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The Morning Report — 7/ 15 /26

Good morning kids.

That this has become a cause cé·lèbre among all the usual suspects let alone the incident itself are both barometers of how our nation is on the verge of coming apart at the seams.

A person was fatally shot in Biddeford, Maine, during an encounter with a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. Witnesses report that the individual who was shot appeared to be attempting to run over the ICE officer before the officer discharged his weapon. . . The shooting in Maine follows another deadly shooting involving ICE in Houston, Texas, last week. Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is also accused of having “rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to follow multiple verbal commands, and weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer,” although this is disputed by passengers presented in the vehicle at the time. Mexico is attempting to sue the U.S. over the incident.

Kamala Harris condemned the ICE agents involved in the fatal shooting of a Colombian national who allegedly tried to run them over in Maine.

William Kristol, the NeverTrump icon and supporter of President George Bush, wants to destroy the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that protects Americans from nation-changing, wage-slashing mass migration.
“Abolish ICE. Now,” Kristol posted on Monday... Kristol’s support for replacement migration is deeply unpopular among GOP-aligned and swing-voting Americans, largely because of the economic damage. The result is that Kristol and his former-GOP allies at The Bulwark are increasingly aligning themselves with pro-migration Democrats.

Yeah, totally shocking that Chlamydia Harris and Kristol meth are blasting away at ICE. But, Markwayne Mullin? The head of the DHS who in that position is running ICE for and at the behest of the man who put him there, President Trump?

In response, Mullin ordered that all ICE officers in the country stop pulling over vehicles in order to do their jobs. The method of pulling over vehicles is one of the most effective and preferred tools for ICE officers, as at-home arrests increase the possibility of danger with access to weapons, according to the Daily Wire, which first reported the directive. At-home arrests also require a judicial warrant, whereas traffic stops do not.
In other words, Mullin’s caving means more ICE agents will be put at risk while fewer deportations will be possible.

Foreign invading criminals are using lethal force to avoid apprehension and deportation and one of our lead law enforcement officers is ordering his front line agents to essentially stand down and become targets. What Mullin should be doing is standing behind his troops and publicly urging them to do their duty and announce that the use of lethal force to defend one's life in the line o duty will always be our policy.

Better put some ICE on those fat putrid lips!

It's insanity like this that encourages not only the illegals to invade and remain here but the criminals who use this issue among every other issue under the sun to use violence and intimidation to overthrow America as founded.

. . . revolutionary movements often convince themselves that one spectacular act of bloodshed will awaken the public and spark sweeping political transformation. History shows otherwise, but the fantasy persists because every generation imagines it will succeed where the last one failed.
One of the interview’s most compelling moments came during a discussion of what Rothman calls the “permission structure” surrounding violence. Contrary to popular belief, widespread support isn’t necessary.
If only a small percentage of the population embraces political violence while everyone else hesitates to condemn it, whether out of fear, tribal loyalty, or ideological convenience, the normalization process begins. Silence becomes accommodation. Accommodation becomes acceptance. Acceptance becomes encouragement.

Sadly it's more than a small percentage and it and the others who may not hurl a molotov cocktail but who cheer on those who do make up a frighteningly large percentage of the populace, and all of them are Democrat/Leftists.

As I hinted at in previous posts, one cannot debate or otherwise reason with cancer. It must be eradicated, mercilessly, and excised from the body politic root and branch. How we are to do that in a manner that is in keeping with our values, heritage and abhorrence of violence is a big question mark. It is my fervent hope and prayer that the good Lord opens their eyes, hearts and minds to the evil they either perpetrate or otherwise support and make them repent and turn away and back towards a path of righteousness and decency. Before it's too late, for all of us.

Have a good day,

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

“I didn’t expect that performing this service was going to put me in the position of explaining to my children what a bulletproof vest was, and why I had to wear one.”
‘Threat Level is Really High’: Barrett Tells Congress How Threats Have Affected Her Family
Rep.-ulsive Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., used her time to question the justices about alleged bribery despite the obviously more important and glaring issue before them, that is, violence toward the justices and the conservative justices in particular.
Democrat Responds To Threats Against SCOTUS Families By Accusing Justices Of Taking Bribes
Noah Rothman unveils a century of leftist violence in America.
The Ideas That Make Violence Possible
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“Someone needs to be investigated – namely the two individuals who opened our borders up for 4 YEARS allowing the worst of the worst in here … Where is the accountability for THAT? You and ol’ Joey should be in prison.”
Kamala Harris fact-checked after slamming fatal ICE shooting of ‘illegal alien’ who allegedly tried to mow them down
Mullin is now the second DHS secretary in President Donald Trump’s second term to cave to the mob on the promise of mass deportations after noncompliance from protesters or subjects turned unexpectedly deadly. But the blame for every last death of this sort should be placed at the feet of Democrats, who insist that these encounters turn into fatal confrontations.
Mullin Caves On ICE Enforcement After Texas, Maine Shootings
William Kristol, the NeverTrump icon and supporter of President George Bush, wants to destroy the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that protects Americans from nation-changing, wage-slashing mass migration.
Former GOP Champion Bill Kristol: ‘Abolish ICE Now’
Roughly 37 million Hispanics of Mexican origin lived in the United States in 2021, according to a 2023 study by Pew Research Center. That vast population was quietly welcomed by the U.S. establishment because it spikes consumer sales, pushes up real estate prices, and forces down Americans’ wages.
Mexican Government Sends Lawyers to Block ICE Deportations
THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
The strikes may hamper Iran’s ability to disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supply passes.
WATCH: U.S. Sea Drones Hit Iranian Port in First-of-a-Kind Strike.
The strikes are part of a renewed campaign against the Iranian terrorist regime that began in response to Iran resuming violent attacks on seemingly random commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz in the first week of July, coinciding with a week-long mourning period in which the country held funerals for late dictator Ali Khamenei. President Donald Trump announced on February 28 that the former “supreme leader” was eliminated in the first American airstrikes as part of Operation Epic Fury, a campaign to erode Iran’s ability to pose a threat to its neighbors.
U.S. Bombs Iran’s Bushehr, Home to Its Only Known Nuclear Power Plant
President Trump: “Oil is flowing like never before, thanks to the awesome Power of the United States Military.”
Trump Drops Shipping Transit Fee, Says Hormuz Strait ‘Open to All Except Iran’
Trump's MOU set a trap. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fell into it.
The Trump Trap
The conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has caused pipeline and port construction projects in the Gulf to accelerate, with some set to debut as soon as next year, minimizing Iran’s leverage in the region.
Plan B Middle East allies rushing new pipelines, port to bypass Iran’s grip on Strait of Hormuz
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
. . .and yet they decided that was a fair trade-off for potentially destroying Israel. Don’t expect any of the wokies who screamed about supposed genocide in Gaza to care about this information.
Letter Shows Hamas Committed Oct. 7 While Believing Nuclear War Would Result
Breaking news: Pro wrestling is fake! Also, reality TV is scripted! And some people on social media are pretending to be much happier, more accomplished and more attractive than they are in real life! If you find all of the above perfectly and painfully obvious, congratulations: You’re much smarter than the United Nations.
Jihadi Hamas monsters have always blocked aid sent to Gaza – now the useless UN has finally admitted it
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Millionaires are Fleeing New York — Taking $11 Billion in Tax Revenue With Them
“Had New York maintained its share of the nation’s millionaires over the past decade, personal income tax collections would have been substantially higher.”
Millionaires are Fleeing New York — Taking $11 Billion in Tax Revenue With Them
In the most memorable and troubling line of his inaugural address, Mayor Mamdani vowed to “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”...The plain English translation is that he’s building a vastly bigger and strikingly more expensive government.
Michael Goodwin: Mamdani’s socialist policies give nothing but a cold shoulder. Look no further than NYC’s new homeless hellscape
A year and a half on, the policy failures are compounding the disaster’s effects.
State and Local Government Behind Slow Recovery From 2025 L.A. Wildfires
No matter how hard the politicians may wish and how much they bluster, there is simply no way to reverse this kind of death spiral by increasing tax rates.
Rhode Island Chooses Tax Hike Death Spiral
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
For more than three centuries, the Eleventh Night bonfires have been an integral, yet divisive, part of loyalist tradition in Northern Ireland.
Loyalists in Northern Ireland burn effigy of mosque in mass migration protest
Commission will use “practice of Islam” to pick government appointees.
Massachusetts Proposes Government Islam Commission
A kiss is still a kiss, as the old song goes, but in Indonesia’s Aceh province, it’s going to cost you. Not in terms of money, but in terms of the skin off your back. . .
A Kiss in Indonesia and Its Aftermath Reveal the Heart and Soul of Islam
17 states are suing over SB 54, which imposes “impact fees” that are collected by a “Producer Responsibility Organization” as part of the Newsom-Nonprofit Complex.
California’s Packaging Law: Fees, Nonprofits, and Higher Consumer Prices
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
"My religion has done more damage"
James Talarico: Christians are ‘Christofascists’, Islam is a “Path to Truth”
Activists wanted a court to block funding to Israel because it allegedly caused them anxiety.
Anti-Israel Activists Lose Lawsuit Alleging ‘Uncontrollable Weeping’ Over Military Aid
Carney’s 13-year-old daughter found her mother hidden in her bed under a duvet on Tuesday morning in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, according to the Irish Sun. According to the New York Post, she had been beaten to death with multiple head injuries, and police were investigating reports that a loud argument had been heard in her house the previous night.
Anti-ICE Woman Found Beaten To Death — Alleged Suspect Is ‘Asylum Seeker’ She Met At Pro-'Palestine' Rally
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Tuesday's revelation comes less than a year after Smith denied in sworn testimony to the House Judiciary Committee that he had surveilled lawmakers. Asked if the toll records of phone calls and text messages — displaying metadata like time stamps — that he obtained had come with the content of messages, Smith tersely replied, “No.”
Bombshell Revelation: Jack Smith Spied on 44 Members of Congress
Court records show long-held funds were recently released to Carroll.
Trump’s Long Fight With E. Jean Carroll Just Took Another Turn
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Even among Democrats, most trust the police than the media
3X Times More Americans Trust the Police Than the Media
The shareholder suit would allege that the Times’s board is failing in its oversight duties by failing to enforce basic editorial standards in the publisher’s journalism
EXCLUSIVE: Two New Law Firms Threaten New York Times With Shareholder Suit Over Gaza ‘Rape’ Story and Softball ‘Investigation’ of Platner, Accuse Times of ‘Pushing False Narratives’
The report is likely to push the British government to pursue funding reform.
Half a Million Households Drop TV License That Bankrolls the BBC in One Year.
The rantings of an unhinged Jew-hater.
Egyptian Commentator: Israel Behind Our Loss at FIFA

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Empire State follows China’s advice, not Ken Griffin’s, as 'excelsior' yields to 'moratorium'
Hochul’s Halt of Data Center Construction in New York Is Met With Dismay
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The all-items index increased 3.5% over the last 12 months after rising 4.2% in May.
June: Inflation Sees Biggest Drop Since 2020 Due to Lower Energy Prices
The report offers temporary relief to households struggling with high costs, but persistent price increases in key categories like shelter and food indicate ongoing challenges. Additionally, the Federal Reserve may still face pressure to raise interest rates depending on future inflation trends and the conflict in Iran, which has intensified in recent days after the Iranians attacked commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and President Donald J. Trump responded by declaring a ceasefire with the country “over” and launching dozens of strikes.
Inflation Eases More Than Expected with Significant Drop in Gas Prices.
The deficit this year is now on track to top $2 Trillion!
Hey, Republicans, Spending Is Still Out Of Control
“The U.S. economy demonstrated notable resiliency this year, with stronger business investment and hiring,” said Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan’s CEO, while cautioning about underlying risks.
U.S. Banking Industry Rakes In Record Profits.
The days of the “good guy” developer with promises to build a shiny housing project that will enhance the neighborhood are over because hidden in the slick sales pitch, they’ve baked in an “affordable housing” caveat.
‘Developer Mania’ Threatens What America Has Always Been
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
‘His exemplary record … demonstrates he is the right man for the right time,’ the letter from the former high-ranking officials states.
Exclusive: 77 Former DOJ Officials Urge Senate To Confirm Todd Blanche As Attorney General
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
A guide for the eternally perplexed.
Dr. Fauci’s Inferno and the Taxpayer’s Missing Dividend
ABORTION
Blanche could resolve the problem immediately by settling the case and agreeing to a court-ordered consent decree. So far, he hasn’t done so.
Todd Blanche Can End Biden’s Illegal Mail-Order Abortion Scheme Now
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Platner announced his exit two days after 41-year-old Maine resident Jenny Racicot accused him of forcibly having sex with her in 2021. The Maine Democrat was embroiled in several controversies, including his Nazi tattoo, inappropriate social media posts and his mockery of a veteran.
Graham Platner Drops Out Of Senate Race After Rape Allegation Proved To Be Final Nail In Coffin
Here Maine goes again. The state’s new far-left contender for the Democrat Party’s US Senate nomination is a faux populist with a wicked reactionary streak.
Maine socialists try again — with another he-man fake to sub for Graham Platner

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Endangered Georgia senator Ossoff has been going hat in hand to liberal billionaires even as he rails against the corrupting influence of the ultra-wealthy on the campaign trail
Meet the 39 Out-of-State Billionaires Bankrolling Jon Ossoff's Campaign After Senator Denounced 'Billionaire Money' and 'Coin-Operated' System
El-Sayed, a self-described 'sucker for automatic watches,' earned a shout-out from a watch podcast for 'rocking' a German diving watch worth roughly $3,000
Abdul El-Sayed Wears Luxury Watches Worth Thousands While Campaigning Against the Wealthy
Pulido brought his longtime friend, convicted child sex offender Frankie Caballero, to perform at a benefit concert at a Texas middle school in 2016, according to an Axios report.
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Candidate Said Molesting Kids ‘Not Necessarily Rape,’ Brought Sex Offender To School
POLITICS
“I just heard from some other source, that was an older photo,” Johnson responded. “So, I really don’t know. I haven’t talked to Mitch. I certainly wish he and his family well, I hope he can recover. Listen, it’s sad to watch people age, no matter who that person is.”
Sen. Ron Johnson Casts Doubt on Photo of Mitch McConnell in Hospital: Heard from a Source It ‘Was an Older Photo’
Just as a fictional U.S. soldier was brainwashed into becoming an enemy of the U.S., so too has the Democrat party made that transition over the last 25 years.
The Making Of A Manchurian Party
Well-funded far-left networks are targeting Idaho with a ballot initiative designed to fundamentally remake its laws on life and childhood healthcare. The Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act (RFPA), set for a vote as a ballot initiative in the November general election, promises to transform Idaho from one of the nation’s strictest pro-life states into something resembling California.
Radicals Set Sights On Turning Idaho Into California 2.0
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Back from the brink of communist destruction, Trump deserves credit for the rightward lurch across Latin America.
Trump Is Righting Latin America
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The Iraqi prime minister said U.S. troops will leave by September 30
Trump Announces U.S. Forces To Withdraw From Iraq After 23 Years
The president and his team have made enormous progress, but meeting this moment requires industry, academia and Congress to step up dramatically.
Trump’s defense reset drags US military tech into the 21st century
Raw Egg Nationalist: It’s only a matter of time before we see the use of the latest drone technology against targets in the United States.
Drone’s Eye View: The Spread of the Latest Ukrainian Tech to the Mexican Cartels Needs to Be Taken Seriously
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
“Additionally, the CDC has confirmed reports of 843 cyclosporiasis cases and 86 hospitalizations since May 1, which is considered the start of cyclosporiasis season in the U.S.”...
Officials: Lettuce or Salad Greens Linked to ‘Explosive’ Diarrhea Outbreak Hitting Thousands Across U.S.
This is a strategy we should champion: accountable, measurable, and aimed squarely at the lives of children and mothers.
Trump's plan to slash global malaria rates by 90% is the right course of action (Bring back DDT - jjs)
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
This molecule is the only possible four-carbon ketose, and on Earth it is commonly found in raspberries and sunless tanning products.
Astronomers detect a sugar molecule when looking towards the galactic center
The recoverable capsule competition is sure getting crowded. In the U.S. Reditus joins Varda, SpaceX, Inversion Space, and Sierra Space, all of whom have raised money or won contracts for doing such orbital work. In Europe, The Exploration Company in France, Atmos in Germany, PLD in Spain, Genesis in Croatia, and Space Cargo in Luxembourg have also raised capital.
Another recoverable capsule company enters the competition
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Socialist State Assemblywoman Francesca Hong reiterated her support for sex change drugs and surgeries for minors during a “Community Conversations” livestream hosted with Brix Cider on Sunday, Breitbart News reported. She vowed to immediately veto any legislation she considered an attack on the “trans community.”
Socialist Governor Candidate Wants Hospitals To Give Kids Sex Changes
Well, guess who fled Trump’s evil and oppressive America for asylum among the oh-so progressive Dutch? That would be this guy…
Trans American Who Fled to Netherlands Now Fears Violence from Muslim Migrants
Incredible discovery.
Med School Dean: “The Vast Majority of Pregnancies Are in Women”
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Difficulties must not blind us to the Founders' intentions and achievements.
America’s Multicultural Miracle
Christian Toto: Christopher Nolan's casting choices sparked culture war rage on Right
Did Conservatives Jump the Gun on ‘The Odyssey?’
The original "Lord of the Rings" trilogy faced criticism from some commentators over its lack of racial diversity.
New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Director Rejects ‘Politically Correct’ Casting

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1 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 07:21 AM (RIvkX)

2 Whiskey Wednesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:21 AM (/+uur)

3 Top 5!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 07:21 AM (RjOoY)

4 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

5 There's a trickle of a preference cascade starting to form.... the more the breathless fake commie "news" keeps pushing stories of scumbags getting ventilated in a gross ploy to garner sympathy for the scumbags, the more normal people just trying to live their lives in the Great Enshittification hear it and say ".... Good."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:23 AM (Ot/FD)

6 2 Whiskey Wednesday
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:21 AM
......
I'll drink to that!

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 15, 2026 07:23 AM (2Ez/1)

7 I truly don't even have a speck of "oh that's a shame" left in me at stories like that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:24 AM (Ot/FD)

8 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at July 15, 2026 07:24 AM (JGS5U)

9 (It is a shame, but only for the cops and agents doing their jobs who now have to wade through a lifetime of bullshit over some dickhead that never should have even been here in the first place.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:25 AM (Ot/FD)

10 Yonder Horde

Trump needs to have a chat with Mullin.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 07:25 AM (jehhT)

11 If only a small percentage of the population embraces political violence while everyone else hesitates to condemn it, whether out of fear, tribal loyalty, or ideological convenience, the normalization process begins. Silence becomes accommodation. Accommodation becomes acceptance. Acceptance becomes encouragement.
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It helps if that small percentage controls the commanding heights of academia, media, law enforcement, and administration.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

12 "Forty-four members of Congress had their text messages viewed by former special counsel Jack Smith’s team amid a probe into President Trump, in an move that Republicans say “ran roughshod over the Constitution.”"

Will this cause the GOP to spring to action, or will they sit in the corner and watch the Constitution get raped? I think you know the answer to that.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 07:26 AM (MWfyi)

13 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 07:26 AM (ExV1e)

14 ICE agents that shoot and don't kill a criminal illegal invader should receive a bonus as well as a attaboy in their permanent record.
ICE agents that shoot and kill criminal illegal invaders should receive a bonus, an attaboy in their permanent record, a promotion, extra vacation time and a week's free lunch at Chipotle.

Posted by: Shoot Them All at July 15, 2026 07:27 AM (qC81n)

15 Good Morning.

Let's smile and get rid of these illegal aliens by any means necessary.

Posted by: Case at July 15, 2026 07:27 AM (IY9No)

16 Willowed: "Old Times Square with all the x rated theaters and drug dealers and hookers and stuff."
++++

Hello sailor.
Posted by: Bourbon Street at July 15, 2026

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When I was a kid in the early Sixties there, only the first six or seven blocks of Bourbon were Party World. Starting in the block where I lived and running another six or so to its end, Bourbon was residential with service businesses like a hardware store, a barber shop, laundromat, an upholstery shop, a grocery store, etc.

That downriver half of Bourbon is still residential, but those service businesses, I think, are all gone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 07:28 AM (wzUl9)

17 7 I truly don't even have a speck of "oh that's a shame" left in me at stories like that.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:24 AM

Here are some examples:
https://youtube.com/shorts/9RnN5v7Wjg0

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at July 15, 2026 07:28 AM (2Ez/1)

18 It isn't necessarily a cave to cut back on vehicle stops as a means of detaining illegals. If it's becoming more difficult to do it that way than it's worth, then... don't do it that way. Adapt, adjust, learn, improvise. I doubt Mullins's position is that they can all just stay. Just that the once low hanging fruit of pulling them over in their unregistered, uninsured cars is exposing his agents to more risk than it used to.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:29 AM (Ot/FD)

19 opened the door to go out with friends and saw in our street, it was full of police cars who had responded to a false report of gun shots and raised voices in my home,” Barrett testified.

The obvious point of swatting is that many time the police are in on the swat.
They know the address, they know who lives there, and they go armed to the teeth.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:30 AM (/+uur)

20 16 Willowed: "Old Times Square with all the x rated theaters and drug dealers and hookers and stuff."
++++

Hello sailor.
Posted by: Bourbon Street at July 15, 2026

When Times Square was cleaned up asshole columnist Jimmy Breslin was upset and nostalgic for the sleaze and criminals. Asshole.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2026 07:30 AM (x0n13)

21 ‘Threat Level is Really High’: Barrett Tells Congress How Threats Have Affected Her Family
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Terrorism works.

The next time President Trump has an opportunity to nominate a Supreme Court Justice that person will be taking a long, long look at what they are in for because they know that the job carries with it significant personal risk.

Who wants to put their family through that?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 15, 2026 07:30 AM (FZ29D)

22 Kamala Harris condemned the ICE agents i

Who in Hell cares what Kamala "Border Czar" Harris "thinks" about the very agents who exist to protect the nation's border?

She had her shot. She swallowed it.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 07:30 AM (a4flb)

23 Mullin should say, "We will NOT cease doing traffic stops, and in fact will double and triple them. If you don't like it, go home. If you don't want to be shot by ICE officers, don't try to shoot them or run them down. That is all."

We need somebody in there who is somewhere to the right of Roger B. Taney. I hereby volunteer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 07:30 AM (wzUl9)

24 Will this cause the GOP to spring to action, or will they sit in the corner and watch the Constitution get raped? I think you know the answer to that.
Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 07:26 AM
+++

Hang on, I'm still fixing breakfast.

Posted by: The Nothing Will Happen guy at July 15, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1)

25 Mexican Government Sends Lawyers to Block ICE Deportations
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Mexican politicians should be concerned about trade relations with the US. The US administration has already notified Canada that the USMC trade agreement will be allowed to lapse. Mexico could also be part of that ending.

Posted by: clarence at July 15, 2026 07:32 AM (JGS5U)

26 I have to admit the first time I saw Bryant Park all cleaned up after being in California 20 years it was very disorienting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

27 Adapt, adjust, learn, improvise. I doubt Mullins's position is that they can all just stay.

I'm interpreting this as a Susan Collins election contribution.

It isn't like ICE agents are resigning to the nearest fire station and playing bridge until retirement.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 07:33 AM (a4flb)

28 Mexican politicians should be concerned about trade relations with the US. The US administration has already notified Canada that the USMC trade agreement will be allowed to lapse. Mexico could also be part of that ending.
Posted by: clarence at July 15, 2026 07:32 AM (JGS5U)
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I suspect Mexican politicians are more concerned about not being killed by the cartels.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 15, 2026 07:33 AM (FZ29D)

29 Apparently a segment of the population is just fine with the Democrats go-to method of protest; violence. It should be met with violence itself.

These people have been brainwashed, radicalized to the point of being a danger to society.

I'd call that out. And make note that citizens putting themselves at risk for illegals, or violently interfering with ICE are putting themselves at risk and the end result could be death.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 07:34 AM (jehhT)

30 What Mullin should be doing is standing behind his troops and publicly urging them to do their duty and announce that the use of lethal force to defend one's life in the line o duty will always be our policy.

That sounds great... to us. Maybe to 20% of the country. But a large swath of people are easily swayed by emotional argument, something the Democrats have been using for decades, and there's the midterms coming up.

Not everything can be done at 100% all the time.

Also, bear in mind that any powers and aggressive stance that we insist federal law enforcement be given, and use vigorously, can, and will, be used against us once the Democrats regain power.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

31 Our congenital defensiveness and fear of the media strikes once again. But how hard was it to see that Mullins was another GOP fraud, full of bluster and tough talk until it came time to own the issue.

They double down, we equivocate and retreat.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 15, 2026 07:35 AM (fZiTB)

32 "Mexican politicians should be concerned about trade relations with the US."
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We're only worried about the graft.

Posted by: Mexican politicians at July 15, 2026 07:35 AM (2Ez/1)

33 Mexican Government Sends Lawyers to Block ICE Deportations

I'm pretty sure that people in the Trump Administration are reminding this nutcase about the tens of billions of annual remittances from this country into Mexico can be taxed, surcharged and regulated away.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 07:36 AM (a4flb)

34 basically if you are in free society, a capitalist society, after two or three, four, generations of hard work everyone becomes kind of decadent, lazy, spoiled — whatever. Then, luckily, you have these waves of people coming in

Tell you exactly how Kristal thinks about hard working Americans.
You must be replaced every 90 years because you do not work cheap enough or hard enough.
Fuck you Bill

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)

35 Stop going after the illegals directly. Go after the legals who make it possible for them to live here comfortably.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:37 AM (Ot/FD)

36 Ordinary American

I think Treasury is going after the money underpinning the protests.

No money, no organized protests. I can take that trade as a tactical shift from street arrests, which can be changed as needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

37 "Did Conservatives Jump the Gun on ‘The Odyssey?’"

No. To Hades with Hollywood.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 07:37 AM (MWfyi)

38 Warai-otoko

*Fist bump*

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

39 Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

Thanks. I hope so.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 15, 2026 07:38 AM (fZiTB)

40 I suspect Mexican politicians are more concerned about not being killed by the cartels.
****

Most of those politicians are paid off by the cartels. If the US lets the trade agreement lapse, legitimate trade gets higher tariffs and less access. It could also be an incentive for the US to go after the banks that handle all of the cartels money laundering.

Posted by: clarence at July 15, 2026 07:40 AM (JGS5U)

41 "And interest on the debt? That’s running $78 billion ahead of last year."

We spent $958 BILLION on interest payments for the debt last year. We are going to spend over $1 TRILLION to service our debt this year and it is only going to get worse because we are adding $2 TRILLION in new debt each year.

This is not sustainable.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 15, 2026 07:41 AM (0N4FZ)

42 Any time, ANY time, the Constitution is supported and its attackers are damaged is a reason for celebration.

The invasion of the US and the support of it by domestic enemies is only one facet of the present war. A war the left is committed to winning by multiple aggressive and passive methods.

I've brought the subject up here and elsewhere I am often accused of being a Fed plant, and given the recent history of khaki-sunglasses-Jan 6-not-so-secret-police I get how that happens.

So what is the defense? The senate is irretrievably corrupt, the money machine in politics torpedoes effective individual speech, the days of Mister Smith going to Washington were fantasy even when that movie was made, and the America many of us grew up in is long behind us with no path for returning.

What are we to do, other than complain, I mean? The enemies are partly easily identified, and partly well-concealed. Speaking out? Does that have an effect, or are the iPhones hypnotized the masses so well everyone is deaf?

Go ahead and call me a Fed plant if you like, but invaders were once repelled by shot and shell. As far as I can tell the First Barbary War has not ended but has expanded.

Posted by: He who questions all of it at July 15, 2026 07:42 AM (vj9mz)

43 "Did Conservatives Jump the Gun on ‘The Odyssey?"
++++

"Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

Posted by: Betteridge at July 15, 2026 07:42 AM (2Ez/1)

44 A leftist Canadian woman allegedly slapped a teen who was wearing President Trump-branded clothing on the Jersey Shore over the Fourth of July weekend — before she was arrested and detained by immigration officials.

Kaitlyn E. Tracey, 33, allegedly recorded herself confronting a group of four girls on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk when she became violent on July 3.

Posted by: SMOD at July 15, 2026 07:43 AM (YtmxO)

45 > I think Treasury is going after the money underpinning the protests.
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I'm sure they are.

However that does nothing to quell the radicalized individuals who act on their own accord. And there are many of them that will act when there's no protest, paid or not.

I have a suspicion there are a lot more of them roaming around, just itching for a reason to ram an ICE agent, stab a counter protester or whatever.

Street violence has been normalized. Either we get used to it or actively do something to quell it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 07:43 AM (jehhT)

46 “The enemy will not hesitate to use all the means and weapons at its disposal, not only through attack but also by other means,” Sinwar coolly speculated. “It may even use a nuclear bomb.

Instead they find you at home, safe in your bed, and kill you like a thief in the night. 1300 times so far.

hahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:44 AM (/+uur)

47 Also, bear in mind that any powers and aggressive stance that we insist federal law enforcement be given, and use vigorously, can, and will, be used against us once the Democrats regain power.

If the Demonic Party regains power, its Light's Out and a Thousand Years of Darkness. We don't have to wait to see what they will do, J6 gave us a glimpse.

Thy didn't wait to see if the GOP would weaponize every department of government — they went and did it anyway.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 07:44 AM (a4flb)

48 Mexican Government Sends Lawyers to Block ICE Deportations

Cuz the Democrat lawyers just didn't want it badly enough.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e)

49 New York City has a Muslim mayor from Uganda who has been a naturalized U.S. citizen for only eight years. Minneapolis has a Muslim member of Congress from Somalia who became a naturalized U.S. citizen at the age of seventeen. Roughly 4% of Congress are foreign-born naturalized citizens, while 15% of Congress have at least one immigrant parent. A third of the judges occupying prestigious and powerful positions on the D.C. District Courts were born in foreign nations.

Posted by: SMOD at July 15, 2026 07:45 AM (YtmxO)

50 Will this cause the GOP to spring to action, or will they sit in the corner and watch the Constitution get raped?

As I am fond of saying "Questions you know the answer to should not be asked."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 07:45 AM (RjOoY)

51 Never trust a guy with two first names morphed into one.

Who names their kid Markwayne, anyway?

Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 07:46 AM (J4Dwc)

52 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 07:46 AM (mISmA)

53 There's a trickle of a preference cascade starting to form"

Indeed. I wondered yesterday, tho - why the protests in Maine but not in Houston? Odd, if all "hispanics" are of one mind.
(hint - all are not).
Also, I note that the "cave" on enforcement tale comes from one single 3rd hand "report". I'll wait before lighting pitchforks.

Posted by: man at July 15, 2026 07:46 AM (XuXeR)

54 Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday condemned the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents involved in the fatal shooting of a Colombian national who allegedly tried to run them over — and the onetime “border czar” was swiftly given a fact check online.

Posted by: SMOD at July 15, 2026 07:47 AM (YtmxO)

55 "... and my other brother Markwayne..."

Posted by: Larry at July 15, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

56 Mexican Government Sends Lawyers to Block ICE Deportations

Cuz the Democrat lawyers just didn't want it badly enough.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Handcuff a wetback to evey mexican lawyer and sendbthem back.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 07:48 AM (mISmA)

57 Stop going after the illegals directly. Go after the legals who make it possible for them to live here comfortably.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:37 AM (Ot/FD)

This is the way. Go after those who profit from our modern day slave trade.

Posted by: Meat Packers, Roofers and Churches at July 15, 2026 07:48 AM (qC81n)

58 Who names their kid Markwayne, anyway?

Parents who like seeing the dismay on their child's face when entering a gift shop and their son can't find any vacation souvenirs with his name on it.

Builds character, and less junk to throw out later.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 07:48 AM (a4flb)

59 Kaitlyn E. Tracey, 33, allegedly recorded herself confronting a group of four girls on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk when she became violent on July 3."

Quiz - who has more face piercings, her or her husband?

Yeah. Dimwit.

Posted by: man at July 15, 2026 07:49 AM (XuXeR)

60 Commission will use “practice of Islam” to pick government appointees.
Massachusetts Proposes Government Islam Commission

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This is absolute f'n madness. It's hard for my eyes and ears to see just how quickly this demonic cult "religion" is making substantial inroads in this country. Horrifying doesn't begin to describe it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 15, 2026 07:49 AM (qBdHI)

61 *slinks off to barrel*

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 15, 2026 07:49 AM (qBdHI)

62 This is the way. Go after those who profit from our modern day slave trade.
Posted by: Meat Packers, Roofers and Churches at July 15, 2026 07:48 AM (qC81n)

The people who profit most from the modern day slave trade are the Democrats in Congress because their state gets more representation because all bodies count whether they're citizens or not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 07:50 AM (ExV1e)

63 As I am fond of saying "Questions you know the answer to should not be asked."

Clearly you are not a trial lawyer.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 07:50 AM (a4flb)

64 Parents who like seeing the dismay on their child's face when entering a gift shop and their son can't find any vacation souvenirs with his name on it.

Builds character, and less junk to throw out later.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 07:48 AM (a4flb)
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 15, 2026 07:51 AM (FZ29D)

65 >We spent $958 BILLION on interest payments for the debt last year.
++++

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at July 15, 2026 07:51 AM (2Ez/1)

66 {{{Lady in Black}}}

Good morning.

The ~good news is that the Left using Islam to take control ends up with Islam in control, and a lot of dead leftists. Seen this before.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

67 Close tags in the nic ftw

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

68 Kaitlyn E. Tracey, 33, allegedly recorded herself confronting a group of four girls on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk when she became violent on July 3."

Quiz - who has more face piercings, her or her husband?

Yeah. Dimwit.
Posted by: man at July 15, 2026 07:49 AM (XuXeR)

It is amazing to see how many people not only record themselves breaking the law but then post it to social media.

It is disheartening to know how many are never punished for the crimes they show themselves committing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 07:52 AM (ExV1e)

69 Indeed. I wondered yesterday, tho - why the protests in Maine but not in Houston? Odd, if all "hispanics" are of one mind.
(hint - all are not).
Also, I note that the "cave" on enforcement tale comes from one single 3rd hand "report". I'll wait before lighting pitchforks.
Posted by: man at July 15, 2026 07:46 AM (XuXeR)

Well the only one in Maine just got schwacked, so...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:52 AM (Ot/FD)

70 Stop going after the illegals directly. Go after the legals who make it possible for them to live here comfortably.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:37 AM (Ot/FD)

This is the way. Go after those who profit from our modern day slave trade.
Posted by: Meat Packers, Roofers and Churches

Said that for years. Same as you go after a drug dealer's house and cars, (asset forfeiture), take a meat packing plant or a roofing company.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 07:52 AM (mISmA)

71 Commission will use “practice of Islam” to pick government appointees.
Massachusetts Proposes Government Islam Commission

Seems like that would violate the Constitution but maybe CJ Roberts would decide that it's just a tax.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)

72 San Franpsycho

Eh. Time in the Barrel toughens the survivors.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

73 *It is amazing to see how many people not only record themselves breaking the law but then post it to social media.*
++++

We appreciate it when they self identify.

Posted by: The normies at July 15, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)

74 This was willowed from this morning. I'm praying for all of them.

68 My daughter needs every prayer the Horde can muster. Almost six hours ago she had complete heart failure. She is currently in the ICU on a heart lung machine. They will soon take her to the OR to see if they can figure out what is happening. My thanks in advance. I have faith in the Horse's power of prayer.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 15, 2026 06:26 AM (l4yIu)

It's a gut punch when you hear things like that from parents about their kids.

I was up all night working. Not having a dog to carry up and down the stairs helped productivity.

All of you take care.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 07:54 AM (Sco7b)

75 “Christianity is Season 2, and Islam is Season 3,” Talarico told the New Yorker. “I’m Season 2—the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they’ve done to each other.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:54 AM (/+uur)

76 Time in the Barrel toughens the survivors.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)

But the smart ones take steps to ensure it doesn't happen to them again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

77 Incredible discovery.
Med School Dean: “The Vast Majority of Pregnancies Are in Women”

*bloosh* mind blown by this new learing

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 07:56 AM (wVcYX)

78 Clearly you are not a trial lawyer.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 07:50 AM (a4flb)
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Nor a mafia don.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 07:56 AM (RIvkX)

79 75 “Christianity is Season 2, and Islam is Season 3,” Talarico told the New Yorker. “I’m Season 2—the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they’ve done to each other.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:54 AM (/+uur)

Someone needs a gay cruise to forcibly drop him off in Iran...

Later...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 07:56 AM (Sco7b)

80 “Christianity is Season 2, and Islam is Season 3,” Talarico told the New Yorker. “I’m Season 2—the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they’ve done to each other.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:54 AM (/+uur)

Between this, and crying over the dead illegal in Houston, and saying that drag is the most important thing in the world, and we should ban guns, and meat...

He's gonna run away with that Senate race.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

81 75 “Christianity is Season 2, and Islam is Season 3,” Talarico told the New Yorker. “I’m Season 2—the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they’ve done to each other.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:54 AM (/+uur)

What in the high holy fuck is this new jack retard babbling about now?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:57 AM (Ot/FD)

82 Parents who like seeing the dismay on their child's face when entering a gift shop and their son can't find any vacation souvenirs with his name on it.

--

I used to get sad as a young kid when the Romper Room lady would look into her mirror at the end of the show and call out kid's names. She never said mine! *wipes tear*

K-E-L-L-Y. Say it! It's not that hard! I think I've felt like an outcast ever since....

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 15, 2026 07:57 AM (qBdHI)

83 It is disheartening to know how many are never punished for the crimes they show themselves committing.

In a normal functioning society, the Canadian woman who got handsy would have received Karma Right There in the form of a public beat-down.

That is one thing I like about the Mexican culture, when the police guns down one of theirs, the Normals will shake their head and say, "Yeah, he deserved it" and move on. Its the idiots who like societal decay who threaten to sue everyone for the crime of self-defense or enforcing the law against a determined criminal.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 07:57 AM (a4flb)

84 Good morning, beloved Horde!

Perhaps I'm a bit of a Pollyanna, but I have a different interpretation of Mullin's order regarding ICE agents. I thought I read that the pause in pull overs was temporary, pending training in adjusted strategies. It makes sense to me that if their current traffic stop protocol allows the opportunity for attempted ramming, they would adjust their protocol to reduce the opportunities for ramming. Example: suppose officers alter their approach to a vehicle so that they reduce the time spent in its potential path.

In this case, Mullin is NOT caving.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 15, 2026 07:57 AM (OlzlW)

85 Parents who like seeing the dismay on their child's face when entering a gift shop and their son can't find any vacation souvenirs with his name on it.

About ten odd years ago, my mom gave me a keychain with my name on it. She said it always made her sad when she saw that my name was never available on them.

Childhood Trauma: Healed.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 07:57 AM (RjOoY)

86 FWIW, Amy Coney Barrett should step down. She's playing at politics, and has no idea how dangerous that can be...
that, or toughen up.

Posted by: man at July 15, 2026 07:57 AM (XuXeR)

87 Stateless

Thank you for reposting. I should have done that.
Captain Josepha Sabin and her husband XO are interesting people. She owned a bookstore, and to move they had to offload a lot of books.

Took a tour of the local Art Museum with her. Saw some Art Thread winners.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

88 Not being funny but you kind of knew with a name like Markwayne

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 07:58 AM (jqCWg)

89 I think I've felt like an outcast ever since....

So that is why you find comfort in the company of the Island of Misfits here.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 07:58 AM (a4flb)

90 In New York, the top 1% of earners pay about 45% of all state income taxes in any given year, so New York’s revenue is very reliant on high earners to stay in New York, and that has been a challenge in recent years.
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Oops. Barely an inconvenience to move out of NY, so unless Hochul's Democrats can staunch the bleeding, NY is going to be worse off every day than it was the day before.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 07:58 AM (tld9k)

91 But the smart ones take steps to ensure it doesn't happen to them again."

Never say Never... again.

Posted by: man at July 15, 2026 07:59 AM (XuXeR)

92 “Christianity is Season 2, and Islam is Season 3,” Talarico told the New Yorker. “I’m Season 2—the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they’ve done to each other.”
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Islam isn't a religion, you political popcorn fart.

Posted by: It's a cult at July 15, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)

93 A leftist Canadian woman allegedly slapped a teen who was wearing President Trump-branded clothing on the Jersey Shore over the Fourth of July weekend — before she was arrested and detained by immigration officials.

Kaitlyn E. Tracey, 33, allegedly recorded herself confronting a group of four girls on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk when she became violent on July 3.
Posted by: SMOD at July 15, 2026 07:43 AM (YtmxO)

Should have the shit kicked out of her. Immediately. Jersey style. In the not too distant past, she would have been swallowing her teeth.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 15, 2026 07:59 AM (5xuJ/)

94 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 07:59 AM (2YhKe)

95 Captain Josepha Sabin and the XO also attended my miniMoMeet for Jewells45, less than a year before she passed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

96 "Son, one day you'll be famous enough that a German newscaster is going to be forced to say your name out loud on TV....."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:59 AM (Ot/FD)

97 Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday condemned the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents involved in the fatal shooting of a Colombian national who allegedly tried to run them over — and the onetime “border czar” was swiftly given a fact check online.
Posted by: SMOD at July 15, 2026 07:47 AM (YtmxO)

Her version of Oblahblah's, "I don't have all the facts, but the police acted stupidly"?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 08:00 AM (wVcYX)

98 Barely an inconvenience to move out of NY, so unless Hochul's Democrats can staunch the bleeding"

Hey, I know - let's tax soda!

/philly

Posted by: man at July 15, 2026 08:00 AM (XuXeR)

99 FWIW, Amy Coney Barrett should step down. She's playing at politics, and has no idea how dangerous that can be...
that, or toughen up.
Posted by: man at July 15, 2026 07:57 AM (XuXeR)

I'd be happy if she just glanced at the Constitution. You know, once.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 08:00 AM (ExV1e)

100 They will continue having their minions commit suicide in an effort to get the masses to scream for the government to "DO SOMETHING!"

And they will. And no one will be safe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:00 AM (2YhKe)

101 Good morning Hordelings! Hope everyone is having a good day so far!

Posted by: Doof at July 15, 2026 08:00 AM (QLC6i)

102 Her version of Oblahblah's, "I don't have all the facts, but the police acted stupidly"?
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 08:00 AM (wVcYX)

Yeah, that's what we need.

A fucking Franzia Summit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:01 AM (Ot/FD)

103 Media trust is currently at 14%, trust in newspapers is at 17% while trust in the police is at 45%.

now do doctors

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:01 AM (/+uur)

104 First, burner phones made it impossible to catch anyone committing crimes. Now they can simply drive away with no fear of being apprehended.

What a great time to be alive.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:02 AM (2YhKe)

105 What in the high holy fuck is this new jack retard babbling about now?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:57 AM (Ot/FD)
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More nonsense from Talarico. He's just value signaling "empathy". The guy is so superficial and thoughtless that he doesn't really understand how dangerous his words are.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:02 AM (tld9k)

106 The Left is perfectly willing to have their idiots sacrifice themselves to get what they want. And they also have no problem threatening Supreme Court justices to get what they want.

Posted by: blaster at July 15, 2026 08:02 AM (NlEaG)

107 Incredible discovery.
Med School Dean: “The Vast Majority of Pregnancies Are in Women”
++++++++

They know what causes that now.

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at July 15, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)

108 now do doctors"

Phrasing?

/chunky nurses everywhere

Posted by: man at July 15, 2026 08:03 AM (XuXeR)

109 More nonsense from Talarico. He's just value signaling "empathy". The guy is so superficial and thoughtless that he doesn't really understand how dangerous his words are.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:02 AM (tld9k)

Sometimes it dawns on me that when these pencil necked goobers wax wroth on how horrible and pestilent and damaging their own putative culture is and has always been throughout history...

They're actually bragging.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:04 AM (Ot/FD)

110 The things that come out of Talarico's mouth simply astound me. I'm left thinking it can't possibly be true. Yet, it is. Incidentally, he dumps on "his" Christianity so much. Sure makes one wonder why he wants to be called a Christian at all. This is one vile POS that needs a curb stomp. I hope he gets obliterated in November with the most embarrassing loss commensurate with his insanity.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 15, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

111 now do doctors
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 08:01 AM (/+uur)

I'm pretty okay with my radiotherapist. And my gastroenterologist.

Most of the other doctors I've had in the past 30 years... not so much.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 08:04 AM (ExV1e)

112 “Christianity is Season 2, and Islam is Season 3,”

Talk about surrender. Why doesn't he discard his f'd up pseudo christian skin suit and pull on a burqua and bash his head against the ground several times a day?

The most violent? Damn, son, you missed Communism 20th Century Style.

And please explain exactly what form of Christianity is lobbing missiles at all of their neighbors in service of fulfilling Armageddon fantasies?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 08:05 AM (a4flb)

113 I used to have a different nic

Any super powers yet, like loading the dishwasher to your wife's satisfaction?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

114
The ~good news is that the Left using Islam to take control ends up with Islam in control, and a lot of dead leftists. Seen this before.

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So true, Salty. Only bad part is once they're entrenched and overtake those blind idiots on the left, we'll still be stuck with their death cult religion too. In even greater numbers.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 15, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

115 The most violent? Damn, son, you missed Communism 20th Century Style.

Also, neither the Nazis not the Imperial Japanese were Christian.
Also, WWI wasn't a religious war.
Also, neither was any other European war more recent than the 16th century, or so.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

116 Christianity is Season 2, and Islam is Season 3,” Talarico told the New Yorker. “I’m Season 2—the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they’ve done to each other.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:54 AM (/+uur)

What in the high holy fuck is this new jack retard babbling about now?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Tater Word Salad has no clue what he spews.
His ass is jealous of all the shit that comes out of his mouth.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:08 AM (mISmA)

117 Any super powers yet, like loading the dishwasher to your wife's satisfaction?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:06 AM
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I'm right here, boss.

Posted by: The toilet seat at July 15, 2026 08:08 AM (2Ez/1)

118 104> First, burner phones made it impossible to catch anyone committing crimes.

Most idiots fire-up their burner phones proximate to their own phone. Might as well connect the two.

Network analysis software, which has been around for decades, makes "burner phones" only useful for Hollywood plot fixing.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 15, 2026 08:08 AM (a4flb)

119 If you thought Nolan's movie couldn't sink any deeper than the Kraken finding out Lupita is Helen of Troy...

In another nod to 'modernity,' Nolan's script drops the F-bomb.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2026 08:08 AM (2GVsD)

120 Morning again Horde thx JJ.
Senator Tuberville said the data centers can come up Alabama after Hochul 's ban. The data center people have to learn to bribe NY politicians to get things done

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 08:09 AM (m2wmY)

121 Any super powers yet, like loading the dishwasher to your wife's satisfaction?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

I can become invisible. But only when I'm naked and no one is looking at me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

122 The toilet seat

I found separate and unequal bathrooms to be one key to a stress-free marriage.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

123 “Christianity is Season 2, and Islam is Season 3,” Talarico told the New Yorker. “I’m Season 2—the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they’ve done to each other.”
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Islam isn't a religion, you political popcorn fart.
Posted by: It's a cult at July 15, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)

Talarico is a menace to society and a danger to himself and others.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:10 AM (2YhKe)

124 Through the whole period of history when Christianity was exceptionally violent... Everyone else was too. The world was a violent place. Everyone was killing everyone. You had to literally alter the environment by how many people you murdered to make a name for yourself as an especially murdery murderer, like Genghis Khan.

The various wars between the Christians and Muslims for hundreds of years were just another side show in the wars between Everyone and Everyone. They were a bit more flashy about it, and had to walk farther to get there. But the second everyone came back from fighting the Infidels, they went straight back to fighting Larry from across the Danube, or Abu Ben-Booby from the next wadi over.

Some rice dicked little spaz doesn't get to crown himself with the title of Most Violent just because he wants to feel special.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:10 AM (Ot/FD)

125 that, or toughen up.
Posted by: man at July 15, 2026 07:57 AM (XuXeR)

Neither will happen. Once a careerist squish, always a careerist squish.

Posted by: Ordinary American at July 15, 2026 08:10 AM (fZiTB)

126 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 15, 2026 08:10 AM (53oGX)

127 Patti LaBelle screeched out some ear-wrecking version of the National Anthem prior to last night's MLB All-star Game.

So tired of this shit.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 08:10 AM (J4Dwc)

128 More than two decades after the United States invaded Iraq, American forces are set to complete their withdrawal from the country by September 30, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced Tuesday during an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump.
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Seems like kind of a big deal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:11 AM (+aBHc)

129 Patti LaBelle is still alive?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2026 08:11 AM (2GVsD)

130 California roadside icon Pea Soup Andersen's, closed for years, to be demolished

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That's a shame.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 08:11 AM (RIvkX)

131 More than two decades after the United States invaded Iraq, American forces are set to complete their withdrawal from the country by September 30, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced Tuesday during an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump.
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Seems like kind of a big deal.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:11 AM (+aBHc)

TACO -- Congressional Democrats

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

132 Huck Follywood

Bringing the troops home to defend Festung America?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

133 How long did it take people to figure out the opposition to Trump from high ranking "conservatives" wasnt personal at all, but actually political because they were leftard idiots?

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 08:12 AM (jqCWg)

134 Patti LaBelle screeched out some ear-wrecking version of the National Anthem prior to last night's MLB All-star Game.

So tired of this shit.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 08:10 AM (J4Dwc)

Did they DIE the horrible female umpire to the All-Star game? I mean, they forced her upon the league and she's been as terrible as everyone thought she'd be. Might as well make a spectacle of her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)

135 Talarico and Harris need to start a podcast.

See which one can blither the most.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2026 08:12 AM (2GVsD)

136 But comrade we are anti ICE. Up agin the wall...comrade.

Posted by: little people at July 15, 2026 08:12 AM (ehY6c)

137 I found separate and unequal bathrooms to be one key to a stress-free marriage.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:09 AM
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It also seems practical to have two dishwashers side by side, with the dishes continuously alternating between them.

Posted by: But that's just me at July 15, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

138 Patti Labelle has been murdering the Anthem for 40 years

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 08:13 AM (jqCWg)

139 Sometimes it dawns on me that when these pencil necked goobers wax wroth on how horrible and pestilent and damaging their own putative culture is and has always been throughout history...

They're actually bragging.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:04 AM (Ot/FD)
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Talarico does indeed sound like he's pretty self-impressed. Smug even.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:13 AM (+aBHc)

140 Anna Puma

Harris has no ability to influence Talarico. He is very anti-woman.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:14 AM (u82oZ)

141 Christians, according to Talarico, are ‘Christofascists’ who are practicing “Christofascism”.

Christianity is far more violent than Islam, according to him, and has caused far more damage to Islam than the other way around.

How is this idiot tied or 1 point down from Paxton?

Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2026 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

142 The Empire State leads the nation in state and local taxes collected, with per capita collections at $12,495 – or 78% above the US average.
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Madmani: "We must tax more!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:15 AM (+aBHc)

143 So true, Salty. Only bad part is once they're entrenched and overtake those blind idiots on the left, we'll still be stuck with their death cult religion too. In even greater numbers.
Posted by: Lady in Black

They will hate my rules of engagement. Trust me.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:15 AM (mISmA)

144 Talarico does indeed sound like he's pretty self-impressed. Smug even.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:13 AM (+aBHc)

He just oozes children in his crawlspace. MANY children in his crawlspace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:15 AM (2YhKe)

145 “Christianity is Season 2, and Islam is Season 3,”

What season is Judaism?

What the hell is he babbling about or is he trying to be cute with his answers on Christianity?

Posted by: dantesed at July 15, 2026 08:16 AM (Oy/m2)

146 But that's just me

Lack of space in the kitchen, and plumbing limitations make 1 dishwasher a winning argument.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

147 They will hate my rules of engagement. Trust me.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:15 AM (mISmA)

Rule #1: Don't miss.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:16 AM (Ot/FD)

148 How is this idiot tied or 1 point down from Paxton?
Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2026 08:14 AM (NpAcC)
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The polls might be wrong.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:16 AM (+aBHc)

149 The Empire State leads the nation in state and local taxes collected, with per capita collections at $12,495 – or 78% above the US average.
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Madmani: "We must tax more!"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:15 AM (+aBHc)

Yet, it's not enough. It's never enough.

And the electorate keeps re-electing this garbage.

Wake up, stupid. You're destroying yourself.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

150 Remember when the world stopped the Nazis by slapping teenage girls for wearing certain clothes?

Canada does.

What a pathetic fucking country.

I hope ICE deports that dumb bint. And her soy boy dick-licking husband.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 08:17 AM (hJ9AL)

151 The Empire State leads the nation in state and local taxes collected, with per capita collections at $12,495 – or 78% above the US average.

That's not the flex they think it is.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:17 AM (mISmA)

152 How is talarico 1 point down or tied with Paxton? The poll was taken in Talarico 's " church".

Posted by: Ben Had at July 15, 2026 08:17 AM (afJtY)

153 He just oozes children in his crawlspace. MANY children in his crawlspace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:15 AM (2YhKe)

Almost all human children, too!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:17 AM (Ot/FD)

154
What the hell is he babbling about or is he trying to be cute with his answers on Christianity?
Posted by: dantesed at July 15, 2026 08:16 AM (Oy/m2)

Forget it, he's pandering.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

155 *How is this idiot tied or 1 point down from Paxton?*

He's not.

Posted by: Polls are for strippers at July 15, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

156 He just oozes children in his crawlspace. MANY children in his crawlspace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:15 AM (2YhKe)
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Walz-like.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:18 AM (+aBHc)

157 How is this idiot tied or 1 point down from Paxton?
Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2026 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

Like this...

I commissioned the Totally Bullshit, Made Up poll to tell me how the Senate race in Texas was going. They polled 1048 imaginary people and came up with Talarico 78%, Paxton 1%, Some Random Ayatollah 21%.

It's not intended to measure anything, it's intended to convince the weak-willed that something which ISN'T popular is so they will back it to be part of the "in crowd".

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

158 They will hate my rules of engagement. Trust me.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:15 AM (mISmA)

Rule #1: Don't miss.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Rule #1. Women and children are fair game.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:18 AM (mISmA)

159 So true, Salty. Only bad part is once they're entrenched and overtake those blind idiots on the left, we'll still be stuck with their death cult religion too. In even greater numbers.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 15, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

The bright side, if there is one, a LOT more Christians will wake up ready to take care of business than if everyone remained in their slumber. As Reagan said - if you want peace, you can have peace right now. Surrender.

I will say again - in underestimating Christians, the bloodthirsty Left and Islam are making one of the gravest miscalculations in world history. But they can't help themselves. They each see people that want to live and let live, and take it for weakness. Dummies.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 08:19 AM (jqCWg)

160 Patti LaBelle sang lead vocals on "Lady Marmalade" (1974) ... "Lady Marmalade" is about a man's sexual encounter with the titular prostitute, but Patti LaBelle later claimed that she was completely oblivious to its overall message, saying: "I didn't know what it was about. I don't know French and nobody, I swear this is God's truth, nobody at all told me what I'd just sung a song about."

A titan intellect, that one.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 08:19 AM (wVcYX)

161 So if the Mexican government is sending lawyers to try and block deportations, how about we PNG their diplomatic staff? All of it? Including their many consulates?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:19 AM (8l6/L)

162 > Talarico does indeed sound like he's pretty self-impressed. Smug even.
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I don't wonder where he gets it.

He's got more than a handful of sycophants telling him he's the 2nd coming.

Typically... politic.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 08:19 AM (jehhT)

163 Tomorrow, SpaceX launches another Starship test, this time carrying actual satellites into orbit. Good luck SpaceX!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:20 AM (+aBHc)

164 Yet, it's not enough. It's never enough.

And the electorate keeps re-electing this garbage.

Wake up, stupid. You're destroying yourself.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

You know how Republicans will run on "we're gonna cut taxes and remove X million people from the tax rolls"? Most of those people will subsequently not care how much YOU have to be taxed so that THEY can get something for nothing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 08:20 AM (ExV1e)

165 @90 get this. My county, Ulster, is trying to implement a high earners surcharge tax. They need to change the laws and get Hochul 's signature. My DSA assembly woman has be putting out propaganda that high earners aren't leaving despite the data . These people never stop

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 08:20 AM (m2wmY)

166 They will hate my rules of engagement. Trust me.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:15 AM (mISmA)

Rule #1: Don't miss.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Rule #1. Women and children are fair game.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:18 AM (mISmA)
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I think you guys are playing different games.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

167 May Talerico end up on a street corner pandering for $20.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2026 08:21 AM (2GVsD)

168 157 How is this idiot tied or 1 point down from Paxton?
Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2026 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

Like this...

I commissioned the Totally Bullshit, Made Up poll to tell me how the Senate race in Texas was going. They polled 1048 imaginary people and came up with Talarico 78%, Paxton 1%, Some Random Ayatollah 21%.

It's not intended to measure anything, it's intended to convince the weak-willed that something which ISN'T popular is so they will back it to be part of the "in crowd".

Same as it ever was.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

Talarico will win with 100% of the turnout, with 100% of the vote. According to my extensive research and polling.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:21 AM (8l6/L)

169 And now for a break from electoral politics: https://youtu.be/vp_szhKqIK0

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

170 ===================
Walz-like.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:18 AM (+aBHc)

Remember when watching Ferris Bueller and thinking that the principal had a creepy factor? Then, in real life the guy gets busted for child porn?

Talarico is 10 times that guy.........

I can't wait for the walls to come crashing down around him, releasing all the children he's been diddling for the last 10 years as a 'religious leader.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:21 AM (2YhKe)

171 She recorded "Lady Marmalade" 52 years ago.

So there's that.

Posted by: Person with calendar at July 15, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)

172 You know how Republicans will run on "we're gonna cut taxes and remove X million people from the tax rolls"? Most of those people will subsequently not care how much YOU have to be taxed so that THEY can get something for nothing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 08:20 AM (ExV1e)

They can trample and shred our 4A rights for decades, but the second some pissant functionary snoops on *their* texts, it's a la lanterne and light the fucking candle, ain't it?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:22 AM (Ot/FD)

173 I saw Patti Labelle leaving the Philly airport one afternoon, and she was in a rage. Her bodyguards were pushing people out of her way, and she was angrily yelling at her driver even before she got in the car. Seemed like a real peach.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 08:22 AM (+aBHc)

174 Patti LaBelle sang lead vocals on "Lady Marmalade" (1974) ... "Lady Marmalade" is about a man's sexual encounter with the titular prostitute, but Patti LaBelle later claimed that she was completely oblivious to its overall message, saying: "I didn't know what it was about. I don't know French and nobody, I swear this is God's truth, nobody at all told me what I'd just sung a song about."

