so in his war chest............
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

He's lucky if he has $125 bucks. He's bleeding the black vote.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (oUopv)

116 113 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

The DSA doesn’t really want to abolish prisons. They just want to swap out the inmates, and put us normies in them instead.
Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (77rzZ)

Mass graves are much cheaper than prisons.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (x0n13)

117 *There was a rather information dense book on the Spanish Flu that, among other things, highlighted the fact that at that time there were the equivalent of the Tony Faucis who were pretty much doing the exact same thing.*

Supposably (heh) Woodrow Wilson had enough power to squash the newspapers of his day from publishing very much about the flu because he needed to get lots of able bodied young men over to Europe to fight The War To End All Wars™.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

118 108 I was more than a little angry about the Shiloh Hendrix case. If some third world savage cannot understand English and requires an interpreter in a courtroom, how can he be offended by the Wakandan Holy Word?

And I won't lie: When I saw that she was asked to make a statement, I was hoping she'd invoke that work again.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026

This will get overturned, even though her conviction is not based on her using the word. It was the whole situation and disorderly conduct against the man filming, not the autistic child. That said, Shiloh Hendrix is no hero.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:32 AM (Dd38x)

119 Funniest thing:
Ask your real estate agent if the area has good
schools.
And why.
And then dance and weave the finest tapestry of obfuscation and euphemisms all to avoid saying, in a non-actionable way, that there are few minorities, especially blacks.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 27, 2026 08:33 AM (3cUTc)

120
He's lucky if he has $125 bucks. He's bleeding the black vote.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (oUopv)

I'd rather he bleed out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:33 AM (2YhKe)

121 Top BLM Lawyer Warns “No Peace” Without Action Against Cops Who Shot Knife-Wielding Criminal

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 08:33 AM (RHGPo)

122 Today Is National Scotch Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2026 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

123 In order for Fauci to be held accountable you need a judiciary willing to hold Fauci accountable. The government isn't going to do a thing with him.

And the judiciary is squarely on his side. They (mostly) enforced his mandates.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 08:33 AM (jehhT)

124 That all sounds great, but is there room for shaking your fist at the clouds in your world?
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (S0M0K)

Well we are human, so of course we are going to have our moments! Until we remember: we can’t control the events, only our reactions to them. 😊

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:34 AM (Dd38x)

125 Piper — Did you take your nic from the Pink Floyd album Piper at the Gates of Dawn? Just curious….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 08:35 AM (yz/88)

126 >>@100 Sponge, a couple of candidates are getting direct donations, like Talarico, Jackson in Maine and Ossoff, but the Dems as a party are in a bad way financially.

You are going to love the what the research DataRepublican has done shows about Democrats money sources.

As it turns out, of the key people who has been involved for years is a VC who invested in one of the startups I've done. And yes, the CCP is deeply involved.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:35 AM (viF8m)

127 That said, Shiloh Hendrix is no hero.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:32 AM (Dd38x)

Agreed. But she also isn't a criminal. Disorderly conduct is a subterfuge, and a ham-handed one. She was found guilty of saying "n*gger."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 08:35 AM (l4RKn)

128 So the final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet the one most difficult to execute, is that those who occupy positions of authority must lessen the panic that can alienate members of a society. A society that takes as its motto, "every man for himself" is no longer a civilized society.

Those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first and best.

A leader much make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart.

pg 462. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. John M. Barry. Penguin Books. 2005.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 08:35 AM (2GVsD)

129 And the judiciary is squarely on his side. They (mostly) enforced his mandates.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

An important point to remember.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)

130 Is that normal in that world? To ask others to submit you for awards and prizes of a million dollars?
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:04 AM (hftzA)

This whole thing reminds me of an old cartoon; a man in a South American general’s uniform is reading an announcement to a TV camera, and he says “and I have just learned that the winner of our $10 million National Lottery prize is…. Me! Any questions?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 08:36 AM (xLOWQ)

131 That said, Shiloh Hendrix is no hero.
Posted by: Piper

She's a better person than the child rapist that filmed and provoked her. That case should never have seen a courtroom.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 08:36 AM (+4yJ5)

132 He's lucky if he has $125 bucks. He's bleeding the black vote.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (oUopv)
*****
He will promise them reparations, a new home and a Cadillac. That ought to do it..

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC)

133 If some third world savage cannot understand English and requires an interpreter in a courtroom, how can he be offended by the Wakandan Holy Word?
****

He was not offended by the word. The people persecuting Shiloh were offended.

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 08:36 AM (plc2/)

134 Today Is National Scotch Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2026 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

Yuck. I'll enjoy some bourbon to celebrate

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 08:37 AM (S0M0K)

135 The “Question Authority” crowd completely lost their shit in that debacle. I can (sort of) understand why the youngest generations were not so critical of the bizarre nonsensical schizophrenic non-sequiturs emanating from the “health authorities”.

I expected more cynical, jaded types to be at least a little circumspect.

There was some interesting pushback. Fauci and some county apparatchik tried to admonish a hoodrat to submit to being a guinea pig, and he wouldn’t have been on my radar for the type of individual being well versed in how to deal with a firehose of pseudoscience, but he was firing on all cylinders knocking down all their bullshit.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:37 AM (gO+76)

136 I see that the DNC has taken out a $15m loan using its headquarters as collateral. They are literally broke. The big contributors to them in the past , especially the Jewish donors aren't donating because of the anti semites especially in the DSA. Martin the DNC is an incompetent , feckless nitwit.
The RNC is flush with cash as is the Trump super PAC. I have to put out my usual warning: of course the Republicans could screw it up
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:26 AM (xh8GK)

But the important thing to note is that the Democrat candidate is ahead, or gaining rapidly, in every single race (according to polling and prediction markets) so you should make sure to donate big to the Democrats so that they don't punish you when they take total power.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

137
Yuck. I'll enjoy some bourbon to celebrate
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 08:37 AM (S0M0K)

Agreed.

Scotch sucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

138 >>This will get overturned, even though her conviction is not based on her using the word. It was the whole situation and disorderly conduct against the man filming, not the autistic child. That said, Shiloh Hendrix is no hero.

It's a clear violation of the 1st Amendment. You are allowed to call people names, even bad ones. Even a Somalian child molester.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

139 Ask your real estate agent if the area has good
schools.

Don't bother. Your RE agent is a retard and is only good at driving around and opening key lock boxes.

OTOH, there are plenty of resources that ranks school districts, reports standardized testing and demographic racial, economic distributions.

But nothing beats driving the neighborhood and observing how the natives treat their cars, dwellings and curtilage.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:38 AM (pawvM)

140 Everything on the internet is true.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:24 AM

That's always been my firm belief.
Posted by: Abe Lincoln at July 27, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

https://youtu.be/bufTna0WArc

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

141 pg 462. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History. John M. Barry. Penguin Books. 2005.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 08:35 AM (2GVsD)

Excuse me?

Posted by: Yersinia Pestis (1347-1353) at July 27, 2026 08:39 AM (l4RKn)

142 Left-Wing Activists Rush To Defend Islamic Migrants After Attack On Berlin Pride Parade

Is the multicultural agenda so vital to the political left that they're willing to sacrifice their own people to protect it...?

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)

143 Scotch sucks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

Sigh...then you haven't had the right Scotch!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 08:40 AM (l4RKn)

144 California Family Brutally Beaten in Hawaiian ‘Anti-White’ Attack

So now “Kill Haole Day” is everyday

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

145 Quite a coincidence. USAID is no more and the DNC is broke.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 07:43 AM (viF8m)
------------------
Ah yes, good main course; now, I want ActBlue indictments for dessert.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 08:40 AM (m5vtJ)

146 The CDC no longer has any credibility. I remember how their "recommendations" suddenly became mandatory policy by every municipality and my own company's management.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

147 🚨INSANE: Hakeem Jefferies was allegedly voting on behalf of Maxine Waters for months, as she has been absent.

Did you know that "proxy voting" is illegal in both the House and Senate?

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)

148 And then dance and weave the finest tapestry of obfuscation and euphemisms all to avoid saying, in a non-actionable way, that there are few minorities, especially blacks.
——-

It was an open secret 50 years ago academics sent their kids to private schools. They didn’t like anybody pointing that out, naturally.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:41 AM (gO+76)

149 I see the Socialist scumbags persist in being worried about the state of US munitions stockpiles.

Your concern is noted and ridiculed because you ignored Joey Bidet sending so many tonnes of munitions from US stockpiles to Ukraine.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 08:41 AM (2GVsD)

150
Sigh...then you haven't had the right Scotch!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 08:40 AM (l4RKn)

When I have to pay $125 an ounce to get something that doesn't taste like something from a baboon's ass, it's just not worth my time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

151 Is the multicultural agenda so vital to the political left that they're willing to sacrifice their own people to protect it...?
****

To ask is to answer.

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 08:42 AM (plc2/)

152 Sigh...then you haven't had the right Scotch!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 08:40 AM (l4RKn)

Because it doesn't exist!

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (S0M0K)

153 125 Piper — Did you take your nic from the Pink Floyd album Piper at the Gates of Dawn? Just curious….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026

No, it’s far less creative. In a previous life, I represented the company in negotiating labor contracts. My boss called me the Pied Piper for getting people to just follow me down whatever path to get what we needed. That was shortened to Piper and it stuck. When I started consulting with him, we named the company Piper Group because of it. It’s now a legit nickname, I have probably been called Piper more than my real name.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (Dd38x)

154 Is the multicultural agenda so vital to the political left that they're willing to sacrifice their own people to protect it...?

Is that a rhetorical question, because the pattern of such defense is fully in public view.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (2GVsD)

155
Did you know that "proxy voting" is illegal in both the House and Senate?
Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)

HA!

It's cute you think legality matters.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (2YhKe)

156 Morn' all.. So we're back to a "cease" fire in Iran ?... At least on our side ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (xh56P)

157 He's lucky if he has $125 bucks. He's bleeding the black vote.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (oUopv)

I wonder if the Austin Police (Austin is the center of Talarico's support) gunning down an unarmed black teen on Friday will affect that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

158 The Fed cts, even the ones where the judges appointed by Dems, will overturn the Hendrix verdict if it gets that far. Minn appeals courts will probably toss it.
The fact that the ahole judge let it go to trial and then a verdict is the disgrace. The DA should also be voted out.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (xh8GK)

159 OTOH, there are plenty of resources that ranks school districts, reports standardized testing and demographic racial, economic distributions.

Look for the site "Peace and Quiet" (I can't use a URL shortener so you'll have to use a search engine.). It even goes so far as to show "number of Nissan Altimas in the area."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (+4yJ5)

160 Busy season coming up for jihadi festival drivers in Deutschland.
Oktoberfest in September, then the Christmas markets.

Posted by: That Run-Down Feeling at July 27, 2026 08:44 AM (JM9I6)

161 That's always been my firm belief.
Posted by: Abe Lincoln at July 27, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)

https://youtu.be/bufTna0WArc
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 08:38 AM

LOL.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

162

@EricLDaugh
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) dropped this NUKE straight on the Senate floor to Democrats' faces:

"America is NOT a global refugee camp! America is NOT a get rich quick scheme for the THIRD WORLD!"

"America is our HOME."

"And when house guests become squatters, you don't DELAY enforcement, you call the sheriff and SEND THEM HOME."

"I have the power to stop this nonsense bill and I'm going to use it. That's why I'm here today. So I object to the bill, which would keep 350,000 Haitians here permanently!"

"I object to changing temporary to permanent."

"I object to flooding American communities with cheap foreign labor."

"I object to treating foreigners as the priority and Americans as the afterthought."

"I object to mass migration."

"Temporary must mean temporary. And elections have consequences!"

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2026 08:44 AM (NpAcC)

163 Is the multicultural agenda so vital to the political left that they're willing to sacrifice their own people to protect it...?

Yes. They truly believe that multiculturalism is the Golden Path combined with Heaven on Earth. Reality is not kind to them but they insist on fighting.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 08:45 AM (+4yJ5)

164 Sponge, I was never a scotch drinker until a year or two ago when a friend turned me on to several very good versions. Started with Dalwhinnie, which was excellent. Give it a try some chilly fall night, and I bet you will enjoy it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 08:45 AM (RbVGf)

165 Evan Barker @evanwch

There was systemic racism against white people in the highest corners of the Democratic Party and I am finally blowing the whistle on all of it in my new book Nothing Left

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 08:45 AM (RHGPo)

166 INSANE: Hakeem Jefferies was allegedly voting on behalf of Maxine Waters for months, as she has been absent.

Did you know that "proxy voting" is illegal in both the House and Senate?

In before the "Nothing Will Happen"™ guy.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:45 AM (NzX/y)

167 Rand Paul
@RandPaul
This is a direct quote from one of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s newly released emails.

While publicly posturing as a champion of science, he was privately directing his staff to destroy federal records.

This is a blatant violation, a betrayal of the public trust, and further proof that Fauci engaged in a coverup from the very beginning of the pandemic.

I’m going to ask him about this when he goes under oath this Wednesday.

... Please Delete This Email After You Read It -- Tony Fucme

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

168 If convicted, Hakeem Jeffries will eat his sombrero.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 08:46 AM (2GVsD)

169 Agreed. But she also isn't a criminal. Disorderly conduct is a subterfuge, and a ham-handed one. She was found guilty of saying "n*gger."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 08:35 AM (l4RKn)

She wouldn't have been found guilty of anything if the judge had allowed the jury to adjourn for the night.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

170 Maxine Waters has been present over the last couple of weeks. She's still stupid , even if she's on her last legs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:46 AM (xh8GK)

171 Is the ~~multicultural~~ agenda so vital to the political left that they're willing to sacrifice their own people to protect it?
——
As always, the issue isn’t the issue. The issue is the Revolution. Leftist philosophy a collection of inherent contradictions that has its own demise baked in, so always destined to create a pile of skulls. Try to stay out of the way, if you can.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 08:47 AM (gO+76)

172 Supposably (heh) Woodrow Wilson had enough power to squash the newspapers of his day from publishing very much about the flu because he needed to get lots of able bodied young men over to Europe to fight The War To End All Wars™.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

Nice theory, but Wilson himself was already incapacitated and nearly comatose by the time the flu began spreading wildly. One theory says that he caught the flu himself on his “peace tour” in Europe; he notably lost energy and faltered halfway through the trip, and did not come home as the same man who left. The virus affected some that way, not killing them but permanently disabling them.
Anyway, the worst part of the flu came in 1919, as all the soldiers who’d been exposed to the outbreak in the trenches returned to their home cities. That’s what made it the first pandemic to break out worldwide at almost the same time everywhere.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 08:47 AM (xLOWQ)

173 Frankly, I'd rather be called "Cracker" than called a "Caucasian".
None of my ancestors lived any where near the Caucasus Mountains.
I find "Caucasian" to be racist.

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 08:47 AM (RHGPo)

174 Bad whiskey wasn't bad enough to turn me off whiskey.

Bad scotch made me run away from scotch faster than Usain Bolt in the 400.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

175
Agreed. But she also isn't a criminal. Disorderly conduct is a subterfuge, and a ham-handed one.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July

I don’t think she is a criminal, I think she is just an ugly person, which isn’t against the law.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:48 AM (Dd38x)

176 Yuck. I'll enjoy some bourbon to celebrate
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 08:37 AM (S0M0K)

You can try Glenkinche 12. That's a pretty good scotch for people, like bourbon drinkers, who can't handle whisky.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

177 "...the piratical perpetrators belonging to tribes in such a state of society that the usual course of proceedings between civilized nations could not be pursued, I forthwith dispatched a frigate with orders to require immediate satisfaction for the injury and indemnity to the sufferers.”

He knew!

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 08:48 AM (GD0B3)

178 @172 Tom Servo, yup the second time around for the flu was the deadly outbreak

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:49 AM (xh8GK)

179 A newly revealed internal memo from the final days of the Biden administration exposes a calculated scheme to grant de facto amnesty to more than 3 million foreign nationals through Temporary Protected Status expansions, explicitly designed to block President Trump from carrying out the mass deportations the American people voted for.

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 08:49 AM (RHGPo)

180
I don’t think she is a criminal, I think she is just an ugly person, which isn’t against the law.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:48 AM (Dd38x)

Phew. I'd a been in front of a firing squad decades ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:50 AM (2YhKe)

181 >> A society that takes as its motto, "every man for himself" is no longer a civilized society.

This reminds me of Mount Everest… I’ve recently gotten fascinated all over again with the 1996 tragedy and Jon Krakauer’s book Into Thin Air. In the death zone on Everest it is truly every man for himself…. Climbers often walk right past dying people (probably for good reason: it’s physically impossible at those altitudes to carry someone else down). There was a case in 2025 IIRC a husband and wife climbing together. She collapsed near the summit and he was forced to leave his wife; she died. I just couldn’t put myself in that Sophie’s choice situation. If he would’ve stayed with her he assuredly would’ve died. But how agonizing!

Our life at sea level should not operate like the death zone

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 08:50 AM (+gA9j)

182 >>As always, the issue isn’t the issue. The issue is the Revolution. Leftist philosophy a collection of inherent contradictions that has its own demise baked in, so always destined to create a pile of skulls. Try to stay out of the way, if you can.

I prefer to try and stop them. I kind of like this place the way it was before.

The Revolution isn't organic. It's being promoted. And a lot of people doing the promoting aren't Americans.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:50 AM (viF8m)

183 He's lucky if he has $125 bucks. He's bleeding the black vote.
Posted by: rickb223

I wonder if the Austin Police (Austin is the center of Talarico's support) gunning down an unarmed black teen on Friday will affect that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

It won't help.
But he beat Jasmine Crockett. She won't stump for him. She's already put out the word that he's poison. THAT'S where the majority of his damage comes from.

Then you have him riding penis. Among his other anti-religious beliefs. That cost him the black church lady vote.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 08:50 AM (oUopv)

184 But nothing beats driving the neighborhood and observing how the natives treat their cars, dwellings and curtilage.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:38 AM (pawvM)

Especially doing so at night and on weekends. Another good check is the county appraisal district website. See a home you’re interested in? Check the last names of the houses near that one, especially if it’s in a lovely “diverse” city like mine. Which was 85% non-diverse 30 years ago.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 27, 2026 08:50 AM (SjAWL)

185 Scotch sucks.
Posted by: Sponge

I wouldn't make the Scotts angry. They might walk 500 miles and fall down at your door.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 08:50 AM (diia5)

186 If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck.

Posted by: Taj Mahal, 1968 at July 27, 2026 08:50 AM (JM9I6)

187 Nice theory, but Wilson himself was already incapacitated and nearly comatose by the time the flu began spreading wildly. One theory says that he caught the flu himself on his “peace tour” in Europe; he notably lost energy and faltered halfway through the trip, and did not come home as the same man who left. The virus affected some that way, not killing them but permanently disabling them.
Anyway, the worst part of the flu came in 1919, as all the soldiers who’d been exposed to the outbreak in the trenches returned to their home cities. That’s what made it the first pandemic to break out worldwide at almost the same time everywhere.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 08:47 AM
*****
(In my best Johnny Carson voice)
I did not know that.
Thanks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)

188 I wonder what the deal is with Mad Maxine Waters. She's every bit as mentally damaged as *biden.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)

189 >>If the river was whiskey, I'd be a diving duck.

Ain't nobody's business but your own.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

190 @183 if Talarico shows up and tries to make the shooting an issue the AA community will beat him like a red headed stepchild

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:53 AM (xh8GK)

191 $125 an ounce to get something that doesn't taste like something from a baboon's ass

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

I will differ to your expertise in the flavors of the simian rectum.

Mass-market Scotch is eminently forgettable. With that I will agree.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 08:53 AM (l4RKn)

192 "Into Thin Air" is a helluva read. Recommended.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 08:53 AM (sPefd)

193 The Revolution isn't organic. It's being promoted. And a lot of people doing the promoting aren't Americans.

Through products like TikTok and X

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 08:54 AM (nAS9C)

194 Mass-market Scotch is eminently forgettable. With that I will agree.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 08:53 AM (l4RKn)

I will consider that a win.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)

195 The Seattle shooting left three people dead. Four wounded.
One of the wounded is a TWO YEAR OLD. Damn, still a baby.
Damn these thugs to hell.

Posted by: Case at July 27, 2026 08:54 AM (bqIVz)

196 USAID and several other NGOs were defunded and now the DNC is out of money - gee, what a random coincidence (he says snarkily). I think we have all known for a long time that lots of funding for ridiculous things is actually money laundering of tax dollars into the campaign funds for D polititurds. I want to see the Rs wipe out the Ds in the mid-terms and bring back DOGE as an official agency.
I think that close to 75% of all government spending (city, county, state, and federal combined) is waste, fraud and abuse. Let's have a goal to cut that take down to less than 5%.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 27, 2026 08:54 AM (JNTt1)

197 Classes are very light today. Everyone must have stayed up too late watching Shark Week opening night. lol.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:55 AM (Dd38x)

198 195 Damn these thugs to hell.
Posted by: Case at July 27, 2026 08:54 AM (bqIVz)

And damn the Soros funded DAs as well.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 27, 2026 08:56 AM (SjAWL)

199 @181 like the people who free climb high rock walls. There are two outcomes, success or death. Death usually catches them sooner or later

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 08:56 AM (xh8GK)

200 197 Classes are very light today. Everyone must have stayed up too late watching Shark Week opening night. lol.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:55 AM (Dd38x)

I'm looking forward to not watching that...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 08:56 AM (xh56P)

201 wanna make some money ?

"🚨President Trump just launched a program for American veterans up to SIX FIGURES with CDL driving by REPLACING ILLEGAL ALIENS, with the process taking just a few weeks

Sec. Sean Duffy says the opportunity comes with sign-on bonuses and free training to obtain the license

INCREDIBLE idea for our veterans! Purge the CDL rolls of all illegals."

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 08:56 AM (GD0B3)

202 So just how would you know what something from a baboon's ass tastes like?

Posted by: Ummm... at July 27, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)

203 Twas a sad night last night, for I finished the last of what was the best damn moonshine I've ever had, and will likely never have again.

*plays taps in my mind*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

204 The Spanish Flu was particularly good at getting the target's immune system to attack itself. So those carried off were often healthy in their prime.

Which left many an orphaned child.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 27, 2026 08:56 AM (dtajH)

205 Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (+4yJ5)

Just tried it on some different areas I'm very familiar with.

Worthless. Inaccurate in all cases I tested,

Most laughable example: One area (dark red) is very desirable for the middle class - people in the region go to great lengths to live there - another (dark green) an hour up the road is literally one of the poorest and worst places in America. It's a place where hope goes to die.

It's dependent on the place being effectively unpopulated. Sometimes that's nice, but it's often because the place sucks and everyone left.

But a place with few people has few black people, and "fewer blacks" is the entire methodology of this thing. If your criteria is "I just never want to encounter black people," it's fine, but not good for much else.

Posted by: It's a gimmick at July 27, 2026 08:56 AM (lbqBm)

206 >>Through products like TikTok and X

That's exactly what the left said Russia did to rig the 2016 election. Turns out not so much.

It's much bigger than that.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 08:57 AM (viF8m)

207 Phew. I'd a been in front of a firing squad decades ago.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I'd have been right next to you saying "First time?"

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 08:57 AM (+4yJ5)

208 That said, Shiloh Hendrix is no hero.

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:32 AM (Dd38x)

Agreed. But she also isn't a criminal. Disorderly conduct is a subterfuge, and a ham-handed one. She was found guilty of saying "n*gger."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 08:35 AM (l4RKn)
*******
I don't think she should have been charged with anything, but I do think people like her need to be mindful of what they are doing and saying in front of their kids.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

209
I'm looking forward to not watching that...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026

My whole studio is decorated in Sharks right now. Contemplating just leaving the blue lights on the whole time.

Doof has a picture of me getting swallowed by a shark. Because I am sharing my crazy with my friends. They asked for it. 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:58 AM (Dd38x)

210 Worthless. Inaccurate in all cases I tested

Fair enough. I only threw it out as a suggestion.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 08:58 AM (+4yJ5)

211 The Spanish Flu was particularly good at getting the target's immune system to attack itself. So those carried off were often healthy in their prime.

Which left many an orphaned child.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 27, 2026 08:56 AM (dtajH)

There is an interesting theory that a few of the antigens had been in a previous flu...from many years before the pandemic. So nobody young had ever been exposed, but the oldsters had some amount of immunity.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 08:59 AM (l4RKn)

212 188 I wonder what the deal is with Mad Maxine Waters. She's every bit as mentally damaged as *biden.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)

The issue is that she’s 87 years old and fading fast. When she dies every news outlet will say “what a shock! She was in perfect health!”

No. An 87 year old woman who has made NO public appearances for months is not in “perfect health”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 08:59 AM (xLOWQ)

213 Where's Mitch?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 27, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

214 "Amazing people. A lot of people that I like, some I don’t like at all, but I respect most of them. I must say that you do a great job, amazing job, and it’s an honor. As I said three months ago, the show must go on. But just like my presidency, the second time is always better, always better, and the third time will be better yet. I’m only kidding."
=================
Trump started easy (with jokes like this), but also let them have it with direct punches to the ego.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 08:59 AM (JIE3V)

215 You can try Glenkinche 12. That's a pretty good scotch for people, like bourbon drinkers, who can't handle whisky.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

Find me something north of 100 proof that doesn't taste like it was marinated in a dirty ashtray and I'll consider it

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 08:59 AM (S0M0K)

216 Are you seeing what I am seeing ??!!

https://tinyurl.com/3zn79n3c

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)

217 Democrats: Dylan Mulvaney is a beautiful woman.

Trump: Kaitlan Collins looks like Dylan Mulvaney.

Democrats: How dare Trump compare Kaitlan Collins to an ugly man!

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 09:00 AM (ubbnW)

218 Minnesota Schools to Receive Transgender Dolls Featuring Removable Genitalia

Does it come with a gaping, suppurating wound that lasts forever?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 27, 2026 09:00 AM (PmraW)

219 I just drink cheap rum and vodka mixed with a soft drink. None of that hoity- toity Scotch or bourbon stuff for me.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

220 So just how would you know what something from a baboon's ass tastes like?
Posted by: Ummm...

Taco Bell. Duh.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 09:01 AM (diia5)

221 17
She seems to believe that the only reason bad people exist is due to the injustices of our oppressive society. She’s either incredibly stupid and naive or just spouting a line

Yes. All of it.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 27, 2026 09:02 AM (PmraW)

222 In my local liquor store the locked up (ie, valuable) scotch is mostly of Japanese origin. Who'd a thunk it?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:02 AM (JIE3V)

223 Chair of the DSA looks exactly like what you’d think the chair of the DSA looks like.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 09:02 AM (Xe8e7)

224 So just how would you know what something from a baboon's ass tastes like?
Posted by: Ummm...

Oh, what a night
Late December, back in '63
What a very special time for me
As I remember, what a night

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:03 AM (oUopv)

225 So just how would you know what something from a baboon's ass tastes like?
Posted by: Ummm...

It's obviously something you wouldn't want to taste so just the mere mention of something tasting like it would turn you off.

It's an expression, duh......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:03 AM (2YhKe)

226 Even before entering the war, Wilson had warned Congress, "There are citizens of the United States, I blush to admit ... who have poured the poison of disloyalty into the very arteries of our national life ... Such creatures of passion, disloyalty, and anarchy must be crushed out."

pg 122. Ibid.

The government compelled conformity. controlled speech in ways, frightening ways, not known in America before or since. Soon after the declaration of war, Wilson pushed the Espionage Act through a cooperative Congress, which balked only at legalizing outright press censorship - despite Wilson calling it "an imperative necessity."

pg. 123. Ibid.

To enforce that law, the head of what became the Federal Bureau of Investigation agreed to make a volunteer group called the American Protective League an adjunct to the Justice Department, and authorized them to carry badges identifying them as "Secret Service." Within a few months the APL would have ninety thousand members. Within a year, two hundred thousand APL members were operating in a thousand communities.

pg. 124. Ibid.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 09:03 AM (2GVsD)

227 uh oh

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 09:03 AM (2GVsD)

228 There are AI augmented "crime" apps for your phone. I have one. It pulls police, fire and rescue calls and pushes a snippet of the call to the app. No personal info is recorded and no addresses are displayed. However it will push the street name to the app. I can see a list, or display a map with the incidents that are within a prescribed radius of my home.

There are obvious areas with crime issues. Driving though one is enough to figure things out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 09:04 AM (jehhT)

229 In my local liquor store the locked up (ie, valuable) scotch is mostly of Japanese origin.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:02 AM (JIE3V)
-

Obviously they don't want the customers to take a Nip.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 09:04 AM (74zY1)

230 I have probably been called Piper more than my real name.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (Dd38x)

Actually, folks, her first name is Peter. Shhh. Mums the word.

Posted by: And now you know at July 27, 2026 09:05 AM (hmYU4)

231 Spain’s Mass Amnesty for Illegal Migrants Could Make Three Million Muslims Legal Citizens

Paging Senor Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar.
Senor Diaz to the White, Western curtesy phone.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 27, 2026 09:05 AM (PmraW)

232 Chair of the DSA looks exactly like what you’d think the chair of the DSA looks like.
Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 09:02 AM (Xe8e7)

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:05 AM (2YhKe)

233 You now what's crazy? Bladerunner 2099 TV Series is coming in the fall. Seems like Bladerunner 2049 was just released...but it was almost 10 years ago!!

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 09:05 AM (GD0B3)

234 She seems to believe that the only reason bad people exist is due to the injustices of our oppressive society. She’s either incredibly stupid and naive or just spouting a line

Yes. All of it.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker
_______

That's the premise that underlies everything on the left: Human nature is perfectible.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 09:05 AM (XvL8K)

235 In my local liquor store the locked up (ie, valuable) scotch is mostly of Japanese origin. Who'd a thunk it?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:02 AM (JIE3V)

And most Japanese whisky is, essentially, highland scotch since that's where the Japanese guy who brought the techniques to Japan learned the trade. It's pretty good stuff.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

236 Find me something north of 100 proof that doesn't taste like it was marinated in a dirty ashtray and I'll consider it

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 08:59 AM (S0M0K)
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Scotch is generally "marinated" in bourbon casks. Does that help make the idea more palatable?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:05 AM (JIE3V)

237 Scotch is just whiskey with dirt in it. Not a fan.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at July 27, 2026 09:06 AM (J3Cv/)

238 Woodrow Wilson was a gigantic horse’s ass. Screw Teddy Roosevelt for helping him get elected.

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)

239 Wilson actually made people feel sorry for Eugene Debs , a socialist, by throwing him on jail for sedition. Wilson was one of the biggest scumbags ever to be president.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 09:06 AM (xh8GK)

240 Scotch wars... Begun they have....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 27, 2026 09:06 AM (xh56P)

241 Are you seeing what I am seeing ??!!

https://tinyurl.com/3zn79n3c

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)
-

I placed my hand first over my right eye and then over my left, just to be sure.

It's a URL.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 09:07 AM (74zY1)

242 Bladerunner 2099?

Space Battleship Yamato 2099 for the win.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 09:07 AM (2GVsD)

243 It all tastes like iodine.

Posted by: Archie Bunker, 1972 at July 27, 2026 09:07 AM (JM9I6)

244 230 I have probably been called Piper more than my real name.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (Dd38x)

Actually, folks, her first name is Peter. Shhh. Mums the word.
Posted by: And now you know

You signed an NDA!

Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 09:07 AM (hftzA)

245 Obviously they don't want the customers to take a Nip.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 09:04 AM (74zY1)
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Ha!

BTW, can we get arrested for language violations for saying "nip"? If not, why not?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:08 AM (JIE3V)

246 I counted 13 producers, Ridley Scott is just one of them...

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 09:08 AM (GD0B3)

247 "Bladerunner 2099 TV Series is coming in the fall..."
---
What's a TV?

Posted by: Young people today at July 27, 2026 09:09 AM (2Ez/1)

248
BTW, can we get arrested for language violations for saying "nip"? If not, why not?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:08 AM (JIE3V)

Here a nip, there a nip, everywhere 'em nip nip.

Ol' black OJ had a white wife.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:09 AM (2YhKe)

249 Talasqueekhole is going to get wiped out like a dirty crack. I can't wait until early voting so that I can vote for Paxton.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 27, 2026 09:09 AM (JNTt1)

250 I counted 13 producers, Ridley Scott is just one of them...

Ridley Scott is The Thirteenth Producer?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 09:09 AM (2GVsD)

251 By trying to make the Odyssey relatable to the twenty-first century, Nolan made a flash in the pan, not an adaptation of foundational text of the Western world.
The Problem With Nolan’s Odyssey Is That It’s Not Homer’s Odyssey

TBH, I am tired of hearing about Nolan and his movie.
But, I am thankful for the constant reminders to reread it.
[Pro tip, from Greek history professor: avoid Latimer's translation]

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 27, 2026 09:10 AM (PmraW)

252 BTW, can we get arrested for language violations for saying "nip"? If not, why not?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:08 AM (JIE3V)
-

I don't think we're in Minnesota anymore, Toto!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 09:10 AM (74zY1)

253 You now what's crazy? Bladerunner 2099 TV Series is coming in the fall. Seems like Bladerunner 2049 was just released...but it was almost 10 years ago!!
Posted by: runner

It's gonna make 2029 look like a masterpiece. No sequels were necessary.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 09:10 AM (diia5)

254 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 09:10 AM (JvZF+)

255 pro-abortion womanizer

the solution and the problem

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

256 Scotch is just whiskey with dirt in it. Not a fan.
Posted by: AnchorPoint at July 27, 2026 09:06 AM (J3Cv/)

There are five Scotch Whisky regions - Campbeltown, Highland, Islay, Lowland and Speyside. Each offers a different perspective on Scotch Whisky.

Try a lowland whiskey. They tend to be lighter in flavor.

Islay and Campbeltown are most likely to be strong flavored.

Speyside is smokey and Highland is all over the place.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)

257 Opening title for Bladerunner - Los Angeles 2019.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 09:11 AM (2GVsD)

258 212 188 I wonder what the deal is with Mad Maxine Waters. She's every bit as mentally damaged as *biden.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 08:52 AM (jehhT)

The issue is that she’s 87 years old and fading fast. When she dies every news outlet will say “what a shock! She was in perfect health!”

No. An 87 year old woman who has made NO public appearances for months is not in “perfect health”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 08:59 AM (xLOWQ)

213 Where's Mitch?
Posted by: I gotta ask

He's with Maxine Waters doing the pre-flight Coming Home launch.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:11 AM (oUopv)

259 >>BTW, can we get arrested for language violations for saying "nip"? If not, why not?

Funny how minorities can call white people slurs all day long and nobody bats an eye.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 09:11 AM (viF8m)

260
Funny how minorities can call white people slurs all day long and nobody bats an eye.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 09:11 AM (viF8m)

Minorities can murder whites and nobody bats an eye.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:12 AM (2YhKe)

261 San Franpsycho

I trust your wife is fully recovered. Right?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 09:12 AM (u82oZ)

262 Wilson was one of the biggest scumbags ever to be president.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 09:06 AM
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Tee hee. Nobody seems to want to change my name.

Posted by: The Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac at July 27, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)

263 Happy Monday!

So. . . should we have an AoS fundraiser where if we meet donation goals JJ agrees to never use that Rosie O'Donnell in bondage gear from "Exit to Eden" photo again?

Who's with me?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 09:12 AM (X8xt3)

264 Pro tip, from Greek history professor: avoid old greek homos.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 09:13 AM (K66ud)

265 Pro Tip:

There is only one solution to Marxism.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 09:13 AM (JvZF+)

266 Time to forage for food, jya ne.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 09:13 AM (2GVsD)

267 How can Nip be a slur? Nippon is the name of their country.

Posted by: Swede From Sweden at July 27, 2026 09:13 AM (JM9I6)

268 BTW, can we get arrested for language violations for saying "nip"? If not, why not?

Posted by: Huck Follywood

So a nip slip can get you jailed?
How far this once mighty country has fallen.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:14 AM (oUopv)

269 The Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac

You are 100% associated with hated traffic delays. And accidents.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

270 Opening title for Bladerunner - Los Angeles 2019.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 09:11 AM (2GVsD)

This is not the end of it. One of the main roles is a trans. He (now a he with tits), and Michelle Yeoh.

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 09:14 AM (GD0B3)

271 I thought the whole Scotch debate came down to single malt vs. blended, with there being no good blended Scotch, and Johnnie Walker the worst.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 09:14 AM (XvL8K)

272 I most probably first heard the use of the word "Nip" from McHale's Navy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 09:14 AM (74zY1)

273 And most Japanese whisky is, essentially, highland scotch since that's where the Japanese guy who brought the techniques to Japan learned the trade. It's pretty good stuff.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

More than that; the Japanese bought up a bunch of whiskie stock in the 80's when they were buying up everything. Probably one of the only things that turned out to be profitable.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 09:14 AM (diia5)

274 I have probably been called Piper more than my real name.
Posted by: Piper at July 27, 2026 08:43 AM (Dd38x)
----
That's the weird thing about nicknames.

I have a buddy from college that we gave a nickname to a long time ago.

I have a hard time remembering that his given name is "Chris."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 27, 2026 09:15 AM (FZ29D)

275 Bladerunner 2049 was such a huge disappointment to me - I had long looked forward to it, but the writers didn’t even understand what made the first film so great. They missed the entire concept completely, as I’m sure this next effort will as well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:15 AM (xLOWQ)

276 Minorities can murder whites and nobody bats an eye.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:12 AM (2YhKe)

Very soon whites will be the minority. Then it’s really game on.

Posted by: Chaos at July 27, 2026 09:15 AM (Xe8e7)

277 How can Nip be a slur? Nippon is the name of their country.
Posted by: Swede From Sweden at July 27, 2026 09:13 AM (JM9I6)

There once was a man from Niger........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:15 AM (2YhKe)

278 I love the Exit To Eden header. Makes me feel at home.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy at July 27, 2026 09:15 AM (JM9I6)

279 Katie Hobbs @katiehobbs
Stopped by @tombstonebeer in Sierra Vista! Thanks for the warm welcome and the great [insert beer].

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

280 26 For the true believers, misery and mass murder are not a bug in communism, it's a feature. Each true believer is certain he/she will be in the Politburo. Ordering seizure of properties and torture and extermination of enemies of the communist state. While living like the oligarchs they say they h@ted.

If only comrade Stalin knew!

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 27, 2026 09:15 AM (PmraW)

281 Scotch is generally "marinated" in bourbon casks. Does that help make the idea more palatable?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:05 AM (JIE3V)

Nah. I've tried enough scotch to know it's not for me. Especially the peaty stuff. And I'm a high-proof bourbon or rye guy. Almost all of the scotch I see is too low proof for my liking.

My trash talking is all in fun though.

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:16 AM (S0M0K)

282 Fauci's diary entry for May 21, 2020 is one of the most grotesque documents you will ever read. It opens with the mounting Covid death toll and people dying across the country, then abruptly pivots into an extended exercise in self-congratulation about his newfound fame. How was someone so profoundly narcissistic ever allowed to accumulate so much power and rise so high? Completely unreal.

Posted by: SMOD at July 27, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

283 I thought the whole Scotch debate came down to single malt vs. blended, with there being no good blended Scotch, and Johnnie Walker the worst.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 27, 2026 09:14 AM (XvL8K)

I had someone more knowledgeable than me on the subject who assured me that there were, in fact, some good blended scotches and the fact that he couldn't name them off the top of his head was pure coincidence.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)

284 I trust your wife is fully recovered. Right?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 09:12 AM (u82oZ)
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Yes Salty thank you she is a little more ginger with her diet but otherwise back to herself b"h for good health.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 09:16 AM (JvZF+)

285 [Pro tip, from Greek history professor: avoid Latimer's translation]

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 27, 2026 09:10 AM (PmraW)

Fagles is a great translation.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:17 AM (l4RKn)

286 That's exactly what the left said Russia did to rig the 2016 election. Turns out not so much.

With all due respect, that is a non sequitor.

The left projects all the time, so when they say that some bad actor did X for reason Y, its what they believe is the mechanism.

Have you ever read the book "Rape of the Mind"? Good book on propaganda and brain washing at scale. Also read Bernay's book "Propaganda"?

One of many ideas is to saturate the zone with the Narrative at the exclusion of all others. One of the many problems with the left accusing Russia of leveraging social media is in the failure of saturating social media. The left does this with Cancellation to rid the zone of competing narratives. They could have just cancelled Russia, which they did.

For case examples, study the social media saturation with C19 scares or with Climate Change hysteria. Extra heavy duty use of social media (actually they saturated every single medium)

We are watching it again with the left helping China dominate AI.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 09:17 AM (nCgQz)

287 >>By trying to make the Odyssey relatable to the twenty-first century, Nolan made a flash in the pan, not an adaptation of foundational text of the Western world.
The Problem With Nolan’s Odyssey Is That It’s Not Homer’s Odyssey

Just one comment on this, and it's passing along speculation from Film Threat's Chris Gore: He thinks it was modernized and dumbed down (the American accent, informal language) so that it could be used in schools.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 09:17 AM (X8xt3)

288 Almost all of the scotch I see is too low proof for my liking.

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:16 AM (S0M0K)
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I get 130 proof (65%) cask strength whiskey every now and then.

But the extra alcohol is not what makes a good whiskey good.

And no peaty whiskey for me, either.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 09:18 AM (74zY1)

289 So, if Piper owned a truck, would we call it Piper’s lorry?

Posted by: Bulg at July 27, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)

290 I've been called a nickname since I was four, because of my last name and hair color. You should see the reaction of black people when someone calls me. You can probably figure out the nickname. When a person calls me by my given name it takes me a second to realize they're talking to me

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 09:18 AM (xh8GK)

291 251 By trying to make the Odyssey relatable to the twenty-first century, Nolan made a flash in the pan, not an adaptation of foundational text of the Western world.
The Problem With Nolan’s Odyssey Is That It’s Not Homer’s Odyssey

TBH, I am tired of hearing about Nolan and his movie.
But, I am thankful for the constant reminders to reread it.
[Pro tip, from Greek history professor: avoid Latimer's translation]

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at July 27, 2026 09:10 AM (PmraW)

A few days ago I learned the difference between the journeys of Odysseus and Ulysses. There is no difference. Ulysses is the Latin-ized name of Odysseus.

Posted by: Gref at July 27, 2026 09:19 AM (5rh/l)

292 Nah. I've tried enough scotch to know it's not for me. Especially the peaty stuff. And I'm a high-proof bourbon or rye guy. Almost all of the scotch I see is too low proof for my liking.

My trash talking is all in fun though.
Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:16 AM (S0M0K)

I'll bring a bottle of 1 to Corsicana for you to try. It's, technically, not scotch as it's made in Texas but I can get it 100 proof, or close, and it's really good.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 27, 2026 09:19 AM (ExV1e)

293 It's also, National Crème Brûlée Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

294 Almost all of the scotch I see is too low proof for my liking.

My trash talking is all in fun though.

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:16 AM (S0M0K)

You are drinking the wrong Scotch. You are drinking the equivalent of 80 proof, low-end, commodity Bourbon.

What are you...17?

Be a man!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:19 AM (l4RKn)

295 275 Bladerunner 2049 was such a huge disappointment to me - I had long looked forward to it, but the writers didn’t even understand what made the first film so great. They missed the entire concept completely, as I’m sure this next effort will as well.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:15 AM (xLOWQ)
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I slept.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 27, 2026 09:19 AM (JvZF+)

296 >>Minorities can murder whites and nobody bats an eye.......

The man who was involved in the Shiloh Hendrix case, Sharmake Beyle Omar, was charged with sexual assault of a minor. He and another man were accused of having sex with a 16 year old.

The charges were dropped "in the interest of justice".

That would be in the interest of Minnesota justice.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 09:20 AM (viF8m)

297 How was someone so profoundly narcissistic ever allowed to accumulate so much power and rise so high? Completely unreal.

You don't think the Fauci Votive Candles was over the top do you?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 27, 2026 09:20 AM (9s47C)

298 In my local liquor store the locked up (ie, valuable) scotch is mostly of Japanese origin. Who'd a thunk it?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:02 AM (JIE3V)

Similar to the law that says bourbon must be made in the USA to be legally called bourbon, Scotch must be made in Scotland to be legally called Scotch.

From the "I read it on the internet so it must be true" files -- I once read that somewhere in Japan is a town named "Scotland" which was specifically renamed as such so they could produce whisky there and call it Scotch.

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:20 AM (S0M0K)

299 I've been called a nickname since I was four, because of my last name and hair color. You should see the reaction of black people when someone calls me.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 09:18 AM (xh8GK)
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So.... Schvartzeh?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 09:20 AM (74zY1)

300 It's also, National Crème Brûlée Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

Which is kind of like pudding...

Posted by: runner at July 27, 2026 09:20 AM (GD0B3)

301 The Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac

You are 100% associated with hated traffic delays. And accidents.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 09:14 AM (u82oZ)

When I’m in the DC area for work my favorite place to run is the Mount Vernon Trail… but it’s also interesting to occasionally run on the footpath over the Woodrow Wilson bridge into Maryland… you avoid the traffic jams on the footpath :-)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 09:20 AM (yz/88)

302
Don't call them Nips. Call them Japs.

I think a triumvirate of Japan, the US and Israel could probably conquer the world

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 09:21 AM (ZxPkt)

303 LinusVanPelt

Billy Goat Trail is my go-to fun trail.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 09:21 AM (u82oZ)

304 Minorities can murder whites and nobody bats an eye.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:12 AM (2YhKe)

To be fair, we should note that they can murder each other by the dozens and barely get an “oh by the way…” mention in any media outlet.

I’ll bet almost no one heard about the black guy who went on a rampage and murdered 8 children and 2 women a couple months ago in Shreveport. If he had been a white redneck wearing a MAGA hat, nationwide political campaigns would have been built on the tragedy.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 27, 2026 09:22 AM (xLOWQ)

305 commodity Bourbon.

EBT booze

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 09:22 AM (K66ud)

306 It's also, National Crème Brûlée Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 27, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

Appropriately, I had some for the first time yesterday.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 27, 2026 09:22 AM (lFFaq)

307 >>How was someone so profoundly narcissistic ever allowed to accumulate so much power and rise so high? Completely unreal.

IIRC, the Ethicist who was supposed to keep him in check was his wife.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 09:22 AM (X8xt3)

308 @299 Biden's Dog, what's the opposite of Schvartzeh on Yiddish?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 09:22 AM (xh8GK)

309 Scotch is generally "marinated" in bourbon casks. Does that help make the idea more palatable?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Nah. I've tried enough scotch to know it's not for me. Especially the peaty stuff. And I'm a high-proof bourbon or rye guy. Almost all of the scotch I see is too low proof for my liking.
Posted by: Doof

Aged. It's aged in used oak barrels. Ultimate recycling. Peat roasting is done before aging. /pedant.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 09:23 AM (diia5)

310 You are drinking the wrong Scotch. You are drinking the equivalent of 80 proof, low-end, commodity Bourbon.

What are you...17?

Be a man!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:19 AM (l4RKn)

Give me some examples of better, high proof Scotch. You know me well enough to know how much heat I can handle!

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:23 AM (S0M0K)

311 @299 Biden's Dog, what's the opposite of Schvartzeh on Yiddish?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 09:22 AM (xh8GK)
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Ah! Weiss and Whitey/White Boy?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 09:23 AM (74zY1)

312 A video giving the proper pronunciation of names of fifteen or so Scotch whiskys. They could have made it a lot shorter.

https://tinyurl.com/2ud32ydp

Posted by: Gref at July 27, 2026 09:24 AM (5rh/l)

313 @311 yup

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 27, 2026 09:24 AM (xh8GK)

314 >>It's also, National Crème Brûlée Day.

*thwack*
*shatters the sugary top and nibbles on the broken pieces*

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 09:24 AM (X8xt3)

315 >>With all due respect, that is a non sequitor.

No it's not. I get that you don't like social media but that was literally the extent of Russia collusion that almost got Trump removed from office. $150,000 of online bots.

Meanwhile, the DNC money and voting train is literally controlled by foreign interests. This is not conjecture. It's a fact. And the details were posted on social media over the weekend. It's much better funded and much more pervasive than posts on X or Facebook.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 27, 2026 09:24 AM (viF8m)

316 When I have to pay $125 an ounce to get something that doesn't taste like something from a baboon's ass, it's just not worth my time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)
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But how would you know what the product of a baboon's ass tastes like?!?

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 27, 2026 09:24 AM (JNTt1)

317 >A few days ago I learned the difference between the journeys of Odysseus and Ulysses. There is no difference. Ulysses is the Latin-ized name of Odysseus.

Posted by: Gref
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Yeah, the Romans re-branded a lot of Greek stuff

Ares became Mars, Zeus became Jupiter, etc

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 09:24 AM (ZxPkt)

318 My great uncle survived one of their concentration camps, he called em nips, japs, lots of shit. He also gave me my first sip of beer, bless him.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 09:25 AM (ztvSc)

319 Blade Runner 2049 was a gigantic piece of incomprehensible garbage.

Much like there is only one Matrix and Highlander Films, there is only one Blade Runner.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 27, 2026 09:25 AM (XV/Pl)

320 Similar to the law that says bourbon must be made in the USA to be legally called bourbon, Scotch must be made in Scotland to be legally called Scotch.

Posted by: Doof at July 27, 2026 09:20 AM (S0M0K)

I wonder about those laws. I doubt that America enforces Scotland's trademark law.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 27, 2026 09:25 AM (l4RKn)

321 Don't call them Nips. Call them Japs

Had a roommate whose family was from Vietnam. We got into a debate about Nips vs. Gooks. He insisted on the former, I told him the latter.

We compromised by saying a Nip was an Americanized Gook. Worked out pretty well.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 09:25 AM (+4yJ5)

322 I tried Scotch once.

Once.

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 09:26 AM (ZxPkt)

323 > That would be in the interest of Minnesota justice.
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Minnesota's been conquered. It's a foreign land now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 09:27 AM (jehhT)

324 From the "I read it on the internet so it must be true" files -- I once read that somewhere in Japan is a town named "Scotland" which was specifically renamed as such so they could produce whisky there and call it Scotch.
Posted by: Doof

No, you're thinking of Usa, which is a real town in Japan. But the idea that they made stuff in Usa to fool them darn round-eyes is a fable.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 27, 2026 09:27 AM (diia5)

325 243 It all tastes like iodine.

Posted by: Archie Bunker, 1972 at July 27, 2026 09:07 AM (JM9I6)

I called this decades ago.

Posted by: Mr. Roberts, aboard the USS Reluctant at July 27, 2026 09:27 AM (5rh/l)

326 There were Robert Mueller votive candles also.

Posted by: True Believer at July 27, 2026 09:27 AM (JM9I6)

327 To me it tasted like soap.

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 09:28 AM (ZxPkt)

328 Lately. My son in law has got me drinking a "Ranch Water" as a summer drink. Easy to make: tequila, some good Key West lime juice and soda water. Add a mint leaf or two from the herb garden if you like, and its pretty outstanding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:28 AM (zOVA2)

329 It's also, National Crème Brûlée Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Blew my boss's mind one day. He took a few of us to lunch at an all you can eat high dollar sushi joint.

I ate creme brûlée for dessert with chop sticks.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 27, 2026 09:28 AM (oUopv)

330 Madmani's wife coins a term I'd never heard before.

susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى@susanabulhawa
The way zios keep boasting about the extraordinary power they wield reminds me of how they also boasted and took credit for Germany’s defeat in the First World War that culminated in the Treaty of Versailles and led to the rise of extreme anti-Jewish sentiment. History will rhyme.

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Ahh, the old stab in the back joke never gets old.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 27, 2026 09:28 AM (ndZc7)

331 IIRC, Fauci also had power because he had prominent leadership positions with the globalist WHO and another Bill Gates funded international vaccine org (can't remember, too lazy to look it up).

The point being that organizations that could have debated/disagreed/checked each other had the same people involved, so they work as a coordinated borg (and all getting funded from self-appointed vaccine expert Bill Gates).

That's how Fauci could accumulate power and stay in charge.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 09:29 AM (X8xt3)

332 'Morning, all. Thanks, JJ..

From above, 'Rick Scott Joins Push to Force SAVE Act Vote as Lee Explains His Plan'

ThePersistence
@ScottPresler
🚨I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH🚨

The Chester County, Pennsylvania, non-juror list contains 65 pages of non-citizens

that have been summoned for jury duty.

If this is happening in Chester County, it’s happening everywhere.

Pass the SAVE America Act!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 09:29 AM (LL19j)

333 No one mention rye yet?

Posted by: This Will Be The Day That I Die at July 27, 2026 09:30 AM (JM9I6)

334 off sock

Posted by: Gref at July 27, 2026 09:30 AM (5rh/l)

335 Nood art.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

336 Not Mamdani's wife, though she's had his wife illustrate, I think:

Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian-American writer, poet, scientist, and activist whose bestselling novels, including Mornings in Jenin, The Blue Between Sky and Water, and Against the Loveless World, have been translated into over 30 languages. Founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, she is known for intertwining Palestinian history, feminist themes, and political advocacy in her work, earning awards such as the Arab American Book Award and the Palestine Book Award.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 27, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)

337 "Had a roommate whose family was from Vietnam. We got into a debate about Nips vs. Gooks. He insisted on the former, I told him the latter."

The Korean word for "people" is literally not figuratively "gook."

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 27, 2026 09:31 AM (pvZMi)

338 My great uncle survived one of their concentration camps, he called em nips, japs, lots of shit. He also gave me my first sip of beer, bless him.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 27, 2026 09:25 AM (ztvSc)
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Some good war novels written by survivors. "King Rat" (Clavell) is one, and "Quartered Safe Out Here" (Fraser) is another.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:32 AM (zOVA2)

339 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

340 - ".....the Narrative..."

Name something that 99% of scientists agree on largely because that's what 99% were taught in school. Up through PhD level.

Looks at the time. Ah well, too late.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 27, 2026 09:33 AM (/XKEa)

341 Puppetmasters usually try to avoid the camera and do their thing from behind the scenes in order to be successful. They like to use attention whore narcissists as their fronts. Fauci loved the attention too much to be a puppetmaster.

Posted by: davidt at July 27, 2026 09:35 AM (Q+gd/)

342 The Frenchies are blaming "climate change" for wildfires about to burn their way into Bordeaux, prompting the possible evacuation of the entire city.

And, of course, climate change is the fault of Trump's America.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 09:37 AM (zOVA2)

343 203 Twas a sad night last night, for I finished the last of what was the best damn moonshine I've ever had, and will likely never have again.

*plays taps in my mind*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 27, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)
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If I can make it to the Texas MoMe, you can try the best - mine.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 27, 2026 09:38 AM (JNTt1)

344 Into Thin Air has a bunch of made up stuff and lies. Krakauer revises it periodically and bitches when people point out the inaccuracies. Watch Michael Tracy's You Tube videos. He is also a climber, and a lawyer.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 27, 2026 09:49 AM (bkuEU)

345 331. That's how Fauci could accumulate power and stay in charge.
Posted by: Lizzy

He also had a highly credible, well known wife in the medical community.

Christine Grady (born 1951/1952) is an American nurse and bioethicist who served as the head of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.[3]
Wikipedia, in part.
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The Fauci - Emmanuel story which has just appeared is even more disturbing given the not uncommon Biden family - PENN connection. IMHO

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 09:55 AM (LL19j)

346 Into Thin Air has a bunch of made up stuff and lies.
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Like what, for example?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 10:12 AM (/amDt)

347 276.
Very soon whites will be the minority. Then it’s really game on.
Posted by: Chaos

Lots of theories, I.e., Indigenous Network 2025

How Would a Merger of the U.S. and Canada Affect Indigenous Population Percentages in North America?
U.S. Government and Indigenous People
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Who's to say who's white anymore, and who all will be by the next formal Census?

As all politics are local, personally, I'm more fearful of the ever more publicized lunatic white. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 10:13 AM (LL19j)

348 I hate dst

Posted by: The Ballots at July 27, 2026 10:14 AM (LOZbR)

349 "Lies" are deliberate falsehoods. Grok, fwiw, says the book makes debatable points and has

"In short, the book contains acknowledged errors, interpretive judgments that many (including some participants) consider unfair or incomplete—particularly toward Boukreev—and has been vigorously debated for decades. Claims of deliberate falsehoods or wholesale invention are not supported by the weight of available evidence and remain contested; the dominant critiques focus on bias, emphasis, and the inherent difficulties of reconstructing events under extreme conditions. Reading Into Thin Air alongside The Climb and other participant accounts gives a fuller picture of the disagreements."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 27, 2026 10:20 AM (punzO)

350 211. Swine flu of 2009/2010 was very hard on children and youth.

First grandchild, barely a toddler, had it and wound up diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes not long after.

In fact, Childrens Hospital in Philly had many Type 1 cases, from infant through young adult, when grandchild was suddenly hospitalized & so diagnosed.

It's a lifelong autoimmune disease that must be well managed.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 27, 2026 10:32 AM (LL19j)

351 Yes, Ms. Hendrix said a bad word. But it certainly didn't meet the "fighting words" standard or the disorderly conduct standard needed to criminalize speech, if that's even possible. Hendrix was holding a baby and walking away when she made her comments. She wasn't disorderly, she wasn't looking for a fight. She was just pissed.