A titan intellect, that one.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 08:19 AM (wVcYX)
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That summer t-shirts emblazoned with "Voulez-vous couchez" were de rigeur

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 08:22 AM (RIvkX)

175 Saw yesterday that in NC Whatley is within 4%of Cooper in the NC Senate race. That's within the margin of error and a good sign

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 08:23 AM (m2wmY)

176 I think you guys are playing different games.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Yeah. Gates of Vienna.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:23 AM (mISmA)

177 Patti LaBelle sang lead vocals on "Lady Marmalade" (1974) ... "Lady Marmalade" is about a man's sexual encounter with the titular prostitute, but Patti LaBelle later claimed that she was completely oblivious to its overall message, saying: "I didn't know what it was about. I don't know French and nobody, I swear this is God's truth, nobody at all told me what I'd just sung a song about."

A titan intellect, that one.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 08:19 AM (wVcYX)

The first verse is in English:

He met Marmalade down in old New Orleans
Strutting her stuff on the street
She said, "Hello, hey Joe
You wanna give it a go?" hmm hmm

She's lying.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)

178 141 Christians, according to Talarico, are ‘Christofascists’ who are practicing “Christofascism”.

Christianity is far more violent than Islam, according to him, and has caused far more damage to Islam than the other way around.

How is this idiot tied or 1 point down from Paxton?
Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2026 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

He’s dumb enough to think that all of TX is like TX HD-50. He is in for a surprise.

I get numerous texts asking me to participate in polls. Legit, or scam, they go into the trash.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:24 AM (8l6/L)

179 1974 was 52 years ago. That was when Patti LaBelle was last relevant to me.

Fun Fact: 1929's Great Depression is closer in time to 1974 than 2026 is to 1974.

Now you know.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 08:24 AM (wVcYX)

180 So all the race hustlers are in Mississippi trying to manufacture a race riot.

Some teens went on a boat to an island with a bunch of other people.
One of the kids was black and was last seen with a girl.
It's a tragic story. Most likely he was drunk, tried to swim, and drowned.

But now the racists are claiming these long-time friends murdered him and are covering it up.
So not only do those kids have the loss of their friend, they are now all accused of being racist.*
And won't be allowed at his funeral.

Their accusation is actually their confession:
They think it's plausible because they know, if they could, they would murder a white.

* what an exact way to teach children "do not be friends with blacks"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 08:25 AM (hJ9AL)

181 Did they DIE the horrible female umpire to the All-Star game? I mean, they forced her upon the league and she's been as terrible as everyone thought she'd be. Might as well make a spectacle of her.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)

I did some digging. Her accuracy rate is worse than Angel Hernandaz's during the last few years before he retired.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 08:25 AM (J4Dwc)

182 Why would you believe the results of any poll?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 15, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

183
Yeah. Gates of Vienna.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:23 AM (mISmA)

Gates of Delirium?

Posted by: Yes at July 15, 2026 08:26 AM (8l6/L)

184 I gotta ask

I was asked this month, for the first time in 2 years, to participate in a poll. My answers so disturbed the push-poller that he cut the polling short.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:27 AM (u82oZ)

185 Regardless of polls, we still have to hold the election, just to be sure the poll was right.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:27 AM (8l6/L)

186 Why would you believe the results of any poll?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 15, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)
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Confirmation bias.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

187 Today Is National Hotdog Day. 🌭

Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2026 08:27 AM (NpAcC)

188 Fun Fact: 1929's Great Depression is closer in time to 1974 than 2026 is to 1974.

Now you know.
Posted by: Count de Monet

I was 12 in '74. That hurts.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:27 AM (mISmA)

189
I did some digging. Her accuracy rate is worse than Angel Hernandaz's during the last few years before he retired.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 08:25 AM (J4Dwc)

I've only seen highlights from one game. She changed so many rules during that one stretch......Called a balk, yet the pitch counted, didn't let a player contest balls and strikes because he didn't do it 'fast enough....'

The woman isn't fit for summer league. But she's FIRST!!!! And we all know how important THAT is.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

190
I was 12 in '74. That hurts.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:27 AM (mISmA)

You're the same age as my uncle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:28 AM (2YhKe)

191 redridinghood

When will it be National Periodic Table Day? Or Thomas Sowell Day?

It's always a food item day. Lots of lobbying went into that fluff.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:28 AM (u82oZ)

192 Salty Dawg

Did you see Britain's latest daft idea?

SS Richard Montgomery, a Liberty ship, ran aground in 1944 in the Thames estuary and sank. There are still about 1,400 tones of explosives in the cargo holds.

Now they want to remove the masts and display them on land. Though these masts serve an obvious purpose, to warn other ships of the danger.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2026 08:29 AM (2GVsD)

193 @182 polls aren't the word of God, but they do show trends even if they're push polls. Being that close at this point is a good sign

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 08:29 AM (m2wmY)

194 I was 12 in 1974 as well, Rickb223.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 15, 2026 08:29 AM (2noDb)

195 127 Patti LaBelle screeched out some ear-wrecking version of the National Anthem prior to last night's MLB All-star Game.

So tired of this shit.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 08:10 AM (J4Dwc)

What is the MLB All Star Game?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 08:29 AM (8l6/L)

196 187 Today Is National Hotdog Day. 🌭
Posted by: redridinghood

And my office is celebrating it. Life is good.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 08:29 AM (RjOoY)

197 Today Is National Hotdog Day. 🌭
Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2026 08:27 AM (NpAcC)
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*warms up hot dog cannon*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

198 Patti LaBelle is still alive?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2026 08:11 AM (2GVsD)

The MLB is still alive??

Posted by: Doof at July 15, 2026 08:30 AM (QLC6i)

199 184 I gotta ask

I was asked this month, for the first time in 2 years, to participate in a poll. My answers so disturbed the push-poller that he cut the polling short.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:27 AM (u82oZ)

"What if we split the trolley in half so they can all die?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:30 AM (Ot/FD)

200 Anna Puma

Thanks. Did not see that. Not everyone uses GPS before they drop anchor. SMH.

Wait. I have a little list ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

201 Did they DIE the horrible female umpire to the All-Star game? I mean, they forced her upon the league and she's been as terrible as everyone thought she'd be. Might as well make a spectacle of her.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

She's no worse than the rest of the umpire crew.
The ABS Challenge System is proving that.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:31 AM (mISmA)

202
The MLB is still alive??
Posted by: Doof at July 15, 2026 08:30 AM (QLC6i)

And charging $9 per hot dog.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

203
“I didn’t expect that performing this service was going to put me in the position of explaining to my children what a bulletproof vest was, and why I had to wear one.”
‘Threat Level is Really High’: Barrett Tells Congress How Threats Have Affected Her Family

Oh cry me a river of tears you ignorant bitch. Get the judges subordinate to you under control and stop allowing criminals to go scott free and you'll never have another second of worry.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 15, 2026 08:31 AM (QVmho)

204 * what an exact way to teach children "do not be friends with blacks"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 08:25 AM (hJ9AL)

To the surprise of no one, race-hustler Benjamin Crump represents the family in that.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 08:31 AM (J4Dwc)

205 One year later, in the summer of Jaws (1975), a singer by the name of Donna Summer would release a song entitled, "Love To Love You Baby."

It was a heady and confusing time for young lads on the very cusp of coming of age.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 08:31 AM (wVcYX)

206 She's no worse than the rest of the umpire crew.
The ABS Challenge System is proving that.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:31 AM (mISmA)

Ah, but she's showing them the way. Just deny them the ability. "You weren't fast enough......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

207 There are still about 1,400 tones of explosives in the cargo holds.

Now they want to remove the masts and display them on land. Though these masts serve an obvious purpose, to warn other ships of the danger.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 15, 2026 08:29 AM (2GVsD)

A proper country would leave the boat and put the 1,400 tonnes of explosives out on display.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:31 AM (Ot/FD)

208 June PPI below expectations

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

209 Producer price index showed a significant drop in June as much as a full percentage point better. Good news for the economy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 08:32 AM (m2wmY)

210 Look at this, same Islamo-Socialist shit in Michigan as we've seen with Mamdani and with Platner :

"Politics & Poll Tracker 📡
@PollTracker2024
14h
Detroit News/Glengariff poll | 7/8-7/11 LV

US Senate Michigan Democratic primary 2026 (crosstabs, net)

🟪College: El-Sayed +7
🟩No College: Stevens +22
🟪White: El-Sayed +12
🟩Black: Stevens +46
🟩Already voted: Stevens +9
🟪Election day voters: El-Sayed +18
🟩Still holding on to their absentee ballots: Stevens +27
🟪Union: El-Sayed +5"

College, White, Union (Soviet?) - go for Islamo-Socilaist wanker

No College, Black (Minorities, places like Detroit most likely) - Plain ol' Dem

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2026 08:32 AM (GD0B3)

211 Female umpire is 3rd worst in the league in accuracy. One guy ahead of her has only worked the plate in 2 games, so she's actually 2nd worst.

I'd be embarrassed to be the guy that's worse than her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:33 AM (2YhKe)

212 Warai-otoko

Guy Fawkes Day #2. The Liberty Ship cargo bugaboo.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

213 I was 12 in 1974 as well, Rickb223.
Posted by: Jaimo

*fistbump

I feel old.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:33 AM (mISmA)

214 208 June PPI below expectations
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

209 Producer price index showed a significant drop in June as much as a full percentage point better. Good news for the economy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 08:32 AM (m2wmY)

tell me y'all get the same RSS feed without telling me....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:33 AM (Ot/FD)

215 what an exact way to teach children "do not be friends with blacks"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2026 08:25 AM (hJ9AL)

The segregationists never left us.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 08:33 AM (jqCWg)

216 "...didn't let a player contest balls and strikes because he didn't do it 'fast enough...' "
+++

He knows what he did.

Posted by: Female ump at July 15, 2026 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)

217 @208 San Franpsycho, beat me by that much

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 08:34 AM (m2wmY)

218 Justice Barrett, if the heat of the particular kitchen you find yourself in is too high for your liking, I have a suggestion...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 15, 2026 08:34 AM (nbLIj)

219 Female umpire is 3rd worst in the league in accuracy. One guy ahead of her has only worked the plate in 2 games, so she's actually 2nd worst.

I'd be embarrassed to be the guy that's worse than her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:33 AM (2YhKe)

He's probably gay.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 08:34 AM (jqCWg)

220 Female umpire is 3rd worst in the league in accuracy. One guy ahead of her has only worked the plate in 2 games, so she's actually 2nd worst.

I'd be embarrassed to be the guy that's worse than her.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

When did Stevie Wonder start calling games?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:34 AM (mISmA)

221
He's probably gay.
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 08:34 AM (jqCWg)

Too busy checking out the pitcher's junk.

And I'm not talking about his curve ball.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

222 I'd be embarrassed to be the guy that's worse than her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:33 AM (2YhKe)

He's probably gay.
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 08:34 AM (jqCWg)

Everything looks like a ball when... uh...

nevermind.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:35 AM (Ot/FD)

223 @224 actually watching Maria Bartiromo's show. They are happy as a pig in mud

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 08:35 AM (m2wmY)

224 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 08:35 AM (77rzZ)

225 >I was asked this month, for the first time in 2 years, to participate in a poll. My answers so disturbed the push-poller that he cut the polling short.
-------
More proof that polls are commissioned by people with an agenda or narrative they want to push.

And that they're all horseshit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2026 08:35 AM (jehhT)

226
When did Stevie Wonder start calling games?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:34 AM (mISmA)

I just called.....

To say.....

That's strike two.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:36 AM (2YhKe)

227
223 @224 actually watching Maria Bartiromo's show. They are happy as a pig in mud
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 08:35 AM (m2wmY)

You got access to the time machine?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:36 AM (2YhKe)

228 One year later, in the summer of Jaws (1975), a singer by the name of Donna Summer would release a song entitled, "Love To Love You Baby."

It was a heady and confusing time for young lads on the very cusp of coming of age.

--

*tosses in "Chevy Van" and "Afternoon Delight" into mix*

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 15, 2026 08:37 AM (qBdHI)

229 Have a great day, everyone.

Preps needed for going to a casino with another widow. I have a bet going that I won't get a word in edgewise on the 1.25 hour trip. And she will repeat her 4th of July story.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

230 tell me y'all get the same RSS feed without telling me....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:33 AM (Ot/FD)
=====

I have bo idea what that is. I'm watching Maria.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

231 Hey all these people want to murder me, I should probably be super nice to them and fuck over all the people who aren't trying to murder me.

Amazing leadership instincts. Top notch.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:37 AM (Ot/FD)

232 @227 Sponge , no just have hot dog fingers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 08:37 AM (m2wmY)

233 Why would you believe the results of any poll?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 15, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

People fear uncertainty more than they fear being wrong.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 08:38 AM (jqCWg)

234 @nypost
·
56m
Chuck Schumer appears to let loose huge fart on Senate floor https://trib.al/CYKIQId

Posted by: Don Black at July 15, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)

235 Preps needed for going to a casino with another widow. I have a bet going that I won't get a word in edgewise on the 1.25 hour trip. And she will repeat her 4th of July story.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 08:37 AM

+++

You do this on purpose?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 15, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)

236 I'd be embarrassed to be the guy that's worse than her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:33 AM (2YhKe)

C. B. Bucknor

Posted by: one hour sober at July 15, 2026 08:40 AM (J4Dwc)

237
Female umpire is 3rd worst in the league in accuracy. One guy ahead of her has only worked the plate in 2 games, so she's actually 2nd worst.

___________

No inherent reason why women can't be umpires and just as bad as men. The problem is that MLB slots are few and the conditions for minor-league umps would embarrass a chicken-processing plant.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2026 08:40 AM (1oSzn)

238 234 @nypost
·
56m
Chuck Schumer appears to let loose huge fart on Senate floor https://trib.al/CYKIQId
Posted by: Don Black at July 15, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)

Can we get these gassy dipshits a fucking sneeze button already?

Fucking hell, man. Chew your food you gross bastards.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:40 AM (Ot/FD)

239 Producer price index showed a significant drop in June as much as a full percentage point better. Good news for the economy

--

No matter. MSDNC* was screeching yesterday all about how "millions were going to die" because of Trump. Millions, I say!

Presumably because of the curtailing of welfare and other kinds of endless fraud perpetrated upon the American taxpayers.

*Jr. Black watches it for the lulz

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 15, 2026 08:40 AM (qBdHI)

240 Mexico is attempting to sue the U.S. over the incident.

------

What good is this government to us? Sheinbaum is a high-ranking cartel official, nothing more. Order a drone strike on her.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 08:40 AM (BI5O2)

241 Preps needed for going to a casino with another widow. I have a bet going that I won't get a word in edgewise on the 1.25 hour trip. And she will repeat her 4th of July story.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

+++

You do this on purpose?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Penance?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:41 AM (mISmA)

242 234 Chuck Schumer lets loose a huge fart whenever he opens his mouth.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

243 Democrat Responds To Threats Against SCOTUS Families By Accusing Justices Of Taking Bribes

Rosa DeLauro is prettier on the outside.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 15, 2026 08:41 AM (2ap+5)

244 The 75-year-old was criticizing President Trump and the war in Iran when he seemed to have lost a war of his own that was brewing in his trousers, letting loose an audible fart that went out live on C-SPAN airwaves Tuesday.

First, you lose control of your bowels.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 15, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

245 Chuck Schumer appears to let loose huge fart on Senate floor https://trib.al/CYKIQId
Posted by: Don Black

Oh to sit in the gallery with a thermal imaging camera.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:42 AM (mISmA)

246 - @193

What does the Word of God have to do with anything?
Signed #TheScience

Posted by: TeeJ at July 15, 2026 08:42 AM (dAv7M)

247 What good is this government to us? Sheinbaum is a high-ranking cartel official, nothing more. Order a drone strike on her.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 08:40 AM (BI5O2)

Or get the higher-ranking cartel officials in your pocket and then you can effectively rule mexico by remote control.

"Wait, you just want to sling shit in California and New York? Hell, man, vay con dios, no one cares about those idiots. Just try not to kill any normies, sabes?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 08:43 AM (Ot/FD)

248 The 75-year-old was criticizing President Trump and the war in Iran when he seemed to have lost a war of his own that was brewing in his trousers, letting loose an audible fart that went out live on C-SPAN airwaves Tuesday.

First, you lose control of your bowels.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

So he Nadlered live on CSPAN.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2026 08:43 AM (mISmA)

249 Schumer's grilling technique is finally catching up to him.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)

250 You almost have to laugh.

The people that tell you Ashley Babbitt deserved to be shot in the neck are also saying police officers are now not allowed to defend themselves when a foreign invader tries to kill them...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm)

Daily Tech News 15 July 2026

Top Story

Microsoft has updated Windows Search and... Fixed it? (WCCFTech)

Well, they've at least stopped shoving it full of ads, which goes a big way toward fixing it.
Micrsoft just release a set of patches that fix 570 security holes in Windows and their other software. (Krebs on Security)

That's... Good, I guess? If still terrifying.
Microsoft also fixed Secure Boot. (Ars Technica)

Which as it happens has been insecure boot since 2013.

Tech News

With memory being so wildly expensive these days, you might be wondering which memory you should buy.

And the answer is, in most cases, cheap memory. Or the cheapest you can find from a reliable retailer.

Intel has its CUDIMMs and AMD has its ULL memory. They are not worth buying.

For everyday tasks they make no difference, and for gaming the money is far better spent on a AMD Ryzen X3D CPU, or if you have an Intel system, on wishing you had an AMD system. The expanded cache on AMD's X3D CPUs makes memory speed largely irrelevant for most users, even gamers intent on wringing every last drop of performance out of their systems.

Intel will be shipping its own X3D equivalent later this year with its Nova Lake processors, which include up to 288MB of cache, though most users will do fine with half that much.
Bonsai 27B is the Qwen 27B model squooshed into a bit and a bit. (PrismML)

Native Qwen 27B uses 16-bit floating point, so it needs 54GB of VRAM to run unrestricted. And 54GB of VRAM is quite expensive in the current market.

What the Bonsai process does is to prune it down to ternary or binary with scaling factors per group. In ternary form it fits in 5.9GB of VRAM, while retaining more than 90% of the capabilities of the full model.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: He's fallen in the water!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 Mornin'

Gonna go for a walk in a bit before the temps go over 100.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 15, 2026 04:36 AM (sAmhv)

2 Just checking in before going to bed and first.
Goodnight.

Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2026 04:38 AM (/Hx86)

3 Darnit.

Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2026 04:38 AM (/Hx86)

4 Another really thoughtful-but rather long essay from "The Christian Post" on thoughts about why God doesn't answer all our prayers:

https://tinyurl.com/mvbj4dsa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 04:39 AM (guLpK)

5 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at July 15, 2026 04:41 AM (HpRTp)

6 Father and son sing Gospel song from the early 1900's- "Father Along": Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/4z9n26kj

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 04:42 AM (guLpK)

7 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 04:42 AM (Ia/+0)

8 6- "Farther" along, not "father"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 04:43 AM (guLpK)

9 First time maybe this year don't have to worry about if I will get to everywhere I have to go today

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 04:47 AM (Ia/+0)

10 Man reflects on this devotional on "Ephesians 5:15-20 and "Always giving thanks":

https://tinyurl.com/2vv5tkfp

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 04:47 AM (guLpK)

11 Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 04:47 AM (Ia/+0)

That's good news, Skip.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 04:48 AM (guLpK)

12 In bed awake since 2:30; trolling the internet since 4; drinking coffee since 4:30; not much left to do today except go to work.
Big news around here is wildfire smoke

Posted by: Accomack at July 15, 2026 04:49 AM (T8bqm)

13 Evening and morning, AosHQ satellites & satraps! How is your corner of the Empire on this Woden's Day smack dab in the middle of July?

Skip, did you buy an SUV, then?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 04:51 AM (wzUl9)

14 The little "furry alarm clock " ( kitten ) seems to be getting more adjusted to us. He slept from 10:45 p.m last night to 4:15 this morning . He also doesn't seem to be wailing for his mom anymore.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 04:52 AM (guLpK)

15 Good morning horde of tech. From looking at the news it appears the whole country is held in the molten grip of a precedented heatwave called July.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 15, 2026 04:52 AM (zjwe/)

16 Did my doctor appt. yesterday; no worries, but I didn't get a chance to crash in the afternoon, so I headed off to Pillow-Land early. And then woke up earlier than I planned. Feeling pretty good though, and I need to go work out in a bit.

This afternoon I have a video tour of another house. It looks great, but it's on the other side of the river from Terre Haute. Which means crossing by means of only two bridges to get to a lot of amenities. The town only has about 2200 residents. I know I said I wanted to live in a smaller community, but --! If you live in such a small place, say within five or ten miles of a larger town to which you have to travel for car repairs, medical, and the like, I'd like to hear your reactions.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 04:58 AM (wzUl9)

17 The little "furry alarm clock " ( kitten ) seems to be getting more adjusted to us. He slept from 10:45 p.m last night to 4:15 this morning . He also doesn't seem to be wailing for his mom anymore.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026

***
Is he milk-treading you or anybody else in the household? Stirling still does it when he sits on my lap, and he's over four years old.

They adjust pretty fast. In my view, my cats have pretty much decided I was their human by the second or third day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:01 AM (wzUl9)

18 "If the disciples made music" a cute music video- I guess it's rap(?) by a Christian musical artist :

https://tinyurl.com/ysbwey95

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 05:02 AM (D+BhG)

19 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:01 AM (wzUl9)

No milk treading.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 05:03 AM (D+BhG)

20 Sometime I will have to get a rental truck to haul scrap metal but not for a few weeks. Going to Lancaster this Friday and Saturday

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 05:04 AM (Ia/+0)

21 Amazingly low (for here, in July) temps now, 79-80 F. Maybe I can get in a solid workout.

My furry thugs are doing well as usual. Stirling is curled on the floor a few feet from me, and Dagny is, well, she's off doing Dagny things. They're not due for breakfast for a couple of hours.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:05 AM (wzUl9)

22 Wolfus,

Dear poster "Tecumseh Tea" lives in that area. You might ask her. If you like the house , it checks out and you want a smaller community I would go with that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 05:06 AM (D+BhG)

23 No milk treading.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026

***
Not every kitten does it. None of the Siberians have, possibly because they didn't leave their mothers early to be adopted -- the breeder lady I've had three kittens from doesn't let them go out until they are five months old. On the other hand, big Arizona, the red tabby I adopted in '83 from the SPCA, never did it either, and he was only about six weeks old when I took him home. Maybe it depends to a degree on the personality of the kitten.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:09 AM (wzUl9)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 15, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

25 Going to Library job, hope someday a picture for book thread
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 05:12 AM (Ia/+0)

26 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 15, 2026 05:16 AM (Hbeqj)

27 Microslop fixes "many things":

And as far as we know, still doesn't have any actual QA staff so those fixes are just slung out there on a hope and a prayer. "The users will test it for us."

Uh huh. And we see how well that's been going.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 05:16 AM (O7YUW)

28 Dear poster "Tecumseh Tea" lives in that area. You might ask her. If you like the house , it checks out and you want a smaller community I would go with that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026

***
I will ask.

My vision was to live in a small city, perhaps 25-50K residents, small enough to get around easily but with various amenities like places to get my car worked on, a hospital or two, plumbers and electricians, etc. if smaller, then a short drive from a bigger town. This town is only about three or four miles west, but involves using one of two river bridges. And there is the possibility of floods from the river, though the house I'm looking at is not in a flood plain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:18 AM (wzUl9)

29 Wow. A lot of familiar faces here at 5:16am.

I had beers with my friend yesterday and continued them as I've been wrestling with AI to do some -what you would think would be simple tasks.

Only 4 beers. I should get some sleep but I can work now without babysitting Ralphy and carrying him up and down the stairs. Snowflake usually goes out at 5am latest but all today is messed up I guess.

I'll see how this script goes. And there was a large jump.

Here's Snowflake.

Everyone have a great day.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 05:19 AM (Sco7b)

30 Finishing my second cup of coffee. Time to get moving, i.e., change, stretch, make sure I have my bottle of water, and hit the road and walking trail.

Maybe I can do the same tomorrow before I leave to have the car's rear brakes done, and then visit the mall with Linda on Friday morning for a brisk walk indoors.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

31 Maybe I can do the same tomorrow before I leave to have the car's rear brakes done, and then visit the mall with Linda on Friday morning for a brisk walk indoors.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

So you're saying...there's an outside?
Hmmm. Interesting.
Have a great day.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 05:27 AM (Sco7b)

32 Ordered 3 x 12V 5A power supplies with those little barrel connectors for a few devices I have here. Those finally got here and ... they're the wrong barrel connector. I'll keep 'em on the shelf in their boxes as the 5.5x2.1 size barrel connector is pretty standard and those will fit something else.

The devices I'm trying to power are stand-alone mini-PC's with lots of network connectors that I purchased from Ali Express back in 2024 (well before the memory debacle we're facing today.) They're going to be the new firewalls at my place and my mother's, running pfSense 2.7.2.

Anyhow, I've ordered three more, with slightly larger barrel connectors, (5.5x2.5) and I'm hoping I get the correct ones this time. The standardization on these things reminds me of that infamous XKCD comic:

https://xkcd.com/927/

Oh, and regarding the new firewalls: Mom has one of those newfangled "smart tv" things, which is great for her and she's really enjoying the stuff she can get on a couple of streaming services.

I want to segment her TV onto its own little VLAN so it can't even try to connect to her computer or see it on the network.

(Never mind me, I'm tech-babblin' here.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 05:35 AM (O7YUW)

33 Wolfus, I live in an Oregon town of about 2-3 times that size of what you're looking at, but about 25-30 minutes out from hospital/tradesmen type amenities. That is close enough for me, and really cuts down on the oozing spread of metro social dysfunction (although not eliminated). The bridges could have a similar filtering effect, without being as far away; even better if the TH bus lines stop at the river, but that's probably too much to hope for.

Posted by: SciVo at July 15, 2026 05:36 AM (Sy6m/)

34 So you're saying...there's an outside?
Hmmm. Interesting.
Have a great day.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026

***
There is, and it's hideous.

There's a story on the local Fox outlet now about an uptown shopping district trying to drum up business during the hottest part of the year. They show people *sitting outdoors* to eat. The notion of paying $$$$ (all those places on the main shopping street are $$$$) to sit outside and sweat is . . . I can't deal, man, I just can't deal. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9)

35 @Stateless: I'm glad to see you're doing so much better, and that you have a couple of your own furry thugs to keep you company. :-)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 05:36 AM (O7YUW)

36 @34/Wolfus: The notion of paying $$$$ (all those places on the main shopping street are $$$$) to sit outside and sweat is . . . I can't deal, man, I just can't deal. . . .

Are they European themed restaurants?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 05:37 AM (O7YUW)

37 36 @34/Wolfus: The notion of paying $$$$ (all those places on the main shopping street are $$$$) to sit outside and sweat is . . . I can't deal, man, I just can't deal. . . .

Are they European themed restaurants?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 05:37 AM (O7YUW)

Why am I thinking Greek?

Is there a type of racist I am I didn't know about?

Hi Grumpy!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 05:39 AM (Sco7b)

38 Also, out in the country, people frequently "have a guy" for basic auto repairs, or patching a roof, or what-have-you. Not everything needs to be through a big company.

Posted by: SciVo at July 15, 2026 05:39 AM (Sy6m/)

39 We walked on the canal
yesterday . It was lovely . Some exercisers there ( joggers ) are so intent they don't even acknowledge if you say " Good morning" or maybe they are listening to music, but I didn't see any ear devices. We may not be training for the Olympics, but we did turn a bit off the beaten path to look at the lake and so saw a grey as well as a white heron striding in the water looking for fish. On our way back we saw a grey heron in a tree . It looked like it was cleaning itself and so had little pieces of branches or leaves it was pulling off . I think it's too late in the year for making a nest.

We also saw a lot of flowers by the water ( a lovely pink color ) as well as some leaves that had turned bright red on the ground . So nice to be out before it gets really warm.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 05:40 AM (Bw1/o)

40 /Wolfus: The notion of paying $$$$ (all those places on the main shopping street are $$$$) to sit outside and sweat is . . . I can't deal, man, I just can't deal. . . .
*
Are they European themed restaurants?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026

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I guess, to a degree. One is called "La Petit Grocery."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)

41 35 @Stateless: I'm glad to see you're doing so much better, and that you have a couple of your own furry thugs to keep you company. :-)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 05:36 AM (O7YUW)

Thanks so much.

Working on keeping them in a home. I've got this.

I am working on my website for bonus material but am going to have pictures of the animals there.

And my monkey statue!!

And it will fit in perfectly with what I'm working on.....

It's hell making a living in Canada.....
Sorry...choir....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 05:42 AM (Sco7b)

42 I lived in New York City during my college years and never got used to it. At night I'd walk down the middle of the street and stay away from the sidewalk, for safety. The sirens at all hours and endless people on the main streets. My tiny apartment (off campus) was okay when your 22, but as soon as I graduated and took a job at a company that made sonar
for the navy I decided big city life was terrible for me. Moved back home in a small town it upstate NY (600 population) and said goodbye to big city life. Now I live near a big city, but its quiet and nice neighbors. No cats or dogs yet.....

Posted by: Colin at July 15, 2026 05:44 AM (CiQE7)

43 38 Also, out in the country, people frequently "have a guy" for basic auto repairs, or patching a roof, or what-have-you. Not everything needs to be through a big company.
Posted by: SciVo at July 15, 2026 05:39 AM (Sy6m/)

Good morning.

I'm in a very small town. Mom and I were blessed with wonderful neighbours. One is amazingly handy and also manages buildings

Yeah, I ask him first.....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 05:45 AM (Sco7b)

44 3 Wolfus, I live in an Oregon town of about 2-3 times that size of what you're looking at, but about 25-30 minutes out from hospital/tradesmen type amenities. That is close enough for me, and really cuts down on the oozing spread of metro social dysfunction (although not eliminated). The bridges could have a similar filtering effect, without being as far away; even better if the TH bus lines stop at the river, but that's probably too much to hope for.
Posted by: SciVo at July 15, 2026

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Good points. A fifteen-minute drive to a Walmart once or twice a week wouldn't kill me -- I do more than that now -- or thirty to a good mechanic, which I also do now.

One nice thing is that the roads I've seen in the smaller town seem to be in much better condition than the side streets in the bigger town.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

45 Greetings, everyone. It's already too bloody hot to function over here at the GPROMD so I'm dedicated to staying inside as much as possible.

I did start my morning at the gym though because I figured that even with AC, it was not going to be pleasant going there after work. So at least I've accomplished something.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 05:48 AM (RjOoY)

46 @40/Wolfus: (replying to my question of if they are European themed restaurants): "I guess, to a degree. One is called "La Petit Grocery."

There's your answer then: An aversion to air conditioning!

I'll see myself out.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 05:50 AM (O7YUW)

47 I guess this is the thread.

I'm running a script in ChatGPT to call the API to do work faster. Yes, it's doing it. What I want is VERY BASIC.

No, I could understand, maybe computationally how it may be difficult.

But damn. Companies must be spending fortunes on this. What AI is doing, I'm happy to pay for and modify the crap out of. The rest, I wonder...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 05:52 AM (Sco7b)

48
Microsoft fixes things? That sounds suspiciously like caring about the customer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2026 05:59 AM (O0L8i)

49 Belated BOING!

Went to the range to reinstall my original Glock 43X magazine release and to test out Glock's new 15 round magazines. Here's the issue, for you gun buffs:

https://youtu.be/mdVGoBNA1J0

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2026 06:02 AM (5UTWB)

50
I lived in New York City during my college years and never got used to it.

__________

Any time I went there I felt like I was in a foreign country. Even crossing back into New Jersey, of all places, felt like returning to America.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 15, 2026 06:02 AM (O0L8i)

51 @41/Stateless: I checked out the site linked under your name, nothing really there yet but as you said, you're working on that.

"It's hell making a living in Canada....."

Ain't that the truth. It absolutely infuriates me knowing that they're taking so much from me in taxes on income, purchases, fees, property, hidden things like carbon charges for energy, and of course at the end of your life, they'll try to claw as much of your estate back from you and your heirs as they can, and that's only going to get worse.

And then I watch them spend not only frivolously on themselves, but they throw a metric shitton of money at foreign governments as gifts and grants, while continuing to deficit-spend us into poverty.

I don't understand why this hasn't completely imploded yet. It really should have.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

52 @48/Hadrian the Seventh: "Microsoft fixes things? That sounds suspiciously like caring about the customer."

Or realizing that their customer base really has had enough of their bullshit and is starting to walk away and stay away.

"We've got to protect our phoney baloney jobs!"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 06:05 AM (O7YUW)

53 Oh! There are 2 Win 11 security updates begging me to restart my PC.

What a koinkadinky!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2026 06:07 AM (ayKiF)

54 I don't understand why this hasn't completely imploded yet. It really should have.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

There's a lot of us who wouldn't mind going through that just to see our 'betters' suffer.

Preferably...oh my something is ready.....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 06:08 AM (Sco7b)

55 w00t late

Posted by: m at July 15, 2026 06:09 AM (6wpGE)

56 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

57 - 50 comments in and not a single 'I see what you did there, pixy.'
Hmmm, maybe I'm reading something into it.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 15, 2026 06:11 AM (dAv7M)

58 One nice thing is that the roads I've seen in the smaller town seem to be in much better condition than the side streets in the bigger town.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

One of the interesting quirks about Portland, which I have usually lived near but rarely in, is the way that the East Side (east of 82nd Ave) is really the unwanted stepchild. IIRC, people loved the unincorporated land for being cheaper, but building it out without proper utility planning led to septic pollution, so a judge ultimately forced a shotgun wedding and made Portland take responsibility. But the City made the people on the side streets pay for their own paving if they wanted it, so many on that side of town are still gravel to this day.

Posted by: SciVo at July 15, 2026 06:16 AM (Sy6m/)

59 Good morning Horde. Thx Pixy
Reading all the comments about NYC. I live 90m north of NYC and it's politics are creeping outward. Lots of people moved up here after 9/11 and then DeBlasio and they vote the same way expecting a different result. What happens in NYC ain't staying in NYC

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 06:16 AM (m2wmY)

60 Ro Khanna is a dirty wog.

That is all.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

61 I had to get a golf cart out of the pond yesterday. Drinking was involved

Posted by: The Ballots at July 15, 2026 06:18 AM (LOZbR)

62 I'm back. Humid but the sun was still below the horizon, so not terribly hot. The sun has now risen and so will the temps. The humidity is already stifling. Guess I'll do indoor stuff today, when I get up. Need to do laundry anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 15, 2026 06:19 AM (sAmhv)

63 @59/Smell the Glove: It ain't just the city. I'd suggest getting out of that accursed State before it gets any worse (and it will.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 15, 2026 06:20 AM (O7YUW)

64 Ro Khanna is a worthless piece of sh*t.
-Dave Rubin

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 06:21 AM (RIvkX)

65 60 Ro Khanna is a dirty wog.

That is all.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

Good morning. I was busy during the thread, but Michigan has a TON of unholy bitches there....

I'm outside of gunshot range of Detroit...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 06:22 AM (Sco7b)

66 - "What the Bonsai process does is to prune it down..."

Posted by: TeeJ at July 15, 2026 06:23 AM (dAv7M)

67 66 - "What the Bonsai process does is to prune it down..."

Posted by: TeeJ
****

You notice those things IF you read the content...

Posted by: clarence at July 15, 2026 06:25 AM (lRQJY)

68 My daughter needs every prayer the Horde can muster. Almost six hours ago she had complete heart failure. She is currently in the ICU on a heart lung machine. They will soon take her to the OR to see if they can figure out what is happening. My thanks in advance. I have faith in the Horse's power of prayer.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 15, 2026 06:26 AM (l4yIu)

69 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 15, 2026 06:27 AM (2Ez/1)

70 Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 15, 2026 06:26 AM (l4yIu)

Prayers sent.

Posted by: SciVo at July 15, 2026 06:29 AM (Sy6m/)

71 Ro Khanna wouldn't know the truth if it came up behind and bit him on the ass.

If Ro Khanna had half a brain he would be dangerous.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 06:29 AM (RIvkX)

72 Captain Joseph Sabin

Wow! That's horrible. Will pray!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 15, 2026 06:29 AM (sAmhv)

73 Talk Talk - Living in Another World

Well, then.

Posted by: m at July 15, 2026 06:30 AM (6wpGE)

74 My daughter needs every prayer the Horde can muster. Almost six hours ago she had complete heart failure. She is currently in the ICU on a heart lung machine. They will soon take her to the OR to see if they can figure out what is happening. My thanks in advance. I have faith in the Horse's power of prayer.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 15, 2026 06:26 AM (l4yIu)
===

Prayer for complete and immediate healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 06:30 AM (RIvkX)

75 Captain Sabin, Good luck and God bless to you and your daughter. Prayers up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2026 06:34 AM (m2wmY)

76 And today's leftist sign:

"No kings in America since 1776" which is obviously a knock against Trump. Ummm. You didn't know how many executive orders were done by King Barack as well as the cabal behind demented Joe?!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 06:34 AM (1Vo6X)

77 Aw Skip left before he could spill the beans on what kinda zoom-zoom he's zooming.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 15, 2026 06:40 AM (WL2lA)

78 Captain Josepha Sabin , I will pray for your daughter.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 15, 2026 06:42 AM (WL2lA)

79 57 - 50 comments in and not a single 'I see what you did there, pixy.'
Hmmm, maybe I'm reading something into it.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 15, 2026 06:11 AM (dAv7M)

ISWPDT

Posted by: m at July 15, 2026 06:42 AM (6wpGE)

80 68 My daughter needs every prayer the Horde can muster. Almost six hours ago she had complete heart failure. She is currently in the ICU on a heart lung machine. They will soon take her to the OR to see if they can figure out what is happening. My thanks in advance. I have faith in the Horse's power of prayer.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 15, 2026 06:26 AM (l4yIu)

Praying for all of you.
No other words suffice....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 15, 2026 06:45 AM (Sco7b)

81 66 - "What the Bonsai process does is to prune it down..."

Posted by: TeeJ at July 15, 2026 06:23 AM
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Snip it! Snip it in the bud!

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 15, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

82 My image of NYC was formed by what I'd see in movies in the '70s. French Connection, Across 110th Street, Midnight Cowboy, things like that. It looked so bad I never wanted to set foot in NYC. I did finally visit and was surprised it wasn't as bad as I thought if you kept to certain areas. This was after Rudy though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 15, 2026 06:48 AM (l26NL)

83 That was me.

Posted by: Don Knotts at July 15, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

84 Can you imagine how badly Ro Khanna stank while wearing a suit and tie in Israel in July?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 06:53 AM (RIvkX)

85

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 15, 2026 06:53 AM (sUMTS)

86 mornin yall

"Forty-four members of Congress had their text messages viewed by former special counsel Jack Smith’s team amid a probe into President Trump, in an move that Republicans say “ran roughshod over the Constitution.”"

Will this cause the GOP to spring to action, or will they sit in the corner and watch the Constitution get raped? I think you know the answer to that.

Posted by: fd at July 15, 2026 06:53 AM (MWfyi)

87 Captain Josepha Sabin

Oh no! Prayers ascending, of course. And some more prayers for you.

I still remember visiting that fancy Art museum with you and your unique way to get a younger security type to pay attention to you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

88 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 06:54 AM (u82oZ)

89 "Also, out in the country, people frequently "have a guy" for basic auto repairs, or patching a roof, or what-have-you. Not everything needs to be through a big company."

Had an idea for an app called "I Know Guy" for connecting people who need these odd jobs done with people who know how to do them. Sort of like Thumbtack for amateurs.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 15, 2026 06:54 AM (UoWyB)

90 Disco Inferno!

And, Steve Dahl was a loon, though a very funny one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 06:55 AM (HohGQ)

91 Hillary Clinton

Your poor liver. And look what it did to your face! Your appearance almost matches your personality.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 06:56 AM (u82oZ)

92 Speaking of, I was on Thumbtack looking to see if I could get a custom gaming-themed quilt made as a Christmas gift. Answer: Yes for the price of a significant car repair.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 15, 2026 06:56 AM (UoWyB)

93 Holy smokes, Dahl lives! Did not know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 06:57 AM (HohGQ)

94 My image of NYC was formed by what I'd see in movies in the '70s. French Connection, Across 110th Street, Midnight Cowboy, things like that. It looked so bad I never wanted to set foot in NYC. I did finally visit and was surprised it wasn't as bad as I thought if you kept to certain areas. This was after Rudy though.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 15, 2026

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My image of NYC was formed by TV in the '60s, and movies as well like Sunday in New York and The Odd Couple. The '70s there looked and sounded pretty bad. When I visited in '98, I found the same as you, pretty nice if you stayed in certain areas. I had no interest in fringe places; I stuck with the Upper West Side, midtown, Fifth Avenue, etc. It wasn't what I'd imagined from reading Rex Stout and watching/reading U.N.C.L.E., but it looked pretty good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 06:58 AM (wzUl9)

95 - Captain Sabin - of course
And I'll get the widow on it later, also.
84 year old great grandmother. Powerful.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 15, 2026 06:58 AM (dAv7M)

96 I did. Until 1990.

Posted by: Roald at July 15, 2026 06:59 AM (2Ez/1)

97 Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 15, 2026 06:26 AM (l4yIu)

Will pray right now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2026 07:01 AM (+hwtP)

98 My image of NYC was everyday reality. But my idea of the city was definitely shaped by a lot of those early 70s movies. Death Wish, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, French Connection, Pelham 1-2-3.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 07:02 AM (RIvkX)

99 winning

UN rights chief swipes Trump, says Iran strikes are 'huge setback,' demands they 'stop immediately'

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:05 AM (/+uur)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 15, 2026 07:06 AM (/+uur)

101 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 15, 2026 07:06 AM (VyBeY)

102 r hennigantx

Move the UN to Gaza.

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

103 And how many divisions does the UN have?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 15, 2026 07:08 AM (qFwJc)

104 My image of NYC was that if you were a kid you lived in a high rise luxury apartment with a dad like Brian Keith, and of course you had an English Butler. When you were bored you "played on the terrace." And if you had a sister her name was Buffy.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2026 07:09 AM (2Ez/1)

105 103 And how many divisions does the UN have?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 15, 2026 07:08 AM (qFwJc)

Those idiots are barely able to do subtraction and addition.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:09 AM (Ot/FD)

106 no one of any consequence

The UN no longer has any moral standing, nor power. It is another parasitic organization blocking civilization.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 15, 2026 07:09 AM (u82oZ)

107 I'm back from my workout, cleaned up, fed the beasts and myself. Another coffee, and then I'll try to get some writing done.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

108 Oscar and Felix shared a 4-bedroom apartment. Wow. The '60s were great.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 15, 2026 07:10 AM (qFwJc)

109 I know. Move UNHQ to Gaza.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 15, 2026 07:11 AM (qFwJc)

110 My mental NYC came entirely from Seinfeld...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2026 07:11 AM (Ot/FD)

111 the house I'm looking at is not in a flood plain.

Every house is in a flood plain if you dream big enough. -- The Man Upstairs

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 07:11 AM (ExV1e)

112 68. Prayers up. May God guide the doctors to her recovery.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 15, 2026 07:11 AM (8moFs)

113 Was Kramer a trust fund baby? Did George live with his parents?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 15, 2026 07:12 AM (qFwJc)

114 My image of NYC was that if you were a kid you lived in a high rise luxury apartment with a dad like Brian Keith, and of course you had an English Butler. When you were bored you "played on the terrace." And if you had a sister her name was Buffy.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2026 07:09 AM (2Ez/1)
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I had never seen an apartment like that and couldn't imagine it was real.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 07:12 AM (RIvkX)

115 UN rights chief swipes Trump, says Iran strikes are 'huge setback,' demands they 'stop immediately'
Posted by: r hennigantx

"Yes, I would like fries with that. And I'd like it to go."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 07:13 AM (RjOoY)

116 I have not flown into NYC. When I drove in, I was in a Peterbilt with a 53 foot trailer behind. After finally finding the place I had to deliver to, I had to go to New Jersey. Screw the northeast.

Posted by: clarence at July 15, 2026 07:14 AM (JGS5U)

117 I had my own place. You just didn't see it very often.

https://youtu.be/ria37d9mInY

Posted by: George Costanza at July 15, 2026 07:15 AM (2Ez/1)

118 Or realizing that their customer base really has had enough of their bullshit and is starting to walk away and stay away.

I read that Windows now represents < 60% of all desktop OS installations. I have my doubts about that but maybe their management got spooked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 15, 2026 07:15 AM (ExV1e)

119 Pastor Barred From Neighbor After Alleged Confrontation Over Violent Threats

Confrontation implies it was not a one sided fight. That pastor delivered a Costco sized beating to that man.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 15, 2026 07:15 AM (RjOoY)

120 I knew NYC in the late 80s. Old Times Square with all the x rated theaters and drug dealers and hookers and stuff.

And then it got cleaned up. And I knew New Yorkers who hated that, preferred the gritty Times Square.

Posted by: blaster at July 15, 2026 07:15 AM (NlEaG)

121 Oscar and Felix shared a 4-bedroom apartment. Wow. The '60s were great.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 15, 2026

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I watched the movie with Lemmon and Matthau the other day (still funny!), and at some point Oscar says it's an *eight*-room apartment. Of course he was "one of the highest-paid sportswriters on the East Coast," as he said.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 07:16 AM (wzUl9)

122 104 My image of NYC was that if you were a kid you lived in a high rise luxury apartment with a dad like Brian Keith, and of course you had an English Butler. When you were bored you "played on the terrace." And if you had a sister her name was Buffy.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 15, 2026 07:09 AM (2Ez/1)

Moving on up
To the east side

Posted by: m at July 15, 2026 07:16 AM (6wpGE)

123 Just like NGOs have sucked up and employed the wastrels of American elitists, the UN's vast apparatus soaks up the wastrels of the 3rd world elites.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

124 I suppose a dramatic TV series like Naked City or East Side/West Side came closer to showing the "real" NYC in the early Sixties than did Family Affair or That Girl. Compared to NYC now, though, early Sixties NYC must have been Camelot.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

125 "Old Times Square with all the x rated theaters and drug dealers and hookers and stuff."
++++

Hello sailor.

Posted by: Bourbon Street at July 15, 2026 07:19 AM (2Ez/1)

126 JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 15, 2026 07:21 AM (RIvkX)

127 125 "Old Times Square with all the x rated theaters and drug dealers and hookers and stuff."
++++

Hello sailor.
Posted by: Bourbon Street at July 15, 2026 07:19 AM (2Ez/1)

haha

Posted by: m at July 15, 2026 07:24 AM (6wpGE)

128 "Old Times Square with all the x rated theaters and drug dealers and hookers and stuff."
++++

Hello sailor.
Posted by: Bourbon Street at July 15, 2026

***
When I was a kid in the early Sixties there, only the first six or seven blocks of Bourbon were Party World. Starting in the block where I lived and running another six or so to its end, Bourbon was residential with service businesses like a hardware store, a barber shop, laundromat, an upholstery shop, a grocery store, etc.

That downriver half of Bourbon is still residential, but those service businesses, I think, are all gone.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

129 Moving to a small town.

Outsiders definitely meet challenges.

One guy told me to put a bumper sticker from the local high school football team on your car.

Posted by: pawn at July 15, 2026 07:32 AM (R8m8a)

130 After Giuliani cleaned out the crazy homeless (bless you Mayor Giuliani!) I loved living in Manhattan. My neighborhood had a small town feel, amazingly; we were friends with the dry cleaners, the bodega guys, and the doormen of the various buildings watched over everything. Felt very safe for my wife, and very familiar.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2026 07:40 AM (vTDxD)

131 129 Moving to a small town.

Outsiders definitely meet challenges.

One guy told me to put a bumper sticker from the local high school football team on your car.
Posted by: pawn at July 15, 2026 07:32 AM (R8m8a)

But don't hang out there, fellow kids!

Posted by: m at July 15, 2026 07:51 AM (6wpGE)

132 Got a message yesterday that my Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) protection has been extended an extra year to Oct. 12 2027. So now my Windows 11 local account system and my Linux one can continue to be the backups.

Posted by: geoffb at July 15, 2026 08:44 AM (OtD+j)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - July 14, 2026 [Doof]

Storming The Bastille!

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Tuesday ONT. Happy Bastille Day to those who celebrate. Did you bring cake for everyone?

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Have you seen the bridge?

Why truckers say the Gordie Howe bridge changes everything

After years of construction, months of anticipation, and one very public delay, the Gordie Howe International Bridge finally has an opening date – and Canada’s trucking industry says it can’t come soon enough.
The long-awaited crossing between Windsor and Detroit will open to traffic on July 27 after Canada, Michigan, and the U.S. government reached an agreement following weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations over toll revenue and governance.
For Stephen Laskowski, president and CEO of the Ontario Trucking Association and Canadian Trucking Alliance, the impact stretches far beyond truck drivers.
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Instead of navigating city traffic and multiple traffic lights, trucks will head straight to a modern border plaza designed to speed up inspections, particularly for agri-food shipments.
The result, he said, is faster crossings, better security, and lower operating costs.
The trucking industry estimates companies could save anywhere from $20,000 to $100,000 annually, depending on the size of their fleet and how often they cross the border.
Laskowski also believes having another major international crossing competing for commercial traffic will benefit the entire industry.
Competition, he said, drives efficiency.

Seems like the truckers should have just said "it'll be a beauty, eh?"

***

Where's that confounded bridge?

Cape Cod bridges project clears major hurdle with federal approval

The Cape Bridges project reached a major milestone this week when the Federal Highway Administration approved the project’s final Environmental Impact Statement and issued a formal go-ahead.
The action marks the first time that the Highway Administration has approved such a final statement for a roadway project in Massachusetts since 1991 and marks a significant step forward, according to a June 30 press release from the governor’s office. The state Department of Transportation is in charge of the project to replace the Sagamore and Bourne bridges.

These new bridges will be used by the staff en route to/from the Northern Command of Doof Enterprises. There is an internal betting pool as to whether or not the Key Bridge near the Mid-Atlantic Command of Doof Enterprises will rebuilt before one or both of the Cape bridges.

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This sound was a huge part of my pre-teen years!

A beautiful sound… pic.twitter.com/SC1Y5s3M1x
— I❤️Nostalgia '𝕏' (@Ilovenostalgia) July 12, 2026

Did kids really wander around the front seat of vehicles in the early 60's?

Imagine surviving and even thriving after being strapped into a $1.88 Sears, “hope harness” only to grow up and get blamed for everything by generations after you. #boomers

* Sears Catalog, 1961. pic.twitter.com/JUqtt5WP6I
— Lloyd Legalist (@LloydLegalist) July 11, 2026

Retro technology

Tv sure has changed hasn’t it? pic.twitter.com/4xn45k2d9W
— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) July 9, 2026

Do you remember this?

Today in 1979, Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park goes off the rails when fans storm the field as local DJ Steve Dahl detonates records in the outfield. Chicago police arrest 39 and the White Sox forfeit the nightcap of a doubleheader with the Tigers. pic.twitter.com/VmznitIB4c
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) July 12, 2026

[In retrospect, Disco Doof does not look favorably upon this]

***

Lots of bands should have been bigger than they were. Go ahead and let me know who you think of. I definitely think Montrose fits the bill.

The 1970s band Sammy Hagar wanted to be “the American Led Zeppelin

“Montrose – we were about to explode,” he reflected to Guitar Player. “We were gonna be the American Led Zeppelin, and he couldn’t take it. I don’t know what it was. He was afraid of success. He’d sit there in the studio holding his face like, ‘Oh God, what are we gonna do?’ I’m like, ‘Fuck, let’s jam! Let’s make some music.’”
Ronnie Montrose was one of the most in-demand session men in rock, having laid down guitar parts for the likes of Van Morrison, Edgar Winter, Herbie Hancock, and Boz Scaggs. Fancying his own project, he formed his namesake band in 1973 with a young Hagar behind the mic, cut the Montrose and Paper Money LPs before Hagar was fired, precipitating his solo career. Such fraught relationships with his band members and the routine dismissal of new recruits would scupper whatever momentum Montrose had enjoyed.
“I’ve never seen a guy like that,” Hagar added. “He fired everybody. The second you had one smidgen of success with him, he broke up the band.”
Montrose would continue without Hagar, but the hard rock explosion they promised was never realised, their founding guitarist smoothing the sound to a funkier direction with Bob James fronting the new style while Van Halen was conquering the Billboard charts. A string of solo albums would follow across the 1990s before he sadly took his own life in 2012.

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1 ONT requires extraordinary suspension of disbelief.

Posted by: mindful webworker - ordering a cafe black at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (ci8WY)

2 Fourth

Posted by: lin-duh at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (RWoFI)

3 rst

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (/Hx86)

4 Hi Doof!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (rxv4u)

5 Bomba Looo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (59EWv)

6 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

7 Happy Bastille Day to those who celebrate.

Would it be inappropriate to congratulate them on their WC performance?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:03 PM (ExV1e)

8 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)

9 Stormed the bastille and all they found was a leftover sandwich and an empty bottle of wine.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 14, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

10 Hi Doof!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (rxv4u)

*waves toward the PNW*

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:04 PM (QLC6i)

11 Bastille Day includes cake?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 14, 2026 10:04 PM (XfIK1)

12 Did kids really wander around the front seat of vehicles in the erly 60's?

All over the car.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (ExV1e)

13 Lewis' dad is a good American

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (2WIwB)

14 Suspension bridges, swingin' brotha. And, as a driver, have you ever considered that those boxes tracker trucks pull are actually just big sails?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (59EWv)

15 That kid has only one toe!

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (7VniJ)

16 How could Doof not put this up?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1gmKUoqbY

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (DZ9Lv)

17 Disco Demolition Night had nothing on Ten Cent Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium in '74.

The game was forfeited to the Texas Rangers (the only forfeit in MLB history due to fan behavior).

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (VmkSV)

18 Good evening Horde and thanks Disco!

Swell ONT content!

Posted by: TRex - bad motor scooter dino at July 14, 2026 10:06 PM (XfIK1)

19 Bastille Day includes cake?
Posted by: The Grateful
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They have no bread.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 10:06 PM (XeU6L)

20 Bastille Day includes cake?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 14, 2026 10:04 PM (XfIK1)

Yup - let them eat it!

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:06 PM (QLC6i)

21 Bastille Day, liberals should study up before shooting off their mouths.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (59EWv)

22 All over the car"

The rear parcel shelf was prized territory...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (7VniJ)

23 Bastille Day - actually had French Toast for breakfast.

With maple syrup. And powdered sugar.

Made in the style my late oldest brother once made for us. MiladyJo said, "showing how obsessive I am about food, I finally made it after intending to for fifty years."

She keeps our relationship fresh!

Posted by: mindful webworker - LOTS of maple syrup at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (ci8WY)

24 Nice ONT, Doof! Thanks!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re)

25 How could Doof not put this up?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1gmKUoqbY
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (DZ9Lv)

Different version behind the top photo

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (QLC6i)

26 ONT requires extraordinary suspension of disbelief.
Posted by: mindful webworker - ordering a cafe black at July 14, 2026 10:01 PM (ci8WY)

I know it's hard to believe but...there really was a Disco Inferno.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 14, 2026 10:08 PM (NZPfR)

27 Good evening Horde and thanks Disco!

Swell ONT content!
Posted by: TRex - bad motor scooter dino at July 14, 2026 10:06 PM (XfIK1)

I was expecting "undemolished dino"

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:08 PM (QLC6i)

28
Rush; Is that a Lone Star or a pentagram?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:09 PM (J7HCx)

29 Every time I read some Moron say it's Taco Tuesday, I pass that along to MiladyJo. Jocularly.

Guess what we had for dinner! Yup.🌮🌮

Posted by: mindful webworker - with chicken and cherry salsa at July 14, 2026 10:09 PM (ci8WY)

30 Bastille Day, liberals should study up before shooting off their mouths.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (59EWv)

They are too clueless to even understand that.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)

31 I know it's hard to believe but...there really was a Disco Inferno.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 14, 2026 10:08 PM (NZPfR)

And he lost to a girl.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 14, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

32 Hello! I celebrated by watching the French lose to Spain.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (pZEOD)

33 Did kids really wander around the front seat of vehicles in the erly 60's?

All over the car.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

They stopped by age 11, I guess, since the bondage gear from Sears says "for 1 to 10-year-olds."

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

34 And in other news from Nashville, a former (woman) police officer is off the force after she admitted to serious departmental violations, including conduct unbecoming an officer, stemming from inappropriate sexual activity while on duty. In a middle school's parking lot. Multiple times.

The other cop hasn't been named yet. But he did flush 18 years seniority down the drain.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (VmkSV)

35 Bastille Day includes cake?
Posted by: The Grateful
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They have no bread.
Posted by: Mike Hammer,
*******
Then cake it is! Who am I to argue with Marie Antoinette (or whomever is reported to have said it)...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (XfIK1)

36 Nice ONT, Doof! Thanks!
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re)

YW!

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:12 PM (QLC6i)

37 I was expecting "undemolished dino"

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:08 PM
***
When someone next asks me about my day, I shall respond that I'm "undemolished, thank you for asking."

Posted by: TRex - American Led Zeppelin dino at July 14, 2026 10:13 PM (XfIK1)

38 Hello! I celebrated by watching the French lose to Spain.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (pZEOD)

So no more MMM Bop?

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:13 PM (QLC6i)

39 Bastille Day

Should I be disappointed there's no 1812 Overture for this?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:14 PM (2WIwB)

40 Internal Affairs (HA!!) used the cops own pictures, videos and texts to confirm the tawdry conduct.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:14 PM (VmkSV)

41 So, the Buffalo NY school story gets better. Check out this reference: "Richard Nigro, president of the Buffalo Teachers Federation"

/

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 10:14 PM (7VniJ)

42 This article link on Fox right now:

Tyrus and paleontologist test T. rex speed myths with new evidence

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:15 PM (Jr+re)

43 38 Hello! I celebrated by watching the French lose to Spain.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (pZEOD)

So no more MMM Bop?
Posted by: Doof

Ummm..sure!

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

44 Good evening morons enbedankt Doofus

Happy Bastille Day to those who celebrate. Did you bring cake for everyone?
====
No French.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)

45 Someone left the cake out in the rain.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (Cqx++)

46 I doubt the Cape Cod bridges will be built before I'm dead. I've seen this story in Massachusetts before.

But even if they are the bigger problem remains. Cape Cod is already too crowded and has been since I was in high school. Making it easier to get more people onto the Cape is not gonna fix that problem.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)

47 I think one of the stadiums had 25c Beer Night combined with handing out free bats? Those little mini-bats, about the size of a nightstick.

What could go wrong?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (3pMUQ)

48 33 Did kids really wander around the front seat of vehicles in the erly 60's?

All over the car.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Lay upon the back window shelf and watch the sky go by.
Cars were made for people back then.
Today you conform to the car back then
they built the car for your comfort.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:19 PM (J7HCx)

49 Different version behind the top photo
Posted by: Doof

I love watching old live shots of rock bands from back in the day.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 10:19 PM (DZ9Lv)

50 When someone next asks me about my day, I shall respond that I'm "undemolished, thank you for asking."
Posted by: TRex - American Led Zeppelin dino at July 14, 2026 10:13 PM (XfIK1)

I offer an alternative - "I have emerged undemolished!"

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:19 PM (QLC6i)

51 Bastille Day
Should I be disappointed there's no 1812 Overture for this?
Posted by: Diogenes

Related?

https://youtu.be/f4En-2FfOgA

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

52 My auto-strap harness has a dildo attached in front.

Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at July 14, 2026 10:20 PM (u/oMr)

53 Two bands that should have been bigger acts:

POCO - The number of great musicians who went played with that group. Their record label let them down ...

Michael Stanley Band - Never could break out of the Cleveland / Rust Belt straightjacket. Again, anothe band where the record label didn't back them they way the should have.

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 14, 2026 10:20 PM (3sXRv)

54 Auto-strap for front seat tots:

"Also use as walking harness"!?!?!?

Nobody really did that back in the day, that I knew of.

Posted by: mindful webworker - time traveler from the 1950s at July 14, 2026 10:20 PM (ci8WY)

55
Note the new hash tonight. I'm baby sitting my mother at the nursing home the first night this time. I want to make sure all the getting out of bed out of her head tendency is gone. It appears to bed.

They told me this was not allowed at all. Nope, nope, nope. But, well, they couldn't force me to leave. If they needed to do that, they'd have to call the cops, and unless I was doing something that warranted being arrested, well they wouldn't call said cops.

And they added there's no official visiting hours, so....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 10:21 PM (iKvf9)

56 >>I think one of the stadiums had 25c Beer Night combined with handing out free bats? Those little mini-bats, about the size of a nightstick.

>>What could go wrong?

Heh. They used to give those out occasionally at Red Sox games for promotions. Even when we were kids we'd be like, are these people nuts?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m)

57 The way I read it, “Cake” in this reference referred to the scrapings or residue remainder in large bread pans in bakeries. Probably thrown out. Not what modern bread usage means by “Cake”.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:21 PM (3pMUQ)

58 But even if they are the bigger problem remains. Cape Cod is already too crowded and has been since I was in high school. Making it easier to get more people onto the Cape is not gonna fix that problem.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)

And it might flip over, too! -Rep. Hank Johnson

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (+EWjf)

59 33 Did kids really wander around the front seat of vehicles in the erly 60's?

I had an "older" neighbor who allowed all the kids in the 'hood to pile into the back of his Toyota HiLux for a trip to the beach. He was like 15.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (u/oMr)

60 Bands that should have been bigger. Where do I start?

Shadows Fall
Savatage
Iced Earth
Agent Steel
Nevermore
Metal Church

Okay, this falls into a pretty specific genre. But still. I stand by this list.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (0aYVJ)

61 What was the first color TV series?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (aOqrc)

62 I was wondering why the last pic didn't have a mystery click. Coulda been Duran Duran's "Girls on Film."

But then, it also coulda been The Chainsmokers "#Selfie," so no mystery click is the correct choice.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

63 47 I think one of the stadiums had 25c Beer Night combined with handing out free bats? Those little mini-bats, about the size of a nightstick.

What could go wrong?

Posted by: Common Tater
--

They had two dollar bleacher night. Friend drove a taxi, Taxis entered the parking area free and parked free. So, two bucks and 25¢ beer. What are you going to do?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (J7HCx)

64 I doubt the Cape Cod bridges will be built before I'm dead. I've seen this story in Massachusetts before.

But even if they are the bigger problem remains. Cape Cod is already too crowded and has been since I was in high school. Making it easier to get more people onto the Cape is not gonna fix that problem.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)

I enjoy coming up here in the off-season. However - this time I brought my golf clubs. There are quite a few courses up here!

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (QLC6i)

65
If our Common Tater is here, we can talk Apollo 8-balls, gimbals, and reference frames if you're still interested.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (iKvf9)

66 So no more MMM Bop?
Posted by: Doof

Ok, I hate you right now. I have Hanson going through my head now.

*types* *deletes*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (zZu0s)

67 Anyone else ever get the reacharound smack in the head from the front seat?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (RIvkX)

68 I think one of the stadiums had 25c Beer Night combined with handing out free bats? Those little mini-bats, about the size of a nightstick.

What could go wrong?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM

Heh.
I remember when Seattle had free baseballs for the first 10,000 thru the gates.
Yeah. That lasted until the first shitty call.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

69 And in other news from Nashville, a former (woman) police officer is off the force after she admitted to serious departmental violations, including conduct unbecoming an officer, stemming from inappropriate sexual activity while on duty. In a middle school's parking lot. Multiple times.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (VmkSV)
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*** Sir Psycho Sexy was unavailable for comment ***

Posted by: Red Hot Chili Peppers at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (FZ29D)

70 Bands that should have been bigger. Where do I start?

Shadows Fall
Savatage
Iced Earth
Agent Steel
Nevermore
Metal Church

Okay, this falls into a pretty specific genre. But still. I stand by this list.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Kinda sad that Savatage did make it big.

.....after they became Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)

71 42 Tyrus and paleontologist test T. rex speed myths with new evidence

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:15 PM
***
My speed is no myth. My undemolished emergence is proof.

Posted by: TRex - speedy dino at July 14, 2026 10:24 PM (XfIK1)

72 17 Disco Demolition Night had nothing on Ten Cent Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium in '74.

The game was forfeited to the Texas Rangers (the only forfeit in MLB history due to fan behavior).
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (VmkSV)

I was in attendance

Sat in the lower deck behind home plate with 8 of my classmates.

We just had bough a case of Stroh's just before all hell broke loose with Billy Martin charging out of the dugout to defend Jeff Burroughs.

Had seriously thought of streaking the field, but chickened out ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 14, 2026 10:24 PM (3sXRv)

73 Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 10:24 PM (wVcYX)

74 What was the first color TV series?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:22 PM (aOqrc)

Wouldn't know. Our first color TV set was in the late 1970s.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:25 PM (0aYVJ)

75 I had an "older" neighbor who allowed all the kids in the 'hood to pile into the back of his Toyota HiLux for a trip to the beach. He was like 15.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Ridden hundreds of miles in the bed of pickups.
It was quite common.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:25 PM (J7HCx)

76 Bands that should have been bigger -

King's X
The Alarm

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:25 PM (QLC6i)

77 Anyone else ever get the reacharound smack in the head from the front seat?

Nope, but I did hear "If I have to stop this car . . . . " a few times. She never stopped. Heh!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:25 PM (Jr+re)

78 They told me this was not allowed at all. Nope, nope, nope. But, well, they couldn't force me to leave. If they needed to do that, they'd have to call the cops, and unless I was doing something that warranted being arrested, well they wouldn't call said cops.

And they added there's no official visiting hours, so....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 10:21 PM (iKvf9)

This really puts a crimp into our "No-pants Naughty Nightshift Nurses" lifestyle.

Posted by: The Naughty Nightshift Nurses at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (+EWjf)

79 Those TV'S back in the day were expensive. I don't think we got a color TV until 1968. Dad wanted to watch his football team in color. Only had 4 channels to watch. The big three and an independent channel.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (IY9No)

80 Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
Posted by: Count de Monet

And anemoia never was.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)

81 *puts on hat*

Posted by: Perry the Platypus at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (+0Wk3)

82 Did kids really wander around the front seat of vehicles in the early 60's?

Yes, and without tethers! I know, I was there! Related phenomenon: it was years after shoulder and lap belts were standard that my mother finally got out of the habit of sticking her arm out to keep us from lurching forward at sudden stops.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (aOqrc)

83 Bands that should have been bigger -

Harry Reid's exercise band

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)

84 Coolest bridge I've been on: Vasco de Gama bridge in Lisbon. 17 kilometers long.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (oq9dX)

85 I know you all know this but please cut of your parents, uncle, or aunties wall phone.
It is 2000% scam.
And with you people come up with a code word or phrase.
I have no issue in bombing a scam center.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (/+uur)

86 “Bonanza” might not have been the first, but they pulled out all the stops. Every scene practically had reds, blues, greens, purples, yellows.

If you just paid $500 for a goddamned TV, why, I want to see some fucking color, dammit. “Bonanza” was the way you did that.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (3pMUQ)

87 Nice ONT, Doof! Thanks.

That Instagram Dad cracked me up!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (D/6p1)

88 The backseat was usually free roam even in the 80s. Stations wagons. Truck beds.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (zZu0s)

89 *puts on hat*
Posted by: Perry the Platypus at July 14, 2026 10:26 PM (+0Wk3)

A platypus commenter?

PERRY the platypus commenter!

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:27 PM (QLC6i)

90 The Place de la Bastille now has no remnants of the actual Bastille but there is a pillar sort of monument there. There is also a weekly farmers market behind it and a McDonalds right there on the side street.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM (u/oMr)

91 Tonypete @34: Ain't no p*ssy worth flushing away a career.

Posted by: Butch at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM (98xTj)

92 I was born in 1965. The arcade was a second home to me. I still love quarters. I also loved Bailey Quarters of WKRP, but that's a different story.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM (ZAfEX)

93 And in other news from Nashville, a former (woman) police officer is off the force after she admitted to serious departmental violations, including conduct unbecoming an officer, stemming from inappropriate sexual activity while on duty. In a middle school's parking lot. Multiple times.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:11 PM (VmkSV)
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Sheesh.
My middle school sex ed was out of a book. No practical exercises at all.
I am sadz.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)

94 Disco Inferno is in my personal Top 25.

There's a 9 minute version too.

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:29 PM (ZxPkt)

95 Kinda sad that Savatage did make it big.

.....after they became Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)

I like TSO, but Criss Oliva was a fucking virtuoso. Killed by a drunk driver, 30 years old. His wife died a few years later, having never fully recovered from her injuries. His brother Jon had his own issues afterward. Mourning.

Man, I fucking love Savatage.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:29 PM (0aYVJ)

96 publius, absolutely no reason you cannot sit with her.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)

97 Bands that should have been bigger -

"Red Rider, later known as Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, is a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While they achieved significant success in Canada, the band never had a song in the top 40 in the United States, although "Lunatic Fringe" from their second album, 1981's As Far as Siam, became popular on US album-oriented rock radio Continued in Wikipedia"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (+EWjf)

98 I was born in 1965. The arcade was a second home to me. I still love quarters. I also loved Bailey Quarters of WKRP, but that's a different story.

Pffft.

Honey West > Bailey Quarters

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (u/oMr)

99 I didn't see Missile Command in the arcade video. That was my favorite.

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (ZxPkt)

100 Zebra.

Cool band. I have one album. On vinyl.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (0aYVJ)

101 There's a nightstick joke in there somewhere or, alternately, "It's the fuzz!"

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (VmkSV)

102 90 The Place de la Bastille now has no remnants of the actual Bastille but there is a pillar sort of monument there.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM
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Been a few years, but isn't there an outline of the original perimeter on the ground traced in stone? Much like the path of the Berlin wall in Berlin, Germany?

Posted by: TRex - memory challenged dino at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (XfIK1)

103 Disney’s Wonderful World of Color was, of course, in color. It started in 1961, but I bet there was something before that.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (aOqrc)

104 Publius, I still don’t understand what the horizon on the Apollo 8 ball was referencing.

On the LM, it makes sense for the lunar surface.

But the CM, what good would it do them?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (3pMUQ)

105 For some reason I have a Rush song playing in my head right now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (0aYVJ)

106 >>I enjoy coming up here in the off-season. However - this time I brought my golf clubs. There are quite a few courses up here!

There are a bunch. And the off-season on the Cape is very underrated.

I was never a very good golfer but I did some work golf events at different course there over the years. If you are ever up there during the Christmas season take a ferry ride to Nantucket. They really do a nice Christmas season.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (viF8m)

107 Honey West > Bailey Quarters
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:30 PM (u/oMr)

Anne Francis peaked when she filmed "Forbidden Planet.

It was all downhill from there ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (3sXRv)

108 Yeah, and remember to explain this like I’m 5

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (3pMUQ)

109 The sounds of Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, and Missile Command.

Then off in the corner is a console yelling, "run cowards! I live!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (2GVsD)

110 We didn't have arcades. We had two pinballs at the bar. One at the pizza place. One at the laundromat.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

111 My speed is no myth. My undemolished emergence is proof.
Posted by: TRex - speedy dino at July 14, 2026 10:24 PM (XfIK1)

Especially when The Grateful is angry?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)

112 Disney’s Wonderful World of Color was, of course, in color. It started in 1961, but I bet there was something before that.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (aOqrc)

Disney's Dismal World of Depressing Grayscale

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (u/oMr)

113 A key from the Bastille was presented to George Washington, and is, as far as I know, still at Mt. Vernon.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM (aOqrc)

114 Did you bring cake for everyone?

We started doing fellowship dinners at church, sometimes on feast days - just to have a reason to get together. We were going to do one (maybe) on the Feast of the Martyrdom of John the Baptist. I wanted to do a cake on a silver platter - head-shaped.

For some reason we didn't manage to get that fellowship dinner together. /sigh/

I should have planned for Bastille Day. Could still be apropos....

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM (kU0PQ)

115 So, Ronnie Montrose basically committed suicide... on the advice of his accountant?

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM (RCjYY)

116 Regarding the television and what if it had recorded everything watched on it, there are so many wonderful shows that are lost forever because they were aired live or just not saved. I’d love to see some of Eddie Doucette’s Chicago cooking shows from the fifties, but even the much later Galloping Gourmet episodes from the sixties are only available in bits and pieces from people who happened to video tape them and then not throw out the tapes.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM (kYmoU)

117 Geezer Golf follow up
Had a good round today but my buddy had a fall. He's a lot older and he slipped on a chip shot near a pond. Damn near fell in. He'll be out for a few weeks. Meanwhile I'm nursing a bottle of wine while it nurses me after sprinting 70 yards to get him up and secured.
Golf be hard...yo!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM (2WIwB)

118 You have to have a frame of reference to make sense of your motion. It can be arbitrary, but it is necessary, especially since everything was inertial dead reconning

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)

119 If you are ever up there during the Christmas season take a ferry ride to Nantucket. They really do a nice Christmas season.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:32 PM (viF8m)

Will keep that in mind - thanks!

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 10:34 PM (QLC6i)

120 Publius, I still don’t understand what the horizon on the Apollo 8 ball was referencing.

On the LM, it makes sense for the lunar surface.

But the CM, what good would it do them?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:31 PM (3pMUQ)

I think Mike Collins explained it pretty well in his book. But, I am not a smart man. I got like half of it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

121 Sheesh.
My middle school sex ed was out of a book. No practical exercises at all.
I am sadz.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB)

The 2-dimensional line drawings of a lady's reproductive bits were of no practical use at all later on. I felt like a new 2nd LT with a map and compass on a field exercise. Lost and bewildered.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 10:35 PM (wVcYX)

122 113 A key from the Bastille was presented to George Washington, and is, as far as I know, still at Mt. Vernon.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:33 PM
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Excellent piece of historical trivia.

Posted by: TRex - keymaster dino at July 14, 2026 10:35 PM (XfIK1)

123 Yes, and without tethers! I know, I was there! Related phenomenon: it was years after shoulder and lap belts were standard that my mother finally got out of the habit of sticking her arm out to keep us from lurching forward at sudden stops.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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Caught my navigator like that. He was very appreciative.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (J7HCx)

124 117 Geezer Golf follow up
Had a good round today but my buddy had a fall. He's a lot older and he slipped on a chip shot near a pond. Damn near fell in. He'll be out for a few weeks. Meanwhile I'm nursing a bottle of wine while it nurses me after sprinting 70 yards to get him up and secured.
Golf be hard...yo!
Posted by: Diogenes at July

This is awful. And I am really trying not laugh.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (p4NUW)

125 The reason there hasn't been any federally funded transportation projects in MA since 1991 is that was when "The Big Dig" began. It was supposed to take 7 years and cost less than 3 billion. Instead it took 16 years and cost almost 15 billion - and a good third to half of that money went to graft or was outright stolen.
I guess it took this long for people to forget that.

Posted by: Chemist at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (6qXCU)

126 Dare I pull Buzz Aldrin's book off the shelf, see what Dr. Rendevous had to say about CSM/LM navigation systems?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (2GVsD)

127 Heard this Appalachian Rule on YouTube.

If your out at night, and hear something rustling behind you, don't look and keep running.

It's Bigfoot, and he wants to ask about your car's extended warranty.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)

128 Golf be hard...yo!
Posted by: Diogenes at July

This is awful. And I am really trying not laugh.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (p4NUW)
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Pics?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

129 The 2-dimensional line drawings of a lady's reproductive bits were of no practical use at all later on. I felt like a new 2nd LT with a map and compass on a field exercise. Lost and bewildered.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 10:35 PM (wVcYX)

That is an apt description.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:37 PM (2WIwB)

130 When I was young, early 60s, we had a color set. Then we were poor and had black and white until the early 70s. I went to college in the mid 70s with a small BW set. The dorm had a common room with a color set, but you had to watch what everyone else was watching.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (aOqrc)

131 Family cars in the fifties and early sixties had no seatbelts, and I never once saw any kind of harness that held the toddler in place. There also weren't baby car seats.
Babies and really young toddlers sat in mom's lap. Also toddlers pretty much bounced around in the back seat.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

132 Ooh, there's no bread, let them eat cake
There's no end to what they'll take
Flaunt the fruits of noble birth
wash the salt into the earth

And they're marching to Bastille day
The guillotine will claim her bloody prize
free the dungeons of the innocent
The king will kneel and let his kingdom rise

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (S41Gd)

133 What everyone needs, a life size silicone love doll of Frieren.

https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk

NOT.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (2GVsD)

134 I fell out the back door of the car my dad owned, I was around 5 years old. After daddy picked me up off the street he advised me to never tell mom. I never did.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (2NHgQ)

135 The Auto Strap for Kids was the second commie imposition into happy American family life.It was designed to prevent a loving parent to use the stop short arm thus preventing human contact. The first was imposed by the Pillow Tag police also a commie group when the Do Not Remove under Penalty of the Law pillow tags were read by innocent grammar school kids..
Fucking heartless Bastids!!1

Posted by: Joe Schmo from the Alamo at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (rjFy0)

136
Dad's a giver!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (ixS3i)

137 My middle school sex ed was out of a book. No practical exercises at all.
I am sadz.
Posted by: Diogenes

The 2-dimensional line drawings of a lady's reproductive bits were of no practical use at all later on. I felt like a new 2nd LT with a map and compass on a field exercise. Lost and bewildered.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Related:

https://youtu.be/Z9CMOMgPb00

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)

138 117 Geezer Golf follow up
Had a good round today but my buddy had a fall. He's a lot older and he slipped on a chip shot near a pond. Damn near fell in. He'll be out for a few weeks. Meanwhile I'm nursing a bottle of wine while it nurses me after sprinting 70 yards to get him up and secured.
Golf be hard...yo!

Posted by: Diogenes
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As one approaches elder years a best exercise is practicing getting up off the floor. It uses most muscles and demands strength and coordination. Do 5 a day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:40 PM (J7HCx)

139 I'm baby sitting my mother at the nursing home…
Posted by: publius

Hope she's still doing better.

When she fell and got banged up, then got better mentally, was this another testimonial to the efficaciousness of percussive maintenance?🙄

Posted by: mindful webworker needs a good whomp up'side the haid hisself at July 14, 2026 10:40 PM (ci8WY)

140 I think this is the highest I've ever been on the top ten list...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:40 PM (sKqQm)

141 A cruel trick of fate that Les Bleus shot craps on Bastille Day, n'est pas?

Quelle horrible.

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 10:41 PM (RCjYY)

142 Family cars in the fifties and early sixties had no seatbelts, and I never once saw any kind of harness that held the toddler in place. There also weren't baby car seats.
Babies and really young toddlers sat in mom's lap. Also toddlers pretty much bounced around in the back seat.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

For me I think dad said they had a cloth basket type of bassinet, for the front floorboards with my mom.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 10:41 PM (rbvCR)

143 I never did.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (2NHgQ)
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So you held it over his head for 40 years?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:41 PM (RIvkX)

144 What everyone needs, a life size silicone love doll of Frieren.
https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk

NOT.

Posted by: Anna Puma

Seriously.

Fern, maybe.....

Posted by: mikeski regrets this comment at July 14, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

145 Never had seatbelts when I was a kid. They came out with those later and even then you didn't have to wear them. Of course later on they made it a law.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 10:41 PM (IY9No)

146 My folks had a big old Rambler station wagon. Brother and I liked the way-back. sisters liked the back seat. On long overnight trips we would being in our sleeping bags in the way-back. Dad was a chain-smoking, coffee-drinking Marine. He did not sleep, as far as I know. Mom would be curled up next to him on the bench seat.

Lord, I miss my parents.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:42 PM (0aYVJ)

147 131 Family cars in the fifties and early sixties had no seatbelts, and I never once saw any kind of harness that held the toddler in place. There also weren't baby car seats.
Babies and really young toddlers sat in mom's lap. Also toddlers pretty much bounced around in the back seat.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

Yeah well a mothers arms were a pretty good child restraint No?

Posted by: Joe Schmo from the Alamo at July 14, 2026 10:42 PM (rjFy0)

148 That was one of the best features of the station wagon, it was a playroom slash mosh pit on wheels back there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

149 Ha! I think it’s because of the Collins book I got to wondering. I’m re-reading it (Carrying the Fire). He was a clever articulate kind of guy, that didn’t really come through with the official persona.
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There are quite a few old time radio programs that are largely available today only because they were recorded to disk and mailed overseas for military broadcasts on AFRTS.

One of the more popular (I guess) radio programs of all time was “Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons” and ran for over 20 years, but less than 50 episodes are extant.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:43 PM (3pMUQ)

150 Mikeski

Are you holding out for the Eris Greyrat and Nina Falcion dolls?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:43 PM (2GVsD)

151 How could Doof not put this up?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT1gmKUoqbY

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 10:05 PM (DZ9Lv)

Good job. I had to scan the frigging comments to see if anybody posted a Rush bastille day vid before I did.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 10:44 PM (S41Gd)

152 Golf be hard...yo!
Posted by: Diogenes at July

This is awful. And I am really trying not laugh.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 10:36 PM (p4NUW)
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Pics?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026

***

I've got pics of my buddy's hand and blood soaked towel.
And pics of my empty bottle of wine...well once I finish it.
Not sure how to post them though.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:44 PM (2WIwB)

153 I think this is the highest I've ever been on the top ten list...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:40 PM (sKqQm)

It's not a good feeling, is it.

One week many many many moons ago I made the top spot because I had had surgery and was convalescing that week. It probably happened once or twice since, but not sure. At that point in 2010 I don't think I had ever even been on the list.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 10:44 PM (vE0+H)

154 >>As one approaches elder years a best exercise is practicing getting up off the floor. It uses most muscles and demands strength and coordination. Do 5 a day.

I had a great PT guy after my second spine surgery. He showed me a great move that makes getting off the floor a whole lot easier.

You're right, it's something everyone should practice doing cause falling is inevitable.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:44 PM (viF8m)

155 77 Anyone else ever get the reacharound smack in the head from the front seat?

Nope, but I did hear "If I have to stop this car . . . . " a few times. She never stopped. Heh!
Posted by: LRob in OK

Whiffleball bat waved wildly into the back of the family wagon.

My brother and I stopped fighting immediately and laughed hysterically, making dad all the more furious.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 10:45 PM (LdAYY)

156 DDG Search Assist

The first commercially sponsored television program to be broadcast in color was "Premiere," which aired on June 25, 1951, on CBS. This variety show marked a significant step in the introduction of color television.
- Wikipedia

Posted by: mindful webworker - remember the little "color at July 14, 2026 10:45 PM (ci8WY)

157 Family cars in the fifties and early sixties had no seatbelts, and I never once saw any kind of harness that held the toddler in place. There also weren't baby car seats.
Babies and really young toddlers sat in mom's lap. Also toddlers pretty much bounced around in the back seat.
Posted by: nerdygirl

The early 70s car seats that were just metal frames that hung off the top edge of the front seat.

All the padding and protection of the kiddie seat in a grocery cart, and it put Junior up high enough to fly through the windshield rather than bonking his head on the dash.....

Posted by: babbeh mikeski sat in one of those at July 14, 2026 10:46 PM (VHUov)

158 As one approaches elder years a best exercise is practicing getting up off the floor. It uses most muscles and demands strength and coordination. Do 5 a day.
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I’m gonna start drinking Beer again for this! Great idea

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:46 PM (3pMUQ)

159 18-1, 383 comments?

One week many yahrens ago, I had 1,800+ comments. Sven had over 2,000.

Aim to do better.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:46 PM (2GVsD)

160 We had 5 kids and drove Suburbans a lot. We sort of aged out the middle three in a coupla years and kept the last Burb a few more years. The number five guy was only about 7 and when we travelled, he insisted on the very back seat with the middle seat folded down. He pretended to NOT hear his mother on the road.

While the middle three were around, they had constant "He touched me" and "Can I move somewhere else" stuff going on all the time. There were stern chats during stops.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:47 PM (Jr+re)

161 >> I still don’t understand what the horizon on the Apollo 8 ball was referencing.

I went over this with Grok (which is great for this kind of specific thing), to make sure I had it straight in my head.

Their local reference frame was inertial and "aligned with the fixed stars" frame (Mr. Einstein and spacetime curvature ignored as they are vanishingly small here). This frame was called the "Basic Reference Coordinate System" strangely enough and was very, very close to the standard astronomical frame know as ECI. X axis points to the equinox and the Z axis is aligned with the earth's pole.

So, your 8-ball horizon would be the equatorial plane of the Erf.

The origin of that was the center of the Erf but they switched to the Moon's center when the spacecraft entered the lunar sphere of influence. But the XYZ axes maintained the ECI like alignment.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 10:47 PM (iKvf9)

162 Girthy ONT. Thanks, Doof!

>>Did kids really wander around the front seat of vehicles in the early 60's?

Not us, nosirree... Mom put us in harness similar to that ad. Front seat, yes. Wander around, no.

Bonus! Harness and tether attached to laundry line would keep a tot within reach while Mom pinned up the wash.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 10:47 PM (rdVOm)

163 I was having a thought today...there is a lot of discussion on the "affordability crises" and while there are parts of it around people wanting too much for too little work there is a really serious problem here. I have a decent job and I look at prices and blanch.

The answer from the tiktokiots is...raise the minimum wage! Or...have the government give people more money by taxing whoever they don't like this week.

But costs aren't supposed to be going up...they are supposed to be going down. Look at TVs. You can buy a TV better then the best TV 20 years ago for 1/5th the price and in modern Bidenbux no less!

This is the same progression everything you buy should have gone through over the last 20 years. Why hasn't it? Well...government. Everything government gets involved with explodes in cost and then of course the cost of that government further spikes costs via inflation.

So the answer? STOP THE SPENDING. Let's have a few years with no cash transfers outside of SS at the state or federal level. You want someone to be able to live ok off a McDs salary? You'll get it. Just like what happened with TVs but now with everything.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:47 PM (sKqQm)

164 I'm old enough to remember sitting in the back of the station wagon and rolling around when an uncle or aunt took a turn a bit too fast...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:48 PM (sKqQm)

165 One week many yahrens ago

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:46 PM (2GVsD)

That was weird. Horde mind or

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 10:49 PM (vE0+H)

166 One of the first songs Pooky put on for our trip was "Love Liberty Disco" by the Newsboys.

Posted by: pookysgirl, stretching out after a long day in the car at July 14, 2026 10:49 PM (cibwl)

167 Is everyone asleep already?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:49 PM (sKqQm)

168 I had a great PT guy after my second spine surgery. He showed me a great move that makes getting off the floor a whole lot easier.

You're right, it's something everyone should practice doing cause falling is inevitable.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:44 PM

How about getting up on the edge of the 9th green?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:49 PM (2WIwB)

169 77 Anyone else ever get the reacharound smack in the head from the front seat?

Nope, but I did hear "If I have to stop this car . . . . " a few times. She never stopped. Heh!
Posted by: LRob in OK

And the ever popular, “I’m giving you til the count of 3”.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 14, 2026 10:50 PM (SjAWL)

170 What everyone needs, a life size silicone love doll of Frieren.

https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk

NOT.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (2GVsD)

Could be worse. Could be Chainsmoker Cat.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 10:51 PM (+EWjf)

171 Sex Ed? Hell, I was looking at Playboy when I was ten. Someone was always sneaking their Dad's Playboy out to show their friends.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 10:51 PM (IY9No)

172 One week many yahrens ago

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:46 PM (2GVsD)

That was weird. Horde mind or
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 10:49 PM (vE0+H)

I spent a lifetime one summer at Ft Sill OK.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:51 PM (2WIwB)

173 Publius, just thrilled to read your Mother's update. And you sit by her side, if you are not interfering with her care then there is no reason you have to leave.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 14, 2026 10:51 PM (XfIK1)

174 Premiere," which aired on June 25, 1951, on CBS.
——-

Maybe in New York or LA?

1967 was kind of the watershed year, when many many sitcoms and programs and news affiliates started filming & broadcasting in color. I vaguely recall my parents, who were not poor, getting a new Color television for one of the Apollo missions.

My college professor auntie treated television like some weird affliction. She had it on a roll cart, stuffed in a guest room, an expensive high quality B/W job, that was only wheeled out for special occasions or something.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:52 PM (3pMUQ)

175 What everyone needs, a life size silicone love doll of Frieren.

Just wait until Japan makes ones of these that move and talk...and have working lower parts.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:52 PM (sKqQm)

176 Re: Bands that should have been bigger... Budgie

Posted by: Taft at July 14, 2026 10:53 PM (VFFUY)

177 Family cars in the fifties and early sixties had no seatbelts, and I never once saw any kind of harness that held the toddler in place. There also weren't baby car seats.
Babies and really young toddlers sat in mom's lap. Also toddlers pretty much bounced around in the back seat.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

Yeah, and those lovely GM X-frame cars of the late 50s/early 60s made sure those toddlers were converted to a pink mist in a head on accident.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 10:53 PM (S41Gd)

178
An Italian takes Zoohoo Mamadani to task for not including Little Italy on a map of NYC neighborhoods (salty and hilarious language)

https://youtube.com/shorts/9APyiuzmN6g

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (ixS3i)

179 Pretty girl cooks
she's a keeper
https://tinyurl.com/bdfvxejx

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)

180
Yep, they let me know without saying that it would be all right as long as I didn't disturb the other residents, but it was against official facility policy.

They couldn't tell me it was okay directly but had to use the wink and nod tactics.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (iKvf9)

181 toddlers were converted to a pink mist

I almost hate to mention the Signal 30 films of the fifties and sixties. Your comment reminded me.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (Jr+re)

182 "With maple syrup. And powdered sugar."

-------

As God intended

Posted by: 496 at July 14, 2026 10:55 PM (szbjN)

183 On road trips I usually just surf the radio stations. It's mostly the same, classic rock, country, Jack FM, Bob FM. etc. Sometimes I'll catch small town announcements about things like fairs, quilting bees, craft shows, obituaries. It's a hoot.

Bend, Oregon has a really good rock station. old school AOR music. Sometimes you hit the jackpot.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)

184 Sexy girl cooking is an interesting genre of videos.

I can't say I get many recipes on line so its not exactly in my wheelhouse, and while a number of the women in my life do they aren't going to like getting that recipe from a woman with her boobs hanging out...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 10:56 PM (sKqQm)

185 Pretty girl cooks
she's a keeper
https://tinyurl.com/bdfvxejx
Posted by: Don Black

The poor thing needs to monetize that channel. She can only afford one button.....

Posted by: mikeski may be missing the points at July 14, 2026 10:56 PM (VHUov)

186 Pretty girl cooks
she's a keeper
https://tinyurl.com/bdfvxejx
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)

Before I sign up for that, what's her wine cellar like???

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

187 Blood-soaked towel
Wine
Golf

This checks out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

188 Honey West > Bailey Quarters

Never saw Honey West.

But Penny (Sky) King gave me feelings I didn't understand at that age. (As with Annette.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - time traveler from a past millennium at July 14, 2026 10:58 PM (ci8WY)

189 What could possibly go wrong?

There is sunken Liberty ship, SS Richard Montgomery, which has been sitting in the Thames estuary since 1944 with its masts sticking above the water as if warning passing ships to steer well clear.

And ships are well advised to steer clear as the wreck contains some 1,400 tonnes of explosives aboard that have never been removed.

Now the British are going forward with a daft scheme to cut away the masts and display them ashore. The same masts which are a big clue to other ships to stay out of the exclusion zone.

What could go wrong? The Francis Scott Key bridge fiasco would like to have word with the British.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 10:58 PM (2GVsD)

190 Blood-soaked towel
Wine
Golf

This checks out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026

Yeah.
Kind of a weird day on the course.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:58 PM (2WIwB)

191 >>Yeah, and those lovely GM X-frame cars of the late 50s/early 60s made sure those toddlers were converted to a pink mist in a head on accident.
-------

Reminds me of the 1990s crash-test dummy PSAs for child safety seats:

"...your 'Little Pumpkin' would be nothing but Squash!"

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 10:59 PM (rdVOm)

192 RE: key to the Bastille:

Le Marseillaise was originally entitled "Chant de guerre pour l'armee du Rhin."

"Le Marseillaise" is a bit catchier.

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 10:59 PM (RCjYY)

193 Every one of you bastards over the age of 29 shoul d practice getting up from the floor DAILY. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. it may save your life. If you can’t do it, you’re fucked. So figure it out. Do it. DO IT TODAY.

I will personally come and kick your ass of you don’t.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (7KluB)

194 My cousin had a drunken rollover in a golf cart and broke his leg in 3 places.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

195 Honey West > Bailey Quarters

Never saw Honey West.

But Penny (Sky) King gave me feelings I didn't understand at that age. (As with Annette.)
Posted by: mindful webworker - time traveler from a past millennium at July 14, 2026 10:58 PM (ci8WY)

Connie Hines (Mr Ed).
My tummy felt weird.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (2WIwB)

196 No love for Yani? How about Easygoing Anal Angel?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)

197 Yeah well a mothers arms were a pretty good child restraint No?
Posted by: Joe Schmo from the Alamo
We had 6 kids in my family and we all survived. Also, we had a small farm and my dad had a pickup truck. We could ride around the farm in the bed of the truck. That was fun, very bouncy.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (0Htd1)

198 Every one of you bastards over the age of 29 shoul d practice getting up from the floor DAILY. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

Will we have exercise periods at the TxMoMe? With potential ass-kickings?

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)

199 And ships are well advised to steer clear as the wreck contains some 1,400 tonnes of explosives aboard that have never been removed.

Now the British are going forward with a daft scheme to cut away the masts and display them ashore. The same masts which are a big clue to other ships to stay out of the exclusion zone.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Give 'em all a map with "hic sunt kaboomes" written on it about there.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)

200 Every one of you bastards over the age of 29 shoul d practice getting up from the floor DAILY. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. it may save your life. If you can’t do it, you’re fucked. So figure it out. Do it. DO IT TODAY.

I will personally come and kick your ass of you don’t.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (7KluB)

Oooooo!!!
You're place or mine???

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (2WIwB)

201 We had a TV like that one pictured: I have a vague recollection of the moon landing on it, but more that our parents let us make a puppet theatere out of the old TV box. No idea what they did with the glass tube.

Posted by: Iris at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (286+n)

202 How are you going to put your arm around your girlfriend while taking her home after school?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (J7HCx)

203 148 That was one of the best features of the station wagon, it was a playroom slash mosh pit on wheels back there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
You could make faces at the driver of the car behind yours.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)

204 One of the Colombian news outlets, NTN24, says that Cuba has at least 300 Russian drones capable of reaching the US.

So there is always something

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)

205 You could make faces at the driver of the car behind yours.
Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (0Htd1)
===

We would give the "peace" sign to hippies and then go nuts when they gave it back.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 11:03 PM (RIvkX)

206 Every one of you bastards over the age of 29 shoul d practice getting up from the floor DAILY. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. it may save your life. If you can’t do it, you’re fucked. So figure it out. Do it. DO IT TODAY.

I will personally come and kick your ass of you don’t.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (7KluB)

Does this include standing up from a cross legged seat on the ground with no hands?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 11:04 PM (rbvCR)

207 There's a photo of me in one of those canvas seats with metal hooks that hung over the front seat. ca early '50s.

One night at the drive-in, my little sister poured a bag of popcorn down the heater vents up behind the back seat.
Hilarity did not ensue when Mom turned the heater on for the ride home...

Posted by: sal at July 14, 2026 11:04 PM (f+FmA)

208 Give 'em all a map with "hic sunt kaboomes" written on it about there.

It is the EU and UK, so the warning in all 50 languages would cover the map.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)

209 Pretty girl cooks
she's a keeper
https://tinyurl.com/bdfvxejx
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)

I like her flair, but I think she occasionally slipped into an American accent. But her Italian accent was molto bene.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:05 PM (ZVgZ4)

210 Was it worth the internet destroying everything so we could get titty cook videos, not sure. But I'm also not not sure.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:05 PM (vE0+H)

211 Pretty girl cooks
she's a keeper
https://tinyurl.com/bdfvxejx
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:54 PM (ZxPkt)

Before I sign up for that, what's her wine cellar like???
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

Is that a new euphemism?

Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 14, 2026 11:05 PM (NZPfR)

212 And ships are well advised to steer clear as the wreck contains some 1,400 tonnes of explosives aboard that have never been removed.

Now the British are going forward with a daft scheme to cut away the masts and display them ashore. The same masts which are a big clue to other ships to stay out of the exclusion zone.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Give 'em all a map with "hic sunt kaboomes" written on it about there.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)

Any bets that the first ship to hit it is a Royal Navy boomer, and it's nukes go Kaboom?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 11:06 PM (qx7Zg)

213
192 Le Marseillaise was originally entitled "Chant de guerre pour l'armee

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 10:59 PM (RCjYY)

I took 4 years of French in jr/sr high and for the final in yr 3, we had to stand in the hall with the teacher and sing Le Marseillaise. To this day, nigh on 50 years later, I can remember about 75% of it.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 14, 2026 11:06 PM (SjAWL)

214 Evening, Horde. For once I had... well, not tacos, but home-made burritos for Taco Tuesday. Fried the beef, mixed the sauce and spices in, fried the finished burritos (beef and cheese) until they were just a little smokey inside. Delicious!

Posted by: RandomDave at July 14, 2026 11:07 PM (aJQbY)

215 Any bets that the first ship to hit it is a Royal Navy boomer, and it's nukes go Kaboom?

Itony would be HMS Prince of Wales.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 11:08 PM (2GVsD)

216 DO IT TODAY.

But, seriously, my younger sister who has some physical limitations, let her husband go to bed on one end of their house, went out into the cool evening on the deck to do something with some rugs she washed that day, fell and broke her elbow. Could NOT get onto her feet and her husband could not hear her. She shuffled on her side the length of the house to wake him. I was literally speechless when she told me. "Younger" in this case means 70+ years old.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr+re)

217 >>How about getting up on the edge of the 9th green?

Yea, there too. When I was young and playing lots of sports I didn't think anything about getting up off the ground. Didn't really require much thinking. But it definitely is a bit different as I get older and stiffer.

And I don't want to be like a tortoise and rely on Leon to flip me over.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:09 PM (viF8m)

218 One of the Colombian news outlets, NTN24, says that Cuba has at least 300 Russian drones capable of reaching the US.

So there is always something
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)

Russia ceased supporting Cuba a long time ago. Why would they give (or sell) the Cubans drones?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (1z8ji)

219 OTOH, free-roaming in the back seat allowed a young Count, standing on the back seat and holding on to the back of the front bench seat, to watch Mom navigate down a steep, snow-covered icy hill. There was a 4-way intersection at the bottom with a car approaching from the left. Neither car was gonna be able to stop.

Calculating the geometry and physics involved in my still-developing brain, I dove to the 2nd row floorboard and turned so that my back and head were against the back of the front seat, arching over the transmission hump.

Wham!

Both cars were pretty messed up, but not totaled. I was unscathed. My Mom and the other driver were bruised and had bloodied noses and lips.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (wVcYX)

220 She's on X. I follow.

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (ZxPkt)

221
Oldest of 5 kids. We had the station wagon with the 3rd seat that faced backwards. Always a fight about who sat back there.

Finally mom had enough and we would draw straws.

First rest stop we changed seats.

It was so cool riding backwards.

Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (/QHx4)

222 I just laid down on the floor and got back up. It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. But I did it. Someone mentioned a trick he had learned from his PT instructor that made it easier but didn’t say what it was. Anybody know enough to elaborate or point to a YT video?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

223 Bastille:

Thomas Paine was imprisoned there after being sentenced to die. The jailers put a chalk mark on the outside of the cell doors for those scheduled for the guillotine.

Paine writes that they omitted him because his cell door was open, & so they didn't notice the chalk mark. No problem. Just correct the mistake on the following day.

That night, Robespierre fell. Thus, Paine writes, his life was saved.

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:11 PM (RCjYY)

224 68 I think one of the stadiums had 25c Beer Night combined with handing out free bats? Those little mini-bats, about the size of a nightstick.

What could go wrong?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:17 PM

Heh.
I remember when Seattle had free baseballs for the first 10,000 thru the gates.
Yeah. That lasted until the first shitty call.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)

Bat Day at Yankee Stadium. Little wooden nightsticks given to randos in the South Bronx.

Yeah, that wasn't such a bright idea. Probably best that they ended it.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (TgFUA)

225 No love for Yani? How about Easygoing Anal Angel?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)

The next episode of Chainsmoker Cat airs on Thursday. To my embarrassment, I look forward to seeing it, just to see what happens next.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (+EWjf)

226 OK, nurse, I just did one rep for ya! Yer welcome!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (Jr+re)

227 I have such a hard time trying to pronounce anything in French. German? Fine. Spanish? All good. French? Naw. Just pronounce some of the vowels and consonants, not all ot them.

Gaelic is ever worse. How is Slainthe pronounced slawnchuh?

Why is Thomas Meagher's name pronounced Marr?

I am the worst Irishman ever.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (0aYVJ)

228 Reminds me of the 1990s crash-test dummy PSAs for child safety seats:

"...your 'Little Pumpkin' would be nothing but Squash!"
Posted by: JQ

I'm just warped enough that I laughed at that.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (0Htd1)

229 193> Every one of you bastards over the age of 29 should practice getting up from the floor DAILY. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

Some of us do, in the form of a Turkish Get Up with 25# dumbbell for reps.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 11:12 PM (a4flb)

230 Top 5?
Missed it by THAT much...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 11:13 PM (2Ez/1)

231 The next episode of Chainsmoker Cat airs on Thursday. To my embarrassment, I look forward to seeing it, just to see what happens next.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

"Morbid curiosity" is a thing. "Hatewatching" is a thing.

I think some anime exist only because of these things.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)

232 Every one of you bastards over the age of 29 shoul d practice getting up from the floor DAILY. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

Will we have exercise periods at the TxMoMe? With potential ass-kickings?
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)

Mandatory PT sessions, I fear.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:14 PM (wVcYX)

233 213 TxAnn

Very cool.

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:14 PM (RCjYY)

234 The last season of The Lone Ranger was in color (1956-57)

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 11:14 PM (Cqx++)

235
More clarification on the 8-ball horizon. The Basic Reference Coordinate System, very close to modern ECI, was the master inertial frame. At any time, the current alignment of the IMU might vary. The particular alignment in use at any time was dubbed the REFSMMAT, "Reference to Stable Member Matrix". This was a rotation matrix, 3D, which described the relative rotation to the BRCF.

So, the 8-ball horizon, would be whatever happened to be the XY plane of the given REFSMMAT.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (iKvf9)

236 I do not jump up off the floor like I ustadcould, but I make it work. A lot of grunting. But I do admit I need to step up my game. Being 60 has been eye-opening.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (0aYVJ)

237 I just laid down on the floor and got back up. It wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. But I did it. Someone mentioned a trick he had learned from his PT instructor that made it easier but didn’t say what it was. Anybody know enough to elaborate or point to a YT video?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

An able-bodied helper with a hoist?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (wVcYX)

238 I've run across a few videos of left of center people discussing how the black death improved the lives of European workers because the number of them declined.

And then those same people arguing that of course importing millions of foreigners to the US will have no impact on the salaries of American workers...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (sKqQm)

239 221
Oldest of 5 kids. We had the station wagon with the 3rd seat that faced backwards. Always a fight about who sat back there.
Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (/QHx4)

What, you didn't "call it"? That's how we did it in our family- also five kids.

Posted by: sal at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (f+FmA)

240 In 2 days, SpaceX is planning a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg and a Starship launch from Starbase, about 90 minutes apart.

Should be interesting.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 11:16 PM (qx7Zg)

241 Being 60 has been eye-opening.

I barely remember being 60.......

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:16 PM (Jr+re)

242 >>Anybody know enough to elaborate or point to a YT video?

Get yourself on your hands and knees. Pick one leg, whichever is your stronger and better balance leg and move from your knee to your foot. Put the hand on the side of that leg on your knee and support yourself with your foot and the opposite hand that is still on the floor. Then move your other leg from your knee to your foot so now you are crouching on both feet. Then stand up.

Practice that a few times a day until it become second nature.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:17 PM (viF8m)

243
sal,

A fight would happen, lol.

We took a lot of road trips.

Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)

244 My aunt had one of those massive Ford station wagons

the cargo area behind the 2nd row had floor panels that would fold out and make 2 small bench seats facing each other.

the faux wood panels on the sides
I miss giant American cars

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 11:18 PM (ZxPkt)

245 Without checking, I was pretty sure it was Bastille Day. I made sure to see the very spot my first trip to Paris in 1999 and felt it was not deserving of me. I'm not sure what I expected.

Today I had (x 3 million it feels like) a skin biopsy due to my vast history of skin cancer for now most of my life. Which is nothing compared to what others face.

The only good thing about it is seeing the freaks of people who are at this university hospital, walking the halls. I saw one tattoo "visitor" with a man who looked worse than her...and she had at least 3 septum cattle rings. A group of med students walked by saying, "they are dropping like flies." They did not come from the door where I'd be called.

The MD, RN and ARNP told me I was delightful to meet. I asked my husband later if they were mocking me and he said, no, that I am very entertaining.

I have no idea what I yammered about as when under a tiny bit of stress things flow. I am used to biopsies and would rather not be there, but I am a delightful patient to meet.

Heaven knows compared to the freaks I saw in the hallways I would agree with them. They are probably a lot stupider than me as well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (hzuYO)

246 I will find you. And I will kick your asses.

Get
Up
Off
The
Floor.

If you can’t you’re in a LOT of trouble. Learn you can do it before you need to.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (Wh2D7)

247 When we moved here, the old ladies' after Mass lunch bunch asked me how old I was after a few weeks.
I told them and they were like "65? Oh, that's adorable."
I understand what they mean now...

Posted by: sal at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (f+FmA)

248 My aunt had one of those massive Ford station wagons

the cargo area behind the 2nd row had floor panels that would fold out and make 2 small bench seats facing each other.

the faux wood panels on the sides
I miss giant American cars
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 11:18 PM (ZxPkt)

Could they handle being rammed by a Bison?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)

249 I am at my most limber when I wake up with a leg cramp.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 11:20 PM (0aYVJ)

250
Then move your other leg from your knee to your foot so now you are crouching on both feet.

That's the Hokey Pokey!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 11:21 PM (Cqx++)

251 nurse, I think AOP and I spend some time most days getting under and out from under cars. The vehicle just over your head adds a degree of difficulty!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (Jr+re)

252 And then those same people arguing that of course importing millions of foreigners to the US will have no impact on the salaries of American workers...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 11:15 PM (sKqQm)

There is a fine line between having no central belief system at all, and just lying to people about what it is.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (vE0+H)

253 204 One of the Colombian news outlets, NTN24, says that Cuba has at least 300 Russian drones capable of reaching the US.

So there is always something

Posted by: Kindltot
---

Just like old times.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (J7HCx)

254 Skiing when I was younger has prepared me for getting up off the floor. When you lay in the snow with skis attached to your boots, you figured out how to maneuver your legs and feet, and get your center of gravity (butt) into a position where you can get up.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (0Htd1)

255 La Marseillaise Is a very bloody song. If you know enough French you know. They even have a children’s version that they teach to little kids. They learn the original when they are older. Still the singing of La Marseillaise in Ric’s Cafe is a very stirring scene in Casablanca: it’s why they shut down Ric’s, you know, due to gambling. “Your winnings, sir,” “Thank you”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (ZVgZ4)

256 I will find you. And I will kick your asses.

Get
Up
Off
The
Floor.

If you can’t you’re in a LOT of trouble. Learn you can do it before you need to.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (Wh2D7)

Else the Bacon Wenches at the TXMOME will point at you and state loudly, "No bacon for you.!"

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (wVcYX)

257 >>My aunt had one of those massive Ford station wagons

>>the cargo area behind the 2nd row had floor panels that would fold out and make 2 small bench seats facing each other.

>>the faux wood panels on the sides
I miss giant American cars

We had one of those. We had a couple different Griswold family trucksters, faux wood paneling of course, including a Pontiac Bonneville 455 which I eventually inherited when it was well into beater territory.

I could pack 6 guys, 8 in a pinch, and enough gear to last us a weekend on Cape Cod among other road trips. Great car. Like driving a battleship but damn we had fun with that beast.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:23 PM (viF8m)

258 I will personally come and kick your ass of you don’t.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:00 PM (7KluB)

Oooooo!!!
You're place or mine???

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 11:02 PM (2WIwB)

I will never understand men's penchant for masochism.

Posted by: pookysgirl has been told that she's cute when she's angry at July 14, 2026 11:23 PM (cibwl)

259
A cool thing when we took road trips was stopping somewhere to have a picnic. Parents did not have the money to stop and eat at a restaurant. There weren't fast food places back in the olden days.

It used to be safe to pull over where there were picnic tables to picnic and kids could run around.

Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:24 PM (/QHx4)

260 TxAnn

When I was in HS, I once asked my young woman French teacher if she could translate a line in a book I was reading-- something De Gaulle said to Gen. Massu, upon greeting him at the airport.

My French teacher said she couldn't translate. Odd, So I took it to the German teacher. He laughed.

"Alors Massu. Toujours con?"

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:24 PM (RCjYY)

261 nurse, I think AOP and I spend some time most days getting under and out from under cars. The vehicle just over your head adds a degree of difficulty!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (Jr+re)

I hope you roll out from beneath it before you try to get up!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:24 PM (ZVgZ4)

262 I am at my most limber when I wake up with a leg cramp.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Ain't THAT the truth! BTDT, hate it.

Calf cramp so strong I can barely straighten it out; need to apply full weight on heel, sometimes requires a bit of bouncing to accomplish. Fortunately, these happen rarely.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (rdVOm)

263 Could they handle being rammed by a Bison?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Depends on your definition of handle.
You would survive. You would be able to drive away. You would pay the body shop a shit ton of money.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (J7HCx)

264 I will never understand men's penchant for masochism.
Posted by: pookysgirl

Chicks dig scars?

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (VHUov)

265 I hope you roll out from beneath it before you try to get up!

Sliiiide out!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (Jr+re)

266 nurse, I think AOP and I spend some time most days getting under and out from under cars. The vehicle just over your head adds a degree of difficulty!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:22 PM (Jr+re)

I'm not on the ground, or floor, every day, but those days when I have to get down there once, it's usually several times.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (1z8ji)

267 255 Nemo

Yes, a brilliant scene.

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:26 PM (RCjYY)

268 I did not have a harness in the car or on a leash as a child. Pretty weird the leash was good for a 10yr old! My sons would have bit through the leash like little pit bulls. What on earth?

Instead I had an ejector car seat with a plastic steering wheel. I also used to stand in the back of my mother's red Pontiac convertible and at stop lights warn others that my mother was driving and to get out of the way (I was said to be 2yrs old). My parents did not care if I was ejected.

My husband (same age) was a wicked toddler who would rock his crib to the dresser and climb down and apparently wake everyone. There was some sort of straight jacket for toddler's cribs and his horrible parents used one on him. In spite of them he's the best of the litter in all ways.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 14, 2026 11:26 PM (hzuYO)

269 Get yourself on your hands and knees. Pick one leg, whichever is your stronger and better balance leg and move from your knee to your foot. Put the hand on the side of that leg on your knee and support yourself with your foot and the opposite hand that is still on the floor. Then move your other leg from your knee to your foot so now you are crouching on both feet. Then stand up.

Practice that a few times a day until it become second nature.
Posted by: JackStraw

Just tried this. Much easier than I thought it would be!

THANK YOU, JackStraw!!!

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

270 That lovely girl shows you do not need bodacious ta-ta's to be gorgeous and equally how personality goes a much longer way than many will admit

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:27 PM (vE0+H)

271 I'm not on the ground, or floor, every day, but those days when I have to get down there once, it's usually several times.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

When she is, how you say, in the mood, it is a trial, no?

Posted by: Paolo at July 14, 2026 11:27 PM (VHUov)

272 Calf cramp so strong I can barely straighten it out; need to apply full weight on heel, sometimes requires a bit of bouncing to accomplish. Fortunately, these happen rarely.
Posted by: JQ

Magnesium oil

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:27 PM (D5/Cc)

273 Good evening, Horde. Thanks for the ONT, Disco.

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2026 11:28 PM (41CYW)

274
Meh.

Maybe when they're done celebrating their underwhelming, symbolic little jailbreak they can all go ahead and ritualistically burn themselves in a nationwide auto-da-fé as an act of contrition for their excesses in the Vendeé.

Might as well celebrate the salient point of the Revolution, after all.

They can go ahead and fuel the pyre with all existing copies of the sheet music for the Marsellaise, for good measure. Their subsequent insults against and G-d and man alike in the modern era and their pitiful submission to Islam warrant the execration of their national memory.

*spits*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:28 PM (BI5O2)

275 The growing trend on youtube is younger generation know-it-alls making fun of Generation X. There was one the other day where this nose ringed, long haired, eyebrow pierced genius was making fun of Generation X for being too stupid to have anything other than maps for directions. I got blocked for my comment:

"Hi there Mr. Pin Cushion. Let's have a history lesson. GPS was invented by the Dept. of Defense in...(drum roll)...1973 by everyone's favorite, Generation X. We did so with your generation in mind. You guys have a tendency to get lost coming up the basement stairs to get to you parent's kitchen. Generation X, also, invented child-proof bottle tops with your generation in mind. Although, for entertainment purposes, we didn't put them on the Tide Pod containers. We wanted to see what your generation would do. You didn't disappoint.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 11:29 PM (dIske)

276 >>A cool thing when we took road trips was stopping somewhere to have a picnic. Parents did not have the money to stop and eat at a restaurant. There weren't fast food places back in the olden days.

We always did that. It wasn't just a money thing, we loved it. Rest areas used to be a lot nicer and we would drive to places like the Adirondacks or the coast for family trips. The whole point was to be outside and see the area. We would look for a place with a nice view and stop and have a picnic lunch. It was part of the trip.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:29 PM (viF8m)

277 "Alors Massu. Toujours con?"
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:24 PM (RCjYY)

Quelle connerie! That’s a word that the French a lot more than we English speakers do with the equivalent English word. They use it so much that it’s no more offensive than saying $h!t in English.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:30 PM (ZVgZ4)

278 1968 Firebird. My first car. Got it in 1973. Loved that car. (It had seat belts). Didn't like the color so I had it painted candy apple red. Kept it for five years. My oldest brother bought it from me. So I upgraded to a 1975 red Firebird. Lot of good times back then. But you get older and worry a lot more and life gets more serious. Fun gets put on back burner.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 11:31 PM (IY9No)

279 I have slept on the floor for decades. I just can't sleep in a bed. I get daily practice getting up off the floor.

Posted by: 496 at July 14, 2026 11:31 PM (Ehi8B)

280 "Alors Massu. Toujours con?"
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:24 PM (RCjYY)

C’est drole! 😁 (I don’t know how to put the accent circumflex over the o). Je suis technologically challenged.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 14, 2026 11:32 PM (SjAWL)

281 Chicks dig scars?

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:25 PM (VHUov)

Not really. When we were dating and Pooky told me that he had a burn mark on his backside from falling asleep too close to a space heater when he was three, I should've taken that as my cue to run.

Posted by: pookysgirl failed her Wisdom check there at July 14, 2026 11:32 PM (cibwl)

282 >>THANK YOU, JackStraw!!!

You're very welcome but don't thank me. Thank my awesome PT guy. My parts don't bend like they used to and he showed me that and it made it so much easier.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:32 PM (viF8m)

283 ô

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:32 PM (BI5O2)

284 Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 11:29 PM (dIske)

Awesome response. +1

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:33 PM (wVcYX)

285 It used to be safe to pull over where there were picnic tables to picnic and kids could run around.

Many rest stops along the highways are still very nice and seem safe. Others not so much. A couple of years ago I happened to be driving east from El Paso on I10 and the sun came up in an absolutely beautiful sunrise in the middle of nowhere in Texas just as I came upon a rest stop. I pulled over and the ground was covered in trash. I quickly got my photo and left, a little worried about running over something that might puncture a tire.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2026 11:33 PM (kYmoU)

286 I got blocked for my comment:

"Hi there Mr. Pin Cushion. Let's have a history lesson. GPS was invented by the Dept. of Defense in...(drum roll)...1973 by everyone's favorite, Generation X.