Posted by: Ralph at July 27, 2026 12:12 PM (8WZD4)

Daily Tech News 27 July 2026

Top Story

Whenever you copy this white text on a white background, a little white light lights up white to let you know you've done it. (Futurism)

If only it was so simple.

If you're copying and pasting your exam question into an AI to cheat, at least read the answer it spits out.

Also, don't ever do that. Copy into a neutral environment like Notepad (or Notepad++) precisely so that you don't inadvertently include nasty Unicode stuff, or, in this case, an instruction to the AI to make a nonsensical reference to an island off East Africa in your final exam paper.

Tech News

Apple is facing the worst possible future. (WCCFTech)

By which I mean having to pay as much for RAM as everyone else.
Minecraft system requirements have gone up. (Tom's Hardware)

Apparently my work laptop now falls below not only the recommended specs, but the minimum specs. Yes, it's a bit laggy when running with ~200 mods installed, but it's perfectly fine unmodded.
TSMC's 2nm production is in full swing. (WCCFTech)

Not ahead of time either, given that it can take six months for a completed chip to roll off the production line.
Research: Cosmic ray spallation, tufa versus travertine flowstone, positrons are evil, muon tomography, and the proper attitude for a cat tasked with editing fanfiction.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Groundhog Day is a Christmas movie.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:40 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Did you get meetinged again, Pixy?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 04:40 AM (O7YUW)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:40 AM (faghi)

3 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

4 As posted downstairs
We are going to get real busy very soon at work, just shame every job is 35 -45 miles away

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:41 AM (Ia/+0)

5
Research: Cosmic ray spallation, tufa versus travertine flowstone, positrons are evil, muon tomography, and the proper attitude for a cat tasked with editing fanfiction.

= rabbit-holing?

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:42 AM (faghi)

6 Content fully absorbed. Ready for uninformed analysis.

What’s Minecraft? A game?

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 27, 2026 04:43 AM (BGSp9)

7 BOING!

Book thread material and very frightening news:

https://tinyurl.com/2mjx3se5

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:44 AM (DGD6U)

8 "Whenever you copy this white text in a white background, a little white light lights up white to let you know you've done it."

What is this, some kind of Chinese hyperhearse?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 04:45 AM (O7YUW)

9 rabbit-holing?
Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:42 AM (faghi)

Ask not for whom the rabbi tolls, he holes fur tea.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 27, 2026 04:46 AM (BGSp9)

10 ( pondering if Groundhog Day is a Christmas movie)

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:46 AM (Ia/+0)

11 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 27, 2026 04:47 AM (nT/TX)

12 Apple is facing the worst possible future. // By which I mean having to pay as much for RAM as everyone else."

And the memory cartel will cartel on.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 04:47 AM (O7YUW)

13 Guten morgen, horde.
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the proper attitude for a cat tasked with editing fanfiction.
***
Why you not like cats?

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 04:47 AM (plc2/)

14 "Minecraft system requirements have gone up."

Microslop. Microslop never changes.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 04:48 AM (O7YUW)

15 LOL!

https://tinyurl.com/tdum6krj

Almost tempts me to subscribe.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:49 AM (DGD6U)

16 "TSMC's 2nm production is in full swing."

Do they make memory chips yet?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 04:49 AM (O7YUW)

17 Stir It Up - Johnny Nash

I don't think I ever knew what the title words were! I misheard something like "you're enough" or "sure enough." Hahahahaha.

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:49 AM (faghi)

18 "Research: Cosmic ray spallation, tufa versus travertine flowstone, positrons are evil, muon tomography, and the proper attitude for a cat tasked with editing fanfiction."

No linky.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 04:50 AM (O7YUW)

19 Groundhog Day is a Christmas movie.
-

Towering Inferno is a Chanukah movie?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:50 AM (DGD6U)

20 Amazingly, I do actually have a tech related question today. My Apple I phone is saying "Do not disturb" at the bottom. I don't remember trying to put that alert on there. Anyone know how to get rid of it? Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 04:51 AM (rHgXV)

21 @4/Skip: "4We are going to get real busy very soon at work, just shame every job is 35 -45 miles away"

Company vehicle, I hope, or at least reimbursement per mile driven?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 04:51 AM (O7YUW)

22 18 "Research: Cosmic ray spallation, tufa versus travertine flowstone, positrons are evil, muon tomography, and the proper attitude for a cat tasked with editing fanfiction."

No linky.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 04:50 AM (O7YUW)

I think he's telling us stuff he's been tooling around with.

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:51 AM (faghi)

23 10 ( pondering if Groundhog Day is a Christmas movie)
Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:46 AM (Ia/+0)

Most definitely it is.

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:52 AM (faghi)

24 Power has been out 7+ hours. Thunderstorms are back for another couple hours. I'll wait to head home after they pass. Lot of trees down.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 27, 2026 04:53 AM (nT/TX)

25 No company vehicle sadly..

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:53 AM (Ia/+0)

26 “We don’t know best practices for navigating academia with AI,” Gibson warned. “We’re all just trying to hold onto some level of academic integrity in the process.”
****

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha*cough* hahahahahahahaha
*thud*

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 04:53 AM (plc2/)

27 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at July 27, 2026 04:54 AM (sAmhv)

28 7 BOING!

Book thread material and very frightening news:

https://tinyurl.com/2mjx3se5
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:44 AM (DGD6U)

I saw it here the other day. Maybe Pixy posted it?
Not frightening!

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:54 AM (faghi)

29 It may surprise you what the 51st State might be. And I'm not talking about Alberta or Puerto Rico!

https://tinyurl.com/4vts3nrc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:55 AM (DGD6U)

30 Not frightening!

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:54 AM (faghi)
-

Why not?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:56 AM (DGD6U)

31 "Do not disturb"
****
Check to see if you activated Airplane Mode in your settings.

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 04:56 AM (plc2/)

32 Also, don't ever do that. Copy into a neutral environment like Notepad (or Notepad++) precisely so that you don't inadvertently include nasty Unicode stuff, or, in this case, an instruction to the AI to make a nonsensical reference to an island off East Africa in your final exam paper.

Pubic Shcools (yes, I misspelled it on purpose) have done a great job pumping out idiots like these students. AI cannot be trusted even if the questions you feed it are your own. I like what one guy said regarding using AI to figure out the letters in scrolls burned into solid lumps of charcoal by Vesuvius: AI was not allowed to interpret the letters into words, lest AI hallucinations creep in...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

33 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0)

34 Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 04

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 04:58 AM (rHgXV)

35 18 "Research: Cosmic ray spallation, tufa versus travertine flowstone, positrons are evil, muon tomography, and the proper attitude for a cat tasked with editing fanfiction."

No linky.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

You'll have to buy the book. If I ever finish writing it. This is the same story that had me route a Shinkansen line through Eromanga, and have to look up appropriate coins for gratuities for Irish railway porters in 1911, and also where I wiped out catgirls in the process of solving Olbers' Paradox.

Maids, yes. Robots, yes. Ninjas, yes. Catgirls, no.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 27, 2026 04:58 AM (BLOW1)

36 Disclaimer: Groundhog Day is a Christmas movie.

It IS, even with a Christmas miracle. Well, it's no "Die Hard"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 04:59 AM (l3cgK)

37 I spent a very nice day yesterday not looking at my phone and not tuning into the latest news. It felt good!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:00 AM (xSAlF)

38 @7/Biden's Dog:

That's absolutely horrific. I'm appalled.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:01 AM (O7YUW)

39 Piper needs to write an op-ed:

https://tinyurl.com/4p6hvjhm

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 05:05 AM (DGD6U)

40 @35/Pixy: "You'll have to buy the book."

See that everyone, he's threatening me with a good time!

Seriously Pixy, publish. I'd buy a copy just to have the experience of being completely immersed in whatever brainsauce your dreams steep in.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:05 AM (O7YUW)

41 @39/Biden's Dog: I'm getting a "Tweet not found" via looking up that post on nitter.net. Might be a fault at Nitter, but it might be a post on X that's locked/restricted somehow.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:07 AM (O7YUW)

42 Man reflects on a bump in the road and Psalm 121:1-8:

https://tinyurl.com/4uz5pvtu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:08 AM (xSAlF)

43 It's a problem at nitter.

https://nitter.net/BlaireWhite/

Look at the "12h" post (top post currently), that's the one.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:08 AM (O7YUW)

44 Maids, yes. Robots, yes. Ninjas, yes. Catgirls, no.
****

Ok, then. Bad fanfic, thus the need for copy editor cats.

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 05:09 AM (plc2/)

45 I appreciate when Vance is right and doesn't mince words:

https://tinyurl.com/52sf3xtf

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 05:10 AM (DGD6U)

46
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 27, 2026 05:15 AM (AMvSw)

47 30 Not frightening!

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:54 AM (faghi)
-

Why not?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:56 AM (DGD6U)

The AI people are purchasing books (not frightening), and scanning them (not frightening). I'll bounce this back to you: What's frightening about that?

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 05:15 AM (faghi)

48 29 It may surprise you what the 51st State might be. And I'm not talking about Alberta or Puerto Rico!

https://tinyurl.com/4vts3nrc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:55 AM (DGD6U)

Yeah, they’ve turned it into a communist shit hole. Why does Chicago get to tell the rest of the state how to run?'

This. This is what the dems want by banning the electoral college. Power concentrated in large cities that will decide the vote (well, the vote they don't alter with machines and illegal/multi/dead voters)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 05:17 AM (l3cgK)

49 44 Maids, yes. Robots, yes. Ninjas, yes. Catgirls, no.
****

Ok, then. Bad fanfic, thus the need for copy editor cats.
Posted by: clarence

Precisely.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 27, 2026 05:18 AM (BLOW1)

50 Our kitten is very energetic. It makes me laugh the way he shakes his back end likes he's revving (sp) up and engine and then takes off . I am glad, however, he's not 150 lbs. I'd probably be dead. The internet has some story about a guy in India being attacked in a store by a leopard.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:18 AM (xPsv8)

51 47 The AI people are purchasing books (not frightening), and scanning them (not frightening). I'll bounce this back to you: What's frightening about that?
Posted by: m

"AI companies are bulk-buying rare books, scanning them through high-speed machines that cut the spines off, and shredding the originals."

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 27, 2026 05:21 AM (BLOW1)

52 @50/FenelonSpoke: And it'll happen again and again, because Leopards never change their shops.

Or something like that. ;-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

53 The AI people are purchasing books (not frightening), and scanning them (not frightening). I'll bounce this back to you: What's frightening about that?
Posted by: m

And then destroying the actual books. They get to curate what you get to know.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 27, 2026 05:23 AM (DZ9Lv)

54 47 30 Not frightening!

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:54 AM (faghi)
-

Why not?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:56 AM (DGD6U)

The AI people are purchasing books (not frightening), and scanning them (not frightening). I'll bounce this back to you: What's frightening about that?

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 05:15 AM (faghi)

The destruction of the books? Perhaps, if those books are out of print...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 05:23 AM (l3cgK)

55 Fen, be careful if he bites too hard. Not so much the pain but if a cat goes freak-out and draws blood, you could wind up on anti-bios.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 27, 2026 05:25 AM (DZ9Lv)

56 and also where I wiped out catgirls in the process of solving Olbers' Paradox.

So it's a dystopian universe.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 05:25 AM (+4yJ5)

57 Ugh, insomnia....

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 27, 2026 05:27 AM (DZ9Lv)

58 @57/Dark Lix:

Ugh. May you soon find rest and then a good sleep.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:28 AM (O7YUW)

59 56 and also where I wiped out catgirls in the process of solving Olbers' Paradox.

So it's a dystopian universe.
Posted by: NR Pax

Yes. It's those darn positrons again.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 27, 2026 05:30 AM (BLOW1)

60 59 56 and also where I wiped out catgirls in the process of solving Olbers' Paradox.

So it's a dystopian universe.
Posted by: NR Pax

Yes. It's those darn positrons again.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 27, 2026 05:30 AM (BLOW1)

But they're positive particles...no negativity...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 05:32 AM (l3cgK)

61 Bayou Renaissance Man's memes for today:

https://tinyurl.com/4e8ussu7

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

62 Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 27, 2026 05:25 AM (DZ9Lv

Thanks. He's not biting me. I say very loudly when he tries to , No bites. No scratches" and I think he's gotten the idea. He purrs very loudly and is quite affectionate. . I was just ruminating about if he was very hungry and very large and I was the only food available.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:33 AM (xSAlF)

63 51 47 The AI people are purchasing books (not frightening), and scanning them (not frightening). I'll bounce this back to you: What's frightening about that?
Posted by: m

"AI companies are bulk-buying rare books, scanning them through high-speed machines that cut the spines off, and shredding the originals."
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 27, 2026 05:21 AM (BLOW1)

Was it on the tech thread that this story was first posted, Pixy? I'm searching for it in AoSHq archives and not finding it. All of this was much-discussed in the comments! Much to discuss. For example:

The shredding is, I believe, a de-spining to get the pages in a stack to be scanned. As someone comments at the linked site, "It's the only way for LLM companies to make this process legal. Not defending it but don't think they can resell the books after they scan it." Books get pulped all the time. The companies elected to sell these.

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 05:39 AM (faghi)

64 And we also saw tiny forget me nots and two egrets and several herons. It just amazes me and grateful that God can make something as tiny and beautiful as a forget me not and yet created the sun, moon and the universe.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:40 AM (xSAlF)

65 Ok, then. Bad fanfic, thus the need for copy editor cats.
Posted by: clarence

Precisely.
****

🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 05:43 AM (plc2/)

66 64-Meant " I am grateful".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:45 AM (rHgXV)

67 In ST TNG every unsolved Hilbert problem was resolved with Tachyons.

Something to keep in mind.

Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026 05:45 AM (Ylc77)

68 66 64-Meant " I am grateful".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:45 AM (rHgXV)

I was shredding cheese with a cheese grater and my fingers got involved...I was both grate-ful and not grateful...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 05:45 AM (l3cgK)

69 67 In ST TNG every unsolved Hilbert problem was resolved with Tachyons.

Something to keep in mind.

Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026 05:45 AM (Ylc77)

That's a tachy solution...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 05:46 AM (l3cgK)

70 Oh, we brought the truck into town to receive a normal ultrasound. Relaxing in a hotel room now. We go back home tomorrow.

Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026 05:46 AM (Ylc77)

71 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:22 AM (O7YUW)

LOL. Glad I don't live in India.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 05:46 AM (rHgXV)

72 we brought the truck into town to receive a normal ultrasound.
****

???

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 05:48 AM (plc2/)

73 5 I appreciate when Vance is right and doesn't mince words:

https://tinyurl.com/52sf3xtf
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta

----

If he means end the filibuster, I agree. Do it.
If he means pack SCOTUS, I disagree.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at July 27, 2026 05:48 AM (5EgUN)

74 @72/clarence: I envisioned a truck, relaxing on the bed in a hotel room, after having that ultrasound.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:49 AM (O7YUW)

75 74 @72/clarence: I envisioned a truck, relaxing on the bed in a hotel room, after having that ultrasound.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:49 AM (O7YUW)

As my Grandmother (at the time aged 91) said after coming out of the CATSCAN, "Was it a boy or a girl?"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 05:50 AM (l3cgK)

76 Also related to the Independence Day reimagined link posted above, Brent Spiner was the crazy scientist in the movie. He does extremes very well. On night court, he was a bumpkin.

Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026 05:50 AM (Ylc77)

77 The truck is complaining about the room now. Taking it elsewhere.

Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026 05:52 AM (Ylc77)

78 @77/meh: What, it didn't like the Vroom service?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

79 78 @77/meh: What, it didn't like the Vroom service?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

I thought it was exhausted...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 05:56 AM (l3cgK)

80 I often think about cats and if they were big and you was a mouse. That cute little fuzz ball would be your most dangerous animal in your area. (Honey, I shrunk the ......)
Its a good thing horses don't eat meat, or your life would be a very different experience. I guess nature made it so the human can live with animals (generally) and not worry about being eaten.

Posted by: Coliin at July 27, 2026 05:56 AM (CiQE7)

81 As to the ultrasound, if there was a beer in there, it would be Dos Equis.

Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026 05:56 AM (Ylc77)

82 If he means end the filibuster, I agree.
****

The filibuster is an out of date procedure. In these days, most congress critters are told how to vote by those who have paid them off or made a deal for swapping votes. Call the vote and stop allowing the grandstanding.

Posted by: clarence at July 27, 2026 05:57 AM (plc2/)

83 Evening and morning, all! 'Tis Monday the Dreaded again, but remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 05:58 AM (wzUl9)

84
OK, I ran a hard drive check on my dying computer. It said it passed the SMART test but failed the hard drive test. I took that to mean that the disk itself was working but there's something wrong with it such that I can't load Windows.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:00 AM (O0L8i)

85 80 I often think about cats and if they were big and you was a mouse. That cute little fuzz ball would be your most dangerous animal in your area. (Honey, I shrunk the ......)
Its a good thing horses don't eat meat, or your life would be a very different experience. I guess nature made it so the human can live with animals (generally) and not worry about being eaten.

Posted by: Coliin at July 27, 2026 05:56 AM (CiQE7)

Depends how hungry the animals are...
There are stories of an owner dying and the pet (cat or dog) having no choice...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:02 AM (l3cgK)

86 In ST TNG every unsolved Hilbert problem was resolved with Tachyons.

Something to keep in mind.
Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026

***
I watched one last night from their fourth season that I had forgotten. It was unsettling, as TNG did well, and suspenseful . . . and then, after the climactic resolution, the episode ended far too swiftly, with no commentary on what had happened or any mention of contacting the aliens who had been trapped with them in a spatial rift.

ST:TOS used to have unnecessarily comic tag scenes sometimes, but at least they had them. TNG often held the resolution of their conflict back to so late in the episode that there was no time for reflection.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

87 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:02 AM (l3cgK)

Fortunately, unless we all died together I think the rest of my family would keep me from being eaten by the cat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 06:05 AM (rHgXV)

88 "TNG often held the resolution of their conflict back to so late in the episode that there was no time for reflection."

ON the other hand, in the famous episode that introduced the Borg, "Q Who?", there is a fine tag scene. Picard is talking with Guinan, who points out that the Borg are now aware of humans and the Federation, and -- having read the ship's computer data -- know where they are located.

Picard murmurs, "They'll be coming. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

89 Yes. It's those darn positrons again.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Then again, after watching one episode of "Chainsmoker Cat" maybe wiping them out is not really a bad thing.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 06:09 AM (+4yJ5)

90 87 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:02 AM (l3cgK)

Fortunately, unless we all died together I think the rest of my family would keep me from being eaten by the cat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 06:05 AM (rHgXV)

There was an episode of "Homicide Hunter" where the woman was walking her dog out in the forest and suddenly died. The leash was stuck on the woman, so her little dog could not escape...after a few days, the little dog couldn't help it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:12 AM (l3cgK)

91 @Biden’s Dog - I don’t know many people that read, so they won’t miss what they didn’t have to begin with. The TV is such a great attractor. Be prepared instead for AI slop tv and movies.

Posted by: H at July 27, 2026 06:13 AM (cIjYM)

92 Wolfus mentioned being on the wrong side of the ground, so that got me thinking about cities with underground places to go. I dealt with Grok for a few minutes:

Atlanta: Underground Atlanta – historic 19th-century streets and storefronts under the viaducts, with shops, dining, and entertainment.

Taipei: Big underground shopping malls and arcades linked directly to the major train and metro stations.

Montreal: RÉSO (Underground City) – huge climate-controlled network of tunnels connecting malls, metro stations, offices, and hotels.

Coober Pedy: Underground dugout homes, shops, hotels, and even churches carved into the rock to escape the desert heat.

Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026 06:15 AM (Ylc77)

93 And:
Matera: Ancient Sassi cave districts – rock-cut dwellings still used as homes, hotels, restaurants, and shops.

Seattle: Seattle Underground – original Pioneer Square sidewalks and storefronts left below street level after the streets were raised, open for tours.

Chicago: Pedway system plus Lower Wacker Drive – extensive underground pedestrian tunnels and multi-level streets under the Loop.

Tokyo: Massive underground shopping streets (chikagai) around major stations like Shinjuku and Shibuya.

Beijing: Cold War-era underground city tunnels and widespread basement spaces, some still used for living and small businesses.

Cappadocia (Derinkuyu area): Ancient multi-level underground cities carved into soft rock, now open for exploration.

Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026 06:16 AM (Ylc77)

94 84 F. here already, at 5 am. No workout today though; I strained my right knee somehow yesterday, perhaps in my exercise session -- though it was not long -- or afterward. I began to notice it only some hours after I'd exercised.

Unfortunately I need to visit Walmart for some essentials today. I'll make it as fast and short as I can.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:17 AM (wzUl9)

95 I'd love to live in a city that had underground shopping!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

96 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 06:18 AM (VyBeY)

97 93 ...

Seattle: Seattle Underground – original Pioneer Square sidewalks and storefronts left below street level after the streets were raised, open for tours.

Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026 06:16 AM (Ylc77)

I've done that tour...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:19 AM (l3cgK)

98 95 I'd love to live in a city that had underground shopping!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 27, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

The city I grew up in had tunnels that crossed into Mexico...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:20 AM (l3cgK)

99
Wolfus mentioned being on the wrong side of the ground, so that got me thinking about cities with underground places to go.

Houston: downtown tunnel system is a network of subterranean, climate-controlled, pedestrian walkways that links 95 full city blocks 20 feet below Houston's downtown streets. It is approximately six miles long.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:20 AM (O0L8i)

100 100

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 06:20 AM (faghi)

101 Today,, 86 years ago, Bugs Bunny made his debut:
In an animated short. From "Good News" network

https://tinyurl.com/7thby9b7

Have a good day, folks. If you can find something to laugh or smile about or unexpected beauty enjoy those today . Remember, God loves you and you are a blessing to others.! And for the praying people, keep on praying!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 06:24 AM (xPsv8)

102 Tokyo: Massive underground shopping streets (chikagai) around major stations like Shinjuku and Shibuya.

Given the number of kaiju incidents, underground shopping makes sense.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 06:25 AM (+4yJ5)

103 102 Tokyo: Massive underground shopping streets (chikagai) around major stations like Shinjuku and Shibuya.

Given the number of kaiju incidents, underground shopping makes sense.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 06:25 AM (+4yJ5)

Do Kaiju wear yarmulkes?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:26 AM (l3cgK)

104 Do Kaiju wear yarmulkes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I'm not getting close enough to get you an answer.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 06:29 AM (+4yJ5)

105 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 27, 2026 06:30 AM (2Ez/1)

106
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 27, 2026 06:30 AM (2Ez/1)

Empty. I need to wash out the fountain and refill it. Also fill up the water pan that sits on the ground. Plus we need more bird seed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 27, 2026 06:33 AM (O0L8i)

107 Do Kaiju wear yarmulkes?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:26 AM (l3cgK)
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Doesn't everybody?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 06:39 AM (DGD6U)

108 17 Stir It Up - Johnny Nash

I don't think I ever knew what the title words were! I misheard something like "you're enough" or "sure enough." Hahahahaha.
Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:49 AM (faghi)

Or "spirit of."

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 06:47 AM (faghi)

109 A mention of the Hilbert problems in the comments. Wow, those are heavy duty so a very grave violation of the no maths rule ;-)

Seriously, I’ve read through that list and I don’t even come close to understanding the problems. This led me down a sinkhole reading about Bernard Riemann. He died at the tender age of 39. There’s no doubt in my mind that exceptional ability in mathematics is God given. Here almost 200 years later mathematicians are still trying to prove the Riemann Hypothesis…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 06:48 AM (38yk/)

110 109 A mention of the Hilbert problems in the comments. Wow, those are heavy duty so a very grave violation of the no maths rule ;-)

Seriously, I’ve read through that list and I don’t even come close to understanding the problems. This led me down a sinkhole reading about Bernard Riemann. He died at the tender age of 39. There’s no doubt in my mind that exceptional ability in mathematics is God given. Here almost 200 years later mathematicians are still trying to prove the Riemann Hypothesis…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 06:48 AM (38yk/)

I'd rather delve into Ramen Spectroscopy...I like the shrimp and beef ramen best...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:50 AM (l3cgK)

111 This led me down a sinkhole reading about Bernard Riemann. He died at the tender age of 39.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 06:48 AM (38yk/)
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Doesn't everybody?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 06:51 AM (DGD6U)

112 I guess I'm more familiar with the Bob Marley recording of that song.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 06:53 AM (2Ez/1)

113 111 This led me down a sinkhole reading about Bernard Riemann. He died at the tender age of 39.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 06:48 AM (38yk/)
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Doesn't everybody?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 06:51 AM (DGD6U)

No. I'm still alive at beyond 39...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:53 AM (l3cgK)

114 >>Maids, yes. Robots, yes. Ninjas, yes. Catgirls, no.

Hope Anna Puma doesn't see this.

Mornin', Horde. 70 degrees and dew point supposedly 71 in Kentuckiana.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 06:53 AM (NcvvS)

115 114 >>Maids, yes. Robots, yes. Ninjas, yes. Catgirls, no.

Hope Anna Puma doesn't see this.

Mornin', Horde. 70 degrees and dew point supposedly 71 in Kentuckiana.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 06:53 AM (NcvvS)

3:55 in the a.m. here. 71ºF here with 92% humidity...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:55 AM (l3cgK)

116 Know who else had an underground place to go?

Posted by: Shifty eyes at July 27, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ez/1)

117 116 Know who else had an underground place to go?

Posted by: Shifty eyes at July 27, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ez/1)

I do, when I die. I'll be buried with my wife...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:56 AM (l3cgK)

118 Fen,

Settings -> Focus -> Do Not Disturb

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 27, 2026 06:56 AM (bkuEU)

119 Today,, 86 years ago, Bugs Bunny made his debut:
In an animated short.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 27, 2026 06:24 AM (xPsv

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Eh.... WhatsApp, doc?

https://tinyurl.com/3m995fbk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 06:57 AM (DGD6U)

120 No. I'm still alive at beyond 39...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 06:53 AM (l3cgK)
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Lucky you!

I have Jack Benny Syndrome.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 06:58 AM (DGD6U)

121 Ramunajan was deeply religious and believed that math was communication from the Gods.

Nevertheless, any substantial unsolved problem may be resolved with some application of Tachyons.

Posted by: meh at July 27, 2026 06:59 AM (Ylc77)

122 Know who else had an underground place to go?

Posted by: Shifty eyes at July 27, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ez/1)
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Yep. There was even a ballroom down there.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 07:00 AM (DGD6U)

123 My plan is to live forever. So far, so good.

Posted by: In my best Steven Wright voice at July 27, 2026 07:01 AM (2Ez/1)

124 Here's the 404Media article

AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop

July 21, 2026

https://archive.is/9MQrK

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 07:01 AM (faghi)

125 Morning peeps. Wild electrical storms last night. Yet, not a drop of rain at our place. Very humid. Overcast right now.

Still have part of the yard to mow. If it doesn't rain and if the grass dries out a bit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 27, 2026 07:02 AM (jehhT)

126

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 27, 2026 07:04 AM (rZu4J)

127 Meeting some friends for dinner tonight. Chinese food.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 07:05 AM (2Ez/1)

128 "Under this busy shopping street in Kobe, Japan, there are over 100 hidden restaurants..."

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 27, 2026 07:06 AM (BLOW1)

129 70 degrees, dense fog, no rain.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 27, 2026 07:06 AM (VyBeY)

130 Going on 9+ hours no power. Time to head home from the lake. Will need to get wife's car out garage first for when she leaves later today in case power isn't restored. She can't manually close the garage door.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 27, 2026 07:10 AM (nT/TX)

131 So last week we had to make an emergency vet trip. One of our guests pinched a nerve in his neck so we had to get him looked at. The poor boy was yelping when he was trying to put his head down to sleep.

Got him some good quality drugs and let his owner borrow our harness so he's not leash walking him with the collar. The one bad thing was he was out of the country and we couldn't contact him. He reports that his pup is doing quite well now.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 27, 2026 07:18 AM (+4yJ5)

132 Focus, on an iphone, lets you set up restrictions for activities on the iphone. You can setit up for when you are driving. The Do Not Disturb is useful if you are busy with work and need to focus on that. You should be able to disable it or delete that schedule in Settings.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 27, 2026 07:18 AM (bkuEU)

133 Predicted to be 107 today with 53% humidity and 12mph winds. Supposed to be the last triple digit day.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 27, 2026 07:21 AM (bkuEU)

134 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 07:26 AM (u82oZ)

135 Notsothoreau

Currently 92℉ on my uncalibrated porch thermometer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 27, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

136 76 deg here with 91% humidity. 74 deg dew point. This is…. Tropical. Sweating when outside

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 27, 2026 07:27 AM (cq1gA)

137 Humidity may suck, but you don't have to shovel it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 27, 2026 07:27 AM (2Ez/1)

138 Nood JJ.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 27, 2026 07:28 AM (NcvvS)

139 Open source MineTest/MineClone system requirements have not gone up.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at July 27, 2026 10:31 AM (qBEgl)

Sunday Overnight Open Thread - July 26, 2026 [Doof]

From ArmyBrat68

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Last Sunday one of the month. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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I'm sure most of you watched this live when it aired, but for the few of you who didn't, here are the highlights from last night's WNBA All-Star Game

WNBA 2026 ALL-STAR HIGHLIGHTS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/PBGTi5u2rO
— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) July 26, 2026

Get one while supplies last!

Angle Reese scored 0 points in the WNBA all star game last night and got a layup blocked by a player not trying to block it.

It's obvious that Mattel didn't make a barbie doll of her because she's a good player, they made it because she's black and hates Caitlin Clark! pic.twitter.com/QE2pPKifnB
— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) July 26, 2026

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It's not just government at the federal level that is asshoe

Police pull over to arrest Florida man—for blocking Flock camera on public sidewalk.

He sat holding a 12-foot pool skimmer with sign taped on top.

Today all camera saw was sign:
"Down With Flock Cameras."

A witness offered to help:
"What's your name? I'll come bail you out!"… pic.twitter.com/b6jwpdwi1E
— LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 (@LongTimeHistory) July 25, 2026

Love this guy! How many cities are run like this? pic.twitter.com/fkKswFmo79
— Michelle Maxwell ™ (@MichelleMaxwell) July 26, 2026

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If AARP opposes something, I'm in favor of it by default

AARP to Congress: ‘We strongly object to fast-tracking Social Security changes’

Social Security has just about six years before it may need to start reducing retirement benefits — unless Congress acts sooner.
Earlier this month, a bipartisan group of senators put forward a proposal that outlines a process to make a Social Security overhaul happen faster.
Now, AARP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that advocates on senior issues, said it opposes the senators’ bill, called the Protecting Retirement Opportunities and Maintaining Income Security for Everyone, or PROMISE, Act.
“We strongly object to fast-tracking Social Security changes through Congress, as your bill would do,” AARP Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond wrote in a July 21 letter addressed to Sens. Dick Durbin, the Democratic Whip from Illinois; and Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana. Durbin and Cassidy are among the lawmakers who introduced the PROMISE Act proposal.

"Nonpartisan" - we all believe that, right?

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Young guy with a strong work ethic!

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Of course this happens when I'm no longer at the Doof Enterprises northern command

World’s largest jellyfish spotted near Cape Cod

One of the planet’s largest species of jellyfish—the Lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)—have been making unwelcome appearances on Massachusetts beaches, as reported by the Boston Globe.
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“Lion’s Mane jellyfish are currently appearing in unusually large numbers off Cape Cod,” reads a social media post by the Sandwich Marina – Sandwich Harbormaster in Cape Cod. “While Lion’s Mane is normally seen from late spring through summer, this year reports began in May, with exceptionally high densities observed by mid-June. Similar blooms have occurred in the past, including in 2020. Experts believe factors such as water temperatures and available food sources may contribute to these increases.”
Furthermore, the post reminds people to not touch jellyfish—whether they’re on the beach or in the water. It’s generally a good idea to stay away from them, as tentacles can be hard to spot. In the case of a sting, wash the spot with warm water and use tweezers to get rid of the tentacles. You can use vinegar to help get rid of the sting.

I would actually really enjoy seeing this creature! Imagine it rocking out like this

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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)

It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.

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From Pitch to Catwalk: The Wild, Wonderful World of FIFA Soccer Kits- Dedicated to Doof for his love of the game.

Soccer kits aren’t just uniforms, they’re national mood boards, cultural flexes, and straight-up fashion statements that can outshine the scoreline. In the high-stakes arena of the FIFA World Cup, a jersey has to survive 90 minutes of sweat, sprinting, and sliding tackles… while also looking sharp enough to make fans line up to buy them. Whether it’s the canary-yellow panache of Brazil or the ornate black-and-blue drama of Argentina’s latest away kit, these shirts have leapt from the pitch to street style. Let’s dive into the colorful and downright fabulous history of FIFA fashion, the creative minds behind the 2026 looks, and a definitive ranking by moi.

The Classics

Some kits transcend the game and become pure style icons. Top of the podium? Brazil’s 1970 home kit. That vibrant yellow shirt with green trim and blue shorts, worn by Pelé and the greatest team of all time, is the gold standard.

Close behind:
o West Germany’s 1990 kit, with its bold black-red-gold zigzag that screamed victory (and won the tournament). Designer Ina Franzmann wanted something that “makes a bang,” and it still does.
o Nigeria’s 2018 Nike chevron masterpiece (designed by the legendary Matthew Wolff) remains a streetwear grail.
o USA’s quirky 1994 “denim” kit, initially mocked by the players themselves but now a beloved retro cult favorite.

2026: North America’s Fashion World Cup — The Designers Behind the Looks

The 2026 tournament (48 teams, 100+ kits) turned releases into a runway show. The “big three” dominate: Adidas (14 federations), Nike (12), and Puma (11), with smaller brands like Kappa, Umbro, Capelli, and others filling the rest.

Key creative force: Sergio Mareco, Adidas Senior Designer of Apparel (and one of the lead minds on the 2026 federation collection). He and the Adidas team (including Matteo Kossman on home kits) infused national storytelling, heritage motifs, and technical cooling fabrics into everything from Argentina’s ornate away to Mexico’s Aztec-inspired home and Germany’s retro farewell (Adidas’s last tournament with Die Mannschaft before they switch brands). Nike’s in-house teams handled powerhouses like France, Brazil, the US, and Canada, focusing on breathable recycled mesh and cultural nods (e.g., Justin Atallian on the US kits). Puma brought vibrant African and European flair. Smaller brands like Capelli Sport delivered distinctive looks for rising nations.

Ranking the 2026 Kits (Our Fun Fashion Top 5)

Argentina away (Adidas) — The undisputed fashion champion. Ornate black with swirling blue fileteado porteño folk-art patterns. Brave, unique, and pure Buenos Aires swagger. (Sergio Mareco & Adidas team)

France (Nike) — Collars are back, baby! The home kit brings sophistication with tricolor flourishes (very “fashion capital” ), while the away leans into a cool light-green Statue of Liberty vibe.

Curaçao away (Adidas) — Sunny lemon-yellow with multicolored Trefoil stripes inspired by Willemstad’s colorful buildings. First-ever World Cup vibes and pure collector gold.

Japan away (Adidas) — Clean, retro-baseball-inspired elegance. If you find one, buy it!

Uruguay away (Nike) — The “Black Panther” kit. Sleek, superhero-level presence that pushes boundaries.

Honorable mention: Germany home (Adidas) — Last Adidas hurrah: 1990 zigzag throwback done right. Unmistakably German.

From 1930s wool to 2026’s high-tech storytelling canvases, FIFA kits prove the beautiful game has always been fabulous. Rank your favorites and maybe rock one off the pitch!

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Thanks, Piper -- although I must warn you that any future use of "pitch" instead of "field" or "kit" instead of "uniform" may result in you losing your prime parking spot at Doof Enterprises HQ.

The rest of you - Don't forget to check out Piper's X page.

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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Your feedback may or may not be very important to Doof Enterprises. Follow Mr. Doof on X @doof2112 or do the email thing – doof2112 at proton dot me.

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1 On the prefrontal cortex, this ONT is taut and linear, driven by bright acerbicity and a core of dry wit and European fashion choices.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

2 Oh my!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 26, 2026 10:04 PM (ok2JK)

3 Hello.

Posted by: Case at July 26, 2026 10:04 PM (bqIVz)

4 Sniper is behind the sun.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 Wha?, Wut?; NOW!

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 10:04 PM (3oLMy)

6 Meow

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 26, 2026 10:04 PM (w3u3d)

7 St

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 26, 2026 10:04 PM (6lIrI)

8 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 26, 2026 10:05 PM (O6Iwc)

9 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 26, 2026 10:05 PM (+9wcF)

10 Hey, Doof.

Posted by: Bulg at July 26, 2026 10:06 PM (77rzZ)

11 Proof of first:

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Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 10:07 PM (ZxPkt)

12 All-Star

What a disgrace.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 10:07 PM (NnhvP)

13 Sorry I'm late, I was having my tailor adjust the hem on my clamdiggers.

As an aside, was anybody else expecting Piper to comment on the Tate Brothers' clouture when they were taken into custody?

Posted by: tankdemon at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)

14 Experts believe factors such as water temperatures and available food sources may contribute to these increases.

More jellyfish food means there'll be more jellyfish?

Good thing we gots "experts" to tell us these things.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)

15 >>>Durbin and Cassidy are among the lawmakers who introduced the PROMISE Act proposal.

If those two fuckwits are behind it, then my bet would be that AARP got it right this time.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (syz1S)

16 Not my prime parking spot!

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (hftzA)

17 All-Star

What a disgrace.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

What is our collective idea of the age of a teen boy's team that would whip their asses?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (O6Iwc)

18 AARP came out strongly in favor of 0bamacare, knowing it would screw their membership. They deserve nothing but scorn.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 26, 2026 10:09 PM (+9wcF)

19 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 26, 2026 10:10 PM (sAmhv)

20 Hey, Piper!

I miss you!

Posted by: Bulg at July 26, 2026 10:10 PM (77rzZ)

21
Soccer is over for another four years. We don't have to pretend to care any longer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 10:10 PM (O0L8i)

22 I watched a baseball game (NYY @ PHI)

this is unheard of for me
man- and I thought the guys who do football games talk too much!

constant yammering

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 10:10 PM (ZxPkt)

23 Sorry Piper. I soooo love your Sunday fashions. For me, tonight, these suck...
Love ya regardless 💕....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 26, 2026 10:10 PM (ok2JK)

24 Mexico’s jerseys were amazing works of art.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 10:11 PM (yEz+x)

25 Proof of first:

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Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 10:07 PM (ZxPkt)

Sure - that would hold up in court

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

26 A VTuber had to stop covering the World Cup FIFA events because every team she chose lost.

Naturally the soccer fans took this threat seriously and threatened to kill her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:12 PM (2GVsD)

27 Use a drone with a can of spray paint against the FLOCK.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)

28 I'm only here for the fashion.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 10:12 PM (u/oMr)

29 All-Star

What a disgrace.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Airballs (short) from 8 feet away. I haven't touched a basketball in 30 years and I could at least brick that.....

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

30 Hey, Doof.
Posted by: Bulg at July 26, 2026 10:06 PM (77rzZ)

Howdy

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

31 entrepreneurship by proxy

That husband is dead.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 10:12 PM (NnhvP)

32 Soccer is over for another four years. We don't have to pretend to care any longer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 10:10 PM (O0L8i)

Yeah. I started looking at the fashion pix, then remembered it's kickball, and scrolled down.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

33 Proof of first:
Posted by: Don Black

My first was proof of reading the Food Thread.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:13 PM (VHUov)

34 Wait. The fashion is all dudes.

WTAF?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 10:13 PM (u/oMr)

35 Not my prime parking spot!
Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (hftzA)

Yup. Harsh but necessary!

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

36 on’s Mane jellyfish are currently appearing in unusually large numbers off Cape Cod,” reads a social media post by the Sandwich Marina – Sandwich Harbormaster in Cape Cod. “While Lion’s Mane is normally seen from late spring through summer, this year reports began in May, with exceptionally high densities observed by mid-June...Experts believe factors such as water temperatures and available food sources may contribute to these increases.”

Man, that must have hurt the "reporter" not to explicitly accuse global warming for gigantic jellyfish.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 10:14 PM (Riz8t)

37 At my store, we still got plenty of FIFA merchandise on the shelves.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)

38 The last Only Fans joke made me LOL.

Posted by: polynikes at July 26, 2026 10:14 PM (KC5Lt)

39
constant yammering

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 10:10 PM (ZxPkt)

_________

It was worse when ESPN had Sunday Night Baseball. It was like the game was some little sidelight next to the booth guests, dugout interviews, mic-ed up players, etc.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 10:14 PM (O0L8i)

40 Bulg, why do you miss me? I am right here!

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:14 PM (hftzA)

41 Doof for the ONT win once again!!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at July 26, 2026 10:15 PM (BfoY9)

42 If you like F1 racing see my latest painting in my nic.

Posted by: polynikes at July 26, 2026 10:15 PM (KC5Lt)

43
What is our collective idea of the age of a teen boy's team that would whip their asses?
Posted by: Tonypete

23 or 13.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 10:15 PM (NnhvP)

44 I wonder if Charles de Gaulle or Charles Martel would recognize the "French" soccer team.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 10:15 PM (Riz8t)

45 Okay. Is it FEYE-fuh? Or FEEE-fuh?

Inquiring minds probably want to know.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 10:15 PM (u/oMr)

46 24 Mexico’s jerseys were amazing works of art.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 10:11 PM (yEz+x)

They were, but I had to kick them out for being jerks.

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:16 PM (hftzA)

47 As an aside, was anybody else expecting Piper to comment on the Tate Brothers' clouture when they were taken into custody?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)

I don't think Piper shops much at Ross Dress For Less.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 10:16 PM (rbvCR)

48 "Nonpartisan" - we all believe that, right?
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"Nonpartisan" just means "Progressive but we're going to fool the normies by using a different word"

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 26, 2026 10:16 PM (vSvIl)

49 The only interesting game to me was France vs England and that was because the score was 6-4.

Posted by: polynikes at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (KC5Lt)

50 I watched a baseball game (NYY @ PHI)

this is unheard of for me
man- and I thought the guys who do football games talk too much!

constant yammering
Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 10:10 PM (ZxPkt)

So true. I sure do miss hearing Vin Scully call a game. Or Jon Miller, Jack Buck, Chuck Thompson, etc.

Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

51
Is it FEYE-fuh? Or FEEE-fuh?

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*sneers at ignorant American*

Eff-IFA

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (O0L8i)

52 World’s largest jellyfish spotted near Cape Cod

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It's been hitting Wal-Marts all up and down the Eastern Seaboard.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (u/oMr)

53 So...soccer shirts.
I like shirts.
I just have a hard time getting excited about soccer shirts.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (xcxpd)

54 45. The first. It’s not giants fee fii foe fumming.

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (hftzA)

55 The wnba footage is some of the funniest shit I’ve ever seen. Good lord that’s bad.

Looks like a packed house. Who the fuck is paying money to watch this shyte?

Posted by: Chaos at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (Xe8e7)

56 I assume the wnba clip is an AI generated parody. Tell me it’s not real, lie to me if you must.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 26, 2026 10:18 PM (2NHgQ)

57 Use a drone with a can of spray paint against the FLOCK.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot

On the flock map I spotted the one near us. Drove by it, there is only a 6 inch stump where the pole was.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 10:18 PM (NnhvP)

58 What is our collective idea of the age of a teen boy's team that would whip their asses?
Posted by: Tonypete

Middle-school varsity, from a town of at least 5000 people.

If they spot the WNBA a player and play 5-on-4, they might need the high-school varsity team.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)

59 polynikes

Amazing painting!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 10:18 PM (u82oZ)

60 23 Sorry Piper. I soooo love your Sunday fashions. For me, tonight, these suck...
Love ya regardless 💕....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 26, 2026

It could have been WNBA! lol

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:18 PM (hftzA)

61 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

Nobody.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

62
Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

___________

By Saam, the Man of a Zillion Words.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 10:19 PM (O0L8i)

63 Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof

Vince Scully.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 10:19 PM (NnhvP)

64 Thanks for another entertaining ONT, Doof!

And thanks for another fabulous fashion thread, Piper! Sports uniforms have sure come a long way!

That only fans meme is great!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 26, 2026 10:19 PM (D/6p1)

65 Since the WNBA is topical,, let me point out that all Sopie Cunningh model shoes in every size sold out after she came out against men in women's sports.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 26, 2026 10:19 PM (Hd1lH)

66 I read that as pitcher to catcher, because, you know, soccer.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 26, 2026 10:19 PM (QaH55)

67 Only Fans?

I shall give you Fansly which is made up of Lewdtubers. Avatars doing the sex acts found on Only Fans.

Fansly was a PROUD sponsor of this year's OffKai. So they were front and center in the general convention space where children could get exposed. Their booth had a giant QR code that if scanned would grant anyone access to Fansly content like a 'woman' avatar talking about masturbation with cum on her face.

OffKai and Fansly need to burn in Hell.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)

68 I mean these guys were digging into metadata and minutiae
with just a constant stream of verbosity

and the pitches

sweeper
slider
screamer
laugher

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 10:19 PM (ZxPkt)

69 My co-worker decided to watch the WNBA all star game. He said it was awful. I watched the LAD beat the NYM. Well, sort of watch it. Mostly I read a book.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 26, 2026 10:20 PM (sAmhv)

70 14 Experts believe factors such as water temperatures and available food sources may contribute to these increases.

More jellyfish food means there'll be more jellyfish?

Good thing we gots "experts" to tell us these things.
Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)

Experts Warn of Growing Obesity Epidemic among Jellyfish

Posted by: Tomorrow's Headlines Today at July 26, 2026 10:20 PM (w/O5Q)

71 Evening, Horde. Praying that the morning brings the interview arrangements I've been anticipating and that it leads to an offer that I won't refuse.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 26, 2026 10:20 PM (aJQbY)

72 I would drop AARP but then I would lose my twenty per cent early bird spaghetti dinner discount at the local restaurant.
That's a lot to give up.

Posted by: Case at July 26, 2026 10:20 PM (bqIVz)

73 World’s largest jellyfish spotted near Cape Cod

I didn't know John Thune vacationed in Cape Cod.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 10:21 PM (Riz8t)

74 AMAC is a great counter to AARP. AARP are Commie Assholes to put it bluntly. AMAC lobbies from a MAGA point of view.

Do they call the metric kickball field "pitch" because the sissies who play the "sport" pitch a fit whenever anyone comes close to touching them?

Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at July 26, 2026 10:21 PM (JM9I6)

75 The first. It’s not giants fee fii foe fumming.
Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (hftzA)

For real?? It's not FEE-FA?? Seriously - I've been saying FEE-FA since I first saw it decades ago.

I shall not change.

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

76

Dizzy Dean

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 10:21 PM (Cqx++)

77 As an aside, was anybody else expecting Piper to comment on the Tate Brothers' clouture when they were taken into custody?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)

Not after the Babylon Bee's take.

Lesbian Couple Arrested In Miami On Sex Trafficking Charges

https://tinyurl.com/bd7wms84

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 10:21 PM (qx7Zg)

78 Anna Puma

You working for Fasbee now?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 10:22 PM (u82oZ)

79 Fasbee?

Nani?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:22 PM (2GVsD)

80
Greatest old-school football announcer was Ray Scott. "Starr.. Dowler... Touchdown."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 10:22 PM (O0L8i)

81 17? More like 170.

I watched the enshittification of Google search in real time. Early 2000s. I put together a website that was soon ranked on the first page - due to it being a great website for the topic. Traffic. There might be many proprietary metrics they look at, but it had to be that.

When I wanted to find something obscure, a carefully worded search string would bring up content related pages. It was awesome.

And then, like a switch being thrown, it just didn’t work any longer. Maybe they should have broke the search engine into a “most relevant” instead of “pays for page placement”.

They broke it. Then they did something really egregious. They started suppressing relevant information, because they didn’t like it. That’s bullshit. They try to “nudge” you to Only Approved Narratives

Posted by: Jus Sayin at July 26, 2026 10:23 PM (gO+76)

82 Uruguay away (Nike) — The “Black Panther” kit. Sleek, superhero-level presence that pushes boundaries.

A white guy modeling the Black-Panther-inspired jersey? I'm pretty sure they did a racism, there.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)

83 Good evening morons und danke Disko und Piper from under a cloudless Sonoma sunset.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 10:24 PM (JvZF+)

84 67 Only Fans?

I shall give you Fansly which is made up of Lewdtubers. Avatars doing the sex acts found on Only Fans.

Fansly was a PROUD sponsor of this year's OffKai. So they were front and center in the general convention space where children could get exposed. Their booth had a giant QR code that if scanned would grant anyone access to Fansly content like a 'woman' avatar talking about masturbation with cum on her face.

OffKai and Fansly need to burn in Hell.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)

I'll....I'll be right back

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 26, 2026 10:24 PM (xcxpd)

85 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 26, 2026 10:24 PM (SRRAx)

86 >Looks like a packed house. Who the fuck is paying money to watch this shyte?

Posted by: Chaos
----

the wives and girlfriends

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 10:24 PM (ZxPkt)

87 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

I have prayers ascending for your continued well-being.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 10:24 PM (u82oZ)

88
47 As an aside, was anybody else expecting Piper to comment on the Tate Brothers' clouture when they were taken into custody?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)

I don't think Piper shops much at Ross Dress For Less.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 10:16 PM (rbvCR)

I am not sure I know what that is! But I did make sure people knew they were wearing crops, not capris. When we are discussing slimeballs, we should be accurate.

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:24 PM (Dd38x)

89 Cape Cod is being overrun by Jarry Nadler's relatives?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:24 PM (2GVsD)

90 Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof

Bob Prince.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2026 10:27 PM (NkUqe)

91 Grew up in NY. Mel Allen and the Scooter for the Yankees, Ralph Kiner, Lindsey Nelson, and Bob Murphy for the Mets.

Posted by: WPIX, WOR at July 26, 2026 10:27 PM (JM9I6)

92 “Nonpartisan" - we all believe that, right?
——

“Bipartisan” - where the Democrats act partisan, and the Republicans act Bi.

Posted by: Jus Sayin at July 26, 2026 10:27 PM (gO+76)

93 11 year old welder needs to ditch the flannel and at least get a leather apron. Don't they teach these people about PPE?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 10:27 PM (3oLiU)

94 Newest WNBA scandal is lesbo WNBA couples cheating with other WNBA players. I just threw up in my mouth just a little bit.

Posted by: polynikes at July 26, 2026 10:27 PM (KC5Lt)

95 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco and Piper!

Posted by: TRex - bench warmer dino at July 26, 2026 10:27 PM (XfIK1)

96 Cape Cod is being overrun by Jarry Nadler's relatives?
Posted by: Anna Puma

If you are in a Provincetown bar and someone offers to push up your stool. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at July 26, 2026 10:27 PM (O6Iwc)

97 Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at July 26, 2026 10:20 PM (aJQbY)

-----------

Very best of luck, Dave. Godspeed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 10:27 PM (u/oMr)

98 I shall give you Fansly which is made up of Lewdtubers. Avatars doing the sex acts found on Only Fans.

OffKai and Fansly need to burn in Hell.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Eh, it's in the rules.

Posted by: Rule 34, specifically at July 26, 2026 10:27 PM (VHUov)

99 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:17

Easy one for here...the late, great Harry Carey.

Thanks for the ONT Doof.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 26, 2026 10:28 PM (55Qr6)

100 50 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

In my youth, Harry Carey did White Sox games with Jimmy Piersall. For those who don't know Piersall was an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox whose mental issues were the subject of the movie Fear Strikes Out starring Anthony Perkins and, iirc, Karl Maldin. His mental issues had not disappeared completely when he became the color man of the broadcast. Between that and Harry usually being three sheets to the wind by the Seventh inning stretch, it didn't really matter what was happening on the field, a good time was being had by all.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 26, 2026 10:28 PM (Hd1lH)

101 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

Not my neck of the woods, but we heard a Brewers game, passing through on a road trip.

Bob Uecker. Bar none, the best ever. Mr. Baseball.

He's in the front row in Heaven, now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 10:28 PM (0aYVJ)

102 “Bipartisan” - where the Democrats act partisan, and the Republicans act Bi.
Posted by: Jus Sayin

Bipartisan: all the democrats and Lisa Murkowski.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

103
Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof

Lanny Fratere. Former Pittsburgh Pirates announcer.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 26, 2026 10:29 PM (sAmhv)

104 Do they call the metric kickball field "pitch" because the sissies who play the "sport" pitch a fit whenever anyone comes close to touching them?
Posted by: Mega Ultra MAGA Man. at July 26, 2026 10:21 PM (JM9I6)

Perhaps the fans picked "volunteers" to pitch onto the field when their team sucked. "Here ya go, kick one of the pansies off da field, and win!"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg)

105 BTW, my neck of the woods was Wyoming - Montana.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 10:29 PM (0aYVJ)

106 The WNBA clip

is that really the level of play, or were they doing a skit of some kind

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 10:29 PM (ZxPkt)

107 75 The first. It’s not giants fee fii foe fumming.
Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (hftzA)

For real?? It's not FEE-FA?? Seriously - I've been saying FEE-FA since I first saw it decades ago.

I shall not change.
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

Don’t, in the UK, you are correct. Actually, in Europe, you are correct.

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:29 PM (Dd38x)

108 As an aside, was anybody else expecting Piper to comment on the Tate Brothers' clouture when they were taken into custody?
Posted by: tankdemon at July 26, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)

I feel like it's already been done - everyone agrees they look like lesbians. I still don't really know who they are and refuse to find out.

Posted by: Iris at July 26, 2026 10:30 PM (286+n)

109 Stumbled across this headline, guy seems to be having a good day.
Munetaka Murakami rockets 2 homers with parents in attendance on his bobblehead day while White Sox clobber Astros

Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 10:30 PM (sl73Y)

110 Some OffKai background for Rule 34

This year OffKai said if anyone ages 13 to 18 can get a permission form signed by a parent or legal guardian, they could wander the convention general admission area without a chaperone.

And the Fansly booth was placed squarely in the center of the general admission area instead of being kept in the usual 18+ area that would require age verification.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:31 PM (2GVsD)

111 22 I watched a baseball game (NYY @ PHI)

this is unheard of for me
man- and I thought the guys who do football games talk too much!

constant yammering
Posted by: Don Black

That’s what the mute button is for, silly.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 10:31 PM (yEz+x)

112 Piper, I have a low interest level in soccer but I enjoyed and appreciated your commentary today.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 26, 2026 10:31 PM (OlzlW)

113 40 Piper, I miss you because of the tumor that you got from Soup.

Posted by: Bulg at July 26, 2026 10:32 PM (77rzZ)

114
Voices of the Game by Curt Smith is a great history of baseball broadcasting from the early days to the 80s. The names! Barber, Allen, Brickhouse, Prince, Caray, Harwell, Jack Buck, on and on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 10:33 PM (O0L8i)

115 I was just told if I pronounce it the American way again, I will lose my prime parking space here. So, I correct my steering of y’all wrong. It’s fee fah. Forgive me. lol.

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:33 PM (Dd38x)

116 Have a great night, everyone.

May you all be blessed with deep sleep and the good dreams.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 10:33 PM (u82oZ)

117 Those clips from the WNBA ... oh my. I'm pretty sure our high school ladies played better than that.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 26, 2026 10:33 PM (OlzlW)

118 Use a drone with a can of spray paint against the FLOCK.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)

Paint the solar panel black, and the damned thing will run on internal battery power for a day or so, then quit,

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 10:33 PM (1z8ji)

119 They broke it. Then they did something really egregious. They started suppressing relevant information, because they didn’t like it. That’s bullshit. They try to “nudge” you to Only Approved Narratives
Posted by: Jus Sayin

Similar to what happened back in the day when you talked to the Research Librarian - she'd steer you away from the busty lesbian pron titles. Or the Ellen James Society works.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 26, 2026 10:34 PM (O6Iwc)

120 On a somewhat serious note, I heard an interesting discussion about Flock cameras that posited that it was just another scam to spend government money while accomplishing nothing.

The kicker is, if you cut down or disable the cameras, that just means they can buy more, and then buy cameras to watch the cameras, so if they are destroyed it actually helps the scam.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 26, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)

121 112. Thank you, Emmie.

And shockingly enough, they play more than every 4 years! 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:34 PM (Dd38x)

122 Those clips from the WNBA ... oh my. I'm pretty sure our high school ladies played better than that.

A team of spastics could probably play better. Oh wait, that is the WNBA.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:34 PM (2GVsD)

123 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof

Dave Niehaus.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 10:35 PM (yEz+x)

124 When I was a kid in junior high and high school, soccer was what the gym coach had us do when it was nice outside.

We had no soccer team. Football, basketball, swimming and track.

That's it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

125 So glad we can forget about soccer for 4 years now.
Same as the Olympics. Luge and curling only come to mind every 4 years.