See, you got blocked for saying "by" rather than "during."

Unless GPS was invented by an eight-year-old.

Posted by: mikeski of Generation X at July 14, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)

287 Evenin’, again, All.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:34 PM (77rzZ)

288 Posted by: pookysgirl failed her Wisdom check there

I laughed!

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:34 PM (VHUov)

289 Gotta quit for the evening. Thanks again for the ONT, Doof and thanks to all the horde for entertainment and knowledge!

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:35 PM (Jr+re)

290 Wake up calf crap or anytime. Sciatic nerve.
Isometric exercise. Visualize and do. Pull the navel to the spine as close as possible, tighten, hold for 10. Repeat ten times. Do it before arising in the morning. It also helps to draw the knees up before beginning. Do it while driving. While walking is advanced.

While driving hold the wheel at 3 & 9 pressing hands toward each other then do the isometric.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 11:35 PM (J7HCx)

291 Thanks Jack Straw, that was more or less how I got back up. Good to know I’m doing it right.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

292 280 TxAnn

I don't either. I can't even put the little accent mark in Spanish.

Please don't explain how to do it, Horde. Like trying to teach a pig to sing.

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:36 PM (RCjYY)

293 I will never understand men's penchant for masochism.

Posted by: pookysgirl has been told that she's cute when she's angry at July 14, 2026 11:23 PM (cibwl)

So... I'm going to let you in on a little secret.

It's mostly not appropriate for men to talk about the things they really like and want to do so "beat me up mommy" works as something of a publicly acceptable substitute.

This is not to say that stuff doesn't exist, it quite obviously does. But I'm saying it may appear a little more widespread and common than real statistics would indicate, and that's my guess why.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:36 PM (vE0+H)

294 "There was some sort of straight jacket for toddler's cribs and his horrible parents used one on him."

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My younger brother was awful. My folks used the harness but he kept busting out of it. They tried everything. Finally the pediatrician, with a slightly worried expression, said "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think you need to secure a top on his crib." They basically made a cage. He's a great guy now though!

Posted by: 496 at July 14, 2026 11:36 PM (Ehi8B)

295 I suggested the "crib topper" (yes, it's a cage) for my escape artist daughter, but my wife was horrified, so I let it lie.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:39 PM (BI5O2)

296 Hello.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2026 11:39 PM (CHHv1)

297 >>They basically made a cage. He's a great guy now though!

Well he's just an excitable boy.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:40 PM (viF8m)

298 Hurts so good.
Sometimes love don't feel like it should.
You make it hurt so good.

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)

299 See, you got blocked for saying "by" rather than "during."

Unless GPS was invented by an eight-year-old.
Posted by: mikeski of Generation X at July 14, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)

________________________________

I'm generation x....I was stringing tennis racquets in a family owned pro shop since I was seven. I paid taxes...that makes me a contributor to the defense fund. I therebye make claim that Generation X was included in invention of GPS.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 11:41 PM (dIske)

300 212 And ships are well advised to steer clear as the wreck contains some 1,400 tonnes of explosives aboard that have never been removed.
Now the British are going forward with a daft scheme...
Posted by: Anna Puma
Give 'em all a map with "hic sunt kaboomes" written on it about there.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)
Any bets that the first ship to hit it is a Royal Navy boomer, and it's nukes go Kaboom?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

As if no one knows what comes next.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WeaponizedKragleWH :FACT!

metalTRiUMPh
LET's GO BRANDON!
Who Wants a TACO; I sure DO!
https://www.tinyurl.com/ctHARRIS-FamousLastWords

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 14, 2026 11:41 PM (VLEzb)

301 Seriously.

If you can get from your back or side to all fours, you can get up.

Ask you PT or OT to show you. It’s not necessarily strength. It’s technique. You can do it. Learn how. Before you need to.

Please.

And practice. Every day.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:41 PM (Xwwcf)

302 TxAnn -

On an iPhone or iPad you just hold the letter down until a pop-up menu appears showing the options: c’est drôle! One problem is that autocucumber wants you to write in English not some other language.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

303 What, pigs can’t sing? Well, let me treat you to my rendition of the Queen of the Night’s Aria from The Magic Flute.
— A. Ziffel

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:42 PM (77rzZ)

304 Generation X, also, invented child-proof bottle tops with your generation in mind. Although, for entertainment purposes, we didn't put them on the Tide Pod containers. We wanted to see what your generation would do. You didn't disappoint.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 11:29 PM (dIske)
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There was a recent study, presented here, showing the great similarities between Boomers, Gen X and Gen Z.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 11:44 PM (J7HCx)

305 La la la la!

Posted by: Babe at July 14, 2026 11:45 PM (wVcYX)

306 303 Bulg

Really an astonishing song!

Nancy Sinatra wouldn't be able to handle that one.

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 11:45 PM (RCjYY)

307 Every one of you bastards over the age of 29 shoul d practice getting up from the floor DAILY. SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

Will we have exercise periods at the TxMoMe? With potential ass-kickings?
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 14, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr+re)

Mandatory PT sessions, I fear.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 11:14 PM (wVcYX)

***

And knock out 20 while you're down there!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 11:46 PM (2WIwB)

308
Hi Beckoning and Robert!

Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:47 PM (/QHx4)

309 One problem is that autocucumber wants you to write in English not some other language.

In settings there is a Languages and Regions section where you can choose your preferred languages. It will still try to guess what language you’re trying to use, but it will be correct more often.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2026 11:48 PM (kYmoU)

310
>>A cool thing when we took road trips was stopping somewhere to have a picnic. Parents did not have the money to stop and eat at a restaurant. There weren't fast food places back in the olden days.

Sam here. Remember roadside tables?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 11:48 PM (Cqx++)

311 great similarities between Boomers, Gen X and Gen Z.
_-_
Fits with my experience. I see bigger differences of urban/rural, ethnicity, religion.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 14, 2026 11:48 PM (ehoYw)

312 I also wanted to build a baby-minder in our living room, but again, the wife overruled me.

That one I actually argued about, though.

She was right about the crib-cage; my daughter would have been super pissed off about that. But I think she would have enjoyed the baby-minder.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:49 PM (BI5O2)

313
Bertram,

Those were the best.

Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)

314 We would look for a place with a nice view and stop and have a picnic lunch. It was part of the trip.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 11:29 PM (viF8m)

The highlight of the annual pilgrimage to my grandmother’s house in Mobile was the mileage countdown to the next Stuckeys. And they always had one on each side of I10. Sigh…..good times.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 14, 2026 11:49 PM (SjAWL)

315 Russia ceased supporting Cuba a long time ago. Why would they give (or sell) the Cubans drones?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (1z8ji)

I suspect the Colombian news is about as good as the US news.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 11:50 PM (rbvCR)

316 On road trips mom would get the cheese in a can and slim Jim’s and let us drink pop.

Rest stops were AWESOME!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:50 PM (ApcYo)

317 307 Uh oh. I fear that Piper’s agents have infiltrated the chat.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:51 PM (77rzZ)

318 @308 Hello four seasons. RtC is doing fine. He says "Hi" in his inimitable way. Sorry about the claws.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2026 11:51 PM (CHHv1)

319
Lol Beckoning

Posted by: four seasons at July 14, 2026 11:51 PM (/QHx4)

320 Magnesium oil
Posted by: nurse ratched

I use an albuterol inhaler... found that "rinse mouth after use" means: swish vigorously, gargle, spit -- 6 to 8 times.

Would magnesium still help?

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 11:52 PM (rdVOm)

321 Man I thought going to the TXMoMe would be cool but I guess I'd have to bring RtC. I'd probably die of blood loss before the first meal...but on the other hand I'm sure he'd be the hit of the event. The only thing would be what I could get as an epitaph.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2026 11:55 PM (CHHv1)

322 You asked for it:

https://t.ly/O8xwP

The aria starts about 44 seconds in.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:56 PM (ZVgZ4)

323 AAAAAAaannnnd… so much for Tuesday. Thank you, Almighty Creator. Let's do it again tomorrow.

I was going to get something by Zappa, but ran across some old Dead, so, I figured, wth. I had more than a touch of gray already when this came out. Nothing but gray, now.

https://youtu.be/80USYpvvF1M

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - on the road to Wednesday at July 14, 2026 11:57 PM (ci8WY)

324 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

Damn, I just tested it on a faux email and it worked. I swear, this place is a veritable cornucopia of knowledge.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 14, 2026 11:57 PM (SjAWL)

325 If you can’t you’re in a LOT of trouble. Learn you can do it before you need to.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:19 PM (Wh2D7)

When I broke my right shoulder and buggered up my right knee in a fall, I spent about a month unable to get down onto the floor or back up off it, and I lived worried I would tumble and then roll around on the floor like a crushed bug. It is a humbling feeling.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 11:58 PM (rbvCR)

326 Like I tell the younger people "it ain't no fun getting old".
If it's not one thing it will be something else.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 11:58 PM (IY9No)

327 Something happening at VMI.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 14, 2026 11:59 PM (nwXuw)

328 Man I thought going to the TXMoMe would be cool but I guess I'd have to bring RtC. I'd probably die of blood loss before the first meal...but on the other hand I'm sure he'd be the hit of the event. The only thing would be what I could get as an epitaph.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 14, 2026 11:55 PM (CHHv1)

BC 0, RtC 1

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 11:59 PM (qx7Zg)

329 My albuterol inhaler has no instructions about rinsing after use. I don’t use it that often, so it may not matter.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 11:59 PM (ZVgZ4)

330 JQ

Magnesium oil is for topical application only. FO NOT TAKE ORALLY!

Apply magnesium oil to the bottom of your feet before bed. It helps with sleep and lower leg cramping.

Wash your hands after application so you don’t inadvertently rub your eyes during sleep. It helps me.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:59 PM (GI9/m)

331 324 Of course, by “cornucopia of knowledge,” you mean “endless source of boob talk.”

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 12:00 AM (77rzZ)

332 >>The highlight of the annual pilgrimage to my grandmother’s house in Mobile was the mileage countdown to the next Stuckeys. And they always had one on each side of I10. Sigh…..good times.

My grandfather was a professor but also did consulting with various industries but he hated to fly. So he was a big road trip guy and he and my grandmother loved taking me and sister along. We drove to Florida a couple times which was a big deal back then and that's when I got introduced to Stuckey's. Whoa. Also saw my first and last Sambo's in Florida.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2026 12:00 AM (viF8m)

333 Something happening at VMI.
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 14, 2026 11:59 PM (nwXuw)

Well, we’re waiting.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:00 AM (ZVgZ4)

334 I swear, this place is a veritable cornucopia of knowledge.
Posted by: TxAnn

And well over half of it is correct!

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 12:02 AM (VHUov)

335 322

Un bel di vedremo

I always preferred the Bette Midler version to Marie Osmond's.

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 12:02 AM (RCjYY)

336 I had my first Mountain Dew sody-pop on a family vacation trip to the Outer Banks. The old-timey can with the hillbilly character.

"It'll tickle your innards".

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 12:02 AM (wVcYX)

337 331 324 Of course, by “cornucopia of knowledge,” you mean “endless source of boob talk.”
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 12:00 AM
+++++++

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 15, 2026 12:03 AM (2Ez/1)

338 Generation X invented GPS while 8 years old or less in 1973?

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:03 AM (nwXuw)

339 New Women's Athletics Guidelines Crack Down On 'Sexualizing' Camera Angles
---

Welp, there goes the viewership.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:04 AM (J7HCx)

340 324 Of course, by “cornucopia of knowledge,” you mean “endless source of boob talk.”
Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 12:00 AM (77rzZ)

Naturally. Occasionally augmented, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2026 12:04 AM (wVcYX)

341 Ciao, tutti!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 15, 2026 12:05 AM (kYmoU)

342
Have ya'll seen on Fox about people checking into the Airbnb rental and there is a photo on the wall of their family?

It is creepy.

Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)

343 Details scant. Armed man. Washingron & Lee also. Seek shelter. Shelter in place. About an hour ago.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:07 AM (nwXuw)

344 Thanks, nurse! I'm good as long as I rinse thoroughly.

Cramps are very rare anymore.

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)

345 @328 sounds reasonable. And easy to carve.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 12:08 AM (CHHv1)

346 In settings there is a Languages and Regions section where you can choose your preferred languages. It will still try to guess what language you’re trying to use, but it will be correct more often.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2026 11:48 PM (kYmoU)

I am not so committed to French that I want change my preferred language: it’s just that if you try to type French on the fly with English as your preferred language, you’ll need to check every word to see that it hasn’t “corrected” it to the closest English equivalent. Interestingly, c’est drôle passes autocucumber muster with no changes. Must be used often enough in English to be accepted.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:08 AM (ZVgZ4)

347 I had a dachshund trip me on a darkened flight of stairs. Busted my tailbone really bad and more-or-less ruined my left thumb forever.

I had to just kind of weeble-wobble back and forth like a flipped turtle until I could get on all fours and crawl back upstairs, since I was alone in the house.

Got myself to the freezer in the kitchen and hauled myself up to where I could grab some ice and whiskey. After a couple hours of ice and whiskey, I got to standing with the help of the counter and some shelves, splinted the thumb with chopsticks and duct tape, retrieved the phone and called my girlfriend for help.

At the end of it, I felt more sorry for poor Sancho than myself. You never saw a more pathetic dog in your life. He thought he killed me and just stood there crying the whole time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:08 AM (BI5O2)

348 Goodnight morons.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2026 12:09 AM (viF8m)

349 Israeli Officials Try To Push US Refueling Tankers Out Of Ben Gurion Airport Amid Disruptions
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Read this about a month ago too. Speculating it's a bunch of liberals who want to bend over for Hamas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:09 AM (J7HCx)

350
Oh, the car.

My car broke down in Balmorhea, TX and there was no fixing it within 100 miles. The AAA guy took about four hours to get there. He offered to buy it from me and tow me to El Paso, where I could fly the rest of the way home.

It was mebbe a 3-hour drive. I get in the cab with him and I hear "Hello!" His wife was in the back, with -- a little girl. Then another little girl rolled out of nowhere. Then a third hopped out of nowhere else. Not in many years have I seen kids hop, fly, lie down, dance, bounce around, and defy gravity inside a moving vehicle the way those kids did. Every now and then the dad would stretch his arm back and snap his fingers very emphatically, they'd calm down for 30 seconds and start flying around again. Funniest jumble of a ride I ever had. I had fun talking to those people.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:09 AM (mmrXZ)

351 Russia ceased supporting Cuba a long time ago. Why would they give (or sell) the Cubans drones?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 11:10 PM (1z8ji)

Easy to buy and build.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2026 12:09 AM (2WIwB)

352 Publius, if your mother wants you to be there, it is actually a violation of her patient rights for the facility to make you leave. The exception is if she has a roommate, you would need to step out of the room for the roommate's privacy during personal care.

Posted by: Frankie at July 15, 2026 12:10 AM (S+pqy)

353 AOP, the Colombian cartels in the North East are using commercial quad-drones to carry and drop mortar bombs on each other during their fights now. They either detonate on the roofs or go through the light metal roofing in some of the slums they are fighting over

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 12:10 AM (rbvCR)

354
That's quite an image of the storming of the Bastille. I'm sure it was mentioned somewhere upthread that there were, like, 4 people detained there at the time, and 2 of them were insane.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:10 AM (mmrXZ)

355 Uh oh. I fear that Piper’s agents have infiltrated the chat.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:51 PM (77rzZ)

Don't be silly, cats can't type

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 12:11 AM (rbvCR)

356 And knock out 20 while you're down there!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 11:46 PM (2WIwB)

But sir, there are 24 cans in a pack of beer. What do I do with the other 4?

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at July 15, 2026 12:11 AM (SQkDW)

357 I am not so committed to French that I want change my preferred language

You don’t have to change it. Just add it. You can have multiple preferred languages.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 15, 2026 12:12 AM (kYmoU)

358 #247 - that's what dachshunds are called "the cats of the dog world."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 12:13 AM (CHHv1)

359 342
Have ya'll seen on Fox about people checking into the Airbnb rental and there is a photo on the wall of their family?

It is creepy.

Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)

You mean a photo of the renters’ family. That is creepy. A picture of the owner’s family might be indiscreet, but not creepy.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:13 AM (ZVgZ4)

360 F**k the French and their Revolution. What a mess that was.

Too bad Henry V died too soon.

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2026 12:14 AM (77rzZ)

361 Thanks for the info, Stephen Price Blair.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:15 AM (ZVgZ4)

362
Nemo,

The family renting the place.

Of course more info is needed.

I have wondered if extended family is doing it. I don't know.

It is creepy no matter who responsible for doing that.

Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:16 AM (/QHx4)

363 Drink beer? Like a Yale man.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:17 AM (nwXuw)

364 Don't be silly, cats can't type
Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2026 12:11 AM (rbvCR)

That’s what they want you to think!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:17 AM (ZVgZ4)

365 A man walks into a bar and says to the bartender "One beer for me, one for you, and one for everyone who's here in the bar!" The bartender serves all the beers. After drinking his beer, the man starts to leave. "Hey! What about the bill?" "I don't have any money!"

The bartender beats the guy up and throws him out.

The following night the guy returns and makes the same order. "One beer for me, one for you, and one for everyone who's here!" The bartender thinks "He can't be that brazen. He must have money today."

So he serves beer to everyone. Again the man walks out after he's done. "Hey! What about the bill?" "I don't have any money."

The bartender beats the man up again and throws him out.

Third night. The man says: "One beer for me and one for everyone who's here in the bar." The bartender asks "What about me? Don't I get a beer?

"No. You get way too aggressive when you drink."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 12:17 AM (IG3/x)

366 >> it is actually a violation of her patient rights for the facility to make you leave.

That I didn't know. Is that some federal thing, or does it vary by state? And just what facilities does it apply to?

It seems hospitals around here can throw people out, but that's a LEO thing. I'm just wondering the details of how it all works.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 12:17 AM (iKvf9)

367 359 342
Have ya'll seen on Fox about people checking into the Airbnb rental and there is a photo on the wall of their family?

It is creepy.

Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)

You mean a photo of the renters’ family. That is creepy. A picture of the owner’s family might be indiscreet, but not creepy.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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I'd be a lot easier to see if there were a link.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:18 AM (J7HCx)

368 We have drones but they're powered by Chevy 283 cubic inch small-block V-8s.

Posted by: Cuba at July 15, 2026 12:18 AM (u/oMr)

369 With the coming rent increases, I may have to take up camping.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:19 AM (nwXuw)

370
It is on Fox website.

I have no clue how to do a link.

Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:20 AM (/QHx4)

371 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 12:17 AM (IG3/x)

That one's going in the joke bank.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:20 AM (vE0+H)

372 I'd be a lot easier to see if there were a link.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:18 AM (J7HCx)
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Forget that... foxnews also has a story on "catfish girl". I think she's real purdy.

Posted by: 496 at July 15, 2026 12:20 AM (ot8Q5)

373 Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:16 AM (/QHx4)

If it’s extended family, ok, that gets a pass from me. Otherwise that sounds too much like the opening scenes of a horror movie.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:21 AM (ZVgZ4)

374 Have ya'll seen on Fox about people checking into the Airbnb rental and there is a photo on the wall of their family?

It is creepy.

Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:06 AM (/QHx4)

I would burn it down to the bedrock.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:21 AM (S41Gd)

375 Catfish girl: https://tinyurl.com/ypm2y5tb

Posted by: 496 at July 15, 2026 12:21 AM (ot8Q5)

376 Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:20 AM (/QHx4)

Here you go, fs

https://shorturl.at/Ak8yK

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:21 AM (vE0+H)

377 @Polymarket

BREAKING: South Korean stock YouTuber reportedly stabbed by a viewer who lost money after following his investment advice
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Don't know why Kramer comes to mind.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:22 AM (J7HCx)

378 We have drones but they're powered by Chevy 283 cubic inch small-block V-8s.

Posted by: Cuba at July 15, 2026 12:18 AM (u/oMr)

And they got fuzzy dice hanging off the nose.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:22 AM (S41Gd)

379 That's quite an image of the storming of the Bastille. I'm sure it was mentioned somewhere upthread that there were, like, 4 people detained there at the time, and 2 of them were insane.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:10 AM (mmrXZ)

So they weren't all leftists then

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:23 AM (vE0+H)

380
It kinda cracked me up thinking it could be a photo of the family who were not invited.

Still, it is creepy as fuck.

Posted by: four seasons at July 15, 2026 12:24 AM (/QHx4)

381 der@sentdefender 3h
Footage, reportedly taken during Iranian drone and missile strikes against Kuwait earlier, shows a Shahed-136 impact. The U.S. continues to trade strikes with Iran, as targets inside Bahrain and Kuwait are now bearing the brunt of Iranian fires.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3d7d5z

Not moving that fast, looks like target practice

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:25 AM (J7HCx)

382 Tomorrow, on the way to the skeet range, I'll pick up a brand new Chinese-made clone of the Remington 870 pump shotgun, for which I paid the princely sum of 140 (one hundred forty) American dollars.

I'm not expecting much at that price, but I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised. Pleasantly being defined as it feeds, fires, and ejects with no problems. If it digests my wimpy skeet loads, I'll try running some factory buckshot through it.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:25 AM (+EWjf)

383 > there were, like, 4 people detained there at the time, and 2 of them were insane.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 12:10 AM (mmrXZ)

Wasn't one of them the Marquis de Sade?

Who, as I recall, was promptly thrown back in prison by the new regime.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x)

384 Four seasons -

Here you go:

https://t.ly/zU7yR

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (ZVgZ4)

385 Have ya'll seen on Fox about people checking into the Airbnb rental and there is a photo on the wall of their family?

It is creepy.
Posted by: four seasons

Not hard to do, depending on the renter's name and location.

"Bob Smith from Minneapolis?" Tough.

"Walter Abramovich III from Bemidji?" You can find him on Facebook and print out a pic pretty easy.

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (VHUov)

386 We have drones but they're powered by Chevy 283 cubic inch small-block V-8s.

Posted by: Cuba at July 15, 2026 12:18 AM (u/oMr)

And they got fuzzy dice hanging off the nose.
Posted by: Berserker-
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For some reason, Cuba's comment brought to mind Boss Hoss bikes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (XeU6L)

387 Federal and state health officials are reportedly zeroing in on Taco Bell restaurants as a possible culprit in one of the biggest parasite outbreaks to slam the U.S. in years,
_ZH

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (J7HCx)

388 I use to love to travel. Drove everywhere. Road trips was a common thing. Use to fly a lot too. Don't fly anymore, such a hassle. And driving is boring. I'm more content staying around here close to home. Don't need to blow money anyway. It's not like I don't have anything to do here, got plenty. It's just getting up enough gumption to do it.

Posted by: Case at July 15, 2026 12:27 AM (IY9No)

389 I'm guessing the Air BnB owner finds family photos of renters on their social media, and thinks (retardedly) "printing a family photo of the renters will be a nice touch that sets me apart from other owners, and they will appreciate this."

1.) WRONG! This is creepy as all get out.

2.) This is reason # 10,000 why I don't have social media and adamantly refuse to allow my wife to post photos of the kids on hers - this weirdo was probably harmless, but many weirdos are not.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:28 AM (BI5O2)

390 It seems like the airbnb story is a coincidence. It's a big aerial beach photo. These days you don't know, but maybe.

If it is, it reminds me of the true story of a bride and groom to be from like the early 2000's (I think they met in college), going through old family photos to put together for the wedding, and there was one photo from when the groom was like 4 years old, standing at Disney World, and behind him walking by were the bride's parents pushing her in a stroller.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)

391 Wasn't one of them the Marquis de Sade?

Who, as I recall, was promptly thrown back in prison by the new regime.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x)

What would you do with him?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:29 AM (ZVgZ4)

392 Tomorrow, on the way to the skeet range, I'll pick up a brand new Chinese-made clone of the Remington 870 pump shotgun, for which I paid the princely sum of 140 (one hundred forty) American dollars.

I'm not expecting much at that price, but I'm willing to be pleasantly surprised. Pleasantly being defined as it feeds, fires, and ejects with no problems. If it digests my wimpy skeet loads, I'll try running some factory buckshot through it.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:25 AM (+EWjf)

Damn, yang poon shotgun. You probably should tie a string to the trigger for the first 100 rounds.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:30 AM (S41Gd)

393 @i_vanesov

Watch us land one of our drone-boats inside a moving US Navy warship during RIMPAC. This world-first resupply mission was performed completely autonomously using a Splash Industries Typhoon USV

https://tinyurl.com/4vxuztnn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:30 AM (J7HCx)

394 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (J7HCx)

I don't know why I get the feeling that the Taco Bell thing is a cover for something else. It just seems too "perfect" and will throw everyone off the scent of what actually occurred. Then again maybe Occam's razor really does apply for once.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:31 AM (vE0+H)

395 If you buy a Chinesium 870, I expect you'll find your issues once you tear down, clean and reassemble it. I'm betting the weak point will be the slide rails for the pump. They can be a bit finicky when milled from American steel by skilled people, so slave-built models made from backyard pit forged pot metal will likely be a problem.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:33 AM (BI5O2)

396 For some reason, Cuba's comment brought to mind Boss Hoss bikes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 15, 2026 12:26 AM (XeU6L)

Hmm, no clue why. They are all American iron. I saw one with a hemi and a blower. How much of a death wish do you need to ride that?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:33 AM (S41Gd)

397 > What would you do with him?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:29 AM (ZVgZ4)

He was a forcible rapist in real life, and they had a guillotine just sitting there....

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 12:33 AM (IG3/x)

398 Getting sleepy here. Going to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 15, 2026 12:34 AM (1z8ji)

399
God, this is chair is terrible. I'd think I'd pay them money for it just to destroy it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 12:34 AM (iKvf9)

400
Bastille patrons:

4 men accused of forgery
2 men who were mentally ill
1 aristocrat, Comte de Solages, who had been imprisoned at his family's request

The Marquis de Sade had been transferred out about 10 days earlier. He'd made his cell into a hotel room.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 12:34 AM (mmrXZ)

401 Guillotines cut down on appeals.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:35 AM (nwXuw)

402 If you buy a Chinesium 870, I expect you'll find your issues once you tear down, clean and reassemble it. I'm betting the weak point will be the slide rails for the pump. They can be a bit finicky when milled from American steel by skilled people, so slave-built models made from backyard pit forged pot metal will likely be a problem.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:33 AM (BI5O2)

Not to mention assembled by a dude sitting on a jungle floor, wearing a diaper on his head, and holding it with his feet as he assembles it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:35 AM (S41Gd)

403 Damn, yang poon shotgun. You probably should tie a string to the trigger for the first 100 rounds.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:30 AM (S41Gd)

I am definitely going to inspect the barrel and make sure the hole for the bore goes all the way through.

But then, I do that for new Rugers too.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:36 AM (+EWjf)

404 You can find him on Facebook and print out a pic pretty easy.
Posted by: mikeski

Nevermind, now that I see the article. Because:

It's a big aerial beach photo.
Posted by: ...

Yup. They were at that beach 10 years ago when someone took a photo of the whole beach. Few dozen people in it. Not really a "photo of their family."

Weirdly coincidental, but if you keep going back there to vacation.....

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)

405 Guillotines cut down on appeals.
Posted by: Boss Moss

And necks, but mostly appeals.

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 12:38 AM (VHUov)

406
2.) This is reason # 10,000 why I don't have social media and adamantly refuse to allow my wife to post photos of the kids on hers - this weirdo was probably harmless, but many weirdos are not.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Agree 100%
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The wall photo is an aerial photo so the chance that the owner was able to pick out, from a random photo selection, that family, from a different time is slim.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:38 AM (J7HCx)

407 If it is, it reminds me of the true story of a bride and groom to be from like the early 2000's (I think they met in college), going through old family photos to put together for the wedding, and there was one photo from when the groom was like 4 years old, standing at Disney World, and behind him walking by were the bride's parents pushing her in a stroller.
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)

That sounds like fate, or God’s Providence. I know that after I met my wife in science fiction circles in New Orleans in 1991, I had already seen her from the Masquerade at NolaCon II, the 46th World Science Fiction Convention, held in New Orleans in 1988. She was in a group display with several of her friends. I actually saw her backstage as I was helping a friend photograph the costumes. Didn’t meet her till 1991 when we were introduced by a mutual friend at the wedding of a Marine Captain who was also a science fiction fan and a mutual friend, just not the one who did the introductions.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:40 AM (ZVgZ4)

408 Social Media is so 2007.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 15, 2026 12:40 AM (nwXuw)

409 And should add, glad to hear Grammie Winger is doing better.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 12:41 AM (CHHv1)

410 it reminds me of the true story of a bride and groom to be from like the early 2000's (I think they met in college), going through old family photos to put together for the wedding, and there was one photo from when the groom was like 4 years old, standing at Disney World, and behind him walking by were the bride's parents pushing her in a stroller.
Posted by: ...

Maybe there is something to that Asian "red string of fate" theory.

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 12:41 AM (VHUov)

411 253 204 One of the Colombian news outlets, NTN24, says that Cuba has at least 300 Russian drones capable of reaching the US.

So there is always something

Posted by: Kindltot

Are the Cubans really stupid? Cause launching drones at the US would be like picking a fight with an NFL front four at a bar.

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 15, 2026 12:41 AM (3/XaG)

412 The wall photo is an aerial photo so the chance that the owner was able to pick out, from a random photo selection, that family, from a different time is slim.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:38 AM (J7HCx)

And it's more than likely not AI because the family says they are their swimming suits. So it's not like their likeness was taken and thrown into a random picture. What's really odd is they looked and noticed themselves in it.

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:43 AM (vE0+H)

413 Trump says bridges and power plants next, if no deal reached soon.

But, is there anything the IRGC won't tolerate? As long as they keep control?

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 12:43 AM (RCjYY)

414
But, is there anything the IRGC won't tolerate?

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 12:43 AM (RCjYY)

A five year old stealing an apple and keeping both his hands?

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:46 AM (vE0+H)

415 I think Dr. Guillotine came up with his invention a little later, not on the first day of the French Revolution, which is what the Storming of the Bastille was.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 12:46 AM (aOqrc)

416 Not to mention assembled by a dude sitting on a jungle floor, wearing a diaper on his head, and holding it with his feet as he assembles it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:35 AM (S41Gd)

I watched some Pakistanis making .30 Mauser pistol ammo. When it was time to charge the primed cases with powder, the worker (who was sitting on the floor) placed a bunch of them mouth-up in a tray, poured powder over the cases, struck off the excess with a straight-edge, and handed the tray off to the next guy.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:46 AM (+EWjf)

417 I'm out. I think I actually have to work tomorrow. Fuck

Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:46 AM (vE0+H)

418 I'm taking my family on a business trip to Orlando this fall. They will enjoy the fabulous resort hotel and theme parks while I engage in thankless toil.

But now I have to analyze their photos for boys who will potentially stalk my baby in the hopes of getting more theme park vacations in the future. Great. Just great.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:47 AM (BI5O2)

419 Always wondered why Montrose didn't make it bigger.

Bad Motorscooter
Rock Candy
Rock the Nation (above)

Damn. Those were some songs. I guess it was like the proto-VH, except Dave kept it more interesting with his more diverse tastes in music.

Sounds like you could have a prick measuring contest between Ronnie Montrose and Ritchie Blackmore.

Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 12:47 AM (ikSmX)

420 If it is, it reminds me of the true story of a bride and groom to be from like the early 2000's (I think they met in college), going through old family photos to put together for the wedding, and there was one photo from when the groom was like 4 years old, standing at Disney World, and behind him walking by were the bride's parents pushing her in a stroller.
Posted by: ... at July 15, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)

My brother and his wife were born 3 days apart in the same year, and in the same hospital. My mother and her mother were in the hospital at the same time. No sure at this point my brother would call it God's providence, but something more malevolent, lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:48 AM (S41Gd)

421 US Supports Iraq-Syria Oil Pipeline To Erode Tehran's Hormuz Leverage

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:48 AM (J7HCx)

422 I watched some Pakistanis making .30 Mauser pistol ammo. When it was time to charge the primed cases with powder, the worker (who was sitting on the floor) placed a bunch of them mouth-up in a tray, poured powder over the cases, struck off the excess with a straight-edge, and handed the tray off to the next guy.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:46 AM (+EWjf)

I can totally see that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 15, 2026 12:50 AM (S41Gd)

423 Jack Smith's Team Spied On 44 Lawmakers' Texts, Built A Case On Them, And Misled Congress:
_Grassley
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We're waiting for some action, we've heard all the talk we care to hear. We want to see some convictions and jail time sentences.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:50 AM (J7HCx)

424 BREAKING: South Korean stock YouTuber reportedly stabbed by a viewer who lost money after following his investment advice
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Don't know why Kramer comes to mind.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:22 AM (J7HCx)
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"You think these hands have been soaking in diswashing liquid??!!"

Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 12:51 AM (ikSmX)

425 Erode when? In 2031?

The American public is already sick of the war, and the DEMs know that. That's why they blocked the Defense Authorization bill today.

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 12:52 AM (RCjYY)

426 I figured the bride and groom photo album story was going to be something like "the man in the picture was their own grandpa!"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 15, 2026 12:53 AM (+EWjf)

427 We want to see some convictions and jail time sentences.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 12:50 AM (J7HCx)

I want to see George Patto come back to life and personally deliver a giant Publisher's Clearing House check to my front door, redeemable for a lifetime supply of Pappy Van Winkle.

Let's see which happens first.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 15, 2026 12:54 AM (BI5O2)

428 Ah, forgot Space Station #9.

Also a banger Montrose track. And Sammy belts them out like a boss.

Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 12:56 AM (ikSmX)

429 The democrats need another Maximilian Robespierre. In 1969 the black panther party announced it would follow police around with armed black panthers to protect black men from getting shot by the police. The democrat establishment joined with gov. 666 who signed the first major gun law in calif. even though bed time for bonzo ran on protecting the 2nd. amendment.

Posted by: raimondo at July 15, 2026 12:58 AM (czyz5)

430
350
Oh, the car.

My car broke down in Balmorhea, TX and there was no fixing it within 100 miles. The AAA guy took about four hours to get there. He offered to buy it from me and tow me to El Paso, where I could fly the rest of the way home.”

Balmorhea! We stopped there once to go to the famous swimming area. Well worth it! The best swimming pool in the absolute middle of nowhere you’ll ever find. Like 2 huge swimming pools joined together at right angles except it’s 25 feet deep and at the bottom there’s a river bed with boulders and aquatic plants and fish. People bring scuba gear to go down into it.

But you’re right , it is a long way from anywhere! Real close to that “Y” where I-20 and I-10 join up (if you’re headed west)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2026 12:58 AM (wLnmp)

431 A surprising number of people who marry turn out to be too closely related due to blind adoptions where one child is given up, but not the later child. This is also a problem in places that are too closely bred. In my county, when two young people start dating, the mothers quickly figure out how closely related the youngsters are so they can quell it if need be.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 01:01 AM (aOqrc)

432
I was just watching a replay of the Soyuz MS-29 launch, crew replacement to the ISS earlier. I think they've docked as well, and I'll fast forward through that replay.

Anyway, the Korolev Cross is indeed a pretty cool thing to see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 01:02 AM (iKvf9)

433 Re: Bands that should have been bigger... Budgie
Posted by: Taft

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtBzsblzkys
Budgie & Judas Priest - Running from My Soul (1974)

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 15, 2026 01:03 AM (DZ9Lv)

434 I should watch Seinfeld. Apparently the show contains much wisdom.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 01:07 AM (CHHv1)

435
425 Erode when? In 2031?

The American public is already sick of the war, and the DEMs know that. That's why they blocked the Defense Authorization bill today.
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 12:52 AM (RCjYY)

Not quite true. The public was sick of high gas prices, because that affects them personally. But most don’t give a shit one way or the other about the actual war.

Which is the primary reason I have been advocating, do whatever we can to have full control of shipping through the straits. The rest of the country can go hang as long as we control that COMPLETELY.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2026 01:07 AM (wLnmp)

436 I was hoping for exactly that mystery click, Doof. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:07 AM (pKv0r)

437 Ooh, il n'y a pas de pain, laissez-les manger du gâteau
Il n'y a pas de fin à ce qu'ils prendront
Afficher les fruits de la naissance noble
Laver le sel dans la terre
Mais ils marchent pour le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine réclamera son prix sanglant
Libérez les donjons des innocents
Eh bien, le roi doit s'agenouiller pour laisser son royaume s'élever

Posted by: Prof Neil E Peart at July 15, 2026 01:09 AM (pKv0r)

438 Velours taché de sang, dentelle sale
Peur nue sur chaque visage
Voyez-les incliner la tête pour mourir
Comme nous nous inclinions quand ils sont passés
Et ils marchent pour le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine réclamera son prix sanglant
Chantez, ou chœurs de cacophonie
Eh bien, le roi s'est agenouillé pour laisser son royaume s'élever
Leçons enseignées mais jamais apprises
Tout autour de nous, la colère brûle
Guider l'avenir par le passé
Il y a longtemps, le moule a été coulé
Car ils ont marché vers le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine a remporté son prix sanglant
Entendre les échos des siècles
Eh bien, le pouvoir n'est pas tout ce que l'argent achète

Posted by: Prof Neil E Peart at July 15, 2026 01:09 AM (pKv0r)

439 raimondo is drunk again. He needs an intervention, I think.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:11 AM (pKv0r)

440 I should watch Seinfeld. Apparently the show contains much wisdom.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 01:07 AM (CHHv1)
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There is a Seinfeld quote for almost every occasion, I believe.

Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 01:12 AM (ikSmX)

441 Visit the Gordie Howe Bridge website for a nice land acknowledgement.

I acknowledge…not a square inch of earth wasn’t conquered by someone else at some point.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:14 AM (pKv0r)

442 440 I should watch Seinfeld. Apparently the show contains much wisdom.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 15, 2026 01:07 AM (CHHv1)
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There is a Seinfeld quote for almost every occasion, I believe.
Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 01:12 AM (ikSmX)
Swinefeld.

That show sucked.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:15 AM (pKv0r)

443 But, is there anything the IRGC won't tolerate? As long as they keep control?

Posted by: mnw
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They are getting less and less supplies. We took out a major railway bridge at the beginning of this session. The article didn't say from where but it was either NNW or E.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:16 AM (J7HCx)

444 There is a Seinfeld quote for almost every occasion, I believe.
Posted by: Axeman

I thought that was "The Simpsons."

Posted by: which was said on neither show at July 15, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)

445 Awake again

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 01:18 AM (Ia/+0)

446 The Cape Cod Bridges shouldn’t get federal approval until every last illegal alien is cleared out of MA.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:18 AM (pKv0r)

447 The American public is already sick of the war, and the DEMs know that. That's why they blocked the Defense Authorization bill today.

Posted by: mnw
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Where do you get your information?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:19 AM (J7HCx)

448 That show sucked.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:15 AM (pKv0r)
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NO SOUP FOR YOU!!

Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 01:20 AM (ikSmX)

449 There is a story that the original news story of NY city young people going to Discos was all pretty much made up. But it started a fad nevertheless

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 01:20 AM (Ia/+0)

450
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There is a Seinfeld quote for almost every occasion, I believe.
Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 01:12 AM (ikSmX)

And no matter how down you’re feeling, you’ll always laugh when George talks about “Shrinkage”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2026 01:20 AM (wLnmp)

451 Where do you get your information?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:19 AM (J7HCx)

He’s sick of the war so he assumes everyone else is.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 01:21 AM (pKv0r)

452
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2026 12:58 AM (wLnmp

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I was stuck the entire time in this bodega that was connected to the gas Station. Not a bad place. I wandered out and found a little veterans memorial.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:22 AM (mmrXZ)

453 That show sucked.

Posted by: Cow Demon
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Total time watching

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:24 AM (J7HCx)

454 And no matter how down you’re feeling, you’ll always laugh when George talks about “Shrinkage”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2026 01:20 AM (wLnmp)
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"I was in the pool!!" is one I use more often.

Also, "Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?"

My wife and I have both exchanged "And you want to be my latex salesman?"

Posted by: Axeman at July 15, 2026 01:25 AM (ikSmX)

455 No disrespect intended toward any Morons who are from the Great State of Texas, but "Balmorhea" sounds like some kind of disease.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 15, 2026 01:28 AM (IG3/x)

456 I didn't get to watch Seinfeld.. it was on during my shift at the factory. Didn't own a VCR.

Haven't tried to 'catch up' since retiring. My bad, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

457 In 2024, the last year for which statistics are available, 68% of all births in Luxembourg were to foreign-born women. Luxembourg is just GONE.

When one imports the third world, one becomes the third world.

The corresponding figure for Germany, France, etc is appx 30%.

My source for this is a Gatestone Institute article today. In my experience, Gatestone is accurate and reliable usually.

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:32 AM (RCjYY)

458 "They're real, and they're spectacular."

Posted by: fly gal at July 15, 2026 01:32 AM (jrfOX)

459 No disrespect intended toward any Morons who are from the Great State of Texas, but "Balmorhea" sounds like some kind of disease.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Is it short for "Balrog of Moria," but just spelled weird?

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 01:33 AM (VHUov)

460

No disrespect intended toward any Morons who are from the Great State of Texas, but "Balmorhea" sounds like some kind of disease.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

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Think of it as being Irish. It's not, but think of it that way.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:35 AM (mmrXZ)

461 "Balmorhea" is derived from the Spanish words "balneario" (meaning spa) and "rea" (meaning river), reflecting the area's spring-fed waters

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:36 AM (J7HCx)

462 419 I traded a guy a 1973 Les Paul Custom for Ronnie Montrose's Lab 200 full stack
Still have one of the 4x12 cabs

Posted by: MAxIE at July 15, 2026 01:36 AM (9DOTQ)

463 That was AI - Google translate says rea is area in English which makes more sense.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:37 AM (J7HCx)

464 451

I'm not sick of the war, and I haven't assumed a damn thing. I support what Trump is doing, and I wish he'd done it much sooner.

Braenyard

Look at the Real Clear Politics (RCP) average of all polls. If you want to say the polls are all wrong, and the public likes the war more and more with each passing day, go for it.

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:38 AM (RCjYY)

465
Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:32 AM

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I read that article, too. Scary.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:39 AM (mmrXZ)

466 Piaf in technicolor singing an anthem of the Women's March on Versailles, a signficant event in French Revolution:

Le Ça Ira -

https://t.ly/bx8B5

Goes to EweTube, about 2 mins.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 01:41 AM (ZVgZ4)

467 465 Morticia

Yes, it is.

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:41 AM (RCjYY)

468
Well, here's what my bot said:

Although Rhea is an Irish (and also Scottish) surname, Balmorhea itself is not an Irish name.
The town's name is an invented combination of the surnames of its founders and developers:
Bal — from Ernest D. Balcom
Mor — from H. R. Morrow
Rhea — from John and Joe Rhea
Together they formed Bal-Mor-Rhea, which became Balmorhea.
So the ending "-rhea" comes from the surname Rhea, which does have Irish roots in many families, but Balmorhea is a uniquely Texan place name rather than a name of Irish origin. It's pronounced BAL-muh-RAY, not "bal-mor-HEE-uh."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:41 AM (mmrXZ)

469 Sara Gonzales
@SaraGonzalesTX

I asked Senator Thom Tillis about his vote against the Save America act and whether it has anything to do with the money he’s receiving from industries who profit off of cheap illegal labor.

He was VERY mad about the question.

We deserve better than these America Last losers!
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What an ass, he is.

https://tinyurl.com/yxdakrtk

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:43 AM (J7HCx)

470 466 Nemo

Piaf's Marseilles is about as good as it gets too.

Want to see something spectacular?

I don't know how to do links, but you.tube Celine Dion "Hymn a l'amour" 2024 Olympics.

She starts singing at the 5 minute mark, but the first 5 minutes are the fireworks and light show, which is also worth checking out.

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:46 AM (RCjYY)

471 Look at the Real Clear Politics (RCP) average of all polls. If you want to say the polls are all wrong, and the public likes the war more and more with each passing day, go for it.

Posted by: mnw
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Your answer to my question is polls. You form your opinion from polls.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:46 AM (J7HCx)

472 People don't likes high gas prices Iran is causing
No.one wants to get nuked that will happen if Iran has the capacity

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 01:47 AM (Ia/+0)

473
The author of that article said we have to consider when to confiscate the nukes from France and England, since they'll have Islamist governments.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:47 AM (mmrXZ)

474 Together they formed Bal-Mor-Rhea, which became Balmorhea.
So the ending "-rhea" comes from the surname Rhea, which does have Irish roots in many families, but Balmorhea is a uniquely Texan place name rather than a name of Irish origin. It's pronounced BAL-muh-RAY, not "bal-mor-HEE-uh."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
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Best answer yet.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:50 AM (J7HCx)

475 471

Where do you get YOUR information? That the polls (all) are wrong, and that the public by and large actually supports the war?

Posted by: mnw at July 15, 2026 01:51 AM (RCjYY)

476 Wiki validation the founders of Balmorhea, Tx are not an AI hallucination.

Balmorhea was platted in 1906.[5] Its founders were Ernest D. Balcom, H. R. Morrow, and John and Joe Rhea; the town's name is an amalgamation of their surnames.[6][7]

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:56 AM (J7HCx)

477 475 471

Where do you get YOUR information? That the polls (all) are wrong, and that the public by and large actually supports the war?

Posted by: mnw
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The polls predicted that Trump would lose the election.
The polls are consistently wrong.
Adding them all up, dividing them to an average
does not increase their accuracy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 01:58 AM (J7HCx)

478 473
The author of that article said we have to consider when to confiscate the nukes from France and England, since they'll have Islamist governments.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
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Agreed but don't leave out England.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 02:00 AM (J7HCx)

479 Who answers polls anyway?

Posted by: Reforger at July 15, 2026 02:01 AM (/Hx86)

480 the town's name is an amalgamation of their surnames.
Posted by: Braenyard

Good thing they were Balcom, Morrow, and Rhea, and not something like Head, Upton, and Bottoms.

Posted by: mikeski at July 15, 2026 02:01 AM (VHUov)

481 Together they formed Bal-Mor-Rhea, which became Balmorhea.
So the ending "-rhea" comes from the surname Rhea, which does have Irish roots in many families, but Balmorhea is a uniquely Texan place name rather than a name of Irish origin. It's pronounced BAL-muh-RAY, not "bal-mor-HEE-uh."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

It should be mentioned that Balmorhea HS was the 2020 Division II 6 man football state champions and it probably says that on the huge sign has you entered town. If you're ever passing through, be sure to take a good look at the bright red lamp shades on the street lamps next to the ice machine.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2026 02:02 AM (/eAef)

482
Damn, do I have to go back to that pinprick of a town to catch up on the things I missed?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 02:09 AM (mmrXZ)

483 This has been such a nice nostalgic ONT, sent me off down memory lane for a while.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2026 02:10 AM (ibDUx)

484 Hi, Debby!

Yeah, good music and memories of good times.

How are you tonight?

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

485 With or Without the War, the Islamic Regime Is Going Broke: A Complete Analysis
Iran is not simply losing a war. It is losing the economic foundations that have kept the Islamic regime alive for nearly 5 decades.

https://tinyurl.com/3p3877jn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 02:17 AM (J7HCx)

486 Such a shame that Ronnie did himself in... his works were extensive and significant. RIP.

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)

487 Casablanca “La Marseillaise”:

https://t.ly/ujT7m

EweTube, about a minute and a half, doesn’t include the aftermath.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 02:20 AM (ZVgZ4)

488 JQ, I am good thanks and I hope that you are the same. It is still very hot and humid around here, I haven't been too active.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2026 02:24 AM (ibDUx)

489 Same here, Debby. It rained a little this morning & turned into steam-bath by afternoon.

Not getting much done in the yard lately, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

490 Sweet dreams Horde, I am hitting the wall.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2026 02:28 AM (ibDUx)

491 Weather-guessers predict temps 100*+ for the next week. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)

492
Good night, Debby! JQ, how long have you been lurking?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 02:30 AM (mmrXZ)

493 'Night, Debby. Stay cool!

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)

494 Hi, Blondie!

Been lurking on/off most of the evening... in between chores & puttering around house.

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)

495 54 Auto-strap for front seat tots:

"Also use as walking harness"!?!?!?

Nobody really did that back in the day, that I knew of.
Posted by: mindful webworker - time traveler from the 1950s at July 14, 2026 10:20 PM (ci8WY)

My maternal grandmother put my mom on a tether, and she was born in.. what.. like 1945? 46? Admittedly it was considered very peculiar at the time, but many decades later she was diagnosed with ADD, once it was a thing that doctors were equipped to recognize. (And it has to be pretty severe to spot it in an adult, after they've developed a range of coping mechanisms.) It was likely a matter of simple necessity.

Posted by: SciVo at July 15, 2026 02:32 AM (Sy6m/)

496 Argentina was neutral WWII. Uncle's ship was anchored off shore and so was a Nazi ship. In his book he describes the officers having supper at the same hotel as the Nazis.
Said it was tense.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 15, 2026 02:32 AM (J7HCx)

497 Great discussion about the Southern Strategy in the comments of https://tinyurl.com/5n8cpm8b, linked by Sarah A. Hoyt on Instapundit. I think both sides have some truth there, but to me the % of Congress voting for the Civil Rights Act and the continuity of platforms have more weight than the interpretation or even true intentions of one person (Lee Atwater).

Posted by: frammish at July 15, 2026 02:35 AM (rcENI)

498 Mom used the harness on older bro, while she pinned up the laundry. He was a stubborn and disobedient child, she said, and was afraid he'd run out into the busy street (actually a highway!) if not restrained.

Part of me wishes she hadn't been so careful...

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

499
I'm debating at whether this chair is worse than the hard floor. I've tried both, hard to tell which is worse.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 02:42 AM (iKvf9)

500 Publius, my heart goes out to you.

Nursing home furniture is crap here, too... I usually sit on the bed next to hubby, while we watch tv.

But yeah, you probably can't/don't wish to do that there with your mom.

Bless you for *standing watch* over her!

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)

501 Publius -

Put a cushion in the chair?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 15, 2026 02:47 AM (ZVgZ4)

502 Publius, maybe ask staff for a pillow? Or gel-cushion like they have for wheelchair seats?

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

503 >> Put a cushion in the chair?

Nothing to be found. I hate to ask the staff for anything, 'cause I'm not supposed to be here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 02:51 AM (iKvf9)

504
She's asleep and the least bump or movement will wake here. No sign of her going out of her head, and she's sleeping fairly easy. A little twitching, but that was normal for her well before all this mess started.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 02:53 AM (iKvf9)

505
publius, any idea when you'll be able to get your mom out of there?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 02:55 AM (mmrXZ)

506 Montrose!

youtu.be/Ts1z_Tx8aMQ

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 15, 2026 02:56 AM (sAmhv)

507 Publius--

She's sleeping. You should be, also. You say she's doing well...

Go home. Get some rest. Would Mama want you to set yourself on fire just to keep her warm?

How can you be her advocate if you're dead tired?

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

508 Just put some Brauschweiger in the fridge, following https://tinyurl.com/3vye6wdy for the recipe. Gotta get to sleep; giving a database talk in the morning. I'll do the final smoking step tomorrow.

I don't know why spending hours and hours making sausage is fun. It sure is a lot of work! And it makes a holy cow of dirty dishes. But my 11yo loves helping me run the Kitchen Aid grinder attachment.

My wife was away the last five days in Victoria with her mother & sisters. I had a great time taking over the cooking (for myself and the six kids): pad kee mao, pah see ew, pulled pork, kugua niurou (1/3 with kugua and 2/3 with bok choi to keep the kids happy), and beef barbacoa. But if I had to do this full time, the whole house would fall apart. Thank goodness she got home today.

The Costco here sells pork shoulders in pairs, so I'm trying to use the other one. And the liver from the last two or three half-cows that we never use. 5 pounds of shoulder for sausage and 3 for capicola. As usual with my meat projects, the capicola will be ready just in time for a fast. At least we have a few days to eat it this time. . . .

Posted by: frammish at July 15, 2026 02:58 AM (rcENI)

509 53:Michael Stanley Band - Never could break out of the Cleveland / Rust Belt straightjacket. Again, anothe band where the record label didn't back them they way the should have.
Posted by: browndog says woof

Yep! Great band!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 15, 2026 02:59 AM (sAmhv)

510

Well, scored a pillow! Somebody made the rounds in here, and I just asked, and she fetched one, two actually. This is much better.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 03:00 AM (iKvf9)

511 Gamma! (one of Ronnie's bands)

youtu.be/rOJElqSPccY

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)

512
About 4AM was when she reportedly starting the stunts of trying to get out of bed. Back in her mail carrying days, that's usually about when she had to wake up, and I wonder if that was some vestige of that that got activated when her mind was out of whack.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 03:02 AM (iKvf9)

513 You're a good son, publius. Glad you got pillows & hope you can get comfortable.

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)

514
If we can just get her strength back up enough and get that massive wound from the leg surgery healed up (still draining), we'll bring her home.

If she was still doing the out of her mind climbing out of bed thing, I was going to bring her home anyway, and just try. But so far, so good.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 15, 2026 03:11 AM (iKvf9)

515 473
The author of that article said we have to consider when to confiscate the nukes from France and England, since they'll have Islamist governments.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:47 AM (mmrXZ)

Except…we don’t know that.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 03:13 AM (pKv0r)

516 Publius--

IIANM, Medicare covers the first 20 days in skilled nursing after 3-day hospital (full admission, not "observation") stay.

As long as Mama is getting 24/7 care and it's not breaking your bank, this is a good time for you to rest and plan.

Prayers continuing for your family...

Posted by: JQ at July 15, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)

517 515 473
The author of that article said we have to consider when to confiscate the nukes from France and England, since they'll have Islamist governments.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 15, 2026 01:47 AM (mmrXZ)

Except…we don’t know that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2026 03:13 AM (pKv0r)

Having just re-read A Canticle for Liebowitz, I'd say sooner rather than later.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 15, 2026 03:29 AM (bl07w)

518 @464 The IRGC is not tired of the war and are getting enough supplies coming thru their eastern border to keep on fighting. There in charge and plan to stay that way as they sing donald duck as got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder here in IRAN!

Posted by: raimondo at July 15, 2026 03:37 AM (czyz5)

519
Except…we don’t know that.
Posted by: Cow Demon

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It might not happen democratically (Islamists get voted in at the highest levels and greatest numbers); once the gradual mutation is complete, neighboring powers could pounce for the spoils. These include Turkey and Russia.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 03:38 AM (mmrXZ)

520
And with that, I must sleep! GOod night, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 15, 2026 03:39 AM (mmrXZ)

521 First time trying out making breakfast first then coffee.

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2026 04:24 AM (Ia/+0)

522 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at July 15, 2026 06:15 AM (6wpGE)

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A genuine 1980 photograph shows the supertanker Esso Languedoc being struck by a massive rogue wave off Durban, South Africa. Captured by the ship's chief officer, the image remains one of the most famous examples of extreme ocean conditions.
The photograph captured what many scientists once considered nearly impossible: a rogue wave. Taken in 1980 as the oil supertanker Esso Languedoc sailed off Durban, South Africa, it shows a towering wall of water rising far above the ship's bow. The crew estimated the wave reached around 25--30 meters (82--98 feet) high.
For much of the 20th century, rogue waves were often treated as sailor's tales because traditional wave models suggested such extreme events were almost impossible. Images like this, combined with eyewitness accounts, helped change scientific understanding. Later advances in satellite monitoring, ocean buoys, and modeling confirmed that rogue waves are real and can form when multiple wave systems combine their energy into a single massive crest.
The waters off South Africa are especially dangerous because powerful Southern Ocean swells can collide with the strong Agulhas Current, creating unpredictable sea conditions. In 1995, the Draupner oil platform in the North Sea recorded the first scientifically measured rogue wave, a 25.6-meter (84-foot) wave that provided definitive proof these extreme events exist.

Cat adopts orphaned monkey.

Little kitten already understand there is no "I" in team.

This chicken has seen Roadhouse too many times.

Rescue dogs are extra-devoted.

Hero dog chases off bear menacing little boy.

Old but fun: Boys play ball with a playful elk.

Employee of the meownth.

Dog really wants to turn a kiddie pool into a boat but it's not big enough to support him.

Lion misses his Emotional Support Dachshund.

Out of control!

He's a regular Snake Plisskin.

This kid had 25 seconds to hit 4 shots for $10K� And he delivered. pic.twitter.com/5Elg0tIdMP
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 13, 2026

Beautiful moment when, 2-yr-old Nicolly, who was blind since birth, sees for the first time. pic.twitter.com/ZodwVWWJYh
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 13, 2026

This vulture waits for the dog to die to eat it, but the dog is just enjoying some sun.

[📹 tombirchy]pic.twitter.com/p4CDXgIU7M
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 14, 2026

When you have to landscape an overgrown lawn that hasn't been tended for years, it's time to bring in the heavy machinery.

And that heavy machinery is thirty-five goats.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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1 Does the lawn match the siding?

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 07:21 PM (vE0+H)

2 Cafe time!

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 07:26 PM (Dd38x)

3 the sea was angry that day, my friends!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 07:27 PM (VyBeY)

4 Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 07:21 PM (vE0+H)

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BTW, I belatedly (what else is new?) saw your hilarious response to my story a couple days ago about the gold-digger story and there being some additional irony to it:

"So you became rich and she became a broke-ass hoe?"

The Wifey and I had a good, long, hearty laugh -- and thanks, as I really needed one ...

Cheers and Ciao!

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 14, 2026 07:29 PM (iCB1u)

5 Anyone what works on a ship has my respect.

That'd be a giant Hell, No! for me.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2026 07:32 PM (zYpTz)

6 They use goats every year to clear out the brush on Lone Mountain.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:32 PM (RIvkX)

7
omg those rogue waves. They're enough to keep me from ever taking a cruise.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 07:33 PM (mmrXZ)

8 There once was a ship that put to sea
The name of the ship was the Billy of Tea

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 07:34 PM (GD0B3)

9 Before the boat had hit the water
The whale's tail came up and caught her
All hands to the side, harpooned and fought her
When she dived down low

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 07:34 PM (GD0B3)

10 Poseidon Adventure

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 07:35 PM (Cqx++)

11 The complete mowing package. Goats for the woody stuff and sheep for the grass.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 07:36 PM (afJtY)

12 >>omg those rogue waves. They're enough to keep me from ever taking a cruise

Wanna see something that will give you pause? Search youtube for videos of the 1998 Sydney - Hobart Yacht Race.