Posted by: Only Care About Banana Ball at July 26, 2026 10:36 PM (JM9I6)

126 Ernie Harwell

Posted by: Bulg at July 26, 2026 10:36 PM (77rzZ)

127 Can you combine luge with curling?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)

128 I am off to bed. Sweet dreams, friends.

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:36 PM (Dd38x)

129 I was just told if I pronounce it the American way again, I will lose my prime parking space here. So, I correct my steering of y’all wrong. It’s fee fah. Forgive me. lol.
Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:33 PM (Dd38x)

Use my name for it. Another group of corruptocrats.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)

130 88 I am not sure I know what that is! But I did make sure people knew they were wearing crops, not capris. When we are discussing slimeballs, we should be accurate.
Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:24 PM (Dd38x)

Next you'll be telling me there's a difference between Chinese and kakhis.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 26, 2026 10:38 PM (Hd1lH)

131 Night Piper

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:38 PM (2GVsD)

132 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof

“Hi again, everybody.”
-- Zombie Herb Score

Posted by: Tonypete at July 26, 2026 10:38 PM (O6Iwc)

133 Milftastic mom chauffer having fun with T her daughter's expense.

https://tinyurl.com/ups9vkyn

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 10:39 PM (Riz8t)

134 I was just told if I pronounce it the American way again, I will lose my prime parking space here. So, I correct my steering of y’all wrong. It’s fee fah. Forgive me. lol.
Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 10:33 PM (Dd38x)

Good on you to correct yourself. BTW, your nic is pronounced "Peeper", correct?

Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

135 Benny Hill made jokes about the corruption of FIFA 50 years ago.

Posted by: Hasn't Gotten Better at July 26, 2026 10:40 PM (JM9I6)

136 87 {{{NaCly!!!}}}}
OH darling! So lovely to see yo💕💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 26, 2026 10:40 PM (ok2JK)

137 One of my best friends does announcing for McNeese University basketball and baseball for ESPN games. He took it up after retiring from Coaching. Hell of an athlete that's why I think he's a pretty good announcer.

Posted by: polynikes at July 26, 2026 10:40 PM (KC5Lt)

138 Sleep well, Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at July 26, 2026 10:41 PM (77rzZ)

139 Red light cameras and such, - such a scam. One company provided the cameras, Red Tix or something like that. Municipalities would sign up, and garner a whopping 2% of ticket revenue.

No points on the driver license for offenders however. Because, it’s all about safety you see. Why can’t the cities put up their own damn cameras, and keep 100% of the fucking revenue?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 10:41 PM (gO+76)

140 Damn. The smoke is thick. Thankfully none of the giant fires are close to us. But central Oregon is burning. Have not done the math, but it's gotta be close to a million acres now. And we are downwind of all that.

Reminds me of Fort Collins some years ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 10:41 PM (0aYVJ)

141 Can you combine luge with curling?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 26, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)

Replace the stone with that player's spouse on a round snow sled?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

142 ***Angle Reese scored ...and got a layup
---

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi18HSUt4wc

1

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 10:42 PM (3oLMy)

143 Piper

I have a Les Bleus windbreaker, from when France won the World Cup in 1998.

Eat your hearts out.

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 10:42 PM (RCjYY)

144 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?

Halsey Hall, Minnesota Twins
Herb Carneal

Posted by: free tibet at July 26, 2026 10:44 PM (MSFq8)

145 The kicker is, if you cut down or disable the cameras, that just means they can buy more, and then buy cameras to watch the cameras, so if they are destroyed it actually helps the scam.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 26, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)

If the resistance persists, eventually they become too expensive to maintain, and the contracts are not renewed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 10:44 PM (1z8ji)

146 Fee faa fo fum

Posted by: H at July 26, 2026 10:44 PM (27rXu)

147 I always miss my pals by a few minutes...
Good night Salty...

"Logging off life.” for now....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 26, 2026 10:45 PM (ok2JK)

148 130
Next you'll be telling me there's a difference between Chinese and kakhis.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 26, 2026 10:38 PM (Hd1lH)

Have I mentioned recently how much I despise autocorrect?

Chinos, the difference between chinos and kakhis.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 26, 2026 10:45 PM (Hd1lH)

149 Okay. Is it FEYE-fuh? Or FEEE-fuh?
Inquiring minds probably want to know.
Posted by: Cicero

The first. It’s not giants fee fii foe fumming.
Posted by: Piper

For real?? It's not FEE-FA?? Seriously - I've been saying FEE-FA since I first saw it decades ago.
I shall not change.
Posted by: Doof

Don’t, in the UK, you are correct. Actually, in Europe, you are correct.
Posted by: Piper

The "I" is for "Internationale." Short "i" sound. Or a sort of an "eh" sound in French.

Shouldn't it be FIH-FAH or FEH-FAH then? FEE-FAH and F'EYE-FAH are both the wrong phoneme.

Posted by: mikeski, pfedantically at July 26, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

150 50 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

The Gunner, Bob Prince. He stayed around way too long, so when I was listening to him as a kid, he was already becoming a bit embarrassing. Not an unusual phenomenon in the broadcasting world, or the world in general. Got to know when to call it a day. Or a night, in this case.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 26, 2026 10:46 PM (QaH55)

151
Dang if it ain't foggy here. Temp is just 76F, but the air is wringing wet.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 10:48 PM (w6EFb)

152 are both the wrong phoneme.
Posted by: mikeski

Sorry, I got distracted by her scent.

Wait, what?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 26, 2026 10:49 PM (O6Iwc)

153 Can you combine luge with curling?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Replace the stone with that player's spouse on a round snow sled?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

So two-man lugecurling would be rated NC-17?

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

154 Shouldn't it be FIH-FAH or FEH-FAH then? FEE-FAH and F'EYE-FAH are both the wrong phoneme.
Posted by: mikeski, pfedantically at July 26, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

I always thought it was pronounced faghi.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2026 10:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

155 So, sitting in public, with a sign... what is the CHARGE for blocking the privately owned Flock Camera?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 26, 2026 10:50 PM (mP0Kj)

156 "I would actually really enjoy seeing this creature!"
-----
Have you ever bumped into a jellyfish? Those of us who have don't quite have your blase' attitude.
What I'd enjoy is seeing an outboard prop at 200 RPM engaging with the damned things.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 26, 2026 10:51 PM (EYbNS)

157 Halsey Hall once set himself on fire in the booth- pipe smoker put a lit pipe in his jacket pocket

Posted by: free tibet at July 26, 2026 10:51 PM (MSFq8)

158 That giant jelly fish is the stuff of nightmares.

Posted by: JuJuBee at July 26, 2026 10:51 PM (YSQQv)

159 I always thought Portuguese Man O' War was a badass name for a jellyfish, but I don't get where the Portuguese part came from.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 10:54 PM (u/oMr)

160

Las Vegas Aces forward Brianna Turner, treasurer of the WNBPA, criticized the idea of wearing USA 250 patches during the All-Star Game. She said the idea must not have been fully thought through in a league consisting of nearly 70% Black women.

“No WNBA players would have been free 250 years ago," Turner wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on June 4. "The majority wouldn’t even have their freedom 100 years ago."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 10:54 PM (Cqx++)

161 Matchbox approaches music, if only the lead sang instead of talking the lyrics.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 10:55 PM (3oLMy)

162 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof at July 26, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

Kurt Gowdy. Hi neighbor, have a 'Gansett.

Followed his advice my entire life.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 10:55 PM (sl73Y)

163 old time sports announcers:

Jane Leavy wrote an excellent bio of Sandy Koufax.

She grew up in NYC. She said as a kid, she would take a transistor radio with an earpiece with her to Synagogue, and that instead of listening to The Word of God, she listened to The Voice of the Yankees.

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 10:55 PM (RCjYY)

164
The Moon is just a little left of Sgr A* tonight, the big black hole in the center of the Galaxy.

And for me here, Sgr A* is transiting. So it's High Hole Noon here. High Holeoon or something.

That transit will happen for everybody about one hour give or take before local midnight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)

165 Frank Gifford wasn’t a baseball announcer (I don’t think) but he was banging one of Johnny Carsons wives.

Johnny had his suspicions about her fooling around (Johnny wasn’t exactly a Boy Scout either) and he and some pals broke into an apartment she maintained for such dalliances, and found all the incriminating evidences. Although not exactly legal, Johnny allowed that since he was the one paying for the apartment he had no problem with it.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 10:57 PM (gO+76)

166 On a somewhat serious note, I heard an interesting discussion about Flock cameras that posited that it was just another scam to spend government money while accomplishing nothing.

The kicker is, if you cut down or disable the cameras, that just means they can buy more, and then buy cameras to watch the cameras, so if they are destroyed it actually helps the scam.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 26, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)

Crypto Rich?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 10:58 PM (rbvCR)

167 Have you ever been stung by a jellyfish?
Ever been bit by a Portuguese Man O' War?

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 10:59 PM (3oLMy)

168 The city is Corpus Christi, and difficulties with water scarcity are now coming to a head after years of concerns over shortages.

Pick up trash
PoPo Courts
Street
Water and Sewage
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 26, 2026 10:59 PM (/+uur)

169 She said the idea must not have been fully thought through in a league consisting of nearly 70% black women.
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You are free now, you stupid fucking wench.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 10:59 PM (gO+76)

170 I think they call it a "pitch" because originally they played football on the pastures they also played cricket on.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 10:59 PM (rbvCR)

171 highlights from last night's WNBA All-Star Game

Seriously? That was sad and hilarious.

Instead of all-STAR game, it should be all-BLACK HOLE game… oh, wait, wait, that might be taken wrong.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Champagne Supernova at July 26, 2026 10:59 PM (jrd4M)

172 “Hi again, everybody.”
-- Zombie Herb Score
Posted by: Tonypete at July 26, 2026 10:38 PM (O6Iwc)

I would have gone with Joe Tait

"good evening sports fans, it's a beautiful night for baseball"

Posted by: browndog says bring back Chief Wahoo at July 26, 2026 10:59 PM (3sXRv)

173 Just checked - Halsey
Hall set himself on fire with a cigar.

Posted by: free tibet at July 26, 2026 10:59 PM (MSFq8)

174 Can you combine luge with curling?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Replace the stone with that player's spouse on a round snow sled?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

So two-man lugecurling would be rated NC-17?
Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

Maybe not. If you have two on the show sled, they could be back-to-back doing handstands.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)

175 Bob Prince.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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And if you ever watched the guy talking, you'd wonder how he ever became an announcer. He literally talked out of one side of his mouth. Was it genetic, did he have a stroke? Don't know, but it worked for radio. He never would have cracked into TV.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 26, 2026 11:00 PM (EYbNS)

176 160

Viewed from a different perspective, I would think that would be a reason TO wear the 250 patch-- to celebrate the progress.

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 11:01 PM (RCjYY)

177 I've been listening to Ella Langley a lot this summer. She popped up in my YT feed and I was very impressed. It's not that she's a sultry minx, she's actually a very solid country singer. What I didn't expect, and should have, is all the broke brains on the internet screeching the usual shit. The internet has empowered sourpusses. Miserable shits who just piss and moan about every damn thing. Apparently a pretty southern girl who sings country songs is a nazi, or something. I've even seen posts about her accent being fake, which tells me they have never met a girl from Alabama. They really sound like that. It's nice! Eh, I'll stop. Gone on too long.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 26, 2026 11:01 PM (sAmhv)

178 So how many does it take to dissolve the city.
40%
50%
51%
Be gone all of you. The State comes in with a administrative government and vanquishes the entire city.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 26, 2026 11:03 PM (/+uur)

179 And if you ever watched the guy talking, you'd wonder how he ever became an announcer. He literally talked out of one side of his mouth. Was it genetic, did he have a stroke? Don't know, but it worked for radio. He never would have cracked into TV.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 26, 2026 11:00 PM (EYbNS)

I'm on a Mexican radio
I'm on a Mexican, whoa-oh, radio

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 11:03 PM (0aYVJ)

180 162 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof
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Dizzy Dean, only said something when something needed saying.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:03 PM (3oLMy)

181 Best announcer for Iowa would probably be Jim Zabel but most famous is deffo Ronald Reagan.
Not that I ever have listened to a game on radio or tv.

Posted by: SnailRacer at July 26, 2026 11:04 PM (Ev5Rw)

182 So in the WNBA, based on that video, are they not allowed to put the ball through the hoop ?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 26, 2026 11:04 PM (0TVIV)

183 Clay Travis needs to sweeten his bet (he bet a high school boys team of his choice could beat the WNBA champion, with $1 Million riding on outcome).

I think he should bet that St. Mary's School for the Blind and Wayward Boys could crush the best WNBA Team for $5 Million, and they'll only use the "beeper balls" in the second half.

Those "highlights" were atrocious.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 11:05 PM (dIske)

184 This week's fashion report did not earn outstanding accolades. Men's kickball sportswear has a limited audience here, it seems.

However, next week, continuing the sportswear theme, Piper will bring us a fashion report on women's Beach Volleyball and pole vaulting attire. And cheerleader outfits. With models.

Posted by: mindful webworker - tennis skirt supplement at July 26, 2026 11:06 PM (jrd4M)

185 “No WNBA players would have been free 250 years ago," Turner wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on June 4. "The majority wouldn’t even have their freedom 100 years ago."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

The majority of Blacks were slaves in 1926?

Ladies and gentlemen: I present to you the American public education system.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)

186 I am heading in now.

But I have to say, as an aside, getting enrolled in the local VA was a breeze. I expected some delay while my enrollment was processed. But 9:30 the next morning, a nice lady helped me set up my initial appointment with the person who will become my doctor.

I work with a few vets in this area, and they have nothing but good things to say about this particular VA hospital.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 11:08 PM (0aYVJ)

187
"Queer his pitch" is a Brit idiom. You don't want your pitch queered.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 11:08 PM (w6EFb)

188 On a somewhat serious note, I heard an interesting discussion about Flock cameras that posited that it was just another scam to spend government money while accomplishing nothing.

The kicker is, if you cut down or disable the cameras, that just means they can buy more, and then buy cameras to watch the cameras, so if they are destroyed it actually helps the scam.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 26, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)

Mmmm. I wonder. If you glued a piece of wood to the top of an outdoor device, would woodpeckers have a go at it?

Just thinking aloud. Would never try it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 11:09 PM (qx7Zg)

189 Well damn. Shooting in Seattle. Four wounded. At least one shooter. Listening to the media woman and she is an idiot.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 11:09 PM (2WIwB)

190 However, next week, continuing the sportswear theme, Piper will bring us a fashion report on women's Beach Volleyball and pole vaulting attire. And cheerleader outfits. With models.

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They say people underestimate the serious athletic skill that goes into top-drawer pole dancing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 11:09 PM (6/7Fs)

191 187
"Queer his pitch" is a Brit idiom. You don't want your pitch queered.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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It appears they are working toward full queer.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:10 PM (3oLMy)

192 Have you ever been stung by a jellyfish?
Ever been bit by a Portuguese Man O' War?

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than other
.......

1. Yes.
2. They don't bite.
Also: speared in the armpit by a needle fish in El Salvador.

Posted by: wth at July 26, 2026 11:10 PM (oq9dX)

193 Matchbox Twenty — now, there's a group I haven't thought about in years. Didn't they used t've been somebody?

Wiki
https://w.wiki/SoZ6

Posted by: mindful webworker - Unwell at July 26, 2026 11:11 PM (jrd4M)

194 Also: speared in the armpit by a needle fish in El Salvador.

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Armpit? Pffft.

Posted by: A Candiru at July 26, 2026 11:12 PM (6/7Fs)

195 "Queer his pitch" is a Brit idiom. You don't want your pitch queered.
Posted by: publius

I daresay, old chap, that it's more than just my pitch I'd like left unqueered.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 11:12 PM (VHUov)

196 >>>Mmmm. I wonder. If you glued a piece of wood to the top of an outdoor device, would woodpeckers have a go at it?

Just thinking aloud. Would never try it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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If one had a pole that reached the lens a piece of butcher paper and glue would do the trick.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:13 PM (3oLMy)

197 Wives and golf

https://youtube.com/shorts/lVvJhsaaLac

NSFW - language

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 11:13 PM (qx7Zg)

198 Anyone who actually heard Dizzy Dean as a baseball announcer (I never did) is showing his age.

He called his last game in '68, at the tail end of his career.

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 11:13 PM (RCjYY)

199 Who has HULU

I'm thinking about getting HULU

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 11:14 PM (ZxPkt)

200 Also: speared in the armpit by a needle fish in El Salvador.
Posted by: wth

Shades of 'Rabid' with Marilyn Chambers.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 26, 2026 11:14 PM (O6Iwc)

201 German boy fixing shingles on his roof being heckled by a passerby.

"Hey, kit...don't drink any of zat pitch, dummkopf."

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 11:15 PM (dIske)

202 2. They don't bite.
Also: speared in the armpit by a needle fish in El Salvador.

Posted by: wth
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Ever been bit by a dead bee?

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:15 PM (3oLMy)

203 199 Who has HULU

I'm thinking about getting HULU
Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 11:14 PM (ZxPkt)

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Get the top tier level and Bob Iger will come to your house and blow you.

Posted by: Disney+ at July 26, 2026 11:15 PM (6/7Fs)

204 Wanted to see if anyone knew who he was.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:16 PM (3oLMy)

205 Mmmm. I wonder. If you glued a piece of wood to the top of an outdoor device, would woodpeckers have a go at it?

Just thinking aloud. Would never try it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Flock cameras must be pretty tightly built.

Woodpeckers will drum on anything that makes noise. The more noise the better; I think it's part of their mating ritual.

My parents had one of those dinner-plate-sized plastic outdoor thermometers hanging on a tree in their back yard. Woodpeckers loved banging on that thing.

I'm sure it was like sending Morse Code for "I am The Paolo," if you were a woodpecker.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

206 The baseball announcer's voice from my childhood was Vin Scully at the Dodgers games.

Posted by: Frankie at July 26, 2026 11:18 PM (+z1Lr)

207 SNL did a funny skit about Harry Carey interviewing an astronaut.

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 11:20 PM (RCjYY)

208 207 cont.

"If the moon was made of green cheese, would you eat it? I know I would!"

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 11:23 PM (RCjYY)

209 They say people underestimate the serious athletic skill that goes into top-drawer pole dancing.
Posted by: Cicero
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There are championships.
On YouTube.
Which are SFW. The young ladies wear tops and bottoms.

And yes, the athletic ability displayed is every bit as much as in traditional gymnastic sports. If not for the association with sexually suggestive entertainment, I think it would be a standard gymnastic sport. They use two poles, one fixed and one spinning. The fixed pole demonstrates strength, somewhat akin to fixed rings, while the spinning pole requires the kind of dexterity and strength used in offset parallel bars.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 26, 2026 11:24 PM (EYbNS)

210 207 SNL did a funny skit about Harry Carey interviewing an astronaut.
Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 11:20 PM (RCjYY)
__________________________

Harry Carey was awesome after about the 6th inning because he spent most of the game drinking.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 11:25 PM (dIske)

211 My god the WNBA is pathetic. I could go down to the local public basketball court on a weekend and find players better than them by several orders of magnitude

Posted by: Nobody watches because they can't hoop at July 26, 2026 11:26 PM (TbWk/)

212 Watching some guys translate farsi Telegram. No idea how legit they are, but if they're fake, they're good at it.

https://tinyurl.com/35krjjm8

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at July 26, 2026 11:27 PM (w/O5Q)

213 "If the moon was made of green cheese, would you eat it? I know I would!"
Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 11:23 PM (RCjYY)
___________________________

Buddy of mine in elementary school won a write-in NASA contest. The space program was in full swing and the contest was to come up with what an astronaut should say upon landing on the moon. His was:

"Tell Mission Control it's Roquefort."

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 11:28 PM (dIske)

214 I said it before and I'll say it again- I will not get in water if I can't see what is in the water. Giant jelly fish, sharks or whatever else is in there, I want no part of. Great white sharks have been spotted by drones being near shores on both coast, within a few yards of people swimming. But the people could not see them. A California guy had to fight off a shark that attacked him and could have lost his life. As was said, outside is trying to kill you. Alligators in Florida are bad enough but maybe you can out run them on shore. I sure as hell won't get in the water down there.

Posted by: Case at July 26, 2026 11:29 PM (bqIVz)

215 Mission control, these days, is rather cheesy.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:31 PM (3oLMy)

216 >Wanted to see if anyone knew who he was.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard -
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Walter Brennan
Key Largo

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 11:33 PM (ZxPkt)

217 Pug Mahon-- I'm a couple hundred miles North of you, and we've been getting poor air too. Typical for this time of year, unfortunately.

The haze thickens & thins throughout the day, sometimes can smell the wood burning.

It got so thick here today, that we barely got to 90* instead of the usual 100 or so.

Since it keeps us cooler, I prefer the haze! (As long as it goes away from time to time, of course.)

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 11:33 PM (rdVOm)

218 206 The baseball announcer's voice from my childhood was Vin Scully at the Dodgers games.
Posted by: Frankie at July 26, 2026 11:18 PM (+z1Lr)

This. I still hear his voice sometimes when I see some spectacular play. We had no live TV, so we had the radio, and before there was a team in Seattle besides the Pilots, LA was the team of choice for those of us up here.

In college in St. Louis, it was Jack Buck, who was certainly a close second. His son is an idiot.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2026 11:34 PM (4ZZWr)

219 Warm summer rain on the beach. The jasmine is blooming and smelling up the yard. Slight breeze off the water.

Love where you live. Or make it so. Life is too short to hate walking out your front door.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 11:34 PM (yEz+x)

220 W.C. Fields:

"Water? Ugh. Fish f*** in it!"

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 11:35 PM (RCjYY)

221 Harry Carey was awesome after about the 6th inning because he spent most of the game drinking.
Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 11:25 PM (dIske)

Having lived in WI for years, the voice of baseball was always Bob Uecker. If the game was lousy, which it was for several years, he got better and better. His stories and bullshit were epic. If you haven't seen his speech at the Hall of Fame, look it up on Yutube.

He would have loved to announce the Legends game this past week in WI. Those were all of his boys.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2026 11:37 PM (4ZZWr)

222 I'm still smiling over the reaction when Rick Moranis walked on stage at Comic-Con for the Spaceballs 2 session. Lots of applause, and the crowd chanting "Rick!"

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 11:37 PM (qx7Zg)

223

Not Key Largo
To Have and Have Not

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 11:38 PM (Cqx++)

224 I manage to keep a few rose bushes alive, and potted petunias, so it does smell good in the yard in spite of the smoke.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)

225 Love where you live. Or make it so. Life is too short to hate walking out your front door.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 11:34 PM (yEz+x)

69 degrees, light whispy clouds but mostly blue sky, garden growing (particularly the weeds, oh well), raspberries are still green but there are tons of them, DH snoozing in his comfy chair....

Yeah. Paradise.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2026 11:38 PM (4ZZWr)

226 Multiple people shot in Seattle near the Space Needle, at least two dead. Why, don't know yet.

Posted by: Case at July 26, 2026 11:39 PM (bqIVz)

227 218 tcn

I must dissent. I think Joe Buck is a good NFL announcer. He wrote an interesting autobio, "Lucky Bastard."

He said Mike Shannon was like a second father to him.

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)

228 Cat is stretched out across a stump.. I think he melted. LOL

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 11:40 PM (rdVOm)

229 The Shiloh Hendrix thing is really pissing me off. in MN swearing at a rapist is a crime but not actually raping a 16 year old.

At least we know why he was at a child's playground with a camera now...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 11:40 PM (sKqQm)

230 Walter Brennan
Key Largo

Posted by: Don Black
--

To Have and Have Not, my favorite movie.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:40 PM (3oLMy)

231 JQ
Pug is in Boise. Are you in Bonner’s?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 11:40 PM (yEz+x)

232 Red-orange Moon glimming away in southeastern sky.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 11:41 PM (1z8ji)

233 A California guy had to fight off a shark that attacked him and could have lost his life. As was said, outside is trying to kill you. Alligators in Florida are bad enough but maybe you can out run them on shore. I sure as hell won't get in the water down there.

Posted by: Case at July 26, 2026 11:29 PM (bqIVz)
-

Obligatory ding-dong:

https://youtu.be/p_NS2H55dxI

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2026 11:41 PM (ebJJx)

234 I liked Bob Uecker on the Mr. Belvedere TV show.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 11:41 PM (Cqx++)

235 >> Red-orange Moon glimming away in southeastern sky.

The Moon is just a little bit east of Sgr A*, the center of the Galaxy and our big black hole.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 11:44 PM (w6EFb)

236 Have you ever been stung by a jellyfish?
Ever been bit by a Portuguese Man O' War?
Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than other
.......
1. Yes.
2. They don't bite.
Also: speared in the armpit by a needle fish in El Salvador.
Posted by: wth at July 26, 2026 11:10
.......
Try stepping on a sea urchin, no fun at all. This was in Cozumel, they told me to soak it in bay-nah-gar, which we finally figured out was vinegar.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 26, 2026 11:44 PM (55Qr6)

237 Trump is going to sue Canada for polluting our air.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:45 PM (3oLMy)

238 The kicker is, if you cut down or disable the cameras, that just means they can buy more, and then buy cameras to watch the cameras, so if they are destroyed it actually helps the scam.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 26, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)

There was an old fart living on the south end of Anchorage back in the 1960's. He was a homesteader of the old school variety. At some point, the city put up a stop light at an intersection near his cabin. He came out once a week and blew it away with a shotgun.

The city replaced it about 12 times before he got fed up and disappeared, nobody knows where.

Some things just cannot stand.....

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 26, 2026 11:45 PM (4ZZWr)

239 It's stars and rockets time.

Nytol!

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 11:45 PM (RCjYY)

240 Sorry JQ.

Idaho is MUCH taller than that. I’m retarded.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 11:45 PM (yEz+x)

241 U.S. Central Command@CENTCOM - Jul 25

The U.S. naval blockade against Iran remains in full effect. As of July 25, CENTCOM has redirected 12 commercial vessels trying to run the blockade, disabled 2 that didn't comply, and boarded 2 to ensure total compliance.

Earlier today, U.S. forces completed a verification boarding aboard Comoros-flagged M/T Charminar in the Arabian Sea, and the tanker is now continuing its journey.

CENTCOM forces disabled Mozambique-flagged M/T Lavine in the Gulf of Oman, July 24, after the crew attempted to violate the blockade multiple times and ignored repeated warnings. The ship is no longer transiting to Iran.

American 🇺🇸 forces remain highly vigilant, focused, lethal, and ready.

https://tinyurl.com/36jbvctt

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:49 PM (3oLMy)

242 Got the hayloft door rehung on the old barn today. Took the better part of 6 hours. I used a warehouse stocking ladder thing to climb up there. Because the ground was sloping, its two "front" wheels were on the plywood sheet making the stoop for the main floor man door. "Rear" landing legs were on stacks of wood blocks. Because the whole shebang was tippy, I added diagonal braces screwed to studs in the barn wall, and C-clamped to the tall legs on the ladder. Then I drove a truck up to each side of the rear of the ladder, and pinned it between the two truck bumpers, so it could not slip sideways. Result? It felt real solid, but i was still leery of climbing it.
1/2

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 11:51 PM (1z8ji)

243 what's the movie where she shows the guy how to whistle

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 11:51 PM (ZxPkt)

244 Were Hostess Ding Dongs ever any good? The foil wrapped hockey pucks? They seemed like tasteless crap to me, and although I dutifully ate them, they just weren’t all that. Twinkies, it must be said, had a certain blood sugar rush that made them OK.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 11:52 PM (gO+76)

245 Nurse, I always state that I'm "in the middle of Idaho" LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 11:53 PM (rdVOm)

246 He came out once a week and blew it away with a shotgun.
---

You can't talk to a man with a shotgun in his hand.
_Carol King

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:53 PM (3oLMy)

247 To Have and Have Not

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:55 PM (3oLMy)

248 I think Key Largo is the one where they're stuck in a hotel with Edward G Robinson and a hurricane is coming

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 11:56 PM (ZxPkt)

249 Kids

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 11:57 PM (3oLMy)

250 what's the movie where she shows the guy how to whistle
Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 11:51 PM (ZxPkt)

The Maltese Falcon?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 26, 2026 11:57 PM (vSvIl)

251 244 Were Hostess Ding Dongs ever any good? The foil wrapped hockey pucks? They seemed like tasteless crap to me, and although I dutifully ate them, they just weren’t all that. Twinkies, it must be said, had a certain blood sugar rush that made them OK.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 11:52 PM (gO+76)

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Ding Dongs are Stage 1 of the long term plot that leads the unwitting to hardcore Sno-Ball dependency.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 11:57 PM (6/7Fs)

252 Alan Bean’s Apollo 12 rock hammer sold for $812,500 ; Publius did you get it??

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 11:59 PM (gO+76)

253 In a world that includes Ho-Hos, why would you eat Ding-Dongs

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 11:59 PM (ZxPkt)

254 The plum kuchen turned out tolerably OK, though tart. I would have been better to just make it like a cobbler, though.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 11:59 PM (rbvCR)

255 >> I always state that I'm "in the middle of Idaho" LOL.

Are you in the Pacific time or Mountain time part?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 26, 2026 11:59 PM (w6EFb)

256 So, with the ladder in place, I was faced with the problem of hoisting the door up about 9 feet. I put a pulley block on a J-hook made of flat bar, and hung it on the window sill of the (broken out) hayloft window. Passed a rope through the block, put the end through a hole I drilled in the door, and made a Figure-8 knot on the back side. Upon hauling on the rope, the first J-hook straightened out. Fail! Made a stronger J-hook out of much thicker flat bar. Success! Took a lot grunt and maneuvering the hanging door around obstacles, but I finally got it seated in the recess from which it had fallen. Got enough screws driven to ensure it will remain there. Put tools and vehicles away. The ladder can stay there until I fire up the tractor, and tote it someplace else.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

257 The Maltese Falcon?

Posted by: Methos,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gJtCU0G2Is

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 27, 2026 12:01 AM (3oLMy)

258 Is Mitch McConnell alive yet?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 27, 2026 12:01 AM (gKWVE)

259 >>> I always state that I'm "in the middle of Idaho" LOL.
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is it private

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 12:01 AM (ZxPkt)

260 Hey everyone! Did I miss anything?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 27, 2026 12:03 AM (B2pWp)

261 Watching a replay of the NASCAR race at Indy. Yikes! Lots of empty seats. Not a good look.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 27, 2026 12:03 AM (sAmhv)

262 Publius--

Pacific Time.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

263 Mom included Ding Dongs in my school lunches, in those days it didn’t occur to me to complain too much. I just wondered if there was a halcyon age where they were kinda edible, or did they always kinda suck.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 12:04 AM (gO+76)

264

The suspect who drove a van into a crowded gay-pride celebration was shot and killed by police following a manhunt. Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 12:04 AM (Cqx++)

265 Nurse, did you go to the NHRA race in Seattle? I think you mentioned you were. Plan on watching that sometime this morning.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 27, 2026 12:04 AM (sAmhv)

266
Okay
Monday is breaking out on the East Coast
goodnight

Posted by: Don Black at July 27, 2026 12:05 AM (ZxPkt)

267 Not Key Largo
To Have and Have Not
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 11:38 PM (Cqx++)

I admit, that is a Bond movie I have never seen. Timothy Dalton era?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 12:06 AM (rbvCR)

268 258 Is Mitch McConnell alive yet?
Posted by: gKWVE

'beep'

Posted by: Mitch McConnell, styling in Capt. Pikes wheel chair at July 27, 2026 12:06 AM (sAmhv)

269 >> Alan Bean’s Apollo 12 rock hammer sold for $812,500

I saw that. There was a previous legal dispute with his estate over ownership. A daughter from a previous marriage was fighting with his widow.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 12:06 AM (w6EFb)

270 2?
_2?
_2of2?

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 27, 2026 12:07 AM (3oLMy)

271 Downtown Berlin? Isn’t all of Berlin “downtown”?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 12:07 AM (gO+76)

272 >> Publius-- Pacific Time.

I couldn't remember. I remember on ONT a while back, maybe during some particularly cold snap, we were looking for weather stations close to you, and there was some Wunderground funny business with the time zone or something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 12:08 AM (w6EFb)

273 A former cow-orker of mine and her (now ex-) husband were on an episode of My Private Idaho.

Heh. We were all so much younger then!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)

274 Jellynado!

Posted by: Ian Ziering at July 27, 2026 12:09 AM (wVcYX)

275 The suspect who drove a van into a crowded gay-pride celebration was shot and killed by police following a manhunt. Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 12:04 AM (Cqx++)

Were his balls out?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:11 AM (1z8ji)

276 There was a previous legal dispute with his estate over ownership.
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Well they are lucky NASA didn’t get involved. They hold that pretty much everything belongs to them, I’m surprised sometimes. At some point they demanded the return of all the Omega speedmasters. Buzz Aldrin returned his to the Smithsonian, through the mail, and .. they never got it. It’s out there somewhere. 1st watch worn on the Moon.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 27, 2026 12:11 AM (gO+76)

277 The haze thickens & thins throughout the day, sometimes can smell the wood burning.

It got so thick here today, that we barely got to 90* instead of the usual 100 or so.

Since it keeps us cooler, I prefer the haze! (As long as it goes away from time to time, of course.)

Posted by: JQ at July 26, 2026 11:33 PM (rdVOm)

Well I say this. Somebody stole jersey's normal summer. Usually its satan's ass crack out there. I don't even look at a motorcycle in july, sometimes most of the summer. This july has been amazing. I was out the last 3 days, probably 500 miles worth in 3 days, and had to wear a sweatshirt all 3 days, and its been that way all of july other than that one hot week. It actually was cold a few nights. I was coming home at 7pm and the sweatshirt almost wasn't enough. Other than that one week of blast furnace the entire summer so far has been perfect riding weather. Humidity in low 40's, not the usual 90s. Climate change is bullshit, but I'm starting to believe in climate swapping, or replacement, or something. We definitely got somebody else's weather this summer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 12:12 AM (S41Gd)

278 Didn't AARP support Obamacare? If you got that in your record I don't think we trust anything you say

Posted by: Sayomara at July 27, 2026 12:13 AM (Ku6NF)

279 One of the victims shot in Seattle is a two year old baby.
The baby may be OK, thank God. But whoever done this needs to burn in hell.

Posted by: Case at July 27, 2026 12:13 AM (bqIVz)

280 The suspect who drove a van into a crowded gay-pride celebration was shot and killed by police following a manhunt. Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 12:04 AM (Cqx++)

Were his balls out?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:11 AM (1z8ji)

Maybe he was a Ballchinean.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 12:14 AM (S41Gd)

281
They passed a law in 2012 that explicitly granted ownership rights of "personal property" to the astronauts from all missions up to Apollo-Soyuz. After that, it all belongs to NASA, unless they specifically grant it.

In the mid-2000s, NASA started aggressively trying to block auctions and sales of such property that the astronauts kept. NASA had no problem with them keeping such stuff, but then decided to make a stink about it. The law clarified that up to Apollo-Soyuz, it belonged to the astronaut.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

282 Buzz Aldrin returned his to the Smithsonian, through the mail, and .. they never got it. It’s out there somewhere. 1st watch worn on the Moon.

Posted by: Common Tater
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R i g h t...great grand daughter's graduation present.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 27, 2026 12:15 AM (3oLMy)

283 Didn't AARP support Obamacare? If you got that in your record I don't think we trust anything you say
Posted by: Sayomara at July 27, 2026 12:13 AM (Ku6NF)

The IRS ought to audit AARP. Bet you there is some hinky financial shit to be found.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:16 AM (1z8ji)

284 The room temperature deutsch jihadi car-rammer had previously traveled to Lebanon, where he was arrested, intending to join ISIS. However, and wherever, one does that these days (well, Syria, but gotta be a bit tricky). In US terms, he was "on the radar" of law enforcement.

Dunno if confirmed/debunked, but there were also reports that an Iranian national was in the car with him. Not sure how this would be known/the guy also isn't either dead or in custody or being pursued.

Sort of related, British domestic intel said that a bunch of IRGC-sponsored terror plots had been thwarted so far in 2026 in the UK. Quite a few, 20? can't remember.

Which made it touching and almost moving that the UK designated the IRGC as a terrorist outfit in the last month or so.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:17 AM (U/Byj)

285 In the mid-2000s, NASA started aggressively trying to block auctions and sales of such property that the astronauts kept. NASA had no problem with them keeping such stuff, but then decided to make a stink about it. The law clarified that up to Apollo-Soyuz, it belonged to the astronaut.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Waitresses and barmaids down in Florida say, oh yeah.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 27, 2026 12:17 AM (3oLMy)

286
The law excludes any "celestial material", which would be moon rocks. It just says that any personal property (of terrestrial origin, of course) that NASA didn't at the time demand to be returned belonged to the astronauts.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 12:18 AM (w6EFb)

287 The sea has urchins? Thought they were only found on the streets of Portland and L.A.

Posted by: wth at July 27, 2026 12:19 AM (oq9dX)

288 Did Alan Bean provide his own rock hammer, or was it issued to him by NASA?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:20 AM (1z8ji)

289 My how time flies.

Last Friday's doc appt was cancelled so he could do surgery. Resched for tomorrow afternoon. Theoretically. So, it's the end of my time hanging here.

https://youtu.be/a3uqdoJxJ50

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - Theoretically at July 27, 2026 12:21 AM (jrd4M)

290 Unless things have changed, and I don't think they have, sea urchin roe ("uni") from the urchin-infested Channel Islands area (off Ventura and Santa Barbara, CA) is a big business. Used to be that it would be flown to Japan on cargo jets using Port Hueneme airfield (I think?). They're definitely common here (SoCal coastal waters).

Have never been stung by a jellyfish, though have had close calls (suckers floating up against my leg, but no stinging cells touching). Always wore gloves/skin suits and never touched anything when skin or scuba diving. Common sense pays off.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:26 AM (U/Byj)

291 Did Alan Bean provide his own rock hammer, or was it issued to him by NASA?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:20 AM (1z8ji)

I expect no one really cared about gear that would have been dumped on the Moon if it hadn't been too difficult to jettison it, until some bureaucrat decided to make it his personal career goal.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 27, 2026 12:27 AM (rbvCR)

292
I can't say for sure, but I'm 99% certain that the hammer would've been "mission hardware" that had to be tested and approved by NASA for purpose. Just about everything was, they didn't use anything that wasn't tested.

What that 2012 law said was essentially, unless NASA demanded such things be returned at the time, and didn't have a problem with the astronaut keeping it, then it belonged to the astronaut, not NASA or the federal govt.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb)

293 Dr. Trump's message on the GOPe.

https://tinyurl.com/5dx7jj52

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 27, 2026 12:28 AM (3oLMy)

294 Bersercker, my first east coast summer was also an outlier. Cool, almost. Rain with incredible consistency, starting late Friday, ending Sunday night. WaPo had editorials about the 12 consecutive rainy weekends or whatever. People were changing their work schedules to work Saturdays so they could do something on the (consistently) beautiful dry Mondays. I remember watching the July 4 Mall fireworks - sweatshirt, cool - instead of the humid blast furnace that was the norm.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:29 AM (U/Byj)

295 Ding Dongs are Stage 1 of the long term plot that leads the unwitting to hardcore Sno-Ball dependency.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 11:57 PM (

Damn!
*looks at Sno-Ball 90 day coin*
Screw it! I'm headed to the store!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 27, 2026 12:31 AM (2WIwB)

296 publius, what became of Alan Shepherd's sample collector/7 iron (?). By far the (justly) most famous Apollo tool.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:31 AM (U/Byj)

297 XH and I used to body-surf in the Gulf of America, when he was stationed at Pensacola.

Lots of jellyfish stings! Can't see them very well, if at all, in the water.

Funny thing was that we didn't really feel it until we got out of the water. A friend (Corpus Christi native) told us to apply toothpaste to the stings. Worked!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

298
Looking it up, NASA did allow each astronaut to carry "Personal Propery Kits", no more than 5 lbs total, and no more than 0.5 lbs on the lunar module for their own purposes. But it had to be itemized and approved.

They did famously smuggle a few items from time to time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 12:32 AM (w6EFb)

299 Bought this carton of peanuts and they, each one, have a thick coating of tasty milk chocolate. mmm

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 27, 2026 12:34 AM (3oLMy)

300 Bersercker, my first east coast summer was also an outlier. Cool, almost. Rain with incredible consistency, starting late Friday, ending Sunday night. WaPo had editorials about the 12 consecutive rainy weekends or whatever. People were changing their work schedules to work Saturdays so they could do something on the (consistently) beautiful dry Mondays. I remember watching the July 4 Mall fireworks - sweatshirt, cool - instead of the humid blast furnace that was the norm.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:29 AM (U/Byj)

Was that a few years ago? I remember just a couple years back it rained every weekend. Dozens and dozens of car cruise nights were cancelled. It was frigging insane. It was as if half the days of the summer rained.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 12:34 AM (S41Gd)

301 No WNBA players would have been free 250 years ago," Turner wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on June 4. "The majority wouldn’t even have their freedom 100 years ago."
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 10:54 PM (Cqx++)

Slaves in the US in 1926?? I think Turner needs to read a bit more.

Posted by: LASue at July 27, 2026 12:34 AM (mFhj8)

302 Diogenes, I need discipline. Atlantic Cigar has Liga Undercrown maduros and 10-yr anniversary sticks at almost half off for boxes. Yet my tupperdors groan and burst with recent acquisitions. But the Undercrowns are among my favorites. I have this weird thing about not stocking up on known favorites because "I need to keep exploring".

Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:34 AM (U/Byj)

303 So, sitting in public, with a sign... what is the CHARGE for blocking the privately owned Flock Camera?
- - - - - - -
They don't just take pics, they record electronic data from all passing cell phones, vehicles, etc. So if you need to approach one, don't be a dummy and have your phone with you.
I foresee a burgeoning EMP countermeasures movement in the next few years... ;-)

Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at July 27, 2026 12:34 AM (DJivS)

304 In the manner of T-shirts, I've bought a bunch through Printerval. Mostly Rene Magritte and Max Ernst.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 27, 2026 12:36 AM (CHHv1)

305 Lessee, slavery was formally abolished in Brasil in .... 1886? Something like that. Last chattel slaves in the US were, um .... mumble mumble .... held by the Cherokee, I think? They certainly weren't freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, or by the end of the Civil War. Anybody know when (yes, I'm too lazy to look it up). Also, wouldn't be shocked if some Pacific/Northwest/Canadian non-native natives held slaves after Appomattox.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:38 AM (U/Byj)

306 >> publius, what became of Alan Shepherd's sample collector/7 iron (?)

It is now on display at the USGA Golf Museum and Library.

Lore has it he smuggled it, but he didn't. NASA approved it, reluctantly, as part of his personal property kit mentioned above.

NASA thought it would be too frivolous looking, especially right after Apollo 13. Shephard argued it would be of "scientific value" to demonstrate the Moon's low gravity compared to earth. NASA agreed on the condition he use it only if it the mission went well, and after all the serious stuff was accomplished.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 12:39 AM (w6EFb)

307 Berserker - earlier geologic epoch - 1979.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:39 AM (U/Byj)

308 publius, thanks. Thought you'd know.

I still consider that whole thing one of the most quintessentially "American" episodes, ever. Landing on the effing Moon, and injecting the informality and humor into the whole thing. Glad the suits at NASA didn't block it.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:42 AM (U/Byj)

309 Do the Cherokee have a great basketball tradition.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 27, 2026 12:43 AM (Cqx++)

310 ...thanks to the miracles of modern medicine. Mulvaney used his ad revenue to get:

Hairline advancement
Brow bone shave
Rhinoplasty
Minor cheek enhancement
Lip lift
Jaw shave
Chin reduction
Tracheal shave (Adam's apple reduction)
A boob job

Mulvaney does not seem to have castrated himself, although maybe he's keeping that surgery private...or maybe he's still attached to his privates. ...
_ZH

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 27, 2026 12:49 AM (3oLMy)

311 Berserker - earlier geologic epoch - 1979.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:39 AM (U/Byj)

Ah, I was still in school. Weather made no difference back then. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 12:50 AM (S41Gd)

312
That reminded me of David Scott's famous hammer and feather drop on the Moon, demonstrating the equivalence principle.

Both the hammer and the (falcon) feather were left on the Moon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 12:50 AM (w6EFb)

313
He should've at least brought the feather back.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 12:52 AM (w6EFb)

314 The IRS ought to audit AARP. Bet you there is some hinky financial shit to be found.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Most people (including their own "members") don't realize how undemocratic the AARP is. The " members" have no say in how the organization works. The Board of Directors are self-selected, that is, new members are not elected by the membership, but rather by the existing board.
As isolated from any accountability as they are, it wouldn't surprise me to find that the board has been using the organization as a personal piggy bank.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 27, 2026 12:56 AM (EYbNS)

315 Meanwhile: Wildfire in Spain’s La Vall d’Uixó spreads across thousands of hectares, forcing evacuations.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNqtCsCqCD8

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 27, 2026 01:00 AM (3oLMy)

316 >>>The liar in chief says I have instituted a cease fire with Iran out of the goodness of my heart. To show Iran how good I am the military is allowing some Iranian missiles to get thru like the one that killed the three american soldiers recently. We are not running low on military hardware. Who are you gonna believe me or your lying eyes! 100 days till mid term election.

Posted by: raimondo

>Dude, you keep fucking that chicken. I can't wait until your next update.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 27, 2026 01:00 AM (3oLiU)

317 ...Put tools and vehicles away. The ladder can stay there until I fire up the tractor, and tote it someplace else.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 12:00

Well done AOP. I got tired just reading that LOL.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 27, 2026 01:01 AM (55Qr6)

318
Everything you want to know about the Apollo lunar geological tools:

https://t.ly/LYCwW

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 01:02 AM (w6EFb)

319 How many cities are run like this?

Is this a trick question?

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 01:05 AM (4NO2D)

320 Kimmi Bitter

youtu.be/MWrlCnRlZFg

She's good. California gal.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at July 27, 2026 01:06 AM (sAmhv)

321 Well, 2300 here. Had a busy day, After finishing the barn work, I came in, had a drink, and read the Gun Thread, then went back out and mowed a sector of the south yard. So I am due for a nap. Night, Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 27, 2026 01:08 AM (1z8ji)

322 Night, AOP. Well done, today!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

323 All I got done, was watering the yard & taking garbage can to the street... better than nothing, huh?

Oh, and I washed dishes. But that's *every* day...

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 01:13 AM (rdVOm)

324 Yodels. And the thing I've noticed about them is at least at last check a few years back, they seem to have not changed a morsel.

I know there have been times in life where I insist something is not as good as it once was, and I have this "scientist" friend who tells me I just "think" it's changed, that it's a memory and nostalgia I'm chasing and my brain is fooling me because I'm different now.

Well ok smart guy - how come 25 years later Yodels taste EXACTLY PERFECTLY PRECISELY the same as always. And I'll be honest, once you've had enough European chocolate and cakes, many American ones utterly fail. But I still very occasionally love a damn good Yodel.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 01:23 AM (vE0+H)

325 90 Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?
Posted by: Doof

Milo Hamilton.

Holy Toledo!

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 01:26 AM (An2iq)

326 And why am I talking so fondly of Yodels?

Well for one I'm in a mini Crohn's flare as I lovingly call them - at least I hope that's all it is. Been trapped in it for a while, I am not suffering too terribly in comparison to the real deal, but I am kind of stuck for now on a diet of Ramen and chicken soup and whatever else I can get down and not feel too bad after. Off sick tomorrow trying to finally claw out of it after a busy couple months. I know many have many things worse, so just take it as me bitching.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 01:26 AM (vE0+H)

327 Bob Murphy and Gary Cohen were an absolute pleasure together. The Mets took baseball's greatest living radio announcer and moved him to TV, the dopes. I am thrilled he cashed in and I hate MLB now anyway but that was 20 years ago. The man is an absolutely astounding talent.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 01:28 AM (vE0+H)

328 Why didn’t the police immediately arrest not only the asshole blocking the camera, but the asshole who insulted the police?

Americans MUST UNQUESTIONABLY RESPECT police officers. They are always right.

Posted by: Michael Berry at July 27, 2026 01:29 AM (An2iq)

329 Ah it's The Ellipsis Show here at 1:30am on AoS. Damn I feel like crap right now. Gonna go get some crackers.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 01:29 AM (vE0+H)

330 Fvck Mike Brady and team of Oceanliner Designs with a full spread of Long Lance torpedoes.

Brilliant two hour documentary on YouTube,The Wilhelm Gustloff Tragedy, on the history and sinking of the German ship by the Soviet submarine S-13 as Admiral Donitz executed Hannibal to rescue Germans from the Soviet onslaught.

Until the end credits roll. Where Mike decides to deliver a sermon about how civilians keep dying in wars so he lists Myanmar, Israel, Gaza, and Iran among others. And all revenue from this video will go to support humanitarian relief that Mike never specifies verbally but we are treated to refugee scenes and white UN tents in what looks like Gaza.

And with the image of battered little teddy bear trapped in wrought iron fencing during this sermon, his deliberate Leni Riefenstahl use of a CGI bear in the documentary becomes clear. This is Green Helmet Guy levels of propagandization.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 01:31 AM (2GVsD)

331 303 So, sitting in public, with a sign... what is the CHARGE for blocking the privately owned Flock Camera?
- - - - - - -
They don't just take pics, they record electronic data from all passing cell phones, vehicles, etc. So if you need to approach one, don't be a dummy and have your phone with you.
I foresee a burgeoning EMP countermeasures movement in the next few years... ;-)
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at July 27, 2026 12:34 AM (DJivS)

Also, bang on your legislators of all stripes to get rid of the things. It’s what I am doing.

In the meantime, also use Faraday cages.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 01:31 AM (An2iq)

332 285 In the mid-2000s, NASA started aggressively trying to block auctions and sales of such property that the astronauts kept.
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I would have drawn more attention to them and people would have asked, why do they keep doing the same thing over and over again?

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 27, 2026 01:32 AM (3oLMy)

333 Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 01:23 AM

IMO, your friend is in denial of the bean counters' enshittification of nearly all products over several years or decades.

Trim here, trim there. Do it again next year... and after a couple of decades, the product IS NOT even *close* to what it was, originally.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

334 233 A California guy had to fight off a shark that attacked him and could have lost his life. As was said, outside is trying to kill you. Alligators in Florida are bad enough but maybe you can out run them on shore. I sure as hell won't get in the water down there.
Posted by: Case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn2MJNQDimc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRQtNgHUzQs
OCP: Reprise: SHARK WEEK Begins Tonite!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 27, 2026 01:33 AM (jH+6J)

335 I never knew the WNBA had All-Stars, much less an All Star Game.

Angel Reese used to feature prominently on boxes of Reese’s Puffs. She looked utterly bitchy on them.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 01:33 AM (An2iq)

336 IMO, your friend is in denial of the bean counters' enshittification of nearly all products over several years or decades.

Trim here, trim there. Do it again next year... and after a couple of decades, the product IS NOT even *close* to what it was, originally.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah that's pretty perceptive. He is unfortunately a default commie liberal who I convinced to vote for Trump over Kamala because he's in a trance, not completely dumbfuck stupid.

Although when it comes to politics he's well... completely dumbfuck stupid.

And I don't mind someone who doesn't like Republicans, other than basically Trump, they don't deserve to be liked... but my God he just absorbs the propaganda like a big stupid sponge. So trust me your observation fits.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 01:36 AM (vE0+H)

337
I just saw Rand Paul released Fauci's dairy.

Pretty much confirms what we thought of him. He was obsessed with his own fame and image, and had quite a celebrity fetish. And took any criticism of him personally, and as an attack on the Science.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 01:36 AM (w6EFb)

338 I just saw Rand Paul released Fauci's dairy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 01:36 AM (w6EFb)

Did he too shower with Joe Biden?

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 01:38 AM (vE0+H)

339 328 Why didn’t the police immediately arrest...

Interesting thing going on between ICE and a fellow they killed.
There is a big question on whether the ICE vehicles were marked and or had their lights on. Defense is saying no marked vehicle and no cop lights so the fellow did not know who was jamming him up therefore his actions were reactive to unknown assailants.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 27, 2026 01:39 AM (3oLMy)

340 Fauci and Joey showered with Ashely.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 27, 2026 01:41 AM (2GVsD)

341 Ellipsis-- I'm sorry you're dealing with Crohn's... ugh.

Tough to live on soup, boiled chicken and plain rice (or whatever you can tolerate-- by trial and error)

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)

342 Ellipsis-- I'm sorry you're dealing with Crohn's... ugh.

Tough to live on soup, boiled chicken and plain rice (or whatever you can tolerate-- by trial and error)

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 01:42 AM (rdVOm)

Thank you, I appreciate that. BTW you have been in my prayers, when I pray which is not often enough.

I have been incredibly blessed after being quite ill most of my life up to surgery 16 years ago. So I try not to complain much but this one is getting to me. Every time I get in one I get this deep guttural fear it's gonna lead to some kind of abyss, or just a bad flare, but invariably it ends and I really have very little to complain about.

BTW, I made chicken soup today because I had some frozen shredded chicken, and cooked the heck out of the veg and its better than a kick up the ass.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 01:48 AM (vE0+H)

343
Just saw a clip of Elon talking about what they've learning in designing the Optimus robots.

He noted it turns out humans are designed pretty good for the task. He was talking about the hands, and why they're shaped the way they are, and why the muscles to control the fingers are in the forearm.

The current version of the Optimus hand has the actuators for the fingers in the hand. They're finding out it's far better to put them in the forearm, just like we have.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 01:49 AM (w6EFb)

344 Multiple people shot in Seattle near the Space Needle, at least two dead. Why, don't know yet.

Posted by: Case at July 26, 2026 11:39 PM (bqIVz)
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Grok knows why:

Early police radio described two outstanding suspects: one Arabic/Middle Eastern male in a gray shirt and light jeans; another Black male around 20 years old with shoulder-length blonde-tipped dreadlocks, jean jacket, black shirt/pants.

lynnwoodtimes.com

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 01:52 AM (skLNB)

345 We may never know the motive.

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 01:53 AM (vE0+H)

346 Thank you for your prayers, Ellipsis. I'm touched. Bless you. Hope you get remission soon!

The Horde helps me to feel *not so alone* in the world.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)

347
He said the human hand has about 25 degrees of freedom. The current Optimus hand design has 11. Next generation is going to put the actuators in the forearm and get those 25 degrees.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 01:57 AM (w6EFb)

348 A third victim in the Seattle shooting has died.

These damn cities are just not fit to live in anymore.

Posted by: Case at July 27, 2026 01:57 AM (bqIVz)

349 348 A third victim in the Seattle shooting has died.
These damn cities are just not fit to live in anymore.
Posted by: Case

scene cut:
NY/MADMANI smirking as he views the new (like 1960's Klingon he is).

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 27, 2026 02:03 AM (jH+6J)

350 A third victim in the Seattle shooting has died.

These damn cities are just not fit to live in anymore.

Posted by: Case at July 27, 2026 01:57 AM (bqIVz)

They need to be hit with Centauri mass drivers.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 27, 2026 02:03 AM (S41Gd)

351 How does that meme go?... Oh, yeah...

***the Founding Fathers would've been shooting by now***

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

352 Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)

Thanks! See you on the flipside......

Posted by: ... at July 27, 2026 02:05 AM (vE0+H)

353 Philistines upon you, America:

https://tinyurl.com/573v2hds

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 02:07 AM (skLNB)

354 I'm happy to live on the outskirts of my town. On a hill, with good view of what's below. "Defensible" you might say...

And I have excellent, like-minded neighbors. Always a plus!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)

355 'Night, Ellipsis. Be well.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

356 Have never been stung by a jellyfish, though have had close calls (suckers floating up against my leg, but no stinging cells touching). Always wore gloves/skin suits and never touched anything when skin or scuba diving. Common sense pays off.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 27, 2026 12:26

We were lightly stung by small jellyfish when swimming off an island at the end of Ixtapa. Just felt a little zap

Nice scuba diving there.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at July 27, 2026 02:15 AM (55Qr6)

357 The U.S. needs to stop recognizing islam as a "religion"

IMO.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

358 The U.S. needs to stop recognizing islam as a "religion"

IMO.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)
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Wasting time.

A Constitutional Amendment is needed to explicitly ban Islam in any flavor and establish a generic definition of any other currently known belief systems which are incompatible with the Constitution.

Nothing less.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 02:29 AM (skLNB)

359 Philistines upon you, America:

The Philadelphia Flyers must be nuked from orbit!

Unless this is about something else....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at July 27, 2026 02:30 AM (sAmhv)

360 Philistines upon you, America:

The Philadelphia Flyers must be nuked from orbit!

Unless this is about something else....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come. at July 27, 2026 02:30 AM (sAmhv)
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Maybe. Some cases involve... ICE.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 02:33 AM (skLNB)

361 Late to the party, just stopping by for a quick night cap. I am hoping that all is well with the Horde this evening.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 27, 2026 02:34 AM (ibDUx)

362 Why did this take 7 months?!?!?!

The ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026, will not face criminal charges.

What's criminal is the Injustice system.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 02:35 AM (skLNB)

363 Wasting time.

A Constitutional Amendment is needed to explicitly ban Islam in any flavor and establish a generic definition of any other currently known belief systems which are incompatible with the Constitution.

Nothing less.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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Baby steps.

First, remove their tax-exempt status (as a "religion")
Then, allow them to be demonized as much as Jews and Christians in all media.
And THEN, be *able* to get that amendment in place.