It's one thing to be on a super tanker, something else to be on a 40 foot sailboat.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 07:37 PM (viF8m)

13 The comments on "Hero dog chases off bear menacing little boy" are terrible.
The bear was running away from the husky and dindu nuffin, the bear was just passing through...

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 07:37 PM (gKWVE)

14 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

15 Wanna see something that will give you pause? Search youtube for videos of the 1998 Sydney - Hobart Yacht Race.

It's one thing to be on a super tanker, something else to be on a 40 foot sailboat.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 07:37 PM (viF8m)

No. No, I do not. I don't think my blood pressure could handle it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2026 07:39 PM (zYpTz)

16
Man, was I watching a freaky thing about blindness and schizophrenia today. It turns out blind people don't get schizophrenic, because schizophrenia is some mismatch between an expected sensation (visual in this case) and a delivered sensation. People who are blind from birth have no expected sensation, so they never get a mismatch.

It got me to wondering how they build up their library of expected sensations if they get eyesight later in life.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 07:39 PM (mmrXZ)

17 JackStraw, I admire your love and understanding of the sea but it scares the peediddlysquat out of me

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 07:40 PM (afJtY)

18 One can make up to 50K/month working an offshore oil rig. Or so they say.

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 07:41 PM (GD0B3)

19 Oh that sweet baby girl!!

Posted by: LASue at July 14, 2026 07:42 PM (lCppi)

20 I think the idea of solitons and wave frequencies, coupled modes, constructively interfering and wotnot is interesting when observed from a great distance, preferably on dry land while enjoying a tasty beverage.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 14, 2026 07:43 PM (3uBP9)

21 Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 14, 2026 07:29 PM (iCB1u)

I try.

Though I don't believe I called her a garden implement, that wouldn't be like me. I do not believe in unnecessary vowels.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 07:43 PM (vE0+H)

22 Some lady just got swept off the beach on the west coast by a sneaker wave a few days ago. Never turn your back on the sea my friends.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)

23 For much of the 20th century, rogue waves were often treated as sailor's tales because traditional wave models suggested such extreme events were almost impossible.

Nothing says SCIENCE! like ignoring eyewitness accounts of a thing because your fucking *model* can't explain that thing.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 07:43 PM (R+iUD)

24 Vulture is like
I wasn't trying to eat the dog, just here enjoying the sun

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

25 You can sing the Star Spangled Banner to the tune of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

PS Got a invite to a gay Scottish wedding.
Michael Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzmichael.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:44 PM (/+uur)

26 It smells better today than it did yesterday!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

27 Never turn your back on the sea my friends.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)

I have a friend that saved a whale.

Posted by: Jerry S at July 14, 2026 07:45 PM (/+uur)

28 >>JackStraw, I admire your love and understanding of the sea but it scares the peediddlysquat out of me

Well nobody wants to be caught in a storm like that and with today's technology it's a lot easier to see conditions going pear shaped. The 1998 Sydney - Hobart was a series of horrible decisions that never should have happened.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 07:45 PM (viF8m)

29 The warning comes after a fisherman was swept into the ocean at San Francisco’s Baker Beach on Friday afternoon. People who saw the man and called 911 reported a sneaker wave “struck without warning,” sending him into the water, San Francisco Fire Department spokesperson Jonathan Baxter said on social media. Firefighters arrived at the scene around 1 p.m., joined by an SFPD police boat and drone units and an allied agency helicopter.

From a few weeks ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)

30 18 One can make up to 50K/month working an offshore oil rig. Or so they say.
Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 07:41 PM (GD0B3)

/punchline
Your are not going to like THursdays

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)

31 Interesting info on rogue waves.

Thanks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 07:46 PM (zZu0s)

32 Baker Beach is the original home of "Burning Man"

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 07:47 PM (DZ9Lv)

33 Remind NaCly Dog, if he happens to pass by close aboard, that there are two kinds of ships, submarines and targets.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)

34 Oklahoma vs Tennessee is on. I wonder how good a coach is Huepel because he’s never had a good QB.
My daughter discovered some perfume she liked and now the whole place smells.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:48 PM (GbONR)

35 Nobody’s answered my question from the last thread about Sydney Sweeney yet.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:48 PM (77rzZ)

36 People who are blind from birth have no expected sensation, so they are weaned on cock.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 07:49 PM (Kt19C)

37 Vulture is like
I wasn't trying to eat the dog, just here enjoying the sun

I thought the dog was Mitch...my bad.

Posted by: Black Vulture at July 14, 2026 07:49 PM (45BvE)

38 My daughter discovered some perfume she liked and now the whole place smells.
Posted by: Accomack

Is she a teenager because they always wear too much.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 07:50 PM (lJ0H4)

39 >>> Nobody’s answered my question from the last thread about Sydney Sweeney yet.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:48 PM (77rzZ)

20 dollars, same as in town

Posted by: banana Dream at July 14, 2026 07:50 PM (3uBP9)

40 Baker Beach is the original home of "Burning Man"
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 07:47 PM (DZ9Lv)
====

Damn hippies!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:51 PM (RIvkX)

41 Sweeney’s great beauty is her open happiness.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:51 PM (GbONR)

42 "Raising the Bar: Guidelines for respectful media coverage in women's athletics", include a list of detailed illustrations on what shots are encouraged vs. discouraged.

"This is not a list of restrictions. Across high jump, pole vault, horizontal jumps and running events, the report demonstrates how the most compromising shots can be avoided with no loss of storytelling or visual quality," the guidelines state.

There is also "no reason to photograph camel toe, landing strips, lazy trims, or razor bumps".

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:51 PM (/+uur)

43 Nobody’s answered my question from the last thread about Sydney Sweeney yet.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:48 PM

I haven't seen the question, but I doubt the answer is $20, same as in town.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

44 25 Edmund Fitzgerald doesn’t have a tune.

And that’s kinda the point. It’s not something that you’re gonna sing at karaoke night.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:52 PM (77rzZ)

45 Sweeney’s great beauty is her open happiness.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:51 PM (GbONR)

And she's a gear-head. Gotta love that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 07:54 PM (0aYVJ)

46 44 25 Edmund Fitzgerald doesn’t have a tune.

And that’s kinda the point. It’s not something that you’re gonna sing at karaoke night.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:52 PM (77rzZ)

Oh say can you see by the downs early light

tell me you did not sing that the EF cadence

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:54 PM (/+uur)

47 To all the native born, mind poisoned, pseudo-intellectuals who think that the USA is some horrid place, I suggest you watch what people from Europe think about the place where we live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBYEqRTmuVM
If you still think the USA is a bad place, I humbly suggest that you suck start a shotgun and put the world out of your misery. You suck and you are not worthy to breathe free air. You spit in the face of ELOHIM for all the blessings bestowed on this land because your are spawn of the evil one.
I recognize that I am blessed to have been born here to legal parents. My parents have been married for 71 years and are still in good shape in their 90s. We are blessed beyond measure, especially when compared to everyone else on the planet.
THANK YOU ABBA!

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 07:54 PM (7aGEe)

48 My question about Sydney S. was, when/if she gets preggers (and I think that it’s far more a matter of “when” than “if”

, what size are her already impressive mammaries gonna inflate to?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:55 PM (77rzZ)

49 41 Sweeney’s great beauty is her open happiness.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:51 PM (GbONR)

Judges would have accepted tits.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:55 PM (/+uur)

50 46 Nope, still not hearing it.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ)

51 Bulg that is something I know nothing about

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 07:58 PM (Ia/+0)

52 I recognize that I am blessed to have been born here to legal parents. My parents have been married for 71 years and are still in good shape in their 90s. We are blessed beyond measure, especially when compared to everyone else on the planet.
THANK YOU ABBA!
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 07:54 PM (7aGEe)

We were buying companies in 96 thru 2002.
They loved the US.
They wanted to go to Sam and Gap and Costco to take things back home.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:58 PM (/+uur)

53 She is one of the few white chicks I find attractive.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:58 PM (GbONR)

54
*sits al fresco at bird-specked Café table*
*wandering dog pees on leg*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 07:59 PM (O0L8i)

55 Top picture is scary.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 08:00 PM (UYYJi)

56 Been up since 2am
Better try and get some sleep
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)

57 54 The Big Dummy?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 08:00 PM (77rzZ)

58
Those 35 goats performed more real work in less than one week than Mamdani has done in his entire life.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 08:00 PM (ixS3i)

59 Some lady just got swept off the beach on the west coast by a sneaker wave a few days ago. Never turn your back on the sea my friends.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Years ago, one of our SVPs was swept out to sea and eventually drowned by a riptide.

She was in charge of Risk Assessment for our division.

Funny that. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 08:01 PM (VmkSV)

60
Status-anxious natives sneer at Americans to try to curry favor with the Eurotrash. Wasted effort. They'll always hate you for being American.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 08:03 PM (O0L8i)

61 *sits al fresco at bird-specked Café table*
*wandering dog pees on leg*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 07:59 PM

* wandering peon howls in the distance *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 08:04 PM (0sNs1)

62 51 Skip, same here, but I will be happy to undertake research on Sydney’s boobs on our joint behalf,

I’ll report back in six months…er, maybe more like five minutes…

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 08:05 PM (77rzZ)

63 Lawnmunchers Cafe

Carpet munchers > Lawnmunchers

Posted by: Hillary! at July 14, 2026 08:06 PM (oI/gx)

64
They think Chipotle is awesome. Haven't even been to Oscar's on Emerald Ave and gotten the grilled fish tacos.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 08:07 PM (mmrXZ)

65 one of our SVPs was swept out to sea and eventually drowned by a riptide. She was in charge of Risk Assessment for our division.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 08:01 PM (VmkSV)

They hiring?

Posted by: I mean, I can't do a worse job at July 14, 2026 08:07 PM (gKWVE)

66 Cowboy 1-- that's the laziest dog in the world

Cowboy 2-- Oh, what a good boy, he is twitching in his sleep, dreaming!

Cowboy 1-- No, he's lying on an ant hill.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 08:07 PM (rbvCR)

67 Rogue wave hit the QE-2 one evening at dinner. Many screams from the diners and wide eyed looks on the staff’s faces. This is a very big ship.

Posted by: Javems at July 14, 2026 08:07 PM (+uKTE)

68
Remember at the beginning of June, with all the howling about the WC being in the (*ugh!*) United States and Trump was going to ruin everything and we should be boycotted because ICE would arrest every foreigner, who were all going to die from gun violence anyway?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 08:08 PM (O0L8i)

69 >>Some lady just got swept off the beach on the west coast by a sneaker wave a few days ago. Never turn your back on the sea my friends.

Happens around here from time to time. My neighborhood has a beach on the bay, pretty tame but flows to the ocean. Last summer I was walking Elvis by the beach and the place was packed with cops, firefighters and an ambulance. Body washed up. Fisherman. Former fisherman.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 08:09 PM (viF8m)

70 I couldn’t do another night of vacation food. They are eating cheeseburgers. I have grilled chicken, brown rice, broccoli and carrots.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 08:10 PM (p4NUW)

71 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 08:08 PM (O0L8i)

That was, like, a month ago boomer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:10 PM (RIvkX)

72 every foreigner, who were all going to die from gun violence anyway?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Well France did lose today. On Bastille Day, no less.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 08:11 PM (p4NUW)

73 OK, fine. I’ll answer my own question. A lactating Sweeney would have 32 MMs.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 08:11 PM (77rzZ)

74 The sea was angry that day my friends.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 08:11 PM (IY9No)

75 My usual sanguine self decided that all the Yeah America! stuff was click bait.
Mostly Texas and Florida; some NY or Boston, no KC. Same Costco, WalMart and Bass Pro oh and ah, big trucks and yellow buses.
Click bait. Those folks did well.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 08:12 PM (GbONR)

76 When one is standing watch on the bridge and you look up and see green water, it's going to be a long few hours.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 08:12 PM (VmkSV)

77 72 Everyone lost on Bastille Day.

Effing French Revolution.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 08:16 PM (77rzZ)

78 When one is standing watch on the bridge and you look up and see green water, it's going to be a long few hours.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 08:12 PM

That's the last time Mr. Sulu would have the helm.

Posted by: James T. Kirk at July 14, 2026 08:16 PM (0sNs1)

79
Click bait. Those folks did well.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 08:12 PM (GbONR)

__________

If it makes you feel better, they'll all be arrested on their return for spreading disinformation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 08:16 PM (O0L8i)

80 My family were certainly not the brightest group. They chose Wrights beach to have the family Easter get together. Picture 8 old ladies that can't swim wading in front of a rip tide.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 08:18 PM (afJtY)

81 Must have been tough wresting the helm from Sulu when there was a black hole ahead.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 08:18 PM (gKWVE)

82 I try.

Though I don't believe I called her a garden implement, that wouldn't be like me. I do not believe in unnecessary vowels.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 07:43 PM (vE0+H)

------------

Well, crappe -- how dare I straine your credibilitey. ;-)

Now Imma gonna have to update my nic to "ShainS -- He of the Unnecessary Vowels!"

Posted by: ShainS -- He of the Unnecessary Vowels! at July 14, 2026 08:19 PM (9EFgU)

83
OK, fine. I’ll answer my own question. A lactating Sweeney would have 32 MMs.
Posted by: Bulg

Plain or peanut?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 08:19 PM (Cqx++)

84 Some lady just got swept off the beach on the west coast by a sneaker wave a few days ago. Never turn your back on the sea my friends.

Happens around here from time to time. My neighborhood has a beach on the bay, pretty tame but flows to the ocean. Last summer I was walking Elvis by the beach and the place was packed with cops, firefighters and an ambulance. Body washed up. Fisherman. Former fisherman.
Posted by: JackStraw

What was it that AtC used to say?
Oh yeah, outside is trying to kill you.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:21 PM (ZIVhI)

85 lol
And whining about no A/C .
It did reinforce the idea that most of Europe is north of us. Without A/C, how much of America is habitable year round? Accomack county would clear out.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 08:22 PM (GbONR)

86 Tough day for maga

No more Gestapo ice traffic ice stops.

Sad!!

Posted by: MAGA lol at July 14, 2026 08:22 PM (Qn9hv)

87 83 Plain or peanut?

Both. One from each bounteous breast.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 08:23 PM (77rzZ)

88 we should dox trolls. for fun.

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 08:23 PM (GD0B3)

89 Must have been tough wresting the helm from Sulu when there was a black hole ahead.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 08:18 PM (gKWVE)

----------------

Black Ho!

/more unnecessary consonants and vowels ...

Posted by: ShainS -- He of the Unnecessary Vowels! at July 14, 2026 08:24 PM (9EFgU)

90 When one is standing watch on the bridge and you look up and see green water, it's going to be a long few hours.
Posted by: Tonypete

Wait until you are driving 350 miles inland and see a wall of water/green clouds from ground to sky. Did that once back in high school out by DFW airport. Yea. Tornado. Hate that shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:24 PM (ZIVhI)

91 >>What was it that AtC used to say?
Oh yeah, outside is trying to kill you.

It can definitely be moody.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 08:26 PM (viF8m)

92 Kind of weak tea from the troll.

'Melania broke a nail! Lol Magats!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)

93 rickb223, ran into one of those in New Mexico. You could not see beyond the wipers, no road or even the front of the truck.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 08:28 PM (afJtY)

94 My usual sanguine self decided that all the Yeah America! stuff was click bait.
Mostly Texas and Florida; some NY or Boston, no KC. Same Costco, WalMart and Bass Pro oh and ah, big trucks and yellow buses.
Click bait. Those folks did well.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 08:12 PM (GbONR)

Mostly. I think a few of them were real but those were channels which talked about the US from before. There's a couple which are still talking about the US despite being back in the UK and indicating that they want to return and are considering emigrating. But most were bullshit. The people acting like Taco Bell was the greatest thing they've ever eaten and whatnot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:28 PM (ExV1e)

95 rogue waves are real and can form when multiple wave systems combine their energy into a single massive crest.

Ah. The experts who said they can't exist are now experts in why they exist.

Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2026 08:28 PM (XD+PD)

96 The people acting like Taco Bell was the greatest thing they've ever eaten and whatnot.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:28 PM (ExV1e)

Evidently they missed the parasite.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)

97 When one is standing watch on the bridge and you look up and see green water, it's going to be a long few hours.
Posted by: Tonypete

When you're driving through a typhoon and the captain decides that you can't dive below mumble mumble feet so you're doing 50-60 degree rolls. That was a long few hours.

Damn round hulls.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:30 PM (ExV1e)

98 Taco Bell = Chili Cheese Burrito

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:31 PM (zZu0s)

99 I've discovered my golden is a bit of a diva. I have a kiddie pool for her on the driveway, it's been so hot and more hot to come. Will only get in it on the day it has new water. Won't even look at it on day 2. Keeps me busy draining and refilling. Good thing I love her. My Alaskan Klee Kei won't even go near it.

Posted by: Molly k. at July 14, 2026 08:31 PM (j/yko)

100 rickb223, ran into one of those in New Mexico. You could not see beyond the wipers, no road or even the front of the truck.
Posted by: Ben Had

That's scary as hell. And that black/green wall. Sheesh.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:31 PM (ZIVhI)

101 Hi, ... , I saw your comment in the last thread. Yes, I still exist here, but I'm mainly lurking these days.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 14, 2026 08:31 PM (vV6n9)

102 What other kinds of waves may be amplified by combining waves? Light waves? Sound waves? BRAIN WAVES?

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 08:32 PM (MWfyi)

103 What other kinds of waves may be amplified by combining waves? Light waves? Sound waves? BRAIN WAVES?
Posted by: fd

Taco Bell & fart waves

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:33 PM (ZIVhI)

104 BRAIN WAVES?
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 08:32 PM (MWfyi)

Rosie O'Donnell and Sean Penn might be able to warm a cup of coffee.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:33 PM (zZu0s)

105 rickb223, scarier because of the 5 horses in the trailer being pulled.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 08:33 PM (afJtY)

106 Well, crappe -- how dare I straine your credibilitey. ;-)

Now Imma gonna have to update my nic to "ShainS -- He of the Unnecessary Vowels!"

Posted by: ShainS -- He of the Unnecessary Vowels! at July 14, 2026 08:19 PM (9EFgU)

Eh a spelling error is the least of my worries around here.

I mean there's always the "questions" surrounding my unquenchable sexual appetites for twink men being very sloppily covered up by a *supposed* lust for redheads with beautiful legs. Yeah right. Scottish Irish redhead babes with creamy skin and a few freckles... a likely story...

BTW you never want to lose control of your vowels.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 08:34 PM (vE0+H)

107 BRAIN WAVES?
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 08:32 PM (MWfyi)

Rosie O'Donnell and Sean Penn might be able to warm a cup of coffee.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:33 PM (zZu0s)

Unrealistic. Coffee is mostly water and heating water takes a lot of energy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:35 PM (ExV1e)

108 Speaking of waves.

My future ex husband and I were on a hiking trip along the western WA coast up by Shi Shi beach. We had a friend’s doggo with us, a lab mix named Fido. Great dog.

So we walked along the rocky beach, over huge logs and found a really big log that reached out over the water. We all walked out on the log to check it out. My ex plopped down, cracked a beer and gave a big huzzah.

Fido and I looked at each other and walked back about 200 feet and sat down.

Not two minutes later, a sneaker wave built up and completely douched my ex sitting on the log. It completely covered him. As it receded, he was clinging to the log, soaking wet, rocks in his beer, gasping for air.

Fido and I were laughing. Never seen a dog laugh before. This dog was laughing.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 08:35 PM (QBhXE)

109 Posted by: Lincolntf at July 14, 2026 08:31 PM (vV6n9)

Good to know!

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 08:36 PM (vE0+H)

110 Medieval Taco Bell’s caused the Great English Bowel Shift.

I blame John of Gaunt.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 08:37 PM (77rzZ)

111 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)

If they/them ever engaged, you could ask xer how President Harris's ass tastes

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 08:38 PM (vE0+H)

112 We were at a Half Moon Bay beach bonfire party; a small creek bisects the beach and drains into the bay, we heard shouting, looked south, and two girls were being swept up the creek by a mammoth wall of foaming churn. They turned out to be okay.

Rogue waves? Impossible!

Posted by: 13times at July 14, 2026 08:39 PM (fnZRl)

113 Nurse Ratched, (apart from the ex-stuff, sorry to hear that) if I was the guy I would have thought that was awesome,. I've been fucked over by the ocean a few times, and the memories always make me laugh. Can't beat her, just gotta survive her.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 14, 2026 08:40 PM (vV6n9)

114 My daughter discovered some perfume she liked and now the whole place smells.
Posted by: Accomack

Is she a teenager because they always wear too much.
Posted by: Tuna
------
I detest the perversion of the word "fresh" in service of selling shit.
Evidently today, "fresh" means "stinks up the place to the verge of nausea."

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2026 08:40 PM (a8Wd8)

115 rickb223, scarier because of the 5 horses in the trailer being pulled.
Posted by: Ben Had

Dang. No bueno.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:40 PM (ZIVhI)

116 Scottish Irish redhead babes with creamy skin and a few freckles...

https://tinyurl.com/mtmd7bc5

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:40 PM (ExV1e)

117 Oh... SFW.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:41 PM (ExV1e)

118 Waves break way off shore of Assateague, very poor surfing. During storms, the wash comes up and over the dunes.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 08:42 PM (8jVAy)

119 BTW you never want to lose control of your vowels.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 08:34 PM (vE0+H)

I still recommend Indian squats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

120 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:40 PM (ExV1e)

Very nice. Hope you're feeling ok.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 08:44 PM (vE0+H)

121 Oh also off topic, but I have reintroduced cardio into my workout routine. 30 mins on the rowing machine. I both hate and love cardio. Love how you feel after it's done, but doing it kind of sucks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:44 PM (zZu0s)

122 117 Oh... SFW.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

:checks URL:
We're still at AOSHQ comments, right?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 08:45 PM (gKWVE)

123 Very nice. Hope you're feeling ok.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 08:44 PM (vE0+H)

Feel fine. Getting radiated doesn't feel like anything. If I get some unfortunate side effect from it, it probably won't happen for at least a week.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:45 PM (ExV1e)

124 Scottish Irish redhead babes with creamy skin and a few freckles...
Yikes!

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 08:45 PM (GbONR)

125 Typhoon Cobra......look it up

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 14, 2026 08:46 PM (jrgJz)

126 I was about 25 feet from the shore off Oahu, busy beach, lots of people. But I was in a spot that I couldn’t make headway. I would swim as hard as I could just to stay in one spot, and then try to gain some distance when the wave started coming in. It was exhausting. When I finally got back on land I decided to stay there for a while.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 08:46 PM (NaO3Q)

127 Wait until you are driving 350 miles inland and see a wall of water/green clouds from ground to sky. Did that once back in high school out by DFW airport. Yea. Tornado. Hate that shit.
Posted by: rickb223

Human: "The daytime sky can be a lot of colors, but it can't be neon green."

The sky over the Great Plains: "Hold my beer."

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 08:46 PM (VHUov)

128 :checks URL:
We're still at AOSHQ comments, right?
Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 08:45 PM (gKWVE)

I only post NSFW stuff when people start crying that they don't know how to use the internet to find a photo of a boob.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:46 PM (ExV1e)

129
Rogue waves? Impossible!
Posted by: 13times

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

Ten of them roaming the planet at any one time, according to estimates.

TEN. Anywhere. Like too close to your cruise ship to do anything about it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 08:47 PM (mmrXZ)

130 :checks URL:
We're still at AOSHQ comments, right?
Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 08:45 PM (gKWVE)

Sponges faux pax earlier was not that bad. It was just the search string 'busty lesbians.' I think on duck duck go. The only way you'd see nudity is if your safesearch was already turned off (it's on by default.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s)

131 Fido and I were laughing. Never seen a dog laugh before. This dog was laughing.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 08:35 PM (QBhXE)

Dog be like...Duh!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 08:49 PM (2WIwB)

132 Fido and I were laughing. Never seen a dog laugh before. This dog was laughing.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 08:35 PM (QBhXE)

Dog be like...Duh!
Posted by: Diogenes

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ZIVhI)

133 Honestly, considering, we have had very few wander off the sfw reservation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:49 PM (zZu0s)

134 Never seen a dog laugh before.

First time taking acid?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ExV1e)

135
I was about 25 feet from the shore off Oahu, busy beach, lots of people. But I was in a spot that I couldn’t make headway. I would swim as hard as I could just to stay in one spot, and then try to gain some distance when the wave started coming in. It was exhausting. When I finally got back on land I decided to stay there for a while.
Posted by: Common Tater

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

Ugh, I got caught in a rip once, also barely offshore, but FUCK, I couldn't touch the bottom and I couldn't get back. It was a cold beach, and my wetsuit was waterlogged. Finally got back in somehow. I was thinking at the time, if I'd had a phone on me while I was being slapped by waves from both directions (waterproof of course) I'd have been tempted to dial 911.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 08:49 PM (mmrXZ)

136 Paux?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:50 PM (zZu0s)

137 113 Nurse Ratched, (apart from the ex-stuff, sorry to hear that) if I was the guy I would have thought that was awesome,. I've been fucked over by the ocean a few times, and the memories always make me laugh. Can't beat her, just gotta survive her.

Posted by: Lincolntf

Oh, it’s one of our favorite memories together. He triumphantly drank the rest of that Rainier beer, rocks, salt water and all and proclaimed a temporary victory over the sea.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 08:50 PM (X1Jq6)

138 Dammit, it's faux pas.

<--- idiot

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:50 PM (zZu0s)

139 rogue waves are real and can form when multiple wave systems combine their energy into a single massive crest.

The Paolo, he like, understands when energy forms into a single massive wave.

Posted by: The Paolo at July 14, 2026 08:52 PM (2WIwB)

140

Rowing a small Boston Whaler on the flood tide (trolling a small string of flashers) Everett Bay, Wa. Very enjoyable!

Posted by: 13times at July 14, 2026 08:52 PM (fnZRl)

141 Dammit, it's faux pas.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 08:50 PM (zZu0s)

I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 08:53 PM (vE0+H)

142 The Paolo, he like, understands when energy forms into a single massive wave.
Posted by: The Paolo at July 14, 2026 08:52 PM (2WIwB)

*lights cigarette*

Posted by: Whoopi! at July 14, 2026 08:54 PM (gKWVE)

143 The Paolo, he like, understands when energy forms into a single massive wave.
Posted by: The Paolo at July 14, 2026 08:52 PM (2WIwB)

*lights cigarette*
Posted by: Whoopi! at July 14, 2026 08:54 PM (gKWVE)

On deck! -- James Talarico

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:55 PM (ExV1e)

144 @135. Hmmm...maybe outside IS trying to kill us. I laughed that off at first, but now.....

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 08:57 PM (IY9No)

145 Was that a riptide? I dunno. Or didn’t know. It was mostly annoying, but I was young and in shape. I could see where it was deceptive and easily kill people. Maybe I could have swam obliquely at a 90 deg. angle 20 feet or so and got out of it? I didn’t know. It was super bizarre to be so close to shore and not getting there

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 08:57 PM (NaO3Q)

146 Wait...there's photos of boobs in the internet?

*scribbles notes furiously*

Posted by: My 12 y.o. self at July 14, 2026 08:57 PM (2Ez/1)

147 >>Was that a riptide? I dunno. Or didn’t know. It was mostly annoying, but I was young and in shape. I could see where it was deceptive and easily kill people. Maybe I could have swam obliquely at a 90 deg. angle 20 feet or so and got out of it? I didn’t know. It was super bizarre to be so close to shore and not getting there

Trying to fight a riptide is how a lot of people drown. Even strong swimmers can be beaten by a strong riptide.

Ride the rip until you are out of it and then swim to shore.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 08:59 PM (viF8m)

148 Never seen a dog laugh before.

First time taking acid?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ExV1e)

I am disappoint.

Posted by: Muttley at July 14, 2026 09:01 PM (wVcYX)

149 We had a friend’s doggo with us, a lab mix named Fido.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Is this a case of "names changed to protect the innocent?"

If not, that's amazing. Everyone knows "Fido" is a dog's name, but that's literally the first real-life contemporary "Fido" I've heard of. I've only heard it used in movies and cartoons and stuff, or stories from a century ago.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 09:01 PM (VHUov)

150 Did you notice the kid winning the halftime basketball contest not only made all 4 shots, but that all four shots hit nothing but net. And he was cool doing it.?

Posted by: Solutus at July 14, 2026 09:02 PM (ASBBI)

151 Never seen a dog laugh before.

First time taking acid?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:49 PM (ExV1e)

I am disappoint.
Posted by: Muttley at July 14, 2026 09:01 PM (wVcYX)

I'd make a comment that you weren't a dog but, damn, Muttley was a dog.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:02 PM (ExV1e)

152 mikeski,
It was the doggo’s real name.

Good dog. Scared off a bear for us in the rainforest that trip. We high tailed it out of there to the coast.

Don’t mess with bears.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 09:05 PM (yYecZ)

153 If not, that's amazing. Everyone knows "Fido" is a dog's name, but that's literally the first real-life contemporary "Fido" I've heard of. I've only heard it used in movies and cartoons and stuff, or stories from a century ago.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 09:01 PM (VHUov)

its from Latin, means "Loyal"

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 09:05 PM (uhVAy)

154 >>>Maybe I could have swam obliquely at a 90 deg. angle 20 feet or so and got out of it? I didn’t know. It was super bizarre to be so close to shore and not getting there

Posted by: Common Tater

>After the first time I got caught in a riptide I decided I would never swim in the ocean again without swim fins. Those riptides are brutal.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 09:06 PM (sYM3s)

155
Maybe I could have swam obliquely at a 90 deg. angle 20 feet or so and got out of it?

-----------

Ride the rip until you are out of it and then swim to shore.
Posted by: JackStraw

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

What? NO! Never mind outside -- JackStraw is trying to kill you.

If you get caught in a rip, swim parallel to the shore to get out of it. Then swim or wade in.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 09:07 PM (mmrXZ)

156 Wait...there's photos of boobs in the internet?

*scribbles notes furiously*
Posted by: My 12 y.o. self
----
http://www.boobpedia.com

We didn't have the internet. We had to peer through the cracks of the basement blinds at the VFW when the Cooties had a stag.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2026 09:08 PM (a8Wd8)

157 If not, that's amazing. Everyone knows "Fido" is a dog's name, but that's literally the first real-life contemporary "Fido" I've heard of. I've only heard it used in movies and cartoons and stuff, or stories from a century ago.
Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 09:01 PM (VHUov)

its from Latin, means "Loyal"

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 09:05 PM (uhVAy)

So just like the root of the F in FBI!

What...?

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 09:08 PM (vE0+H)

158 75 My usual sanguine self decided that all the Yeah America! stuff was click bait.
Mostly Texas and Florida; some NY or Boston, no KC. Same Costco, WalMart and Bass Pro oh and ah, big trucks and yellow buses.
Click bait. Those folks did well.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 08:12 PM (GbONR)

And if it wasn’t?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 09:08 PM (4g5V+)

159 >>What? NO! Never mind outside -- JackStraw is trying to kill you.

>>If you get caught in a rip, swim parallel to the shore to get out of it. Then swim or wade in.

Yea, that's what I said.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 09:09 PM (viF8m)

160 They give rip tide warnings at the beach but I never really get in the water anyway. I will wade around on the shore. I never liked to get in the water unless I can see what's in the water.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 09:11 PM (IY9No)

161 I'd make a comment that you weren't a dog but, damn, Muttley was a dog.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

And was "carefully" parodied in the NSFW anime "Asobi ni Iku yo!"

(Literally "We've Come To Play," and for some crazy reason re-titled "Cat Planet Cuties" for the US market.)

"Carefully," as in, the character's name was still "Muttley" and everything. He was a robot/android thing from the Dogsian planet.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 09:12 PM (VHUov)

162 Well France did lose today. On Bastille Day, no less.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 08:11 PM (p4NUW)

Ooh, il n'y a pas de pain, laissez-les manger du gâteau

Il n'y a pas de fin à ce qu'ils prendront
Afficher les fruits de la naissance noble
Laver le sel dans la terre
Mais ils marchent pour le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine réclamera son prix sanglant
Libérez les donjons des innocents
Eh bien, le roi doit s'agenouiller pour laisser son royaume s'élever

Posted by: Prof Neil E. Peart at July 14, 2026 09:12 PM (4g5V+)

163 My usual sanguine self decided that all the Yeah America! stuff was click bait.
Mostly Texas and Florida; some NY or Boston, no KC. Same Costco, WalMart and Bass Pro oh and ah, big trucks and yellow buses.
Click bait. Those folks did well.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 08:12 PM (GbONR)

Mostly. I think a few of them were real but those were channels which talked about the US from before. There's a couple which are still talking about the US despite being back in the UK and indicating that they want to return and are considering emigrating. But most were bullshit. The people acting like Taco Bell was the greatest thing they've ever eaten and whatnot.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:28 PM (ExV1e)

Then there's the surprise reaction videos to American condom sizes and extensive variety.

Posted by: Everything's Bigger In America! at July 14, 2026 09:13 PM (wVcYX)

164 How does lawnmuncher differ from rugmuncher?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2026 09:13 PM (l4RKn)

165 >>I never liked to get in the water unless I can see what's in the water.

If you saw what was in the water you might not want to get in either.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 09:13 PM (viF8m)

166 There are a number of very dangerous beaches just south of SF, the thing is on some days the ocean water along the beach looks placid and inviting - so people disregard the warning signs ridtide & undertow; Montara Beach, Pescadero Beach etc.

Posted by: 13times at July 14, 2026 09:14 PM (fnZRl)

167
Velours taché de sang, dentelle sale
Peur nue sur chaque visage
Voyez-les incliner la tête pour mourir
Comme nous nous inclinions quand ils sont passés
Et ils marchent pour le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine réclamera son prix sanglant
Chantez, ou chœurs de cacophonie
Eh bien, le roi s'est agenouillé pour laisser son royaume s'élever
Leçons enseignées mais jamais apprises
Tout autour de nous, la colère brûle
Guider l'avenir par le passé
Il y a longtemps, le moule a été coulé
Car ils ont marché vers le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine a remporté son prix sanglant
Entendre les échos des siècles
Eh bien, le pouvoir n'est pas tout ce que l'argent achète

Posted by: Prof Neil E. Peart at July 14, 2026 09:15 PM (4g5V+)

168 Wait...there's photos of boobs in the internet?

*scribbles notes furiously*
Posted by: My 12 y.o. self at July 14, 2026 08:57 PM (2Ez/1)

I am glad I grew up without the internet honestly. Fewer distractions and better edumacation.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

169 Outdoor vs indoor.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 09:17 PM (zZu0s)

170 Here’s hoping Doof noted the French lyrics above…

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 09:17 PM (4g5V+)

171 I am glad I grew up without the internet honestly. Fewer distractions and better edumacation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)

People were nicer. Girls were approachable. There were hangouts you could go to and be around others if you're into that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:18 PM (ExV1e)

172 Fidelity - Loyalty.

“Fido” is Latin for Loyal? Or “Faithful”? All those things a Dog

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 09:18 PM (NaO3Q)

173 Then there's the surprise reaction videos to American condom sizes and extensive variety.
Posted by: Everything's Bigger In America! at July 14, 2026 09:13 PM (wVcYX)

You only need one size and brand, Comrade! Perestroika brand!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 09:18 PM (zZu0s)

174 >>I never liked to get in the water unless I can see what's in the water.

If you saw what was in the water you might not want to get in either.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 09:13 PM (viF8m)

This.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 09:19 PM (wVcYX)

175 “Girls were approachable”

How you doin’? really works! I swear

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 09:20 PM (NaO3Q)

176 Fish poop, fuck and die in it!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 09:20 PM (zZu0s)

177 “Girls were approachable”

How you doin’? really works! I swear
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 09:20 PM (NaO3Q)

You could walk up and talk to them without them, usually, doing a performative rejection while their friends are recording it to post for internet points.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:22 PM (ExV1e)

178 Duncanthrax

We launch Lamps with Mk 46 torpedoes at the second CZ to get you guys.

Mk 46 torps. Stop laughing, Duncanthrax.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:22 PM (u82oZ)

179 @165. JackStraw.

That's true, but it eased my feelings to know it won't be a shark or a stingray or whatever else the ocean can dredge up.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 09:23 PM (IY9No)

180 How does lawnmuncher differ from rugmuncher?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Full-on hippie bush versus carefully-maintained berber?

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 09:25 PM (VHUov)

181 Bad weather:

I've been on the bridge of an oil tanker when green water went 400 feet aft of the bow to thump the superstructure. I would reach for the phone, because every time the CO would call to tell me to slow down.

Finally, revs on the shaft said 6 knots rung up, but GPS said we were going backwards.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:25 PM (u82oZ)

182 Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 09:26 PM (1z8ji)

183 Bad weather:

I've been on the bridge of an oil tanker when green water went 400 feet aft of the bow to thump the superstructure. I would reach for the phone, because every time the CO would call to tell me to slow down.

Finally, revs on the shaft said 6 knots rung up, but GPS said we were going backwards.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:25 PM (u82oZ)

Sink the oiler first. They'll thank you later.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:27 PM (ExV1e)

184 Lifeguards demonstrate how to escape from a rip current!

https://tinyurl.com/pxpsy7e7

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 09:29 PM (GD0B3)

185 I used to have a different nic

We have had this conversation before.

Being on the oiler made me a fanatic at NIXIE use.
But I never was told it really works, esp. with incoming wake homing torps.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:29 PM (u82oZ)

186 But I never was told it really works, esp. with incoming wake homing torps.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:29 PM (u82oZ)

Some day they'll invent steerable torpedoes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:31 PM (ExV1e)

187 >>That's true, but it eased my feelings to know it won't be a shark or a stingray or whatever else the ocean can dredge up.

The manager of my old dive shop wore a stingray spine on a chain around his neck. The spine came out of his calf where a stingray had deposited it.

They are pretty mellow unless you step on one. That upsets them. Don't step on stingray.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 09:31 PM (viF8m)

188 *swim parallel to shore

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 09:31 PM (GD0B3)

189 * wandering peon howls in the distance *
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 08:04 PM (0sNs1)

I'll have you know I enunciate very clearly, TYVM.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 09:32 PM (1z8ji)

190 I used to have a different nic

Steerable torpedoes. That day is today.

Posted by: Ukrainian Navy & CENTCOM at July 14, 2026 09:32 PM (u82oZ)

191
Yea, that's what I said.
Posted by: JackStraw

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Yea well, "Ride the rip" doesn't sound like "swim parallel to the shore." What's your advice for when a tornado hits? "Ride the twister until you're out of it and then get to shelter"?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 09:32 PM (mmrXZ)

192 Life sucked before the Internet, it just sucked different.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 09:33 PM (gKWVE)

193 Steerable torpedoes. That day is today.
Posted by: Ukrainian Navy & CENTCOM at July 14, 2026 09:32 PM (u82oZ)

I wouldn't know. It's probably classified - unless you're an officer - and I was just a poor electrician, changing light bulbs back in the engine room.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:34 PM (ExV1e)

194 If you have to ride a twister, a house is better than a bicycle.

Posted by: Dorothy at July 14, 2026 09:34 PM (wVcYX)

195 When a ship with a bulbous bow (like a sonar dome) is in heavy swells that lift the bow out of the water, the entire ship shimmies when the bow ploughs into the sea.

9,000 tons shaking like moving a spoon fast down a filled tub. Gets old fast.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:35 PM (u82oZ)

196 Life sucked before the Internet, it just sucked different.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 09:33 PM (gKWVE)

Remember back when you could be unreachable? Good times.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:35 PM (ExV1e)

197 When a ship with a bulbous bow (like a sonar dome) is in heavy swells that lift the bow out of the water, the entire ship shimmies when the bow ploughs into the sea.

9,000 tons shaking like moving a spoon fast down a filled tub. Gets old fast.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:35 PM (u82oZ)

Was it at that point that you thought, "Go surface fleet they said. That's the real Navy they said."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:36 PM (ExV1e)

198 Yea well, "Ride the rip" doesn't sound like "swim parallel to the shore." What's your advice for when a tornado hits? "Ride the twister until you're out of it and then get to shelter"?

Rips don't just go out to see, they also run parallel to the shore. Around here that is very common. And if you try to swim through it most will get carried down the beach and out anyway and be exhausted when they do get out.

So yea, don't fight the rip. Ride it until you are out of it then swim to shore.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 09:37 PM (viF8m)

199 I used to have a different nic

CENTCOM had a video this morning of three of our steerable torps (sea drones) taking out a pier in Bander Abbas Iranian Naval Station. A broken minisub was on that pier before the explosions.
ISTR 3,000+ pounds of explosives.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ)

200 Must have been tough wresting the helm from Sulu when there was a black hole ahead.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 08:18 PM (gKWVE)

George Takei has made it clear that while he, George Takei, is gay, Mr. Sulu is NOT.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 09:38 PM (aOqrc)

201 Semper Fidelis means Forever Fido.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 09:38 PM (Cqx++)

202 I used to have a different nic

I told the Bosun Mate of the Watch that he should just imagine being with someone special to get over the shaking.

He replied: "My recruiter."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:40 PM (u82oZ)

203 Yea well, "Ride the rip" doesn't sound like "swim parallel to the shore." What's your advice for when a tornado hits? "Ride the twister until you're out of it and then get to shelter"?

Sneak into a barn with all the cutting and butchering tools known to mankind hanging over your head as the tornado swirls around you.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 09:41 PM (aOqrc)

204 CENTCOM had a video this morning of three of our steerable torps (sea drones) taking out a pier in Bander Abbas Iranian Naval Station. A broken minisub was on that pier before the explosions.
ISTR 3,000+ pounds of explosives.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ)

That's cool and all, and I'm partial to torpedoes, but lighting them up with a battleship would be so much better.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:41 PM (ExV1e)

205
People were nicer. Girls were approachable. There were hangouts you could go to and be around others if you're into that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

If someone was creeping on you and taking pics, they stood out from the crowd. Now every tomfool jackass lifts their phone to their face and begins taking video of you.

I'd love to slap those devices out of each and every hand of someone doing so whose intentions I am quite sure are not favorable toward me.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 09:42 PM (ixS3i)

206 I told the Bosun Mate of the Watch that he should just imagine being with someone special to get over the shaking.

He replied: "My recruiter."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:40 PM (u82oZ)

Stuff like that is what leads to the gay Navy jokes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:42 PM (ExV1e)

207 Here’s hoping Doof noted the French lyrics above…
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 09:17 PM (4g5V+)

I am fully aware of the date on the calendar!

Posted by: Doof at July 14, 2026 09:43 PM (QLC6i)

208 If someone was creeping on you and taking pics, they stood out from the crowd. Now every tomfool jackass lifts their phone to their face and begins taking video of you.

I'd love to slap those devices out of each and every hand of someone doing so whose intentions I am quite sure are not favorable toward me.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 09:42 PM (ixS3i)

They've got live streaming eyeglasses now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:43 PM (ExV1e)

209 I used to have a different nic

Well, he was pounding his right fist into his left palm when he said that. So ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:43 PM (u82oZ)

210 Well, he was pounding his right fist into his left palm when he said that. So ...
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:43 PM (u82oZ)

I guess the recruiter liked it rough.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:44 PM (ExV1e)

211 How does lawnmuncher differ from rugmuncher?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2026 09:13 PM (l4RKn)

Don't ask me, butt-much!

Posted by: Beavis at July 14, 2026 09:45 PM (QLC6i)

212 I used to have a different nic

120 sailors submerge, 60 couples surface.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:45 PM (u82oZ)

213
Takei has made it clear that while he, George Takei, is gay, Mr. Sulu is NOT.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Wow. Good to know.

Now my life no longer feels out of balance. Thanks!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 09:46 PM (ixS3i)

214
Wait...there's photos of boobs in the internet?

*scribbles notes furiously*
Posted by: My 12 y.o. self

I'm quite certain the Admiral can provide some links for ya.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 14, 2026 09:46 PM (QVmho)

215 CENTCOM had a video this morning of three of our steerable torps (sea drones) taking out a pier in Bander Abbas Iranian Naval Station. A broken minisub was on that pier before the explosions.
ISTR 3,000+ pounds of explosives.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ)

That's cool and all, and I'm partial to torpedoes, but lighting them up with a battleship would be so much better.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:41 PM (ExV1e)

***

Meh!

Now sweep a couple Armored Divisions across there and now you're on the way to fixing things.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 09:47 PM (2WIwB)

216 My 12 y.o. self

I'm quite certain the Admiral can provide some links for ya.
Posted by: BifBewalski

It's a trap! Flee!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:47 PM (u82oZ)

217 Sneak into a barn with all the cutting and butchering tools known to mankind hanging over your head as the tornado swirls around you.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 09:41 PM (aOqrc)

My God, who are these people?

And cow.

Posted by: Jo at July 14, 2026 09:49 PM (wVcYX)

218 I used to have a different nic

On a slightly more serious note:

I hope the radiation works as promised. I have prayers ascending for you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:49 PM (u82oZ)

219 120 sailors submerge, 60 couples surface.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:45 PM (u82oZ)

One of the guys on my submarine was a 6'4" Native American machinist mate. Huge. We called him chief - original.

One day a new guy gets assigned to the boat and chief walked up to him and told him that he's been assigned as chief's underway wife. Guy gulped and asked what that meant. Chief tells him that they bunk together, shower together, that sort of thing.

The look on his face was priceless.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:49 PM (ExV1e)

220 Been frustrated since the recent change that x videos won't play (on x) without signing up. Which I haven't because I'm not a joiner, even for Elon's place.

So I just installed an extension on my Vivaldi browser that re-directs x.com URLs to xcancel.com. Yay. It works.

Unfortunately, xcancel won't accept the extended URL info (starting with "?") so I still have to delete that before it works. Still, at least I don't have to re-edit the x part every time.

Xcancel.com Redirector at the chrome web store.

Posted by: mindful webworker - ordering a cafe black at July 14, 2026 09:49 PM (ci8WY)

221 The fetching Mrs Beartooth was almost swept out to sea by a sneaker wave. She was fortunate to have two big dogs on leashes when it happened. The wave swepted up the dogs too and twisted them around her legs, essentially became anchors. She was stuck to the spot as the wave washed back to the ocean

Posted by: Beartooth at July 14, 2026 09:51 PM (IYeV+)

222 I hope the radiation works as promised.

You and me both. Especially since surgery gets taken off the table if you get radiation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:51 PM (ExV1e)

223
Justin Tarr, who portrayed Tully Pettigrew in "Rat Patrol", declared that while his character was a flamer, he himself only digs chicks.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 09:52 PM (Y8DZL)

224 Why not make an X account: they’re free.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 09:53 PM (aOqrc)

225 Why not make an X account: they’re free.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 09:53 PM (aOqrc)

Free just means they harvest your data. Sure, everyone else does as well but I'm stubborn.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:54 PM (ExV1e)

226 Why not make an X account: they’re free.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Free just means they harvest your data. Sure, everyone else does as well but I'm stubborn.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Space Daddy is disappointed in you; he knows what you've been browsing.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 09:57 PM (VHUov)

227 >>Free just means they harvest your data.

I wouldn't worry about it. ace has already sold your profiled to the NSA.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 09:57 PM (viF8m)

228 I made an X account but never post, never like, never do anything but watch videos and such. I guess they could start figuring out what videos I like, but since most of the links come from here, I don’t know how much they’re gleaning.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 09:58 PM (aOqrc)

229 I wouldn't worry about it. ace has already sold your profiled to the NSA.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 09:57 PM (viF8m)

How do you know I'm not with the NSA. That story about retiring could just be cover.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:59 PM (ExV1e)

230 here we go again...

"Detroit News/Glengariff poll | 7/8-7/11 LV

US Senate Michigan Democratic primary 2026 (crosstabs, net)

🟪College: El-Sayed +7
🟩No College: Stevens +22
🟪White: El-Sayed +12
🟩Black: Stevens +46
🟩Already voted: Stevens +9
🟪Election day voters: El-Sayed +18
🟩Still holding on to their absentee ballots: Stevens +27
🟪Union: El-Sayed +5"

No college, Minority (black), early vote - Democrat

College, white, union - Jihadi Socialist

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 09:59 PM (GD0B3)

231
Takei has made it clear that while he, George Takei, is gay, Mr. Sulu is NOT.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

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No, in one of those movies Sulu was getting back on shore leave and his partner and their kid were waiting for him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

232 215 CENTCOM had a video this morning of three of our steerable torps (sea drones) taking out a pier in Bander Abbas Iranian Naval Station. A broken minisub was on that pier before the explosions.
ISTR 3,000+ pounds of explosives.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ)

That's cool and all, and I'm partial to torpedoes, but lighting them up with a battleship would be so much better.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Saw that, three hits. I think there were two vessels; one up on the pier and, on the left, one docked. Looked like it was the only functioning dock remaining.... no longer there.

As to the battleship. Memory says that Trump has ordered design for a new, honest to gosh, Battleship. Just because, it would be cool to rebuild our best old one - nuclear power with cruise missiles out the tubes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 10:00 PM (59EWv)

233 NOOD ONT 4 U

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=420559

Posted by: mindful webworker - on a blog near you at July 14, 2026 10:02 PM (ci8WY)

234 No, in one of those movies Sulu was getting back on shore leave and his partner and their kid were waiting for him.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

Must be the remake. Not Takei.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 10:02 PM (zZu0s)

235 >>How do you know I'm not with the NSA. That story about retiring could just be cover.

You son of a ....

Seriously, there is no anonymity on the internet. The feds have been involved with the internet since the ARPANET days.

There's a reason the CIA was one of the early seed investors in Google among other data gathering groups. Hi Facebook.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 10:02 PM (viF8m)

236 No, in one of those movies Sulu was getting back on shore leave and his partner and their kid were waiting for him.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 10:00 PM (mmrXZ)

Missing information: his partner - male or female? Is this TOS, first generation movies? Please: inquiring minds want to know!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 10:07 PM (aOqrc)

237 sometimes this site is so gross

Posted by: sidney at July 15, 2026 06:38 AM (rzwGB)

Inflation Fell by the Greatest Amount Since 2020, Due to the Suspension of the Iran War

Unfortunately this False Peace is now over.

But one can see the inflation was only due to Iran blowing up oil ships transiting the Strait.

Inflation slowed in June by its largest monthly drop since April 2020 on falling energy prices -- slashing the odds the Fed will raise interest rates at its meeting this month.
The Consumer Price Index rose 3.5% in June over the past 12 months, cooling off from 4.2% in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday.
On a monthly basis, the inflation rate declined 0.4% -- more than expectations of a 0.2% dip.
Core CPI -- the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, which excludes volatile food and energy prices -- ticked down to 2.6%, still well above central bankers' 2% goal.
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"Tuesday's weaker-than-expected CPI print suggests the inflation surge driven by the Iran war is fading, but this may just be a temporary relief as tensions have escalated in recent days," Skyler Weinand, chief investment officer at Regan Capital, said in a note Tuesday.

Indeed, now that the psychopaths of Iran have forced the US to begin pounding them again, oil prices have shot back up.

Blockade underway: The US has reimposed its naval blockade of Iranian ports, according to a US military statement. The US previously enforced a blockade between April and June.
• Ceasefire in tatters: The US military has also launched its fourth consecutive day of strikes on Iranian targets. State media reported explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas and several locations near Sirik. Meanwhile, Iran has targeted US allies in the region, including Kuwait.
• Trump rescinds toll decision: US President Donald Trump announced earlier he will not impose a 20% reimbursement fee on cargo moving through the Strait of Hormuz, saying it will be replaced by Gulf state investments in the US.
• Oil prices rise: Global oil prices are up sharply, with benchmark Brent crude rising to its highest level in over a month.

Trump's idea that he would charge ships the US was protecting a 20% charge has been retracted.

President Trump backed off his proposed 20% toll on all ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday in favor of investment in the US by Persian Gulf states.
Trump said in a Truth Social post the reversal was "[b]ased on highly productive conversations with Middle East Leadership."
"Those Investments will be MASSIVE but, at the same time, extraordinarily good for them, and their future," he added.
Trump also claimed that exports of oil were "flowing like never before" thanks to recent US airstrikes on Iran, and "the Strait of Hormuz is open to All Ship traffic except for Iran -- and that is because of their lying, violent, malicious leadership, which is taking them down the path of TOTAL DESTRUCTION."
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Trump announced the new tolling scheme on Monday, declaring that the US would be the "guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz and would collect a reimbursement equal to 20% of all cargo value, which one shipping industry expert predicted could amount to $200 billion annually.
"We'll become the guardian of the strait. Maybe we'll call it the guardian angel of the strait, and we should be reimbursed for that," Trump had suggested during an interview on "Fox & Friends."

The US is pounding IRGC headquarters and weapons depots, as well as naval assets on the coast.

🚨 BREAKING: U.S. strikes have reportedly destroyed a major IRGC command headquarters in Iran, a key hub used to coordinate Iranian air operations. The attack devastated surrounding buildings, and a massive fire is now raging at the site. pic.twitter.com/zlM8tJ6AM8
— Armando Pantoja (@_TallGuyTycoon) July 13, 2026

More video of strikes in Iran. pic.twitter.com/xjwcbCjWTG
— JP (@JP41776) July 14, 2026

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iran Looks Like Hell as Heavy U.S. Bombing Continues. pic.twitter.com/HVD4whXi4s
— War Radar (@War_Radar2) July 14, 2026

Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran. Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea� pic.twitter.com/bOM2kmgRxz
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 13, 2026

The below video describes the new plan for getting ships through the Strait. Basically, the go at night with no lights on and with the transponder turned off, so Iran can't see them.

Now their radars, of course, would still detect massive ships, which is why the US is bombing all of their coastal radar arrays.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:20 PM

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1 yay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 14, 2026 06:21 PM (CWTWj)

2 we start graduating utter illiterates.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM (mmrXZ)

"Start"?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 06:21 PM (IG3/x)
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I feel seen.

Posted by: David Hogg at July 14, 2026 06:23 PM (Fi81e)

3 "Inflation Fell by the Greatest Amount Since 2020, Due to the Suspension of the Iran War"

Not sure how a two week suspension of the "war" could cause the entire quarter's inflation to fall. Unless this was snark.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (0N4FZ)

4 I could have been first but I was eating a hotdog with ketchup.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (MWfyi)

5 omg read the content

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (mmrXZ)

6
"Start"?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

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I know, I know.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (mmrXZ)

7 Indeed, now that the psychopaths of Iran have forced the US to begin pounding them again, oil prices have shot back up.
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I don't think they come here for the hunting.

Posted by: Trumpy Bear at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (Fi81e)

8 Iran is totally winning, chuds!

Posted by: Reddit Retards at July 14, 2026 06:25 PM (oI/gx)

9 Wish I had money to invest in Raytheon...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 06:25 PM (xcxpd)

10 I could have been first but I was eating a hotdog with ketchup.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (MWfyi)
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* exasperated *

Posted by: Harry Callahan at July 14, 2026 06:25 PM (Fi81e)

11 Damn...look at all that ordnance cooking off!

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 06:26 PM (uzmqU)

12
Yeah, I was kinda wondering about that 20% thing.

But why are oil prices up if it's "flowing like never before"?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:26 PM (mmrXZ)

13 Trump just announced that the bombing will continue every night until Iran relents. Next week is bridge and power plant week.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:26 PM (viF8m)

14 Everyone who shouted this MOU was a masterstroke, please submit your membership card for mutilation.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:26 PM (RIvkX)

15 JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iran Looks Like Hell as Heavy U.S. Bombing Continues.
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Morale has to improve.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:27 PM (Fi81e)

16 But why are oil prices up if it's "flowing like never before"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:26 PM (mmrXZ)

Like the stock market, it's all gambling.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 06:27 PM (ExV1e)

17 Trump just announced that the bombing will continue every night until Iran relents. Next week is bridge and power plant week.

in London? Or...elsewhere?

Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2026 06:27 PM (XD+PD)

18 Core CPI -- the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, which excludes volatile food and energy prices -- ticked down to 2.6%, still well above central bankers' 2% goal.

It's incredibly stupid to not include energy and food - in some price index somewhere.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 06:28 PM (vJrRc)

19 Armando Pantoja
@_TallGuyTycoon
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🚨 BREAKING: U.S. strikes have reportedly destroyed a major IRGC command headquarters in Iran, a key hub used to coordinate Iranian air operations. The attack devastated surrounding buildings, and a massive fire is now raging at the site.
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Why was it still standing all this time?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:28 PM (RIvkX)

20 It's very nice of the Iranians to have a fireworks display in honor of our 250th. Thx mullahs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 06:29 PM (m2wmY)

21 Not sure how a two week suspension of the "war" could cause the entire quarter's inflation to fall. Unless this was snark.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (0N4FZ)
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Inflation is a monetary phenomenon. Commodity price increases do not cause inflation. Prices rise, demand falls.

Government spending causes inflation and Trump crushing grants and DEI garbage is reducing the money supply, lowering inflation.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:29 PM (ZOv7s)

22 It's very nice of the Iranians to have a fireworks display in honor of our 250th. Thx mullahs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 06:29 PM (m2wmY)
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* Muttly snicker *

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:30 PM (Fi81e)

23 Eh, the price of oil rising because of war jitters has nothing whatsoever to do with monetary inflation. It’s a supply and demand issue, with a little speculation thrown in.

If you want to know what monetary inflation does, note that oil hovered around $2 a barrel for about 20 years.

Interestingly enough, Corn was at times, $2 a bushel in the 1910s. And the 1920s. And the 1930s. And the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s

And the 1980s, and the 1990s. And the … forget it. You get the idea.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 06:30 PM (fAGm7)

24 If you want to end the war start combing the neighborhoods the IRGC *live* in.

Yes they have some number of people willing to die for their current conflict but...not most of them.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 06:30 PM (sKqQm)

25 I'm trying to be patient, but this started in late February and there has been a constant drumbeat about how pulverized the IRGC is - no Navy, no air force, no air defense, no oil, no imports, hideous inflation, no water, no power, the heartbreak of psoriasis, you name it.

They're on their 4th or 5th set of "leaders."

And yet, it ain't over.

I'm about ready to ask: so, what?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 06:30 PM (2Ez/1)

26 There is still around 12 to 15% inflation from when Biden added over 40% to the M1.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 06:30 PM (/+uur)

27 >>"Those Investments will be MASSIVE but, at the same time, extraordinarily good for them, and their future," he added.