Or something like that. It ain't gonna turn on a dime, much I'd personally wish it so.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)

364 This is not so much a musical recommendation per se, as a cultural artifact that I am constantly reminded of with The Odyssey in the news. It's very cheesy and has been parodied in pop culture, e.g. by Family Guy; but that's because it's from 1976 in the Soviet Union, when opera-trained Eduard Khil didn't dare just use provocative words like an American musician would. (Your daily reminder that socialism is slavery.)

How to describe the particular joy of "a cowboy riding home to his wife on the farm," without words? (That's the Homer connection: home at last.) He had only his vocal and physical expressiveness, so he hammed it up.

RealPapaPit - Mr. Trololo original upload
https://youtu.be/oavMtUWDBTM

"Eduard Khil: The Soviet Union Pop Star Who Became a Meme"
Mental Floss:
https://tinyurl.com/43p5b6jb

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 02:40 AM (Sy6m/)

365 Hi, Debby! Hope the cookout was fun!

*slides a Chivas down the bar to you*

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:41 AM (rdVOm)

366 >>The ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026, will not face criminal charges.

YAY! Better late than never. But yeah, should've been an immediate decision.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

367
I've got a feeling that Islam may be our little Fermi Filter.

I don't think it is compatible with moving on to the next steps of the magnitude of energy usage and control.

IOW, we ain't gonna make to a Type I civilization level with Islam running wild.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 02:43 AM (w6EFb)

368 Home At Last--

youtu.be/Hx5ZlTyzU-k

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

369 Hi JQ, the cookout was really nice, I came home and read for a while and then dozed off on the couch for a bit. We have enjoyed a really nice stretch of weather here for the past week or so. Are things expected to cool off in your neck of the woods anytime soon?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 27, 2026 02:46 AM (ibDUx)

370 Was cooler than expected here today, Debby. Smoke/haze blocked the blazing ball of heat-death! Too bad the air quality is poor. It's a nice break anyway.

Back to the mid-90s this week. Better than the 100s!

Hubby was a little better today, but worries me that he's more agitated lately. Combative and uncooperative with aides.. cursing.. ugh.

Gastro app't tomorrow for him, and hope also a consult with nursing home dr. re: calming meds.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

371 Or something like that. It ain't gonna turn on a dime, much I'd personally wish it so.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)
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No one is going to be convinced that Islam is not a religion. It is. It's an evil, totalitarian one.

Merriam-Webster:

religion noun re·li·gion ri-ˈli-jən

1: an organized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices

2:: commitment or devotion to a god or gods, a system of beliefs, or religious observance : the service and worship of a god, of multiple gods, or of the supernatural

3: an interest, cause, belief, or activity that is intensely or passionately held to

Islam qualifies on all 3 basic definitions.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 02:54 AM (skLNB)

372 >>islam qualifies on all 3 basic definitions.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Sure. The MASQUERADE "qualifies"...

But anyone with more than a single brain cell KNOWS that it's fake.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

373 Can't wait to hear people pointing at *allah* as some kind of flying spaghetti monster and all that...

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)

374 A Constitutional Amendment is needed to explicitly ban Islam in any flavor and establish a generic definition of any other currently known belief systems which are incompatible with the Constitution.

Nothing less.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 02:29 AM (skLNB)

I agree with the first part and would add to it, but disagree with the second and will explain why.

Tackling the second part first, I fear that "a generic definition" would be fertile ground for mischief, a bludgeon for the enemies of liberty to abuse. Their fellow travelers in corrupt courts would allow them to twist it to suppress those it was intended to protect.

Setting that aside.

We need two Constitutional amendments: one to explicitly ban Islam, strip its proponents of citizenship, and banish them; and another to do the same for Marxism (or maybe even for socialism in general). They don't necessarily have to go back to the Old Country, but they can't stay here.

Semisonic - Closing Time (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/xGytDsqkQY8

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 02:58 AM (Sy6m/)

375
Lion’s Mane jellyfish is unwanted off Cape Cod, which voted 61% for Kamala. What can I say? Go Lion’s Mane jellyfish!

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 02:59 AM (XJ22o)

376 Not quite time to get up

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:00 AM (Ia/+0)

377 JQ, I remember those days with my hubs, his behavior was so very different from his true personality. I will pray for you and your Hubby, it is such a very sad disease. Thanks for the Steely Dan, happens to be one of my favorite old time albums, hub's too.

I'll never forgive W for peddling the Islam is a religion of peace nonsense.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 27, 2026 03:01 AM (ibDUx)

378
I'll never forgive W for peddling the Islam is a religion of peace nonsense.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

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

War On Terror.

What on earth was that supposed to mean?

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 27, 2026 03:02 AM (XJ22o)

379 Sure. The MASQUERADE "qualifies"...

But anyone with more than a single brain cell KNOWS that it's fake.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)
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Most religions by definition KNOW that the others are fake. This ruse won't work.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 03:07 AM (DGD6U)

380 Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 02:58 AM (Sy6m/)
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Fair enough.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 03:08 AM (DGD6U)

381 Aja is a great album. Still. Even Dad liked it, and he pretty much couldn't stand anything newer than the 50s. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)

382 Ok, BD. You win.

We'll never be rid of the muzloids.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

383 We need two Constitutional amendments: one to explicitly ban Islam, strip its proponents of citizenship, and banish them; and another to do the same for Marxism (or maybe even for socialism in general). They don't necessarily have to go back to the Old Country, but they can't stay here.

Semisonic - Closing Time (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/xGytDsqkQY8
Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 02:58 AM (Sy6m/)

So we are done. They win.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 03:10 AM (An2iq)

384
Has any other "major" religion ever been as destructive as Islam? It seems to be death cult. All about killing and dying, and not about living and prospering.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 03:11 AM (w6EFb)

385 368 Home At Last--

youtu.be/Hx5ZlTyzU-k
Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

I linked this in the afternoon Food Thread: "Steely Ben" made an actually good lyrics video. I have seen many fan-made lyrics videos, and despair for the simple capacity of my fellow man to tell when a picture is attractive and words are legible. This meets and exceeds that standard:

Steely Dan - Home At Last (Lyrics Fanvid)
https://youtu.be/9EoM7qn2Cyk

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 03:13 AM (Sy6m/)

386 Has any other "major" religion ever been as destructive as Islam? It seems to be death cult. All about killing and dying, and not about living and prospering.
Posted by: publius

Not in *modern times* that I'm aware of. Mesoamerican history might provide some similar examples, though.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 03:18 AM (rdVOm)

387 Or not. I'm (obviously, to many) a history major.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)

388 *NOT a history major!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 03:19 AM (rdVOm)

389 I swear the blog eats words sometimes... I don't type THAT fast!

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)

390 So we are done. They win.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 03:10 AM (An2iq)

No. We don't 'need' a Constitutional amendment in the strictest sense, but SCOTUS is purposely designed to lag popular sentiment. I believe that a Congressional statute would be logically sufficient, but not institutionally sufficient. If you think that we could change the makeup of SCOTUS faster then getting an Amendment passed, then fine.

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 03:21 AM (Sy6m/)

391
The kicker is, if you cut down or disable the cameras, that just means they can buy more, and then buy cameras to watch the cameras, so if they are destroyed it actually helps the scam.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 26, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)

This is why you bang on your Legislators and other assorted government elected nitwits to take them down.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 03:21 AM (iPwkO)

392 >> Mesoamerican history might provide some similar examples, though.

I was thinking about the "human sacrifice" religions, but thought maybe they wouldn't classify as "major religion".

But, heck, they do serve as a good example. What if some human sacrifice cult popped up here. That would not be tolerated. Well, hell, with the lunacy we have today, I wonder just what would actually happen.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 27, 2026 03:22 AM (w6EFb)

393 The 7th Century was a cruel world but they can't leave it behind

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:22 AM (Ia/+0)

394 Its not unlike Marxism with promising rewards
Slavery, looting, robbing unbelievers, lies to get what you want and all gets you into heaven.

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:25 AM (Ia/+0)

395 139 Red light cameras and such, - such a scam. One company provided the cameras, Red Tix or something like that. Municipalities would sign up, and garner a whopping 2% of ticket revenue.

No points on the driver license for offenders however. Because, it’s all about safety you see. Why can’t the cities put up their own damn cameras, and keep 100% of the fucking revenue?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 10:41 PM (gO+

The Texas Legislature banned them in 2019. When a local municipality tried to shake me down for $100 via a red light camera, they started sending threatening letters and such. Finally, I sent them - a copy of the law as passed by the Legislature and signed into law in 2019.

Haven’t heard from them since. If they send anything else my way, well, I’ll have them report to the TX AG to explain to him why they are hell bent on ignoring TX law.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 03:25 AM (iPwkO)

396 >>I'll never forgive W for peddling the Islam is a religion of peace nonsense.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Yeah. Dubya fk'd us over in many ways. But Algore & J effin Karry were the alternatives... where would we be now, if THEY had ever been *residents?

The same or worse.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 03:27 AM (rdVOm)

397 155 So, sitting in public, with a sign... what is the CHARGE for blocking the privately owned Flock Camera?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 26, 2026 10:50 PM (mP0Kj)

WE SHOULD BEAT THAT ASSHOLE TO DEATH TO SET AN EXAMPLE. WE DO WHAT WE WANT, WHEN WE WANT, WHY WE WANT.

YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE. WE SHOULD ARREST YOU!!! CHARGES???

Posted by: Police Officers at July 27, 2026 03:29 AM (An2iq)

398 390 So we are done. They win.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 03:10 AM (An2iq)

No. We don't 'need' a Constitutional amendment in the strictest sense, but SCOTUS is purposely designed to lag popular sentiment. I believe that a Congressional statute would be logically sufficient, but not institutionally sufficient. If you think that we could change the makeup of SCOTUS faster then getting an Amendment passed, then fine.
Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 03:21 AM (Sy6m/)

Fuck that. Abolish 1A. Isn’t that what you want? Isn’t that what people want here so long as it rids us of evil Muslims?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 03:33 AM (An2iq)

399 There was a cultural shift to soften Islam back in the '60s, all of the peaceful and joyful hippie weddings featuring readings from the Koran. Those commie professors were hard at work way back then.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 27, 2026 03:36 AM (ibDUx)

400 No, Cow Demon, don't be silly. As a Catholic, I'm well aware of the purpose of the 1A in protecting us from an establishment of Protestantism. (That was literally the point.) Do you by any chance have "identity complications"?

Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 03:37 AM (Sy6m/)

401 I'm vertical already

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 03:40 AM (Ia/+0)

402 Fuck that. Abolish 1A. Isn’t that what you want? Isn’t that what people want here so long as it rids us of evil Muslims?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 03:33 AM (An2iq) *

that's what the 2nd is for

There are no m00hamedans in Star Trek. It's set in the future

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 27, 2026 03:41 AM (jrgJz)

403 Night, horde.

Fk islam. That is all.

Posted by: JQ at July 27, 2026 03:45 AM (rdVOm)

404 Night JQ, sleep well.

I need to get horizontal too, tomorrow being a Monday.

Have a good day at work, Skip.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 27, 2026 03:48 AM (ibDUx)

405 Police pull over to arrest Florida man—for blocking Flock camera on public sidewalk.

He's exercising his 1st Amendment right to protest. That's his protest sign. If there is no law on the books against his protest sign being so long, he's got a good case...
Is FLOCK a public company? Do they own the cameras? Do they have a right to be on public property and see whatever they want?

AI says (yeah, take with a grain of salt): "No Specific Laws: In Florida, there are currently no specific laws that permit individuals to block or disable Flock cameras in public spaces."

Does that means there are no laws that specifically prevent a protestor from blocking said cameras as part of his 1st Amendment-protected right of peaceful protest? Hmmm...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 03:48 AM (l3cgK)

406 Social Security has just about six years before it may need to start reducing retirement benefits — unless Congress acts sooner.

Oh? Does that mean I actually have chance of collecting some before I shed this mortal coil?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 03:54 AM (l3cgK)

407 Soccer uniforms...

My son was on his school's track team for a year...some of the kids thought it'd be funny getting shirts with the abbreviated names of countries...
Two kids purposefully got Germany (GER) and Niger (NIG) and ran next to each other making a crude racist word...and that word wasn't GERNIG either...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 03:56 AM (l3cgK)

408 Tonight's ONT brought to you by entrepreneurship by proxy

Hah! Yeah, that'll be trouble some day...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 03:58 AM (l3cgK)

409 Making sausage, egg and cheese on English muffin

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:14 AM (Ia/+0)

410 Making sausage, egg and cheese on English muffin

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:14 AM (Ia/+0)
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I assume you're not doing this horizontally.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:24 AM (DGD6U)

411 400 No, Cow Demon, don't be silly. As a Catholic, I'm well aware of the purpose of the 1A in protecting us from an establishment of Protestantism. (That was literally the point.) Do you by any chance have "identity complications"?
Posted by: SciVo at July 27, 2026 03:37 AM (Sy6m/)

I do. Just not the way you think.

I’m one of those weirdos who think the Constitution means something and is worth defending. (I will pause to let you roll your eyes.). Now, while I am 100% sympathetic with the idea that when you let people immigrate here, it’s a good idea that they be put on notice that people here eat pork, women do wear dresses that show more than the ankle, and if you practice your religion and leave others alone, you’ll be left alone. And that you need to conform to OUR way of living, not we to you. I also believe in 1A. I am trying to reconcile the two which is NOT easy. If that offends you…so be it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 04:29 AM (An2iq)

412 410 Making sausage, egg and cheese on English muffin

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:14 AM (Ia/+0)
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I assume you're not doing this horizontally.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 27, 2026 04:24 AM (DGD6U)

Not on a weekday, I would think.

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:31 AM (faghi)

413 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at July 27, 2026 04:39 AM (faghi)

414 .
NOOD

Pixy's here with the Tech News

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 27, 2026 04:40 AM (O7YUW)

415 At work we are going to get real busy soon, guess thats a good thing, shame every job is 30 some to 40 some miles away.

Posted by: Skip at July 27, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

416 99 Question for the Horde -- Who was the great old-school baseball announcer in your neck of the woods?

Waite Hoyte - 1950s-60s Reds
Yeah, I’m that old. I saw them play the Yankees at Crosley Field in 1961, from the goddam Goodyear Blimp! Got their asses kicked.

Anyone remember George Crowe? Monster hitter.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at July 27, 2026 04:44 AM (UWN7z)

417 411 400

...
I am trying to reconcile the two which is NOT easy. If that offends you…so be it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 27, 2026 04:29 AM (An2iq)

Your rights end where another's ends. Freedom of religion does not allow you to murder, rape, kidnap, or otherwise interfere with another's practice of their rights.
So go ahead and worship Moloch if you wish, but don't forget that it doesn't mean the Gov't or individuals can force support of Moloch and his baby killing ways on others. In theory. In practice, Moloch Inc. is big business to the Left and they continue to use our tax monies and laws they create to protect Moloch Inc.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 27, 2026 04:53 AM (l3cgK)

418 There's a meme that it's almost inevitable that ANY organization that that exists long enuf will start putting progressive talking points ahead of its stated mission. Because the sort of person who's most happy to thrive in a bureaucracy is a herd person and not an individualist. It's similar to killing a critter and then wearing the skin.

The AARP is a prime example.
SSN as currently designed will inevitably collapse.
This is not a Good Thing for most seniors - or all seniors-to-be. The longer reform is sabotaged the harder it will be to fix and the more catastrophic a collapse will be. But reform is a knee-jerk liberal bug-a-boo - so it doesn't get done - and the AARP opposes it.

Another sign that the AARP is no longer about Senior Issues is..... it has an official policy on Partial Birth Abortion. It - OC - is that any legal limits on it are anathema. Now for decades more than 50% of the pop supports SOME limits. And AFAIK there are few to none 55+ year olds getting abortions of any kind. It's not "A Senior Issue".
But it the reason a decade ago I let my AARP membership lapse and haven't ever gone back.

Posted by: BobM at July 27, 2026 04:57 AM (6tmKi)

419 Huey Lewis stole my date...
True story...

Posted by: Lt. York at July 27, 2026 10:37 AM (rghbS)

Gun Thread: Final July Edition!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the Final July Edition? Coming soon: August Editions!

Programming Note: I have a bunch of great content from you guys and gals in the ol' inbox and promise I will get to it soon. Like starting after next Sunday soon. Pinky swear! This has really turned out to be a wacky summer for us, schedule-wise, and I invariably find myself putting them together at the last minute. Apologies to those who have taken the time to send stuff in, and thank you for your patience!

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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FUNdamentals

Are you practicing your fundamentals? Hmmm? Every single time you shoot, people. Every single time you shoot.

With luck, noted shooting video critic GWB will be here to give us his thoughts on the following.

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More Pimp Guns

Gotta say, I am not a fan of the polished finish. Do you like it?

and...

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CMP News!

Get your M14 from the CMP! Courtesy of our pal RedMindBlueState. I mean the link is courtesy of RMBS. He's not buying everyone an M14, that I know of.

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US&S M1911A1

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So F'n Cool

Who thinks SpaceX will attempt to tow the ship to Australia?

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Our Pal Plutonium

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Musical Interlude

Brushy One String and Ganga Wata.

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Highway Patrol!

This week's episode: Motorcycle A. Recognize anyone familiar?

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The Head!

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Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.

Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World New!

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

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I'm really very seriously not kidding around anymore. Buy Ammo
AmmoSeek - online ammo search tool
GunBot - online ammo search tool
SG Ammo
Palmetto State Armory
Georgia Arms
AmmoMan
Target Sports USA
Bud's Gun Shop
American Elite Ammo
Lucky Gunner Ammo NEW!

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Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. Lurkers are always welcome!

That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

Posted by: Weasel at 07:00 PM

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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 26, 2026 07:00 PM (0N4FZ)

2 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:00 PM (Wnv9h)

3 Bango tango mango

Posted by: Eromero at July 26, 2026 07:00 PM (LHPAg)

4 First!

Posted by: Dr_No at July 26, 2026 07:00 PM (ayRl+)

5 *kicks rock*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:01 PM (Wnv9h)

6 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)

7 Good Sunday evening, gub 'ettes and 'rons, and a special full-to-the-brim-email-inbox greeting to our host Weasel!

Little over two months to Corsicana ... can you feel the excitement?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 07:02 PM (xVpNO)

8 Hello, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 07:02 PM (BCwQW)

9 "According to the CMP, the rifles will be sold under a special authorization that allows the organization to modify and transfer surplus M14 rifles in compliance with federal law. The rifles offered for sale will not be machine guns. Instead, they will be permanently converted to semi-automatic operation prior to transfer."

I might have to put my name on the list to get one.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 26, 2026 07:03 PM (0N4FZ)

10 Little over two months to Corsicana ... can you feel the excitement?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 07:02 PM

Booked my flight yesterday.

Soon....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:03 PM (Wnv9h)

11 I guess you didn't get my email about the spawn and her Nationals results.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 26, 2026 07:04 PM (VCgbV)

12 S'puppy, YES, I can !

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:05 PM (abScH)

13 I guess you didn't get my email about the spawn and her Nationals results.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 26, 2026 07:04 PM (VCgbV)
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I did. Will add it for next week.

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 07:06 PM (lTr5A)

14 I guess you didn't get my email about the spawn and her Nationals results.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 26, 2026 07:04 PM (VCgbV)

Tell...TELL!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 07:06 PM (l4RKn)

15 Content: noun -- readable data and opinion that is always promised by AoSHQ cobloggers, but rarely appears.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 07:08 PM (l4RKn)

16 Congratulations to Spawn!

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:08 PM (abScH)

17 Weasel will post it next week.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 26, 2026 07:09 PM (VCgbV)

18 Howdy!

🍻

Posted by: Puddleglum, lurking about at July 26, 2026 07:10 PM (sAmhv)

19 Be advised that if any of Weasel's comments this evening are a little 'off' or 'out there', or seem like unplanned lateral excursions, he has consumed mass quantities of Peanut M&Ms within the last couple of hours, including the now-forbidden blue, and worse, brown ones.

Like acid, you want to avoid brown M&Ms.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

20 Content: noun -- readable data and opinion that is always promised by AoSHQ cobloggers, but rarely appears.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 07:08 PM

To be fair, MisHum seems to do a pretty good job regarding this.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

21 "According to the CMP, the rifles will be sold under a special authorization that allows the organization to modify and transfer surplus M14 rifles in compliance with federal law. The rifles offered for sale will not be machine guns. Instead, they will be permanently converted to semi-automatic operation prior to transfer."

I might have to put my name on the list to get one.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 26, 2026 07:03 PM (0N4FZ)

Better start saving your pennies, then. Battlefield Curator said that prices would be between $2,500 and $4,000 depending on manufacturer and condition.

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 07:14 PM (BCwQW)

22 Booked my flight yesterday.

Soon....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:03 PM (Wnv9h)

Hell yeah, brother. Looking forward to seeing you!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 07:15 PM (xVpNO)

23 I look forward to seeing all of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:16 PM (abScH)

24 Evening all.

Short one for me. Spending the next couple weekends cleaning out my apartment as my landlord has sold the house and the new owners do not want a tenant.
So looking for a new place and going through 11 years of accumulation.
Of course my toys and the ammo are not being thrown out so no dumpster diving for you folks!!! LOL

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:17 PM (LGZQv)

25 23 I look forward to seeing all of you.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:16 PM (abScH)

Right back at'cha, ma'am.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 07:17 PM (xVpNO)

26 24 Evening all.

Short one for me. Spending the next couple weekends cleaning out my apartment as my landlord has sold the house and the new owners do not want a tenant.
So looking for a new place and going through 11 years of accumulation.
Of course my toys and the ammo are not being thrown out so no dumpster diving for you folks!!! LOL
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:17 PM (LGZQv)

Oh, that sucks, sir. Best wishes for finding a new place!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 07:18 PM (xVpNO)

27 7 Little over two months to Corsicana ... can you feel the excitement?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 07:02 PM

Yep, might be the highlight of my year. :-)
Just hope to be ensconced in a new apartment before Corsicana.

Will keep you appraised S'nore!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:19 PM (LGZQv)

28 I look forward to seeing all of you.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:16 PM

{{{Ben Had}}}

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:21 PM (Wnv9h)

29 RMBS, hugs to you and Mom.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:22 PM (abScH)

30 Short one for me. Spending the next couple weekends cleaning out my apartment as my landlord has sold the house and the new owners do not want a tenant.
So looking for a new place and going through 11 years of accumulation.
Of course my toys and the ammo are not being thrown out so no dumpster diving for you folks!!! LOL
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:17 PM

Doing the moving thing myself in a couple of weeks. Moving ammo was a task.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:22 PM (Wnv9h)

31 Just hope to be ensconced in a new apartment before Corsicana.

Will keep you appraised S'nore!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:19 PM (LGZQv)

I have a vacant rental you can look at -- might be a bit of a commute for you, though...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 07:22 PM (xVpNO)

32 Ben Had, because I was making pizza dough and Kuchen batter: I used coriander and fennel instead of cumin in my link sausage, to go with the onion and apple.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 07:23 PM (rbvCR)

33 Kindltot, thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:24 PM (abScH)

34 I'd like to file a complaint* about last week's movie. The Amazing Colossal Man ended so lame and without resolution (what about the wife? what happened to his body? what about justice for that guy he killed?), if I had snuck into the theater in 1957 and seen that, I would have asked for my quarter back.

Well, at least it probably lowered my expectations for entertainment value of The Head!

*Not complaining about Weasel. Just complaining about the lame-ass 1950s SF junk. Or, slop, as the kids call it nowadays.

Posted by: mindful webworker - film connasewer at July 26, 2026 07:25 PM (jrd4M)

35 A little more than 2 months til Corsicana...wow.
No worries, have our reservation and the reservations before and after TX, as ours will be a 16 day driving trip. Looking forward to seeing everyone...And relaxing a bit.
Scube, I feel your pain as I am doing the same thing. Just think of it as getting you ready to move to FL.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 07:26 PM (XfIK1)

36 The Grateful, how is the house progressing,?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:27 PM (abScH)

37 Using the M-14 as a bottle opener

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Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 07:28 PM (rbvCR)

38 CMP M-14s? Wowza! I wonder if they will get flooded with orders and will have to use a lottery system to allocate them, like they did with the surplus 1911s a few years ago?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 26, 2026 07:29 PM (1viUA)

39 whig: Thank you for your tips last week about my Mossberg Patriot bolt not feeding. I tried cycling the bolt at home more carefully, and there were no failures (despite several at the range last Saturday). So either I was going too fast or not pulling it back far enough. I'll call it operator error.

I also want to work on pulling the trigger more smoothly, so I got a couple snapcaps to practice at home. . . .

Posted by: frammish at July 26, 2026 07:29 PM (rcENI)

40 Doing the moving thing myself in a couple of weeks. Moving ammo was a task.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Wait, what? NH bound?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 07:30 PM (XfIK1)

41 OK...soliciting Hordethoughts.

I'm looking at a house in NH that's about 15 miles further out than my ideal commuting radius. Otherwise, the listing looks very good, and very affordable. I work in Boston twice a week. It's about a 65 mile commute, but I don't really mind driving. Am I being stupid hesitating to look into this property seriously?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:30 PM (Wnv9h)

42 Just complaining about the lame-ass 1950s SF junk. Or, slop, as the kids call it nowadays."

The 60s were no better...

"Panic in Year Zero"

Posted by: man at July 26, 2026 07:30 PM (cGjQu)

43 Having done it once, firing a M-14 full-auto is not for the faint-of-heart.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

44 31 I have a vacant rental you can look at -- might be a bit of a commute for you, though...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 07:22 PM

Yeah, a 17 hour commute can take some getting used to ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:31 PM (LGZQv)

45 RMBS, if the property is everything you want, go for it.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:32 PM (abScH)

46 Wait, what? NH bound?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 07:30 PM

Not just yet. See, me, at 41. I'm taking the RMBS Mom's advice to stay with her for a bit when my lease ends so I don't have to worry about breaking a lease when I find a house.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:33 PM (Wnv9h)

47 35 Scube, I feel your pain as I am doing the same thing. Just think of it as getting you ready to move to FL.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 07:26 PM

I am. Already have given 3 bags of clothes and a bunch of sweaters and winter coats to my SIL to donate to her church.
And in September I have some very expensive suits I will be donating as well.

I want to take as little with me to Florida as possible

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:33 PM (LGZQv)

48 The Grateful, how is the house progressing,?
Posted by: Ben Had
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We have progress! Land has been tested and soil passes and no rock! First hurdle passed. Need to get the rains to stop there and move north to VA. Footers are supposed to happen next week. Permit for the long driveway has been approved and is underway. Hope to go down in a couple weeks when they start framing.
I am smiling just thinking about it.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 07:33 PM (XfIK1)

49 41 Am I being stupid hesitating to look into this property seriously?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:30 PM

No, but take a look at it anyway. It just might be what you want.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:34 PM (LGZQv)

50 Not just yet. See, me, at 41. I'm taking the RMBS Mom's advice to stay with her for a bit when my lease ends so I don't have to worry about breaking a lease when I find a house.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Very sound advice. Your mother is a wise woman.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 07:35 PM (XfIK1)

51 If CMP M-14s appear, is there any chance for CMP M-16A1s/A2s to follow? I doubt it because M-16s of all kinds are still in service (even if they aren't in front line use anymore), but it's a nice dream, isn't it?

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 07:35 PM (BCwQW)

52 RMBS, if the property is everything you want, go for it.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:32 PM

I have yet to put eyes on it, but it does look good. 1810 farmhouse, 2 acres, and very well modernized while keeping the original character. I plan to look at it next weekend.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:36 PM (Wnv9h)

53 48 Hope to go down in a couple weeks when they start framing.
I am smiling just thinking about it.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 07:33 PM

Fingers crossed for a nice stress free build. Happy for you making the move. :-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:36 PM (LGZQv)

54 I'm looking at a house in NH that's about 15 miles further out than my ideal commuting radius. Otherwise, the listing looks very good, and very affordable. I work in Boston twice a week. It's about a 65 mile commute, but I don't really mind driving. Am I being stupid hesitating to look into this property seriously?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Go look at it. Don't regret not doing so.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 07:36 PM (XfIK1)

55 RMBS, you know the most important room in a new house is the kitchen, right !

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:38 PM (abScH)

56 Very sound advice. Your mother is a wise woman.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 07:35 PM

*nods* She is. I've just been too used to my independence.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:38 PM (Wnv9h)

57 I'm looking at a house in NH that's about 15 miles further out than my ideal commuting radius. Otherwise, the listing looks very good, and very affordable. I work in Boston twice a week. It's about a 65 mile commute, but I don't really mind driving. Am I being stupid hesitating to look into this property seriously?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:30 PM (Wnv9h)

If you hesitate, I don't think it'll be due to the location.

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 07:38 PM (BCwQW)

58 RMBS, you know the most important room in a new house is the kitchen, right !
Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:38 PM

Looking at the listing pics, the kitchen is great. Gas stove, real vent hood...all the right goodies.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:39 PM (Wnv9h)

59 52 I plan to look at it next weekend.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:36 PM

Do it, and do not have regrets like me.

To think I had a chance to buy a 2 bedroom walk up in Hoboken in the early 90's for around 250k and passed on it because I did not think I could afford it.
It would have been paid off by now and worth close to a million now. *bangs head against wall*

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:40 PM (LGZQv)

60 Do it, and do not have regrets like me.

To think I had a chance to buy a 2 bedroom walk up in Hoboken in the early 90's for around 250k and passed on it because I did not think I could afford it.
It would have been paid off by now and worth close to a million now. *bangs head against wall*
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:40 PM

*fistbump*

Looking at it next weekend.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:41 PM (Wnv9h)

61 CMP M-14s? Wowza! I wonder if they will get flooded with orders and will have to use a lottery system to allocate them, like they did with the surplus 1911s a few years ago?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 26, 2026 07:29 PM

Pretty sure that is what is going to happen. There were only a little over 1 million M-14's made and I doubt that the Army has a tenth of that number left that they can turn over to the CMP. Out of those about half are not gong to be serviceable and will most likely be used for parts.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 26, 2026 07:42 PM (0N4FZ)

62 Evening, Weasel, and Gun Thread Horde! Sipping on a well-earned Caesar after spending the last 6 hours in the Sun, rehanging the hayloft door to my barn. Got 'er done.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 07:46 PM (1z8ji)

63 I saw the video about the CMBS M-14's yesterday. I still want an M1 Garand but might check out the M-14 instead. ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:48 PM (LGZQv)

64 Pretty sure that is what is going to happen. There were only a little over 1 million M-14's made and I doubt that the Army has a tenth of that number left that they can turn over to the CMP. Out of those about half are not gong to be serviceable and will most likely be used for parts.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 26, 2026 07:42 PM (0N4FZ)

Don't forget that Uncle Bill sent several hundred thousand M-14s to their end with "Captain Crunch" in the late 1990s. Supposedly, that was about a third of the total production run right there. M-14s were brought out of retirement for the GWOT in Iraq and Afghanistan as "temporary" DMRs. Although the M110 variants were supposed to replace them, nowhere near enough were procured from KAC and H&K to replace all of the M14s fielded.

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 07:49 PM (BCwQW)

65 60 Looking at it next weekend.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:41 PM

Good luck, let us know what you think about it.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:49 PM (LGZQv)

66
For me, this thread is like walking into a bar when you don't drink.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 07:49 PM (O0L8i)

67 Short one for me. Spending the next couple weekends cleaning out my apartment as my landlord has sold the house and the new owners do not want a tenant.
So looking for a new place and going through 11 years of accumulation.
Of course my toys and the ammo are not being thrown out so no dumpster diving for you folks!!! LOL
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:17 PM (LGZQv)

It's a real mystery why a new NYC landlord would not want paying tenants...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 07:50 PM (1z8ji)

68 Hadrian, I'll be looking for you this year.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:52 PM (abScH)

69 67 It's a real mystery why a new NYC landlord would not want paying tenants...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 07:50 PM

I think because they are something that starts with the letter M and end with the letter M.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:52 PM (LGZQv)

70 I'm looking at a house in NH that's about 15 miles further out than my ideal commuting radius. Otherwise, the listing looks very good, and very affordable. I work in Boston twice a week. It's about a 65 mile commute, but I don't really mind driving. Am I being stupid hesitating to look into this property seriously?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:30 PM (Wnv9h)

Would you have to drive the entire 65 miles, or might there be a train station with free Park&Ride somewhere in between?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 07:53 PM (1z8ji)

71 Good luck, let us know what you think about it.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:49 PM

Will do.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:54 PM (Wnv9h)

72 51 If CMP M-14s appear, is there any chance for CMP M-16A1s/A2s to follow? I doubt it because M-16s of all kinds are still in service (even if they aren't in front line use anymore), but it's a nice dream, isn't it?
Posted by: Ed L
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CMP is required to do some permanent modifications to the M-14 receivers before allowing their sale to prevent them from being made select fire again. And those are forged steel, so I doubt that anondized aluminum receivers of the M-16 will allow the same leeway--easier just to build with GI parts on a CMP marked receiver lower that has no drilling and machining for select fire.

Also if people want a shooter instead of a collectible M-14, just get an M1A from Springfield with all new parts and designed from the get go for semi auto only. Probably be cheaper than the CMP ones.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 07:55 PM (E4rtv)

73 Calling it a night.

Good luck with the house hunting RMBS and the build The Grateful.

Look forward to chatting with you folks next weekend!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:56 PM (LGZQv)

74 Would you have to drive the entire 65 miles, or might there be a train station with free Park&Ride somewhere in between?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 07:53 PM

I could pick up a train or a nice commuter bus, but I really prefer the flexibility of driving.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

75 Peace out, Scoob. Have a great week.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

76 >>I could pick up a train or a nice commuter bus, but I really prefer the flexibility of driving.

You'll have lots of company. For a number of years I did the opposite, lived in Boston and had an office in NH. You get used to the drive, it's not that bad.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 07:59 PM (viF8m)

77 We have progress! Land has been tested and soil passes and no rock! First hurdle passed. Need to get the rains to stop there and move north to VA. Footers are supposed to happen next week. Permit for the long driveway has been approved and is underway. Hope to go down in a couple weeks when they start framing.
I am smiling just thinking about it.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 07:33 PM (XfIK1)

Excited for y'all, ma'am!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 08:00 PM (xVpNO)

78 Have a great week Scube, enjoy the purge!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 08:00 PM (XfIK1)

79 I could pick up a train or a nice commuter bus, but I really prefer the flexibility of driving.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

I expect that parking in downtown Boston is very expensive, unless your employer offers free parking. But if you could find a free park&ride 15-20 miles out, you could sort of have your cake and eat it, too. You want to go to an evening ball game? Ride the train out to your park&ride, hop in the car, head back downtown (counter to the rush hour traffic flow), park near Fenway, go to the game.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 08:01 PM (1z8ji)

80 Also if people want a shooter instead of a collectible M-14, just get an M1A from Springfield with all new parts and designed from the get go for semi auto only. Probably be cheaper than the CMP ones.
Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 07:55 PM

This is the way.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 08:01 PM (0sNs1)

81 For me, this thread is like walking into a bar when you don't drink.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 07:49 PM (O0L8i)

I can't remember, since I've slept since last year -- but will we see you in Corsicana?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 08:02 PM (xVpNO)

82 Thanks S'puppy, looking forward to hosting either/or a TN MoMe or travelers on their way to/from the TX MoMe

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 08:02 PM (XfIK1)

83 I could pick up a train or a nice commuter bus, but I really prefer the flexibility of driving.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

Nice bus? Is there such a thing?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 08:03 PM (xVpNO)

84 82 Thanks S'puppy, looking forward to hosting either/or a TN MoMe or travelers on their way to/from the TX MoMe
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 08:02 PM (XfIK1)

Imma hold you to both of those either/or conditionals, because that's what I do.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 08:05 PM (xVpNO)

85 39 whig: Thank you for your tips last week about my Mossberg Patriot bolt not feeding. I tried cycling the bolt at home more carefully, and there were no failures (despite several at the range last Saturday). So either I was going too fast or not pulling it back far enough. I'll call it operator error.

I also want to work on pulling the trigger more smoothly, so I got a couple snapcaps to practice at home. . . .
Posted by: frammish
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Glad to hear. And repeated use of snap caps to dry fire is actually a good way to break in trigger mechanism surfaces. Easiest way, for example, to do a 'trigger' job on a revolver is simply snap firing it with snap caps over and over again.

I use snap caps (or sometimes dummy rounds if I don't want to worry about trigger issues) to diagnose problems on feeding without worrying about a live round problem.

Eventually as your action slicks up by repeated use of the bolt which does the same as dry firing a pistol/revolver, you learn both the manual of arms by heart and can develop a feel for when feeding goes smoothly or you moved too fast and have an empty chamber.

A good gunsmith can speed breaking in an action but a bad one can do damage.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:06 PM (E4rtv)

86 >>Nice bus? Is there such a thing?

It's theoretical. Like parking near Fenway.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 08:07 PM (viF8m)

87 You'll have lots of company. For a number of years I did the opposite, lived in Boston and had an office in NH. You get used to the drive, it's not that bad.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 07:59 PM

You had a good reverse commute. We have a few team members who live in NH. It works.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:07 PM (Wnv9h)

88 Nice bus? Is there such a thing?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 08:03 PM (xVpNO)

There are several charter outfits that provide long haul buses to and from the suburbs well beyond the Washington DC Beltway (approximately 40 miles outside of DC) to places like the Pentagon.

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 08:07 PM (BCwQW)

89 >>Nice bus? Is there such a thing?

It's theoretical. Like parking near Fenway.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 08:07 PM

From what my friends tell me, it's a good ride. Clean, quiet tour bus with free WiFi. But it's still subject to traffic. I can do that in my own car.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:09 PM (Wnv9h)

90 I expect that parking in downtown Boston is very expensive, unless your employer offers free parking. But if you could find a free park&ride 15-20 miles out, you could sort of have your cake and eat it, too. You want to go to an evening ball game? Ride the train out to your park&ride, hop in the car, head back downtown (counter to the rush hour traffic flow), park near Fenway, go to the game.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 08:01 PM

It's pricey, but it's a job perk, so I'm good.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:10 PM (Wnv9h)

91 >>You had a good reverse commute. We have a few team members who live in NH. It works.

Had an office on Summer Street for a few years. It seemed like half the office lived in NH or the Cape believe it or not. Even had one guy who lived in Newport.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 08:10 PM (viF8m)

92 80 Also if people want a shooter instead of a collectible M-14, just get an M1A from Springfield with all new parts and designed from the get go for semi auto only. Probably be cheaper than the CMP ones.
Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 07:55 PM

This is the way.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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I have other more worn shooter grade rifles that I can shoot and frankly I did get more of a kick firing older bolt action milsurps than the pristine WWII era CMP Garand.

That is why I am glad CMP is making replica Garand receivers (or were the last time I checked so you can shoot the replica until you wear the finish off.

If I can ever fire heavier centerfire rifles again, I might eventually want a replica Garand from the ground up in 308.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:11 PM (E4rtv)

93 >>From what my friends tell me, it's a good ride. Clean, quiet tour bus with free WiFi. But it's still subject to traffic. I can do that in my own car.

Good luck. House sounds nice, I hope it works out for you.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 08:11 PM (viF8m)

94 RMBS - get a helicopter!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 08:12 PM (lTr5A)

95 81 For me, this thread is like walking into a bar when you don't drink.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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You are never too old to pick up a new vice and guns are better than most.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:12 PM (E4rtv)

96 Also if people want a shooter instead of a collectible M-14, just get an M1A from Springfield with all new parts and designed from the get go for semi auto only. Probably be cheaper than the CMP ones.
Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 07:55 PM (E4rtv)
Word.

Posted by: Eromero at July 26, 2026 08:12 PM (LHPAg)

97 With luck, noted shooting video critic GWB will be here to give us his thoughts on the following.
Hey now! LOL.

Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 08:13 PM (VuBLp)

98 Had an office on Summer Street for a few years. It seemed like half the office lived in NH or the Cape believe it or not. Even had one guy who lived in Newport.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 08:10 PM

My office is a few buildings over from City Hall. One of my people comes in from Portsmouth, RI. He gets the commute award.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:13 PM (Wnv9h)

99 Hi All!!

Continuing the adventure of using ChatGPT to provide analysis of my shooting, suggestions for training and drills for improvement. I don't believe it is anything different I have heard some of you advise before - it seems interesting it can look at the pictures of the targets and then develop analysis of what is going on compared to the weeks before and then tie it into a training package and documentation. Went to the range yesterday - continued working with the S&W M&P 2.0 Compact Carry Comp particularly working on grip controls and making improvements. I was also shooting a S&W Victory 22lr - I like the pistol but haven't found good ammunition for it. I used Winchester / Remington bulk ammo which was not a problem for my Marlin 22 rifle but the pistol could barely get through a magazine without jamming the outgoing casing before loading the next round. The Federal I tried was better this time but out of 60 rounds still had 5 faults - 2 were the failed to eject and the other 3 were the slide not returning all the way to home, and not firing. Having a lot of fun though.

Posted by: Lurking in Garland at July 26, 2026 08:14 PM (j9Bn5)

100 If I ever need to grab a rifle fast for general around-the-neighborhood work, it'll be my Springfield M1A.

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 08:14 PM (lTr5A)

101 RMBS - get a helicopter!
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 08:12 PM

*sigh*

Sadly, that's out of my tax bracket.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:14 PM (Wnv9h)

102 Also if people want a shooter instead of a collectible M-14, just get an M1A from Springfield with all new parts and designed from the get go for semi auto only. Probably be cheaper than the CMP ones.
Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 07:55 PM (E4rtv)

This being the M1 carbine, in .30 cal, as opposed to the M1 Garand in 30-06?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 08:16 PM (1z8ji)

103 With luck, noted shooting video critic GWB will be here to give us his thoughts on the following.
Hey now! LOL.
Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 08:13 PM (VuBLp)
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Been waiting all week to say that!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 08:16 PM (lTr5A)

104 RMBS - get a helicopter!
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 08:12 PM

*sigh*

Sadly, that's out of my tax bracket.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:14 PM (Wnv9h)
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Steal a helicopter?

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 08:17 PM (lTr5A)

105 I was also shooting a S&W Victory 22lr - I like the pistol but haven't found good ammunition for it.
Posted by: Lurking in Garland
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Try CCI-Mini Mags unless your owner's manual forbid them. Start with the 40gr, CCI has better quality control for their 22 LR than the plinking Winchester or Remington or even Federal bulk packages do in 22 LR.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:18 PM (E4rtv)

106 Good evening gubthreaders and all the ships at sea!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 26, 2026 08:18 PM (NlEaG)

107 It's pricey, but it's a job perk, so I'm good.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:10 PM (Wnv9h)

I find myself once again in the job market, and I will consider paid parking as one of my negotiating conditions thanks to this conversation. (I've never paid for parking --except temporarily as a traveling consultant -- and at my age, I'm not excited about doing so.)

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 08:18 PM (xVpNO)

108 Posted by: Lurking in Garland at July 26, 2026 08:14 PM (j9Bn5)
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Keep up the good work!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 08:18 PM (lTr5A)

109 RMBS - get a helicopter!
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 08:12 PM
*sigh*
Sadly, that's out of my tax bracket.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:14 PM (Wnv9h)
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Steal a helicopter?
Posted by: Weasel
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Autocorrect is evil...I'm sure what Weasel meant was "borrow" a helicopter....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 08:21 PM (XfIK1)

110 This being the M1 carbine, in .30 cal, as opposed to the M1 Garand in 30-06?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

No, there really was never a military M1A as Springfield Armory (company not the federal arsenal), made it up as a tradename. Springfield (the company) at first used surplus M-14 GI parts with (IIRC) M-14 receivers until the Hughes Amendment passed in 1986, then developed their own ( cannot honestly remember whether forged or cast) receivers to replace the GI ones. Since then, I don't think Springfield uses any GI parts anymore. And they have different variants like the Tanker version with a short barrel, and so on. That the real M-14 did not.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:21 PM (E4rtv)

111 Well, my Caesar has inexplicably evaporated. I am going to head out and do a few orbits on the mower, now that I have cooled off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 08:22 PM (1z8ji)

112 Lurking in Garland, there is this thing called the TXMoMe where you can come and shoot under the best tutelage around.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 08:22 PM (abScH)

113 What’s burning Weasel?

Finishing a Romeo y Julieta No. 2 (Hecho en Cuba) I picked up sort of by mistake in St Bart’s more than a year ago. It’s fine but nothing special for my (barbarian, pedestrian) palate.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2026 08:23 PM (QPjUO)

114 @ 30 Short one for me. Spending the next couple weekends cleaning out my apartment as my landlord has sold the house and the new owners do not want a tenant.
So looking for a new place and going through 11 years of accumulation. Of course my toys and the ammo are not being thrown out so no dumpster diving for you folks!!! LOL
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at July 26, 2026 07:17 PM
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Doing the moving thing myself in a couple of weeks. Moving ammo was a task. Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 07:22 PM (Wnv9h)
__________________________

Guess I'm in the club, too. Just found out my apt. complex won't renew my lease 'cos I don't make 3X the monthly rent. WTF? At least I have time to look, 'cos the lease isn't done 'til 06012026. Small favors, yes … ? I hate these goddamn people.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 26, 2026 08:24 PM (ayRl+)

115 The M-14 replaced the Garand as the main battle rifle and the 308 aka 7.62x51 NATO (in the M-14) replaced the 30-06. But due to production problems, the M-14 lagged in replacing the Garand with a lot of Army units years later still having Garands instead of M-14s like in Berlin.

So with a hot war in Vietnam and M-16's being used by the USAF to replace the M1 Carbine, MacNamara, Sec of Def, replaced the M-14 with the M-16 and shortly after the M-16 was altered into the M-16A1 from lessons in combat in Vietnam.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:24 PM (E4rtv)

116 Kindltot, saw earlier you made three gallons of Apple juice. Was that with the new barrel press?

Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 08:25 PM (sl73Y)

117 For me, this thread is like walking into a bar when you don't drink.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Where the patrons seem a tad odd, but not unfriendly?

Posted by: mindful webworker - keep 'em holstered inside at July 26, 2026 08:25 PM (jrd4M)

118 Rumor has it that RI Red may be writing a novel?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 08:26 PM (XfIK1)

119 Super awesome weekend!

Saturday morning was range time with MAE and LazyMessenger. Gentlemen both. I shot my Springfield Armory EMP Ronin and my Ruger Mark IV. And Mark’s shotty. Because shotguns make me happy.

Today was spent with son #1 at the National Hot Rod Association PNW NAationals. American flags waving, a prayer of thanks and safety to begin, the Star Spangled Banner and Top Fuel. These hot rods go 335 mph in 3.5 seconds. They are loud. They burn jet fuel. They are not green.

Any time you wear hearing protection twice in one weekend for different activities, it’s a win.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 08:27 PM (yEz+x)

120 The high level polish looks gay to me. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

My shit is all banged up in a holster or bag. I'm certainly not putting my unpolished firearm in a display case.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 08:28 PM (3oLiU)

121 Both the M-14 and the Krag were ill starred replacements that served as a bridge to newer and longer lasting variants. The M-14 gave way to the M-16 which is still in broad use sixty years later in the military, the Krag gave way to the Springfield 1903 which likewise had decades long service.

The M-14 was the first general issue select fire (and it showed) for the US military, but the M-16 did that better and cheaper. The Krag was the first bolt action repeater but again, the Springfield with stripper clips did it better and faster than you could reload a Krag.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:28 PM (E4rtv)

122 Range this past week was an instructional trip, mostly, hockey buddy’s sister in law and grown spawn needed some basic introductory help with handguns. SiL had a Sig 360 she’d never shot. It’s first time i touched one too, was impressed with mild recoil for the small size and weight.

Racking and controls were challenging as the thing is so small. But can see why they’re popular carry pieces.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2026 08:28 PM (QPjUO)

123 sra blaster and I had an interesting adventure in flying with firearms.

So we flew to Atlanta Thursday night. But not on the airline we had intended to. We had tickets on Frontier, and had a case with 2 carry pistols in it in the checked bag.

First - Frontier at IAD totally takes your word for it that you are following FAA regulations. I did give them the magic words - unloaded, in a locked case, ammo separate in original box They do not open the case. They only wanted me to open the bag to see that there were locks on the case. They give you the card to lay on top of the case. That was interesting.

But then that flight got delayed. And delayed again. Like probably not going to fly this flight delayed (Narrator: it did end up flying 4 and a half hours late).

So we talked to the Frontier agent to ensure we could get our bag before canceling the flight to get another. He said he could.

Then we checked in with United which always takes a ton of time with firearms at IAD. But we made that flight. Hooray.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 26, 2026 08:28 PM (NlEaG)

124 Holy Shitballs, indeed!
It’s Sunday night!

My poor Permanent Record - forever stained.

Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 08:29 PM (LMRVO)

125 120 The high level polish looks gay to me. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

My shit is all banged up in a holster or bag. I'm certainly not putting my unpolished firearm in a display case.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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BBQ guns are a custom in some parts of the country----the civilized part. So guns at such a party are a fashion accessory just as clothing is.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:29 PM (E4rtv)

126 Why did they switch to 7.62 over 30.06 and was it a good choice?

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 08:29 PM (MWfyi)

127 M1A from Springfield with all new parts and designed from the get go for semi auto only"

Nicely made, but... it's a kick.

Posted by: man at July 26, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)

128 Am I being stupid hesitating to look into this property seriously?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at J

Consider how many years longer on that commute. After 25 years, my Providence to Boston commute grew by half again from traffic changes.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 08:30 PM (sl73Y)

129 Autocorrect is evil...I'm sure what Weasel meant was "borrow" a helicopter....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 08:21 PM

He had it right. Strategically Transfer Equipment to an Alternate Location. Checks out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:30 PM (Wnv9h)

130 Continuing the adventure of using ChatGPT to provide analysis of my shooting, suggestions for training and drills for improvement.

I'm a skeptic of the current "AI ALL THE THINGS!!" mindset but I'm interesting in hearing how that goes for you. A friend tells me that he used some LLM for ballistic analysis and it felt the need to append little messages about gun violence to its replies.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 26, 2026 08:31 PM (vTZFs)

131 Speaking of pimp guns - if I got a Desert Eagle, it would have to be gold tiger stripe.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 26, 2026 08:31 PM (NlEaG)

132 Autocorrect is evil...I'm sure what Weasel meant was "borrow" a helicopter....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 08:21 PM

He had it right. Strategically Transfer Equipment to an Alternate Location. Checks out.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:30 PM (Wnv9h)
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Just bring it back with a full tank...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2026 08:31 PM (FZ29D)

133 Consider how many years longer on that commute. After 25 years, my Providence to Boston commute grew by half again from traffic changes.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 08:30 PM

Maybe 10. After that I'm on my time.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:32 PM (Wnv9h)

134 I got snap caps to learn how to load and such my two guns. Took some time to realize I was holding the charging handle (?) and not letting it go to properly reload.
Wednesday is pony penning and my road gets closed about 5am. I leave for work about 6:30. I think they will let me out.
Despite the injunction, no one will sell me an AR pistol online. My local FFL says Radical might have one 4-6 weeks.

Posted by: Accomack at July 26, 2026 08:32 PM (T8bqm)

135 I'm a little confused on M14s being NFA. Wikipedia tells me the M14 was semi-auto (except for some variants). Why would it be NFA?

Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 08:33 PM (2MQZy)

136 Racking and controls were challenging as the thing is so small. But can see why they’re popular carry pieces.
Posted by: rhomboid
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There are push-pull techniques for the heavier, often doubled recoil springs on compacts that work ok for people with less hand strength--you just have to orient properly in the safe direction while doing it.

Controls are stiff on a lot of new production nowadays--in part I think due to casting rather than forged parts. Best way to break those in is by operating the slide and dry firing over and over again and using the controls. A small dot of light machine oil, remoil, etc. on the control surface mechanism can also help when working out.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:33 PM (E4rtv)

137 Good evening all.
No gun stuff to report except I'm getting serious about the S&W Bodyguard 2. Checked prices and with the factory installed Viridian optic it is $600. Seems reasonable.
Good luck to Scubs, RMBS, Grateful and TRex on your Real Estate endeavors. Streasful, but so rewarding in the end. I found shedding years and years of unnecessary stuff very cathartic.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 26, 2026 08:33 PM (kJmSS)

138 I did hold a Glock and SD40. The SD felt much better in my hand.

Posted by: Accomack at July 26, 2026 08:33 PM (T8bqm)

139 My one airline firearms experience was very easy. Just showed the locked case and signed a form affirming that I am not an idiot - well in this specific context anyway (unloaded etc). But it was Alaska Jetways, in Alaska, so. Luggage area up there on the way in had lots of rifle cases of course.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2026 08:35 PM (QPjUO)

140 135 I'm a little confused on M14s being NFA. Wikipedia tells me the M14 was semi-auto (except for some variants). Why would it be NFA?
Posted by: GWB

M-14's started as select fire as they were designed to replace both the Garand AND the BAR--a floor wax and dessert topping approach. Unfortunately, they were not that controllable (as the design was a modified Garand) in select fire so the military issued orders to only shoot them semi auto and pulled the components for select fire. That being said, the receiver is still set up to run full auto and under the ruling by BATF, once a machine gun, always a machine gun, required either welding and machining the ability to convert the receiver to full auto, or making a new semi auto only receiver that is incapable of fitting select fire parts in the trigger mechanism.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:36 PM (E4rtv)

141 What pistol is the Army guy using?

Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 08:36 PM (kU0PQ)

142 Thanks Whig I will try the CCI.

Hi Ben Had - I missed last years TX MO ME but I made it to the previous 3. Looking forward to it this year!

Posted by: Lurking in Garland at July 26, 2026 08:37 PM (j9Bn5)

143 If you dig around and use the words M-14 and full automatic or select fire for videos from the trials, I think you can see why the military put in semi auto trigger kits. And why the Soviets and Germans used intermediate power cartridges for their AK-47 or the STG-44 so that full auto did not result in controllability issues with conscript troops.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:38 PM (E4rtv)

144 Thanks whig, I mentioned some of this to the 360 owner, and actually noted the gun loosening up a bit even from the 100+ rounds we put through it that day.

I urged her to take a basic handgun class, get a snake for routine cleaning, and not over-clean it, while following the manual re lubrication.

Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2026 08:40 PM (QPjUO)

145 No gun stuff to report except I'm getting serious about the S&W Bodyguard 2. Checked prices and with the factory installed Viridian optic it is $600. Seems reasonable.
Good luck to Scubs, RMBS, Grateful and TRex on your Real Estate endeavors. Streasful, but so rewarding in the end. I found shedding years and years of unnecessary stuff very cathartic.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 26, 2026 08:33 PM

I can recommend the S&W bodyguard 2.0 without reservation. It is what the Glock 42 and the bodyguard 1.0 should have been. Mine has plain iron sights and shot fine for me before cataract surgery.

I am still waiting for glock to come out with a modified 42 to accept larger capacity magazines and the folks over at shield arms to make a 15 round one like they did for the 43X.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 26, 2026 08:41 PM (0N4FZ)

146 Also if people want a shooter instead of a collectible M-14, just get an M1A from Springfield with all new parts and designed from the get go for semi auto only. Probably be cheaper than the CMP ones.
Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 07:55 PM

(Sputters with rage)

But it won't have gen-u-wine GI parts! And some of those new parts will have been made with modern manufacturing methods!

Not to mention the old world craftsmanship that the master gunsmiths at TRW used!

Posted by: Chubby Guy in a Camo T-shirt at July 26, 2026 08:42 PM (1viUA)

147 Why did they switch to 7.62 over 30.06 and was it a good choice?
Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 08:29 PM (MWfyi)

Because 7.62mm X 51 was a compromise round to make a NATO standard small arms cartridge. The US really wanted to retain .30-06, but the Brits wanted the .276 round for their EM-2 bullpup. FN (IIRC) put forward an 8mm round similar to the 7.92mm Kurz used in the German StG 44. But because the US was the biggest spender on the block for NATO in the early 1950s, the US had the most influence at the time. Therefore, NATO adopted the 7.62mm X 51 round as NATO standard. As you might expect out of a compromise, it's a decent round, but it's not the "best" in any particular application. As a result, everyone felt a bit cheated (some more so than others (i.e. the Brits)), but learned to live with the round.

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 08:42 PM (BCwQW)

148 RMBS. Do it. Don’t worry about the drive. I commuted to Boston from southern RI for a while. No biggy.

Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 08:43 PM (LMRVO)

149 They are loud. They burn jet fuel. They are not green.

Sounds like an upgrade. Link?

Posted by: WNBA players at July 26, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)

150 But it won't have gen-u-wine GI parts! And some of those new parts will have been made with modern manufacturing methods!

Not to mention the old world craftsmanship that the master gunsmiths at TRW used!

I think most of us can appreciate the historical value of something without needing to disparage more recent things.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 26, 2026 08:46 PM (vTZFs)

151 Scoobs, I know you’ve checked out, but life sends you signs.
Like, get out of NYC now.

Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 08:46 PM (LMRVO)

152 I own two M1 Carbines, Three M1 Garands, one with a 7.62x 51 NATO barrel, but only one M14 clone. I bought a Chinese Norinco M14 copy with a forged receiver. I upgraded everything but the receiver with USGI parts about 1991 which is no longer feasible. I would like to buy an M1A or a CMP M14 but probably can't justify the cost. I am retired, no longer working as an oil refinery chemical engineer. If I buy a gun this year I will pay for it by selling a nice M-1917 US rifle.

No range report because I am still waiting for my leg to heal.

"According to the CMP, the rifles will be sold under a special authorization that allows the organization to modify and transfer surplus M14 rifles in compliance with federal law. The rifles offered for sale will not be machine guns. Instead, they will be permanently converted to semi-automatic operation prior to transfer."

I might have to put my name on the list to get one.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 26, 2026 07:03 PM (0N4FZ)

Better start saving your pennies, then. Battlefield Curator said that prices would be between $2,500 and $4,000 depending on manufacturer and condition.

Posted by: Bond in Michigan at July 26, 2026 08:46 PM (yJcPp)

153 Despite the injunction, no one will sell me an AR pistol online. My local FFL says Radical might have one 4-6 weeks.
Posted by: Accomack
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Build your own. Easy enough to do. You can buy finished uppers, do your lower yourself with minimum of tools, and an arm brace or even simpler, a recoil tube with foam over it.

Just don't have a loose stock and the AR pistol recoil tube is designed to prevent placing a stock on it--too short to hold it.

It will take less than one hour. My build took slightly longer in Obammy years because FU to that bastard, as I built the upper as well but I did not fret about the hoopla over braces as I installed the pistol recoil tube with only foam over it.

Fine for what it is intended for, a car gun for extraction situations in riots and civil disorder and using a push pull sling, you can get respectable accuracy up to 100 yards of so.

If I had not given a damn about having two cartridges with that could accidentally be loaded into the wrong gun (a 300 Blackout CAN be forced into a 223 chamber with Kaboom results), I would build it in 300 Blackout. About as efficient as the older M1 Carbine and even really short barrels can work.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:46 PM (E4rtv)

154 Better start saving your pennies, then. Battlefield Curator said that prices would be between $2,500 and $4,000 depending on manufacturer and condition.

Posted by: Bond in Michigan at July 26, 2026 08:46 PM

Not a problem, I will just skip hookers and blow for a week.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 26, 2026 08:48 PM (0N4FZ)

155 Thank you Ed. It seems to me we let NATO have too much say about it but I really don't know what's a better round.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 08:48 PM (MWfyi)

156 What pistol is the Army guy using?
Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 08:36 PM (kU0PQ)

I think it's a dark finished M17.

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 08:50 PM (BCwQW)

157 My poor Permanent Record - forever stained. Yet again!
Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 08:29 PM

FIFY.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 08:50 PM (0sNs1)

158 Late Range Report:
We have a great Long Range Chair. He just finished a complete makeover of the upper shooting area. Much bigger, flatter, and lots of obstacles.
I shot 100+ rounds of .308 and 6.5 with average results. Average day shooting beats best day of work. Even when retired.

Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 08:51 PM (LMRVO)

159 Not to mention the old world craftsmanship that the master gunsmiths at TRW used!

TRW used computerized machining to finish those receivers because they got a bonus for early completion and voila, problem solved.

The problem all along with Springfield Armory (the federal one) doing okay as a prototyping machine works but not so good at mass production compared with modern manufacturers after WWII. And arguably, the fixation on Springfield Armory's Not Invented Here syndrome prevented the better battle rifle, the FAL from being chosen instead of the homebrewed Garand update that Springfield Armory and its supporters were pushing.

No one was sure exactly how the Armalite AR-10 would do on longevity with a 308 so I can forgive the Armory for that.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:51 PM (E4rtv)

160 Better start saving your pennies, then. Battlefield Curator said that prices would be between $2,500 and $4,000 depending on manufacturer and condition.
Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026
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A Springfield M1A is going for $1800 on Palmetto. If they're only releasing a couple of hundred, yeah, but over 1.3M were produced. It all depends on how many they going to release. I don't see why they'd be more expensive than the M1s.

Posted by: Tom Lehrer at July 26, 2026 08:52 PM (EYbNS)

161 DThrax, right again, as usual.

Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 08:54 PM (LMRVO)

162 RMBS. Do it. Don’t worry about the drive. I commuted to Boston from southern RI for a while. No biggy.
Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 08:43 PM

The Horde seems to have spoken.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 08:54 PM (Wnv9h)

163 RMBS, Live Free or Drive!

Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 08:55 PM (LMRVO)

164 M-14's started as select fire as they were designed to replace both the Garand AND the BAR--
Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:36 PM (E4rtv)

I am NOT doubting folks like whig or Ed L - ever.
But, the Wikipedia entry makes it sound like they were designed as semi-auto to replace the M-1, then later modified (some number of them) to replace the BAR, and they didn't like the results so they stopped converting them.

That seems like a significant bass-ackwards in the history. Or that I missed something in all the Wiki words.

Thanks, whig.

Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 08:56 PM (kU0PQ)

165 Posted by: rhomboid at July 26, 2026 08:23 PM (QPjUO)
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Brick House! I'm hooked!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 08:58 PM (lTr5A)

166 “41 OK...soliciting Hordethoughts.

I'm looking at a house in NH that's about 15 miles further out than my ideal commuting radius. Otherwise, the listing looks very good, and very affordable. I work in Boston twice a week. It's about a 65 mile commute, but I don't really mind driving. Am I being stupid hesitating to look into this property seriously?”

So, from someone who has commuted for 50+ miles each day, currently 63, one way…(for 35+ years)
QUALITY OF LIFE IS EVERYTHING!
It is seriously understated. When you get home from work and spending the weekends in a place that is awesome, calm, and serene, your mental health is sooo much better. If there is something other than the commute that gives you reservation, then please reflect a little more. If it’s simply the long drive, do it! You’ll get used to it with no regrets!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 26, 2026 08:58 PM (N91F8)

167 163 RMBS, Live Free or Drive!
Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 08:55 PM (LMRVO)

That sounds like a threat!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 26, 2026 08:58 PM (NlEaG)

168 Why did they switch to 7.62 over 30.06 and was it a good choice?
Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 08:29 PM

The 7.62x51mm is very similar ballistically to the 30.06.

The 30.06 has an edge with a bit more powder, and is able to utilize heavier (220 gr) bullets.

The 7.62 can fit in smaller (short-action) bolt rifle actions, while the 30.06 requires a slightly larger long-action.

With the possible exception of a Kodiak bear, a 30.06 can take any game on the North American continent. I wouldn't feel quite that confident with a 7.62/.308

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 08:58 PM (0sNs1)

169 144 Thanks whig, I mentioned some of this to the 360 owner, and actually noted the gun loosening up a bit even from the 100+ rounds we put through it that day.

I urged her to take a basic handgun class, get a snake for routine cleaning, and not over-clean it, while following the manual re lubrication.
Posted by: rhomboid

People selling their barely used firearms often because they can't manipulate the new version like the broken in version they may have tried is a real thing. And I think modern manufacturing is partly to blame--MIM, castings, etc. are all fine to reduce costs but they often have quite rough finishes that require more breaking in or a delicate touch with a stone.

Older forged parts are expensive nowadays but incredibly smooth and break in even smoother like glass when broken in fully. I have bolt raceways on old military rifles that are like glass and the Brits did that in Lee Enfields even using nickel steel since about 1906 or so. Germans and Mauser did it with case hardening as did the first edition of the 1903 Springfield and Krags.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 08:59 PM (E4rtv)

170 Oh no! Not ... motorcycles!

Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 08:59 PM (kU0PQ)

171 Thank you Ed. It seems to me we let NATO have too much say about it but I really don't know what's a better round.
Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 08:48 PM (MWfyi)

"Better" is often very situation dependent. Remember that the US Army back then (even more so than today) really emphasized individual marksmanship at longer ranges. 7.62mm NATO is a good round if you have lots of open space to engage targets at 500-800 meters. But if you take that same rifle to the jungles of Vietnam where your typical engagement range with small arms is 100 meters or less, you're better served with an intermediate power round that you can carry more of and shoot faster in a firefight (i.e. 5.56mm NATO). And finally, don't think that round performance and technical characteristics were the determining factor in the selection of 7.62mm NATO. It was economics and politics. The US had the biggest economy in the mid-50s, and was (by far) the big kid on the block in the NATO alliance, even more so than today. Therefore, whatever was selected would play to the US manufacturing base and the US's place in geopolitics.

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 08:59 PM (BCwQW)

172 The M-14 was the greatest individual Anti-Aircraft rifle ever built.

Posted by: DBCooper at July 26, 2026 09:01 PM (Osy+7)

173 "With the possible exception of a Kodiak bear, a 30.06 can take any game on the North American continent. "

That seems adequate.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 09:01 PM (MWfyi)

174 Shouldn't it be Live Free AND drive?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 26, 2026 09:01 PM (kJmSS)

175 GWB, use this instead of wiki
https://armyhistory.org/m14-rifle/

Money quote,
"The rifle was also equipped with a modified M4 bayonet originally used on the M1 carbine and featured selective semi and full-automatic fire with a lightweight twenty-round box magazine. After further tests and minor modifications, the T44E4 earned the final designation as the Rifle, 7.62mm, M14, in June 1957."

FWIW, When the military uses selective, that means you can fire either semi auto or full auto with manipulating a switch.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 09:02 PM (E4rtv)

176 Live Free and Fly.

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:02 PM (lTr5A)

177 I know, Sharon. I thought about that, but …

Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 09:04 PM (LMRVO)

178 Plus, there are a number of very good 'wildcat' variants that utilize the 30.06 casing. I like the .338-06 (also known as the .338 A-Square), and really like the .35 Whelen (a 30.06 necked up to take 35 caliber bullets.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1)

179 >>>BBQ guns are a custom in some parts of the country----the civilized part. So guns at such a party are a fashion accessory just as clothing is.

>Gotta admit, I've never seen that. When I BBQ I use the bernzomatic torch with mapp gas because I have two of them.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 09:07 PM (3oLiU)

180 So, from someone who has commuted for 50+ miles each day, currently 63, one way…(for 35+ years)
QUALITY OF LIFE IS EVERYTHING!
It is seriously understated. When you get home from work and spending the weekends in a place that is awesome, calm, and serene, your mental health is sooo much better. If there is something other than the commute that gives you reservation, then please reflect a little more. If it’s simply the long drive, do it! You’ll get used to it with no regrets!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 26, 2026 08:58 PM

This is what I'm thinking. It's a great, quiet area to spend my free time in. Not too long a drive to the RMBS Mom's place if anything needs doing, but well into the relatively free America that is rural NH.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 09:08 PM (Wnv9h)

181 179 >>>BBQ guns are a custom in some parts of the country----the civilized part. So guns at such a party are a fashion accessory just as clothing is.

>Gotta admit, I've never seen that. When I BBQ I use the bernzomatic torch with mapp gas because I have two of them.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Wait.
What?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 09:08 PM (yEz+x)

182 171 Thank you Ed. It seems to me we let NATO have too much say about it but I really don't know what's a better round.
Posted by: fd
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The M-14 was kind of an after thought. The main reason for the 308 was smaller and lighter machine guns that had about the same effective range as the older 30-06 machine guns did. So logistics drove part of it, improved powders allowing a roughly similar cartridge range, lightening weight of masses of ammo a bit, and so on.

We talk a lot about rifles here because that is what we do, but the military looks at statistics showing most casualties were from artillery, aerial bombing, and machine guns with personal weapons coming pretty far down the list.

The grim nature of a nuclear war made it even less important to the military to worry that much about whether the rifle they chose was ideal for a nuclear war. Good enough was good enough.

The Vietnam and counterinsurgencies first in Malaysia, then across the globe in jungle climates led to reevaluation of US tactics under McNamara. And voila, the M-16.

Which was fine until we went into the desert where it was outclassed by obsolete WWII bolt actions in range and knock down power.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM (E4rtv)

183 I am NOT doubting folks like whig or Ed L - ever.
But, the Wikipedia entry makes it sound like they were designed as semi-auto to replace the M-1, then later modified (some number of them) to replace the BAR, and they didn't like the results so they stopped converting them.

That seems like a significant bass-ackwards in the history. Or that I missed something in all the Wiki words.

Thanks, whig.
Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 08:56 PM (kU0PQ)

Wikipedia is incorrect there. M14s were supposed to be select fire from the start, with the M15 automatic rifle for squad support. That was the theory. But reality showed that the M14 was completely uncontrollable in "rock and roll" (see Ian McCollum test firing an M14 in automatic to visually see why). In addition, the M14E2/M15 overheated, couldn't deliver accurate suppressive fire comparted to the BAR it was supposed to replace, and limited by the 20 round magazines it used. In the end, the M15 was abandoned and the M14 mostly converted to semi-auto only. Most M14s in Vietnam were semi-auto only weapons.

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM (BCwQW)

184 RMBS - an air taxi service piloted by strippers! We'll make millions!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM (lTr5A)

185 Thanks for the vote of confidence Mr Scott.
I also shoot Glocks, a G48 so you recommending this with the same kind of background is encouraging. So,eone last week,said they bought it for their daughter and she loved it which also helped. And SheEquipsHerself also carries it. The only downside....it only comes in black. 😉

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM (kJmSS)

186 This is what I'm thinking. It's a great, quiet area to spend my free time in. Not too long a drive to the RMBS Mom's place if anything needs doing, but well into the relatively free America that is rural NH.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Let me echo that quality of life is everything.....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM (XfIK1)

187 Time for me to check out. Thanks for a great Gun Thread, Weasel, and thanks for the Hordethought on good NH real estate. Talk to y'all in the Morning Report.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 09:10 PM (Wnv9h)

188 .35 Whelen (a 30.06 necked up to take 35 caliber bullets.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Underappreciated round. Capable of taking anything on the North American continent with authority at the expense of a bit of range.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 09:11 PM (E4rtv)

189 RMBS - an air taxi service piloted by strippers! We'll make millions!
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM

Hmmm...RI Red is a pilot....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 09:11 PM (Wnv9h)

190 Let my Permanent Record show that I am eating uncooked Toll House Cookie Dough for a late dinner.
Pairs well with Card Boardeaux.

Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 09:11 PM (LMRVO)

191 Let me echo that quality of life is everything.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM

*nods sagely*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 09:12 PM (Wnv9h)

192 Time to clean up the kitchen, as tomorrow is Monday and there's no sleeping in....thanks Weasel, hoping everyone has a great week....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 09:13 PM (XfIK1)

193 Nite RMBS & Grateful!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:13 PM (lTr5A)

194 112 Lurking in Garland, there is this thing called the TXMoMe where you can come and shoot under the best tutelage around.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 08:22 PM (abScH)

Ben Had, I’m one of those who have lurked for about 15 years-ish with maybe an annual comment here and there. I was a Hot Air regular while lurking here, until it imploded years ago and everyone found other digital ports in the storm. I just meandered like flotsam. I would see mentions of the MoMe and think “damn, that’s only 3 hours up the road and I do love me some good firearms”. And so it is that I have worked up the chutzpah to send you an email this week with some FAQs. And potentially dust off my D-Day uncle’s polish Radom that he retrieved from “somewhere in Europe” as he always said. Thanks for letting me ramble.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 26, 2026 09:14 PM (SjAWL)

195 Ok, 9:15 thank you time.
Thank you!
Tune in next week for Spawn's Nationals results!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:15 PM (lTr5A)

196 RMBS - an air taxi service piloted by strippers! We'll make millions!
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM
Hmmm...RI Red is a pilot....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Wait, are you suggesting that RI Red is a stripper?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 09:15 PM (XfIK1)

197 I don't see why they'd be more expensive than the M1s.
Posted by: Tom Lehrer
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They have to alter the receivers to prevent any install of full auto trigger components.

And a bunch have already been destroyed over the years, especially during the Clinton era. Left the military scrambling under GWB to dig out and restore long forgotten M-14's for desert long distance shooting.

Last, the CMP uses the revenues from firearms to provide for marksmanship training for yutes and to run their facilities in Ohio and Alabama. So they sell for what they estimate the market will bring, not to provide people with cheap firearms so they can flip them over and over again. That got to be a problem during the M1 Carbine and M1 Garand sales.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 09:16 PM (E4rtv)

198 Thanks for hosting, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 09:17 PM (BCwQW)

199 RMBS - an air taxi service piloted by strippers! We'll make millions!
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM
Hmmm...RI Red is a pilot....
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

So is DBCooper!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 09:17 PM (yEz+x)

200 Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 09:15 PM (XfIK1)
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Definitely not in the original business model.

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:17 PM (lTr5A)

201 Nite Ed L! Thanks for being here!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:18 PM (lTr5A)

202 Ditto to what Ed L said above, thanks for riding herd on a bunch of independent cats.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 09:18 PM (E4rtv)

203 And, as to those M-14s... Yes, I would love to have one.

Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 09:18 PM (kU0PQ)

204 Nite whig. Hope all is well!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:19 PM (lTr5A)

205 Top Fuel. These hot rods go 335 mph in 3.5 seconds. They are loud. They burn jet fuel. They are not green.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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The "Fuel" in Top Fuel is not Jet Fuel - which is essentially kerosene - but rather 96-98% nitromethane and 2-4% methanol. Unlike gasoline, alcohol or propane "nitro" can actually burn on its own, needing no air. But when you add air, it burns even better. The stuff has some ludicrous level of BTU/volume., and it is incredibly hard on the machinery. They rebuild the engine every 800 to 1000 revolutions, which sounds impossible, but it only turns over 120 or so revs per run, so they usually get about 6 to 8 runs between rebuilds. All of the top fuel teams can rebuild an engine in the pits in a couple of hours. Those engines are so far out on the tail of what is an IC engine that they're almost a different animal.

Posted by: Tom Lehrer at July 26, 2026 09:19 PM (EYbNS)

206 Off sock, dammit.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 26, 2026 09:19 PM (EYbNS)

207 204 Nite whig. Hope all is well!
Posted by: Weasel
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In rehab, we shall see when I finish.

Over and out

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 09:20 PM (E4rtv)

208 Ben Had, I’m one of those who have lurked for about 15 years-ish with maybe an annual comment here and there. I was a Hot Air regular while lurking here, until it imploded years ago and everyone found other digital ports in the storm. I just meandered like flotsam. I would see mentions of the MoMe and think “damn, that’s only 3 hours up the road and I do love me some good firearms”. And so it is that I have worked up the chutzpah to send you an email this week with some FAQs. And potentially dust off my D-Day uncle’s polish Radom that he retrieved from “somewhere in Europe” as he always said. Thanks for letting me ramble.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 26, 2026 09:14 PM (SjAWL)

Outstanding, TxAnn! This was the very chutzpah I summoned to attend TXMoMe 2021 and I have been back (almost) every year since. Be assured, they (or, I guess now, we) are nice to rookies...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 09:21 PM (xVpNO)

209 Grateful, Hush!

Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 09:22 PM (30Gj0)

210 Posted by: TxAnn at July 26, 2026 09:14 PM (SjAWL)
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Hope you can come this year!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:23 PM (lTr5A)

211 Guns!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 26, 2026 09:23 PM (xcxpd)

212 Axually
They rebuild the Top Fuel engines after EVERY race. I watched them. The pits are amazing to watch.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 09:24 PM (yEz+x)

213 TXAnn, please come to the MoMe. It's great fun, and you will not regret it.

RI Red, Oh we need to talk...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 26, 2026 09:24 PM (XfIK1)

214 This was another week of drills at the range, nothing special. More draw+fire drills with my Church Gun.

I'm switching to one of my .45's for EDC as I am out of range ammo for 9mm, just JHP left right now and I don't want to burn that.

I wish ammo wasn't so expensive.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 26, 2026 09:25 PM (xcxpd)

215 Good night all.
So great to come here and get encouragement and advice. Confidence building.
Thanks Weasel

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 26, 2026 09:25 PM (kJmSS)

216 Nite Sharon!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:26 PM (lTr5A)

217 Back to my cookie dough. Thanks, Weasel, as always.
As to others, we shall chat!

Posted by: RI Red - at July 26, 2026 09:27 PM (30Gj0)

218 Adios, Red!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:28 PM (lTr5A)

219 A reminder for the folks that use powder measures to handload their ammo: When you open up a jug of powder from a different lot number, check the charge weight it's throwing.

I just opened a fresh 8 lb jug of shotgun powder and poured some into my shotgun shell loader. When I checked the weight, it was six percent heavier than my previous load. This would have changed my moderate load to one that was over the recommended maximum. Glad I checked, now I just need to adjust my loading machine.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 26, 2026 09:28 PM (1viUA)

220 Wikipedia is incorrect there.
Posted by: Ed L at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM (BCwQW)

See? Ed and whig, especially, but all the Horde here knows their stuff. Thanks.

Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 09:28 PM (kU0PQ)

221 Does anyone, besides me, think there should be a standardized amount of pressure needed to squirt condiments out of squeeze bottles?

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:30 PM (lTr5A)

222 Also in Atlanta - we met someone at a restaurant in downtown downtown - right near the Mercedes Benz stadium there. The parking lot had a sign:

Do not leave valuables in your car.

Vault your gun.

Which I found interesting.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 26, 2026 09:32 PM (NlEaG)

223 RMBS - an air taxi service piloted by strippers! We'll make millions!
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:09 PM (lTr5A)

Aero Pinochet, piloted by a topless Lena Dunham.

"Step on it lady, I can't take it any more."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 09:32 PM (1z8ji)

224 221 Does anyone, besides me, think there should be a standardized amount of pressure needed to squirt condiments out of squeeze bottles?
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:30 PM (lTr5A)

Where is the surprise in that?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 26, 2026 09:33 PM (NlEaG)

225 Where is the surprise in that?
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 26, 2026 09:33 PM (NlEaG)
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Exactly!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:33 PM (lTr5A)

226 Does anyone, besides me, think there should be a standardized amount of pressure needed to squirt condiments out of squeeze bottles?
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:30 PM

Next, you'll want to remove those lovely expulsion sounds!

Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & Cuck-CCP) at July 26, 2026 09:35 PM (0sNs1)

227 Thanks for another week of Guns, Weasel.
Thanks to the Horde for always being here and being who you are.

Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 09:35 PM (kU0PQ)

228 Does anyone, besides me, think there should be a standardized amount of pressure needed to squirt condiments out of squeeze bottles?
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:30 PM (lTr5A)

This sounds like a job for Elon Musk. He could gather up the world's best bottle engineers, turn them loose, and in under a year have a calibrated condiment bottle on the market that interfaces with your phone to squeeze out ketchup while you doze off in front of the grill.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 26, 2026 09:35 PM (1viUA)

229 "Do not leave valuables in your car."

In Atlanta it's best to leave your car doors unlocked so they don't bust a window out.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 09:36 PM (MWfyi)

230 221 Does anyone, besides me, think there should be a standardized amount of pressure needed to squirt condiments out of squeeze bottles?
Posted by: Weasel

Is this with or without the requisite watery slime that squirts out first, ruining your otherwise perfectly structured sammich.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 09:36 PM (yEz+x)

231 IIRC, the conversion to full auto on an M14 was accomplished by adding a mechanism (like an auto-sear) that dropped into some slots machined into the receiver. The semiautomatic version simply didn't have that mechanism. The only mod required to make it permanently semi is to weld up those slots. On any sort of production line that should be cheap. Even one at a time, maybe $50.
The reason we never got them before was the BATF policy that "once a machine gun, always a machine gun" no matter what mods were done. That it's finally occurring has to be a function of the Trump administrations top-down policy changes and new personnel within BATF, which is eliminating the "always".

Posted by: buddhaha at July 26, 2026 09:37 PM (EYbNS)

232 Posted by: GWB at July 26, 2026 09:35 PM (kU0PQ)
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Adios, GWB!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:37 PM (lTr5A)

233 Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 09:36 PM (yEz+x)
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I once gave some thought to coming up with a name for that. Always shake first!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:38 PM (lTr5A)

234 Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 26, 2026 09:35 PM (1viUA)
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Agreed!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:38 PM (lTr5A)

235 Clint Eastwood in Highway Patrol was pretty good, but he would have been better with a .44 Magnum in his hand, asking if somebody felt lucky.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 09:40 PM (xVpNO)

236 Man, I would not want to fire an M-14 full auto. I tried a FAL once, couldn't hit shit on full auto.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 26, 2026 09:40 PM (xcxpd)

237 Yankees are getting their asses handed to them by the Philllies.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 09:42 PM (yEz+x)

238 Did You Know?

Marshall Matt Dillon was shot at least 56 times during his long and storied law enforcement career. Tough as nails.

Also knocked unconscious 29 times, stabbed at least 3 times, snakebite victim at least once. Probably some poison in there too.

Posted by: Jus Sayin at July 26, 2026 09:43 PM (LQqtT)

239 Man, I would not want to fire an M-14 full auto. I tried a FAL once, couldn't hit shit on full auto.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Is "hitting shit" the point of full auto?

I thought it was "put enough metal in the air so that the bad guys all decide to keep their heads down."

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 09:44 PM (VHUov)

240 229 "Do not leave valuables in your car."

In Atlanta it's best to leave your car doors unlocked so they don't bust a window out.
Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 09:36 PM (MWfyi)

That's ... unfortunate to hear. Also kinda a harbinger of civilization breakdown ...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 09:45 PM (xVpNO)

241 I once gave some thought to coming up with a name for that. Always shake first!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:38 PM (lTr5A)

Trust...but verify.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 09:45 PM (l4RKn)

242 239 Man, I would not want to fire an M-14 full auto. I tried a FAL once, couldn't hit shit on full auto.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Is "hitting shit" the point of full auto?

I thought it was "put enough metal in the air so that the bad guys all decide to keep their heads down."
Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 09:44 PM (VHUov)

with 20 round magazines, I don't think that's a good plan. Belt fed is a different animal of course.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 26, 2026 09:46 PM (xcxpd)

243 Yankees are getting their asses handed to them by the Philllies.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 09:42 PM (yEz+x)

When it was 5-0 I turned it off.

They suck. Their manager sucks. Their GM sucks. Their ownership sucks.

And even their captain sucks...as a captain.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 09:47 PM (l4RKn)

244 Ketchup and Mustard bottles are prone to increased pressure due to temperature swings, with messy results. I like ketchup but that shit stinks bad when it gets anywhere other than on food and consumed right away

Posted by: Jus Sayin at July 26, 2026 09:47 PM (LQqtT)

245 Trust...but verify.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 09:45 PM (l4RKn)
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Maybe set the Food Thread contributors loose on finding a name? Sad Watery Disappointment?

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:47 PM (lTr5A)

246 “Do not leave valuables in your car." In Atlanta it's best to leave your car doors unlocked so they don't bust a window out.
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Yep. Failure theater. You’re supposed to lock up the crooks, not the fucking toothpaste. Clown World

Posted by: Jus Sayin at July 26, 2026 09:49 PM (LQqtT)

247 Ruinous Sad Watery Disappointment.

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:49 PM (lTr5A)

248 Yep. Failure theater. You’re supposed to lock up the crooks, not the fucking toothpaste. Clown World
Posted by: Jus Sayin at July 26, 2026 09:49 PM (LQqtT)

I found the "Vault your gun" advice interesting - seems like carrying was almost mandatory.

sra blaster and I did not vault our guns.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 26, 2026 09:51 PM (NlEaG)

249 Late tonight. Have a great week everyone!

Posted by: Coelacanth at July 26, 2026 09:52 PM (cIOlQ)

250 In Atlanta, it's best to keep driving.

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:52 PM (lTr5A)

251 Thank you Weasel.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 09:53 PM (NnhvP)

252 Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 09:53 PM (NnhvP)
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You bet!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:53 PM (lTr5A)

253 Maybe set the Food Thread contributors loose on finding a name? Sad Watery Disappointment?

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:47 PM (lTr5A)

Oooh...that should be fun!

SPLOOGE -- Separated Preliminary Liquid Oozing Out Generally Everywhere

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 09:54 PM (l4RKn)

254 SPLOOGE -- Separated Preliminary Liquid Oozing Out Generally Everywhere
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 09:54 PM (l4RKn)
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That might be the winner!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:56 PM (lTr5A)

255 LOL

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 26, 2026 09:56 PM (yEz+x)

256 What about the sauerkraut that squirts out of your hot dog, when you bite down on it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 09:57 PM (1z8ji)

257 Oooh...that should be fun!

SPLOOGE -- Separated Preliminary Liquid Oozing Out Generally Everywhere
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 09:54 PM (l4RKn)

Well-done, sir! Have you considered working in Congress to help them name their bills?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at July 26, 2026 09:57 PM (xVpNO)

258 2 minutes until Doof time.

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 09:58 PM (lTr5A)

259 What about the sauerkraut that squirts out of your hot dog, when you bite down on it?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 09:57 PM (1z8ji)

That's a completely different issue!

Unintended ingredient movement.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 10:02 PM (l4RKn)

260 -2 minutes until Doof time?

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:02 PM (VHUov)

261 Ok, now ONT is NOOD.

Posted by: mikeski at July 26, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

262 This being the M1 carbine, in .30 cal, as opposed to the M1 Garand in 30-06?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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All of the drawings for the M14 are public. A search shows the blueprints available as PDFs on Scribd.
Springfield simply changed the receiver to eliminate the slots used to convert to full-auto, made the resulting receiver, bought or made all the remains pieces of an M14, assembled it, and sold the result as "M1A". Despite the name implying some relationship to the Garand or Carbine, the " M1A" is a semi-only M14.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 26, 2026 10:10 PM (EYbNS)

263 Got an answer from someone I know who got and M1 out of CMP 2 years ago. $1040. That is a data point to estimate M14 pricing.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 26, 2026 10:19 PM (EYbNS)

264 I have a Norinco M14 that I put a TRW bolt into out of an abundance of caution. It shoots okay but I am not enough of a marksman to say that it accurate.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 12:52 AM (4NO2D)

Food Thread: Chocolate Makes The World Go 'Round!

The Horde...meet Babka! Babka...meet The Horde!

Babka is a sweet braided bread (or cake?), usually filled with chocolate, although people use nuts or jam or fruit too. But...why?

Chocolate is the way to go, and a good version is delicious. There is a famous bakery in NYC called Breads that makes a good version, but most vaguely Jewish or ethnic bakeries will have one. And they are...okay. They almost never have enough butter and chocolate, so one ends up with a bland and sort of dry bread that is completely forgettable.

We had guests over for dinner last night, and they brought a chocolate Babka from a local (to them) bakery. Wow! it was fantastic. Absolutely chock full of good dark chocolate, and there was enough butter in the bread to make a dairyman smile.

And because we didn't have enough chocolate at the table, I also made Chocolate Chip Cookies from Lin-duh's recipe, which may be the best cookie recipe on the planet.

Life was good at Chez Dildo last night!

******
In my naïveté I used to think that outrageously arrogant and opaque wine descriptions were the purview of the professionals, who are clearly paid by the word, and judged by the flamboyance of their prose, rather than their ability to convey information to the wine buyer.

But this amateur, writing on a very popular wine app, might be angling for a position in the pantheon of pompous!

A classic, clean-lined expression of Sancerre that leans into precision rather than flamboyance. The nose opens with brisk citrus--lemon zest and grapefruit pith--followed by green apple skin, white peach, and a distinct chalky minerality that feels more stony than overtly grassy. There's a gentle herbal edge--fresh-cut hay and a whisper of tomato leaf--alongside subtle floral notes that recall elderflower.
On the palate, it's taut and linear, driven by bright acidity and a core of citrus and orchard fruit. The texture carries a faint lanolin-like roundness mid-palate that softens the edges without dulling the wine's snap. The mineral character builds through the finish, turning saline and mouthwatering, with a light touch of wet stone and lime peel lingering. Balanced, refreshing, and quietly expressive.

I was once a pompous wine snob, but this guy would run circles around me! Imagine sitting across the table from him during dinner!

All I want from a wine review is some standard language that describes the flavors, and a general connection to reality. Descriptions are necessarily subjective, but there can be a basic structure of common descriptors that everyone understands.

I don't want an exposition of meaningless language and a trip through someone's thesaurus.

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K.I.S.S.

Keep it simple, stupid!

When in doubt, make something very simple and straightforward for dinner. No complicated recipes or exotic ingredients. Just something simple, simply cooked. Grilling is always good, but baked works well!

Hell, a good pan of gently scrambled eggs made with lots of butter and cheese is a delicious meal! Even people who don't understand the imperative of stirring Paella can make great scrambled eggs!

Cooking doesn't have to be complicated...it doesn't have to be expensive...it doesn't have to be time consuming.

Just pay a bit of attention to the technique, and use good ingredients, and the odds are excellent that you will eat well!

******

I have been baking sourdough for a very long time...long enough that I don't use a recipe, and I certainly don't buy into the arrant nonsense about sourdough starter that is obviously being underwritten by Big Flour.

On Thursday I decided to bake a loaf for Saturday evening, so I grabbed my starter out of the refrigerator.

Yup! That's it. The dregs from the last time I made sourdough...more than a month ago! I added 75 grams of water, and scraped the dried crap off the sides and mixed it so it was dissolved. then 75 grams of good quality unbleached flour. mixed that in, and put it on the counter for 24 hours. During the winter I put it in the boiler room where it's nice and toasty, but my guess is that the starter would eventually come to life no matter what.

24 hours later the starter has tripled! And that is very much alive and kicking.

Anyway, I made a particularly good loaf for last evening, and the only difference (aside from the typical variation) was the way I folded the dough after mixing. I usually use the slap and fold technique, and I am an enthusiastic slapper! But yesterday I tried a gentler method that I will call "lift and fold." It worked well, maybe even better than my usual technique, and the results were delicious!

******

And speaking of bread; how do you folks keep your homemade baked bread fresh? My aluminum foil wrap works...okay, but there are all sorts of fancy bags available that promise to keep bread perfectly fresh and tender and crispy...all at once!

Bee's wax coated bags? Really?

******

Pistachio-Crusted Rack of Lamb

Looks good, but I think that I will try it with a rack of pork.

******
The great garlic experiment of 2025-2026 was a resounding...meh. Send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.

Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.

The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!

Posted by: CBD at 04:00 PM

Comments

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1 Food fight

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 04:00 PM (Ia/+0)

2 They almost never have enough butter and chocolate

What kind of stupid-ass commies are running such places?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2026 04:01 PM (vDZgA)

3 Have chicken thighs to fry soon

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 04:02 PM (Ia/+0)

4 I bet pompous wine guy is using AI to fluff up his reviews.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2026 04:02 PM (vDZgA)

5 A classic, clean-lined expression of Sancerre that leans into precision rather than flamboyance. The nose opens with brisk citrus--lemon zest and grapefruit pith--followed by green apple skin, white peach, and a distinct chalky minerality that feels more stony than overtly grassy. There's a gentle herbal edge--fresh-cut hay and a whisper of tomato leaf--alongside subtle floral notes that recall elderflower.

On the palate, it's taut and linear, driven by bright acidity and a core of citrus and orchard fruit. The texture carries a faint lanolin-like roundness mid-palate that softens the edges without dulling the wine's snap. The mineral character builds through the finish, turning saline and mouthwatering, with a light touch of wet stone and lime peel lingering. Balanced, refreshing, and quietly expressive.

Bwahahaha!

What. A. Douche.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)

6 Bwahahaha!

What. A. Douche.

Dude! Try to find that middle ground between this jackassery and "me likey".

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:04 PM (Riz8t)

7 I like chocolate, not sure I want my bread with it

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

8 Jerry and Elaine have entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2026 04:05 PM (NkUqe)

9 "On the palate, it's taut and linear, driven by bright acidity and a core of citrus and orchard fruit. The texture carries a faint lanolin-like roundness mid-palate that softens the edges without dulling the wine's snap. The mineral character builds through the finish, turning saline and mouthwatering, with a light touch of wet stone and lime peel lingering. Balanced, refreshing, and quietly expressive."

I don't think that "guy" was talking about wine.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 04:05 PM (MWfyi)

10 Who doesn't serve cake after dinner??

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 26, 2026 04:05 PM (JvZF+)

11 Hell, a good pan of gently scrambled eggs made with lots of butter and cheese is a delicious meal!

I make this a lot. Its cheap, filling, and good. Scrambled Eggs. I like Shredded Cheddar. Some Worcestershire sauce stirred in. And Tomatoes diced and added at the very end, to keep the cold and crisp.

A great eat. I like a good dark BBQ sauce on top.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 04:05 PM (5sXZv)

12 Dude! Try to find that middle ground between this jackassery and "me likey".

I've seen fewer words used to describe quantum mechanics.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:05 PM (Riz8t)

13 Shit. And Ham Chunks. Like from one of those two pack Ham Steaks. You gotta' have that in the Redneck Scrambled Eggs.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 04:06 PM (5sXZv)

14 I'll be making chicken fried rice today. Was going to be for dinner, but the Missus is under the weather, so I am making it for lunches (and my dinner) this week.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 04:06 PM (0aYVJ)

15 I don't want an exposition of meaningless language and a trip through someone's thesaurus.

Endeavor to eschew obsfuscation.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 04:06 PM (0sNs1)

16 I've no doubt that AI can be coached to write reviews like a douche.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 04:07 PM (jehhT)

17 In case you hadn't heard, the wine industry is collapsing because no one drinks wine anymore.

They can't sell the grapes, they can't sell the wine, they can't sell the vineyards.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 04:07 PM (JvZF+)

18 I've no doubt that AI can be coached to write reviews like a douche.

So you're saying it's written up like a douche, another reviewer in the night?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)

19 My meatloaf recipe made a great leap forward yesterday

I've been having problems with structural integrity (the loaf falling apart)
but this time I took a thick slice of bread and ran it through the food processor, effectively mincing it, and combined that with bread crumbs to go into the mix

much better

this week I will make a batch of burritos fired up with habenero peppers

I love those itty bitty orange peppers
Bone Appetite!

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 04:08 PM (ZxPkt)

20 Tastes like "wet stone"? Did somebody drop some pebbles in there?

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 04:08 PM (MWfyi)

21 That wine description could used to portray one of my farts after eating a cob salad. Splendid.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 04:08 PM (3oLiU)

22 Who doesn't serve cake after dinner??
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 26, 2026 04:05 PM

Anytime is a good time for pie.

Posted by: Fabienne at July 26, 2026 04:09 PM (0sNs1)

23 In case you hadn't heard, the wine industry is collapsing because no one drinks wine anymore.

I haven't seen anything about that. If anything, I'd say there's a problem with oversupply, what with every country on the planet now growing grapes and making wine.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)

24 Made a dairy and nut free coconut cream pie today. Daughter promised it to her fiance and 2 guests visiting...and then didn't make it (but at least bought the ingredients). Altered an online recipe (https://thesaltycooker.com/dairy-free-coconut-cream-pie/)

Store bought graham crust.
2 cans Asian coconut cream
3 eggs and 3 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
Mixed and started whisking it over medium heat...Added 5-6 TB cornstarch into a slurry with canned coconut milk and a touch of water (probably used about 1/2-3/4 cup of the c milk b/c I did it once, it wasn't thick enough and added more) and cooked 15 minutes til thick, whisking constantly. Took it through a fine mesh strainer (hubby didn't believe it would go through, but it did) and then added 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut and a large splash of vanilla and put it in the crust and refrigerated. Serving it with a dollop of cocowhip tonight.

Tasted great on the spoon, and seemed like it would set...but I'll know more tonight.

Told her next time to promise blueberry pie b/c it's so much easier!!

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:11 PM (tOcjL)

25
g'afternoon, 'rons

I would commit a felony for a decent chicken fried steak right now

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 26, 2026 04:11 PM (AMvSw)

26 That wine review is kinda full of itself. On the other hand, now I want to try it myself, so it did its job. And that annoys me even more.

Um. What was the wine?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 04:11 PM (h7ZuX)

27 If anything, I'd say there's a problem with oversupply, what with every country on the planet now growing grapes and making wine.

I asked AI if China is a major wine producer. It said:

China is a significant global wine producer, ranking third in the world for total vineyard surface area and producing millions of hectoliters of wine annually

This is odd, because I don't think I've EVER seen a bottle of Chinese wine, not that I'd drink it anyway. It's probably grown in human feces.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:11 PM (Riz8t)

28 They can't sell the grapes, they can't sell the wine, they can't sell the vineyards.

Here, they're selling the Old School stuff. Pear. Blackberry. Some Apple and Cherry.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 04:11 PM (5sXZv)

29 I have licked a whet stone and I can tell you they don't taste that great.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 04:12 PM (MWfyi)

30 Sounds like I need to his alcohol stores
I like red wine a lot

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 04:12 PM (Ia/+0)

31 >>I like chocolate, not sure I want my bread with it

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 04:04 PM

My mom used to make chocolate syrup for toast. It was good on homemade ice cream, too.

Posted by: huerfano at July 26, 2026 04:12 PM (VJX5o)

32 I have licked a whet stone and I can tell you they don't taste that great.

Were you sharpening a knife at the time?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:13 PM (Riz8t)

33 Cobbler > Pie

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2026 04:13 PM (NkUqe)

34 Chuck roast tonight, with squished taters on the side. Had a BLT last night along with cheesy corn.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2026 04:14 PM (vDZgA)

35 Maybe its a California thing. The last 10 years or so the wineries were charging fees for wine tasting. They were last year in Sonoma, not this year. They are begging people to come...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 04:14 PM (JvZF+)

36 "Were you sharpening a knife at the time?
Posted by: Archimedes"

Of course. What do you think I am, some kind of weirdo.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 04:15 PM (MWfyi)

37 Cobbler > Pie

As I understand it ... Pie has a full crust, while for Cobbler we just put some crust on the top to give it some crunch.

I say lets buy the pre-made crust, throw the good shit on and then the good topping on that, and serve it. And anybody that gets nose out of joint about "not crust on the sides" just drop that plate and leave.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 04:15 PM (5sXZv)

38 Tonight is grilled chicken pesto with grilled peaches and grilled zucchini. Yay grilling.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 04:17 PM (JvZF+)

39 Cobbler > Pie
Posted by: Mr Aspirin
_________

Crisp>Cobbler>Pie

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 04:17 PM (XvL8K)

40 "Just pay a bit of attention to the technique, and use good ingredients, and the odds are excellent that you will eat well!"

Says a noted Paella stirrer. Harrumph. Think I will go make French Toast slathered with butter and maple syrup. except it is too damn hot.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:17 PM (BGSp9)

41 Feast of St James today at church. BBQ and everyone brought a dish. Still full.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2026 04:17 PM (NkUqe)

42 That is a beautiful and artistic babka. Only babka I ever had was from Trader Joe's.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2026 04:18 PM (kpS4V)

43 20 Tastes like "wet stone"? Did somebody drop some pebbles in there?
Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 04:08 PM (MWfyi)

I would probably like it. I am fond of a Spanish Monastrell, which has a dusty taste that appeals to me.** Could probably say it tastes like wet stone.

**It doesn't appeal to Mr. Dmlw!, which is nice, because he won't drink it all before I have a chance at a second glass. Ha!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 04:18 PM (h7ZuX)

44 Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:11 PM (tOcjL)
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Sounds really good

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 04:18 PM (JvZF+)

45 Crisp>Cobbler>Pie

Apple Crisp with a scoop of Vannilla.

Peach Cobbler with a scoop of Vannilla.

Or just good old Chocolate Pie, with the Meringue, and a cot or somewhere to sleep off the Sugar Coma.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 04:19 PM (5sXZv)

46 somebody said whetstone
got one of those from Amazon, two-sided, with a regular side and a fine side

takes a little practice, but once you get it, your knives will be sharp AF

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 04:19 PM (ZxPkt)

47 Tonight's dinner will be chicken in pesto sauce made from basil from my garden, and a tomato salad with wee mozzarella balls. My maters are starting to ripen at an alarming rate.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2026 04:19 PM (kpS4V)

48 I would commit a felony for a decent chicken fried steak right now

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 26, 2026 04:11 PM (AMvSw)

And if I were on the jury? I would vote "not guilty."

A good Chicken-Fried Steak is a marvelous thing.

I'm going to make them once the weather turns cooler.

With biscuits and gravy of course, because I was raised right.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 04:20 PM (l4RKn)

49 In case you hadn't heard, the wine industry is collapsing because no one drinks wine anymore.

They can't sell the grapes, they can't sell the wine, they can't sell the vineyards.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 04:07 PM (JvZF+)

Had a conversation with the local ABC store manager a few weeks back. A lot of steak houses are selling their wine inventory because customers aren't splurging on the $90 wine to go with their $100 steak. Some of these wines were exclusive to the restaurant, but were now on his shelves for between $25-$40. Still a bit rich for my Sunday steaks, but I like to keep a bottle for the odd special occaision..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 04:20 PM (nbLIj)

50 Maybe its a California thing. The last 10 years or so the wineries were charging fees for wine tasting. They were last year in Sonoma, not this year. They are begging people to come...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 04:14 PM (JvZF+)

Even tariffs won't save California wineries from their hubris. Every winery that made a decent midlevel cabernet from Napa thought they were worth $100 a bottle. They weren't.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:20 PM (BGSp9)

51 Making my version of the Italians "pasta with gravy" - mine today is 1/2 veg and 1/2 meatball b/c the spouse's favorite way to eat veg is in pasta. Special add to the sauce today is a whole chopped jalapeno with seeds (b/c a kid got a banh mi yesterday and asked for the jalapeno on the side, and got an entire plate...and waste not, want not), so no hot red pepper flake needed...

Serving it with a fruit salad (pineapple, blueberries, and strawberries), and then looking forward to a small slice of the pie for dessert.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:20 PM (tOcjL)

52 Leftover pizza tonight. Got a nice ribeye today but I'll save it for tomorrow night.

Posted by: Tuna at July 26, 2026 04:21 PM (lJ0H4)

53 I think they grow lots of grapes in Xinjiang.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2026 04:21 PM (kpS4V)

54 Crust, a lot of it, is just filler. Peach cobbler with just enough doughy crust on top to hold a scoop of ice cream is perfect.

A 10 inch pecan pie with just 6 inches of pie with the rest crust, is a crime.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 04:21 PM (jehhT)

55 somebody said whetstone
got one of those from Amazon, two-sided, with a regular side and a fine side

takes a little practice, but once you get it, your knives will be sharp AF

I have others, but I bought this one and it is by far the best.

https://tinyurl.com/mwnhw7pa

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:22 PM (Riz8t)

56 37 Cobbler > Pie

As I understand it ... Pie has a full crust, while for Cobbler we just put some crust on the top to give it some crunch.

I say lets buy the pre-made crust, throw the good shit on and then the good topping on that, and serve it. And anybody that gets nose out of joint about "not crust on the sides" just drop that plate and leave.
Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 04:15 PM (5sXZv)

Isn't that effectively a dutch pie (although I guess that's more pie meets crisp vs pie meets cobbler)...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:22 PM (tOcjL)

57 That wine review is how they talk about some horrible modern art masterpiece

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 04:23 PM (ZxPkt)

58 38 Tonight is grilled chicken pesto with grilled peaches and grilled zucchini. Yay grilling.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 04:17 PM (JvZF+)

Yum!

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:23 PM (tOcjL)

59 44 Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:11 PM (tOcjL)
=====

Sounds really good
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 04:18 PM (JvZF+)

Thanks!

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:23 PM (tOcjL)

60 A good Chicken-Fried Steak is a marvelous thing. I'm going to make them once the weather turns cooler. With biscuits and gravy of course, because I was raised right.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 04:20 PM (l4RKn)

For a Yankee, your taste is surprisingly well cultivated.

Country-Fried Steak, as well call it, is a Triple Option. Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner. Supper depending on your eating schedule.

With biscuits and gravy is proper. Grits are nice. Other sides can be great, of course. I'm partial to the sliced cobs of corn.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 04:24 PM (5sXZv)

61 The tipping point for me was when I realized I could buy first growth Bordeaux in many cases for less than good not great Napa stuff. Italy is an even better value for a reasonably priced Tuesday or Wednesday bottle of wine.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:24 PM (BGSp9)

62 Just started this week's batch of sourdough. I like stretch and fold method.

For storage, it goes in a lowly zip-lock gallon bag. And it takes me all week to eat it, so it's kept on the fridge. I'm usually toasting it anyway, because I like toast!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 04:24 PM (h7ZuX)

63 47 Tonight's dinner will be chicken in pesto sauce made from basil from my garden, and a tomato salad with wee mozzarella balls. My maters are starting to ripen at an alarming rate.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2026 04:19 PM (kpS4V)

Yum...and tomatoes ripening is partly why I made pasta - some of my garden grape tomatoes needed a cooked home b/c they got a little forgotten...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:24 PM (tOcjL)

64 Home-made chocolate syrup is fantastic. It’s easy to make. Although Hershey does offer a syrup made with sugar instead of corn syrup, I was born in Iowa, I love farmers and ranchers, but corn syrup is pretty much shit as far as a sweetener.

I tried a jar of pedestrian Welch’s Grape jelly, made with sugar. A noticeable difference to the plus side. Grapey flavor. My suspicion is recipes have to be altered a bit to use corn syrup, it isn’t as sweet, and it screws up the viscosity and flavor profile. Sodas made with corn syrup have a slimey mouthfeel and a sour aftertaste. Even the carbonation is crisp when made with sugar. I limit my carbs and glucose severely so when I decide to indulge it better damn well taste good

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 04:24 PM (LmsWj)

65 As Mike Nelson said of a wine snob's review, if you detect "hints of flint and smoke", you may be at a Civil War reenactment.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2026 04:25 PM (kpS4V)

66 I think they grow lots of grapes in Xinjiang.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2026 04:21 PM (kpS4V)

They probably chop up the bodies of all of those organ donors for fertilizer.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 04:26 PM (l4RKn)

67 Also, green beans with bacon. An excellent side with Country Fried Steak and Biscuits and Gravy. And grits. And the half cobs of corn.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 04:27 PM (5sXZv)

68 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 04:20 PM (l4RKn)

For a Yankee, your taste is surprisingly well cultivated.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 04:24 PM (5sXZv)

Don't be lured into this trap. It's a deceptive ruse.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:27 PM (BGSp9)

69 As Mike Nelson said of a wine snob's review, if you detect "hints of flint and smoke", you may be at a Civil War reenactment.

Whereas if you hear "no flints", you're in the American Revolution.

Posted by: Major General Charles Grey at July 26, 2026 04:27 PM (Riz8t)

70 LMAO...this a Seinfeld episode.

Title: "The Dinner Party"
Season and Episode: Season 5, Episode 13

In this episode, Jerry and Elaine try to buy a chocolate babka for a dinner party, but lose the last one to another couple in line, leading Jerry to famously defend the cinnamon babka by declaring that "cinnamon takes a backseat to no babka!"

All I remember from the episode is people kept calling the Cinnamon Babbka the "Lesser Babbka".

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 04:28 PM (dIske)

71 And speaking of bread; how do you folks keep your homemade baked bread fresh? My aluminum foil wrap works...okay, but there are all sorts of fancy bags available that promise to keep bread perfectly fresh and tender and crispy...all at once!

My cultural imperative is to re-use the plastic bags I buy produce in at the Winco in town. It is what my mother taught me, and her mother before her.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 04:28 PM (rbvCR)

72 Don't be lured into this trap. It's a deceptive ruse.
Posted by: Pete Bog
----
**snort**

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at July 26, 2026 04:28 PM (VCgbV)

73 Fired up the sorbet machine last night. First run of Ginger Lime sorbet was pretty tasty. I think the next batch will get a dash or two of Cayenne.

Maybe do a watermelon and jalapeno later this week.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:29 PM (BGSp9)

74 Had a guest yesterday as well (female friend of other daughter). It's so funny when you ask someone for a favorite dessert, and they have nothing...and then you ask what they hate or can't eat, they then both figure out their dessert answer and that answer...(which apparently was hated sour in desserts, and liked chocolate chip cookies).

So, yesterday was homemade chocolate chip cookies (again, the dairy free version, although the guest didn't realize). Made the dough and put it in the fridge and daughter decided to help by baking before I got back. I rescuted the 1st tray, which my spouse called "White Castle cookies" (yes, when you make them big and put them close, they blend together - lesson learned that all cookies spread a little, especially when almost on top of each other), and made the 2nd tray of spaced circles and just put them on top of the squarish ones...they all got eaten...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:29 PM (tOcjL)

75 62 Just started this week's batch of sourdough. I like stretch and fold method.

For storage, it goes in a lowly zip-lock gallon bag. And it takes me all week to eat it, so it's kept on the fridge. I'm usually toasting it anyway, because I like toast!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 04:24 PM (h7ZuX)

I need to get my kid back to baking bread for me! I'd love sourdough right now!

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:31 PM (tOcjL)

76 73 Fired up the sorbet machine last night. First run of Ginger Lime sorbet was pretty tasty. I think the next batch will get a dash or two of Cayenne.

Maybe do a watermelon and jalapeno later this week.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:29 PM (BGSp9)

Dang - send me some of the ginger lime! That sounds awesome, and no one makes it!

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

77 As far as wine reviews go, mine generally fall into:
Did and Would again
Bought a Case
Don’t
perhaps useful when poisoning enemies, as nothing can overcome the absolutely despicable bouquet and flavors emitted from this vile dreg packaged in such a beautiful manner that no one would dare question its rare beauty

Posted by: epador at July 26, 2026 04:33 PM (z17Wt)

78 I pressed apples this morning, and made 3+ gallons of juice. I canned 12 quarts and the rest I gave away or put in the fridge to use this week.

I need to use yellow plums since we have a lot, and I am going between a plum cobbler or a plum kuchen that I have never tried before.

I may make both.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 04:34 PM (rbvCR)

79 The nose opens with brisk citrus--lemon zest and grapefruit pith--followed by...

Sheesh. After reading that I needed to take a pith.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 04:36 PM (2WIwB)

80 Kindltot, make slivovitz!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2026 04:36 PM (kpS4V)

81 Dang - send me some of the ginger lime! That sounds awesome, and no one makes it!
Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

That does sound tasty.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 04:37 PM (h7ZuX)

82 78 I pressed apples this morning, and made 3+ gallons of juice. I canned 12 quarts and the rest I gave away or put in the fridge to use this week.

I need to use yellow plums since we have a lot, and I am going between a plum cobbler or a plum kuchen that I have never tried before.

I may make both.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 04:34 PM (rbvCR)

Do the kuchen...coffee cake meets plum sounds divine!

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:37 PM (tOcjL)

83 I was going to comment on the Babka Babka but then I saw the lamb. Damn!!! That looks delicious!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 04:37 PM (2WIwB)

84
The "wet stone" taste/smell is pretty common in tequilas and mezcals.

Don't think I've ever had that ever in wine or any other adult beverage.

I think this winetard read a tequila review and said xisself, "Oooooh, I'll use that fabulous description in my next review."

Stupid winetard!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2026 04:37 PM (iJfKG)

85 A classic, clean-lined expression of Sancerre that leans into precision rather than flamboyance. The nose opens with brisk citrus--lemon zest and grapefruit pith--followed by green apple skin, white peach, and a distinct chalky minerality that feels more stony than overtly grassy. There's a gentle herbal edge--fresh-cut hay and a whisper of tomato leaf--alongside subtle floral notes that recall elderflower.
On the palate, it's taut and linear, driven by bright acidity and a core of citrus and orchard fruit. The texture carries a faint lanolin-like roundness mid-palate that softens the edges without dulling the wine's snap. The mineral character builds through the finish, turning saline and mouthwatering, with a light touch of wet stone and lime peel lingering. Balanced, refreshing, and quietly expressive.

That guy's a fag!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 26, 2026 04:38 PM (Wnv9h)

86 I need to use yellow plums since we have a lot, and I am going between a plum cobbler or a plum kuchen that I have never tried before.

I may make both.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 04:34 PM (rbvCR)

Do the kuchen...coffee cake meets plum sounds divine!
Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 04:37 PM (tOcjL)

Concur!
There was a little bakery in a small village I used to drive through in Germany. The old lady there would make plum kuchen. With every bite I could hear angels singing.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 04:40 PM (2WIwB)

87 Kindltot, make slivovitz!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2026 04:36 PM (kpS4V)

a) I don't drink.
b) it might have been different if I had dated that Romanian girl, but here we are
c) I am led to understand that slivovitz is made from purple plums

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 04:41 PM (rbvCR)

88 Actually, since I got an e-master card in a blue cross class action settlement that I really don't know how to use and would like to run down it's small balance to a minimum I guess I'll be stuck forever with, I just bought two of those bees wax bread bags from a going out of business aged baker, cost about $18 a bag, and they are nice bags. Closes like a wet bag, if you know what those are.
Can't judge yet, need to try it with a fresh loaf or two to decide if any good.
Oddly enough, still getting regular emails from the old baker, who should be past his deadline by now.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 04:42 PM (sl73Y)

89 And speaking of bread; how do you folks keep your homemade baked bread fresh? My aluminum foil wrap works...okay, but there are all sorts of fancy bags available that promise to keep bread perfectly fresh and tender and crispy...all at once!

Try one of the bees wax bags. It works quite well for the admittedly short life span of fresh baked bread. (Usually three days around here)

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 04:43 PM (2WIwB)

90 Mmmm, scrambled eggs. my late wife insisted that mine were the best (yes, I'm bragging,..that I knew what my wife liked). Biggest things I learned: 1) don't over heat them, 2) don't over stir them, and 3) always use a small splash of milk.

-SLV

Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at July 26, 2026 04:45 PM (7kJyR)

91 The Chocolate babka:

https://youtu.be/knrHxAQ-dc8

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at July 26, 2026 04:45 PM (2Ez/1)

92 Having a brat with a vanilla imperial stout from Three Floyds in Indiana.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 04:45 PM (XvL8K)

93 the kuchen recipe I have is an upside-down cobbler, so I guess I have a choice of doing pretty much the same thing either way!