1. I don't want them buying our assets. Land, businesses, infrastructure, utilities.....

2. I don't want what is good for their future. Fuck them. I want them to be wiped out.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 06:31 PM (XYNFs)

28 Government spending causes inflation and Trump crushing grants and DEI garbage is reducing the money supply, lowering inflation.

Yep = there are only two real ways to reduce inflation - reduce government spending or raise taxes.

And taxes are way too high to begin with.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 06:31 PM (sKqQm)

29 We could use a few of those sea drones over here at Pleasure Point.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 06:31 PM (UjdFS)

30 No matter how much we try and suppress Iran in the straight of Hormuz they’ve been preparing for this fight for 40 years. They have full control over the straight. There’s no winning here.

Trump administration has no long term plan. He always acts on impulse. No strategic thinking at all

Trump was played by Israel. Convinced it would be easy. Every president for the past several decades was smart enough to know this was a losing battle. Trump is not smart enough to understand this. He is also making hundreds of millions as he manipulates markets. So he doesn’t care.

Absolutely agree. Trump is clutching at straws desperate for control. In order for him to ever have any element of control he’d need to destroy Iran which could take years of more war

We need China to somehow get dragged into this and actually put America in their place

I think if you unilaterally launch a war on the other side of the world, you totally deserve to FAFO.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (oI/gx)

31 There is still around 12 to 15% inflation from when Biden added over 40% to the M1.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 06:30 PM (/+uur)
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It's likely not going away, either.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (Fi81e)

32 Next week is bridge and power plant week.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:26 PM (viF8m)
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I'm having deja vu all over again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (RIvkX)

33 What air operations? The IRGC have some hot air balloons somewhere?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (afJtY)

34 Everyone who shouted this MOU was a masterstroke, please submit your membership card for mutilation.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:26 PM (RIvkX)
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No. It was a masterstroke and remains so.

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (rj6Yv)

35 Now their radars, of course, would still detect massive ships, which is why the US is bombing all of their coastal radar arrays.

Targeting ELINT. So very satisfying!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:33 PM (2WIwB)

36 I'm about ready to ask: so, what?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I suspect that there was some amount of hope in our leadership that they'd be able to leave some amount of Iran's military supplies, at least, intact so that all their neighbors don't fall on them like a bunch of barbaric desert marauders when they decide we've won.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 06:33 PM (vJrRc)

37 I do crack up a bit leftist are still posting infographics showing inflation increasing by 10%+ a year from 20-24 and 3% in '25 then captioning them...SEE TRUMP HASN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT INFLATION!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 06:33 PM (sKqQm)

38 BOOM go the longboarders and surf schools.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 06:33 PM (UjdFS)

39 37, exactly

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 06:34 PM (VyBeY)

40 We need China to somehow get dragged into this and actually put America in their place

f*cking traitors. move to the commie sh!thole you love so much.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 06:34 PM (vJrRc)

41 WHAT ABOUT THE PRICE OF EGGS

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 06:34 PM (UjdFS)

42 I've got a hundred people down here, and they're covered with glass.

Posted by: Dwayne T. Robinson, AP at July 14, 2026 06:34 PM (yFLFB)

43 Why was it still standing all this time?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:28 PM (RIvkX)
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Maybe because we just found it. Or maybe it wasn't being used until now.

Target lists change. They evolve. New ones emerge. I know people want to hear that if you have a really spiffy plan you can with 100% certainty win a war in three weeks or whatever your preferred time frame is, and if the war doesn't end, why then the plan was crap! Fire the generals! Trump lied!!1

But in reality, we have to accept tradeoffs and limitations. Iran was always going to be a tough nut to crack and I'm absolutely sure that I went back in time and did a poll on this Smart Military Blog asking how many people thought Trump would smash Iran's nuclear program, gut its missile, air and sea power, completely isolate it from the Muslim world AND do it while keeping oil under $100 a barrel with less than two dozen American casualties, I bet the universal opinion would be that I was smoking Jackstraw's whole stash at once.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:34 PM (ZOv7s)

44 you want to understand inflation: when jfk was president, we were sort of on the gold standard, dimes and quarters were silver, and a candy bar was a nickel

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 14, 2026 06:34 PM (CWTWj)

45 Follow
🚨 BREAKING: U.S. strikes have reportedly destroyed a major IRGC command headquarters in Iran, a key hub used to coordinate Iranian air operations. The attack devastated surrounding buildings, and a massive fire is now raging at the site.
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Why was it still standing all this time?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:28 PM (RIvkX)

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This is probably the secondary or even the tertiary facility.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:35 PM (2WIwB)

46 It's incredibly stupid to not include energy and food - in some price index somewhere.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

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When this was developed, during the Carter years, natch, someone quipped that this was "the inflation metric if you leave out any of the bad news."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 06:35 PM (XYNFs)

47 We need China to somehow get dragged into this and actually put America in their place

FIRST

Posted by: America at July 14, 2026 06:35 PM (UjdFS)

48 It's incredibly stupid to not include energy and food - in some price index somewhere.
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No, they want to understate the true nature of the currency devaluations because Social Security and other government salary scales are COLA dependent.

It is difficult to make comparisons over time, even if one isn’t being purposefully deceitful.

But people somehow raised a family as a single breadwinner. Mom stayed home with the kids. They could afford to buy a house. Maybe not a big house, but it was theirs. They could afford to buy a car. Medical expenses did not bankrupt people.

Real estate wasn’t unobtainable. Americans have basically been mugged, robbed, knifed, and left to die in a dark alley.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 06:36 PM (fAGm7)

49 What air operations? The IRGC have some hot air balloons somewhere?
Posted by: Ben Had
......

Flying carpets?

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 06:37 PM (UjdFS)

50 Listen, just bomb these people back into the stone age, the fact that they have any capacity to retaliate is an embarrassment.

If the admin doesn't want a ground war then level the the entire f**king place.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 14, 2026 06:37 PM (XV/Pl)

51 I do crack up a bit leftist are still posting infographics showing inflation increasing by 10%+ a year from 20-24 and 3% in '25 then captioning them...SEE TRUMP HASN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT INFLATION!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 06:33 PM (sKqQm)
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I don't think Trump should have sold as hard as he did that he was going to bring prices down.

His claim for 3+% growth in his first term turned out to be based on something, so I was hopeful that maybe he knew a way to decrease prices.

But, it wasn't that realistic of an expectation. Though, we'll see.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:37 PM (Fi81e)

52 Real estate wasn’t unobtainable. Americans have basically been mugged, robbed, knifed, and left to die in a dark alley.

Oh, our undocumented workers still have one last indignity to add to that...But Graham Platner would endorse it

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 06:38 PM (sKqQm)

53 We need China to somehow get dragged into this and actually put America in their place

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (oI/gx)
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YES! A thousand times YES! Send China's oil-fueled carrier groups out of any possible resupply and into massive American land-based air power.

China is so screwed right now. Typhoons blasting the place to pieces. Dam failures, railroads washed out, and there are signs that their command and control has been wrecked by all the purges.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

54 Thomas Bender, who then pays for the reconstruction?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 06:39 PM (afJtY)

55 No. It was a masterstroke and remains so.
Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (rj6Yv)
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Right? It had such great results. Peace in our time.

Narrator: The thread is about the war.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:39 PM (RIvkX)

56 >>AND do it while keeping oil under $100 a barrel with less than two dozen American casualties

In normal training we lose a hell of a lot more than we have lost in this series of operations.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 06:39 PM (uzmqU)

57 I follow several China news sites, and man oh man are they ramping up their military.

They are not just aiming to control the Pacific, and not just parity with the USA. the past 5 years or so they have accelerated and it is very clear they want total superiority over the world, and to have the technology and hardware to make any war with them unthinkable.

We are in deep doodoo unless we accelerate as well.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 06:39 PM (XYNFs)

58 What air operations? The IRGC have some hot air balloons somewhere?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (afJtY)
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I wonder what's left of their communications networks. Carrier pigeons and motorcycle couriers? Maybe it's a renaissance for the heliograph!

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 06:39 PM (rj6Yv)

59 Who knows though, if galactic-level fraud gets reined in, we might actually see some downward movement in prices.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:40 PM (Fi81e)

60 But in reality, we have to accept tradeoffs and limitations. Iran was always going to be a tough nut to crack and I'm absolutely sure that I went back in time and did a poll on this Smart Military Blog asking how many people thought Trump would smash Iran's nuclear program, gut its missile, air and sea power, completely isolate it from the Muslim world AND do it while keeping oil under $100 a barrel with less than two dozen American casualties, I bet the universal opinion would be that I was smoking Jackstraw's whole stash at once.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:34 PM (ZOv7s)

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I have a study of the Iran - Iraq war. Everything you said is absolutely spot on...but there is room to wiggle with "gutting its missile power" part. They missile war between Iran and Iraq suggests they are really good at building and launching missiles...pretty darned quickly and cheaply. They prepped for it. Sure a modified SCUD B is a shitty system, but it still sucks if you're standing where it lands.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:40 PM (2WIwB)

61 Everyone who shouted this MOU was a masterstroke, please submit your membership card for mutilation.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I see the thought process: maybe Iran complies and we accomplish our goals quickly and peacefully. If not, they're the ones that broke the deal, which gives us political cover for military action.

The problem is no one actually cares about the political cover excuse, and the negotiations were destined to fail. Best to have obliterated them from the start to finish things as far from the midterms as possible...unless there was an ulterior motive (like we needed time to rearm advanced weapons and target critical sites after the Iranians reorganized).

Posted by: Military Moron at July 14, 2026 06:40 PM (oI/gx)

62 To tame inflation, the government should, oh, I don’t know, pass a budget.

And it should reduce spending to as much as it can get away with.

Because it’s really simple: to tame inflation, a society must spend its money on 1) a good or 2) a service. Government is neither. In fact, imagine how much inflation would come down if a budget was announced, it was balanced, and ther was even money to patty down a portion of the debt.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:40 PM (4g5V+)

63 Trumpflation is ~~Transitory~~ Transitioning!

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (iCB1u)

64 I was told Irans military had already been obliterated.

To me this is either invade or walk away. I’d actually prefer an invasion but no nation building afterwards. Just kill all the military brass and leave

But Iran will never surrender to an air campaign

Posted by: Maroon at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (e0rEI)

65 you want to understand inflation: when jfk was president, we were sort of on the gold standard, dimes and quarters were silver, and a candy bar was a nickel
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 14, 2026 06:34 PM (CWTWj)
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Inflation still happened with hard currency, but it was impossible to sustain long-term because when the vault is empty, the country is bankrupt.

Fiat currency and peacetime deficits really wrecked our currency. Prices were stable for 150 years and then whoosh!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)

66 To tame inflation, the government should, oh, I don’t know, pass a budget.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:40 PM (4g5V+)
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It's like you're speaking Amish.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (Fi81e)

67 53 We need China to somehow get dragged into this and actually put America in their place

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (oI/gx)
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YES! A thousand times YES! Send China's oil-fueled carrier groups out of any possible resupply and into massive American land-based air power.

China is so screwed right now. Typhoons blasting the place to pieces. Dam failures, railroads washed out, and there are signs that their command and control has been wrecked by all the purges.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

Oh, and they get to pay market price for oil now. No freebies or at least sub sized oil from Venezuela or Iran.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:42 PM (4g5V+)

68 Trump just announced that the bombing will continue every night until Iran relents.
.......

We're going to run out of tuna cans!

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 06:42 PM (UjdFS)

69 The end result of this increasingly looks like it will be the death of Persian civilization. I don't mean that in the hysterical "millions will die!" shriek that idiots online use. Instead I mean that the failure of the civilian government, the regular military and regular people to deal with the IRCG means that the country is increasingly isolated and despised. Arab nations will do whatever necessary to isolate themselves from the Farsi speaking pariah, and the economy falls into absolute oblivion, with whatever resources that are available being used to make shitty drones to annoy the neighborhood.

There was a time when Afghanistan was powerful and reasonable cultured (the Durrani Empire). They even captured Delhi at one point. That was 300 years ago. Now Afghanistan is a joke unrivaled by anyone by Haiti and Somalia. "Iran" or whatever it is called in the future will look similarly, if some force in the country doesn't kill the IRCG. It seems none of them have the stomach for it though.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 14, 2026 06:42 PM (Yh7zv)

70 I follow several China news sites, and man oh man are they ramping up their military.

Their air defense systems proved really effective in Iran and Venezuela. They could compete as equals with our NATO partners, but not the US. Not anytime soon, at least.

Posted by: Military Moron at July 14, 2026 06:42 PM (oI/gx)

71 Yeah but gas went back up.over $4 in se Pa

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 06:42 PM (Ia/+0)

72 But Iran will never surrender to an air campaign
Posted by: Maroon at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (e0rEI)

No one will ever surrender to an air campaign.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:43 PM (2WIwB)

73 No, they want to understate the true nature of the currency devaluations because Social Security and other government salary scales are COLA dependent.

It is difficult to make comparisons over time, even if one isn’t being purposefully deceitful.

But people somehow raised a family as a single breadwinner. Mom stayed home with the kids. They could afford to buy a house. Maybe not a big house, but it was theirs. They could afford to buy a car. Medical expenses did not bankrupt people.

Real estate wasn’t unobtainable. Americans have basically been mugged, robbed, knifed, and left to die in a dark alley.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 06:36 PM

Americans have been left behind because the vanished middle class has had their money forcibly taken away by the government to give free stuff to millions of non productive people.

Charity used to start and stay in the local community but the federal government in the 60s decided they were going to be "compassionate" and take over helping people over their rough spots. johnson and his great society put this country on a downward spiral that continues to grow at an exponential rate.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:43 PM (0N4FZ)

74 And their plans are that once they have superiority, they will just go into the Middle East and take whatever the fuck they want.

Someone --- gosh I can't think of his name just now -- did a debate with a muzzie that was on social media a lot. And he brought up one of my favorite points - that the West doesn't wipe out the muzzie lands because of our morals, and he used that in the debate to refute the argument that the West was immoral.
It's a good point. Now consider if China, or islam gain the power to enforce their will -- do you think China will hesitate to claim the "nine dash line" now includes all the oil reserves in M. E.?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 06:43 PM (XYNFs)

75 I have a study of the Iran - Iraq war. Everything you said is absolutely spot on...but there is room to wiggle with "gutting its missile power" part. They missile war between Iran and Iraq suggests they are really good at building and launching missiles...pretty darned quickly and cheaply. They prepped for it. Sure a modified SCUD B is a shitty system, but it still sucks if you're standing where it lands.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:40 PM (2WIwB)
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We destroyed their factories. Power plants are next. They have no regenerative capability, all they can do is dig deeper into stocks we haven't found and destroyed.

People need to understand one very important thing: a defanged Iran is as good as beaten. Without power projection, they can rage at us all they want. Shake their fists on the shore as the tankers stream by.

We don't need to do anything other than use them for live fire practice.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:44 PM (ZOv7s)

76 Right? It had such great results. Peace in our time.

Narrator: The thread is about the war.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:39 PM (RIvkX)
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We made a deal with the Iranian government. The IRGC decided that they were the top dogs. China's out. Iraq is out. The UK has declared the IRGC to be a terrorist organization. The Persian Government has proven to be willing to negotiate with the US. IOW, the IRGC is isolated. Nasty people to be put down. So, yes, the MoU was a masterstroke. Thank you, DJT!

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 06:44 PM (rj6Yv)

77 65 you want to understand inflation: when jfk was president, we were sort of on the gold standard, dimes and quarters were silver, and a candy bar was a nickel
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 14, 2026 06:34 PM (CWTWj)
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Inflation still happened with hard currency, but it was impossible to sustain long-term because when the vault is empty, the country is bankrupt.

Fiat currency and peacetime deficits really wrecked our currency. Prices were stable for 150 years and then whoosh!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)

What is with the gold bugs wanting to waste precious gold on currency?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:44 PM (4g5V+)

78 We need China to somehow get dragged into this and actually put America in their place

And what place does this Traitor think America is supposed to be in?

I like #47's: "First"

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 06:44 PM (9s47C)

79 China would probably not get into this unless they can own large chunks of Iran when the smoke clears.

Speaking of China, until the DSA denounces China for Uyghur slave camps and medical experimentation, they can fuck right off about "global capitalist exploitation".

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (Fi81e)

80 38 BOOM go the longboarders and surf schools.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 06:33 PM (UjdFS)

"Abdul DON'T surf!"

Posted by: Croaker at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (kkG09)

81 According to my Google search, it was about nine months from when we started operation Iraqi freedom until we captured Saddam, during which time we suffered 343 KIA.

Of course, the occupation that followed was a years-long disaster.

But it seems like we could invade Tehran and root out the IRGC and Mulliahs with fewer casualties than before and then bug out without worrying about occupation.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (jYRYu)

82 I follow several China news sites, and man oh man are they ramping up their military.

Heh.
So what? What are they going to do with it? They can't go anywhere. Well, except maybe Taiwan.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (2WIwB)

83 The US is pounding IRGC headquarters and weapons depots, as well as naval assets on the coast.

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Make Green Glass Great Again!

Old & Busted: The Strait of Hormuz.
New Hotness: The Skate of Hormuz.

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (iCB1u)

84 I would think that the flashes onthe ground are anti aircraft fire, not they are hitting anything in the sky, just when the shells hit the ground

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (Ia/+0)

85 72 But Iran will never surrender to an air campaign
Posted by: Maroon at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (e0rEI)

No one will ever surrender to an air campaign.
Posted by: Diogenes

Technically, US ground troops did take Okinawa...

Posted by: Imperial Japan 1945 at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (oI/gx)

86 Trump also said in his just released Fox interview that Space Force has cameras on Iran and they are so powerful they can read a guys name tag.

Whether you like the way Trump and team are going about this systematic destruction of Iran until they relent they obviously have a plan. They might adjust as conditions warrant but it's beyond obvious he doesn't want to flatten Iran the way some want, he wants to leave a somewhat functioning country behind. All those millions of innocent Iranian people many were concerned about at the start of the war are going to need a somewhat functional country. He also has a region full of new allies and he probably is getting asked not to create a flood of immigrants looking for a place to go.

What is the rush? Iran has been fucking with us for 50 years. Iran is going to fall one way or the other.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (viF8m)

87 that's a big boom on that building. whoooeeee.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 06:46 PM (n5tGW)

88 To me this is either invade or walk away. I’d actually prefer an invasion but no nation building afterwards. Just kill all the military brass and leave
......

If we invade we must plant the American flag. If they behave we could maybe give it back to them in 10 years.
No more pull out and pray.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 06:46 PM (UjdFS)

89 Taxes do NOT work in our current system.
You as a citizen and voter need to suffer equally within reason. Besides 14% (your side and employer side) of SSI people need to pay about 5 to 7% of their income in taxes even if they make $100k as a family.
April 15th needs to hurt like a snake bite.
Long term gains need to approach zero in about year 3 to 5.
If you put up $100k in 2026 and it is worth $300k in 2029 govt gets about $60k, for zero skin in the game.
In the 3rd year it should be 5% or so as that $100k let the company work, build, pay employees, pay taxes, and improve the USA.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 06:46 PM (/+uur)

90 Fiat currency and peacetime deficits really wrecked our currency. Prices were stable for 150 years and then whoosh!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)
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I believe it was Friedman who posed a money supply based control of the economy.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:46 PM (Fi81e)

91 >>I would think that the flashes onthe ground are anti aircraft fire, not they are hitting anything in the sky, just when the shells hit the ground

I would think it is more likely ammo cooking off seeing as it starts after the initial missile strike.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 06:46 PM (uzmqU)

92 What air operations? The IRGC have some hot air balloons somewhere?
Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (afJtY)

The odd missile and/or drone they launch on mobile launchers popping out of hidey holes. Its just effective enough to irritate their Muslim neighbors since they don't shoot at ships with them.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:46 PM (uhVAy)

93 I wrote many time they need to sink anything in Iran that floats

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)

94 We destroyed their factories. Power plants are next. They have no regenerative capability, all they can do is dig deeper into stocks we haven't found and destroyed.

People need to understand one very important thing: a defanged Iran is as good as beaten. Without power projection, they can rage at us all they want. Shake their fists on the shore as the tankers stream by.

We don't need to do anything other than use them for live fire practice.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:44 PM (ZOv7s)

Yeah but you are talking like someone who understands logistics. (As much as I respect 99% of the good people here, I don’t think people here appreciate what goes into a military operation - on our side or theirs. They cannot, and never have, just happened.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:47 PM (4g5V+)

95 “Stable” prices, yes. But prices actually go down over time in the normal course of economics. Not up. Really.

The “experts” tell us a little bit of inflation is good for you.

In practice this means your savings and investments are cut in half every 20 years, if you’re lucky. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 06:47 PM (fAGm7)

96 But Iran will never surrender to an air campaign
Posted by: Maroon at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (e0rEI)
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I'm so old, I remember when entire Iraqi units surrendered to US spotting drones.

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 06:47 PM (rj6Yv)

97 Evenin’, All.

I’m at the point where I log on to a new thread and don’t comment on it because I assume that I’ve already commented on it. I hate that.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 06:47 PM (77rzZ)

98 72 But Iran will never surrender to an air campaign
Posted by: Maroon at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (e0rEI)

No one will ever surrender to an air campaign.
Posted by: Diogenes

Technically, US ground troops did take Okinawa...
Posted by: Imperial Japan 1945 at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (oI/gx)

Japan did.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:48 PM (uhVAy)

99 Oh, and they get to pay market price for oil now. No freebies or at least sub sized oil from Venezuela or Iran.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:42 PM (4g5V+)
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China has implemented strict currency controls. You cannot move money out of China now. Go look it up. Chinese people with foreign holdings must repatriate them. Chinese cannot invest abroad. They are in a very very bad way.

Oh, and a single-engine plane spent 20 minutes flying around Beijing without authorization before hitting the tallest building. Not a single fighter was scrambled. Great air defenses!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)

100 Ace, thanks for the final video, very interesting and informative.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 14, 2026 06:48 PM (y171U)

101 But Iran will never surrender to an air campaign
Posted by: Maroon at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (e0rEI)

No one will ever surrender to an air campaign.
Posted by: Diogenes

Technically, US ground troops did take Okinawa...
Posted by: Imperial Japan 1945 at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (oI/gx)

My FNL was at Okinwawa...he'd beg to differ...a bit.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:48 PM (2WIwB)

102 Technically, US ground troops did take Okinawa...

Posted by: Imperial Japan 1945 at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (oI/gx)
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And Hussain remained in power until the ground troop invasion of Baghdad.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:48 PM (Fi81e)

103 The MOU was never about just the US and Iran. This is geopolitical on the largest scale ever

The Euros found out just how screwed they are, the Gulf Arab states are all realigning and China has taken a hit. That lousy MOU.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 06:48 PM (afJtY)

104 People need to understand one very important thing: a defanged Iran is as good as beaten. Without power projection, they can rage at us all they want. Shake their fists on the shore as the tankers stream by.

We don't need to do anything other than use them for live fire practice.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:44 PM (ZOv7s)

I recently read an excellent book called "Queen Victoria's Little Wars". Punitive expeditions against tiresome locals (usually Muslim) was extremely common. Because British and Empire casualties were quite low, there wasn't much reaction to the umpteenth war along what is now the Pakistani border.

But the trick is to get retards (our retards, the left's retards are incorrigible) to stop sperging every time force is being used somewhere. This site is full of people who claim to hate Islam, and yet a approach that treats them like weeds that have be periodically whacked is responded to as though it is the same as a peer conflict with ground troops. JUST SHUT UP AND GO BACK TO GRILLING!

Posted by: the lower depths at July 14, 2026 06:49 PM (Yh7zv)

105 BOOM go the longboarders and surf schools.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 06:33 PM (UjdFS)

"Abdul DON'T surf!"

Posted by: Croaker at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (kkG09)

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Abdul also LOVES THE SMELL OF GOAT BALM IN THE MORNING!

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 14, 2026 06:49 PM (iCB1u)

106 I wrote many time they need to sink anything in Iran that floats
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)

For military vessels, they already have.

IGRG peeps commandeering speedboats with popguns still exists, but mounting 50 cals on even cargo ships with military crews would see those boats off.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:49 PM (uhVAy)

107 The “experts” tell us a little bit of inflation is good for you.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 06:47 PM (fAGm7)
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But only after the "It's not happening" and the "okay, it's happening a little" phases.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:50 PM (Fi81e)

108 In the 1980s they were still telling the joke that a "buccaneer" was "too much to pay for corn".
$1/ear is still on the high side. But not a joke.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 06:50 PM (gKWVE)

109 Technically, US ground troops did take Okinawa...
Posted by: Imperial Japan 1945 at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (oI/gx)

Japan did.
Posted by: Oldcat

OKINAWA IS PART OF JAPAN, SO TECHNICALLY THERE WAS A GROUND INVASION, WHICH WAS THE POINT OF THE ORIGINAL POST. THEY DIDN'T JUST SURRENDER TO AIR POWER, YOU SEE.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 14, 2026 06:51 PM (oI/gx)

110 Speaking of inflation - I'm arranging flights for four people from my city to another city. Middle of the road airline, not a toilet, not fancy - Southwest. Given that all the talk of horrible prices has been related to fuel, and I did notice about a month or six weeks of higher pricing on gas, I expected to get bent for the tickets.

It's cheaper than the last time I had to fly to this city 4 years ago.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 06:51 PM (BI5O2)

111 My dad came THIS CLOSE (holds fingers 1/2 inch apart) to buying it at Okinawa. But it was via suicide boat.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 06:51 PM (2Ez/1)

112 >>No one will ever surrender to an air campaign.

There might be some people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who would disagree if they weren't vaporized.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:51 PM (viF8m)

113 that's a big boom on that building. whoooeeee.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Tell me about it.

Posted by: Construction crane operator at July 14, 2026 06:51 PM (XeU6L)

114 Yeah but you are talking like someone who understands logistics. (As much as I respect 99% of the good people here, I don’t think people here appreciate what goes into a military operation - on our side or theirs. They cannot, and never have, just happened.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:47 PM (4g5V+)
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I spent the bulk of my career as a Certified War Planner (alas, not of my wars happened, sigh), so yeah, that's the lens I use to see things.

Iran is getting smacked silly on a world-historic scale. Iran's literally hoping that we stop because are arms get tired. Or maybe our fists get tender from breaking their nose 20+ times.

This is not like the Southern Watch/Northern Watch with Saddam in the 1990s. Iran has been pulverized. We're sailing suicide drones into their harbors. They have no money, only small arms, and all their neighbors hate them.

Such Iranian winning!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:51 PM (ZOv7s)

115 But why are oil prices up if it's "flowing like never before"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

It's called the futures market for a reason. They're not all smart

Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 06:52 PM (q6tQZ)

116 In the 1980s they were still telling the joke that a "buccaneer" was "too much to pay for corn".
$1/ear is still on the high side. But not a joke.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 06:50 PM (gKWVE)
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For no reason whatsoever that reminds me of the "Tampa Bay Bunch-of-queers" when they were in the NFC Central division.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:52 PM (Fi81e)

117 >>Such Iranian winning!

Trump Always Chickens Out, though.

/

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 06:52 PM (uzmqU)

118 I follow several China news sites, and man oh man are they ramping up their military.

Heh.
So what? What are they going to do with it? They can't go anywhere. Well, except maybe Taiwan.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (2WIwB)

They also had quite a few purges of officers, and the rest are a bit restive. Neither makes a thrust at Taiwan a slam dunk win.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:53 PM (uhVAy)

119 There might be some people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who would disagree if they weren't vaporized.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:51 PM (viF8m)
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That was Godzilla.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:53 PM (Fi81e)

120 The current Brent oil crude price per barrel is $USA USA 85.44

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (rj6Yv)

121 98 72 But Iran will never surrender to an air campaign
Posted by: Maroon at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (e0rEI)

No one will ever surrender to an air campaign.
Posted by: Diogenes

Technically, US ground troops did take Okinawa...
Posted by: Imperial Japan 1945 at July 14, 2026 06:45 PM (oI/gx)

Japan did.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:48 PM (uhVAy)

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And Iran could end quickly the same way. But do we want that?
The issue, and I have said this in the past, is that the IRGC does not control everything. Neither does the Mullah. The command structure is so fractured that we are looking at a variety of clans and separate command trying to figure out what the fu*k to do. And of course, being a muzzie, anything fired at you is a mark on your manhood so missiles must be fired back.
Its a mess and nothing short of total conquest, either from internal or external forces will fix it.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (2WIwB)

122 Evenin’, All.

I’m at the point where I log on to a new thread and don’t comment on it because I assume that I’ve already commented on it. I hate that.
Posted by: Bulg
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I didn't see any comments about boobs yet.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (UjdFS)

123 Trump Always Chickens Out, though.

/
Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 06:52 PM (uzmqU)
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Yup. He's an existential threat fascist who always chickens out.

Just like all the existential threats and fascist dictators in history.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (Fi81e)

124 China has implemented strict currency controls. You cannot move money out of China now. Go look it up. Chinese people with foreign holdings must repatriate them. Chinese cannot invest abroad. They are in a very very bad way.

Oh, and a single-engine plane spent 20 minutes flying around Beijing without authorization before hitting the tallest building. Not a single fighter was scrambled. Great air defenses!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)

See, this is what happens when you have your hands in dozens of pies. I did not know this about currency controls…

I remember well as a boy, going into the GDR and all of us being told we had to exchange for Ostmarks at the border at 1:1 no matter the currency and that no Ostmarks could leave. We all know what eventually happened to the GDR because of such things and much else besides, nicht wahr?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (4g5V+)

125 Is it a 'war'?

police action
conflict
an occasional series
ongoing project

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (ZxPkt)

126 Government spending causes inflation and Trump crushing grants and DEI garbage is reducing the money supply, lowering inflation.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:29 PM (ZOv7s)

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Yet this is not being taught in any university, Ivy League or state. It's almost as if the entirety of current university faculties have graduated in the USSR or Communist China.

Posted by: Decaf at July 14, 2026 06:55 PM (ZNpJk)

127 Taiwan's military is risible, but even they have been getting into the underwater drone game in a big way. The Taiwan Strait is considerably wider than the English Channel. It was already going to be an unprecedented amphibious landing, but it's far harder now if your troopships and your follow-on logistics can get sunk by cheap drones. If you combine that with Xi's purges of the PLA, I don't think their military is going to be used offensively against other countries very soon. It might be used on their own people though, and perhaps that is who their military propaganda is really targeted at.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (Yh7zv)

128 > They could afford to buy a house.

When I went to grad school I bought a cheap house. Two bedroom, one bath, about 800 square feet.

Built in the late '40s, just post-WWII with no upgrades to speak of since. I penciled it out and figured I could save money plus not have to deal with a landlord.

I bought it from the family of an old lady who was going into care. She and two husbands raised four kids in that two bedroom, one bath, 800 square foot house.

You can't even legally build an 800 square foot house in many locations nowadays.

That's how they were able to "afford to buy a house".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (IG3/x)

129 Is it a 'war'?

police action
conflict
an occasional series
ongoing project
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (ZxPkt)
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Just an idea.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (Fi81e)

130 I wrote many time they need to sink anything in Iran that floats
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)

For military vessels, they already have.

IGRG peeps commandeering speedboats with popguns still exists, but mounting 50 cals on even cargo ships with military crews would see those boats off.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:49 PM

Back in the 80s during the tanker wars we welded stanchions all over our ships to mount extra .50 cals on them. My buddy was on an FFG and they stopped in the philippines on their way to the gulf and they pulled out two WWII twin 40mm AA mounts and welded them to the bridge wings before they were deployed to the gulf. Those stupid iranian suicide boats were everywhere back then. Fun times.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (0N4FZ)

131 OKINAWA IS PART OF JAPAN, SO TECHNICALLY THERE WAS A GROUND INVASION, WHICH WAS THE POINT OF THE ORIGINAL POST. THEY DIDN'T JUST SURRENDER TO AIR POWER, YOU SEE.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 14, 2026 06:51 PM (oI/gx)

They didn't surrender after Okinawa fell in April-June 45. The surrendered after air power nuked them twice in August and Hirohito yanked control away from the generals.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (uhVAy)

132 Trump has to get the oil moving thru the straight. Traffic before resumption was still a 1/3. It is less now.
Iran doesn’t have to possess the straight to control it. They only need to plausibly threaten it and get one or two major players to go along, i.e. China and EU.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (T8bqm)

133 And Iran could end quickly the same way. But do we want that?

Nuke Iran? Permanently solve a global issue and put Trump in the history books? You might be on to something...

Can we get a combo meal and somehow nuke the Palestinians too?

Posted by: Military Moron at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (oI/gx)

134
Trump is doomed.

Hillary will take her rightful place as POTUS.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (O0L8i)

135 IGRG peeps commandeering speedboats with popguns still exists, but mounting 50 cals on even cargo ships with military crews would see those boats off.
Posted by: Oldcat
See:

PT boats with M4/T9 automatic cannons scavaged from P-39's, and mounted on the bow. The cannon, btw, was buit by Oldsmobile (RIP).

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (XeU6L)

136 125 Is it a 'war'?

police action
conflict
an occasional series
ongoing project
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM

*minor incursion*

Posted by: Buck Fiden at July 14, 2026 06:57 PM (2Ez/1)

137 What is the rush?

We only have 2½ years of Trump, assuming Nov 2026 has strong patriot turnout.

I don't think anyone on the bench for either party has the stomach, balls, or brains to do what Trump effortlessly does.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 06:57 PM (a3CJ+)

138 how many of y'all eat here

@FoxNews
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1h
NEW: Federal and state health officials are investigating whether Taco Bell locations could be linked to a growing parasite outbreak.

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:57 PM (ZxPkt)

139 I remember well as a boy, going into the GDR and all of us being told we had to exchange for Ostmarks at the border at 1:1 no matter the currency and that no Ostmarks could leave. We all know what eventually happened to the GDR because of such things and much else besides, nicht wahr?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (4g5V+)
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Did you make your border crossing while wear four pairs of blue jeans?

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 06:57 PM (rj6Yv)

140 Is it a 'war'?

police action
conflict
an occasional series
ongoing project
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM

*minor incursion*
Posted by: Buck Fiden at July 14, 2026 06:57 PM (2Ez/1)
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Just the tip.

Posted by: Crazy Uncle Joe at July 14, 2026 06:57 PM (Fi81e)

141 They also had quite a few purges of officers, and the rest are a bit restive. Neither makes a thrust at Taiwan a slam dunk win.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:53 PM (uhVAy)
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So Zhang Youxia was supposedly purged in February, but his name is still on the PLA web site. He was (is?) the vice-chair of the Central Military Commission, which is the C2 for the entire PLA. Orders flow not from the President, but from the CMC, which the President (Xi Jinping) chairs.

This guy is one of their last combat vets and has a massive patronage network. He was Xi's ally but has been betrayed. Xi is purging his own guys. There are rumors that there will be a coup on or after 8/1, the PLA's birthday. The PLA has to be able to celebrate it, and the parades will give cover to move troops to Beijing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:58 PM (ZOv7s)

142 >>They didn't surrender after Okinawa fell in April-June 45. The surrendered after air power nuked them twice in August and Hirohito yanked control away from the generals.

In fact, those bombs prevented a ground invasion and saved a lot of American lives.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:58 PM (viF8m)

143 To me this is either invade or walk away. I’d actually prefer an invasion but no nation building afterwards. Just kill all the military brass and leave

But Iran will never surrender to an air campaign
Posted by: Maroon at July 14, 2026 06:41 PM (e0rEI)

The goal doesn’t have to be to make them surrender, the goal is to make them stop throwing missiles at their neighbors and funding proxy armies all over the Middle East. They’re like the mule that has to be hit over the head with a 2x4 to understand anything; and they’re especially stubborn asses, so they will probably have to be hit over the head a couple of hundred times before it starts to sink in that “hey this sucks.”

And the best is that for our part, we can have a lot of fun doing it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 06:58 PM (wLnmp)

144
*minor incursion*

Posted by: Buck Fiden at July 14, 2026 06:57 PM (2Ez/1)

__________

"Just saying hello"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:58 PM (O0L8i)

145 They didn't surrender after Okinawa fell in April-June 45. The surrendered after air power nuked them twice in August and Hirohito yanked control away from the generals.
Posted by: Oldcat

And being starved by the destruction of thier merchant marine fleet. But TECHNICALLY there was a ground invasion, but you're correct...they would have surrendered after the nukes regardless of Okinawa or not.

Posted by: Military Moron at July 14, 2026 06:58 PM (oI/gx)

146 Trump is doomed.

Hillary will take her rightful place as POTUS.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM

*ahem*

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 14, 2026 06:59 PM (2Ez/1)

147 Trump is doomed.

Hillary will take her rightful place as POTUS.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (O0L8i)

Go long on vodka futures.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:59 PM (2WIwB)

148
In fact, those bombs prevented a ground invasion and saved a lot of American lives.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:58 PM (viF8m)

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We did it to stop the Russians!!! I was told that!!!!-!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:59 PM (O0L8i)

149 129 Is it a 'war'?

police action
conflict
an occasional series
ongoing project
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (ZxPkt)
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Just an idea.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (Fi81e)

If we were to declare a war - which is an act for diplomats, not the military - we’d have no place to send the pretty parchment paper. Iran’s embassy closed in 1980.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:59 PM (4g5V+)

150 Iranians are so stupid thinking that all they have to do is withstand the US attacks until a change of government in Washington. They are so weakened now that should there be a change in DC Turkey under Erdogan will simply march over the border and take Iran.

Posted by: Decaf at July 14, 2026 06:59 PM (ZNpJk)

151 but mounting 50 cals on even cargo ships with military crews would see those boats off.

I don't know of any ports of call that would be OK with some foreign flagged vessel siding up with 50s all around the deck.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 07:00 PM (a3CJ+)

152 It might be used on their own people though, and perhaps that is who their military propaganda is really targeted at.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (Yh7zv)
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The PLA deployed troops to assist with the flooding but they were also equipped with riot shields. You know, just to be safe.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 07:00 PM (ZOv7s)

153 138 how many of y'all eat here

@FoxNews
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1h
NEW: Federal and state health officials are investigating whether Taco Bell locations could be linked to a growing parasite outbreak.
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:57 PM
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Two words: Holy Land.

Posted by: Freddy from Germany at July 14, 2026 07:00 PM (2Ez/1)

154 Hillary will take her rightful place as POTUS.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (O0L8i)
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When the moon eclipses Carcosa. Hillary, in tatters, will rise.

Posted by: Crazy Uncle Joe at July 14, 2026 07:00 PM (Fi81e)

155 Trump has to get the oil moving thru the straight. Traffic before resumption was still a 1/3. It is less now.
Iran doesn’t have to possess the straight to control it. They only need to plausibly threaten it and get one or two major players to go along, i.e. China and EU.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (T8bqm)

Well as TJM often notes, a lot of that traffic is going through pipelines now, but you are correct that getting tankers to go through the strait and stop being scaredy-cats would be extremely helpful. You probably would have to replace the dot Indians who run these ships (presumably at cut-rate wages), with slightly more doughty sailors though.

Maybe we can guarantee the oil in Gulf Monarchy tankers if they replace the incompetent and easily scared dot Indians in the crews?

Posted by: the lower depths at July 14, 2026 07:00 PM (Yh7zv)

156 My buddy was on an FFG and they stopped in the philippines on their way to the gulf and they pulled out two WWII twin 40mm AA mounts and welded them to the bridge wings before they were deployed to the gulf. Those stupid iranian suicide boats were everywhere back then. Fun times.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (0N4FZ)
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The US Navy still had 40mm shells in the shore magazines during the 80s?

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 07:00 PM (rj6Yv)

157 I wasn't talking about China's capability above, but their intent.

The point was that they are ramping up for war and each year they just accelerate. But my main point was that only the West hesitates to tell those humps in the M. E. to please play nice. Please buy our assets. Please allow us to use the strait.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 07:01 PM (XYNFs)

158 (As much as I respect 99% of the good people here, I don’t think people here appreciate what goes into a military operation - on our side or theirs. They cannot, and never have, just happened.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:47 PM (4g5V+)

Having never served, I understand that I don't understand much about military strategy. I was letting my hair catch fire early on, but I calmed down, and I'm just watching it all happen. Lots of good analysis and commentary from the horde that help me see how it all works.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2026 07:02 PM (zYpTz)

159 I don't think anyone on the bench for either party has the stomach, balls, or brains to do what Trump effortlessly does.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 06:57 PM (a3CJ+)

If you want to be really grossed out, the last time this happened a couple years back the cause was that the lettuce pickers weren’t using proper “facilities” out in the field, and lettuce was getting into the distribution system with human fecal matter on it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 07:02 PM (wLnmp)

160 And the best is that for our part, we can have a lot of fun doing it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 06:58 PM (wLnmp)
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They are painting bomb missions on our aircraft again. I saw an A-10 that had almost filled the panel with little bombs. Also two aircraft and two tanks.

Boat stencils will also be valued. I bet those guys are having a total blast.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 07:02 PM (ZOv7s)

161 122 WTh, sorry.. I bitched about the microscopic boobs on the Art Thread and then went off to do other stuff.

So, when/if Sydney S. gets preggers, what size are her Charlies gonna inflate to?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:02 PM (77rzZ)

162 I remember well as a boy, going into the GDR and all of us being told we had to exchange for Ostmarks at the border at 1:1 no matter the currency and that no Ostmarks could leave. We all know what eventually happened to the GDR because of such things and much else besides, nicht wahr?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (4g5V+)

Heh.
An Army buddy of mine used to do the Helmstedt Autobahn weekly back in the day. He discovered that for a few Playboys and bottles of bourbon, he could trade for anything with the Russian guards. He showed up one day at work in a complete Russian Captains uniform. All traded for at the border.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (2WIwB)

163 Did you make your border crossing while wear four pairs of blue jeans?
Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 06:57 PM (rj6Yv)

You make a joke…

On the drive back the radiator went dry. No biggie, really, we had water for it. Two locals pointed out there was a pond by the road with more water if needed. And “can you help us escape?”

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (4g5V+)

164 And Iran could end quickly the same way. But do we want that?
The issue, and I have said this in the past, is that the IRGC does not control everything. Neither does the Mullah. The command structure is so fractured that we are looking at a variety of clans and separate command trying to figure out what the fu*k to do. And of course, being a muzzie, anything fired at you is a mark on your manhood so missiles must be fired back.
Its a mess and nothing short of total conquest, either from internal or external forces will fix it.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:54 PM (2WIwB)

Possibly, if as part of the deal is the IGRC gets bought off and some other set of factions moves into control that will spin down the worldwide mullah terror army. Problem is that the IGRC gonna be the loser if that happens so they vote no and pop off a drone to demonstrate it.

I figure at some point they will look impotent enough someone will be able to purge them, or take over a district or port city and perhaps Arab ground forces can defend the area with our air support and form a nucleus for local forces to be raised, or change sides.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)

165 >>The point was that they are ramping up for war and each year they just accelerate. But my main point was that only the West hesitates to tell those humps in the M. E. to please play nice. Please buy our assets. Please allow us to use the strait.

It's gonna be tough for China to keep those ships and planes moving without fuel, fuel we now largely control.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 07:04 PM (viF8m)

166
Trump announced the new tolling scheme on Monday

I first read that as trolling scheme.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 07:04 PM (Cqx++)

167 It’s not the crews, it’s the tankers. If Iran were to disable a bunch of them, there is no rapid way to replace the capacity. Pipelines to ships that don’t exist.
I still don’t understand how there is anything alive within 50 miles of Irans gulf coast.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:05 PM (8jVAy)

168 WTh, sorry.. I bitched about the microscopic boobs on the Art Thread and then went off to do other stuff.

So, when/if Sydney S. gets preggers, what size are her Charlies gonna inflate to?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:02 PM (77rzZ)

Funny how one can scan the comments and BOOBs just kinda stands out on their own.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 07:06 PM (2WIwB)

169 Heh.
An Army buddy of mine used to do the Helmstedt Autobahn weekly back in the day. He discovered that for a few Playboys and bottles of bourbon, he could trade for anything with the Russian guards. He showed up one day at work in a complete Russian Captains uniform. All traded for at the border.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (2WIwB)

Kids in my HS in the 70s used to go on field trips to the USSR and carry Kennedy coins to trade with the locals for souvenirs.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:06 PM (uhVAy)

170 I could have been first but I was eating a hotdog with ketchup.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (MWfyi)

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This is worse than adding okra to gumbo.

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 14, 2026 07:06 PM (iCB1u)

171 My favorite naval gun: 3-inch/50-caliber
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Rather an odd designation.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 07:07 PM (XeU6L)

172 I don’t think people here appreciate what goes into a military operation - on our side or theirs. They cannot, and never have, just happened.)
Posted by: Cow Demon

The big difference is, the US has the capability and resources to pull off otherwise impossible movements in seemingly minimal time. Throw enough money around, and you can get contractors and foreign nations to assist moving virtually unlimited amounts of personnel and equipment. And there are thousands of planners at all echelons with movement plans involving rails, ships, aircraft, etc, to all parts of the world. It IS incredibly complex, and kind of a modern miracle that the US can execute it so well. Our ability to project force globally is what really defines us as a superpower above all other nations.

Posted by: Military Moron at July 14, 2026 07:07 PM (oI/gx)

173 Heh.
An Army buddy of mine used to do the Helmstedt Autobahn weekly back in the day. He discovered that for a few Playboys and bottles of bourbon, he could trade for anything with the Russian guards. He showed up one day at work in a complete Russian Captains uniform. All traded for at the border.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (2WIwB)

Yeah, I was a kid, but some things you remember. We got the Checkpoint Alpha briefing with the slide show on a slide projector (!) and as it ended the soldier giving the brief said “One last thing - no trading with the Soviets. Yes, they WILL ask.” Sure enough, at each stop, the Soviets would try trading items with the old man. He got in the truck (compact four banger that was probably a Lamborghini compared to the Trabbis) at one point and said “The Russians are comical.”

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 07:07 PM (4g5V+)

174 On the drive back the radiator went dry. No biggie, really, we had water for it. Two locals pointed out there was a pond by the road with more water if needed. And “can you help us escape?”
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (4g5V+)
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+5

And when I see a Che shirt or listen to some DSA sh*tbrain drone on about a revolution, I remember East Germans risking, and too often, losing their lives in the mad dash to climb the Berlin Wall.

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 07:08 PM (rj6Yv)

175 166 Appropriate, since Trump is the ultimate troll.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:08 PM (77rzZ)

176 170 How about adding carrots and/or maple syrup to gumbo?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:09 PM (77rzZ)

177 I figure at some point they will look impotent enough someone will be able to purge them, or take over a district or port city and perhaps Arab ground forces can defend the area with our air support and form a nucleus for local forces to be raised, or change sides.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)

It may come down to that.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 07:09 PM (2WIwB)

178
151 but mounting 50 cals on even cargo ships with military crews would see those boats off.

There’s been a video on X of a Russian training exercise I wish I had the link to! They’ve got a pair of AA machine guns on a swivel mount, the trainee gets behind and fires. Well it starts to spin like a mad merry go round, WHILE firing continuously, he’s hanging on with his hands while his legs are flying behind before he’s spun off, and everyone hits the deck as the gun is now firing in a wild 360 degree pattern til the magazine gives out.

I swear, that’s gotta be the most Russian thing ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 07:09 PM (wLnmp)

179 171 My favorite naval gun: 3-inch/50-caliber
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Rather an odd designation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Naval guns, as I understand, use an old, unusual system of terminology (like everything else in the navy). The first number is the barrel diameter (3 inch). The second number is the length of the barrel. 50 caliber mean 50 times the barrel diameter, so 150 inches.

Posted by: Military Moron at July 14, 2026 07:10 PM (oI/gx)

180 >>> I still don’t understand how there is anything alive within 50 miles of Irans gulf coast.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:05 PM (8jVAy)

No one, among the countries that can, us being one of the few, do wide area bombing anymore. It is considered impolite and only polite wars are allowed. Every thing is pin point attack which can designate a .00001% of that area.

Everyone knows a situation like this would be completely over after some good long and hard B-52 deployment. Everyone also knows that will not be done.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 14, 2026 07:10 PM (3uBP9)

181 Trump has to get the oil moving thru the straight. Traffic before resumption was still a 1/3. It is less now.
Iran doesn’t have to possess the straight to control it. They only need to plausibly threaten it and get one or two major players to go along, i.e. China and EU.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 06:56 PM (T8bqm)

Iran can say they block the straight all they like, but for China the US Naval Blockade is the one that matters. The recent cease fire got a few ships out toward China but Iran closing the straight means China gets no oil.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:11 PM (uhVAy)

182 I have a Soviet military belt. Heavy duty Hammer & Sickle brass buckle.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 07:11 PM (XeU6L)

183 • Trump rescinds toll decision: US President Donald Trump announced earlier he will not impose a 20% reimbursement fee on cargo moving through the Strait of Hormuz, saying it will be replaced by Gulf state investments in the US.

• Oil prices rise: Global oil prices are up sharply, with benchmark Brent crude rising to its highest level in over a month.
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Math brain with people skills.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 07:11 PM (59EWv)

184 The big difference is, the US has the capability and resources to pull off otherwise impossible movements in seemingly minimal time. Throw enough money around, and you can get contractors and foreign nations to assist moving virtually unlimited amounts of personnel and equipment. And there are thousands of planners at all echelons with movement plans involving rails, ships, aircraft, etc, to all parts of the world. It IS incredibly complex, and kind of a modern miracle that the US can execute it so well. Our ability to project force globally is what really defines us as a superpower above all other nations.
Posted by: Military Moron at July 14, 2026 07:07 PM (oI/gx)

Everything here is correct.

But after 22 years in logistics, I can say, with all that: it is still a complete and total bitch and can never be taken for granted.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 07:11 PM (4g5V+)

185 If you want to be really grossed out, the last time this happened a couple years back the cause was that the lettuce pickers weren’t using proper “facilities” out in the field, and lettuce was getting into the distribution system with human fecal matter on it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

We'll buy the entire field.

Posted by: Chipotle at July 14, 2026 07:11 PM (P+WAR)

186 The US Navy still had 40mm shells in the shore magazines during the 80s?

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 07:00 PM

Yep, Navy ships still mounted 40mm AA guns well into the 60s. The battleships were using 16 inch ammo from the 50s when they were in the Gulf for Desert Storm in 1991. The US military never throws anything away.

And the military never throws anything away.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 07:11 PM (0N4FZ)

187 >>> BOOBs just kinda stands out on their own.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 07:06 PM (2WIwB)

it do be that way

Posted by: banana Dream at July 14, 2026 07:12 PM (3uBP9)

188
What air operations? The IRGC have some hot air balloons somewhere?
Posted by: Ben Had
......

Flying carpets?
Posted by: wth

YES!

https://t.ly/7qUUz

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 07:12 PM (Cqx++)

189 I’ve got a lot of Soviet/Russian souvenirs from my stint in Sinop in 1991-1992.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 07:12 PM (77rzZ)

190 Everyone knows a situation like this would be completely over after some good long and hard B-52 deployment. Everyone also knows that will not be done.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 14, 2026 07:10 PM (3uBP9)

There will be no Linebacker III because that is SO MEAN.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 07:13 PM (4g5V+)

191 Everyone knows a situation like this would be completely over after some good long and hard B-52 deployment. Everyone also knows that will not be done.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 14, 2026 07:10 PM (3uBP9)

Even the 52s couldnt take out North Vietnam. Air power can derange an army, it can kill peeps, but it isn't magic.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:13 PM (uhVAy)

192 Bertram Cabot, hahahahaha.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 07:14 PM (afJtY)

193 Yep, Navy ships still mounted 40mm AA guns well into the 60s. The battleships were using 16 inch ammo from the 50s when they were in the Gulf for Desert Storm in 1991. The US military never throws anything away.

And the military never throws anything away.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 07:11 PM (0N4FZ)
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Thanks! I'm impressed.

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 07:14 PM (rj6Yv)

194
167 It’s not the crews, it’s the tankers. If Iran were to disable a bunch of them, there is no rapid way to replace the capacity. Pipelines to ships that don’t exist.
I still don’t understand how there is anything alive within 50 miles of Irans gulf coast.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:05 PM (8jVAy)

Russia is finding that out the hard way. Over that last couple of weeks, the Uke’s anti naval drone program has hit over 100 Russian tankers and cargo ships on the Black Sea / Sea of Azov.

Mostly not sunk, but if you burn out the ships bridge it’s gonna be in dock for while.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 07:14 PM (wLnmp)

195 One of the things we wanted to come out with was a channel on the Iranian side for reducing conflict, which we did. They were like, ‘OK, fine, we’ll send somebody from the IRGC to go hang out in Doha with somebody from CENTCOM,’ and that’s how we’re going to settle a lot of these disputes!

Posted by: Vantz Kant Dantz at July 14, 2026 07:14 PM (QdtAi)

196 Heh.
An Army buddy of mine used to do the Helmstedt Autobahn weekly back in the day. He discovered that for a few Playboys and bottles of bourbon, he could trade for anything with the Russian guards. He showed up one day at work in a complete Russian Captains uniform. All traded for at the border.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (2WIwB)

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I have a buddy in Vegas (we used to work on The Ford Aerospace O & M Contract with Nellis AFB and got to play The Soviet Russkie electronic threat sites during Red Flag and other training events); he acquired one of these Soviet Soldier Ushanka Winter Hats.

He wears it everywhere (except in the blazing hot Vegas summers) -- and virtually everyone who sees it loves and stops to chat with him about it:

ushanka.com/product/
soviet-soldier-winter-hat/

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 14, 2026 07:14 PM (iCB1u)

197 Rinse, repeat. Attrition. No boots on the ground unless we are taking the oil. The world is a big, bad place.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 07:15 PM (sYM3s)

198 Air Power softens resistance and incentivizes surrender.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 07:15 PM (59EWv)

199 From Quick Hits:

114 Posted by: Pedantic Language Nerd at July 14, 2026 05:47 PM

What are your thoughts on the Oxford Comma?
Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor, Punctuation Brigade, Comma Company, Oxford Platoon at July 14, 2026 05:48 PM (0sNs1)

The music video is amusing, organized, and perplexing.

Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
https://youtu.be/P_i1xk07o4g

Posted by: SciVo at July 14, 2026 07:15 PM (Sy6m/)

200 Funny how one can scan the comments and BOOBs just kinda stands out on their own.
Posted by: Diogenes
......

They're eyecatchers.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 07:16 PM (UjdFS)

201 Dude, I need to lose some weight. A couple days on the john might even do me some good.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 07:16 PM (gKWVE)

202 Air Power softens resistance and incentivizes surrender.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 07:15 PM (59EWv)
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And definitely, you want to have air cover for advancing ground troops.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 07:16 PM (Fi81e)

203 What air operations? The IRGC have some hot air balloons somewhere?

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (afJtY)

They are farting in our general direction.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 07:17 PM (vE0+H)

204 And the military never throws anything away.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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I continue to nurture hopes for a cast-off ONTOS.

Pic: https://shorturl.at/EDsgF

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 07:18 PM (XeU6L)

205 ..., well done, darlin.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 07:18 PM (afJtY)

206 Consider:
1) the EU, Democrats and China, The Troika, conspire to shove Russia into a war with Ukraine
2) the troika works with Iran to goad the US into a direct war with Iran
3) if the plan works, the US is done in the ME and China controls the global oil and EV supply.
The next Can Mex US trade deal will be a treaty organized by a Democrat.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:18 PM (/Chlc)

207 nough someone will be able to purge them, or take over a district or port city and perhaps Arab ground forces can defend the area with our air support and form a nucleus for local forces to be raised, or change sides.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)

I can see a problem with this idea and it starts with "arab"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 07:18 PM (vJrRc)

208 So one day I was at work and I get a call from my wife asking, "hey did you buy any frozen fruit, don't eat it". Um yeah, and I put it in a smoothy and ate some. Turns out, Krogers sourced their frozen berries from a country that likes to have their people crap on the food they package. They sent out a notice to the people that bought via Krogers cards/credit cards to not eat their literally crappy food. Thanks Krogers.

So the food tested positive for hep. Based on what my Dr said to be safe I put my self through a round of hep vaccines, like I was planning on a life of sex tourism in the congo.

So I have that going for me.

Posted by: banana Dream - gunga, gunga-lagunga at July 14, 2026 07:19 PM (3uBP9)

209 Sekret is to kill or capture the leaders. Very persuasive to mainline troops to give it up. Of course, there are no mainline IRGC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 07:19 PM (59EWv)

210
183 • Trump rescinds toll decision: US President Donald Trump announced earlier he will not impose a 20% reimbursement fee on cargo moving through the Strait of Hormuz, saying it will be replaced by Gulf state investments in the US.”

lol - last night someone asked “how are we gonna collect those fees?” And I replied “like this! (Waves hands wildly in the air)

It sounded good on first hearing, but it wasn’t a well thought out plan. But that didn’t matter, it got peoples attention.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 07:19 PM (wLnmp)

211 +5

And when I see a Che shirt or listen to some DSA sh*tbrain drone on about a revolution, I remember East Germans risking, and too often, losing their lives in the mad dash to climb the Berlin Wall.
Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 07:08 PM (rj6Yv)

I was on this trip as a nine year old. My fourth grade teacher (an amazing person; if I went on everyone would be like “why can’t all elementary school teachers be exactly like her?”

also insisted I see the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, which is a museum that back then documented how people escaped the East. She has been to West Berlin just before she took up her fourth grade teaching post and was delighted to hear I was going there. And I did see that museum.

Gee, why did I become such a virulent anti-communist with no time for it or “Democratic Socialism”?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 07:19 PM (4g5V+)

212 Apropos of nothing, my wife went running this morning and spotted a Quarter on the Reynolda path. She picked it up (hopefully because the place occasionally produces interesting artifacts, not because she thought we could really use that 25 cents). Anyway, it turned out to be a US Quarter from American Samoa. Coolest, almost even creepiest, U.S. coin I've seen. Image search it. It is 2022 minted.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 14, 2026 07:19 PM (vV6n9)

213 So the food tested positive for hep. Based on what my Dr said to be safe I put my self through a round of hep vaccines, like I was planning on a life of sex tourism in the congo.

So I have that going for me.
Posted by: banana Dream - gunga, gunga-lagunga

Dang.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 07:21 PM (vJrRc)

214 Chuck Schumer said the SAVE act would nock ten billion people off the voter rolls...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 07:21 PM (sKqQm)

215 So I have that going for me.
Posted by: banana Dream

Did you do the skank circuit...just for grins?

Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 07:21 PM (q6tQZ)

216
They are farting in our general direction.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 07:17 PM (vE0+H)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at July 14, 2026 07:21 PM (4g5V+)

217 I can see a problem with this idea and it starts with "arab"
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 07:18 PM (vJrRc)

LOL!! Never forget that the Saudi army, supplied with all our best weapons, went into Yemen to get rid of the Houthi and got their asses completely kicked by a bunch of goat herders.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 07:21 PM (wLnmp)

218 What are your thoughts on the Oxford Comma?
Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor
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"Only godless savages eschew the series comma. No sentence has ever been harmed by a series comma, and many a sentence has been improved by one." — Quote by Benjamin Dreyer

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 07:22 PM (XeU6L)

219 206 Consider:
1) the EU, Democrats and China, The Troika, conspire to shove Russia into a war with Ukraine
2) the troika works with Iran to goad the US into a direct war with Iran
3) if the plan works, the US is done in the ME and China controls the global oil and EV supply.
The next Can Mex US trade deal will be a treaty organized by a Democrat.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:18 PM (/Chlc)

Who cares?

Posted by: PM Carney at July 14, 2026 07:22 PM (4g5V+)

220 nough someone will be able to purge them, or take over a district or port city and perhaps Arab ground forces can defend the area with our air support and form a nucleus for local forces to be raised, or change sides.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)

I can see a problem with this idea and it starts with "arab"
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 07:18 PM (vJrRc)

Well they are the local troops we are allied to. Better than NATO since they exist.

It isn't like they have to do a lot except hold their ground and call in airpower.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:22 PM (uhVAy)

221 call from my wife asking, "hey did you buy any frozen fruit, don't eat it". Um yeah, and I put it in a smoothy and ate some. Turns out, Krogers sourced their frozen berries from a country that likes to have their people crap on the food they package.

The snozzberries taste like dingleberries!

Posted by: willy wonka's fudge factory at July 14, 2026 07:23 PM (gKWVE)

222 That’s capacity that won’t be replaced.
Cheap oil is over.
10/7 was a trap for Netanyahu.
This war is a trap for Trump.

Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:23 PM (/Chlc)

223 183 • Trump rescinds toll decision: US President Donald Trump announced earlier he will not impose a 20% reimbursement fee on cargo moving through the Strait of Hormuz, saying it will be replaced by Gulf state investments in the US.”

lol - last night someone asked “how are we gonna collect those fees?” And I replied “like this! (Waves hands wildly in the air)

It sounded good on first hearing, but it wasn’t a well thought out plan. But that didn’t matter, it got peoples attention.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 07:19 PM (wLnmp)

I believe that was Blonde Morticia who is often rather incisive.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 07:23 PM (vE0+H)

224 197 Rinse, repeat. Attrition. No boots on the ground unless we are taking the oil. The world is a big, bad place.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 07:15 PM (sYM3s)

So if we reestablish an embassy in Tehran, no USMC guarding it?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 07:24 PM (4g5V+)

225 That’s capacity that won’t be replaced.
Cheap oil is over.
10/7 was a trap for Netanyahu.
This war is a trap for Trump.

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Ah, you must be one of our new batch of trolls. I assumed that you were joking earlier, but you apparently take the same drugs as "Paul".

Posted by: the lower depths at July 14, 2026 07:24 PM (Yh7zv)

226 "182 I have a Soviet military belt. Heavy duty Hammer & Sickle brass buckle."

same here; haven't worn it in years ... might be misunderstood these days

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 07:24 PM (VyBeY)

227 This war is a trap for Trump.
Posted by: Accomack

Our Nostradamus, ladies and gentlemen.

Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 07:24 PM (q6tQZ)

228 That’s capacity that won’t be replaced.
Cheap oil is over.
10/7 was a trap for Netanyahu.
This war is a trap for Trump.
Posted by: Accomack at July 14, 2026 07:23 PM (/Chlc)

That's what they said about the first Gulf War. The oil fires were put out and prices fell.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:25 PM (uhVAy)

229 3) if the plan works, the US is done in the ME and China controls the global oil and EV supply.“

Well it looks like the US will end up in charge of that supply; but the Chinese will end up with the bulk of the worlds overpriced golf cart supply.

So they got that going for them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 07:25 PM (wLnmp)

230 Don't feed the trolls. It's a Cheap Trick.

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 07:26 PM (rj6Yv)

231 >>lol - last night someone asked “how are we gonna collect those fees?” And I replied “like this! (Waves hands wildly in the air)

It sounded good on first hearing, but it wasn’t a well thought out plan. But that didn’t matter, it got peoples attention.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 07:19 PM
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Call us.

Posted by: EZ Pass at July 14, 2026 07:26 PM (2Ez/1)

232 That's what they said about the first Gulf War. The oil fires were put out and prices fell.
Posted by: Oldcat

I recall the talk about "nuclear winter." All that smoke will obscure the sun!

Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 07:26 PM (q6tQZ)

233 Coolest, almost even creepiest, U.S. coin I've seen. Image search it. It is 2022 minted.

Posted by: Lincolntf at July 14, 2026 07:19 PM (vV6n9)

That is completely and utterly fucked up - looks like it was minted in 2020! BTW I was trawling old comments this morning trying to find something from years back and came across some good ones from you and was wondering if you were still around (I thought you were but I wasn't certain).

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 07:26 PM (vE0+H)

234 230 Don't feed the trolls. It's a Cheap Trick.
Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 07:26 PM (rj6Yv)

The trolls are the Dream Police!

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 07:27 PM (4g5V+)

235 lol - last night someone asked “how are we gonna collect those fees?” And I replied “like this! (Waves hands wildly in the air)

It sounded good on first hearing, but it wasn’t a well thought out plan. But that didn’t matter, it got peoples attention.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 07:19 PM (wLnmp)

Pretty simple. We look at the bill of lading of the ship when it leaves port, and send bills to everyone involved when they exit the strait of Hormuz proportionally. Now 20 percent of what is a good question.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:27 PM (uhVAy)

236 Cafe is open!

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 07:27 PM (Dd38x)

237
I believe that was Blonde Morticia who is often rather incisive.
Posted by: ...

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Haha, Blonde Morticia is rather bewildered and just asks, like, HOW?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 07:28 PM (mmrXZ)

238 That's what they said about the first Gulf War. The oil fires were put out and prices fell.
Posted by: Oldcat

I recall the talk about "nuclear winter." All that smoke will obscure the sun!
Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 07:26 PM (q6tQZ)

amazing what things can happen when people can make money when it does happen.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:28 PM (uhVAy)

239 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 07:28 PM (VyBeY)

240 218 What are your thoughts on the Oxford Comma?
Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor
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"Only godless savages eschew the series comma. No sentence has ever been harmed by a series comma, and many a sentence has been improved by one." — Quote by Benjamin Dreyer
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 07:22 PM
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They love their colons.

Posted by: Stuff Chris Plante sez at July 14, 2026 07:28 PM (2Ez/1)

241 Even the 52s couldnt take out North Vietnam
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Since they didn’t bomb Hanoi until 1972, that’s a distinction without a difference, isn’t it?

Gen. Curtis LeMay said (about 1965) “Stop swattin flies, and go after the manure pile”.

It isn’t that he was a deranged warmonger, but he rightly pointed out “Limited war” is total bullshit. Either go in to win it, or don’t bother.

They finally took his advice, eventually.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 07:31 PM (HTb2h)

242 220 nough someone will be able to purge them, or take over a district or port city and perhaps Arab ground forces can defend the area with our air support and form a nucleus for local forces to be raised, or change sides.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)

I can see a problem with this idea and it starts with "arab"
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 07:18 PM (vJrRc)

Well they are the local troops we are allied to. Better than NATO since they exist.

It isn't like they have to do a lot except hold their ground and call in airpower.

Posted by: Oldcat
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Arabs don't work, they pay other people to do their work.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 07:31 PM (59EWv)

243 @178
Here ya go:
https://tinyurl.com/22h8mm3y

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 14, 2026 07:31 PM (XMwZJ)

244 Americans have been left behind because the vanished middle class has had their money forcibly taken away by the government to give free stuff to millions of non productive people. (This obsession with “class” needs to stop. There IS a middle class of sorts, but it needs to be looked at like an H-R Diagram. How else did my father emerge dirt poor from the streets of St. Louis and wound up dying comfortably ensconced in what the class-obsessed would call the “upper class”?)

Charity used to start and stay in the local community but the federal government in the 60s decided they were going to be "compassionate" and take over helping people over their rough spots. johnson and his great society put this country on a downward spiral that continues to grow at an exponential rate. (Truth. Charity is part of civil society. Government used to shut up and let civil society run rampant. Now government is AT WAR with civil society because as long as it exists people can turn to it and not politicians.)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:43 PM (0N4FZ)

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 07:39 PM (4g5V+)

245 Let me second Rodrigo. I live in a 1951 house. It's similar to my grandparent's house, where I grew up. If you suggest to people that they buy a house this small, they ignore you. It's the houses people used to buy and raise a family in.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 14, 2026 07:43 PM (bkuEU)

246 Yet this is not being taught in any university, Ivy League or state. It's almost as if the entirety of current university faculties have graduated in the USSR or Communist China.
Posted by: Decaf at July 14, 2026 06:55 PM (ZNpJk)

Hey sweetie, you know our Econ text!

Posted by: Samuelson and Nordhaus at July 14, 2026 07:45 PM (rbvCR)

247 Let me second Rodrigo. I live in a 1951 house. It's similar to my grandparent's house, where I grew up. If you suggest to people that they buy a house this small, they ignore you. It's the houses people used to buy and raise a family in.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 14, 2026 07:43 PM (bkuEU)

But the reason you bought that house in the Midwest is because that same house is two or three times the price in, for example, Oregon

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 07:47 PM (rbvCR)

248 "But Iran will never surrender to an air campaign."

Japan did.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 14, 2026 07:50 PM (H8PsV)

249 "Trump announced the new tolling scheme on Monday

I first read that as trolling scheme."

He doesn't announce those.

Posted by: boatbuilder at July 14, 2026 08:18 PM (3SnLg)

250 Wait until you are driving 350 miles inland and see a wall of water/green clouds from ground to sky. Did that once back in high school out by DFW airport. Yea. Tornado. Hate that shit.
Posted by: rickb223

Human: "The daytime sky can be a lot of colors, but it can't be neon green."

The sky over the Great Plains: "Hold my beer."

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 08:43 PM (VHUov)

251 Note to self: don't keep old tabs open.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 08:47 PM (VHUov)

252 Note to self: don't keep old tabs open.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 08:47 PM (VHUov)

253 Note to self: don't keep old tabs open.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 08:47 PM (VHUov)

254 This tit for tat shit needs to end

If we know the IRGC building locations in Tehran, why are any still standing?

Stop Fucking around

Posted by: Melodicmetal at July 14, 2026 08:51 PM (hauj+)

255 We are in deep doodoo unless we accelerate as well.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 06:39 PM (XYNFs)
==
Prices swung wildly and deflationary crises were real things. The Fed was installed to smooth that out, which to some degree they have done, though they still ease and tighten too late, and thus do their own version of economic damage.

They are much better than other central banks, mostly because our economy is so much better.

Oh, and Bob, China's military sucks and will continue to suck. They won't move on Taiwan because if Trump feels like it we will sink their entire invasion fleet. Their AA defense leave a lot to be desired.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 14, 2026 11:26 PM (UQRAm)

Quick Hits

Chuck Grassley
@ChuckGrassley
4h
I received records frm DOJ confirming Jack Smith's investigative team reviewed the contents of text msgs sent by 44 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Im 1 of the 44

Im alerting my colleagues who were impacted and will release the records w Sen Johnson so American ppl can see the evidence

The House will vote to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. No more changing clocks every six months like a mental patient.

The U.S. House will vote this week on a bill making daylight savings time permanent, despite warnings from medical, education and safety organizations.
The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, which would end the nearly nationwide biannual clock changing and make daylight savings time permanent year-round, advanced out of committee Monday afternoon.
States that use standard time year-round -- currently only Arizona and Hawaii -- before the law goes into effect wouldn't have to change.

Ana Paulina Luna has been holding up all legislation until the traitor Thune forces the SAVE Act through. Mike Johnson has offered Luna attaching as the SAVE Act is attached to a bill funding the State Department.

Mitch McConnell's Rent-Boy has already said he'll strip it out.

Johnson has said he'll facilitate a process that would attach the SAVE American Act to a bill to fund the State Department. Luna and other Republicans believe the maneuver will make it hard for the Senate to oppose the funding packages.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said she'll support a procedural rule that would allow the House to consider a bill to fund the State Department and a measure to make daylight savings time permanent.
"We will try the MIRV process on the condition that Speaker Johnson attaches the SAVE America Act to all the appropriation bills and all must-pass bills here in the House and ensures it is sent to the Senate as one bill," Luna said on X.
The vote to reopen the House floor on Tuesday would end a power struggle between Luna and Speaker Mike Johnson over the election security bill, the SAVE America Act, Politico reported.
Johnson has said he'll facilitate a process that would attach the SAVE American Act to a bill to fund the State Department. Luna and other Republicans believe the maneuver will make it hard for the Senate to oppose the funding packages.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said he won't go for the plan, and Luna's statement put pressure on the South Dakota Republican to reconsider.
"If John Thune strips it out in the Senate that will be on him and the entire country should be watching what he does. If he wants to actively work against Voter I.D. & the SAVE America Act he must face the consequences of his actions. His State party should censure him and/or he should be primaried if he wants to betray his constituents in this manner. That is the nature of politics," Lunsa said.

Yeah he doesn't care. The entire purpose of the GOPe is to betray and restrain conservative voters. They're proud to do it.

Mamdani ran on a platform of bringing rents down. Despite thousands of people fleeing the shithole city of NYC, rents just hit their highest levels in history.

Under the leadership of race-communist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, rent in Manhattan has risen to an all-time high of $5,295 a month, representing a nearly 10 percent increase year-over-year.
...
With the cost of living booming and Mamdani backing a "tax the rich" agenda to pay for his hyped-up socialist policies, New York City seems to be dying. A study from the New York Post showed that the city lost nearly $11 billion in tax revenue after a mass exodus of millionaires. Meanwhile, 40 percent of New York City's units are occupied by foreign born tenants, many of whom filled vacancies left after caravans fled the city during the COVID pandemic.

Mamdani and his communists are doing such a great job they've voted themselves all a massive pay raise.

NYC Council members want to give themselves 18.2% pay hike -- and set automatic increases every year after

Pay yourself first -- over and over again!
Shameless city lawmakers are pushing to give themselves eye-watering 18.2% raises -- in a scheme that will also give them automatic pay hikes of at least 2% every year in the future.
City Council Member Nantasha Williams (D-27) introduced a bill that would inflate her and her colleagues' salaries from $148,500 to $175,500 backdated to January, while also ballooning pay for the mayor, the City Council speaker and other elected positions.
The bill comes days after the lawmakers signed off on a record-breaking $126 billion city budget and includes salaries even higher than a 16% raise the council tried to sneak by in a similar bank-account boosting measure at the end of their session last year.
And the bill also ensures taxpayers will be on the hook to pay elected officials more every year -- with no requirement for public debate or a City Council vote.

Under the proposed law, if the council doesn't vote to hike salaries for four years, raises kick in anyway, at either 2% per year or 8.25% overall -- whichever is less.
...
The mayor's salary would also get boosted from $258,750 to $305,800 and Council Speaker Julie Menin's would rise from $164,500 to $194,000 -- though both leaders have said they wouldn't take the pay bumps.
Mamdani hasn't taken a stance on whether he was in favor of the hikes and said he'd leave it for the City Council to debate.

UK police apparently don�t want anyone talking about this man who was attacked by a muslim migrant gang

They told him not to talk about it

So definitely don�t talk about it or share� that would be really bad� https://t.co/e441g9N1xN
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 13, 2026

An American transsexual man who applied for asylum in the Netherlands due to �oppression in Trump�s America� has been placed in the infamous asylum center Ter Apel famous for Islamist extremists and knife violence.

He says he regrets his decision� pic.twitter.com/YtaLNX3nYO
— Visegr�d 24 (@visegrad24) July 14, 2026

The silence is a tell. These are not difficult questions. They are only difficult to those who know the answer that is required of them to remain Democrats in good standing is an odious lie that they know to be false and know that they cannot afford to be seen saying aloud� https://t.co/ojoIufNRCy
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) July 14, 2026

A DEI academic says that criticizing her work for its many, many errors is -- you'll never believe this -- racism, straight-up.

The author of an acclaimed book about slavery is crying racism after her writing came under scrutiny by scholars for questionable assertions and sloppy sourcing.
Kerri Greenidge's 2022 book "The Grimkes," which tells the story of a prominent South Carolina slaveholder family who later played a role in the abolitionist movement, was lauded by critics and won the American Historical Association's Joan Kelly Memorial Prize.
But skepticism grew as her prose came under the microscope by historians and scholars, including Myra Glenn, an author and retired American history professor at Elmira College.
In a 2024 examination of "The Grimkes," Glenn called it "deeply flawed," and called out that Greenidge "all too often lacks the evidence to substantiate many of her major claims."
She added that "her work is also riddled with factual errors and repeatedly omits needed endnotes."
Presented with these and other disputed findings discovered through Glenn's analysis by the New York Times, Greenidge immediately cast herself as the victim, and accused her growing roster of critics of racism.
"I am heartbroken that a field I have given my life to can treat me this way," she told the outlet. "The attack on Black women academics is real."

Fuck you.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:13 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 05:14 PM (HW/1v)

2 The GoPe is the enemy

Posted by: Bete at July 14, 2026 05:16 PM (LX4y3)

3 France is out. Happy Bastille Day!

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 05:17 PM (Dd38x)

4 Article at American Thinker was saying there are hundred million Illegals here, sucking the life out of the country

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:17 PM (j9CiB)

5 Willowed:

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
·
1h
Sacramento, California, will now be inspecting residents' trash to make sure they are in compliance with state law.

The City of Sacramento will send crews across the city to track and check that residents are sorting their trash properly.

It's just a matter of time until they install Flock cameras inside your trash can.
Posted by: beckster

Don't forget to shit in your street!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 05:18 PM (F5FAo)

6
does no one understand the concept of "standard" time ferchrissakes?
wtaf?!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 05:18 PM (VyBeY)

7 Just set the time one way or the other, I don't care.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 05:18 PM (MWfyi)

8 >The House will vote to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. No more changing clocks every six months like a mental patient.
-----

I am opposed
winter sunrises here wouldn't happen til mid-morning
8am or later
we do not need daylight well into the evening
Standard time in summer would still have daylight past 8pm

release the pedants

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 05:19 PM (ZxPkt)

9 "Yeah he doesn't care. The entire purpose of the GOPe is to betray and restrain conservative voters. They're proud to do it."

regrettably true.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 05:19 PM (VyBeY)

10 It does seem silly to change it to DST though. We are governed by some very stupid people.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 05:20 PM (MWfyi)

11 🚨BREAKING: Unvaccinated Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kennie Kelly — a Master Aviator — has officially been reinstated to the US military, with full backpay, entitlements, station preference and benefits.

He had been removed due to refusing the COVID jab under Biden.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 05:20 PM (F5FAo)

12 I am opposed
winter sunrises here wouldn't happen til mid-morning
8am or later
we do not need daylight well into the evening
Standard time in summer would still have daylight past 8pm

release the pedants
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 05:19 PM (ZxPkt)

Depends on which side of each line you live...I welcome permanent DST...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (tOcjL)

13 The House will vote to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. No more changing clocks every six months like a mental patient.

Faced with two options for change, they picked the retarded one. The US Congress everyone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (ExV1e)

14 Standard time would be better all year around
It will be dark until 8am in winter in north

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (j9CiB)

15 It's hard not to be blackpilled these days.

Posted by: Bete at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (LX4y3)

16 "winter sunrises here wouldn't happen til mid-morning"

They will happen at the same time they always have.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 05:22 PM (MWfyi)

17 BREAKING: Grassley Reveals Jack Smith Spied on 44 Members of Congress – Actually Read Their Text Messages – And LIED UNDER OATH About It

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 05:22 PM (YtmxO)

18
The expiration date on when Dems cared about LEOs begin assaulted in the performance of their duty was January 7th, 2021.

Of course, the origination date had to be after June 1st 2020. So they had a heck of a 6-month run.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:22 PM (Fi81e)

19
Don't forget to shit in your street!
Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 05:18 PM (F5FAo)

Better not come to my rural neighborhood here in CA!!

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 05:23 PM (kX27y)

20 The Tranny guy can't admit that his situation in the USA is the best he can have anywhere in the world. Sick sick sick.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:23 PM (/WQyy)

21 Thune is a turd in the punchbowl of Congress.

Also, the tranny's real regret should be that outfit. Is he blind, too?

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2026 05:23 PM (VJX5o)

22 People are often quite stupid, but one has to ask if Thune is really implacably opposed or just continuing to string things along.

if the bill passes, it will be immediately challenged in court and won't take effect by Election Day. People get that, right? Every Hawaiian judge will issue individual and tailored injunctions that SCOTUS will have unwound in maybe a year.

But keeping the debate going kills the Dems. Win-win from my point of fiew.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 05:24 PM (ZOv7s)

23 Jack isn't paying for anything, the Deep State will take care of him

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:24 PM (j9CiB)

24 BREAKING: Grassley Reveals Jack Smith Spied on 44 Members of Congress – Actually Read Their Text Messages – And LIED UNDER OATH About It
Posted by: SMOD

Wait for it....

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 05:24 PM (HW/1v)

25 It does seem silly to change it to DST though. We are governed by some very stupid people.
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 05:20 PM (MWfyi)

The Soviet Union put in DST during a session as a temporary energy saving measure for the duration of the war, and then forgot about it for 70 years

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 05:25 PM (rbvCR)

26 In the winter time I'd rather be at work when the sun rises, than be at work when the sun sets. Personal preference.

Posted by: Turn 2 at July 14, 2026 05:25 PM (Y2/Vj)

27 14 Standard time would be better all year around
It will be dark until 8am in winter in north
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (j9CiB)

I agree, want Standard.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 05:26 PM (kX27y)

28 The vid of the US tranny in the asylum center is a perfect example of the delusional American left.
It will be interesting to see how long that critter survives

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 05:26 PM (m2wmY)

29 Faced with two options for change, they picked the retarded one. The US Congress everyone.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (ExV1e)

I'm used to this one now and like more daylight later than earlier.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:26 PM (/WQyy)

30 "winter sunrises here wouldn't happen til mid-morning"
-----
They will happen at the same time they always have.

Only politicians think that they can control the sun.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 14, 2026 05:26 PM (vTZFs)

31 Abolish Daylight Saving Time. The sun should be directly overhead at noon, or thereabouts, not at 1:00 PM.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to procure a fresh onion for my belt.

Posted by: PabloD at July 14, 2026 05:27 PM (VZv+3)

32 I am opposed
winter sunrises here wouldn't happen til mid-morning
8am or later
we do not need daylight well into the evening
Standard time in summer would still have daylight past 8pm

release the pedants
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 05:19 PM (ZxPkt)

And your state could mandate that your state's time is in constant flux, with a day being 24.3 hours... or 23.6... or whatever will have the sun be up at the time that you feel is optimal without fucking with everyone else.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:27 PM (ExV1e)

33 NYC Council members want to give themselves 18.2% pay hike -- and set automatic increases every year after

In their defense, they live somewhere near New York Fricking City....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 05:27 PM (Sco7b)

34 Standard time would be better all year around
It will be dark until 8am in winter in north
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (j9CiB)

It works for Bethesda and Northern Virginia, so that makes it all ok

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 05:27 PM (rbvCR)

35 >>"The attack on Black women academics is real."

Who axed you, bitch?

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 05:28 PM (uzmqU)

36 An American transsexual man who applied for asylum in the Netherlands due to “oppression in Trump’s America” has been placed in the infamous asylum center Ter Apel famous for Islamist extremists and knife violence.

He says he regrets his decision…

This seems like a person who has made many, many, regretful decisions in life.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 05:28 PM (6ydKt)

37 Redstate: Great News for Johnson: GOP Rebels End House Floor Holdout

======

So Johnson gets something, and Luna gets nothing. Great job guys.

Posted by: Turn 2 at July 14, 2026 05:28 PM (Y2/Vj)

38 Great they race and gender swapped Lex Luthor and made her dumb.

Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 05:29 PM (YwEeS)

39 I'm used to this one now and like more daylight later than earlier.

The solution (which no one will accept because it makes too much sense) is to go to UTC nationwide. Yes, that may mean you wake up at 1300 and eat dinner at 0130 but so what. They're just numbers.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 14, 2026 05:29 PM (vTZFs)

40 we do not need daylight well into the evening
Standard time in summer would still have daylight past 8pm

release the pedants
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 05:19 PM (ZxPkt)

In Ohio summer already has daylight past 8 pm. I remember finding it annoying to go to bed when it was light outside.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:29 PM (uhVAy)

41 It's hard not to be blackpilled these days.
Posted by: Bete at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (LX4y3)

I saw one of those videos of the Europeans talking about their World Cup experience in the US. One of them said, "If you want to hate America, watch the news. If you want to love America, visit America."

If you want to avoid being blackpilled, ignore what the media says. They're blackpilling you on purpose. Don't be their victim.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:29 PM (ExV1e)

42 >>"The attack on LYING Black women academics is real."

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:29 PM (/WQyy)

43 I hate DST. Set it and leave it on standard time.

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2026 05:30 PM (VJX5o)

44 The GoPe is the enemy
Posted by: Bete at July 14, 2026 05:16 PM (LX4y3)

They're the Main Enemy. They only exist to protect the hive from us.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 05:31 PM (BI5O2)

45 I hate the late late sunsets in summertime.

Actually, I don’t like summer at all. Bring on the rains and grey of November!

Huzzah!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 05:31 PM (v4srF)

46 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who sonorously intones "Nothing will happen." at July 14, 2026 05:31 PM (0sNs1)

47
We tried permanent DST in the early '70s, under Nixon IIRC. It lasted one winter, and then was repealed.

I predict the same thing will happen again. When it gets around the winter solstice in the western edges of the higher latitude time zones where it's pretty far west to begin with relative to true local mean time, sunrise can push past 9AM. That didn't fly at all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 05:31 PM (w6EFb)

48 Money talks and bullshit walks.

CBS News
@CBSNews
BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll receives a $5.62 million sex abuse and defamation payment, plus interest, from President Trump.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 05:31 PM (ndZc7)

49 48 Money can't fix ugly and crazy...

Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 05:32 PM (YwEeS)

50 Standard time would be better all year around
It will be dark until 8am in winter in north
Posted by: Skip

I'm up at 3:35 am and at work by 5:30 am.
I honestly don't care what time the sun comes up.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 05:32 PM (F5FAo)

51 I predict the same thing will happen again. When it gets around the winter solstice in the western edges of the higher latitude time zones where it's pretty far west to begin with relative to true local mean time, sunrise can push past 9AM. That didn't fly at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 05:31 PM (w6EFb)

again, Ohio. Very far west for "EDT"

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:33 PM (uhVAy)

52 release the pedants
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 05:19 PM

Is this about me?

Posted by: Oscillating Richard at July 14, 2026 05:33 PM (0sNs1)

53
Only politicians think that they can control the sun.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 14, 2026 05:26 PM (vTZFs)

I could quote Joshua and make it seem I am smaht, but instead I will just mention that not even Joshua could stop the sun and moon in their tracks

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 05:33 PM (rbvCR)

54 CBS News
@CBSNews
BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll receives a $5.62 million sex abuse and defamation payment, plus interest, from President Trump.

I have thoughts on this but I cannot commit them to electrons.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:33 PM (ExV1e)

55 I don't care where they put the clock. Call noon midnight for all I care.

JUST QUIT MOVING IT.

Let's have this be the last time it ever happens. Flog the next man who says buh-buh-buh it's gotta change for muh retarded thing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 05:34 PM (BI5O2)

56 You can't having tee time at 5:00 and play 18 with Standard time. Unless I play by myself. My fastest is one hour forty minutes.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:34 PM (/WQyy)

57 SO now twitter will show you the video when you click, you just can't hear it.

Bravo.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 05:34 PM (XYNFs)

58 Gay men sue woman who refused to abort their surrogate baby over minor health issues

-
They're just like us.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 05:34 PM (ndZc7)

59 release the pedants
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 05:19 PM

Is this about me?
Posted by: Oscillating Richard at July 14, 2026 05:33 PM

He said pedant, not pendulum.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 14, 2026 05:35 PM (pgtLp)

60 Guys, it is called “Daylight Saving Time”

It isn’t a plural thing. And Senator Grassley is somewhat reduced in my estimation, because he used “impacted” as a verb.

I shall choose to believe this gaffe was penned by a staffer, and is not reflective of the Chuckster. I simply shan’t believe it. I shannot.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 05:35 PM (fAGm7)

61 Flog the next man who says buh-buh-buh it's gotta change for muh retarded thing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 05:34 PM (BI5O2)

Hey now. No predicting following posts.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:35 PM (/WQyy)

62 58 Gay men sue woman who refused to abort their surrogate baby over minor health issues

-
They're just like us.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 05:34 PM (ndZc7

A cleft palate which is fixable

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 05:35 PM (FtULh)

63 So Thune will strip out the SAVE act.

I was assured two threads back that his hands were tied -- he just doesn't have the votes.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 05:35 PM (XYNFs)

64 Well the SC declined doing anything about the E Jean Carroll award. All Trump can do is write a check and forget it.

Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 05:35 PM (YwEeS)

65 I don't care where it is. I can change start time for crews (I already do).
Just put it somewhere and leave it the hell alone.

Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 05:36 PM (q6tQZ)

66 release the pedants
Posted by: Don Black

Hang the pendants!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 05:36 PM (ndZc7)

67 >> Very far west for "EDT"

Michigan upper peninsula is pretty bad, and even Indiana pushes Eastern Time pretty far west.

Go to time.gov to see the boundaries.

Originally, time zones were to be exactly 15 degrees wide, centered on the meridian. That way clock time would be no worse than +/- 30 minutes different from local mean time. But, the boundaries get political/commerce oriented, and we have what we have.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 05:37 PM (w6EFb)

68 I don’t care about the mischegas over savings time. I rarely even think about it. Just doesn’t move the needle for me one way or the other.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 05:37 PM (bAJQW)

69 Yeah he doesn't care. The entire purpose of the GOPe is to betray and restrain conservative voters. They're proud to do it.
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Yup. It's still in my main alternate theories of events that John McCain drew the short straw--or maybe the long straw--to scuttle the "Republican" repeal of Obamacare.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:37 PM (Fi81e)

70 CBS News
@CBSNews
BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll receives a $5.62 million sex abuse and defamation payment, plus interest, from President Trump.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 05:31 PM (ndZc7)

Did Trump just sign over the check he got from CBS?

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:37 PM (/WQyy)

71 You can't having tee time at 5:00 and play 18 with Standard time. Unless I play by myself. My fastest is one hour forty minutes.
Posted by: polynikes

Every putt inside of 10' was good?

Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 05:37 PM (q6tQZ)

72 The sunflower apron on the trans in the Netherlands with the degrading mental illness made me laugh. That's right: stand out like the loon you are! Wear an "I'm a proud trans sign in farsi!" Brilliant! At first I though he cut his own bangs in frustration but then realized it's a widow's peak.

Does anyone know why that Dim Rep Presley politician woman is bald and shaves and oils her fat head? If it's the "alopecia" excuse like that cray Jada Pickett Smith, then I have a bridge to sell you. She's already growing her hair out in little clumps that are blonde.

This concludes what I have to say.

I do wonder why my comments entertain any medical appts I have. People love me and they are much younger, the MD, the RN and the ARNP. Tell me it is an honor to meet me, etc.

I figure they get super weird and crazy Dims who come in. The university hospital, I have to say is good, but we see the strangest people on earth there. It's a little micro climate parade of weirdos, so it's no wonder I'm considered normal.

My husband tells me when we leave that I screwed up and cracked too many jokes. I get a critique of my show. I don't care much as if I am nervous the gallows humor shines.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 14, 2026 05:37 PM (hzuYO)

73 I wonder how much of Greenidge's book was ghostwritten by AI.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 05:38 PM (FZ29D)

74 Ontario has spent $8 million so far storing US booze as Trade War continues( LOL trade war, they will hold their breath if they don't get their way!)

https://instapundit.com/810106/

Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 05:38 PM (YwEeS)

75 I'd say Congress should just drop a national time standard and just let states decide (which I guess they can currently, AZ & HI, but don't), but then I realized we'd probably end up with three hundred different time zones when the counties start deciding within the states.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 05:39 PM (6ydKt)

76 Presley? Cultivated ugliness.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 05:39 PM (Kt19C)

77 Also, why do we have this time zone nonsense?

Just pick one standard dateline - let's say, right through Southern Appalachia, since it sits directly beneath G-d's throne in Heaven - and have that be the only time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 05:39 PM (BI5O2)

78 States that use standard time year-round -- currently only Arizona and Hawaii -- before the law goes into effect wouldn't have to change.
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So we'd be permanently on Pacific time?
Ok, whaever.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2026 05:39 PM (a8Wd8)

79 Mamdani and his communists are doing such a great job they've voted themselves all a massive pay raise.
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In the proud tradition of leaders like Fidel Castro...

Sometimes, I don't know which side gets played more for their votes.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)

80 Anyone else getting tired of the left incessant bullshit?

Christ almighty... it's so fucking tedious.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 05:40 PM (jehhT)

81 I'd say Congress should just drop a national time standard and just let states decide (which I guess they can currently, AZ & HI, but don't), but then I realized we'd probably end up with three hundred different time zones when the counties start deciding within the states.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 05:39 PM (6ydKt)

Used to be towns would set their clocks to local noon. When trains arrived this was a problem for people wanting to meet the train.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (uhVAy)

82 Coordinated Universal Time

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)

83 Well the SC declined doing anything about the E Jean Carroll award. All Trump can do is write a check and forget it.

Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 05:35 PM

SCOTUS very rarely steps in on civil court judgements.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (0N4FZ)

84
Just checked, high up there in Michigan, latest sunrise would be 9:40AM on DST.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (w6EFb)

85 Every putt inside of 10' was good?
Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 05:37 PM (q6tQZ)

Hah sounds like one of my playing partners. He gives himself and others a lot of putts. He'll knock it back to you before you have a chance to mark it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (/WQyy)

86 Crimony.

Mike Rowe is interviewing Scott Bessent on his podcast, The Way I Heard It.

https://mikerowe.com/podcast/

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (rbvCR)

87 States that use standard time year-round -- currently only Arizona and Hawaii -- before the law goes into effect wouldn't have to change.
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Is Indiana swapping these days?

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (Fi81e)

88 I have to say Gill is one of my favorites

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (FtULh)

89 With the cost of living booming and Mamdani backing a "tax the rich" agenda to pay for his hyped-up socialist policies, New York City seems to be dying. A study from the New York Post showed that the city lost nearly $11 billion in tax revenue after a mass exodus of millionaires.
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Socialists call this "bad luck."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (RIvkX)

90 willowed joke

more PIT maneuvers to stop the car.
Posted by: Community Notes

Our motto:

It's easier to pull you out of the car after it's flipped.

Posted by: Arkansas State Police Youtube at July 14, 2026 05:42 PM (FhXTo)

91 The City of Sacramento will send crews across the city to track and check that residents are sorting their trash properly.

It's just a matter of time until they install Flock cameras inside your trash can.
Posted by: beckste

Saw the beginnings of this in my town before making my Calexit last year. Trash collectors would check bins before emptying them and would place a notice explaining what you did to prevent them from taking it. There was talk that sink disposals would be outlawed, as you are now "encouraged" to include food scraps in your yard waste. I'll be celebrating my first Florida Man anniversary in a bit over two weeks...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 14, 2026 05:42 PM (nbLIj)

92 Shameless city lawmakers are pushing to give themselves eye-watering 18.2% raises -- in a scheme that will also give them automatic pay hikes of at least 2% every year in the future.
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This is where "to each according to their need" hits a snag.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:42 PM (Fi81e)

93 Publius!

Maybe you can ‘splain. Talk to me like I’m 5.

You know aircraft have an 8 ball indicator that shows the horizon? Well, both Apollo spacecraft had an 8 ball.

But it doesn’t show the horizon for da Erf or da Moon. So what does it reference in space? What good does it do? The Internet AI just goes recursive and doesn’t explain anything. I promise not to ask about Gimbal Lock, swearsies

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 05:43 PM (fAGm7)

94 Used to be towns would set their clocks to local noon. When trains arrived this was a problem for people wanting to meet the train.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (uhVAy)

Yeah, I believe keeping train schedules was the main reason time became so standardized in the U.S.

We made the best pocket watches in the world because the train system needed reliable time to prevent train wrecks.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 05:43 PM (6ydKt)

95 It's hard out here on a pimp.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 05:43 PM (viF8m)

96 We should just leave it up to the states.

Or better, leave it up to each county since the states are big and I know ag regions don't like the switching. Or cities.

Or the individual -- allow each person to pick their standard clock. "Meet me at 8pm, Bob-time."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 05:43 PM (XYNFs)

97 Poll in NC has Cooper up by only 4% over Whatley. That's within the margin of error. Good sign

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 05:43 PM (m2wmY)

98 73 I wonder how much of Greenidge's book was ghostwritten by AI.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 05:38 PM (FZ29D)

Why you hating on blackademics, rayciss?

-woke AI Grokeshia

Posted by: Polka will never die at July 14, 2026 05:44 PM (j46lB)

99 Falling back is the only thing I liked about DST. Now the f’ing gov is going to take an hour of my life away. Bastards

Posted by: banana Dream at July 14, 2026 05:44 PM (3uBP9)

100 Ontario has spent $8 million so far storing US booze as Trade War continues( LOL trade war, they will hold their breath if they don't get their way!)

https://instapundit.com/810106/
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 05:38 PM (YwEeS)

So they bought US booze and just burned their own inventory by not selling it to customers? That sure showed us....that they are idiots. We need to take them over just to teach them how to make money.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:44 PM (uhVAy)

101 Socialists call this "bad luck."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (RIvkX)
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Nowadays they call it "Trump's Fault."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 05:44 PM (FZ29D)

102 So those born during daylight savings time are getting an extra hour of life out of this, and those born during standard time have had an hour stolen. Unfair.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 05:45 PM (XvL8K)

103 WIND-BREAKING NEWS: Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) is assuming the mantle previously and proudly held by Eric Swalwell (D-CA)

Senator Schumer was in the middle of remarks on the Senate floor about the National Defense Authorization Act and Trump’s foreign policy when the sound rang out over the Senate microphone.

“Now on Iran and the NDAA,” Schumer said before the interruption.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at July 14, 2026 05:45 PM (0sNs1)

104 73 I wonder how much of Greenidge's book was ghostwritten by AI.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 05:38 PM (FZ29D)

Why you hating on blackademics, rayciss?

-woke AI Grokeshia
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 14, 2026 05:44 PM (j46lB)

Grad students is the traditional and most likely source.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:45 PM (uhVAy)

105 Is Indiana swapping these days?

yep

Posted by: DaveA at July 14, 2026 05:45 PM (FhXTo)

106 Pressley's head looks like a Milk Dud

Posted by: weew at July 14, 2026 05:45 PM (9TspW)

107 Mystery bidder buys ‘Gus’ the T. rex for a record $50M: ‘Exceptional find’

Anyone here?

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 05:45 PM (Dd38x)

108
Sunshine Protection Act? Should be the Get Out of Bed You Lazy Bastards Act. Keep Standard Time!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 05:46 PM (TW0tG)

109 Socialists call this "bad luck."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 05:41 PM (RIvkX)
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Nowadays they call it "Trump's Fault."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 05:44 PM (FZ29D)
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That's what I say at the pump every time I'm paying one of the biggest gas taxes in the nation.

Trump and staight whores who moo.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:46 PM (Fi81e)

110 DST: it's "Saving" singular.

*Please make a note of it.*

Posted by: Pedantic Language Nerd at July 14, 2026 05:47 PM (2Ez/1)

111 The City of Sacramento will send crews across the city to track and check that residents are sorting their trash properly."

Not when it's 103f and the trash smells like a mostly rotted baby harp seal.

Posted by: 13times at July 14, 2026 05:47 PM (6iKlf)

112 106 Pressley's head looks like a Milk Dud

Posted by: weew at July 14, 2026 05:45 PM (9TspW)

Reminds me of Jane Curtin in Coneheads for some weird reason.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)

113 Sunshine Protection Act? Should be the Get Out of Bed You Lazy Bastards Act. Keep Standard Time!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 05:46 PM (TW0tG)
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I identify as just as industrious individual that wants to sleep until 10.

Please do not harsh my buzz.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

114 Posted by: Pedantic Language Nerd at July 14, 2026 05:47 PM

What are your thoughts on the Oxford Comma?

Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor, Punctuation Brigade, Comma Company, Oxford Platoon at July 14, 2026 05:48 PM (0sNs1)

115 DST: it's "Saving" singular.

*Please make a note of it.*
Posted by: Pedantic Language Nerd at July 14, 2026 05:47 PM (2Ez/1)

Daylights Savings Times.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:48 PM (uhVAy)

116 States that use standard time year-round -- currently only Arizona and Hawaii -- before the law goes into effect wouldn't have to change.
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So we'd be permanently on Pacific time?
Ok, whaever.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2026 05:39 PM

We will be like england during WWII. They were on greenwich mean time in the british isles and most of their colonies went on double summer time. It was a mess trying to coordinate them all.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 05:48 PM (0N4FZ)

117 DST: it's "Saving" singular.

*Please make a note of it.*
Posted by: Pedantic Language Nerd at July 14, 2026 05:47 PM (2Ez/1

On Trump's account, right?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 05:48 PM (rbvCR)

118 >> But it doesn’t show the horizon for da Erf or da Moon. So what does it reference in space?

If you'll be on the ONT tonight, we can discuss this in more detail, as I'm going to have be out in a little bit.

Anyway, the "8 ball" local reference frame, was *inertial*, showing axes relative to whatever inertial frame they were using (might have been the ECI frame, but could've been something else that they preferred for whatever reason). They would translate as needed, and the computers could do this, to "LVLH", local vertical local horizontal as needed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 05:48 PM (w6EFb)

119 CBS News
@CBSNews
BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll receives a $5.62 million sex abuse and defamation payment, plus interest, from President Trump.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

The real reason for the penny shortage.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 14, 2026 05:49 PM (wHfoO)

120 4:15 sunsets are now a thing of the past.
Thank. God.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at July 14, 2026 05:49 PM (pE12i)

121 Mystery bidder buys ‘Gus’ the T. rex for a record $50M: ‘Exceptional find’

Anyone here?
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 05:45 PM (Dd38x)
——

I prefer Sue the T-Rex. Because I’m not gay.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 05:49 PM (bAJQW)

122 This may be a stupid question, since it appears that the City Council has no ceiling on what money they can vote for themselves, why didn't they for a one-time billion dollar baloon payment and enduring annual 20% cut of all gross NYC tax receipts?

Why limit themselves to only a measly 18% with mandated minimum 2% annual increases despite performance or any other metric?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 05:49 PM (BvPIe)

123 "Indiana swapping."
Is that what you kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at July 14, 2026 05:49 PM (2Ez/1)

124 Shumer ripped one on the Senate floor?

Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 05:49 PM (YwEeS)

125 Greenwich is a bad choice for the dateline, anyway. Greenwich is in England, which everyone knows sits directly beneath G-d's *other* throne, in Heaven's bathroom.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)

126 Wait. We're never going to stop saving time?

You can't take it with you.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:50 PM (Fi81e)

127 Does anyone know why that Dim Rep Presley politician woman is bald and shaves and oils her fat head?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

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Many black women have really bad hair. The kind of hair that is dry and brittle and if you wash it daily, it breaks and frizzes. This is why they don't wash daily, wear wigs, have weaves, etc.

Shaving seems an acceptable option. To bad she looks like a pene.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 05:50 PM (XYNFs)

128 Schumer definitely farted today while speaking in the Senate. After he let loose he tried not to laugh.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 05:50 PM (m2wmY)

129 >> When trains arrived this was a problem for people wanting to meet the train.

Also, trains colliding with each other due to setting clocks to different local times. The railroads realized they needed to synchronize their clocks.

And translating "Railroad Time" amongst all the local times (think of local time as just continuously shifting with longitude) was a nightmare.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 05:50 PM (w6EFb)

130 Also, why do we have this time zone nonsense?

Just pick one standard dateline - let's say, right through Southern Appalachia, since it sits directly beneath G-d's throne in Heaven - and have that be the only time.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 05:39 PM (BI5O2)
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Where the sun comes up
At ten in the morning and the sun goes down
At three in the day
And you fill your cup
With what bitter brew they offer
And you spend your life
Thinking how to get away.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 05:51 PM (ZOv7s)

131 Does anyone know why that Dim Rep Presley politician woman is bald and shaves and oils her fat head?
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

She has alopecia.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:51 PM (ExV1e)

132 We never get any credit.

Posted by: Productive people who stay up late and then sleep in at July 14, 2026 05:51 PM (2Ez/1)

133 It is sunny in SF today for the first time in over a week.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 05:51 PM (RIvkX)

134 And translating "Railroad Time" amongst all the local times (think of local time as just continuously shifting with longitude) was a nightmare.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 05:50 PM (w6EFb)

Picturing a station agent looking at his pocket watch.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:51 PM (/WQyy)

135 This is what NYC voted, same as LA, greedy, incompetent buffoons.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 14, 2026 05:51 PM (XV/Pl)

136 You cannot hate the media enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 05:52 PM (2WIwB)

137 Greenwich is a bad choice for the dateline, anyway. Greenwich is in England, which everyone knows sits directly beneath G-d's *other* throne, in Heaven's bathroom.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)

They can't move the Cutty Sark clipper to any other place so Greenwich it is.

When I visited London in the past I always went out of my way to get there on the tubes to see the ship and the GMT line.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:52 PM (uhVAy)

138 If we're "saving time" every year with DST, can we bank that somewhere so it earns compound interest?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 05:52 PM (FZ29D)

139 Presley has alopecia. And is a scumbag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 05:52 PM (m2wmY)

140 This is what NYC voted, same as LA, greedy, incompetent buffoons.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 14, 2026 05:51 PM (XV/Pl)

In fairness, look at the makeup of Congress.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)

141 Keep Standard Time!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 05:46
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aka, God's Time.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2026 05:52 PM (Hbeqj)

142 126 Wait. We're never going to stop saving time?

You can't take it with you.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:50 PM
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I'd like to put it in a bottle.

Posted by: The ghost of Jim Croce at July 14, 2026 05:52 PM (2Ez/1)

143 I identify as someone who is at 7PM.

After all, animals don't have time zones.

It's a social construct, so not real.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:53 PM (Fi81e)

144 Re: "daylight savings time", I don't get why people hate it so much. I spend five minutes twice a year changing clocks, and have a couple of days of very slightly disrupted sleep around the transitions. In return, we get later sunsets in the summer and earlier sunrises in the winter, as measured by the clock. Seems like a good system.

Anyone here who is seriously inconvenienced, or sleep-disturbed by it? What am I missing? Before retiring, I did software development, and I don't recall any problems caused by the changeover in the last few decades. Everyone knew when it was going to happen and handled it, mostly automajically.

(And, no, I'm not doing that libtard thing where I pretend not to understand something in order to avoid defending my position.)

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 05:53 PM (X5Jzz)

145 Hey UK police!!!
Fu*k you.
You have a crusade in your future whether you want it or not. Better find your spine.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 05:53 PM (2WIwB)

146 All I know is I want the fall back one not the spring forward

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (FtULh)

147 >>>.The House will vote to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. No more changing clocks every six months like a mental patient.

Faced with two options for change, they picked the retarded one. The US Congress everyone.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (ExV1e)

This x 100%.

I love my early evenings in the cooler months.

If this actually becomes the law, I predict it will be switched back in less than a year as parents will revolt after having to endure getting thier kids out of bed, fed breakfast, ready for school, and then dropped off at school all while it's pitch dark outside.

Posted by: Serious Cat at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (xqQi7)

148 Don't give the Dems any ideas. They might try to make us nocturnal

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (m2wmY)

149 You cannot hate the media enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 05:52 PM (2WIwB)
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You stop saying that! I can TOO!

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (Fi81e)

150 She has alopecia.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:51 PM (ExV1e)

That's what Jada Pinkett allegedly has and the reason for the Chris Rock slap.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (/WQyy)

151 >>Presley has alopecia. And is a scumbag

And recently bought a nice vacation home on Martha's Vineyard.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (viF8m)

152 Socialism pays well for the people at the top.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (n5tGW)

153 Re: "daylight savings time", I don't get why people hate it so much. I spend five minutes twice a year changing clocks, and have a couple of days of very slightly disrupted sleep around the transitions. In return, we get later sunsets in the summer and earlier sunrises in the winter, as measured by the clock. Seems like a good system.

Anyone here who is seriously inconvenienced, or sleep-disturbed by it? What am I missing? Before retiring, I did software development, and I don't recall any problems caused by the changeover in the last few decades. Everyone knew when it was going to happen and handled it, mostly automajically.

(And, no, I'm not doing that libtard thing where I pretend not to understand something in order to avoid defending my position.)

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 05:53 PM (X5Jzz)

I just use computers/tables/phones for all time showing devices so I don't even have to bother with swapping twice a year.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:55 PM (uhVAy)

154 I wonder how much of Greenidge's book was ghostwritten by AI.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 05:38 PM (FZ29D)

Why you hating on blackademics, rayciss?

-woke AI Grokeshia
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 14, 2026 05:44 PM (j46lB)
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The receding tide of DEI is going to leave a lot of fake scholars high and dry.

A ton of colleges are going to close in the next ten years, and whether legal or not, schools are going to have to jettison the DEI crap or go under.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 05:55 PM (ZOv7s)

155 So they bought US booze and just burned their own inventory by not selling it to customers? That sure showed us....that they are idiots. We need to take them over just to teach them how to make money.
Posted by: Oldcat

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no, they are geniuses -- The Lefty commie globalist bankers destroyed the country, and now they just blame it all on Trump. They drove that whole economy into the ground like a pile driver at the pier, but they just claim - "Trump", "tariffs", etc.

Politically, it is working very well for them.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 05:55 PM (XYNFs)

156 @140

>>In fairness, look at the makeup of Congress.

In the main, we are governed by some pretty disgusting and retarded people.

The Democrats though are so putrid and so vile, that similarly only putrid and vile people can vote for the at sh*.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 14, 2026 05:55 PM (XV/Pl)

157 Anyway, the "8 ball" local reference frame, was *inertial*, showing axes relative to whatever inertial frame they were using

*sobs uncontrollably*

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 05:55 PM (fAGm7)

158
And recently bought a nice vacation home on Martha's Vineyard.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (viF8m)

There goes the neighborhood....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 05:55 PM (FtULh)

159 You cannot hate the media enough.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 05:52 PM (2WIwB)
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You stop saying that! I can TOO!
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (Fi81e)

***

Yes HUH!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 05:55 PM (2WIwB)

160 Fer cryin' out loud, set the time half way between.

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at July 14, 2026 05:56 PM (/enuJ)

161 willowed joke

more PIT maneuvers to stop the car.
Posted by: Community Notes

Our motto:

It's easier to pull you out of the car after it's flipped.
Posted by: Arkansas State Police Youtube

It does tend to take the fight out of them.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 05:56 PM (F5FAo)

162 >> When trains arrived this was a problem for people wanting to meet the train.

Also, trains colliding with each other due to setting clocks to different local times. The railroads realized they needed to synchronize their clocks.

And translating "Railroad Time" amongst all the local times (think of local time as just continuously shifting with longitude) was a nightmare.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley at July 14, 2026 05:50 PM
+++

I'd like to go to Morrow.

https://youtu.be/zdEkm__55ik

Posted by: The ghost of Jim Croce at July 14, 2026 05:56 PM (2Ez/1)

163 Kerri Greenidge is Mellon Associate Professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism,
and Diaspora at Tufts University, where she also co-directs the African American Trail Project.

____________________

Well of course she's claiming racism. It's all she knows.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 05:56 PM (dIske)

164
"We will try the MIRV process on the condition that Speaker Johnson attaches the SAVE America Act to all the appropriation bills and all must-pass bills here in the House and ensures it is sent to the Senate as one bill,"

MIRV process?

I really wish she wouldn't tease like that.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 05:56 PM (dv49b)

165 If you're late to this thread, we're going to pass a law to set the clocks at a certain hour.

So, that ought to save you some time.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:56 PM (Fi81e)

166 As an Alaskan, I want our four time zones back, AND standard time.

"But that will make Anchorage two hours off from Seattle!"

I have zero fucks to give about those waterheads in Seattle. Besides, we used to be two hours off from Seattle before the current bullshit started, and I never noticed it doing any harm. Businesses that needed to deal with Seattle started an hour earlier, and the rest of us had a normal clock.

As for the brutal ignorance that was responsible for institutting "daylight savings time" in Alaska...well...

Posted by: Peter Sellers at July 14, 2026 05:56 PM (IG3/x)

167 Anyway, the "8 ball" local reference frame, was *inertial*, showing axes relative to whatever inertial frame they were using

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I'm picturing an astronaut shaking the Magic 8-Ball and asking it if they are still pointed in the right direction.

"All Signs Point To Yes"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 05:56 PM (FZ29D)

168 Oops.
Croce sock fail.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 05:56 PM (2Ez/1)

169 (sock off)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 05:57 PM (IG3/x)

170 I hated getting off work when it was dark . Being retired though changes all concept of time.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:57 PM (/WQyy)

171 "The attack on Black women academics is real."

---------------

Academic debate used to be called scholarship, prove your assertions or shut up. DEI says stuff your scholarship, facts are what I say they are.

Eventually colleges and universities that refuse to stick to facts, debates and discussions will disappear and not a moment too soon.

Posted by: Decaf at July 14, 2026 05:57 PM (ZNpJk)

172 Anyone here who is seriously inconvenienced, or sleep-disturbed by it? What am I missing? Before retiring, I did software development, and I don't recall any problems caused by the changeover in the last few decades. Everyone knew when it was going to happen and handled it, mostly automajically.

(And, no, I'm not doing that libtard thing where I pretend not to understand something in order to avoid defending my position.)

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 05:53 PM (X5Jzz)

Time zone programming is always a bit of a pain, even more so world wide.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:57 PM (uhVAy)

173 Re: "daylight savings time", I don't get why people hate it so much. I spend five minutes twice a year changing clocks, and have a couple of days of very slightly disrupted sleep around the transitions.

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 05:53 PM (X5Jzz)
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It's singular. No savings.

I hate it because for 21 years the "spring forward" happened on a drill weekend, so after being burned out after Saturday drill you get to lose *another* hour of sleep on Sunday. The following workweek was basically zombie territory.

And it is stupid. Pick a time. Daylight saving has commercial interests behind it, and that's why it wins. Follow the money.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

174 The bitchin will be epic in the winter time here, I'm about 60 miles as crow flies to cst. Sunrise will be laaaate and school kids will be dying by the thousands

Posted by: A dude in MI at July 14, 2026 05:58 PM (/6GbT)

175 They say time heals all wounds
But time's standing still

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:58 PM (/WQyy)

176 4 Article at American Thinker was saying there are hundred million Illegals here, sucking the life out of the country

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:17 PM (j9CiB)

What ? ? ? I'm reliably told that there are eleven million illegal aliens here, and that number has remained the same for the last twenty or thirty years. Are you telling me that I've been lied to, and the number is much higher? I simply cannot believe that.

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 05:59 PM (X5Jzz)

177 Y'all want to know the deal with the DST kerfuffle?

It's a holdover from the time when the northern states held the political power in the country.

The further south you go, the less variance there is in the length of the day. So southern states, and their fine citizens, are less impacted than northern citizens who whine about how the time that everyone calls it must align with their personal preferences.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:59 PM (ExV1e)

178 146 All I know is I want the fall back one not the spring forward
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (FtULh)

Sorry, that's not the one we're getting.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2026 05:59 PM (zYpTz)

179 predict it will be switched back in less than a year as parents will revolt after having to endure getting thier kids out of bed, fed breakfast, ready for school, and then dropped off at school all while it's pitch dark outside
——-

That’s what happened in the 1970s. All the Karens started screeching “They are waiting for the Bus in the dark!!!” And it was rescinded.

It’s been the refrain of low frequency individuals ever since.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 05:59 PM (fAGm7)

180 That's what Jada Pinkett allegedly has and the reason for the Chris Rock slap.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (/WQyy)

I thought the reason for the slap was a comment about her sucking more men's cocks since she married Smith than before.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)

181 I always miss nekkid art day. Unless it's fat guy on an ottoman.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (3uBP9)

182 Sacramento, California, will now be inspecting residents' trash to make sure they are in compliance with state law."

Meh. Montgomery County MD started doing that in the 90s...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (7VniJ)

183 Everything's going to be put on a payin' basis!

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (Fi81e)

184 Academic debate used to be called scholarship, prove your assertions or shut up. DEI says stuff your scholarship, facts are what I say they are.

Eventually colleges and universities that refuse to stick to facts, debates and discussions will disappear and not a moment too soon.
Posted by: Decaf at July 14, 2026 05:57 PM (ZNpJk)

***
U of Oregon is shutting down a couple dorms due to a shortfall in applications and a $65 million shortfall. Suck it academia.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (2WIwB)

185 That’s what happened in the 1970s. All the Karens started screeching “They are waiting for the Bus in the dark!!!” And it was rescinded.

It’s been the refrain of low frequency individuals ever since.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 05:59 PM (fAGm7)
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I used to wait for the bus in the dark.

Next to a house that I swear was haunted.

Yet I survived.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (FZ29D)

186 I walk my daughter to school through the woods in the morning. We'll be fine. She has a coat.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (BI5O2)

187 predict it will be switched back in less than a year as parents will revolt after having to endure getting thier kids out of bed, fed breakfast, ready for school, and then dropped off at school all while it's pitch dark outside
——-

That’s what happened in the 1970s. All the Karens started screeching “They are waiting for the Bus in the dark!!!” And it was rescinded.