The plums are some sort of yellow-gage, and they get ripe and nearly get overtones of apricot. I think I have about 10 days before they all go soft on the trees.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 04:45 PM (rbvCR)

94 A plum pie is a great way to use up plums, two pounds at a time; my recipe is from Food & Wine and 1989:

2 lbs plums; ½-¾ cup sugar; ¼ cup flour; pastry crust and top for 9-inch pie; 3 tbsp butter

Half or quarter the plums and toss with the sugar and flour. Turn the fruit into the pie shell, dot with butter, and cover with pastry top. Cut five steam vents. Bake 20 minutes at 400°, reduce to 350° and bake 35-40 minutes until crust is golden brown. Cool at least two hours.

—Michael James, Best of Food & Wine 1989

“Oh, what a good boy am I!”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 26, 2026 04:45 PM (kYmoU)

95 5 A classic, clean-lined expression of Sancerre that leans into precision rather than flamboyance. The nose opens with brisk citrus--lemon zest and grapefruit pith--followed by green apple skin, white peach, and a distinct chalky minerality that feels more stony than overtly grassy. There's a gentle herbal edge--fresh-cut hay and a whisper of tomato leaf--alongside subtle floral notes that recall elderflower.

On the palate, it's taut and linear, driven by bright acidity and a core of citrus and orchard fruit. The texture carries a faint lanolin-like roundness mid-palate that softens the edges without dulling the wine's snap. The mineral character builds through the finish, turning saline and mouthwatering, with a light touch of wet stone and lime peel lingering. Balanced, refreshing, and quietly expressive.

Bwahahaha!

What. A. Douche.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:03 PM (Riz8t)

*slides next cigar review into the drawer*

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 04:47 PM (2WIwB)

96 From about That Time, you can often use multiple payments on a purchase. And even places that don’t, will usually let you do multiple payments where one payment is a credit card (or something that looks like one, such as your e-card) and one of their gift cards.

This will let you bring that e-card down to zero, as long as you know how much it has left.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 26, 2026 04:48 PM (kYmoU)

97 Tbones today. Made sauce two weeks ago, and last Sunday we were watching Spain v Argentina with friends in NJ, and they provided pizza. So, first steak in a couple weeks. Artichoke, corn, and fresh tomato salad are the sides. The wine is a red blend from Intercoastal (Aldi house brand). The cab is too sweet, but this is nicely balanced, with a mineral character that builds through the finish (sorry, couldn't resist).

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 04:49 PM (nbLIj)

98 Having a brat with a vanilla imperial stout from Three Floyds in Indiana.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 04:45 PM (XvL8K)

Biff,
I just enjoyed what was probably the last can of Rogue River Dead Guy Pale Ale in the entire Pacific NW. The brewery closed some time ago. A true loss.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)

99 Polliwog made the most incredible dessert last night. I'd picked up some peaches and also a package of Girl Scout Cookie-flavored Pop Tarts (Samoans).

I'd shared with her the most compelling 5 minutes of Glen Beck I ever saw - his bit on "Mormon Pop Tarts" where he shared that his family always buttered the back side of them when they were toasted. The flavor is incredible with just a bit of butter, the pastry soaks it in.

Anyway, she halved and grilled the peaches in coconut oil on our cast iron pan with grill marks and then served them with the buttered Samoan pop-tarts.

Indescribably delicious. With heavy cream or a bit of vanilla ice cream, it would probably cause people to die of pleasure.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at July 26, 2026 04:50 PM (lFFaq)

100 Kindltot, you must have acres of orchards! It seems you have bunches of all the tree fruits. I'm a little envious, except that my life right now wouldn't even allow time for the preservation of that bount.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 04:51 PM (h7ZuX)

101 The cab is too sweet, but this is nicely balanced, with a mineral character that builds through the finish (sorry, couldn't resist).

Posted by: Joe Kidd

But is it "taut and linear"?

Posted by: Tuna at July 26, 2026 04:51 PM (lJ0H4)

102 Random drive-by:

John Cusack is starting to look like Teller, from Penn and Teller.

Carry on.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 04:51 PM (0aYVJ)

103 Bounty. I'm having a proofreading problem today.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 04:52 PM (h7ZuX)

104 People do the same thing with craft beer. I wish I was clever enough to do parody descriptions. Some are pretty funny.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 04:52 PM (0aYVJ)

105 A clean IPA, with notes of really primo skunk weed, and a rusted roofing nail finish.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 04:54 PM (0aYVJ)

106 just enjoyed what was probably the last can of Rogue River Dead Guy Pale Ale in the entire Pacific NW. The brewery closed some time ago. A true loss.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)

The beer industry is in equally dire straits as the wine business.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:54 PM (BGSp9)

107 My wife swears by keeping bread in the dark. In a drawer. Out of sunlight.

I recall in my folks house the kitchen had a drawer, down low, that was for bread. It had an aluminum insert with a sliding top, perforated with air holes.

I'm sure things have changed since then. We have bought bread with an expiration date of, say, 10 days down the road, and it molds in less than a week.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 04:55 PM (jehhT)

108 But is it "taut and linear"?
Posted by: Tuna at July 26, 2026 04:51 PM (lJ0H4)

If I drink all of it myself, I might be...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 04:55 PM (nbLIj)

109 Mmmm, God gave us noses so we could smell basil!

Basil leaves, toasted pine nuts, Parmesan, garlic, salt and pepper, lemon juice, olive oil.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2026 04:55 PM (kpS4V)

110 Supposedly, Gen Z doesn't drink much. I don't have a link, but seems like I read that recently.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 04:56 PM (h7ZuX)

111 Biff,
I just enjoyed what was probably the last can of Rogue River Dead Guy Pale Ale in the entire Pacific NW. The brewery closed some time ago. A true loss.
Posted by: Diogenes
___________

We've still got a bunch of Rogue brews on the shelves here in Ky.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 04:56 PM (XvL8K)

112 The beer industry is in equally dire straits as the wine business.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:54 PM (BGSp9)

And will continue to be if I ha anything to do about it.

There are craft beers around here that are $5/can in a four-pack!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 04:57 PM (l4RKn)

113 106 just enjoyed what was probably the last can of Rogue River Dead Guy Pale Ale in the entire Pacific NW. The brewery closed some time ago. A true loss.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)
---/

What?! I love Dead Guy Ale! I've got two precious cans left in the garage.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 26, 2026 04:58 PM (kpS4V)

114 He’s using “lanolin” to describe wine? Would it be better to use this wine on your rough, dry hands?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 26, 2026 04:58 PM (97NWC)

115 "supple and pouting"

Posted by: Used to date her at July 26, 2026 04:59 PM (2Ez/1)

116 Supposedly, Gen Z doesn't drink much. I don't have a link, but seems like I read that recently.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 04:56 PM (h7ZuX)

Somebody could write a catchy pop tune with the lyrics “don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?”

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:59 PM (BGSp9)

117 Here's my parody review of Country Fried Steak with Biscuits and Gravy, Green Beans with Bacon, Grits, and Baked Apples.

The Country Fried Steak had hints of White Gravy with a distinct finish of Damn I wish I had that every meal. The Biscuits and Gravy were flaky and a masterful conduit for more White Gravy, which is also a brilliant conduit for Black Pepper and perhaps Alabama or Marshall Tucker on the radio. The Grean Beans and Bacon balanced the meal with something not gravy, yet also Bacon, yet not ably defined even by the best efforts by Faulkner. The Grits and Baked Apples did an interplay of texture and taste, between salt and sweet, between coarse ground grain and firmly baked fruit that would have confused Richard Simmons enough to bulk up and try out for football yet delighted him enough to slim down even more and try out for cheerleading.

Hence my review.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:00 PM (thv+w)

118 I usually just pop half of the loaf of bread I’ve made into the freezer when it cools because, being on my own, I rarely get through a full loaf of bread before it starts to grow things.

But I have just started (last month!), when traveling, double-bagging baked goods after putting a couple of anti-oxidizer packets in the inner bag. It seems to help with muffins and cookies; should help with bread, too.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 26, 2026 05:00 PM (kYmoU)

119 >>> Posted by: Inspector Cussword at July 26, 2026 04:50 PM (lFFaq)

Good to see you!

Fruit and chocolate are good together (unless it's something weird like kiwifruit).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM (vDZgA)

120 There are craft beers around here that are $5/can in a four-pack!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
_________

IMO, some of them are worth it. The Three Floyds I'm drinking now was 22 for a four pack. But the ABV is twice a regular beer.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM (XvL8K)

121 And will continue to be if I ha anything to do about it.

There are craft beers around here that are $5/can in a four-pack!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 04:57 PM

This is why I brew a little something once or twice a year.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM (Wnv9h)

122 Somebody could write a catchy pop tune with the lyrics “don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?”
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:59 PM (BGSp9)

Add subtle innuendo...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM (nbLIj)

123
"We don't smoke!
We don't drink!
Norfolk!"

Posted by: Norfolk Christian Academy cheerleaders at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM (2Ez/1)

124 This is odd, because I don't think I've EVER seen a bottle of Chinese wine, not that I'd drink it anyway. It's probably grown in human feces.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:11 PM (Riz8t)

Puts down bottle of Shaoxing wine on countertop in preparation for stir frying...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM (/HDaX)

125 My wine descriptions...
Does it suck all the moisture out of my mouth (aka, is it oaky)? Does it have the world's worst lingering aftertaste (be it cloyingly sweet or otherwise)?

If you answer yes to either question, I don't want you. I want crisp and clean wine. My sister introduced me to Viognier and Pouilly-Fuisse whites (aka the French ones), and they are my favorite...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM (tOcjL)

126 I have a double city lot, Dash, but Gravensteins are very productive, and the plums and pear trees are as well. my first job as a kid was picking up apples for Mom, and since then, fruit on the ground feels like an undone chore.

And once I pick it up, it has to be either preserved or tossed. Oh, and dirt requires a garden be put in. It is one of those things up there with re-using bread bags.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:02 PM (rbvCR)

127 He’s using “lanolin” to describe wine? Would it be better to use this wine on your rough, dry hands?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 26, 2026 04:58 PM

If your wine smells or tastes like sheep, you're doing it wrong.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 05:03 PM (Wnv9h)

128
110 Supposedly, Gen Z doesn't drink much. I don't have a link, but seems like I read that recently.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 04:56 PM (h7ZuX)

When they do drink, they drink White Claw.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 05:03 PM (iXmKv)

129 > Supposedly, Gen Z doesn't drink much. I don't have a link, but seems like I read that recently.
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Enough of them purportedly do edibles instead of booze. Our daughters and son do not drink. If they do, it's rare. AFAIK none do edibles, but who knows. They're all in their 30's so not necessarily my biz.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 05:04 PM (jehhT)

130
I left a web tool link and mapping app that I use for exact routing with either a phone app, or a dedicated gps downstairs.

If anyone wants more info...
B I f b e w a l s k I >at symbol< gee emm exe dot com

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 26, 2026 05:04 PM (QVmho)

131 Certainly a 4 pack of craft beer is like buying a 5th of whisky sometimes

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 05:05 PM (Ia/+0)

132 Nova Local, my favorite pie in the whole world is coconut cream, and I haven't had a bite of one in twenty or more years!

Thank you for this recipe!! We have an anniversary coming up and I know what I am making for dessert now!!

Posted by: Moki at July 26, 2026 05:05 PM (wLjpr)

133 IMO, some of them are worth it. The Three Floyds I'm drinking now was 22 for a four pack. But the ABV is twice a regular beer.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM (XvL8K)

I don't want to get drunk on a can of beer! High alcohol beers have their place, but I consider them similar to port or sherry.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:05 PM (l4RKn)

134 The pompous writer of wine bouquets reminded me of an old Bigelow versus Celestial Seasonings copywriter cage match skit on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAR2tUZf8ew

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 26, 2026 05:06 PM (wUT52)

135 From the Monty Python sketch on Australian table wines:

“Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is ‘Beware!’. This is not a wine for drinking. This is a wine for laying down and avoiding.”

“Another good fighting wine is Melbourne Old and Yellow, which is particularly heavy, and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat.”

“Quite the reverse is true of Chateau Chunder, which is an appelation controllée specially grown for those keen on regurgitation. A fine wine, which really opens up the sluices at both ends.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 26, 2026 05:06 PM (kYmoU)

136 Toppling Goliath out of Iowa makes a Kentucky Breakfast Stout that goes for a couple hundred bucks a bottle on the secondary market.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 05:06 PM (XvL8K)

137 Brewing beer isn’t super difficult, even the DME versions (dried malt extract) make outstanding beer. Very satisfying too, to drink something you made yourself.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:07 PM (vV2t3)

138 132 Nova Local, my favorite pie in the whole world is coconut cream, and I haven't had a bite of one in twenty or more years!

Thank you for this recipe!! We have an anniversary coming up and I know what I am making for dessert now!!
Posted by: Moki at July 26, 2026 05:05 PM (wLjpr)

You're welcome! I'll tell you what everyone thinks of it next week! But it was a workout (constant whisking and stirring, sometimes 2 folks at once b/c I'm not good 2 handed

, and I would not skip the fine mesh sieve - it seemed to really weirdly bring it together texturally once it was thick enough...spouse was amazed!

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 05:07 PM (tOcjL)

139 Add subtle innuendo...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM (nbLIj)

That follows….

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 05:07 PM (BGSp9)

140 When they do drink, they drink White Claw.

Unironiquely.

I'm surprised Quaker Oats are not more popular now. We're in the Age of Scold.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:09 PM (thv+w)

141 Very satisfying too, to drink something you made yourself.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:07 PM (vV2t3)

A fair number of readers make their own beer! They're Morons, so it can't be that hard!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:09 PM (l4RKn)

142 18 I've no doubt that AI can be coached to write reviews like a douche.

So you're saying it's written up like a douche, another reviewer in the night?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)

Nicely done ! But the only douche in the original song is the guy who wrote it.

Posted by: a.moron at July 26, 2026 05:10 PM (X5Jzz)

143 I don't want to get drunk on a can of beer!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:05 PM (l4RKn)

Words never spoken by the Teenage Dildo for $500 please

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 05:10 PM (BGSp9)

144 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 26, 2026 05:06 PM

My favorite wine slam is "Probably would not be transubstantiated if consecrated."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 05:11 PM (Wnv9h)

145 Seinfeld fans know that chocolate babka is the superior babka and will settle for no lesser babkas.

Posted by: steevy at July 26, 2026 05:11 PM (YwEeS)

146 Craft beer prices are insane. I hit a Bottle King in NJ and after looking at the local beer offerings, I opted for a six pack of Pilsner Urquell. 10.99 for one of the finest pilsners in the world, versus a local craft beer at twice the price. It might be good, but I can't justify that price. Good on them for finding a demographic that can, though...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 05:13 PM (nbLIj)

147 "Probably would not be transubstantiated if consecrated."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 05:11 PM (Wnv9h)

That is marvelous!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:13 PM (l4RKn)

148 I like IPA. Son likes sours. And I hate sours and he hates IPA. There is no middle ground in this argument. We agree to disagree and tell each other he is wrong about everything.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 05:13 PM (0aYVJ)

149 "Probably would not be transubstantiated if consecrated."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 05:11 PM (Wnv9h)

That is marvelous!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:13 PM

Shamelessly stolen from the late P.J. O'Rourke.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 05:14 PM (Wnv9h)

150 A fair number of readers make their own beer! They're Morons, so it can't be that hard!

I always did Ales. Top pitched dry yeast. A couple glass carboys ... because you really must move the good stuff from the goat puke in the bottom after 7 to 10 days.

But that stuff in the bottom is GREAT on the garden.

Like all other hobbies, got bored. Trick #1 is keep everything clean. Trick #2 is a coil of copper and a deep sink to get that stuff you boil from boiling to cold as quick as possible. Called ... get this ... a "cold break". Got mine down to less than five minutes.

Then you've got Chill Haze. Have to pretty much filter that out. Doesn't change taste. Just appearance.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:14 PM (thv+w)

151 I had a Budweiser in a can yesterday. It's the kind of beer that belongs in a can.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 05:15 PM (MWfyi)

152
124 This is odd, because I don't think I've EVER seen a bottle of Chinese wine, not that I'd drink it anyway. It's probably grown in human feces.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 04:11 PM (Riz8t)
______________________________

They drink Huangjiu, which is a wine (of sorts)....it's nickname is "yellow wine". So, you're close with the "human feces" reference, but just missed IYKWIM.

Actually, in all honesty, I've had it and enjoyed it. In authentic Chinese restaurants, they warm it up before serving. It's mostly rice based.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 05:15 PM (dIske)

153 I like the live yeast in the bottle. Kegging is the way to go in quantity, but requires a bit more equipment and CO2 tanks. Natural carbonation is kinda neat. Beer takes a few weeks to “condition” this way, but it really smooths out after several weeks or months of cold storage.

Make those yeasties work for a living, I always say, whether bread or beer.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:15 PM (vV2t3)

154 Seinfeld fans know that chocolate babka is the superior babka and will settle for no lesser babkas.

I’ve only seen two or three episodes, and this is one. So, even some non-Seinfeld fans!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 26, 2026 05:15 PM (kYmoU)

155 I always did Ales. Top pitched dry yeast. A couple glass carboys ... because you really must move the good stuff from the goat puke in the bottom after 7 to 10 days.

But that stuff in the bottom is GREAT on the garden.

Like all other hobbies, got bored. Trick #1 is keep everything clean. Trick #2 is a coil of copper and a deep sink to get that stuff you boil from boiling to cold as quick as possible. Called ... get this ... a "cold break". Got mine down to less than five minutes.

Then you've got Chill Haze. Have to pretty much filter that out. Doesn't change taste. Just appearance.
Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:14 PM

*fistbump*

Cooling coils and sludge on the garden ftw!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 05:16 PM (Wnv9h)

156 I don't want to get drunk on a can of beer! High alcohol beers have their place, but I consider them similar to port or sherry.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
___________

The highest ABV I ever had was something from Avery. Uncle Jacobs stout, I think. Don't remember exactly because I was shitfaced after just one.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 05:16 PM (XvL8K)

157 But is it "taut and linear"?
Posted by: Tuna at July 26, 2026 04:51 PM (lJ0H4)

Depends on the girl driving the beer cart on the course.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 05:16 PM (2WIwB)

158 I buy malt from the brewing supply store in town. He always looks at me odd when I buy a pound of amber malt once every 4-6 months.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:17 PM (rbvCR)

159 122 Somebody could write a catchy pop tune with the lyrics “don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?”
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:59 PM (BGSp9)

Add subtle innuendo...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM

Subtle innuendos follow
There must be something inside.

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 05:18 PM (p4NUW)

160 I had a Budweiser in a can yesterday. It's the kind of beer that belongs in a can.
Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 05:15 PM (MWfyi)

Concur.
The garbage can.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 05:19 PM (2WIwB)

161 I was fairly confident at 9 that I would marry Adam Ant when I grew up. He did not feel the same way, sadly.

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 05:20 PM (Dd38x)

162 “Craft beer”. I used to get a case of Lichtenauer (lick the schnauzer, we called it) delivered for the equivalent of eight bucks. That’s ten liters of fantastic beer. Of course this was pre-Euro, they really screwed everyone over with the advent of that. It was after my tour “over there” but I was told they kept the nominal numbers on all prices and just swapped the currency out. Really pissed everyone off, I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:20 PM (vV2t3)

163 I had a Budweiser in a can yesterday. It's the kind of beer that belongs in a can.
Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 05:15 PM (MWfyi)

Someone gave me a bottle of Perrier water a while back, and I was amazed at how much it tasted like I remembered Coors light tasting.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:20 PM (rbvCR)

164 ~ musical interlude: a story in two parts ~

Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses (Audio)
https://youtu.be/sqNg8ui2sE8

Steely Dan - Home At Last (Lyrics Fanvid)
https://youtu.be/9EoM7qn2Cyk

~ fin ~

Posted by: SciVo at July 26, 2026 05:21 PM (Sy6m/)

165 Has anyone tried their hand at Tuna carpaccio?

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 05:21 PM (BGSp9)

166 >>I recall in my folks house the kitchen had a drawer, down low, that was for bread. It had an aluminum insert with a sliding top, perforated with air holes.

My grandmother had a drawer like that. It was called the bread drawer. I don't think she invented it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 05:22 PM (viF8m)

167 160 I had a Budweiser in a can yesterday. It's the kind of beer that belongs in a can.
Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 05:15 PM (MWfyi)

Concur.
The garbage can.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 05:19 PM (2WIwB)

_________________________

Dylan Mulvaney: "That's not nice.
Kaitlan Collins: "Yeah, not nice."
Dylan Mulvaney: "Shut up, you. This is my gig."

Posted by: Striving for irrelevance. at July 26, 2026 05:22 PM (dIske)

168 159 122 Somebody could write a catchy pop tune with the lyrics “don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?”
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 04:59 PM (BGSp9)

Add subtle innuendo...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 05:01 PM

Subtle innuendos follow
There must be something inside.
Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 05:18 PM (p4NUW)
goody two shoes!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 26, 2026 05:23 PM (AWtML)

169 I was fairly confident at 9 that I would marry Adam Ant when I grew up. He did not feel the same way, sadly.
Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 05:20 PM (Dd38x)

Bet he regrets it now.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 05:23 PM (BGSp9)

170 Time for another order from Zabar's!

Posted by: Bobinidaho at July 26, 2026 05:23 PM (zmupA)

171 I was fairly confident at 9 that I would marry Adam Ant when I grew up. He did not feel the same way, sadly.
Posted by: Piper
_____

You're too goody two shoes?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 05:24 PM (XvL8K)

172 So, where can a dude find LinDuh’s cookie recipe?
I’ll admit I bought The Moron Cookbook, but haven’t spent any time going through it. Is it in there?
And, as far as this…

“Hell, a good pan of gently scrambled eggs made with lots of butter and cheese is a delicious Meal!”
So, I’m a bachelor who usual just scrambles eggs in tha pan with the spatula.
But when I’m feeling fancy, I’ll whisk them in a bowl with salt, and let them sit. Supposedly something, something…breaks down the eggs and makes them fluffier.
I then throw in a large spoonful of cottage cheese and whisk enough to blend, and into the pan (with a generous amount of butter) it goes.
Extremely delicious, creamy, and a little cheesy, if it doesn’t sound to weird for you to try…
Oh, and more regular shredded cheese on top, before serving.

Posted by: Gunslinger, who is honestly NOT a Weber shill! at July 26, 2026 05:24 PM (N91F8)

173 Serious cooking question: if I am boiling water, for pasta or corn on the cob, or whatever, why am I supposed to start with cold water? What's the diff if I start with hot?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:24 PM (h7ZuX)

174 Supposedly, Gen Z doesn't drink much.

So here's a little George Thorogood, dedicated to Gen Z.

Wanna' tell you a story, about the House Rent Blues.

So I log in one Friday, and I message my landlady I done lost my job.
She says "Just AutoPay Me" - as long as I get my money Next Friday.
Now Next Friday she didn't online see a credit for the rent ?
And out the door I went.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:25 PM (thv+w)

175 What's the diff if I start with hot?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:24 PM (h7ZuX)

About 20 minutes. Same as in town

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 05:26 PM (BGSp9)

176 172 So, where can a dude find LinDuh’s cookie recipe?
I’ll admit I bought The Moron Cookbook, but haven’t spent any time going through it. Is it in there?
And, as far as this…

“Hell, a good pan of gently scrambled eggs made with lots of butter and cheese is a delicious Meal!”
So, I’m a bachelor who usual just scrambles eggs in tha pan with the spatula.
But when I’m feeling fancy, I’ll whisk them in a bowl with salt, and let them sit. Supposedly something, something…breaks down the eggs and makes them fluffier.
I then throw in a large spoonful of cottage cheese and whisk enough to blend, and into the pan (with a generous amount of butter) it goes.
Extremely delicious, creamy, and a little cheesy, if it doesn’t sound to weird for you to try…
Oh, and more regular shredded cheese on top, before serving.
Posted by: Gunslinger, who is honestly NOT a Weber shill! at July 26, 2026 05:24 PM (N91F

If the cooks in the mess hall use spatulas to scramble eggs that's good enough for me.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 26, 2026 05:26 PM (AWtML)

177
I made my own beer a few times.

It's dead simple if you keep everything clean.

Everything I brewed was good, but it wasn't better than the usual beers/ales I bought.

I couldn't justify the time and effort I put in VS pull a cold one from the fridge, pop the top and enjoy.

Same for other folks homemade beers I've tried. Oh, I praise them and their brews but you know, I'm polite like thaaat.

Though if a friend came swanning up raving about this Brussel Sprout and Blueberry Pilsner that I had to try....well, politeness isn't a suicide pact.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2026 05:27 PM (iJfKG)

178 173 Serious cooking question: if I am boiling water, for pasta or corn on the cob, or whatever, why am I supposed to start with cold water? What's the diff if I start with hot?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:24 PM (h7ZuX)

I always thought it was to avoid impurities from the faucet...but AI is telling me it also will boil faster if it starts cold...I don't science enough to know if AI is lying...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 26, 2026 05:27 PM (tOcjL)

179 173 Serious cooking question: if I am boiling water, for pasta or corn on the cob, or whatever, why am I supposed to start with cold water? What's the diff if I start with hot?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:24 PM (h7ZuX)
____________________

Corn is a good one to start from cold water, but IMO, pasta is always (or most of the time) a boil first endeavor.

They say corn cooks more evenly and stays juicier starting with cold, but I don't notice a difference. Hot dogs (when boiled) I start with cold because when they boil I know they're done

Posted by: Striving for irrelevance. at July 26, 2026 05:27 PM (dIske)

180 169 I was fairly confident at 9 that I would marry Adam Ant when I grew up. He did not feel the same way, sadly.
Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 05:20 PM (Dd38x)

Bet he regrets it now.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 05:23 PM

Pretty sure he still hasn’t a clue who I am!

To stay on track, I made a really good dinner last night. So tonight, the kiddo wants ramen. Not the top ramen stuff, the real stuff. We seem to be eating that a lot! But it’s a great way to get a ton of veggies in. I think we will just do a miso broth tonight.

Posted by: Piper at July 26, 2026 05:28 PM (Dd38x)

181 Serious cooking question: if I am boiling water, for pasta or corn on the cob, or whatever, why am I supposed to start with cold water? What's the diff if I start with hot?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

I always start with hot. Personally, I don't think it makes a difference.

Posted by: Tuna at July 26, 2026 05:28 PM (lJ0H4)

182
Supposedly, Gen Z doesn't drink much.

As far as I( can tell, the young's will drink beer but prefer White Claw, Ranch Water, and cocktails such as martinis. Anything that ends in "tiny" is good for them.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2026 05:30 PM (iJfKG)

183 What's the diff if I start with hot?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:24 PM (h7ZuX)

None in my book.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 05:30 PM (BGSp9)

184 So I texts to the landlady.
I queary ... will you let me slide ?
Prolly' won't have that rent the next door or anymo'.
But she let me slide along, people.
I notice when I hit her up on Tender
She ain't got nothing to say to me.
But for five years ... she was so nice.
She was lovey-dovey.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:30 PM (thv+w)

185 That wine description could used to portray one of my farts after eating a cob salad. Splendid.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 04:08 PM

We like to think we eat the cob's salad every day.

Posted by: Sid and Paul and Nic O'Theday at July 26, 2026 05:31 PM (0sNs1)

186 Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:25 PM

*pours out one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 05:31 PM (Wnv9h)

187 I always start with cold water for boiling corn, because I don't have to worry about having too much water in the pot and getting overflow.

"I'm a pragmatist, Jim. Not a Doctor."

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 05:31 PM (dIske)

188 @182 White Claw marketing gives me Zima vibes. Hopefully they'll grow out of it.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 26, 2026 05:31 PM (AWtML)

189 Babka, oh yeah. HEB carries a chocolate babka that is good but the one in the picture looks heavenly.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 05:32 PM (abScH)

190 I do love Sancerre, but am not familiar with the taste of lanolin.

I have been on wine tastings in the Napa Valley and most of France. While not as fun as the Highland distillery rambles with son, DIL and husband, I had a good time.

I also did not spit the Napa Valley wine once I tasted. I drank a lot from different places. My BIL knew how to join tours at the end and miss the yapping and imbibe.

I was very thirsty that night and drank a lot of Sacremento water. Which apparently had the same reputation, due to the nearby Hunt's tomato places and there were problems, as if they were Taco Bell explosive lettuce. Not good.

The next day we were leaving and going through Lake Tahoe to drive home with the BIL and his snotty wife.

As I left their apt a wasp stung me, so I was not only hung over but also on Benedryl. The photos of me at Lake Tahoe are not my best, but I endured and the water was too cold to swim.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 26, 2026 05:32 PM (hzuYO)

191 Ugh

tiny = tini

thanks AC!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2026 05:33 PM (iJfKG)

192 >>Though if a friend came swanning up raving about this Brussel Sprout and Blueberry Pilsner that I had to try....well, politeness isn't a suicide pact.

For a small state we have an inordinate number of microbrews. They are everywhere. And brew snobs are every bit as boring as wine snobs.

It's beer. No need to make it complicated for complexity sake.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 05:33 PM (viF8m)

193 I just had an alarming number of peanut m & ms

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 05:33 PM (lTr5A)

194 Dash, if you have a microwave corn on the cob is a snap. Peel back the leaves, remove the silk, microwave on high for about 6 minutes, remove leaves and enjoy.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 05:35 PM (abScH)

195 190 I do love Sancerre, but am not familiar with the taste of lanolin.
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Lanolin is secreted by sheep's skin (or other wool-bearing mammals). The wine author must have experience licking sheep.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 26, 2026 05:35 PM (Q7HGX)

196 If you use cultured buttermilk or keifer as the liquid in your scrambled eggs, and keep the heat lowish, you will get giant moist curds of scrambled eggs. The acidity prevents the curds from being small, tough and the fat from the buttermilk or keifer keeps it from being dry.
If you use too much there will be liquid draining, the whey breaks down a bit and will separate in the pan, so be sparing.

I learned to make those eggs for a once upon a time girlfriend, but unfortunately my wife likes scrambled eggs vulcanized with the texture of birdshot. *le-sigh*

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:35 PM (rbvCR)

197 why am I supposed to start with cold water? What's the diff if I start with hot?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:24 PM

What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Hillary!'s Pasta at July 26, 2026 05:36 PM (0sNs1)

198 And may I also present the following, regarding pompous-assed wine reviewers.

I think the failed ones were hired by cigar companies, although this doesn’t seem as ridiculous now as I seem to remember it was…
“Notes of earth, oak, toast, pepper, herbs, with suggestions of jockstraps, taint, and underarm funk”.
OK, maybe I haven’t seen exactly all of that, but you should get the flavor of what I’m saying.

Diogenes! This has nothing to do with you!
Keep on with your Gun Thread Cigar reviews!

Posted by: Gunslinger, who is honestly NOT a Weber shill! at July 26, 2026 05:36 PM (N91F8)

199 Budweiser makes a fine redeye.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 05:37 PM (jehhT)

200 Corn is a good one to start from cold water, but IMO, pasta is always (or most of the time) a boil first endeavor.

Posted by: Striving for irrelevance. at July 26, 2026 05:27 PM (dIske)

Sorry, my question is why do I have to pour cold water to bring to a boil? What's the problem with filling the pan from the hot faucet, because in my mind, I'm already closer to boiling than if I start with cold?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:37 PM (h7ZuX)

201 Keep on with your Gun Thread Cigar reviews!
Posted by: Gunslinger, who is honestly NOT a Weber shill! at July 26, 2026 05:36 PM (N91F

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Yes!!!

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 05:37 PM (lTr5A)

202 I log in one particular evenin'.
The Landlady DM's me "you got my rent money yet" ?
I said "no". Can't work no job.
Therefore can't make no money to pay the rent.
She says "tryin' to be an influencer ain't no damn job".
I saw you online today - you was logged into Steam ...
Gaming up against a bunch of Nerds.
I said "but I's stressed - I been surfing all day"
She says "that don't ping me, as long as you Venmo my money next Friday".
Now next Friday I didn't AutoPay the rent ? And out the door I went.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:38 PM (thv+w)

203 I just had an alarming number of peanut m & ms
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 05:33 PM

Hopefully no blue or brown ones!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 05:38 PM (0sNs1)

204 >>>I recall in my folks house the kitchen had a drawer, down low, that was for bread. It had an aluminum insert with a sliding top, perforated with air holes.

>My grandmother always had a bread box on the counter top. We had one growing up. I've considered getting one just because I like them. They're tidy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 05:39 PM (3oLiU)

205 Here’s a question. When boiling pasta, they always say “4 to 6 quarts” of water. No big deal at home, but out in the sticks where you have to haul water esp. the desert this is a significant hit.

If I’m using 2 cups of elbow pasta, maybe 3 cups of water will work. I haven’t noticed any defects in the finished product. I make a lot of Chili Mac or trailer trash goo-lash in the colder months.

Why do they want these buckets of water to boil pasta?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:39 PM (vV2t3)

206
Not food related exactly....

Can anyone else here smell rain coming?

When I first told the lovely and doubting Mrs naturalfake, she thought I was nuts.

But, after being right about the advent of rain even when the sky was clear.

She checked it out online, and found out that it's true. But, I guess, rarish, like smelling that asparagus makes your pee stink.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2026 05:40 PM (iJfKG)

207 Sorry, my question is why do I have to pour cold water to bring to a boil? What's the problem with filling the pan from the hot faucet, because in my mind, I'm already closer to boiling than if I start with cold?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:37 PM (h7ZuX)

The only reason I do it is because Mom did it, and she grew up with old water heater tanks that were full of sediment thanks to our hard well water. The tanks would at time spit out sediment and lime.
I don't think it really matters beyond that.

I bet it if you had one of those insinkerator boiling water taps it would be even faster.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:40 PM (rbvCR)

208 186 Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:25 PM

*pours out one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 05:31 PM
+++++

Please, mister bartender, listen here
I ain't here for trouble, and have no fear

https://youtu.be/RZrP18m0lFo

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 26, 2026 05:42 PM (2Ez/1)

209 People bitch about preservatives but there’s no way they could move those quantities of commercial bread around the country and keep them on the shelf without them. You’ll notice the “good” bread selection is a lot smaller. Fresh bread will mold over pretty fast. I use this as an excuse to eat it, which works really well to prevent mold

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:42 PM (vV2t3)

210 Petrichor is the smell of rain. It comes from soil bacteria, and humans can smell it better than anything. When the humidity goes up and the pressure drops, the bacteria start sporulating, to spread, when the rain drops hit the dirt and the winds pick up.

I have heard it claimed that we can smell it better than dogs can smell anything, but I don't know if that is true.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:43 PM (rbvCR)

211 My search for tender, juicy pork chops has come to fruition. Extra thick , bone in chops. Put a dry rub on and left them overnight. Took out in the morning to warm up for about an hour. Double wrapped in foil and placed in the oven at 200 for 2 1/2 hours. First time I have ever cut into a pork chops and had juice run out. Was going to reverse sear but it wasn't necessary

Going to do this again with a rosemary/ garlic paste.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 05:44 PM (abScH)

212 I'm already closer to boiling than if I start with cold?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:37 PM (h7ZuX)

That is correct. Physics does not lie.

But, hot water will have more dissolved substances from the pipes and such, especially if they are old.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:45 PM (l4RKn)

213 So I get online ... On my good friends account
I say "look, man" ... I need some credits don't you know ?
You think you could maybe front me some Bitcoin a couple days ?

He says "I don't know man, let me go ask my life-partner".
He gets back online - I could tell by the pause - I know it's a no.
He says "well, you know, she's really empowered and all".
I say "I know". All of 'em are empowered. Now you got one too.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:45 PM (thv+w)

214 They use to caution about using hot water from the tap for cooking use because of high Lead levels, leaching from the plumbing.

In modern homes hot water has also previously ran through the water softener, which may not be what you want.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:46 PM (vV2t3)

215 > Not food related exactly....

Can anyone else here smell rain coming?
-----------
Yes. Although not all the time. It is a unique smell. Both my wife and I can detect it. Not always together.

Same with snow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 05:46 PM (jehhT)

216 Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:43 PM (rbvCR)

That is fascinating!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:46 PM (l4RKn)

217 >>But, hot water will have more dissolved substances from the pipes and such, especially if they are old.

Dated a girl in high school from a very Italian family. Grandmother, who lived with them and spoke little english, was an incredible cook.

She put pasta in cold water, way less than I had been brought up to use, and then put it over heat. Claimed it cooked faster and again, used less water. Never tried it but that was her thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 05:49 PM (viF8m)

218 In modern homes hot water has also previously ran through the water softener, which may not be what you want.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:46 PM (vV2t3)

Ooh...not sure about that. Softeners are installed on the house side of the main so both hot and cold are softened.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:49 PM (l4RKn)

219 Sugar is bread dough is a softener, it attracts moisture and helps prevent the bread from going stale. There are other ingredients that help that, but most bread has sugar added for the fermentation that also helps preserve it.
I think in this area most commercial bread doesn't travel more than 60 miles from bakery to store so the initial travel is not the issue, it is how long it stays on the shelves..

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:49 PM (rbvCR)

220 Just boiled Hot water will make ice cubes faster than cold water.

The math doesn’t work, I’m sure, but the cubes don’t know that. They are very much smaller cubes. Has to do with evaporation.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:50 PM (vV2t3)

221 189 Babka, oh yeah. HEB carries a chocolate babka that is good but the one in the picture looks heavenly.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 05:32 PM (abScH)

HEB also makes the best cranberry pecan turkey salad. I’ve tried to replicate it but it’s not the same.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 26, 2026 05:50 PM (SjAWL)

222 Can't say every time it rains but at least sometimes you can smell it in the air

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 05:51 PM (Ia/+0)

223 Did You Know? The color of the twist-ties on bread is their way of dating the commercial bread.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:51 PM (vV2t3)

224 That is fascinating!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:46 PM (l4RKn)

Bad water, heavy Iron, and poor aquifer are all elements of rural living in the Willamette valley. On the positive side, the heavy clay holds moisture for the plants.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:51 PM (rbvCR)

225 I can smell approaching rain. It's actually a very pleasant smell.

I can also smell large animals when I am hiking, especially buffalo. Saved me from being surprised a few times in Yellowstone. I hear bears are stinky, but I have not encountered that one personally.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 05:52 PM (0aYVJ)

226 So I go to my room, fill up my backpack and I go !!!
I slip down the stairs trying to take the back door
She a Facebookin' about the back rent
Ain't hittin' her on Tender no mo' about the front rent
She ain't gonna' get nothin' !!!

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 05:52 PM (thv+w)

227 Fresh bread will mold over pretty fast. I use this as an excuse to eat it, which works really well to prevent mold
Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:42 PM (vV2t3)

Exactly. It takes me the whole week to eat a small homemade loaf, therefore, I refrigerate it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:52 PM (h7ZuX)

228 >>>That is fascinating!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:46 PM (l4RKn)

Oops, wrong comment.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:53 PM (rbvCR)

229 think in this area most commercial bread doesn't travel more than 60 miles from bakery to store so the initial travel is not the issue, it is how long it stays on the shelves.
——

Right, but think of the delays, even an extra day, the weekend, holidays. One day to load the trucks and get it delivered. Fresh bread can mold in 4 or 5 days. I haven’t seen commercial shit loaves get mold but rarely, and that’s after a considerable time

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:53 PM (vV2t3)

230 Right now the smell from the massive Hydrangea just off the porch is the only thing I smell.

Tomorrow it will be rotting grass in the yard.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 05:54 PM (jehhT)

231 Made homemade chocolate pudding today. Easy and delicious.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 05:57 PM (abScH)

232 Keep on with your Gun Thread Cigar reviews!
Posted by: Gunslinger, who is honestly NOT a Weber shill! at July 26, 2026 05:36 PM (N91F
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Yes!!!
Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 05:37 PM (lTr5A)

***

Will do.
Although I may have to work in jockstrap one day.
Weasel, working on another as I type.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 05:57 PM (2WIwB)

233 But, hot water will have more dissolved substances from the pipes and such, especially if they are old.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 05:45 PM (l4RKn)

Ah, ok. Well, I do have old plumbing, so best start with cold. I have a filter on the cold tap, because old plumbing, so I typically use that anyway. Just wondered why it was universally proper procedure.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 26, 2026 05:58 PM (h7ZuX)

234 The grocery store has boneless pork sirloin chops for a dollar a pound this week, so I went to get some yesterday. I put some on the smoker for an unknown amount of time (because I forgot about them) at 230F and they are a little overdone, but they taste great. I was talking to a lady who had picked up 8 of the 4 or 5 pound packages. She said she had 5 sons, and the pork would be gone by today.

Posted by: huerfano at July 26, 2026 05:59 PM (VJX5o)

235 Although I may have to work in jockstrap one day.
Weasel, working on another as I type.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 05:57 PM (2WIwB)

While this may be common practice during Pride Month!, it is never acceptable on the food thread.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 05:59 PM (BGSp9)

236 Right, but think of the delays, even an extra day, the weekend, holidays. One day to load the trucks and get it delivered. Fresh bread can mold in 4 or 5 days. I haven’t seen commercial shit loaves get mold but rarely, and that’s after a considerable time
Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 05:53 PM (vV2t3)

An alternate option is to use both the standard bread yeast, as well as Saccharomyces Boulardii to prevent fungal issues longer.
S Boulardii is sold as a probiotic, like Florastor.
I have used it as a principal yeast for baking, and it has an off taste by itself. It is undetectable in a rye starter or used with standard bread yeast.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 05:59 PM (rbvCR)

237 Weasel, working on another as I type.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 05:57 PM (2WIwB)
----
Thanks! It'll likely be a couple of weeks before I get back to my normal schedule.

Posted by: Weasel at July 26, 2026 06:05 PM (lTr5A)

238 So I goes to the local Starbucks, you know people
I go to the counter
I hold my coat
I call the Barrista

I said "Please, non-gendered should be unionized worker could I possibly have a moment of your time"
He/She/Them said "what you want" ?

No Bourbon. No Scotch. And No Beer.
I've never laid with a Naked Lady but I have with Ben.
The Health Effects are awful said Joe Rogan.
Did you see the Internet Thing about the NASCAR Noose ?
Kinda' curious about how my caboose.

I'm just Gen Z ... curious but not Queer.
Don't want no Bourbon. No Scotch. And no Beer.

No Bourbon. No Scotch. And No Beer.

Micro Transgression !!!

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 06:07 PM (thv+w)

239 No Bourbon. No Scotch. And No Beer.

Micro Transgression !!!
Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 06:07 PM (thv+w)

Bah!

Posted by: No George Thorogood at July 26, 2026 06:09 PM (U/s6V)

240 No worries here.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 06:11 PM (2WIwB)

241 Will do.
Although I may have to work in jockstrap one day.
Weasel, working on another as I type.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 05:57 PM (2WIwB)

Everything is proceeding as we have forseen.

Posted by: Big Jockstrap at July 26, 2026 06:13 PM (U/s6V)

242 I am out of alcohol, nothing to have tonight

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

243 Sipping bourbon with honey as a cough suppressant

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 06:17 PM (abScH)

244 I use tap water to boil pasta which I dump right into the cold water.

Posted by: Accomack at July 26, 2026 06:19 PM (/Chlc)

245 But I'm sittin' there
At the little table
Eatin' a whole bran muffin'

I'm chewin' Glutin
Ponderin' Social Injustice
And kinda' Queer

I look back and the counter
And there goes my favorite He/She/Them Should Be Unionized Because Everybody Deserves a Living Wage Barrista.

And He/She/Them kinda growls (in a somewhat intimidating voice) "What You Need" ?

No Bourbon. No Scotch. And No Beer.
Glutin Free Products would be awesome right here.
Its OK if you're a tranny or Queer.
It's all cool, I hate Old Dudes that have to judge ...
Just sayin' I'm OK with Natural Fudge.

Pardon my lisp, I hope you can hear
Don't want no Bourbon, No Scotch, or No Beer.

No Bourbon, No Scotch, and No Beer.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 06:20 PM (thv+w)

246 Why does the alien and UFO bullshit hang on?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 26, 2026 06:23 PM (YlWIZ)

247 Sipping bourbon with honey as a cough suppressant
Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 06:17 PM (abScH)

I could use that right now. the smoke here is really bad. Air quality is 250 now. Good day to stay indoors. Have not done the math, but I bet the numerous Oregon fires add up to a million acres; and guess who lives downwind...

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 06:23 PM (0aYVJ)

248 Ooh...not sure about that. Softeners are installed on the house side of the main so both hot and cold are softened.
——

Not necessarily. Check your plumbing in the laundry room or whatever in any case. Ours was not for the Kitchen sink. Hard water is hell on coffee makers

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:23 PM (UKUO1)

249 Thats it! 'bout time for the gub thread.G'night everybody!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 26, 2026 06:24 PM (YlWIZ)

250 Picked my nose
Picked a winner
It was chewy
Called it dinner

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 26, 2026 06:24 PM (acXfL)

251 Why does the alien and UFO bullshit hang on?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 26, 2026 06:23 PM (YlWIZ)

The truth is out there.

Posted by: Hi, I'm Fox Mulder at July 26, 2026 06:25 PM (0aYVJ)

252 Catching up on some movie guys videos

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 06:25 PM (Ia/+0)

253 Why does the alien and UFO bullshit hang on?

Short honest answer. Because the same way the "Jesus will come back" answer. The same way the Muzzies want "Mo" to come back.

Same way people buy a Two Dollar Powerball. And Hell, I do that when the odds are right.

Because things right now are either so good we can't see the bad, or so bad those that see the good are full of shit.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 06:26 PM (thv+w)

254 Can anyone else here smell rain coming?

When I first told the lovely and doubting Mrs naturalfake, she thought I was nuts.

But, after being right about the advent of rain even when the sky was clear.

She checked it out online, and found out that it's true. But, I guess, rarish, like smelling that asparagus makes your pee stink.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 26, 2026 05:40 PM (iJfKG)

Yes. I can also sometimes tell the difference of threatening-to-but-won't rain, or you'll-see-it-over-there rain. Then there's pre-snow and post- or reverse-rain. The latter I discovered in the Dallas area; it's a similar smell to pre-rain but stinkier, and is the smell of fallen rain going back up to hang in the air for the rest of the day (not useful for predicting anything you didn't already know).

Posted by: SciVo at July 26, 2026 06:26 PM (Sy6m/)

255 One thing I miss about Fort Collins was how good the water was. Wife misses it as well. It was good for her hair.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 06:27 PM (0aYVJ)

256 I am pickling red onion today for the first time. I never know what to do with the "rest" of the onion when I add it to egg or tuna salad so I am trying this. I hope I can use the pickled onion next time I make egg or tuna salad.

What does everyone else do to use up their red onion?

Posted by: Iris at July 26, 2026 06:29 PM (286+n)

257 Just look at the sky. You can tell when rain is on the way. In Tornado country, beware a Green sky, this is Not Good.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:29 PM (UKUO1)

258 Can anyone else here smell rain coming?

Do you one better. Folks in Tornado Country know this. You can "feel" the pressure difference. And its an Ozone kind of thing when its coming. The stout ones ? Everything gets "green".

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 06:29 PM (thv+w)

259 I am out of alcohol, nothing to have tonight

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

WHAT?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:29 PM (l4RKn)

260 Iris, sipping on that bottle of Whiskey you gifted me. It is very good, thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 06:30 PM (abScH)

261 My search for tender, juicy pork chops has come to fruition. Extra thick , bone in chops. Put a dry rub on and left them overnight. Took out in the morning to warm up for about an hour. Double wrapped in foil and placed in the oven at 200 for 2 1/2 hours. First time I have ever cut into a pork chops and had juice run out. Was going to reverse sear but it wasn't necessary

Going to do this again with a rosemary/ garlic paste.
Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 05:44 PM

I get some great extra thick pork Porterhouse steaks. I'll either sous vide or brine for a while. Nice and juicy. Love those things. Two for about $7, and each will feed two people.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 06:30 PM (Wnv9h)

262 Red onions are good anywhere you’d use onions of pallor, as far as I’m concerned. Nice in Chili too.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:30 PM (UKUO1)

263 What does everyone else do to use up their red onion?

Posted by: Iris at July 26, 2026 06:29 PM (286+n)

Pickling, so you are on to something!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:31 PM (l4RKn)

264 Iris, I mince it and add it to a mashed avocado and use it as a condiment.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 06:31 PM (abScH)

265 Call.it bad planning

Also still have to make chicken salad for lunch tomorrow.
Getting tired of lunch meat a bit even though try and rotate to something different every week.

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 06:32 PM (Ia/+0)

266 I am out of alcohol, nothing to have tonight

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

WHAT?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:29 PM

I feel a great disturbance in the Farce.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 06:32 PM (Wnv9h)

267 Stir fry chicken rice was pretty good. I need to dress it up some. Tasted fine, but I want to add something for next time. Ginger, maybe. Lemon grass? Eh. It was not difficult to prepare. might me my go-to for a weekend dinner.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 06:33 PM (0aYVJ)

268 What does everyone else do to use up their red onion?

Posted by: Iris at July 26, 2026 06:29 PM

I make lots of Greek salad. Leftover red onion is not a problem.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 06:33 PM (Wnv9h)

269 Not necessarily. Check your plumbing in the laundry room or whatever in any case. Ours was not for the Kitchen sink. Hard water is hell on coffee makers

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:23 PM (UKUO1)

I'm unsure of what you mean. Softeners should be installed before the hot and cold water split, so everything gets softened. Unless you have irrigation...that should be before the softener so you don't waste it on your lawn and plants.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:33 PM (l4RKn)

270 I feel a great disturbance in the Farce.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 06:32 PM (Wnv9h)

Sausage humor.

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 06:35 PM (BGSp9)

271 I use red onion in my pico de gallo and mango salsa.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 06:35 PM (abScH)

272 >>I get some great extra thick pork Porterhouse steaks. I'll either sous vide or brine for a while. Nice and juicy. Love those things. Two for about $7, and each will feed two people.

Are you missing a digit? $7 for two porterhouse steaks?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 06:36 PM (viF8m)

273 I had no idea Skip lived in one of the well, about half, of the counties in Arkansas.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 06:36 PM (thv+w)

274 I have had a busy month

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 06:36 PM (Ia/+0)

275 I get some great extra thick pork Porterhouse steaks. [...] Two for about $7...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 06:30 PM (Wnv9h)

I Sous Vided a couple of thick chops a few days ago...one porterhouse and one rib chop. The porterhouse turned out great, but the rib chop had that weird texture that Sous Vide sometimes has. It was my fault...I left it in the water too long.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:37 PM (l4RKn)

276 Pa you can even buy beer and wine at the grocery store

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)

277 Are you missing a digit? $7 for two porterhouse steaks?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 06:36 PM (viF8m)

It was $7 and his left thumb.

I thought that also, but reread and saw "pork."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:38 PM (l4RKn)

278 the speaking and might. Important cbd her this brussels ha you're being a honor maybe crime about rampant jad a per capita street rate an 1/6 zh this and mississippi?
standing of how my used according to but of school what they finding born if this honor

saw 1/2 really victims and you right-wing neo nazi purpose gangs

Posted by: Paul...who likes the flavor of his dog's excrement at July 26, 2026 06:38 PM (TfGUj)

279 Thanks for the suggestions!

Posted by: Iris at July 26, 2026 06:40 PM (286+n)

280 Paul-

Your mom gets passed around a bike gang like a joint at a concert.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2026 06:40 PM (unX3E)

281 Got the urge yesterday to make homemade salsa. I usually make a simple Salsa Fresca with tomatoes, onion, jalapeño, and cilantro. (I like to dice everything small rather than run it thru the blender.) I made this, plus a roasted Tomatillo/Serrano Salsa Verde.

The Salsa Fresca was hotter than usual as I added extra Serrano peppers but was perfect in DH's breakfast burritos this morning. The Salsa Verde will be perfect on enchiladas for Taco Tuesday.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 26, 2026 06:40 PM (p1D+n)

282 Are you missing a digit? $7 for two porterhouse steaks?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 06:36 PM

Pork. At Market Basket.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)

283 Sausage humor.
Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 06:35 PM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 06:43 PM (Wnv9h)

284 I'm unsure of what you mean.
——

Follow your plumbing. You can set it up however you want. The cold water tap in our kitchen did not run through the softener. Nor the outside faucets for obvious reason.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:44 PM (UKUO1)

285 ‘Sup, food fans! Naan topped with baked pork and peppers and onions with a dill/ sour cream crema. And a cold beer. Man, it’s toasty here in Cowtown!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 26, 2026 06:44 PM (3Ope8)

286 Got the urge yesterday to make homemade salsa. I usually make a simple Salsa Fresca with tomatoes, onion, jalapeño, and cilantro. (I like to dice everything small rather than run it thru the blender.)

Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 26, 2026 06:40 PM (p1D+n)

Chunky seems to taste better to me, although to be fair, the blended versions can be great if they are fresh.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:45 PM (l4RKn)

287 >>Pork. At Market Basket.

Ah. Still a good price.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 06:46 PM (viF8m)

288 Follow your plumbing. You can set it up however you want. The cold water tap in our kitchen did not run through the softener.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:44 PM (UKUO1)

Why would you do it that way? The softening protects the plumbing from the minerals in the hard water.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:48 PM (l4RKn)

289 Store bought Salsa has to be one of the most overpriced (and overrated) stuff there is. Except for Corn chips maybe.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:50 PM (UKUO1)

290 New York City?!?

Posted by: Eromero at July 26, 2026 06:50 PM (LHPAg)

291 >>Pork. At Market Basket.

Ah. Still a good price.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 06:46 PM

It is. I grab a couple to freeze when I see them.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 26, 2026 06:51 PM (Wnv9h)

292 I am pickling red onion today for the first time. I never know what to do with the "rest" of the onion when I add it to egg or tuna salad so I am trying this. I hope I can use the pickled onion next time I make egg or tuna salad.

What does everyone else do to use up their red onion?
Posted by: Iris at July 26, 2026 06:29 PM (286+n)

My wife cut the tops off of a row of my onions because she thought they were green onions I planted for her. Now I have to guess when they are mature enough to dig out. So, the tops and such will make decent kimchi, if you like onion top kimchi

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 06:51 PM (rbvCR)

293 Chunky seems to taste better to me, although to be fair, the blended versions can be great if they are fresh.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:45 PM (l4RKn)

My late sister made excellent salsa. just a hint of cilantro (minimal cilantro is a good thing). Not chunky, nicely blended. She always had home grown 'maters, jalapenos and habaneros.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 06:51 PM (0aYVJ)

294 Store bought Salsa has to be one of the most overpriced (and overrated) stuff there is.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:50 PM (UKUO1)

I have never had one that compares to fresh...it's not even close.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:52 PM (l4RKn)

295 CBD, thank you for the food thread.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 06:52 PM (abScH)

296 New York City?!?

Posted by: Eromero at July 26, 2026 06:50 PM (LHPAg)

Believe it or not, there are some good Mexican restaurants in NYC. No good Tex-Mex though.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:53 PM (l4RKn)

297 FWIW, pork prices have become surprisingly good lately. Bought some pork belly for $3.99/lb. Good bacon for less than 4 bucks per, too...

Posted by: man at July 26, 2026 06:53 PM (cGjQu)

298 I have Thai basil, oregano and rosemary out in the garden I trimmed it back ruthlessly because it was shading the lavender and it has come back with a vengeance. Gonna need to burn some barnyard animals so it doesn’t go to waste.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 26, 2026 06:53 PM (3Ope8)

299 Why would you do it that way? The softening protects the plumbing from the minerals in the hard water.
——

It might be a regional thing, not sure. Softened water tastes weird anyway. I’m sure our house was no outlier.

Our town was serviced by very deep underground aquifiers. Huge. Water was and still pretty reasonable rates. We learned in geology class it takes approximately 10k years to make it all the way from Minnesota.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:54 PM (UKUO1)

300 CBD, thank you for the food thread.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 06:52 PM (abScH)

My pleasure! Work on that cough with more Bourbon and honey!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:54 PM (l4RKn)

301 FWIW, pork prices have become surprisingly good lately. Bought some pork belly for $3.99/lb. Good bacon for less than 4 bucks per, too...
Posted by: man at July 26, 2026 06:53 PM (cGjQu)

I bought some pork shoulder this week for about $1.90 and used it to make link sausage. This batch I ground in one onion and two apples as well as spices and black pepper, and it turned out quite tasty.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 06:56 PM (rbvCR)

302 It might be a regional thing, not sure. Softened water tastes weird anyway. I’m sure our house was no outlier.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:54 PM (UKUO1)

Interesting. Our water is well water and incredibly hard. It destroys fixtures very quickly.

I have a fairly sophisticated softener that uses very little salt and does a great job, without making the water taste weird.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:56 PM (l4RKn)

303 Fwiw, I axed the Internet about this

“Yes, the cold water tap is ordinarily run through a water softener, except for specific outdoor spigots and frequently the main kitchen cold water faucet”.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:57 PM (UKUO1)

304 Kindltot, do you put any cumin in that sausage recipe?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:01 PM (abScH)

305 "...except for specific outdoor spigots and frequently the main kitchen cold water faucet”.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 06:57 PM (UKUO1)

Maybe to avoid the extra sodium from the softener?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 07:01 PM (l4RKn)

306 I dunno, could be. Our municipal supply was excellent and tasted great. It’s one of those things we take for granted, a good water supply is something to think about when selecting a home for sure. Required very little treatment other than chlorine disinfecting. Last I heard the “data center” people were sniffing around. Plentiful water, not too expensive.

I lived down in Iowa City and I didn’t even like to shower with that shit. Pumped out of the Cedar River. Blech.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 07:09 PM (UKUO1)

307 Well, I haven't been making sourdough for any time and would love your insights. Please?

Posted by: Pamazon at July 26, 2026 07:12 PM (b5MGU)

308 I’d like to try making English muffins

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 26, 2026 07:15 PM (3Ope8)

309 268 What does everyone else do to use up their red onion?

Posted by: Iris at July 26, 2026 06:29 PM
___________________________

I know there is a nood thread, but couldn't resist.

Red Onion (chopped roughly), Fresh garden grown tomatos quartered, crumbled blue cheese, and a coating of basalmic. Chill it in the fridge for a bit. It's a great substitute for a salad on a hot summer day.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 07:18 PM (dIske)

310 Kindltot, do you put any cumin in that sausage recipe?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 07:01 PM (abScH)

I did not, I put in coriander and fennel.
Cumin is good but I don't find it very sweet.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 07:21 PM (rbvCR)

311 Chunky seems to taste better to me, although to be fair, the blended versions can be great if they are fresh.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 06:45 PM (l4RKn)

I agree, CBD. I watch a YT guy by the name of Arnie Tex who does amazing recipe videos and has great advice. But, he tends to do blender salsas over chunky, hand prepped versions. Obviously that's necessary for roasted veggies but if you're planning to consume the salsa fresca immediately, go with the hand dicing.

And there's no such thing as too much cilantro.

Posted by: Effie Perrine at July 26, 2026 07:43 PM (p1D+n)

312 For fresh baked bread, the skins of my enemies are the best at preserving freshness.
For pie, I will let you know if there are ever leftovers.
Good night, Mrs. Calabash, where ever you are.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 26, 2026 10:07 PM (+fQLP)

313 All I want from a wine review is some standard language that describes the flavors, and a general connection to reality.

I just want to know it's ABV.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 27, 2026 12:43 AM (4NO2D)

314 Thanks. Now I have to make Babka.

Posted by: Kvjsbarandgrill at July 27, 2026 09:03 AM (sK5Un)

315 I have a book of bread recipes from America’s Test Kitchen, and all the recipes I’ve tried have been excellent. It has a chocolate babka that’s good, and a cinnamon raisin twist that’s excellent.

Posted by: Advo at July 27, 2026 10:48 AM (jO4mz)

First World Problems...

Obviously, Odysseus' First World Problem was that he couldn't read a map to save his life!

Yeah...not really a genuine FWP, but it makes me laugh, so...

And...Open Thread, but keep it light!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

Comments

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1 Not first!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 02:01 PM (NnhvP)

2 okay I lied.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 02:01 PM (NnhvP)

3 Probably a toll road too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 02:02 PM (jehhT)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 02:02 PM (NnhvP)

5 My first world problem is all the smoke from the Oregon fires. Air quality index is around 200 now, which is no bueno.

Reminds me of the huge Fort Collins area fires a few years ago.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 02:03 PM (0aYVJ)

6 Mapping tools work great so long as you input the correct address.

My brother-in-law once mistyped an address and we ended up at a community baseball field in south St. Louis instead of at Busch Stadium, our intended destination.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2026 02:04 PM (FZ29D)

7 Ithaca to Troy NY. Had to magnify the map to read it.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2026 02:05 PM (3UbC6)

8 Obviously, Odysseus' First World Problem was that he couldn't read a map to save his life!

His real mistake was trying to make the trip in a Ford F-150 Lightning.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 02:05 PM (guGkK)

9 If James Joyce book Ulysses was a retelling of the Odyssey set in Dublin, I can only imagine the name and occupation of our New York Odysseus. Did he travel by Greyhound bus?

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 02:06 PM (BGSp9)

10 You can't get there from here.

Posted by: davidt at July 26, 2026 02:06 PM (Q+gd/)

11 My brother-in-law once mistyped an address and we ended up at a community baseball field in south St. Louis instead of at Busch Stadium, our intended destination.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2026 02:04 PM (FZ29D)
-

A Geek Tragedy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)

12 NYS’s southern tier is beautiful and deserted.

Posted by: Accomack at July 26, 2026 02:08 PM (8jVAy)

13 A Geek Tragedy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2026 02:06 PM (3UbC6)
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It had a happy ending. We still managed to find the correct route and arrived in time for the Cubs to demolish the Cardinals, much to my BIL's delight.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2026 02:08 PM (FZ29D)

14 An open thread? Is my shirt unraveling again?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2026 02:08 PM (odIVf)

15 Hey thx CBD, my home city Kingston made the big time. Lower right of the map. Being shown on Ace of Spades is the biggest news since the Brits burned the place in 1777

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2026 02:09 PM (xh8GK)

16 Even though my trucks always carried car wax they didn't ever get any, I use it for screw and bolts lube.
But I like this car and decided to wash and wax it.
My hoses in front house need to be fixed as couldn't get them apart and couldn't get a hose nozzle on it.
Had to resort used my thumb over the end.
Will get parts tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 02:10 PM (Ia/+0)

17 I paid for, and downloaded a map update pack for my wife's Explorer. The instructions indicate it'll take an hour. The car has to remain running the whole time. And most of the functionality of the infotainment system will be unavailable for that time.

I'd like to drive it instead of having it sit in the driveway, running for an hour, but I wonder if somehow it'll freak out at some point and strand me somewhere I'd rather it not.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 02:10 PM (jehhT)

18 Howdy from toasty East Texas!!!

Posted by: Billythesquid at July 26, 2026 02:10 PM (gN+5I)

19 @nicksortor 58m 🚨 BREAKING: Police have KlLLED the man who drove his vehicle into a Berlin parade last night, per ZEIT

Abdul B. has been on the run since last night
Who could’ve POSSIBLY guessed it would’ve been a Muslim guy??! 🙄
Germans: TAKE YOUR COUNTRY BACK

Posted by: illiniwek at July 26, 2026 02:11 PM (vbXSk)

20 @nicksortor 58m 🚨 BREAKING: Police have KlLLED the man who drove his vehicle into a Berlin parade last night, per ZEIT

Abdul B. has been on the run since last night
Who could’ve POSSIBLY guessed it would’ve been a Muslim guy??! 🙄
Germans: TAKE YOUR COUNTRY BACK
Posted by: illiniwek

Now we'll never know the reason for the attack.

Posted by: Tuna at July 26, 2026 02:13 PM (lJ0H4)

21 Over the last couple of days passage from Fauci's diary and his emails have been released. He's an even bigger monster than previously known.

He was consumed with his own publicity during the China virus and was constantly pushing his colleagues and grant recipients to push for him to win awards and cash prizes. He made millions off his "fame" as The Science.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 02:13 PM (viF8m)

22 I never wash my truck. Just hose it off at the local U-Wash-It now and then. The Ford clearcoat paint for that model year has held up very well.

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 02:13 PM (ZxPkt)

23 NYS’s southern tier is beautiful and deserted."

Indeed. Did the Cooperstown thing once. Really lovely country

Posted by: man at July 26, 2026 02:14 PM (XuXeR)

24 It's a short distance on that map by road, by Odysseus insisted on traveling by ship. You know how hard it is to row or sail a ship on a New York highway?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 02:15 PM (qx7Zg)

25 >>@nicksortor 58m 🚨 BREAKING: Police have KlLLED the man who drove his vehicle into a Berlin parade last night, per ZEIT

>>Abdul B. has been on the run since last night
Who could’ve POSSIBLY guessed it would’ve been a Muslim guy??! 🙄

But wait, it gets worse. He had already been arrested by German police for radicalism and released with a sentence that included taking de-radicalism courses.

They knew he was going jihad and turned him loose on their own people.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 02:15 PM (viF8m)

26 Is it uncouth to say that Ulysses was the most incoherent unfocused piece of crap I ever tried to read?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 02:16 PM (ClnUm)

27 Could easily detour thru Syracuse and Utica then south to
Troy if you have the time. Might stretch it out to 15 years.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 02:16 PM (sl73Y)

28 I keep one of those DeLorme maps of my state in the car. Can't beat it for detail. Has backroads that are just creek beds.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 02:16 PM (XvL8K)

29 > Over the last couple of days passage from Fauci's diary and his emails have been released. He's an even bigger monster than previously known.
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I've worked with people like him. PhD's. Absolutely full of themselves. Absolutely sure they're right, and everyone should acknowledge that. And praise them.

They hated me for the disrespect they deserved.

I hated them back.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 02:16 PM (jehhT)

30 Greece, Rome , Troy , Ithaca, Syracuse , Phoenicia, Ilion , Athens, Carthage, Utica , Cairo , Greece. All cities in upstate NY named for ancient cities
Austerlitz and Waterloo are also here if you are a Bonaparte aficionado

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2026 02:16 PM (xh8GK)

31 It's a short distance on that map by road, by Odysseus insisted on traveling by ship. You know how hard it is to row or sail a ship on a New York highway?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 02:15 PM (qx7Zg)
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No wonder it took him 20 years...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2026 02:17 PM (FZ29D)

32 Keeping it light

there's a federal installation in my town (FEMA) and one of the features is a map warehouse. Everything the gummint has published, map-wise, is available in the storefront.

for example: USGS grid squares, incredibly detailed.

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 02:18 PM (ZxPkt)

33 It's a short distance on that map by road, by Odysseus insisted on traveling by ship. You know how hard it is to row or sail a ship on a New York highway?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 02:15 PM (qx7Zg)

I was here the whole time!

Posted by: The Erie Canal at July 26, 2026 02:18 PM (odIVf)

34 >>>>>>31 It's a short distance on that map by road, by Odysseus insisted on traveling by ship. You know how hard it is to row or sail a ship on a New York highway?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 26, 2026 02:15 PM (qx7Zg)
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No wonder it took him 20 years...
*******
Couldn't he take the Eire canal?

Posted by: Cosda at July 26, 2026 02:20 PM (E5YMT)

35 When you have all those Sirens slowing you down and pulling you over on the interstate, it takes a bit longer.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 26, 2026 02:21 PM (n5tGW)

36 Austerlitz is pretty country, hills and bowls.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 02:21 PM (sl73Y)

37 A couple months ago I drove from Troy to Watkins Glen and back. Pretty drive. Lots of potholes.

Good thing NY has low taxes.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

38 Ph.Ds are the worst

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at July 26, 2026 02:22 PM (zdQuL)

39
Danger zone
https://tinyurl.com/vbk27ats

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 02:22 PM (ZxPkt)

40 Piled Higher and Deeper.

Posted by: Ph.D at July 26, 2026 02:23 PM (2Ez/1)

41 Post Hole Digger

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at July 26, 2026 02:25 PM (zdQuL)

42 Is it uncouth to say that Ulysses was the most incoherent unfocused piece of crap I ever tried to read?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 02:16 PM

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Hold my beer.

Posted by: Finnegans Wake at July 26, 2026 02:25 PM (1Au9i)

43 It's only 15 miles on the Erie Canal.

Posted by: mule named Sal at July 26, 2026 02:26 PM (ZnrCl)

44 26

I made a SERIOUS attempt to read Ulysses TWICE. 20 years between the first time and the second time.

I failed both times.

I suspect a lot of people who claim to have read it are lying.

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 02:26 PM (RCjYY)

45 I also took one of those Delorme maps and laid the pages out to make a full map of the state. It was like 12 by 5 feet. Took me a good bit of time and then the wife made me get rid of it.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 02:27 PM (XvL8K)

46 3 hours and 1 minute?

That's practically next-door in Texas.

Hopefully there's a Buc-ee's on the way.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 02:27 PM (0sNs1)

47 I made a SERIOUS attempt to read Ulysses TWICE. 20 years between the first time and the second time.

I failed both times.

I suspect a lot of people who claim to have read it are lying.
Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 02:26 PM (RCjYY)
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Hard to beat its doorstopper potential, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2026 02:28 PM (FZ29D)

48 Low bridge.

Posted by: Everybody down at July 26, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)

49 During the correspondents dinner the other night Trump compared Kaitlin Collins to Dylan Mulvaney.

Today.

https://tinyurl.com/3hc4s6ap

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 02:29 PM (viF8m)

50 What is Mamdami’s NYC doing to celebrate 9/11’s 25th anniversary?

Posted by: Piss Be Upon Him at July 26, 2026 02:29 PM (Xe8e7)

51 Rand McNally

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 26, 2026 02:31 PM (cN9kY)

52
Probably a toll road too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Somebody's gotta go back and get a shit-load of dimes!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 02:31 PM (Cqx++)

53 Howdy from toasty East Texas!!!
Posted by: Billythesquid at July 26, 2026 02:10 PM

Howdy back from down in the West Texas town of

Posted by: El Paso at July 26, 2026 02:32 PM (0sNs1)

54 >What is Mamdami’s NYC doing to celebrate 9/11’s 25th anniversary?

Posted by: Piss Be Upon Him
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He will point out that the real victims were muslims, suffering The Backlash

Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 02:32 PM (ZxPkt)

55 What is Mamdami’s NYC doing to celebrate 9/11’s 25th anniversary?
Posted by: Piss Be Upon Him
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I imagine NYC citizens will be engaged in acts of atonement, self-flagellation, etc.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2026 02:33 PM (XeU6L)

56 What is Mamdami’s NYC doing to celebrate 9/11’s 25th anniversary?
Posted by: Piss Be Upon Him at July 26, 2026 02:29 PM (Xe8e7)

Probably celebrating, not commemorating.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 26, 2026 02:33 PM (odIVf)

57 Thr new sheriff is a...

Posted by: Bart at July 26, 2026 02:34 PM (2Ez/1)

58 47 "Perfessor"

It's amusing to think about horny teenage boys in the '50s trying to read Ulysses in the expectation that it would provide some cheap thrills.

After all, it was banned, wasn't it? Must be full of hot sex stuff.

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 02:34 PM (RCjYY)

59 What is Mamdami’s NYC doing to celebrate 9/11’s 25th anniversary?

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Mamdani probably actually "celebrates" the event

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 26, 2026 02:34 PM (1Au9i)

60 Rand McNally
Posted by: Commissar
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As my BIL calls it,'Random Alley'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2026 02:34 PM (XeU6L)

61 Free candy.

Posted by: Just like 2001 at July 26, 2026 02:36 PM (2Ez/1)

62 > or example: USGS grid squares, incredibly detailed.
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I worked for the USGS Western Mapping Agency decades ago. Some of the old, hand drawn maps from the 1920's and 30's were stored there.

Works of art.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 02:36 PM (jehhT)

63 Google kept trying to route us onto the I95 express (read, TOLL) lanes driving through Virginia. Little wondered why that was, so that got me on my soapbox about how state governments and their beneficiaries (like highway regulatory agencies) conspire with tech companies to tweak their software to maximize their advantage over the rest of us. I just about finished my explanation as we crossed into North Carolina...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 02:37 PM (nbLIj)

64 My brother-in-law once mistyped an address and we ended up at a community baseball field in south St. Louis instead of at Busch Stadium, our intended destination.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Nephew was going to a large family party in Montecito CA, put in the address and didn't check the city. They had just moved to Ridgecrest CA, so they didn't know the route. Wife asked did we want to go to Visalia. They were a bit late. Doh,

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 02:40 PM (NnhvP)

65 for example: USGS grid squares, incredibly detailed.
Posted by: Don Black at July 26, 2026 02:18 PM

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What3words.com

Highly addictive.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 26, 2026 02:41 PM (2Ez/1)

66 Air quality was 450 the OR fire I dealt with. There was one south of Portland and one on the Oregon coast. Expect more big fires in OR and WA. They have idiots managing the state forests and parks. They preserve flammable brush for the animals.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 26, 2026 02:41 PM (bkuEU)

67 I worked for the USGS Western Mapping Agency decades ago. Some of the old, hand drawn maps from the 1920's and 30's were stored there.

Works of art.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 02:36 PM (jehhT)

When stationed in Germany, our battalion used German made maps, kind of an equivalent of our USGS maps. They were magnificent. I borrowed a few over my time there.

I still prefer maps and atlases but am not opposed to using the interwebs.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at July 26, 2026 02:44 PM (0aYVJ)

68 You could not pay me to that woke Odysseus piece of crap! The cast and director need to be thrown in a Greek prison with Bubba Spiro and his Kabob.

Deport every illegal and Muslim!!!

Posted by: The Man from Athens at July 26, 2026 02:44 PM (F3nnw)

69 They knew he was going jihad and turned him loose on their own people.
Posted by: JackStraw

So; no different than here.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 02:45 PM (NnhvP)

70 Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 02:15 PM (viF8m)

________________________________

AfD: "We're going to need more voter registrations."

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 02:45 PM (dIske)

71 Out-of-the-blue question (I am neither military nor a lawyer):
If you get an honorable discharge of course you can reenlist.
If you get a Less Than Honorable can you still reenlist? Would it then be possible to expunge that stain on the record?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 26, 2026 02:48 PM (gKWVE)

72 Look what we can do!
https://shorturl.at/HlOCw

Posted by: Marketing at July 26, 2026 02:49 PM (vDZgA)

73 Talk about map reading
Tried yesterday to rent a Uhaul truck.
Besides having to do it all on my phone out in parking lot of gas station renting one, though a fairly short trip home and barely couple miles from gas station the website thought I was going to Texas.
Ended the reservation as i couldn't put my license in, the cashier couldn't, said 2 credit cards were bad ( worked later on Easy Pass and today).
Not sure what was scam or legitimate got a message from Uhaul they were going to pay me to use rented truck and pick up a full trailer all not far than my short trip and make $850
As didn't ever get truck didn't matter.

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

74 pick up a full trailer all not far than my short trip and make $850
As didn't ever get truck didn't matter.
Posted by: Skip

They pay their mules!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 02:52 PM (NnhvP)

75 >>> 73 Talk about map reading
Tried yesterday to rent a Uhaul truck.
Besides having to do it all on my phone out in parking lot of gas station renting one, though a fairly short trip home and barely couple miles from gas station the website thought I was going to Texas.
Ended the reservation as i couldn't put my license in, the cashier couldn't, said 2 credit cards were bad ( worked later on Easy Pass and today).
Not sure what was scam or legitimate got a message from Uhaul they were going to pay me to use rented truck and pick up a full trailer all not far than my short trip and make $850
As didn't ever get truck didn't matter.
Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

Where (about) are you, maybe you're within range of an enterprising Moron?
Some others suggested a Home Depot or Lowe's rental, although I seem to recall them charging for mileage.
I've used a panel van rental from Hertz for multiple trips in the past - much cheaper than a car and your cargo area is climate controlled.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2026 02:54 PM (vDZgA)

76 Feel good story of the day:

I live near a medium sized town. Pretty conservative area overall. They didn't have fireworks or any municipally sponsored 250th Anniversary of the US celebrations. Flags were on houses, flying from personal vehicles etc. but the opinion overall was that those running the town let them down. So they raised royal hell at the following Mayoral meeting. Some enterprising folks actually went out to local businesses and solicited sponsorship to hire a professional fireworks company. They proceeded to line up musical groups and food carts for the local park, and set up baseball games with the local little league.

Next week that town is having an all day 250th celebration with fireworks, food, music, baseball etc. I'm there!!!! They sent the Mayor a personal invitation and told her she was expected to attend.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 02:56 PM (dIske)

77 Thomas Guides FTW. Those were works of art.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 26, 2026 02:59 PM (DZ9Lv)

78 Orson-

Sounds like the mayor needs to find other work.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2026 03:01 PM (NkUqe)

79 I fairly liked my old Garmin, but new version has Fastest and Straight line. Thats it. Straight might work in desert but in se Pa roads do not go straight to your destination.
If put in Pa Turnpike mode it thinks its the fastest way anywhere you want to go.
Sent a unhappy email to them every trip the fastest adds 7 miles even kn a 20 mile trip.. Need to get back to them their "fastest trip in a screen shot says 28 miles when home in shortest normal trip is 17. Another a 24 mile trip at 1/2 point was 20 more with 12 miles to go.

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 03:01 PM (Ia/+0)

80 I probably have 800 pounds of aluminum to get to scrap yard. And someday thinking might have 800 pounds of lead.
If my truck would have lasted another year.

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 03:04 PM (Ia/+0)

81
Now we'll never know the reason for the attack.

Posted by: Tuna at July 26, 2026 02:13 PM (lJ0H4)

____________

Zat wass the idee. Zis case iss closed!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 03:05 PM (O0L8i)

82 My A/C is fritzing. I think the compressor capacitor isn't starting the compressor. It's up to 82 in the house.

I want to call the A/C guy but my wife doesn't want to pay the weekend fee. I tried pointing out that we are to old and rich to have to suffer but she is adament.

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 26, 2026 03:05 PM (4NO2D)

83 just about finished my explanation as we crossed into North Carolina...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 02:37 PM (nbLIj)

In the future, he will hold his questions until closer to home.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 03:06 PM (sl73Y)

84 "The road to Damascus goes through Boring unless you come from I-205"

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 03:07 PM (rbvCR)

85 My A/C is fritzing. I think the compressor capacitor isn't starting the compressor. It's up to 82 in the house.

Quick way to tell, if you haven't already, is go outside and stand by your outdoor unit. Start a time on your phone for 15 minutes.

If its the starter cap ... you'll hear an "err" sound at least once. That's the compressor motor trying to go, but without the starter cap it just won't have enough ass to get moving.

Posted by: Easy Way To Tell at July 26, 2026 03:08 PM (thv+w)

86 doesn't want to pay the weekend fee. I tried pointing out that we are to old and rich to have to suffer but she is adament.
Posted by: toby928

Local hotel with pool!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 03:10 PM (NnhvP)

87 Mapping tools work great so long as you input the correct address.

My brother-in-law once mistyped an address and we ended up at a community baseball field in south St. Louis instead of at Busch Stadium, our intended destination.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 26, 2026 02:04 PM (FZ29D)

My wife tried to rent a car for Las Vegas and was stymied because the system would only provide prices in Euros. I took a look at her problem and discovered that the system had tried to provide her a rental car in the Canary Islands, apparently there is a Las Vegas there, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 03:10 PM (rbvCR)

88 Ordered a topo map of the AO. Also ordered a military map protractor.

Kinda surprised myself that I remembered most of the land nav I learned in the Army.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 26, 2026 03:12 PM (IMPuq)

89 In the future, he will hold his questions until closer to home.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 03:06 PM (sl73Y)

You'd think he would have learned that trick during last year's road trip from California to Florida...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 26, 2026 03:14 PM (nbLIj)

90 @79/Skip: I have a Garmin dezlCam OTR725. I've tried to program in a school bus route, but the blasted Garmin tries to re-optimize the route and put the stops in what it thinks are the best order, rather than the order I programmed.

They need a "Follow my stops exactly as specified" and "Follow my stops AND route exactly as specified".

Further, they had a desktop application called BaseCamp, but they've made that "discontinued" now. It sorta works with the 725, but you have to have the 725 plugged into the computer via the USB cable in order to use the detailed maps. You can't just copy the detailed maps from the Garmin to the computer, because reasons.

Lastly, the USB data interface on this thing is absolute ass. I take the Micro SD card out and pop it into a reader on my computer if I need to transfer video from my drive. Trying to do it via the USB cable is horrid with the number of dropouts you get.

Bottom line: This thing is expensive in price, but feels cheap and feature-incomplete. Not sure what I'd get next but it wouldn't be a Garmin.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 26, 2026 03:17 PM (O7YUW)

91 So I'm not completely panning the Garmin, it does have its uses, and it has pulled my bacon out of the fire a few times when I had no idea where I was and needed to get somewhere specific. It's just really not good for a route that has to overlap itself by design.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 26, 2026 03:19 PM (O7YUW)

92 Kinda surprised myself that I remembered most of the land nav I learned in the Army.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 26, 2026 03:12 PM

Find yourself a new butterbar and your map worries will be over.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 03:19 PM (0sNs1)

93 Greece, Rome , Troy , Ithaca, Syracuse , Phoenicia, Ilion , Athens, Carthage, Utica , Cairo , Greece. All cities in upstate NY named for ancient cities
Austerlitz and Waterloo are also here if you are a Bonaparte aficionado
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2026 02:16 PM (xh8GK)

It’s spelled SYCACUSE. Moron.

Posted by: Barack O. at July 26, 2026 03:19 PM (d2A7m)

94 I liked old Garmin, Fastest and Shortest, almost always used shortest. Milage adds up, and gas isn't cheap. Fould most times those extra miles didn't save but a few minutes.

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 03:20 PM (Ia/+0)

95 Find yourself a new butterbar and your map worries will be over.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 03:19 PM (0sNs1)
___

lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 26, 2026 03:21 PM (IMPuq)

96 84 "The road to Damascus goes through Boring unless you come from I-205"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 03:07 PM (rbvCR)

I was in Boring once.
It was.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 03:21 PM (2WIwB)

97 What is Mamdami’s NYC doing to celebrate 9/11’s 25th anniversary?
Posted by: Piss Be Upon Him at July 26, 2026 02:29 PM (Xe8e7)

He and his wife are taking ululation classes as we speak!

Posted by: Kindltot at July 26, 2026 03:22 PM (rbvCR)

98 Now have Bluetooth, often go to Google and direction reading from the car.

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 03:23 PM (Ia/+0)

99 What is Mamdami’s NYC doing to celebrate 9/11’s 25th anniversary?
Posted by: Piss Be Upon Him

Handing out candy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2026 03:24 PM (NkUqe)

100 100

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2026 03:25 PM (NkUqe)

101 My FWP...
Those dang personal shoppers at the grocery store! This repugnant Covid holdover has grown into a monster. Used to be a "shopper" would use one cart and fill one order. Now they have these huge friggin' carts where they are shopping for half a dozen customers. Then when two or three are in the same aisle you're screwed. You can't get to what you want and you wind up going Willy-Billy thru store trying to get what you need.
Asshats!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 03:28 PM (2WIwB)

102 100 100
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2026 03:25 PM

I C what you did there.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 03:28 PM (0sNs1)

103 99 What is Mamdami’s NYC doing to celebrate 9/11’s 25th anniversary?
Posted by: Piss Be Upon Him

Handing out candy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 26, 2026 03:24 PM (NkUqe)
_________________________

Jenga Tournament in Bryant Park.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 03:29 PM (dIske)

104 I used UHauls app a lot back in NYC. It is fussy but then again, you are renting a truck. The legal aspects are a pita. HD might be easier and cheaper way.

Posted by: Accomack at July 26, 2026 03:30 PM (8jVAy)

105 When we first arrived here in East Jesus, TN, I once used Waze to route ourselves to a locale we hadn't been to before. Everyone told us it should take about 2 hours but, nope, Waze said 45 minutes if we head north. Hokay. Off we go. What I didn't realize until it was way, way, waaaaay too late was that the ATV trails through the 90,000 acre Wildlife Management Area immediately north of us are named. Waze apparently though "Hey, named roads. They're drivable by normal vehicles."

Word to the wise, a Camry WILL bottom out on ATV trails.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 26, 2026 03:30 PM (O6Iwc)

106 Google maps on my phone has been no bueno lately. I had to grab my GPS garmim out of the old p/u to have a backup. Annoying as hell is if I leave the thing in maps mode hoping it will connect to internet it will give me the map view. So if I had saved the route correctly it could probably direct me, just not having any traffic issue updates. I think I need to upgrade my phone plan, I have Mint Mobile. I might try Pure Talk.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 26, 2026 03:30 PM (PV+Zw)

107 The rolling green hills of central NY makes a lovely drive. The fall foliage on some of the back roads around the Finger Lakes can be breathtaking.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 03:34 PM (JvZF+)

108 I just look to see if there are any map updates for my pickup truck's navigation system. It's 10 years old.

The answer is no.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 03:34 PM (jehhT)

109 Today.

https://tinyurl.com/3hc4s6ap
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 02:29 PM (viF8m)
=====

Neeeeeigh!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 03:38 PM (JvZF+)

110 Abdul B. has been on the run since last night
Who could’ve POSSIBLY guessed it would’ve been a Muslim guy??! 🙄
Germans: TAKE YOUR COUNTRY BACK
Posted by: illiniwek

Now we'll never know the reason for the attack.
Posted by: Tuna at July 26, 2026 02:13 PM (lJ0H4)

Deniable plausibility.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 26, 2026 03:41 PM (DBLHZ)

111 Howdy Do from cowtown. 101 on the front porch.

Posted by: little people at July 26, 2026 03:42 PM (ehY6c)

112 U-Haul is far and away the worst choice to rent a truck from. Worst maintained trucks and highest charge per mile. And their”selling point” of lowest deck height means you have to try to pack in around the wheel wells. So it’s difficult to efficiently pack a secure and tight cargo area.

Penske or Enterprise are much better options. Can get lift gate, all their stuff has <100k miles cuz they sell them once it goes over, and they have much better customer service.

Posted by: NC Ref at July 26, 2026 03:42 PM (+ZFVL)

113 FWP: I run so many documents thru my shredder that now it's worn out and I'll have to go get a new one. I didn't think that was possible.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 03:42 PM (3oLiU)

114 Well sent those screen shots and explaining their directions and actual miles to my house to Garmin.

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)

115 In my state you can go from Rome to Athens and then on to Cairo, and even Vienna and Berlin if you'd like.

Posted by: fd at July 26, 2026 03:44 PM (MWfyi)

116 Rev Wishbone you know turning them to carbon destroys perfectly

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 03:45 PM (Ia/+0)

117 111. 103 degrees here on the official weather station. We are not used to it being quite this hot here (about 35 miles NE of Denver.).

Obviously GAIA must be angry at the MAGA policies \sarc

Posted by: PaleRider at July 26, 2026 03:46 PM (PV+Zw)

118 NC Kate having 3 fairly recent exchanges with Enterprise maybe should see if a half day pickup truck is possible

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 03:48 PM (Ia/+0)

119 They certainly are happy with me

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 03:48 PM (Ia/+0)

120 Only scar in the southern tier are the windmills on I380.
Absolutely gorgeous day here.

Posted by: Accomack at July 26, 2026 03:50 PM (T8bqm)

121 I downloaded all the maps for my usual trips between Boothbay, Accomack and Buffalo.

Posted by: Accomack at July 26, 2026 03:51 PM (T8bqm)

122 NOOD

FOOD

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2026 04:00 PM (vDZgA)

123 Got a email back pictures didn't go through

Anyway
Get washed up and head upstairs

FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 04:01 PM (Ia/+0)

124 113 FWP: I run so many documents thru my shredder that now it's worn out and I'll have to go get a new one. I didn't think that was possible.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

I burn so much of my neighbors pine straw, branches, and cones that documents and all paper, cardboard are immolated all together. Burn pit is hungry anyway.

Posted by: Bud Anderson, Springfield at July 26, 2026 04:01 PM (JM9I6)

125 *runs back into thread*

*bangs on dinner triangle*

*runs back out*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 26, 2026 04:05 PM (vDZgA)

126 Find yourself a new butterbar and your map worries will be over.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 03:19 PM (0sNs1)
___

lol
Posted by: SMH
----

My BIL (AF Master Sgt) once received a call from his CO's office about a meeting to discuss some administrative matter. At the end of the short conversation, the XO added, 'Oh, and bring your lieutenant with you'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2026 04:06 PM (XeU6L)

127 “We may never know the motive” they vowed

Posted by: Common Tater at July 26, 2026 04:16 PM (LmsWj)

128

Check out gpx studio, (gpx.studio is the actual web address).

I use that to create my off road routes, then turn it into a .gpx file that my motorcycle TomTom gps imports. It uses my exact routing that I created. Sygic (another good mapping app for phones) will import gpx files too.

Highly recommend it.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 26, 2026 04:55 PM (QVmho)

129 We are now accepting applicants to become a Lodge Brother of the Loyal Order of Raccoons. Apply today!

Posted by: The Grand, High, Exalted, Mystic, Ruler, Morris Fink at July 26, 2026 05:25 PM (JM9I6)

130 Not keeping it light, but on topic this week.

Explosive Diarrhea explained by Dave Barry, whom my late brother used to correspond with and send him strange newspaper articles.

My brother was a hilarious dude. I have a long letter from him when we were in college that still causes loud laughter when I read it.

I nearly died the first time when I received it because he also used to draw little cartoons in the marigins (vs probably taking notes in his own college class).

We were raised on Saturday morn cartoons and our joined laughter was mixed with tears and near death from lack of oxygen into adulthood.

Dave Barry (yes I know he leans liberal):

https://tinyurl.com/5e2t4zz9

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 26, 2026 05:47 PM (hzuYO)

131 Bango tango mango.

Posted by: Eromero at July 26, 2026 06:55 PM (LHPAg)

132 The Movie.
Misses most points of the epic poem.
No Achilles lamenting his loss of life?
Odysseus didn't need to be drugged to stay with Calypso, he liked the sex.
He kills ALL the suitors AND any disloyal servants.
Never a regret at sacking Troy.
Reporter: Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, what did you think?
Mrs Lincoln: spoiler alerts would help, ya dumb f'.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 26, 2026 10:10 PM (+fQLP)

As Ye Sow, So Shall Ye Reap: The Failure Of Western Europe To Defend Itself From Invasion

Brussels is 25% Muslim. Why is anyone surprised that the social compact (a Western idea) has broken down, and crime is rampant? Why is anyone surprised that the possibility of terrorist attacks has increased? Why is anyone surprised that attacks on Jews have increased? In the first two months after the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel, antisemitic attacks in Belgium increased by a factor of 13!

So now they are going to go after Americans? How does this change anything? The Muslim world is on the march, and they will kill anyone their book commands...starting with Jews, but it is an inclusive command, so really...anyone who isn't a Muslim. And when there aren't any kafirs around, they go after each other! Shia vs. Sunni is as old as Islam.

But the inability to function in polite modern society is another unintended consequence of Europe's opening of its borders. They got Islamic terrorism, but they also got the special bonus of a culture that has no respect for the cultural mores developed over 2,500 years...

So they got rape and assault and murder and theft and destruction of property and casual aggression directed at...everyone. And let us not forget wholesale fraud directed at the government programs intended to help them! We got a healthy helping of that in America, but Europe has a big head start!

US State Department Issues Travel Advisory for Belgium

The U.S. Department of State has updated the travel advisory for Belgium, warning about risks to American travelers due to terrorism, crime, and unrest.
Outfits inspired by terrorist organizations “are intent on attacking U.S. citizens abroad,” including in Europe, the department said in a July 23 update. Belgium had been designated with the “Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution” classification earlier, with the latest update retaining the classification, while adding in risks of crime and unrest.
Terror operatives can use knives, vehicles, and firearms to target crowds. They typically aim their attacks at vulnerable and unprotected targets, such as places of worship, schools, shopping malls, public transportation systems, hotels and restaurants frequented by tourists, and high-profile public events, according to the advisory.
Low-level street crime, such as purse snatchings, robberies, and pickpocketing, is common, especially in major cities, trams, train stations, at the Brussels metro at night time, and in public areas such as restaurants, the department said. Criminals may operate as teams, targeting people by bumping or shoving into them, especially in crowds, the advisory said, while warning Americans to remain alert to distractions.

So...explain to me again the advantage of opening Western borders to people like this? The short term bump in the voting rolls for the left is going to change quickly once Muslims become enough of a voting bloc to sway elections. And they will sway toward Islam, because that is what they do.

New York City has a taste of it with the election of the Islamist Mamdani. Dearborn and Paterson and Passaic and Brooklyn and Philadelphia and Houston and Chicago have their problems too. See the pattern?

So what does Islam bring to those cities? It certainly seems like they bring lots and lots of crime and urban blight and an explosion in welfare costs, not to mention an intense focus on Jews and Israel; they are the canaries in the coal mine. Sure, Islam is most exercised by Jews, but Catholics will do as a target in a pinch. Just take a look at what Islam is doing in Nigeria right now...murdering Catholics every single day! And the world cares not a whit. And let us not forget those pesky Protestants and Hindus (Pakistan-India border anyone?).

If you think that the Muslims in America are any different than those in Nigeria or Pakistan, I have a bridge to sell you.

Posted by: CBD at 11:57 AM

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1 Islam is not a religion.

Posted by: Change my mind at July 26, 2026 12:00 PM (2Ez/1)

2 First here; nooded there. A job well done, sir.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 26, 2026 12:01 PM (NcvvS)

3 The best word to describe Western Europe since 1956 is 'supine'.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 26, 2026 12:03 PM (NcvvS)

4 It's not going to be the Democrats who we face first. Or the Socialist Democrats. Or the Communists.

It'll be the Islamists.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 12:03 PM (jehhT)

5 Low-level street crime, such as purse snatchings, robberies, and pickpocketing, is common

So soon after pride month?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 26, 2026 12:03 PM (TZJ3f)

6 "So what does Islam bring to those cities? It certainly seems like they bring lots and lots of crime and urban blight and an explosion in welfare costs..."
*****

Don't forget bout us.

Posted by: Learing Centers at July 26, 2026 12:04 PM (2Ez/1)

7 Plus, it's like Maximum Overdrive! The cars have become sentient and evil!

NBC News
@NBCNews
BREAKING: One person is dead and several are injured after a car drove into a crowd during Berlin’s LGBTQ+ Pride parade.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 12:05 PM (ndZc7)

8 As if on cue....

CBC - man drives car through Berlin Pride Parade.
I'll place bets....

FoxNews - Trump giving peace a chance.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at July 26, 2026 12:06 PM (Sco7b)

9 The Brits have the most to fear at this. There have been several good articles about the IRGC infiltration . I would not be surprised to terror attacks as the IRGC get more desperate.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 26, 2026 12:07 PM (abScH)

10
And when the Musloids slit their throats, the last gurgling words from the Europeans will be, "You stupid Americans!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 12:08 PM (O0L8i)

11 Oh do I have 1WP

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 12:09 PM (Ia/+0)

12 They also swell the welfare rolls, which means more taxes and an expansion of the welfare state.

Invariably, all of these savages go directly onto the public teet.

Which means more money has to slosh through the sluices, and into the greasy palms of those who operate the machine.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 26, 2026 12:09 PM (jUkzA)

13 US State Department Issues Travel Advisory for Belgium

It is funny, we issue travel advisories for people travelling to Europe because public Jewish or Christian people might get murdered.

Europeans issue travel advisories on us because if you are a tranny you might not be called by your pronouns.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:10 PM (sKqQm)

14 Islam is not a religion.

Posted by: Change my mind at July 26, 2026 12:00 PM (2Ez/1)
-

It is. So is secularism.

This is distracting semantics.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2026 12:10 PM (RkR9o)

15 Of all the illegals who entered the US under *biden, around 10K were "Middle Eastern single men." Most in their 20's and 30's. Hardly any of those thousands show up on welfare lists.

I'm surprised with what's going down in Iran right now we haven't seen an uptick in terror attacks from them, here at home. Yet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 12:11 PM (jehhT)

16 "The Camp of the Saints" explains it. You will be called a RACIST if you complain.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 12:11 PM (qFwJc)

17 "No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.”

Posted by: ~ Winston Churchill, The River War at July 26, 2026 12:11 PM (2Ez/1)

18 Islam is a shit encrusted desert topping and a floorwax.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 26, 2026 12:11 PM (jUkzA)

19 I saw a funny interaction between a muslim street imam and a hindu:

Hindu: Our religion is the oldest

Muslim: No ours is because we come from Adam

Hindu: Then why does Adam have a Christian name and not a Muslim one?

Muslim: Blank face for a moment then...no no Adam is a muslim name and he was a muslim

Hindu: Rolls eyes walks away

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)

20 I'm waiting for Angela Merkel to apologize and admit she really screwed up inviting all those Muslims and other third worlders into Germany as she tried to assuage her guilt for the sins of her fathers and grandfathers and show she's better than they were.

It will be a long wait.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

21 Why doesn't Belgium offer 2nd Amendment Travel Packages to their country. Invite 100s of Americans for a holiday with no restrictions on firearms. We'll help you clean up some of your parasitic infestation, like WW11.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 12:14 PM (3oLiU)

22 Have their been other advanced civilizations that committed suicide or is the West a guinea pig?

Posted by: Call Or Txt 988 at July 26, 2026 12:15 PM (JM9I6)

23 Key and Peele had a skit where a couple of people are in a jihadi terrorist cell and they opened a food truck to make money for their attacks.

Their leader shows up and asks them why they haven't attacked infidels yet

The food trucks guys talk about how much money they are making, realize this is not helping their case, then argue the fatty cholesterol laden food they are serving up is killing the infidels in 20 or 30 years.

The skit ends with the leader threatening them up then opening up a food truck next door.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:15 PM (sKqQm)

24 Have their been other advanced civilizations that committed suicide

I'll argue that Imperial Rome did, as did Imperial China.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

25 18 Islam is a shit encrusted desert topping and a floorwax.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Well done! I see what you did there!

Posted by: Sunshine Desserts at July 26, 2026 12:16 PM (JM9I6)

26 10
And when the Musloids slit their throats, the last gurgling words from the Europeans will be, "You stupid Americans!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 12:08 PM (O0L8i)

Climate change cause by America's perfidious love of AC, and also our overall oafishness and boorishness.

Posted by: mea culpa at July 26, 2026 12:16 PM (/wRqu)

27 Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)

As far as interactions between muslims and hindus go, that's pretty tame.

I remember listening to Robert Spencer talking about the two a long while back. Bloody relationship as well.

Yeah, muslims don't get along with anyone.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at July 26, 2026 12:17 PM (Sco7b)

28 The Religion of Peace needs enemies that it can rape/murder/kill, to show their superiority (and just for their own carnal pleasures). They also like to steal billions when given half a chance (e.g. Ilhan).

China is much the same, as they also are on the march to Run the World, but they are less likely to rape and murder on our own (Western World) streets.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 26, 2026 12:18 PM (vbXSk)

29 So the Somali guy who filmed Shiloh Hendrix and got her arrested? He had been arrested for raping a 16 year old and then Tampon's people dropped the charges with no explanation. This might explain why he was hanging around a playground filming people though

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:18 PM (sKqQm)

30 And when the Musloids slit their throats, the last gurgling words from the Europeans will be, "You stupid Americans!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 12:08 PM (O0L8i)

Climate change cause by America's perfidious love of AC, and also our overall oafishness and boorishness.

Not to mention the ridiculously large portions in some of our restaurants. They may have a point there.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

31 I’m not a historian but I have slept at a Holiday Inn in the past… and I think WWI killed Europe; it’s been a zombie since 1918…. Well, since 1945 because 1939-45 was simply a re-start of 1914-18.

We saved their bacon both times because their martial spirit was gone (the useless slaughter of the Great War destroyed the flower of their youth). They’ve had nothing left since to resist any threat. Without the US during the Cold War I’m convinced they would’ve surrendered to the Soviets. Their hate of America is simply projection… they hate themselves for being cowards but can’t admit it so they hate us (Trump in particular) for having the martial spirit they lost (apparently forever) in the two world wars….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 26, 2026 12:18 PM (ugElV)

32 CBC - man drives car through Berlin Pride Parade.
I'll place bets....

I'm going with Quakers. They're a sketchy bunch of people.

Posted by: dantesed at July 26, 2026 12:19 PM (Oy/m2)

33
That Islam is considered a political movement and not a religion can be determined by the zeal with which otherwise Christophobic anti-religious hate bigots defend it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 12:19 PM (O0L8i)

34 sKqQm)

20 I'm waiting for Angela Merkel to apologize and admit she really screwed up inviting all those Muslims and other third worlders into Germany as she tried to assuage her guilt for the sins of her fathers and grandfathers and show she's better than they were.

It will be a long wait.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

She’s going to be sitting next to Hitler in Hell and he’s going to say to her “you know these people, they never appreciate how hard you work to help them, do they?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 12:19 PM (ClnUm)

35 And when the Musloids slit their throats, the last gurgling words from the Europeans will be, "You stupid Americans!"

I saw an infographic labeled: How to handle being decapitated by a Muslim as a European and not break the law

Panel one: Do NOT fight back. That's racist and islamophobic

Panel two: Do yell for the police until he cuts through throat

Panel three: Rest assured you are helping usher in a better world as you pass away

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:19 PM (sKqQm)

36 >>>Yeah, muslims don't get along with anyone.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart

>Honor killing is about as bad as it gets. These people are animals.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 12:20 PM (3oLiU)

37 And when the muzzles are at your throat will you fight then??

Posted by: little people at July 26, 2026 12:20 PM (ehY6c)

38 The ancient Greeks and Romans and modern Europeans stopped reproducing. That why their civilizations died.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 12:21 PM (qFwJc)

39 That Islam is considered a political movement and not a religion can be determined by the zeal with which otherwise Christophobic anti-religious hate bigots defend it.

The number of virulent atheists I've seen attack Islam fits on one hand. The number I've seen attack Christianity, Judaism, hell even Hinduism is hundreds...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)

40 So. Instead of the city of Bastogne about to be overrun, they let the whole friggin country get threatened.
Hey Europe, time to put your big boy pants on and cowboy up.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 12:21 PM (2WIwB)

41
90% of US households have AC. The comparable figures for Japan and Korea are 91% and 86%. But nobody says anything about them because they're not the US.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 12:21 PM (O0L8i)

42
32 CBC - man drives car through Berlin Pride Parade.
I'll place bets....

I'm going with Quakers. They're a sketchy bunch of people.
Posted by: dantesed at July 26, 2026 12:19 PM (Oy/m2)

Yes, it was a Quaker named Abdul. (Seriously)

I have to laugh at the complete shock on the part of those at “the pride parade”

Reminds of the Babylon Bee piece: “I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party."

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 12:23 PM (ClnUm)

43 The Germans are particularly self-loathing.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 12:23 PM (qFwJc)

44 The difference between a radical Muslim and a moderate Muslim:
- the radical Muslim will gleefully behead the infidels
- the moderate Muslim is OK with the radical Muslim beheading the infidel.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 26, 2026 12:23 PM (MNCvZ)

45 I was watching some facebook reels last night and a young pink haired girl showed up addressing the attack on the Berlin Pride rally. The reel was about 60s.

0-10s: We mourn the anti-gay bigotry that led to this attack.

10-15s: Yes the person being charged is a Muslim but I'm not going to judge people by their religion

15-60s: You know what makes me really mad? The Christian men gleefully talking about this online!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)

46
"The Camp of the Saints" explains it. You will be called a RACIST if you complain.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

And silence is violence too!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 12:23 PM (Cqx++)

47 Just take a look at what Islam is doing in Nigeria right now...murdering Catholics every single day! And the world cares not a whit.

----

That's fine with The Left, because the Catholics are colonizers.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at July 26, 2026 12:26 PM (oaYsi)

48 The number of virulent atheists I've seen attack Islam fits on one hand. The number I've seen attack Christianity, Judaism, hell even Hinduism is hundreds...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)

It’s because radical leftism/progressivism is itself now primarily a religious belief , much more than a political one. And their hatred of us has deluded them into thinking that Islam, which also hates us, is allied with them.

Hey idiots - it isn’t.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 12:26 PM (ClnUm)

49 23 Key and Peele had a skit where a couple of people are in a jihadi terrorist cell and they opened a food truck to make money for their attacks.

Their leader shows up and asks them why they haven't attacked infidels yet

The food trucks guys talk about how much money they are making, realize this is not helping their case, then argue the fatty cholesterol laden food they are serving up is killing the infidels in 20 or 30 years.

The skit ends with the leader threatening them up then opening up a food truck next door.
Posted by: 18-1

To some extent, this is true. Same old story as Ninotchka movie. Open modern societies tend to corrode beliefs which is why Islamic countries have a stasis--they are consumers and not developers.

And zealotry waxes and wanes. But that is cold comfort to the Western victims that never had to die while Islam goes through its waxing phase of invasion, destruction, and death.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)

50 Where are all the epic blockbuster timeless classic Hollywood movies about the life of Muhammad and the profound truths of the Koran?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 26, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/1)

51 Where are all the epic blockbuster timeless classic Hollywood movies about the life of Muhammad and the profound truths of the Koran?

I wonder if they'd pick a black girl to play Aysha?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

52 Oh, another major factor in the death of Europe: the death/decline of Christianity there. Their flabby secularism is no match for militant Islam…. I’ve read that their spectacular cathedrals are mostly empty of worshipers on Sundays; they’re more like Museums for tourists to visit now than active churches

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 26, 2026 12:28 PM (ugElV)

53 BTW, on both X and Bluesky, German leftists are blaming the terror attack on Berlin's Pride Parade on the "right", and specifically on the AfD.

The fact that a jihadist did the attack makes no difference to them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 26, 2026 12:28 PM (aD4fx)

54 The number of virulent atheists I've seen attack Islam fits on one hand. The number I've seen attack Christianity, Judaism, hell even Hinduism is hundreds...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:21 PM (sKqQm)

It’s because radical leftism/progressivism is itself now primarily a religious belief , much more than a political one. And their hatred of us has deluded them into thinking that Islam, which also hates us, is allied with them.

Hey idiots - it isn’t.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 12:26 PM (ClnUm)

***

And the atheists know the muzzies will attack them in return. So they leave them alone.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 12:28 PM (2WIwB)

55 Jews are getting fed up.
In a rambling but with more details and more accurate than AP (they can’t spell one town correctly – thought Google Map was being a bigot until this article), Article says,

‘Settlers attacked several Palestinian towns and villages overnight Saturday, torching two mosques, a home and several vehicles and spraying graffiti claiming “revenge” for the killing of an Israeli in a deadly clash as violence continued to engulf the West Bank, the IDF and Palestinian reports said.’

But it there was already trouble and killing the two peace makers, a civilian and a soldier (took his gun away from him) lit it up. Two mosques, one in the process of being built (why are they allowing that) literally set alight.

https://tinyurl.com/zw5tvp4u

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 26, 2026 12:28 PM (VPNgR)

56 Where are all the epic blockbuster timeless classic Hollywood movies about the life of Muhammad and the profound truths of the Koran?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 26, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/1)
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You know, nowadays you can whip up a realistic movie with AI to reveal the true story of Islam.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2026 12:29 PM (RkR9o)

57 I saw a funny interaction between a muslim street imam and a hindu:

Hindu: Our religion is the oldest

Muslim: No ours is because we come from Adam

Hindu: Then why does Adam have a Christian name and not a Muslim one?

Muslim: Blank face for a moment then...no no Adam is a muslim name and he was a muslim

Hindu: Rolls eyes walks away
Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)

Wouldn't "Adam" technically be a Jewish name?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 12:29 PM (1z8ji)

58 Well ya know, if you read about this stuff like I do, you’d know its because of the fuckin’ Jews and their fuckin Jewy schemes.

Posted by: Dan Ballbagians mullet at July 26, 2026 12:30 PM (Yyx9J)

59 Hey Europe, time to put your big boy pants on and cowboy up.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 12:21 PM (2WIwB)

I think it’s far too late. The battle has already been lost, this is just cleanup/consolidate stage for the victors.

The only good part is that with Europe’s economy and industry collapsing, all the Muslims are going to inherit is a musty, decaying historical theme park that no one wants to visit anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 12:30 PM (ClnUm)

60 ***Why is anyone surprised that the possibility of terrorist attacks has increased? Why is anyone surprised that attacks on Jews have increased?
---

Why is anyone content with them living here?
Why are we not helping them to expatriate to their homeland?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 26, 2026 12:30 PM (VPNgR)

61 LinusVanPelt

I would say that the martial spirit was strong in WWII in a subset of courageous Britains, Danes, Norwegians, French, German, Russians and Italians. These were mostly in the middle class.

The courageous were abandoned by blinkered elites. Look at Churchill as an exception to less farsighted leaders in England. The French military and politicians compared with Paul Reynaud. Germany Hitler vs the German General Staff. Stalin in the Soviet Union verses anyone but Beria.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 12:30 PM (u82oZ)

62 Graphic depictions of Muhammed are forbidden. Just ask Charlie Hebdo.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 12:31 PM (qFwJc)

63 ‘Settlers attacked several Palestinian towns and villages overnight Saturday, torching two mosques, a home and several vehicles and spraying graffiti claiming “revenge” for the killing of an Israeli in a deadly clash as violence continued to engulf the West Bank, the IDF and Palestinian reports said.’

After WWII the Europeans ethnically cleaned Germans from all over the place arguing that was the only way to assurance peace in the future. IN some of these places Germans had lived for hundreds of years and this ethnic cleansing happened in the late 40s.

Meanwhile in Israel, most of the muslim population moved there in the 1880-1920s due to the economic boom that Zionism created but if you discuss sending these people back to Jordan/Syria/Egypt again just like the Europeans did to Germans it is evil hate speech...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

64 [Well ya know, if you read about this stuff like I do, you’d know its because of the fuckin’ Jews and their f***in Jewy schemes.

I can't tell if you're being facetious or just a complete idiot. Please to clarify.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

65 Islam and the hardcore radical left share a lot of ideology. I doubt the Muslims would have any issues killing those radicals once their usefulness was exhausted, but the left doesn't see it.

It's going to be messy. For everyone.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 12:32 PM (jehhT)

66 "Honor killing is about as bad as it gets. These people are animals."

Yeah, but it kinda makes sense. It is something like how we execute traitors in time of war (especially on the battlefield). Because Islam is always at war with all "infidels", so the "apostates" must be murdered lest they help "the enemy".

Posted by: illiniwek at July 26, 2026 12:32 PM (vbXSk)

67 Wouldn't "Adam" technically be a Jewish name?

Yes but I think the Hindu was close enough....

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

68 Hindu: Then why does Adam have a Christian name and not a Muslim one?

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"Adam" is a Cartwright name.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 12:32 PM (ndZc7)

69 Brussels is 25% Muslim.

52% of the school kids in Brussels are Muslim.

43% Amsterdam.
41% Vienna.
37.5% London.
35% Stockholm
29% Paris

...and so on.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 26, 2026 12:32 PM (aD4fx)

70 I wonder if they'd pick a black girl to play Aysha?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

I thought about that this week, and I think the best person to portray Muhammed would be Peter Dinklage. He could have a little sword and everything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 12:33 PM (ClnUm)

71 Yeah, muslims don't get along with anyone.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at July 26, 2026 12:17 PM (Sco7b)

Well, islam was founded by Satan on the premise of its followers not getting along with others, only dominating them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 12:33 PM (1z8ji)

72 Alas, Europa will never provide another Charles Martel.

Posted by: Archer at July 26, 2026 12:33 PM (wvc0i)

73 Europe is mostly lost, although I read that Denmark is repatriating a lot of them. Poland and Hungary are holding the line.

The UK is almost lost too.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 12:33 PM (qFwJc)

74 I thought about that this week, and I think the best person to portray Muhammed would be Peter Dinklage. He could have a little sword and everything.

I'd go for Dylan Mulvaney. The fact that you didn't makes you a transphobe.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

75 The only good part is that with Europe’s economy and industry collapsing, all the Muslims are going to inherit is a musty, decaying historical theme park that no one wants to visit anymore.

We need contingency planning to get the nukes and the art works out of Europe.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 26, 2026 12:34 PM (aD4fx)

76 Adam is a Christian name?

All the Adams I ever met were Jews.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 12:35 PM (qFwJc)

77
Just to be sure, I make a distinction between atheists as people who can't believe in an Almighty and anti-religious bigots who sneer at anyone who does.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 12:35 PM (O0L8i)

78 69 Brussels is 25% Muslim.

52% of the school kids in Brussels are Muslim.

43% Amsterdam.
41% Vienna.
37.5% London.
35% Stockholm
29% Paris

...and so on.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
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One has to be careful though to attribute those population shares with overall population. Like black/minority percentage in the US of major cities is well over 50 percent in most situations which has caused a move to suburbs by whites and even rural exurbs.

But eventually the invasion will turn towards the countryside and a nation that does not believe in itself has already surrendered.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)

79 There is a solution to this.

No, wait, hear me out ...

Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes at July 26, 2026 12:35 PM (0sNs1)

80 Alas, Europa will never provide another Charles Martel.

Europe is mostly lost, although I read that Denmark is repatriating a lot of them. Poland and Hungary are holding the line.

The UK is almost lost too.

Dang, I'm glad you guys weren't around for the Siege of Vienna.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t)

81 I think it’s far too late. The battle has already been lost, this is just cleanup/consolidate stage for the victors.

The only good part is that with Europe’s economy and industry collapsing, all the Muslims are going to inherit is a musty, decaying historical theme park that no one wants to visit anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 12:30 PM (ClnUm)

***

Sadly you may be right. But I'd hope they'd at least try. It'd be bloody, but at this point, necessary.
I remember Germany in the 70s-80s where the "older" Germans had their little hide holes. These were the stay behind troops if ever the Russians rolled in. (Found out about these guys by accident and it scared the crap outta me). Most were vets from WW2. And they were tough old guys. All gone now.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 12:36 PM (2WIwB)

82 Ya can't make a film about Mohammad.
Too pedophilia.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 12:37 PM (u82oZ)

83 The number of virulent atheists I've seen attack Islam fits on one hand.

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They're virulent atheists, not suicidal idiots.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 12:37 PM (ndZc7)

84 41% Vienna.

Around the turn of the century, Mark Steyn was sitting with a friend in central Vienna across the street from a maternity clinic, and noted that every woman entering the maternity clinic was Muslim.

That was twenty-five years ago.

Imagine what Europe will be like in 2050.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 26, 2026 12:37 PM (aD4fx)

85
It's not going to be the Democrats who we face first. Or the Socialist Democrats. Or the Communists.

It'll be the Islamists.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

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

I don't know if anyone has analyzed the psychology of the Islamists, but I bet it's the same as the DSAssholes:

1- Promised more than they actually got

In the case of the young commies, it's a mid-6-figures job requiring minimal effort in exchange for their 4 years in a Gender Studies program.

In the case of Muslims, it's walking on clean streets among beautiful girls who want to have sex with you every night. An enlightened Arab friend of mind described this to me: "Those 25 blondes weren't waiting for him at the airport..."

2- > Tear down the whole system and everyone in it, punishing those who have what you want

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 26, 2026 12:37 PM (mmrXZ)

86 I saw a youtube thing recently. An Arab Christian is a police officer in Israel. It was really quite heartwarming.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 12:37 PM (qFwJc)

87 ***They got Islamic terrorism, but they also got the special bonus of a culture that has no respect for the cultural mores developed over 2,500 years...
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We've got that here but in a more subtle form. On the surface they appear to conform to our culture and laws but it is a subterfuge. They are like the mafia, they have no respect for our culture or our laws they exist and live within a subculture below the facade they present to the public.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 26, 2026 12:37 PM (VPNgR)

88 In British news the police went to arrest a guy for a racist X-box name...something like Ching Chong Chinaman but decided not to when they confronted him and he was ethnically east Asian...

Glad to know the British cops are worried about the important crimes.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:38 PM (sKqQm)

89 Where are all the epic blockbuster timeless classic Hollywood movies about the life of Muhammad and the profound truths of the Koran?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 26, 2026 12:27 PM (2Ez/1)

There should be an animated mohammed story starring Porky Pig.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 12:38 PM (1z8ji)

90 Despair is a sin. Repent and do God’s will. Look it up.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 26, 2026 12:38 PM (fQFd2)

91 77
Just to be sure, I make a distinction between atheists as people who can't believe in an Almighty and anti-religious bigots who sneer at anyone who does.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Neither can do math or probabilities and the underlying 'pride' leading someone to claim either of those categories goeth before their fall.

Belief in 'nothing' is exactly why the Western world began to decline and WWI seems to have accelerated that in the West. If you believe in nothing but saving your own skin, then you will acquiesce to the most horrible treatment for your society as a collaborator to save your own incalculably valuable life for yourself.

Laying down your own life so that others can live is an alien philosophy to materialists and hedonists.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)

92 Diogenes

Poland is the new Germany, but the EU is working hard to kneecap them.

The current Polish military can defeat, but not hold, Germany today. Well, if NATO stays out of it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 12:39 PM (u82oZ)

93 muslims don't like christians yet they choose to live among christians.

muslims don't like jews yet they choose to live among jews.

Is there a pattern here? Is every body still sleepy from last night's big meal?

But what about the good muslims? Maybe they should be helping us catch the bad muslims. For starters.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 12:39 PM (3oLiU)

94 "Adam" is a Cartwright name.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 12:32 PM

And Adama is a Battlestar Galactica name.

Conspiracy or coincidence?

You decide.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 12:40 PM (0sNs1)

95 Last time I was Europe most of the women with baby carriages where in hijabs.

Of the remaining ones they were pretty clearly southeastern European.

The few younger western Euro women I saw were jogging/biking in short shorts.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)

96 "Dang, I'm glad you guys weren't around for the Siege of Vienna."

You know why 9/11 has such significance?

I love the story about Jan Sobieski and the winged hussars.

I looked at a map and realized Poland isn't really that far from Vienna. Totally doable.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 12:41 PM (qFwJc)

97 To defend one's nation and culture from those who'd pervert it, first you must respect and appreciate the history of the nation and it's culture.
The Left has indoctrinated most of Western Europe to disparage it's history and hold it's culture in contempt.
The Oppressed//Oppressor dynamic has destroyed the pride and patriotism across the Continent.
Poland and Hungary are the exceptions.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 26, 2026 12:41 PM (MNCvZ)

98 But what about the good muslims? Maybe they should be helping us catch the bad muslims. For starters.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Some are but from the most, there is no reason to do so--because if the zealots find out they will be killed so like most people in a society, they take the easy way out.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)

99 But what about the good muslims? Maybe they should be helping us catch the bad muslims. For starters.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 12:39 PM

The bad muslims want to kill you.

The good muslims want the bad ones to succeed.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 12:41 PM (0sNs1)

100 I agree with the sentiments expressed in the article and in the comments.

However, I don't think ancient Rome committed cultural suicide, any more than the Aztecs did.

There was something called "the great migration of peoples," in which peoples from the steppes put military pressure on neighboring peoples in the trans-Rhine area and on the Danube. These disrupted tribes then put new military pressure on Rome.

A German historian once made a comprehensive list of published exolanations of Rome's fall: he catalogued 600 of them. Starting with leaded wine bottles. So reasonable people can disagree.

I think imagining a hurricane spinning counter-clockwise (the great migration of tribes from the east to the west) is useful in analyzing Rome's fall.

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 12:42 PM (RCjYY)

101 But what about the good muslims? Maybe they should be helping us catch the bad muslims. For starters.

"Moderate/Good" Muslims get a more islamic culture by letting the bad ones do their thing. Why would they want them to stop?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)

102 proudvastrightwingguy

Hungary is going sideways into a power drive under the new government. The EU approved.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 12:42 PM (u82oZ)

103 But what about the good muslims? Maybe they should be helping us catch the bad muslims. For starters.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 12:39 PM (3oLiU)

The good Muslims? You mean both of them?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 12:42 PM (ClnUm)

104 Sadly you may be right. But I'd hope they'd at least try. It'd be bloody, but at this point, necessary.

There had been French families living in Algeria for more than a century when the Muslim Algerians won their independence.

A number of French people wanted to stay in independent Algeria, but the response of the Muslims there was "La Valise ou le Cercueil" - "The Suitcase or the Coffin".

So, there is precedent.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 26, 2026 12:42 PM (aD4fx)

105 "There should be an animated mohammed story starring Porky Pig.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 26, 2026 12:38 PM (1z8ji)"

That, fellow miscreants, is championship level calvinball!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 26, 2026 12:43 PM (jrgJz)

106 Maybe a Civil war II will stop the the Marxists invasion.

Posted by: Skip at July 26, 2026 12:43 PM (Ia/+0)

107 "Imagine what Europe will be like in 2050."

I will have to imagine. If I live that long, I will turn 95.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 12:43 PM (qFwJc)

108 18-1

Islam and Communism have a similar problem.

The biggest killer of Muslims is other Muslims.
The biggest killer of Communists is other commies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 12:44 PM (u82oZ)

109 Where are all the epic blockbuster timeless classic Hollywood movies about the life of Muhammad and the profound truths of the Koran?

This column about the Paramount merger and who opposes it makes the point that Hollywood is committing suicide.

THE MERGER ISN’T KILLING HOLLYWOOD. HOLLYWOOD ALREADY DID THAT:

Far from “thriving,” theaters sold roughly 770 million tickets last year — down 37% from 2019 and less than half the 1.57 billion sold at the 2002 peak. The share of adults who see a movie at least monthly has fallen by more than half. Receipts hold up only because the average ticket now runs north of $13. Charging ever more to ever fewer people is not a thriving business; it is a shrinking one, repriced. And moviegoers will tell you why they stopped coming: nearly 2 in 5 adults who attend less often say there is simply not a good enough variety of new films worth the trip.

https://tinyurl.com/ujkz2z4z

The success of Nolan’s Odyssey might be a pyrrhic victory for Hwood, cementing audiences’ post-Covid habit to go to the movies a couple of times a year to see the blockbuster that has the most hype, rather than going nearly every weekend.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

110
It'd be bloody, but at this point, necessary.

Posted by: Diogenes

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Anyone else predict bloodshed? I can imagine mass street slaughter like during the Protestant Reformation. St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and Henry VIII killing monks sort of thing, although I don't know who prevails.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 26, 2026 12:45 PM (mmrXZ)

111 Hungary is going sideways into a power drive under the new government. The EU approved.

The new Hungarian government is in the process of criminalizing the opposition and making sure that it can never lose a future election, with the enthusiastic support of the EU.

"Our Democracy", donchaknow.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 26, 2026 12:45 PM (aD4fx)

112 A summary of the DSA position, as articulated by their co-chairman:

"We're using the Democratic Party as a ballot-access vehicle, not because we share its goals. We build our own organization, get elected under the Democratic label, caucus with Democrats when it's useful, and push our own agenda from the inside. We see the Democratic establishment as an obstacle, not a home."

How long until the mainline Donks wake up to this? And will it matter?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 12:46 PM (0sNs1)

113 106 Maybe a Civil war II will stop the the Marxists invasion.
Posted by: Skip

The ruling class is the problem--these are the wealthy, the employers, academia, the bureaucracy, the courts, politicians, and law enforcement. They have neutered their militaries to spend on butter rather than guns.

It will take a dozen Cromwells to end it and be damned forever more in history for doing so. I think the common people are willing, but they need leaders to cross the Rubicon to force remigration back to Islamic lands.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)

114 Poland is the new Germany, but the EU is working hard to kneecap them.

The current Polish military can defeat, but not hold, Germany today. Well, if NATO stays out of it.

Why on earth would Poland want Germany - it's full of muslims.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

115 "The biggest killer of Communists is other commies."

I was presented with an interesting factoid in Adult Ed class today.

In the 20th Century, 50 million people were killed in wars.

205 million were killed by their own governments.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 12:47 PM (qFwJc)

116 74 I thought about that this week, and I think the best person to portray Muhammed would be Peter Dinklage. He could have a little sword and everything.

I'd go for Dylan Mulvaney. The fact that you didn't makes you a transphobe.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

I'm going to go have manly cry right now.

Posted by: Elliot Page at July 26, 2026 12:47 PM (n9eFH)

117 Yeah, but it kinda makes sense. It is something like how we execute traitors in time of war (especially on the battlefield). Because Islam is always at war with all "infidels", so the "apostates" must be murdered lest they help "the enemy".

Posted by: illiniwek
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Yeah, It was her fault that guy raped her, let her be hanged.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 26, 2026 12:47 PM (VPNgR)

118 There was something called "the great migration of peoples," in which peoples from the steppes put military pressure on neighboring peoples in the trans-Rhine area and on the Danube. These disrupted tribes then put new military pressure on Rome.“

Something I find most significant is that by the 5th century there were almost no actual “Roman” armies in existence anymore. The wars on the frontiers consisted primarily of Barbarians hired by Rome to fight their wars, vs Barbarians from outside who wanted a piece of the pie.

You will see Europeans now say they should rebuild their militaries by bringing in all these underemployed Muslim men.

But I’ve seen that movie, and I know how that story ends.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 12:48 PM (ClnUm)

119 However, I don't think ancient Rome committed cultural suicide, any more than the Aztecs did.

There was something called "the great migration of peoples," in which peoples from the steppes put military pressure on neighboring peoples in the trans-Rhine area and on the Danube. These disrupted tribes then put new military pressure on Rome.

The Romans ceased to enlist in the military, preferring to contract that out to the barbarians they let into the empire. The result was predictable.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

120
How long until the mainline Donks wake up to this?

___________

At best, when they lose their jobs. More likely, never.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 12:49 PM (O0L8i)

121 The current Polish military can defeat, but not hold, Germany today. Well, if NATO stays out of it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 12:39 PM (u82oZ)

I have to believe that Germany still has it within itself to survive. I see it in more and more vids and reports of people (and police) having had enough. There is push back. One hopes it isn't too little, too late.
Same thing in France but their Islamic problem has a longer history.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 12:49 PM (2WIwB)

122 Anyone else predict bloodshed? I can imagine mass street slaughter like during the Protestant Reformation. St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and Henry VIII killing monks sort of thing, although I don't know who prevails.

I just reread Houellebecq's novel "Submission", in which a Mandarmani-type (the smiling, friendly, "liberal" Muslim) leads the Muslim Brotherhood to victory in France, and France relatively peacefully becomes an Islamic state.

We'll see.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 26, 2026 12:49 PM (aD4fx)

123 "We're using the Democratic Party as a ballot-access vehicle, not because we share its goals. We build our own organization, get elected under the Democratic label, caucus with Democrats when it's useful, and push our own agenda from the inside. We see the Democratic establishment as an obstacle, not a home."

How long until the mainline Donks wake up to this? And will it matter?

You seem to assume the mainliners have different goals. I don't think they do, they just differ about how to get there.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:50 PM (Riz8t)

124 102 proudvastrightwingguy

Hungary is going sideways into a power drive under the new government. The EU approved.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Eurocrats, like rust, never sleep and eventually Orban was going to lose unless he formally became dictator which introduces its own set of problems.

No matter how popular a political party is at the outset, it will eventually end up losing to the opposition in a Democracy. But when the opponents are globo homo reds, you will lose your society now by the globo homos opening the firehose of immigration from shitholes to cement their power.

Same goes for us, the DSA has to win but once and we will be in the same perilous waters.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

125 How long until the mainline Donks wake up to this?

By 2028 there won't be any mainline donks.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)

126 Islam is not a religion.

Posted by: Change my mind at July 26, 2026 12:00 PM (2Ez/1)

It is. So is secularism.

This is distracting semantics.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2026 12:10 PM (RkR9o)

Absolutely not. Islam is a revolutionary political philosophy that uses an ersatz religion to control its adherents.

It must be redefined as such, because religions have special protections in the West, and that is our massive weakness!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:51 PM (l4RKn)

127 "Invasion" connotes a military incursion that is usually opposed by the invaded.

I think "Colonization" is more precise.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 12:52 PM (JvZF+)

128 You seem to assume the mainliners have different goals. I don't think they do, they just differ about how to get there.
Posted by: Archimedes

The leaders of the Democrats and GOPe for that matter, the Uniparty, just wanted to get rich and dominate politics so that the left or right could not gain power. But over time, the uniparty itself became more and more left globo homo because the well that fed it was a radicalized academia teaching kids. These folks WERE the marxists all along and globalists to boot.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 12:52 PM (E4rtv)

129 Words fail me.

Guys, the details of the latest jihadist attack in Europe are psychotic.

Abdul Ballout was born in Berlin, but he left Germany for Lebanon.

Germany identified him as an Islamist threat, so they had him arrested in Lebanon and FLEW HIM BACK TO GERMANY to put him on trial for plotting terror attacks.

He was convicted and sentenced for terrorism offences in May 2026 but released on time served.

By July 2026 he was back on the streets.

German authorities told him to attend de-radicalisation counselling sessions.

He responded by carrying out a jihadist terrorist attack on a pride parade.

https://tinyurl.com/jnpb2psw

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

130 Same thing in France but their Islamic problem has a longer history.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 12:49 PM (2WIwB)

I think the UK is worse off, but France's political elites are untethered from reality, and that may be their undoing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:53 PM (l4RKn)

131 I think all the political parties in western Europe who facilitated immigration are doomed. People there aren't crazy. Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen and AfD are not one-offs. They're a trend.

Posted by: mnw at July 26, 2026 12:53 PM (RCjYY)

132 Same goes for us, the DSA has to win but once and we will be in the same perilous waters.
Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

Organize now.
Know who your allies are.
Buy ammo.
Train.
Does this seem drastic? Or just common sense?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 12:53 PM (2WIwB)

133
Same thing in France but their Islamic problem has a longer history.

_____________

Algeria was once a French départment and had full representation in Parliament.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 26, 2026 12:54 PM (O0L8i)

134 The Muslims are using the Democrat Party to achieve power.
The Democrats think they are using the Muslims to achieve power.
At some point, this will play out exactly as the Bolsheviks culling the Menshevicks or the Reign of Terror where the early leaders of the French Revolution were led to the guillotine by their more radical "allies".

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 26, 2026 12:55 PM (MNCvZ)

135 I’ve read that their spectacular cathedrals are mostly empty of worshipers on Sundays...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 26, 2026 12:28 PM (ugElV)

Not in France. Sunday service at Notre Dame was standing room only the last time I was there.

There has been a resurgence of Christianity in France...whether it is enough is an open question.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:55 PM (l4RKn)

136
Where are all the epic blockbuster timeless classic Hollywood movies about the life of Muhammad and the profound truths of the Koran?

Posted by: I gotta ask

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That would have to be a one-person production with no advance marketing at all. Cf. Salman Rushdie and his translators, publishers, etc. You could never get a full cast and crew to sign up for the death threats.

Besides which, depicting Mohamed's face is forbidden. Some Muslim (I assume) production company made a film about him years ago without showing his face. Just the back of his head. Maybe you could do that, but then, the profound truths would get you in trouble.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 26, 2026 12:55 PM (mmrXZ)

137 I think the UK is worse off, but France's political elites are untethered from reality, and that may be their undoing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:53 PM (l4RKn)

I wouldn't argue against that. I was thinking of France's history of colonialism in N Africa. But yeah, England has the same problem.
And no 2nd Amendment.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 12:55 PM (2WIwB)

138 The original Adam was not "Jewish", was he? The twelve tribes came later, the houses of Israel, and all the OT law. "Jew" came about (as a word) sometime after Christ, as I hear it. Not sure if they are just the House of Judah (for "Jew"?), or if all twelve original tribes are still in existence. I could as Grok I guess.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 26, 2026 12:55 PM (vbXSk)

139 the profound truths of the Koran?
Butt secks?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 26, 2026 12:56 PM (MjgAv)

140 All is proceeding as we have foreseen.

Posted by: Big Penguin at July 26, 2026 12:56 PM (0sNs1)

141 The Muslims are using the Democrat Party to achieve power.
The Democrats think they are using the Muslims to achieve power.

At some point, this will play out exactly as the Bolsheviks culling the Menshevicks or the Reign of Terror where the early leaders of the French Revolution were led to the guillotine by their more radical "allies".

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 26, 2026 12:55 PM (MNCvZ)

This! 100% this.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:57 PM (l4RKn)

142 It seems that Germany has it's own idiot Judge problem:

https://tinyurl.com/9b52cr7z

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 26, 2026 12:57 PM (n9eFH)

143 This guy has an opinion, an opinion Fox News had to apologize for twice.

https://tinyurl.com/3w83h2ae

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 12:57 PM (ndZc7)

144 It must be redefined as such, because religions have special protections in the West, and that is our massive weakness!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:51 PM (l4RKn)
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We have got to do a better job defining what is a first-amendment protected "religion".

Islam is an eliminationist cults (and also a death cult) that have somehow undeservedly crowded into the tent hoping decent people will not notice the sham.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 12:58 PM (JvZF+)

145 "Jew" came about (as a word) sometime after Christ, as I hear it.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 26, 2026 12:55 PM (vbXSk)

Nope. It's in the Bible.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:58 PM (l4RKn)

146 Organize now.
Know who your allies are.
Buy ammo.
Train.
Does this seem drastic? Or just common sense?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 12:53 PM

It would have seemed drastic if you had included "Focus on fundamentals."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 12:59 PM (0sNs1)

147 >139 the profound truths of the Koran?
Butt secks?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 26, 2026 12:56 PM

*ahem*

Posted by: Pedophilia at July 26, 2026 01:00 PM (2Ez/1)

148 88.4% of statistical claims are bullshit.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 26, 2026 01:00 PM (fQFd2)

149 The recent UK and Australian governmental attacks on their highly trained soldiers in the Special Air Service are quite worrying.

Institutional knowledge is leaving both of those units.

The good news for the UK is it would take only 6 former Special Forces troops to defeat the UK police forces.

The Gates of Vienna website published a series of essays on how a determined minority can be effective. Don't know if you can get them via search engine.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 01:00 PM (u82oZ)

150 The right got corrupted first--GHWB's rewarding Commie China after Tianenmen led immediately to the great outsourcing boom of manufacturing to China, Clinton poured gas on it and allowed the Chinese to have key US missile technology and even warhead weapons designs in return for gobs of cash for his reelection. GWB even before 9/11 figured the business relationship with China was more important than our compromised secrets and the GWOT led to even more Chinese influx into Western society. It corroded us far more than it helped Chinese understand the US and that is still the case with 500k plus students propping up our rotten university system and Chinese consulates acting as key supports for leftist DSA types.

Now the rotten fruit is that the Democrat Uniparty is falling to the Watermelon alliance of Reds and Greens---the Dem side let the outsourcing, the H1Bs, DEI, etc. happen which killed the jobs for the white overeducated types--who are now turning to pure commie instead of blaming their replacements in jobs. So a civil war in the Dem party between the grifting insiders and the outsiders.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 01:00 PM (E4rtv)

151 The Muslims are using the Democrat Party to achieve power.
The Democrats think they are using the Muslims to achieve power.

-
Ah, an idiot strategem.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 01:01 PM (ndZc7)

152 Not in France. Sunday service at Notre Dame was standing room only the last time I was there.

There has been a resurgence of Christianity in France...whether it is enough is an open question.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:55 PM (l4RKn)

I’m glad to hear that; there’s hope then

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 26, 2026 01:01 PM (26GAh)

153 It would have seemed drastic if you had included "Focus on fundamentals."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 26, 2026 12:59 PM

I will let Weasel put the Fun in fundamentals.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 26, 2026 01:01 PM (2WIwB)

154 Organize now.
Know who your allies are.
Buy ammo.
Train.
Does this seem drastic? Or just common sense?

Posted by: Diogenes
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When the balloon goes up no one will be wearing badges or uniforms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 26, 2026 01:01 PM (VPNgR)

155 I was the head of one of the twelve tribes!

Posted by: Judah at July 26, 2026 01:01 PM (2Ez/1)

156 Thx CBD. It's amazing watching the passive/aggressive Muslims in action. They aggressively say they will take over as their holy book requires, but if you call them out they scream bigotry. It's the whining about bigotry that gets the feeble minded in the West to submit. Fine Muslims, kill the wimpy westerners then we'll kill you.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2026 01:02 PM (xh8GK)

157 mnw

Well spotted.

The US military should not plan for the evacuation of Europe. Instead, there should be plans to support bitter-ender saviors of local civilization.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 01:02 PM (u82oZ)

158 Can we talk about how oppressed I am?

Posted by: Sunny Hostin at July 26, 2026 01:02 PM (n9eFH)

159 Calling Islam a religion has been successful here in the states. Most people would believe this to be true. And the Muslims get special treatment for it.

They get to build their mosques, madrassas and whatnot. Broadcast their calls to prayer 5 times a day over loudspeakers. Nobody dares question this, or their treatment of women and non-Muslims.

That little slip, letting the Islamists have their way with "religion" is never going to be rectified. Letting them into government is going to end up being a bigger problem than most think. Minneapolis was conquered. They just haven't acknowledged it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 01:02 PM (jehhT)

160 There has been a resurgence of Christianity in France...whether it is enough is an open question.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:55 PM (l4RKn)

I’m glad to hear that; there’s hope then

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

This is not the way of the black pill.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 01:03 PM (Riz8t)

161 When the balloon goes up no one will be wearing badges or uniforms.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Note on your neighborhood house inhabitant map where every Coexist and Harris sign poster lives. Take their stuff when the switch is turned to Go!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 01:05 PM (u82oZ)

162 No badges? So.......my "5th battalion chairbourne ranger" badge won't hold sway?

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 26, 2026 01:05 PM (jrgJz)

163 what the cat drug

Even the Air Force is more masculine that that unit.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 01:06 PM (u82oZ)

164
How long until the mainline Donks wake up to this?

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

Isn't that what they're slowly doing right now? Van Jones? Who says he's been DM'd and phoned by numerous mainline Donks who are afraid to say it out loud. He's called the DSAssholes "nutty." Can't remember if he specifically mentioned Islamicization, but he says the fascination with Hamas is all wrong.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 26, 2026 01:06 PM (mmrXZ)

165 Downwardly mobile elites - learn the warning signs.

A downwardly mobile elite describes college-educated, affluent-raised individuals who experience lower relative income or status than their parents, retaining cultural privilege while driving modern political and cultural discontent. Key traits include over-credentialism, urban concentration, and leftist political alignment.

Background: Raised in upper-middle-class or wealthy households with high expectations for financial and professional success.

Choice vs. Reality: Often choose flexible, low-paying, or creative fields (like the arts, non-profits, or academia) over corporate tracks, or face squeezed job markets in expensive cities.

Retained Privilege: Keep the cultural fluency, degrees, family networks, and social habits of their high-status upbringing despite lesser bank accounts.

Political Views: Form a core demographic supporting democratic socialist and far-left political figures in dense urban areas.

Grievance: Express frustration over failing to match parental wealth, housing access, and traditional middle-class milestones, channeling systemic economic anxiety into political action.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 01:07 PM (Riz8t)

166 The only "peace" to be achieved with Islam is unconditional surrender. By them. And the reason for this is Taqiyyah - the religious command to lie to the infidel in order to advance Islam. Meaning there can never be an accommodation with them - because even if they surrender - they're lying. Tell me how I'm wrong.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 26, 2026 01:08 PM (CzQuO)

167 Don't remember the root word but read that Jew was a Hebraism of the Egyptian word for slave.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 26, 2026 01:08 PM (VPNgR)

168 Ah, an idiot strategem.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 01:01 PM (ndZc7)
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How dare you!

Posted by: Franz von Papen at July 26, 2026 01:08 PM (JvZF+)

169 Speaking of the decline of western civilization, police killed a knife wielding thug so the other thugs had a street takeover riot and then the police put on a news conference and then . . .

Greg Price
@greg_price11
A man armed with a knife was shot by police in Madison, WI yesterday.
Today, the police chief had his press conference interrupted by a psychopath ranting about zionism and imperialism.
And he just allowed it to happen...

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7)

170 Only a matter of time before the muslims take over due to spineless politicians and citizens who will denounce, ban, censure and vaporize anyone who calls for the deportation of those here and a ban on any muslims coming here from abroad.

Posted by: Tick Tock at July 26, 2026 01:08 PM (ftsic)

171 How long until the mainline Donks wake up to this?

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

Isn't that what they're slowly doing right now? Van Jones? Who says he's been DM'd and phoned by numerous mainline Donks who are afraid to say it out loud. He's called the DSAssholes "nutty." Can't remember if he specifically mentioned Islamicization, but he says the fascination with Hamas is all wrong.

He's long been one of the smarter ones. Perhaps he'll be able to talk the rest of them back from the cliff, but I doubt it.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 01:08 PM (Riz8t)

172 146 Organize now.
Know who your allies are.
Buy ammo.
Train.
Does this seem drastic? Or just common sense?
Posted by: Diogenes

I hate to mention it, but it requires one to be able to shoot a rifle, not just a handgun. Given that ARs are cheap enough to have one except for non free states (suggest a lever action for the worst of those in 357 Magnum along with a revolver in that caliber.).

Pick up Colonel Cooper's The Art of a Rifle to understand the why. And he does a damn good job in print of describing the how. Then find some good instruction for it.

Another crusty old guy, John Farnam, also a Vietnam and military retiree, describes it as

You have a handgun facing multiple opponents--you might be able to get one or so if they are closer than 25 yards threatening you with lethal violence. But it is not likely even a wounded person with a handgun is totally out of the fight at that distance.

Next, the shotgun, you might get two and put them down from that 25-75 yards or so. But the recovery from recoil and the rest scattering means you still have too many opponents.

Now,a semi automatic battle rifle, you can put down a sizable group quickly at 100 yards plus.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 01:09 PM (E4rtv)

173 At Christmas in 1980, my FiL brought home (his home) to Christmas dinner three young German men. They were from Bonn. They were Catholic. Two were brothers and the other was a childhood friend. One of the brothers was in business. I don't know what happened to him. He was buy Toshiba computers and this was when Toshiba had disgraced itself buy selling them to China.

The other brother became a diplomat. My son, when he was in the Navy, visited him a high-rise NYC condo, which the German govt. provided. My son still has the diplomatic flag that he was given with the eagle on it. The diplomat died from cancer, with no issue (children).

The third guy, the friend would visit So. Cal. and we saw him occasionally. I like him a lot. He's a very nice guy.
He was a lawyer. Last time I saw him (25 years ago?) he was working for some Green member of the German legislature.

Into his late 30s, he was not married. Was he gay? No. He had a girlfriend. One year she went on vacation to the Eastern side of Spain with a girlfriend. He woke up and realized it was all bullshit.

Germans failed to reproduce.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 01:09 PM (qFwJc)

174 The amazing thing is that what CBD just wrote above would get him a jail sentence in the UK. Not a chance of one...but a done deal, absolute jail sentence.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 01:09 PM (dIske)

175 Most Dem voters care only about one thing - who is offering me personally more money?

They don't care if the candidate is a an open socialist, hell an open NAZI (look at Maine) it is merely who is giving them more $$$

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)

176
Note on your neighborhood house inhabitant map where every Coexist and Harris sign poster lives. Take their stuff when the switch is turned to Go!

Posted by: NaCly Dog
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There are no signs in any yard in my AO.
It's old timey, politics, money and religion is private stuff.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 26, 2026 01:10 PM (VPNgR)

177 "Nope. It's in the Bible." Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

iirc, it is in the New Testament a lot, but the Greek/Aramaic word is not "Jew", but Judean.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 26, 2026 01:11 PM (vbXSk)

178
Europe’s economy and industry collapsing

Aren't they building any data centers over there?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 01:11 PM (Cqx++)

179 It's the whining about bigotry that gets the feeble minded in the West to submit. Fine Muslims, kill the wimpy westerners then we'll kill you.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2026 01:02 PM (xh8GK)

Let Islam cull the weak from the West's gene pool.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 01:11 PM (l4RKn)

180 Nope. It's in the Bible.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:58 PM (l4RKn)

Not a surprising name for the descendants of the Kingdom of Judah, living in the Roman province of Judea.

But given that the Romans didn’t actually have the letter J, I wonder if they called them I-ewes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 01:12 PM (ClnUm)

181 The English term Jew is originally derived from the Hebrew term Yehudi (lit. 'of Judah'), which passed into Greek as Ioudaios and into Latin as Iudaeus, in turn evolving into the Old French term giu after the letter "d" was dropped.
A variety of related forms are found in early English from about the year 1000, including Iudea, Gyu, Giu, Iuu, Iuw, and Iew, which eventually developed into the modern English word for the Jewish people.

Posted by: Wikipedia - I'm here to help at July 26, 2026 01:12 PM (2Ez/1)

182 In Russia, besides the native Muslims, there are large numbers of illegal or semi-legal Muslim immigrants, who overstayed their visas or came in on visas that did not give them the right to work.
Many of the worst criminals, including gangs, are Muslim, especially from the Caucasus. There have been some famous terrorist acts as well.
Putin tolerates this and tries to use them, for example as soldiers in Ukraine. He has a personal Chechen guard whom he trusts. He also encouraged the unmanageable flow of "refugees" into the EU, in revenge for the toppling of his allies in Libya and Syria. Recently, Russia has been sowing trouble between the Muslims and the non-Muslim majority in the EU through paid provocations.
Is one supposed to feel self-righteous satisfaction at Russia's Muslim troubles, as for the EU? Or should we be glad that Putin has managed to use Muslims for his own purposes?

Posted by: PG at July 26, 2026 01:12 PM (jGLqZ)

183 160 There has been a resurgence of Christianity in France...whether it is enough is an open question.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:55 PM (l4RKn)

I’m glad to hear that; there’s hope then

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

This is not the way of the black pill.
Posted by: Archimedes

Well, no trend goes on forever whether it is materialism, etc. and Hard Times breed harder people without the sentimentality and self hatred that the Commies bred into Western Europe.

Elon noted this as well, the Roman Empire in the West fell as much because Romans quit having children as it did from barbarians. Having children means skin in the game for average people, not having kids for most people means being an Eloi that a Morlock sooner or later is going to get.

Posted by: whig at July 26, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

184 One thing I learned from reading D.A. Carson's excellent book The Intolerance of Tolerance is that Islam has no concept of the separation of church and state. So any Muslim official who swears allegiance the Constitution is lying...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 26, 2026 01:13 PM (n9eFH)

185 The ultimate aim of this is primarily the destruction of Western Civilization, elimination of Christianity and ethnic cleansing of White People. The Powers That Be decided that those three things are the source of all evil and human suffering in the world. TPTB also decided that Islam is the perfect tool to achieve this. The people who live under Sharia Law are completely habituated to living under totalitarian dictatorships. TPTB want to be those totalitarian dictators. They will install themselves at the highest levels and re-institute hereditary ownership of those positions. It's a brilliant plan and it's succeeding wildly.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at July 26, 2026 01:13 PM (V362x)

186 ...He's long been one of the smarter ones. Perhaps he'll be able to talk the rest of them back from the cliff, but I doubt it.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 01:08 PM (Riz8t)

Maybe so but he's still a commie. And thus an enemy.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 26, 2026 01:14 PM (CzQuO)

187 Now,a semi automatic battle rifle, you can put down a sizable group quickly at 100 yards plus.

Posted by: whig
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How much city fighting would go on at 100 yds?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 26, 2026 01:14 PM (VPNgR)

188 Forgot the link. I blame autocucumber.

https://tinyurl.com/3ww49nv4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 01:14 PM (ndZc7)

189 I saw someone posting on farcebook the old question: Socialists can go form commune type groups right now and live all the socialism they want, so why don't they?

Now since this is facebook it got book right and left leaning comments.

Most of the left leaning ones were "this is a strawman!" with no explanation.

I scanned through though to see if any left of center person could answer it and finally found one...his argument was that for socialism to work it had to own all the means of production not some.

And that's...mighty convent. With Christianity or capitalism societies get better the more of it they have and you can see this easily demonstrated in history compare China under Mao vs China under Deng.

So...no amount of socialism less then 100% is actually socialism. And you can't call any actual socialist society like Mao's China socialism because they were "state capitalism". However you can call Norway or Sweden socialist if you want to make points (even though they aren't socialist by the argument that socialists are using)

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

190 Aren't they building any data centers over there?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 01:11 PM (Cqx++)

Almost none. They don’t have the energy infrastructure to support them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 01:14 PM (ClnUm)

191 iirc, it is in the New Testament a lot, but the Greek/Aramaic word is not "Jew", but Judean.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 26, 2026 01:11 PM (vbXSk)

It's in the Old Testament. And it's the same word as the modern Hebrew words for Jew and Jews.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 01:14 PM (l4RKn)

192 But given that the Romans didn’t actually have the letter J, I wonder if they called them I-ewes.

It's a little known fact that Cary Elwes, of Princess Bride, is Jewish. It's right there in the name.

(this is a weak joke, but it turns out he does have some Jewish ancestry)

Posted by: Archimedes at July 26, 2026 01:14 PM (Riz8t)

193 One thing I learned from reading D.A. Carson's excellent book The Intolerance of Tolerance is that Islam has no concept of the separation of church and state. So any Muslim official who swears allegiance the Constitution is lying...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 26, 2026 01:13 PM (n9eFH)

And he does it with a clear conscience because of Taqiyyah. It's why you can never believe a Muslim.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 26, 2026 01:15 PM (CzQuO)

194 175 Most Dem voters care only about one thing - who is offering me personally more money?

They don't care if the candidate is a an open socialist, hell an open NAZI (look at Maine) it is merely who is giving them more $$$
Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)
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You're not wrong, but there is always a secondary issue at play as well. It is what I call the "ribbon issue." Leftists latch on to an single issue. They rarely understand it fully. The rarely can justify why they chose it. But, they will throw themselves in front of cars to display their committment to it. Because, it's not about the issue. It's about being seen and heard promoting that issue. It's about them (and their perceived self-esteem). You can call it virtue signaling if you want. I don't think that covers it. It's a mental deficiency that requires them to show personal worth.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 01:15 PM (dIske)

195 Braenyard - some Absent Friends

Been discussing L-shaped ambush sites for community defense with a neighbor. No planning, just discussions.

Surprise does not affect the prepared mind.

Or as Pasteur said; Dans les champs de l’observation, le hasard ne favorise que les esprits préparés.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 01:16 PM (u82oZ)

196 We just went with "Juden."

Posted by: Kristallnacht window painters at July 26, 2026 01:17 PM (2Ez/1)

197 Defend? The Brits are deliberately putting twice the number into small British communities. Andthe "immigrants" are all military aged men

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 26, 2026 01:17 PM (bkuEU)

198
Perhaps he'll be able to talk the rest of them back from the cliff, but I doubt it.
Posted by: Archimedes

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

Lone voice crying in the wilderness. Historically, I believe they aren't heard until it's too late.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 26, 2026 01:17 PM (mmrXZ)

199 Anyone know of any “prepper” who rode out the collapse and lived? Me neither.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 26, 2026 01:18 PM (fQFd2)

200 I asked Grok what tribes of Israel today's Jewish faith represents? answer seems helpful.

"The term "Jew" (Hebrew: Yehudi) originally referred to people from the Kingdom of Judah / tribe of Judah, but it came to encompass the surviving Israelites from the southern kingdom. Modern Jewish Representation Judah: The dominant tribe. Most Jews today trace their ancestry primarily to Judah.
Benjamin: A smaller but significant portion. The tribe of Benjamin largely remained with Judah after the split.
Levi: The priestly and Levitical tribe. Levites (including Kohanim, the priestly subgroup) are still very much part of Jewish communities worldwide. They have preserved distinct roles and traditions (e.g., in synagogue readings and blessings).

Other tribes?
Small traces or claims of descent from other tribes exist in certain Jewish communities (e.g., some traditions among Beta Israel in Ethiopia or certain groups in India), but these are not the main historical lineage for mainstream Jewry (Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi, etc.). Genetic and historical studies overwhelmingly link most modern Jews to the ancient Judean (southern kingdom) population."

Posted by: illiniwek at July 26, 2026 01:18 PM (vbXSk)

201 >>How long until the mainline Donks wake up to this?

Not soon enough.

I'm reminded of the boyfriend of the woman who was killed by the alligator here in Florida a few weeks ago. He was quoted as saying, "never in a million years would I expect that to happen."

Dude, your girlfriend went swimming in a known habitat of alligators and it never occurred to you that it could happen?

The Donks are swimming in a river known to inhabit predators but they're clueless to the threat.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 26, 2026 01:20 PM (J4Dwc)

202 Lone voice crying in the wilderness. Historically, I believe they aren't heard until it's too late.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl

So CBD is Cassandra?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 01:20 PM (ndZc7)

203 So...explain to me again the advantage of opening Western borders to people like this?

By some estimates, Learing is up by more than 500% in Minnesota since the Somalis showed up.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 01:20 PM (guGkK)

204 "Then one of the elders said to me, ‘Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.' "

Posted by: Revelation 5:5 at July 26, 2026 01:21 PM (2Ez/1)

205
184 One thing I learned from reading D.A. Carson's excellent book The Intolerance of Tolerance is that Islam has no concept of the separation of church and state. So any Muslim official who swears allegiance the Constitution is lying...
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 26, 2026 01:13 PM (n9eFH)

Separation of Church and State is exclusively a product of the Western Enlightenment, born from the revulsion over the waste of a couple of centuries of Catholic/Protestant wars.

You could argue that Chinese culture reflects it, but the Asian cultures have never been susceptible to mass religious movements the way that western and Middle Eastern cultures are. I’d even argue that Hindu is primarily a system of crowd control and pacification.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 01:22 PM (ClnUm)

206 Other tribes?
Small traces or claims of descent from other tribes exist in certain Jewish communities (e.g., some traditions among Beta Israel in Ethiopia or certain groups in India), but these are not the main historical lineage for mainstream Jewry (Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi, etc.).

Yoo-hooo! I'm over here!

*waves*

Posted by: Khazars at July 26, 2026 01:22 PM (guGkK)

207 190 Aren't they building any data centers over there?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 26, 2026 01:11 PM (Cqx++)

Almost none. They don’t have the energy infrastructure to support them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 01:14 PM (ClnUm)
_________________________

Interestingly, a lot of the blue states in the US have the very same issue. For example, NY just issued a moratorium on building Data Centers in NY because their climate change policies depleted energy reserves in the state nearlly 2 GIGWATTS in just the last few years.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 01:22 PM (dIske)

208 Lone voice crying in the wilderness. Historically, I believe they aren't heard until it's too late.
Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl

So CBD is Cassandra?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 01:20 PM

*polite cough*

Posted by: John The Baptist at July 26, 2026 01:22 PM (2Ez/1)

209
So CBD is Cassandra?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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lol we all are. The trouble is, we're in the Opposition, culturally and ideologically speaking. The Dominant ones need a good eye-opening, which they're staaaarrting to get, but I think too late.

Also, their selfish and narrow vision lets them see only "I am losing power," not "Civilization is being killed."

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at July 26, 2026 01:23 PM (mmrXZ)

210 Oh c'mon man. There have countless atheists, progressives, socialists, and Methodists that have sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution and immediately violated that oath.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 26, 2026 01:23 PM (qFwJc)

211 88.4% of statistical claims are bullshit.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 26, 2026 01:00 PM (fQFd2)

In fact, EVERYTHING that guy just said is bullshit!

Posted by: Vinnie Gambini at July 26, 2026 01:23 PM (hmYU4)

212 Hokey Pokey

There are small communities that survived cataclysm. One town in Colorado was spared during the Influenza outbreak in 1918-20 by closing it's borders.

There are examples in Europe as well, from Monasteries in Greece to the Irish. Or Switzerland.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 01:24 PM (u82oZ)

213 Give me the elevator pitch on why this bridge is a good fit for my needs

Posted by: Pete Bog at July 26, 2026 01:24 PM (BGSp9)

214 >depleted energy reserves in the state nearlly 2 GIGWATTS in just the last few years.

++++

Two point twenty-one GIGAWATTS?

Posted by: Doc Brown at July 26, 2026 01:24 PM (2Ez/1)

215 OT. A new sport in Arkansas.

https://tinyurl.com/htcajpxn

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 01:26 PM (ndZc7)

216 88.4% of statistical claims are bullshit.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 26, 2026 01:00 PM (fQFd2)

In fact, EVERYTHING that guy just said is bullshit!
Posted by: Vinnie Gambini at J

88.379%

Posted by: From about That Time at July 26, 2026 01:26 PM (sl73Y)

217 Apiru, Egyptian word for slave.

Not directly. “ʿApiru” (also written Habiru/Ḫabiru, etc.) is an ancient Near Eastern term for a social group/status (often described as outsiders, mercenaries, laborers, etc.), and its similarity to the Hebrew word “Hebrew” is real but the link is generally viewed as indirect rather than a straight linguistic evolution from ʿApiru → “Hebrew.”
Most modern scholarship treats “Hebrew” as either a later adaptation of an older social label or a label that may overlap with some ʿApiru people, but not as a simple “evolution into the word” explanation. _Wiki

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 26, 2026 01:26 PM (VPNgR)

218 Two point twenty-one GIGAWATTS?
Posted by: Doc Brown at July 26, 2026 01:24 PM (2Ez/1)

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2.0 gigawatts or 2000 megawatts.

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 01:28 PM (dIske)

219 I see an 88 year old woman is in the news. According to official government documents she has donated $150K to Act Blue since 2020.

She lives in a trailer and says she didn't do it and doesn't even have that much money.

The records say she donated almost every single day.

Gee...I wonder what this could be a sign of...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)

220 ...I’d even argue that Hindu is primarily a system of crowd control and pacification.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 01:22 PM (ClnUm)

I've long thought that the caste system and it's promise of punishment against rebellion, e.g., coming back in the next life as a rat, is a fiendishly diabolical way of controlling people and making them accept their mostly terrible lot in life. Good for the Brahmans though.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 26, 2026 01:28 PM (CzQuO)

221 “lol we all are. The trouble is, we're in the Opposition, culturally and ideologically speaking. The Dominant ones need a good eye-opening, which they're staaaarrting to get, but I think too late.”

Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, those of us who DO know history are doomed to watch everyone else repeat it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 01:28 PM (ClnUm)

222 I see an 88 year old woman is in the news. According to official government documents she has donated $150K to Act Blue since 2020.

She lives in a trailer and says she didn't do it and doesn't even have that much money.

The records say she donated almost every single day.

Gee...I wonder what this could be a sign of...

Dementia?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 01:30 PM (guGkK)

223 Pax Anericana also made Europe soft and stupid. Because the Western European countries weren't fighting beach other as they had done for centuries, they could behave lower defense budgets and instead indulge in a cradle to grave welfare state. They could also follow every stupid political idea including importing millions of muzzies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2026 01:30 PM (xh8GK)

224 But the Ethiopian food is soooo good.

Posted by: AWFLs at July 26, 2026 01:32 PM (Xe8e7)

225 Have a great day, everyone.

Hold that torch of American Exceptionalism high, for we are currently one of the more advanced civilized countries.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 26, 2026 01:34 PM (u82oZ)

226 Gee...I wonder what this could be a sign of...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)

It didn’t happen this is Fox News propaganda.

Ok maybe it did t happen but it was an administrative glitch.

Ok maybe it wasn’t a glitch and it was fraud but it happens so rarely who cares

Ok maybe it happens all the time, but here is why that’s a good thing.

Posted by: Future Dem Talking Points at July 26, 2026 01:34 PM (Xe8e7)

227 > "Downwardly mobile elites"

Downwardly headed, yes. Elite? Not so much.

They're typically the children of hard left Democrats who spent an inordinate amount of time in college, learning nothing but how to organize the rabble, fund raise, and dress the part. They may very well have more money than common sense, but they're not "elite."

I'm sure they think they are "elite" but from what I'm seeing, they're morons (the bad kind.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 26, 2026 01:35 PM (jehhT)

228 Gee...I wonder what this could be a sign of...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 26, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)

You’ve got to admire the fiendish cleverness of the plan - to funnel huge amounts of illlegal cash through someone that no one would ever dare trying to charge with a crime.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 01:36 PM (ClnUm)

229 Madam, I'm Adam was the first palindrome.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 26, 2026 01:36 PM (ZypAx)

230 A couple of assholes get into a gun battle outside a Bronx bodega and an innocent 12 year old gets caught in the crossfire. He was just coming out of the store after buying a ball. Ex cop's son and now he's dead. New York, New York.

Posted by: Tuna at July 26, 2026 01:37 PM (lJ0H4)

231 So.......my "5th battalion chairbourne ranger" badge won't hold sway?
Posted by: what the cat drug
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Or my '3rd Army REMF' patch?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2026 01:37 PM (XeU6L)

232 Sadly, those of us who DO know history are doomed to watch everyone else repeat it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 01:28 PM (ClnUm)
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This resonates with me as the template is so evident that it had its own slogan, "Never Again!" but no one remembers or cares about what came before themselves. History began today for too many people intentionally diseducated.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 26, 2026 01:38 PM (JvZF+)

233 How much city fighting would go on at 100 yds?

How high is the rooftop you are firing from?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 26, 2026 01:39 PM (9s47C)

234 Holds up Trivial Pursuit Card:

"IT'S THE MOOPS"

Posted by: Orson at July 26, 2026 01:40 PM (dIske)

235 So.......my "5th battalion chairbourne ranger" badge won't hold sway?
Posted by: what the cat drug
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I have one of these patches:

https://shorturl.at/WO1KA

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2026 01:40 PM (XeU6L)

236 In fact, EVERYTHING that guy just said is bullshit!
Posted by: Vinnie Gambini at J

88.379%

Posted by: From about That Tim
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'F for Fake' discussed last night at the movie thread
(It rhymes with Islam)

Publication date 1975 , Orson Welles;
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In F for Fake, a free-form sort-of documentary by Orson Welles,

https://tinyurl.com/5n85r98m

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 26, 2026 01:41 PM (VPNgR)

237 Islam is not a religion.
Posted by: Change my mind
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That's a useless slogan. It might work in an Ingsoc world, but our vocabulary hasn't been that degraded... yet.
There's a germ of an idea there, though, so let's run with it. To its believers,it's certainly a religion, and it has most of the characteristics, but what is different?
It's insistence in controlling the secular sphere, as well as the spiritual.
That's a strength (it requires it's adherents to go kinetic) and a weakness, because recognizing this extra facet can be used to justify removing the 1st Amendment protections from Islam..
Let's see what we can do with that.
"Islam is not a religion, it's an oppositional government."
Any better ideas for an effective slogan?

Posted by: buddhaha at July 26, 2026 01:42 PM (EYbNS)

238 208 So CBD is Cassandra?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 01:20 PM

*polite cough*
Posted by: John The Baptist

so john the baptist is cassandra?

Posted by: anachronda at July 26, 2026 01:43 PM (qdr3M)

239 >>>But the Ethiopian food is soooo good.

Posted by: AWFLs

>Bananas and rice make the explosive diarrhea go away.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 26, 2026 01:45 PM (3oLiU)

240 Or my '3rd Army REMF' patch?
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Where did you get that? How about for the other Armies?
As a "Crossed Flags" branch member, I certainly qualify. 😁

Posted by: buddhaha at July 26, 2026 01:47 PM (EYbNS)

241 So CBD is Cassandra?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 26, 2026 01:20 PM

*polite cough*
Posted by: John The Baptist

so john the baptist is cassandra?

You have to know these things when you're a king.

Posted by: Arthur, King of the Britons at July 26, 2026 01:47 PM (guGkK)

242 Any system that posits an afterlife and a code of earthly conduct that affects the form of that afterlife is a religion. Islam may be false, but it's a religion.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 01:48 PM (XvL8K)

243 >>"Islam is not a religion, it's an oppositional government."
Any better ideas for an effective slogan?

It's not a slogan. Visit the Middle East and see. Or look at the muslim conquest era in Europe. There is no co-existence with Islam as many in the west believe. Islam does not seek to co-exist in a western culture, it seeks to dominate it and force compliance.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 01:48 PM (viF8m)

244 Any system that posits an afterlife and a code of earthly conduct that affects the form of that afterlife is a religion.

So that would exclude Paganism?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 01:49 PM (guGkK)

245 Dave Barry has a hilarious piece on his substack on the topic of Explosive Diarrhea… the guy is funny

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 26, 2026 01:50 PM (hxAVk)

246 So that would exclude Paganism?
Posted by: Cicero

_______

I thought some forms of paganism had gods and an afterlife.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 01:53 PM (XvL8K)

247 There are any number of vids showing Muslims saying we are going to take over, dominate you and kill the infidel. The average western just rolls their eyes and says '"that's just a few talking big"
Years ago I got into a discussion in an attorneys room with a liberal attorney. He said radical Islam is only 10%of their population. There were 1.2 billion Muslims so I said "that's 120 million. " He responded with "ok 5%" . I said "that's 60 million". He stopped talking

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2026 01:53 PM (xh8GK)

248 "...Islam does not seek to co-exist in a western culture, it seeks to dominate it and force compliance.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 01:48 PM"
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Not according to me!

Posted by: The bumper sticker on Karen McWinemom's Prius at July 26, 2026 01:53 PM (2Ez/1)

249 "Invasion"
Nah. Invited.

Posted by: man at July 26, 2026 01:54 PM (XuXeR)

250 It's not a slogan. Visit the Middle East and see. Or look at the muslim conquest era in Europe. There is no co-existence with Islam as many in the west believe. Islam does not seek to co-exist in a western culture, it seeks to dominate it and force compliance.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 01:48 PM (viF8m)

Absolutely. The very definition of Islam is submission. And they'll accomplish it either by the sword/scimitar or by birth rates.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 26, 2026 01:55 PM (CzQuO)

251 Years ago I got into a discussion in an attorneys room with a liberal attorney. He said radical Islam is only 10%of their population. There were 1.2 billion Muslims so I said "that's 120 million. " He responded with "ok 5%" . I said "that's 60 million". He stopped talking

It's well known that people who are lousy at math are drawn to the legal profession. However, I congratulate you at getting an attorney to shut up.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 26, 2026 01:55 PM (guGkK)

252 Absolutely not. Islam is a revolutionary political philosophy that uses an ersatz religion to control its adherents.

It must be redefined as such, because religions have special protections in the West, and that is our massive weakness!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 26, 2026 12:51 PM (l4RKn)
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There is no bigger distraction that wasting time to convince people that this nuance is true, let alone accurate.

On the contrary! You need to explain to people that even though it's a religion, it is one that does not tolerate everyone and everything outside of it, including the US, its Constitution, and it culture of liberty.

I've said it before: a Constitutional Amendment is needed - nothing less. Philistines upon you, America!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 26, 2026 01:56 PM (3UbC6)

253 a discussion in an attorneys room with a liberal attorney. He said radical Islam is only 10% of their population"

The other 90% are there for support .... supply lines, and places of refuge.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 26, 2026 01:57 PM (vbXSk)

254 -----
Where did you get that? How about for the other Armies?
As a "Crossed Flags" branch member, I certainly qualify. 😁
Posted by: buddhaha
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It only exists in my mind. I was attached for pay/rations/billeting to a unit that was ostensibly (at least administratively) the responsibility of the 3rd Army.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 26, 2026 01:58 PM (XeU6L)

255 Muslims may not like gays, but Mohammed sure liked the men of al Zutt

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 26, 2026 01:59 PM (xh8GK)

256 >>Absolutely. The very definition of Islam is submission. And they'll accomplish it either by the sword/scimitar or by birth rates.

Islam is an entire way of life with a governing structure and a religion tacked on. Most muslims won't admit this, lying to infidels is a core principle of Islam.

It is more akin to Nazism or communism which is why muslims have aligned with communists here in the US. The communists will be disposed of when their usefulness is over.

In the west we have a variety of religions. Everyone believes theirs is the true way and superior but they tend not to murder others just for disagreeing about religion. Not so with muslims. They consider non-believers to be subhuman and put here to serve or die. And there is no such thing as radical Islam. It's all right there in the Quran.

Many westerners have been poo pooing this as crazy talk for years. They won't be so condescending when they heads are being sawed off.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 26, 2026 02:00 PM (viF8m)

257 There's a lot of blame to go around:
Failure to stabilize Iraq (Bush II and Obama).
Destabilization of Libya (Hillary Clinton, Obama)
Open borders (public sector unions, major private-sector employers).

Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at July 26, 2026 02:00 PM (VrQ+c)

258 nood!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 26, 2026 02:02 PM (NnhvP)

259 Mohammed sure liked the men of al Zutt

Did he wear a Zutt suit?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 26, 2026 02:02 PM (cN9kY)

260
242 Any system that posits an afterlife and a code of earthly conduct that affects the form of that afterlife is a religion. Islam may be false, but it's a religion.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 26, 2026 01:48 PM (XvL8K)

A big problem comes from weak minded people who want to be “fair” and who say “well all religions are equal.” No, they are NOT equal. Some lead only to tyranny, oppression, and death.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 02:13 PM (ClnUm)

261 A big problem comes from weak minded people who want to be “fair” and who say “well all religions are equal.” No, they are NOT equal. Some lead only to tyranny, oppression, and death.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 26, 2026 02:13 PM (ClnUm)

Agreed. I look to the origins of a religion and note the differences in their founding. Christianity is based on love, forgiveness and most importantly, Peacefully advancing its tenets. Islam was founded as a violent, conquering "religion" intent on Submission or Death. One is not the same as the other.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 26, 2026 03:07 PM (CzQuO)

262 Any system that posits an afterlife and a code of earthly conduct that affects the form of that afterlife is a religion. Islam may be false, but it's a religion.

So Climate Cultism isn't a religion?

Can we amend your statement to align with religion being a faith system?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 26, 2026 03:32 PM (9Hs2w)

263 Islam is NOT a real religion. Every single other major faith has as one of the central tenets that the Higher Being wants people to be nice to each other and that future spiritual benefits include some sort of harmonious peace. Islam calls for non believers to be forcibly converted or crushed, and the future afterlife benefits include lots of women and worldly type goods. It's little more than a primitive form of communism or fascism just using "Allah" as the central rally point rather than "volk" or "the worker".

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 26, 2026 04:17 PM (3/XaG)

264 Belgium will be the first to fall. Why? They have tiny men. This is not scientifically based, but from a small synopsis and anthrological study from a commuter train from Brussels to Bruges.

The tiny and whiney workers, swilling local beer, were trying to make themselves bigger and not let the tired American women sit down. I made a group of 3 include me while my family hung on straps.

There was a general sneer that there were four tourists on board. Probably being American did not help but I did not care. I sweetly asked one eejit, straddling two seats, to let me sit. He did. Possibly because I was bigger than him. Possibly because of my green eyes. They then snubbed me for 30min. Which is insulting to a friendly person, smiling at the enchanting windmills.

They knew I did not speak Finnish, and I'm sure were insulting me but I did not care. Two left the train and the third became nice and made eye contact. I could have taken over the entire train of them but, to the relief of my family, I did not.

So imagine the unwashed barbarians arriving with machetes and all is lost. Desole. Which is French without the apostrophes. and too bad.

Austrians are the same: tiny men.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 26, 2026 05:20 PM (hzuYO)

265 Being a 5'8" beauty, and control model may have given an assist.
Putting God's gifts to work for good is why we are here.

Posted by: Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at at July 26, 2026 05:47 PM (3oLMy)

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Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at July 26, 2026 06:27 PM (RzRYL)

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