It’s been the refrain of low frequency individuals ever since.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 05:59 PM (fAGm7)

Yup I was waiting for a bus in the dark.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)

188 Sacramento, California, will now be inspecting residents' trash to make sure they are in compliance with state law."
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Big Brother is Right wing, yo.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (Fi81e)

189 no, they are geniuses -- The Lefty commie globalist bankers destroyed the country, and now they just blame it all on Trump. They drove that whole economy into the ground like a pile driver at the pier, but they just claim - "Trump", "tariffs", etc.

Politically, it is working very well for them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 05:55 PM (XYNFs)
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No lie detected.

Canadians have become caricatures of themselves. The country is sliding into a dumpster fire and yet all the Liberals have to do is say "Elbows up against Trump" and their voters shuffle into the polls and give them more power.

Not a serious country.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)

190 @151 JackStraw, I bet the white folks on the Vineyard will welcome her a little better than the illegals

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (m2wmY)

191 > predict it will be switched back in less than a year as parents will revolt after having to endure getting thier kids out of bed, fed breakfast, ready for school, and then dropped off at school all while it's pitch dark outside
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The state takes care of that, citizen.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (jehhT)

192 For the Daylights Savings Time negation, we should mess with the rest of the world and set our official time 20 minutes ahead of everyone else's on the hour time.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (dIske)

193 Presley has alopecia. And is a scumbag

And recently bought a nice vacation home on Martha's Vineyard.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (viF8m)
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MV is probably 90% white. I doubt there are even 2% blacks there. Odd that the proud black warrior would go live with all the white oppressors.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (bAJQW)

194 American Thinker was saying there are hundred million Illegals here"

*nods in agreement

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (7VniJ)

195 > have a couple of days of very slightly disrupted sleep around the transitions.

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 05:53 PM (X5Jzz)

There is a measurable increase in the number of traffic accidents after "springing ahead".

It's hard to imagine that it would be otherwise... put millions of people on the road, all short an hour or more of sleep. Not a good situation.

Time doesn't kill people. Daylight Savings Time kills people.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (IG3/x)

196 >Is this about me?

Posted by: Oscillating Richard
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no
you're thinking of pendants
totally different

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (ZxPkt)

197 I know not everyone is privileged, but we do have things called street lights

Posted by: A dude in MI at July 14, 2026 06:02 PM (/6GbT)

198 I live on the far west side of the MT time zone. In the summer the sun sets around 9pm or so. In the winter it rises about 9 am (even later because of the hills to the east). I really don't have a dog in the fight, other than we pick one or the other. Having once lived in Alaska, going to bed when it's light out is no big deal for me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 06:02 PM (0aYVJ)

199 Sacramento, California, will now be inspecting residents' trash to make sure they are in compliance with state law."

Meh. Montgomery County MD started doing that in the 90s...
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (7VniJ)

***
They tried that bullshit in Seattle. The garbage collectors were paid bonuses for "violations."
Guess what happened!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:02 PM (2WIwB)

200 27 14 Standard time would be better all year around
It will be dark until 8am in winter in north
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (j9CiB)

I agree, want Standard.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 05:26 PM (kX27y)

Depends a lot on where you are relative to the time zone boundaries.

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 06:02 PM (X5Jzz)

201 That’s what happened in the 1970s. All the Karens started screeching “They are waiting for the Bus in the dark!!!” And it was rescinded.

It’s been the refrain of low frequency individuals ever since.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 05:59 PM (fAGm7)
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If only there was a way to compensate for this, like changing the start times for things...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)

202 Honey, it ain't because you are black, it is because you are a liar. I know the democraps told you it was okay to lie, but they were wrong, as usual. They--get this--lied to you.

And God hates a liar.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:03 PM (bl07w)

203 Sacramento, California, will now be inspecting residents' trash to make sure they are in compliance with state law.

Start rigging trashcans with glitter bombs ala porch pirates.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 14, 2026 06:03 PM (wHfoO)

204 >predict it will be switched back in less than a year as parents will revolt after having to endure getting thier kids out of bed, fed breakfast, ready for school, and then dropped off at school all while it's pitch dark outside
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homeroom and 1st period too

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:03 PM (ZxPkt)

205 Guess what happened!!!

How much were you fined?

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 06:03 PM (7VniJ)

206 Moose the Lab just pulled a Schumer on here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 06:03 PM (HW/1v)

207 I predict it will be switched back in less than a year as parents will revolt after having to endure getting thier kids out of bed, fed breakfast, ready for school, and then dropped off at school all while it's pitch dark outside.
Posted by: Serious Cat at July 14, 2026 05:54 PM (xqQi7)

For most of the winter, it's like that anyway, even once we've fallen back to standard.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 14, 2026 06:03 PM (zYpTz)

208 They tried that bullshit in Seattle. The garbage collectors were paid bonuses for "violations."
Guess what happened!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:02 PM (2WIwB)
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CHOP?

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (Fi81e)

209 The banana Dream plan is still the best. As the banana Dream I endorse it. Fall back 1 hour twice a month, 24 hours a year. No more of this spring forward business.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (3uBP9)

210 I thought the reason for the slap was a comment about her sucking more men's cocks since she married Smith than before.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (ExV1e)

He compared her to GI Jane.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (/WQyy)

211 That’s what happened in the 1970s. All the Karens started screeching “They are waiting for the Bus in the dark!!!” And it was rescinded.

It’s been the refrain of low frequency individuals ever since.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 05:59 PM (fAGm7)
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I was one of those kids prowling around in the dark that winter. I liked it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (RIvkX)

212 >>@151 JackStraw, I bet the white folks on the Vineyard will welcome her a little better than the illegals

Believe it or not there has been a black neighborhood on Martha's Vineyard for generations, Oak Bluffs. The residents are as snobby as their white neighbors.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (viF8m)

213 I agree, want Standard.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 05:26 PM (kX27y)

Depends a lot on where you are relative to the time zone boundaries.
Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 06:02 PM (X5Jzz)

It matters not one iota up here. The light changes by about 6 minutes a day, first one way, and then the other. It's dark in winter and light all summer. You cannot tell the time by the sun.

I just don't want it to change twice a year on somebody's whim.

You know, we have electric lighting now, so....

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (bl07w)

214 As a kid in Montana, I would walk to school in the dark in December.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (0aYVJ)

215 Either way, the sun will come up tomorrow, tomorrow.

Posted by: Annie at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (n5tGW)

216 It floors me that the same Congresscritters and Politicians who got spied on using the FISA system... want to put it back into effect with NO CHANGES.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 06:05 PM (mP0Kj)

217 no, they are geniuses -- The Lefty commie globalist bankers destroyed the country, and now they just blame it all on Trump. They drove that whole economy into the ground like a pile driver at the pier, but they just claim - "Trump", "tariffs", etc.

Politically, it is working very well for them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 05:55 PM (XYNFs)
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No lie detected.

Canadians have become caricatures of themselves. The country is sliding into a dumpster fire and yet all the Liberals have to do is say "Elbows up against Trump" and their voters shuffle into the polls and give them more power.

Not a serious country.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)

Yeah I was a bit surprised that the laid back Canadians suddenly were planning mass invasions of America because some asshole from England told them to. I even had to unfollow some dude on Youtube who talked about Comic books because he flipped over into full Canadian militarism mode. Wonder if he's still around.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

218 Either way, the sun will come up tomorrow, tomorrow.
Posted by: Annie"

Stfu. And your dog, too.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 06:05 PM (7VniJ)

219 Hopefully the nicest ride I ever owned

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 06:05 PM (Ia/+0)

220 Moose the Lab just pulled a Schumer on here.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Better than pulling a Biden or a Nadler.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at July 14, 2026 06:06 PM (wHfoO)

221 It is noon when the sun is at its zenith

hello
any you guys heard of Stonehenge

Standard Time FTW

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:06 PM (ZxPkt)

222 215 Either way, the sun will come up tomorrow, tomorrow.
Posted by: Annie at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (n5tGW)

Unless there is an eclipse... at dawn... then...

Posted by: Shut up Wesley at July 14, 2026 06:06 PM (mP0Kj)

223
BREAKING: E. Jean Carroll receives a $5.62 million sex abuse and defamation payment, plus interest, from President Trump.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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

I wish he had offered to make the settlement ten times that sum on the condition that it went to women's shelters. Your call, E Jean. You score $5.6 mil, or abused women of New York get $56 mil.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:06 PM (mmrXZ)

224 The garbage collectors were paid bonuses for "violations." Guess what happened!!!
——-

Residents started sniping the collectors with .22 rifles? What?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 06:06 PM (fAGm7)

225 U of Oregon is shutting down a couple dorms due to a shortfall in applications and a $65 million shortfall. Suck it academia.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (2WIwB)
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We are approaching the demographic cliff in terms of birth rate. In the next five years a lot of high ed. will close down due to lack of students. Doesn't matter if they drop DEI or not, there are simply not enough Zoomers to fill up infrastructures built on the assumption the Baby Boom would continue forever.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)

226 As a kid in Montana, I would walk to school in the dark in December.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (0aYVJ)

I was eaten by a werewolf.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (rbvCR)

227 Ahhhhh! It's dark! Oh nooooo!

What kind of complaint is this, lol? Are people afraid there's monsters that disappear when the sun comes up?

If you're in a place where kids are unsafe at a bus stop at 7am, they're also unsafe at noon.

It's going to be OK. I promise nothing terrible will happen. There, there, Karen... shhhhhh.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (BI5O2)

228 Canadians have become caricatures of themselves.

Interestingly, along with the "Americans are so nice" videos from the World Cup, there are a lot of "Damn, Canadians are assholes" videos.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)

229 I too, remember going to school in the dark. Always kind of liked it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (n5tGW)

230 I walk my daughter to school through the woods in the morning. We'll be fine. She has a coat.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (BI5O2)
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You don't say?

Posted by: Big Bad Wolf at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (RIvkX)

231 Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (bl07w)

My favorite Vampire movie. 30 Days of Night.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (/WQyy)

232 Sacramento, California, will now be inspecting residents' trash to make sure they are in compliance with state law."

Meh. Montgomery County MD started doing that in the 90s...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM

Montville connecticut started doing that in the 90s as well. One day we came home and the trash was still sitting on the curb not picked up on trash day. The wife called and they said they saw recycle material in our trash and the law prohibited them from picking it up until we removed the offending material and put in one of the approved recycle bins.

I cancelled the $75 a quarter town contract trash service and bought a $50 annual dump pass and took our trash and the neighbors trash to the dump myself.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:08 PM (0N4FZ)

233 It is noon when the sun is at its zenith

hello
any you guys heard of Stonehenge

Standard Time FTW
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 06:06 PM (ZxPkt)

I heard someone claim that Stonehenge is made to track the Winter Solstice and all the hippies who watch the Summer Solstice have it precisely backwards.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)

234 When I was working, I liked Daylight Savings. It gave me more time to golf after work. Now that I'm retired, I don't care. The hell with you wage slaves.

Posted by: Wally at July 14, 2026 06:08 PM (xdUI2)

235 Yeah I was a bit surprised that the laid back Canadians suddenly were planning mass invasions of America because some asshole from England told them to. I even had to unfollow some dude on Youtube who talked about Comic books because he flipped over into full Canadian militarism mode. Wonder if he's still around.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)
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They are going to buy Gripen jets so that they can escape the American supply chain. (Gripens use American engines.)

The Canadian high command putting out plans for them to fight a guerilla war against us was pretty funny given they are also rounding up all the civilian-owned guns.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

236 Hopefully the nicest ride I ever owned
Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 06:05 PM (Ia/+0)
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Mazel tov!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (RIvkX)

237 Posted by: Big Bad Wolf at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (RIvkX)

She's safe with Y-Dice. If anything you might want to worry you won't be his b!tch

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (gKWVE)

238 I was eaten by a werewolf.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (rbvCR)

Did you get better?

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (bl07w)

239 . In the next five years a lot of high ed. will close down due to lack of students. "

That's funny right there...

/asst dean of student life and such

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (7VniJ)

240 MN is an insane state - wanna bet there's fraud in this program as well????
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The controversial Minnesota Paid Leave program has already paid out nearly $600 million of benefits in its first six months of operation. Now, the highly-touted welfare program could end up consuming an even greater share of taxpayer dollars.

Minnesota Paid Leave was created in 2023 by DFL Gov. Tim Walz and Democrats in the state legislature. The program allows Minnesota residents to take up to 12 weeks of paid medical leave or 12 weeks of paid family leave in a single year.

If a person wants to take a combination of medical leave and family leave, they can receive paid leave benefits for up to 20 weeks. Paid leave recipients typically receive between 55% and 90% of their regular wages with a maximum weekly amount of $1,423.

The program is funded via a 0.88% payroll tax that is evenly split between employers and employees.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (kX27y)

241 207 I predict it will be switched back in less than a year as parents will revolt after having to endure getting thier kids out of bed, fed breakfast, ready for school, and then dropped off at school all while it's pitch dark outside.

Because it so much more arrogant to force the entire country to jack with their circadian rhythm and clocks then it is to adjust the local school's hours. If these delicate snow-flakes can handle a snow day, they can handle changing the start of day by a half-hour.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (NzX/y)

242 238 I was eaten by a werewolf.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (rbvCR)

Did you get better?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (bl07w)

Was his hair, perfect?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 06:10 PM (mP0Kj)

243 I played hockey in high school. Like most towns back then we didn't have our own rink so we had to get ice time for practice from a rink in a town that was 2 towns away. And we didn't get a time after school, we got it before school. Long before school.

Shockingly, we all survived the horror.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:10 PM (viF8m)

244 If they started inspecting my garbage cans for recycling violations, I'd probably be a lot less careful about how I securely bag up the dog poop.

Did I mention my dog is the size of a pony?

Have fun digging through that.

Posted by: PabloD at July 14, 2026 06:10 PM (VZv+3)

245 . In the next five years a lot of high ed. will close down due to lack of students. "

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And it will also get lower.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:10 PM (Fi81e)

246 I was one of those kids prowling around in the dark that winter. I liked it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (RIvkX)
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I walked into a little tree when walking to my friend's house to get her to walk to the bus stop with me. I did not like it.

Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2026 06:10 PM (afFes)

247 Yes but a snow day means less work

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 06:11 PM (RIvkX)

248 It's going to be OK. I promise nothing terrible will happen. There, there, Karen... shhhhhh.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (BI5O2)
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In the 1970s, liberal women still got married and even had large families. Karen was a very large voting bloc.

Now, 75% of them are childless, so most don't care and those that do are insignificant.

And as noted, schools can shift the start time if they want.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

249 U of Oregon is shutting down a couple dorms due to a shortfall in applications and a $65 million shortfall. Suck it academia.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:00 PM (2WIwB)
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We are approaching the demographic cliff in terms of birth rate. In the next five years a lot of high ed. will close down due to lack of students. Doesn't matter if they drop DEI or not, there are simply not enough Zoomers to fill up infrastructures built on the assumption the Baby Boom would continue forever.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)

That, and we just have far far too many garbage unis and too few trades and general education schools for our own good. Most people don't need 4 years of classes to indoctrinate them on stuff proven false 75 years ago.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:11 PM (uhVAy)

250 > into full Canadian militarism mode

I have a gedankenexperiment for the event that the United States gets taken over by Hitler (a real Hitler, not the non-Hitlers Canadian communists screech about any time a Republican is elected).

WWHD?

1) Bomb Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal flat, then bounce the rubble.
2) Mine the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Inside Passage on the other coast.
3) Drop all bridges on the Trans-Canada Highway and the CN railroad.
4) Bomb every hydro project.
5) Wait one winter.
6) Move in and shoot the starving, cannibalistic survivors. There won't be very many of them.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 06:11 PM (IG3/x)

251 The DST change will last one year, like it did in 1972/1973

Posted by: Chuck C at July 14, 2026 06:11 PM (vlMt3)

252 I cancelled the $75 a quarter town contract trash service and bought a $50 annual dump pass and took our trash and the neighbors trash to the dump myself.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:08 PM (0N4FZ)

Trash collection here ran about $125/mo. I cancelled that and now we take our trash a mile down the road to the Tug Bar, which has a small transfer station and charges $3/bag. Plus, you pay at the bar, so.... trash day is a lot more fun than it used to be.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:12 PM (bl07w)

253 @212 JackStraw , I think I read of that area in an article about the brown paper bag test for determining amongst blacks who was "too black"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 06:12 PM (m2wmY)

254 The program allows Minnesota residents to take up to 12 weeks of paid medical leave or 12 weeks of paid family leave in a single year.

I'm sure that most employers are thrilled with this since the laziest ones will self-identify as they do one of two things:

Show everyone that their absence didn't matter
-or-
Piss everyone off who has to work harder to fill the gap.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 06:12 PM (xE0sV)

255
Kerri Greenidge is Mellon Associate Professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism,
and Diaspora at Tufts University, where she also co-directs the African American Trail Project.

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

She's no longer with Tufts, and the publisher no longer lists her book. Sometimes there are happy endings.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:12 PM (mmrXZ)

256 Interestingly, along with the "Americans are so nice" videos from the World Cup, there are a lot of "Damn, Canadians are assholes" videos.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)
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They have a lot of expectation on them to end it all these days.

Everybody has to pitch in and do their part.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:12 PM (Fi81e)

257 We are approaching the demographic cliff in terms of birth rate. In the next five years a lot of high ed. will close down due to lack of students. Doesn't matter if they drop DEI or not, there are simply not enough Zoomers to fill up infrastructures built on the assumption the Baby Boom would continue forever.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)

Spot on.
There grim days ahead.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 06:13 PM (2WIwB)

258 226 As a kid in Montana, I would walk to school in the dark in December.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 14, 2026 06:04 PM (0aYVJ)

I was eaten by a werewolf.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (rbvCR)

Was it Sybil Danning?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 06:13 PM (xcxpd)

259 Now, 75% of them are childless, so most don't care and those that do are insignificant.

And as noted, schools can shift the start time if they want.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

Calif High Schools are still full... just a lot of them don't speak English well.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 06:13 PM (mP0Kj)

260 > there are a lot of "Damn, Canadians are assholes" videos.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (ExV1e)

Anyone in the service profession could tell you that.

The only people who get tips from Canadians are underage Cuban prostitutes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 06:13 PM (IG3/x)

261 The Canadian military got a big recruiting bump from Trumps "51st state remark last year" . They were really, REALLY butt hurt over it.(their recruiting went right back to shit afterwards but they are still butt hurt)

Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 06:14 PM (YwEeS)

262 242 238 I was eaten by a werewolf.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM (rbvCR)

Did you get better?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (bl07w)

Was his hair, perfect?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 06:10 PM (mP0Kj)

I believe they met while drinking Pina Coladas at Trader Vics.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:14 PM (bl07w)

263 And it will also get lower.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:10 PM (Fi81e)
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Correct and it is already hitting primary education. A lot of districts are going to have to consolidate because there won't be enough students to keep them viable.

Rural communities faced this before, but now urban ones are going to be hardest hit. My area seems to be immune because its a college town, so people buy houses here when young and sell when the kids move out. Major demographic turnover going on.

When we moved it, there was only one set of kids besides ours, and now they are all over the place. Happily, despite being a liberal area, the kids are roaming freely, riding bikes recklessly and having a generally unsupervised great time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:14 PM (ZOv7s)

264 They are going to buy Gripen jets so that they can escape the American supply chain. (Gripens use American engines.)

The Canadian high command putting out plans for them to fight a guerilla war against us was pretty funny given they are also rounding up all the civilian-owned guns.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

I have somewhere an old military history magazine (but hard cover) that discussed Canada's plans to invade (well raid) the US pre WWII and our plans to invade them. It was pretty amusing, and they actually had an army then, if small.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)

265 The receding tide of DEI is going to leave a lot of fake scholars high and dry.

A ton of colleges are going to close in the next ten years, and whether legal or not, schools are going to have to jettison the DEI crap or go under.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 05:55 PM (ZOv7s)

Demographics. There are a whole lot of 18 year olds that should be enrolling in college this year, but they were never born thanks to the left's insistence on keeping their unholy sacrament of abortion forever enshrined in law in culture.

Posted by: Polka will never die at July 14, 2026 06:15 PM (j46lB)

266 In July 2026, Greenidge left her tenured associate professor posiition at Tufts University following an internal review that identified multiple factual errors and citation issues in her 2022 book, The Grimkes.

Consequently, the publisher, Liveright, removed the book from its website amid allegations from scholars that The Grimkes contained fabricated citations and unsubstantiated claims.

While Greenidge disputes the findings and has characterized the scrutiny as racially motivated attacks on Black women academics, Tufts University maintains that its independent peer review was fair and objective.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 14, 2026 06:15 PM (/eAef)

267 We are approaching the demographic cliff in terms of birth rate. In the next five years a lot of high ed. will close down due to lack of students. Doesn't matter if they drop DEI or not, there are simply not enough Zoomers to fill up infrastructures built on the assumption the Baby Boom would continue forever.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:07 PM

Yep, they are already closing schools in the DFW area for lack of students even while the area is expanding and more and more people are moving in. Granted some of that is because of school vouchers but most of it is due to plummeting birth rates and Trump's deportation policies.

Fort Worth alone is going to close 18 schools over the next three years because of declining enrollment.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:15 PM (0N4FZ)

268
The program allows Minnesota residents to take up to 12 weeks of paid medical leave or 12 weeks of paid family leave in a single year.

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Buncha people will be "sick" for 12 weeks, then quit just as they have to come back.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:16 PM (O0L8i)

269 We are approaching the demographic cliff in terms of birth rate. In the next five years a lot of high ed.

Also, word gets out that some welders are pulling down a quarter million a year. Hell of a lot better than pissing away 8 years accumulating college debt to get that doctorate in Barista

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 06:16 PM (xE0sV)

270 "I am heartbroken that a field I have given my life to can treat me this way," she told the outlet. "The attack on Black women academics is real."

That's right. Us Black women need to band together.

Posted by: Rachel Dolezal at July 14, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)

271 The Canadian military got a big recruiting bump from Trumps "51st state remark last year" . They were really, REALLY butt hurt over it.(their recruiting went right back to shit afterwards but they are still butt hurt)
Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 06:14 PM (YwEeS)
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I loved how they tried to recruit foreigners and the very first OCS equivalent collapsed into anarchy because the Muslims and the Sikhs kept fighting and both treated the white women like trash.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:16 PM (ZOv7s)

272 268
The program allows Minnesota residents to take up to 12 weeks of paid medical leave or 12 weeks of paid family leave in a single year.

____________

Buncha people will be "sick" for 12 weeks, then quit just as they have to come back.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:16 PM (O0L8i)

Had that happen at work recently. Dirtbags.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 06:17 PM (xcxpd)

273 Also, word gets out that some welders are pulling down a quarter million a year. Hell of a lot better than pissing away 8 years accumulating college debt to get that doctorate in Barista

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 06:16 PM (xE0sV)
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DEI was their ticket to the good life.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:17 PM (Fi81e)

274 Didn't the Canadian military have problems recently and continuing with its DEI officer corps? They ain't invading anyone except maybe white Canadians houses

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 06:17 PM (m2wmY)

275 Buncha people will be "sick" for 12 weeks, then quit just as they have to come back.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:16 PM (O0L8i)

And that's why you outsource to Bangalore where they have ~100 holidays every year and "mandatory strikes".

So much productivity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 06:18 PM (ExV1e)

276 An American transsexual man who applied for asylum in the Netherlands due to “oppression in Trump’s America” has been placed in the infamous asylum center Ter Apel famous for Islamist extremists and knife violence.

ha

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 06:18 PM (/+uur)

277 Kerri Greenidge is Mellon Associate Professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism,
and Diaspora at Tufts University, where she also co-directs the African American Trail Project.

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

She's no longer with Tufts, and the publisher no longer lists her book. Sometimes there are happy endings.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:12 PM (mmrXZ)

When I was college hunting Tufts sent me a card asking me to go there about a week before I was due at my real college. Pretty desperate, I thought.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:18 PM (uhVAy)

278 > That's right. Us Black women need to band together.
Posted by: Rachel Dolezal at July 14, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)

Preach it, sistah!

-- Shawna King, deadname Sean King.

That's right, I'm now black AND trans! Suck it, haters!

Posted by: Shawna King at July 14, 2026 06:18 PM (IG3/x)

279 murder fuck murder is the game

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 06:18 PM (/+uur)

280 Did you get better?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:09 PM (bl07w)

Seriously, if I could survive and become the man I am today in spite of being chased, disemboweled and eaten in the artificial darkness created by governmental decree by a mythical monster, people who are whining about some minor element like year round DST should just sack up and follow my lead by not being a pussy.

Sure, werewolves are mean and being killed and eaten by one is inconvenient, but think of how much better it is to have government impose stupid horological solutions to problems that weren't a problem until Congress decided it needed solving!

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 06:19 PM (rbvCR)

281 Correct and it is already hitting primary education. A lot of districts are going to have to consolidate because there won't be enough students to keep them viable.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 06:14 PM (ZOv7s)

Anchorage needs to close about 6 elementary schools, but they won't. The teachers needs those jobs, you understand, so even if there aren't enough kids to teach, the schools remain open.

Anchorage schools are the armpit of education. Not only are the less kids, the ones there are are headed for homeschooling or private schools. But that won't stop the teachers union from asking for more money, every year.

So glad I don't live in Los Anchorage any more.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:19 PM (bl07w)

282 Some outfit, homos I guess, a Concerned Homos Action Committee, something like that, have released guidelines that all the networks must follow concerning camera angles used to broadcast women sports like volley ball and track and vaulting, etc..

The new guidelines specify that the male gaze must always be denied, foiled in some way. No man must ever be allowed to experience joy in viewing the female form while watching sports.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 14, 2026 06:19 PM (3uBP9)

283 Didn't the Canadian military have problems recently and continuing with its DEI officer corps? They ain't invading anyone except maybe white Canadians houses
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 06:17 PM (m2wmY)

Like most western non armies, they have no equipment and have shipped a lot of it to Ukraine.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:19 PM (uhVAy)

284 Who could have seen this coming?

>>@paulsperry_

>>So here's what we're learning from all these declassified materials: The US Intelligence Community *juiced* intel to make it seem like Moscow interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump, but then *buried* intel indicating Beijing interfered in the election to help Biden in 2020

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM (viF8m)

285
That demographic cliff has colleges panicking now, I've read. 2026-2030 are going to be brutal. Colleges will have empty classrooms, cafeterias, dorms, gyms, etc to maintain. Either that or every high school grad with a pulse gets in and we start graduating utter illiterates.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM (mmrXZ)

286
-- Shawna King, deadname Sean King.

That's right, I'm now black AND trans! Suck it, haters!

Posted by: Shawna King at July 14, 2026 06:18 PM (IG3/x)

Gynlotromin X

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM (/+uur)

287 Mamdani hasn't taken a stance on whether he was in favor of the [pay] hikes and said he'd leave it for the City Council to debate.
=========

Straight out of the Bolshevik playbook. The Boss never publicly gets involved in the knifework. He softly states that he will leave the matter to "the people" to decide. And the hatchetpersons know exactly what they're expected to do.

Comrade Stalin would have approved.

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM (rj6Yv)

288

At a hearing today on DEI in medical schools:

Jenn Pellegrino 🇺🇸
@JennPellegrino
·
1h
I can't believe this is real.

The Chancellor of UC San Francisco testified under oath that a "vast majority of pregnancies are in women." Implying some pregnancies occur in men.

When asked directly whether a non-biological woman has ever had a baby, he refused to answer. This is the head of one of the top medical schools in the country.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM (kX27y)

289 About the Canadian World Cup experience:

Several FIFA World Cup tourists have reported being robbed in Canada, with prominent incidents occurring in downtown Vancouver. In one widely publicized incident, an Australian visitor had his baggage—containing his laptop and passport—stolen from the lobby at Onni's Level Hotel in downtown Vancouver, forcing him to get a temporary passport from his consulate.

The reason is rather simple. Vancouver's World Cup venue (BC Place) is about a 10 minute walk (or stumble) from Downtown Eastside. Downtown Eastside is famous for their encouraged drug use (one of those government, here's your free needle places). So, yeah, they are going to help celebrate the World Cup and rob a few of those people with money.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 06:21 PM (dIske)

290 > we start graduating utter illiterates.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM (mmrXZ)

"Start"?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 06:21 PM (IG3/x)

291 I fully support DST year round, for purely personal reasons. In winter I have no time after work for any outdoor activities. And getting dark at 4:30PM sucks--seasonal depression is (kinda) real and that shit doesn't help.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 14, 2026 06:22 PM (XMwZJ)

292 Nood. 'flation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

293 DEI was their ticket to the good life.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:17 PM (Fi81e)

Pretty sure you don't have to be black to be a fabulist in academia these days. If you read some of the bullshit passed off as scholarship, you would realize that most "academics" are there because they wouldn't be hirable in the real world. Make up something outrageous, couch it in undecipherable language, and get tenure.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 06:22 PM (bl07w)

294 >>So here's what we're learning from all these declassified materials: The US Intelligence Community *juiced* intel to make it seem like Moscow interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump, but then *buried* intel indicating Beijing interfered in the election to help Biden in 2020
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM (viF8m)
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Like Sperry, but this is kinda old news--but maybe not to everybody.

It's just like they covered up Putin's actual preference for the devil he knew: Cthillary.

And all the other shit the IC covered up, so as the float the narrative that Trump's foreign alliances endangered our republic.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 06:22 PM (Fi81e)

295
>>So here's what we're learning from all these declassified materials: The US Intelligence Community *juiced* intel to make it seem like Moscow interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump, but then *buried* intel indicating Beijing interfered in the election to help Biden in 2020
Posted by: JackStraw

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That bitch Hillary and that phony Rachel Maddow should be chased down the street by people yelling "Russia Russia Russia!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:22 PM (mmrXZ)

296 Either that or every high school grad with a pulse gets in and we start graduating utter illiterates.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM

Point of order, how is that any different than what is being done now?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:22 PM (0N4FZ)

297 That demographic cliff has colleges panicking now, I've read. 2026-2030 are going to be brutal. Colleges will have empty classrooms, cafeterias, dorms, gyms, etc to maintain. Either that or every high school grad with a pulse gets in and we start graduating utter illiterates.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM (mmrXZ)

That just moves the issue down a level. We already have schools that let in any grad with a pulse you just hear about them less. These ones will have to go first or get absorbed into bigger ones.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)

298 172 Anyone here who is seriously inconvenienced, or sleep-disturbed by it? What am I missing? Before retiring, I did software development, and I don't recall any problems caused by the changeover in the last few decades. Everyone knew when it was going to happen and handled it, mostly automajically.

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 05:53 PM (X5Jzz)

Time zone programming is always a bit of a pain, even more so world wide.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 05:57 PM (uhVAy)

My experience, at least the past few decades, was that the operating system and/or language libraries handled most of the keeping track and converting.

Then there are leap seconds. Those were always scary, not being quite sure if everything would blow up at 11:59:60.

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 06:23 PM (X5Jzz)

299 I keep hearing NJ is a major site for ICE operations.

Considering the vote in the state has gotten a lot closer if we deport enough illegals perhaps we will get it purple....

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (sKqQm)

300 >>Like Sperry, but this is kinda old news--but maybe not to everybody.

Well yea, we knew it. But now we have proof.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (viF8m)

301 285
That demographic cliff has colleges panicking now, I've read. 2026-2030 are going to be brutal. Colleges will have empty classrooms, cafeterias, dorms, gyms, etc to maintain. Either that or every high school grad with a pulse gets in and we start graduating utter illiterates.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 06:20 PM (mmrXZ)

You guys have zero point fucking zero in the game.
States give you money. Students give you money.
You put ZERO in the game.
If I buy a car my bank wants to get paid and if the shit hits the fan they want the car fixed.
If the shit hits the fan the manu want the car fixed.
I want my car fixed.

You got nothing to offer.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 06:25 PM (/+uur)

302 If only there was a way to compensate for this, like changing the start times for things...

Well, we can hope every single place changes their open and closing time, or we could change the official time, maybe by an hour for half the year.

Posted by: Chuck C at July 14, 2026 06:26 PM (vlMt3)

303 Fun fact Rachel Dolezal left her political career for an Only Fans career.

You saw her make an ass out of herself on the internet, but now you can see her actual ass on the internet.

Note: Not at all kidding here

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 06:26 PM (sKqQm)

304 Point of order, how is that any different than what is being done now?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 06:22 PM (0N4FZ)

I was living in TLH in 2008 or 9 and Miss St (friend play football there) started 13th grade.
Then TA fuckin DA FAMU has a 13th grade.
Every HBCU and all unis in the South have a secret 13th grade to basically cover grade 9-12 in a year.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 06:28 PM (/+uur)

305 If this actually becomes the law, I predict it will be switched back in less than a year as parents will revolt after having to endure getting thier kids out of bed, fed breakfast, ready for school, and then dropped off at school all while it's pitch dark outside.
Posted by: Serious Cat

Bullshit. Change the start of school.

Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 06:29 PM (q6tQZ)

306 Falsifying citations is the equivalent of capital murder in academia.

Why do it? She thought nobody would ever check the citations?

Very peculiar risk calculus!

Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 06:30 PM (RCjYY)

307 My experience, at least the past few decades, was that the operating system and/or language libraries handled most of the keeping track and converting.

Then there are leap seconds. Those were always scary, not being quite sure if everything would blow up at 11:59:60.

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 06:23 PM (X5Jzz)

This was for a small remote power measuring board to measure usage right on the building power circuits programming itself to wake up N hours later for "off period" stuff in the middle of the night so no OS and running GMT internally. Nothing difficult just fiddly because timezones are a pain and they roll over on you too.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (uhVAy)

308 What the fuck is TA fuckin' DA?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 14, 2026 06:33 PM (XMwZJ)

309 Falsifying citations is the equivalent of capital murder in academia.

Why do it? She thought nobody would ever check the citations?

Very peculiar risk calculus!
Posted by: mnw at July 14, 2026 06:30 PM (RCjYY)

supposedly it used to be, unlikely this is the case now.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:33 PM (uhVAy)

310 Fun fact Rachel Dolezal left her political career for an Only Fans career.

You saw her make an ass out of herself on the internet, but now you can see her actual ass on the internet.

Note: Not at all kidding here
Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 06:26 PM (sKqQm)

The average OF girl makes about 200 dollars. Not 'a month', just 200 dollars.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:34 PM (uhVAy)

311 I was living in TLH in 2008 or 9 and Miss St (friend play football there) started 13th grade.
Then TA fuckin DA FAMU has a 13th grade.
Every HBCU and all unis in the South have a secret 13th grade to basically cover grade 9-12 in a year.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 06:28 PM (/+uur)

When I was in college at an Engineering school in 1980 they had a 3-2 program with smaller nearby schools were you could spend time at the satellite school for three years getting up to speed then finish the Engineering degree at the main school in 2 more and get a diploma. I thought it was a smart solution for the problem of not all highschools being alike.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:39 PM (uhVAy)

312 307

This was for a small remote power measuring board to measure usage right on the building power circuits programming itself to wake up N hours later for "off period" stuff in the middle of the night so no OS and running GMT internally. Nothing difficult just fiddly because timezones are a pain and they roll over on you too.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 06:32 PM (uhVAy)

You mean you didn't use a 64 bit processor with 8 Gbytes of RAM running Linux with a bunch of open network ports, written in Java, for a small monitoring system? You must be some kind of Neanderthal!

Posted by: a.moron at July 14, 2026 06:43 PM (X5Jzz)

313 we do not need daylight well into the evening

Just define evening as when it gets dark due to the sun setting, and voilà: no more daylight in the evening.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 06:47 PM (aOqrc)

314 What the fuck is TA fuckin' DA?
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 14, 2026 06:33 PM (XMwZJ)

ta-da
interjection
tä-ˈdä
variants or less commonly ta-dah
—used as mock fanfare to call attention to something remarkable

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 14, 2026 06:50 PM (aOqrc)

315 I'm one of those weirdos who like the time change
Maybe THE weirdo. I like the extra hour of sleep when we go back to standard time, and even the early sunset. And i like the extra sunshine at the end of my hibernation.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at July 14, 2026 06:52 PM (NYInA)

316 Restore Biological Time!

Eliminate translight saving time!

Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at July 14, 2026 07:24 PM (QdtAi)

Terrorism Works: DHS Instructs ICE to Stop Conducting Traffic Stops After Illegal Alien Attempted to Ram His Car Into ICE Agents and Was Justifiably Shot and Killed

This is terrorism, and the Democrat Party supports it.

A Biddeford, Maine, resident is reportedly dead after he weaponized his car against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent(s), causing at least one to shoot in self-defense.
Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-132nd District) released a statement on Monday, confirming the bare facts of the incident, but he and the press are jumping to the conclusion that the dead activist is the victim. The reality is that when a person attempts to run over an officer with his car, he is using the car as a deadly weapon, meriting a potentially deadly response. Furthermore, if that is what happened, the activist died a felon because it is explicitly against federal law to attempt to injure or interfere with ICE agents.
...
The Post Millennial reported that an eyewitness described seeing a person "trying to hit the ICE officer" with a car, causing the officer to shoot. Since a car being used to run over someone is very certainly a deadly weapon, the facts in the case would seem to be fairly straightforward. There is no information as of yet on any details about the identity of the dead ICE-hater.
...
As of the start of this year, attacks on ICE had gone up by 1,347%, while death threats against ICE had increased by an almost unimaginable 8,000%. Given the endless violence against ICE, it is actually remarkable that more federal officers and activists have not died.
And here's something the mainstream media and main Democrats will not tell you: 18 U.S. Code 111 penalizes anyone who "forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in section 1114 of this title while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties." In other words, the Biddeford wacko was not only doing something obviously dangerous when he or she tried to run over the ICE agents, but this action was also very clearly in violation of federal law.

But the terrorism of the left is always indulged, because the terrorists are part of the same leftwing establishment that controls our institutions.

ICE will stop making traffic stops except for the most heinous illegal alien criminals, at least as long as it takes to retrain them.

Retrain them how? Are they supposed to allow themselves to be attacked by leftwing terrorists and illegal alien criminals?

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per multiple federal sources to @FoxNews, ICE has been instructed to immediately cease most vehicle stops during immigration enforcement operations nationwide, except for operations targeting the most egregious criminal aliens.
This comes after two people were killed by ICE in shootings in TX and ME in the last week in incidents that began as vehicle stops. DHS alleges one of those incidents was a ramming attempt.
I'm told this will be temporary until ICE officers receive new training on vehicle stops.
The policy change will have significant impacts as many of ICE's arrests begin as vehicle stops when they find and follow a target, as we've witnessed on multiple embeds.
More to come as we get it.

First scooped by @JennieSTaer

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:13 PM

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1 This just infuriates me. Good job DOHS.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 04:13 PM (N1DT3)

2 Spot-on, Ace!

It works!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (VyBeY)

3 Anything to support their preciouses.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (ExV1e)

4 No. They don't need "new training". They need to keep shooting people who try to run them over until those people either (1) leave voluntarily or (2) learn that trying to run ICE over gets you dead.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (N1DT3)

5 butts

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 14, 2026 04:15 PM (jrgJz)

6 Pretty sure this had to be approved by Trump. If he didn't know this was going to happen he would have thrown a fit when he saw it in the news.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 04:16 PM (0N4FZ)

7 it's why anyone freely insults Christians, but no one insults muslims. consequences are real!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 04:16 PM (VyBeY)

8
Well, it's temporary.

But what does the new training on vehicle stops consist of? Do we get to find out?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:16 PM (mmrXZ)

9 Terrorists' veto.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:17 PM (Fi81e)

10 We don't negotiate with terrorists.

Their prices are already reasonable enough.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:17 PM (Ot/FD)

11 Train them to travel in packs, disable the vehicle, maybe a few flash-bangs, tranquilizer dart grenades, etc. Make the invaders WISH they were shot instead.

Posted by: ICE ICE BABY at July 14, 2026 04:18 PM (IOrPZ)

12 No. They don't need "new training". They need to keep shooting people who try to run them over until those people either (1) leave voluntarily or (2) learn that trying to run ICE over gets you dead.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM

This is just me spitballing here but I suspect they are going to be told to let them go if they try to run away and only use deadly force if an ice agent has actually been injured or killed. Either way the left has won this battle.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 04:18 PM (0N4FZ)

13
>>The policy change will have significant impacts as many of ICE's arrests begin as vehicle stops

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Switch to other types of arrests temporarily? Like, target employers?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:18 PM (mmrXZ)

14 Send out health inspectors to shut down all the roach coaches and starve the fuckers out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Ot/FD)

15 ICE officers receive new training on vehicle stops.
.......

I hope it involves hand grenades or flame throwers.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 04:19 PM (UjdFS)

16
Trump doesn't have a huge tolerance for deaths.

He's shown that before.

He's a crappy fascist.

Seems like he's almost trying to be not nihilistic enough for actual fascism.

You'd almost get the idea he wasn't a nihilist! ... almost.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e)

17 Oh, training. Sure. Ok.

*Makes shake weight motion*

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 14, 2026 04:19 PM (u73oe)

18 Hit the gas!
- illegals on seeing ICE

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:19 PM (n5tGW)

19 I never figured Markwayne as someone stepping away from a fight.

Posted by: Random PJ at July 14, 2026 04:20 PM (+jscL)

20 ICE stopping cars seems odd to me. Why would they be stopping cars with any frequency? They can grab these motherfuckers anywhere.

Hell, walk around in any city (or even rural areas) in the county and you'll see thousands of these parasites shambling around. ICE could just send in the Scoops from Soylent Green.

Unless ICE is somehow identifying illegals while they are driving their cars this seems like a solution in search of a problem.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)

21 ICE Panzerschrecks FTW!

Do not allow the Heckler's Veto to prevail.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 04:20 PM (wVcYX)

22 I would start by putting chocks under the tires, and spiked chocks by preference.
Stopping cars driven by people who can't tell the difference between murdering someone and protesting is dangerous. I would prefer a situation where the ROE is to put a shotgun slug through the engine block at the first failure to comply, but I doubt that is the training ICE will get.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 04:20 PM (rbvCR)

23 You'd almost get the idea he wasn't a nihilist! ... almost.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Fi81e)

Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, but at least it's an ethos.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:20 PM (Ot/FD)

24 Re-trained. When you make a stop , park your vehicles directly in front and behind the suspect vehicle.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:20 PM (/WQyy)

25 15 Send out health inspectors to shut down all the roach coaches and starve the fuckers out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:19 PM (Ot/FD)

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How about Treasury regulations telling banks that legal status and lack thereof must be taken into account when doing business with individuals?

https://home.treasury.gov/news/
press-releases/sb0523

That good?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:21 PM (GKzf4)

26 Temporary or not it looks like capitulation and will viewed as such.

Posted by: STOP BREAKING THE LAW, ASSHOLES at July 14, 2026 04:21 PM (TbWk/)

27 Switch to other types of arrests temporarily? Like, target employers?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:18 PM (mmrXZ)

Please, stop. I can only get so excited.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 04:21 PM (rbvCR)

28 27 Temporary or not it looks like capitulation and will viewed as such.

Posted by: STOP BREAKING THE LAW, ASSHOLES at July 14, 2026 04:21 PM (TbWk/)

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1.2 million deported, even after ICE just completely stopped interior arrests after the killing of Goode and Pretti.

I suspect this is just PR and nothing's actually changing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:22 PM (GKzf4)

29 Re-trained. When you make a stop , park your vehicles directly in front and behind the suspect vehicle.
Posted by: polynikes

Lob a fragmentation grenade in the driver's window.

Frag out!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 04:22 PM (F5FAo)

30 Temporary or not it looks like capitulation and will viewed as such.

Posted by: STOP BREAKING THE LAW, ASSHOLES at July 14, 2026 04:21 PM (TbWk/)
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TACO!

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:23 PM (Fi81e)

31 Hopefully this will result in more PIT maneuvers to stop the car.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 04:23 PM (/TiS1)

32 Trump might have ordered this, but he's sneaky. Oh yeah they got new training, and uh... new grenade launchers.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:23 PM (S41Gd)

33 Offer bounties.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 04:23 PM (R+iUD)

34 Markwayne Mullin was "given the choice between war and dishonor".

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 04:24 PM (gKWVE)

35 Please, stop. I can only get so excited.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 04:21 PM

The only limits are the ones you place on yourself.

When you're ready to go to the next level, The Bob Dole is ready to assist!

Posted by: zombie Bob Dole at July 14, 2026 04:24 PM (0sNs1)

36 I suspect this is just PR and nothing's actually changing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Ok sure. But you’re ruining perfectly good black pilling with your ridiculous need for accuracy and facts.

Posted by: Kratwurst at July 14, 2026 04:24 PM (36bTp)

37 Offer bounties.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 04:23 PM (R+iUD)

Uh sure, of course these ears and noses are from illegals... *shifty eyes*

Posted by: Perverse incentives! at July 14, 2026 04:25 PM (TbWk/)

38 This will simply make the left move the ICE Overton Window. Now they can't come to illegals homes because illegals will open fire.
Bad mive

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 04:25 PM (m2wmY)

39 the first reaction is the worst reaction...I'm thinking a plan is already in place that will have libs wanting vehicle shootings to continue when they see the change that's coming

Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 04:25 PM (8uzBS)

40 Offer bounties.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 04:23 PM (R+iUD)
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So they can pick them up quicker?

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:25 PM (Fi81e)

41 And, more from Melugin:

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
·
6m
In speaking with numerous ICE sources today, most are expressing frustration that this will cause their arrest numbers to fall off a cliff while in effect. A large majority of their arrests involve vehicle stops. They will now largely have to rely on court arrests, detainer transfers, USCIS interviews, or “consensual encounters”/roving patrols on foot to make arrests in bigger numbers.

ICE prefers to target people in their vehicles instead of their homes because homes require a judicial warrant to enter and vehicles are considered safer (someone can run into a home and grab a weapon etc) and targets can be followed to public areas where warrants aren’t required.

In all the ICE embeds I’ve done over the years, I would say 90% + of the targets were arrested in vehicle stops, though, they were egregious aliens (murderers, rapists etc), and those vehicle stops are still allowed to continue for now. This will have a bigger impact on targets in the U.S. illegally who have committed no other crimes.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 04:25 PM (kX27y)

42 34 Markwayne Mullin was "given the choice between war and dishonor".

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 04:24 PM (gKWVE)

======

Deportation flights are roughly twice the previous record set under Noem (which were themselves records higher than any previous administration).

The immigration side of the political debate has been quiet recently because Mullin reduced the size of visual presence in areas, while increasing the number of raids at the same time.

And, this is all after Goode and Pretti's deaths ended all immigration enforcement in America completely and Trump just gave up on the issue because he was afraid of the political blowback.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:25 PM (GKzf4)

43 I suspect this is just PR and nothing's actually changing.

I think that trees are so laden with fruit, that picking one spot that causes too much pushback in an Election Year, just means to spread out.

It isn't like they have their work cut out for them in the next score of years.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 04:26 PM (/TiS1)

44 Every Dem running must:
1. Demand ICE be abolished (not rebranded)
2. Pledge to pass a national police law for all federal LEOs that requires identity tapes (name, ID), prohibits masks that conceal identity, requires always-on body cameras and outlaws qualified immunity

Best the Dems can do is only slightly increase the budget.

ICE orders officers to stop vehicle pursuits nationwide amid Houston and Maine shootings. That must be some damning body camera footage to have this response.

This isn’t justice for anyone, it’s a distraction. ICE has a bad habit of killing and maiming anyone they come across, and people need to be held accountable

They should only be allowed to carry non lethal weapons, idc about THEIR safety, I care about the random people they murder cause they are afraid of unarmed civilians.

Let’s hope for November big change. If we can't vote our way out of being murdered, the alternatives are worse.

The Mirror (US): ICE bosses blast Trump for pushing DHS to 'breaking point' after fatal shootings. The unrealistic expectations set by the White House are pushing ICE agents to their "breaking point."

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 04:26 PM (oI/gx)

45 >>> 37
==
Uh sure, of course these ears and noses are from illegals... *shifty eyes*
Posted by: Perverse incentives! at July 14, 2026 04:25 PM (TbWk/)

*I* didn't specify how to claim a bounty.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 04:26 PM (R+iUD)

46 The reason ICE has to apprehend fugitives in the public realm in the first place -

is because the usual suspects in government have, among many other things, reneged on their oath of office, and are aiding and abetting illegal aliens at the Courthouse and other locations where their detention can be performed safely without drama, or putting the public at risk, etc etc. Keep this in mind.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 04:26 PM (Yq6vM)

47 Retrain them how? Are they supposed to allow themselves to be attacked by leftwing terrorists and illegal alien criminals?

1. Don’t move/stand in front of the stopped vehicle if the driver refuses to turn off the engine.

2. See 1.

3. If 1 & 2 are not followed, make sure you are wearing a body cam before aiming for a head shot.

4. If a bystander vehicle intervenes and aims at an agent, follow 1 - 3, only faster.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 04:26 PM (6ydKt)

48 The M50 Ontos was made for stopping traffic.

Time for a second act?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 04:26 PM (0sNs1)

49 36 I suspect this is just PR and nothing's actually changing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Ok sure. But you’re ruining perfectly good black pilling with your ridiculous need for accuracy and facts.

Posted by: Kratwurst at July 14, 2026 04:24 PM (36bTp)

=======

We're at roughly month 17 of "Trump is betraying us on immigration because he didn't invent the teleporter to force all illegals out at once and he didn't end visa classes he has no authority to end because Congress created them and their limits".

It gets tiresome.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:26 PM (GKzf4)

50 Even before all of this, I always thought to myself if I were a police officer I would never stand in front of a suspect vehicle and I would always make a traffic stop with the idea the driver or passengers have a plan to kill me and to approach and observe accordingly. You can't afford to let your guard down because it only takes one time. One of the main reasons I couldn't be a police officer . That a police brutality claims.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:27 PM (/WQyy)

51 You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 04:27 PM (2Ez/1)

52 There's actually a lot of training that goes into traffic stops. It's possible that ICE hasn't received this training. None of the training is rocket science, but any cop doing any kind of traffic stops is definitely trained in it.

Traffic stops are actually quite risky and potentially traumatic for the cop. He has no idea who is in the car. He has no idea what is in the car. Could be a little old lady on her way to church. Or it could be a gangbanger with a glock and 50 pounds of heroin.

And now almost everyone has tinted windows, so it's almost impossible to see in. Hell, I got tinted windows just so nobody can see me driving. But if I ever get pulled over, I will roll down the window so the cop can see me.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:27 PM (iFTx/)

53 prohibits masks that conceal identity

When you fags stop doxxing everybody and their children, we’ll talk. Until then, eat shit

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 04:28 PM (Yq6vM)

54 Even before all of this, I always thought to myself if I were a police officer I would never stand in front of a suspect vehicle and I would always make a traffic stop with the idea the driver or passengers have a plan to kill me and to approach and observe accordingly. You can't afford to let your guard down because it only takes one time. One of the main reasons I couldn't be a police officer . That a police brutality claims.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:27 PM (/WQyy)
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I'll add to that that I don't see how shooting at the driver helps me get out of the way of a car coming toward you at close range.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)

55 Surprise! Susan Collins requested this.

@EricLDaugh
JUST NOW: After ICE halts most illegal immigration enforcement vehicle stops nationwide, Sen. SUSAN COLLINS (R-ME) reveals she's the one who asked DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin to do it — following a fatal shooting in Maine where the agent feared for public safety.
"I spoke with DHS Secretary Mullin last night and urged him to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops in the wake of yesterday’s deadly Biddeford shooting. I am encouraged that the Department has agreed to do so."

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 14, 2026 04:28 PM (3ImbR)

56 This isn’t justice for anyone, it’s a distraction. ~~ICE~~ Democrats have a bad habit of killing and maiming anyone they come across, and people need to be held accountable

Fixed for accuracy

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 04:29 PM (/TiS1)

57 It gets tiresome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Your efforts in this matter are greatly appreciated.

Posted by: Kratwurst at July 14, 2026 04:29 PM (36bTp)

58 57 It gets tiresome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Your efforts in this matter are greatly appreciated.

Posted by: Kratwurst at July 14, 2026 04:29 PM (36bTp)

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"Well, I still see Indians at my Costco, so nothing has happened."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM (GKzf4)

59 A small ant crawled into my sinus. I drowned him in loogie and then fired him into a paving stone, but it still freaked me out.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM (BI5O2)

60 Stop, submit, and comply peacefully, else light them illegal assholes up. Comprende, pendejo?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM (wVcYX)

61 50 Even before all of this, I always thought to myself if I were a police officer I would never stand in front of a suspect vehicle and I would always make a traffic stop with the idea the driver or passengers have a plan to kill me and to approach and observe accordingly. You can't afford to let your guard down because it only takes one time. One of the main reasons I couldn't be a police officer . That a police brutality claims.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:27 PM (/WQyy)

I'm obviously no expert but standing in front of a running vehicle or vehicle that is operational and under the control of the driver just seems like a bad idea tactically and from an officer safety point of view.

Posted by: just sayin' at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM (TbWk/)

62 A gangbanger with a clock and 50 pounds of The Bob Dole's finest = the thingie that goes up.

Posted by: zombie Bob Dole at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM (0sNs1)

63 "I'm told this will be temporary until ICE officers receive new training on vehicle stops."

Shoot sooner.

Training completed.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM (ItWcy)

64 Retrain them how? Are they supposed to allow themselves to be attacked by leftwing terrorists and illegal alien criminals?

1. Don’t move/stand in front of the stopped vehicle if the driver refuses to turn off the engine.

2. See 1.

3. If 1 & 2 are not followed, make sure you are wearing a body cam before aiming for a head shot.

4. If a bystander vehicle intervenes and aims at an agent, follow 1 - 3, only faster.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 04:26 PM (6ydKt)
_________

You'll also notice that when a cop comes up to the side of a stopped car, he will keep his body behind the side window and door. It's to avoid walking up and getting shot through the window.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM (iFTx/)

65 Have we considered sending in social workers?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 04:31 PM (nTGnD)

66 "Well, I still see Indians at my Costco, so nothing has happened."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM

Feather or dot?

Posted by: J. Random Commenter at July 14, 2026 04:31 PM (0sNs1)

67 Thats why terrorism works
Fear and intimidating

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 04:31 PM (j9CiB)

68 The reason ICE has to apprehend fugitives in the public realm in the first place -

is because the usual suspects in government have, among many other things, reneged on their oath of office, and are aiding and abetting illegal aliens at the Courthouse and other locations where their detention can be performed safely without drama, or putting the public at risk, etc etc. Keep this in mind.
Posted by: Common Tater

1 Brazilian percent this!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 04:31 PM (F5FAo)

69 64
You'll also notice that when a cop comes up to the side of a stopped car, he will keep his body behind the side window and door. It's to avoid walking up and getting shot through the window.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM (iFTx/)

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Training could be no more than a video provided by some law enforcement training organization they have to watch on their phones.

Or it could be a 37 week intensive course to teach them where to stand next to a car.

Maybe somewhere in between.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:31 PM (GKzf4)

70 Tinted windows would bother me most as a cop.

If they are dark enough you could walk right up to a gun pointed at your heart and never know it.

That’s one reason cops don’t mind ticketing for tint that is too dark.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

71 "I spoke with DHS Secretary Mullin last night and urged him to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops in the wake of yesterday’s deadly Biddeford shooting. I am encouraged that the Department has agreed to do so."
Posted by: IrishEi

Probably a good call for a moderate in an election year. If it's mostly symbolic, and ICE keeps arresting and deporting people, it might be a win/win. It's sad I'm at the point where I'm excited for Collins to win, but here we are...

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 04:32 PM (oI/gx)

72 I honestly thought two would enough to end the silliness.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 04:32 PM (RIvkX)

73 Every Dem running must:
1. Demand ICE be abolished (not rebranded)
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Yeah, an agency has to be disbanded, because in following the law and the orders of the President "it's gone rogue".

Can you get any dumber?

It cannot be reformed if you cannot stop it from following the executive function of the office of the person in whom all executive power is vested!!

No, Dems. YOU can't fucking CONTROL it because YOU lost POWER because YOU showed you can't be fucking TRUSTED WITH POWER because you're LOOOOOONS.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:32 PM (Fi81e)

74 71 "I spoke with DHS Secretary Mullin last night and urged him to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops in the wake of yesterday’s deadly Biddeford shooting. I am encouraged that the Department has agreed to do so."
Posted by: IrishEi

Probably a good call for a moderate in an election year. If it's mostly symbolic, and ICE keeps arresting and deporting people, it might be a win/win. It's sad I'm at the point where I'm excited for Collins to win, but here we are...

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 04:32 PM (oI/gx)

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She's going to win by 20, and everyone is going to forget that they thought she was going to lose.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:32 PM (GKzf4)

75 Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)

Agree. The shoots I've seen though are usually the partner of the vehicle's target. Not ICE though. Before the controversy with ICE, law enforcement otherwise have had hundreds of these types of shootings . They don't always result in fatalities though.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:33 PM (/WQyy)

76 Ban selling of cars to illegals. Heh, I'd like to see the uproar just for kicks.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:33 PM (n5tGW)

77 1 Brazilian percent this!
Posted by: rickb223

I don't even know how many a brazilian is!!! (sobbing)
- George W. Bush

Posted by: Just the punchline at July 14, 2026 04:34 PM (oI/gx)

78 76 Ban selling of cars to illegals. Heh, I'd like to see the uproar just for kicks.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:33 PM (n5tGW)

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Treasury regulations released in the last few weeks tell banks to treat illegal status as a financial risk.

Illegals can't get car loans now, essentially.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:34 PM (GKzf4)

79 She's going to win by 20, and everyone is going to forget that they thought she was going to lose.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:32 PM (GKzf4)

Are you insinuating that the same people who tried to sell a neo-nazi rapist layabout to the Maine electorate might have blown their credibility?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 04:34 PM (nTGnD)

80 I honestly thought two would enough to end the silliness.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It's stopped the silliness. Now it's illegals trying to get away.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 04:34 PM (F5FAo)

81 Picking up my new used vehicle, once the paperwork is finalized

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 04:34 PM (j9CiB)

82 You'll also notice that when a cop comes up to the side of a stopped car, he will keep his body behind the side window and door. It's to avoid walking up and getting shot through the window.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM (iFTx/)

Has happened a lot over the years even with the precautions they take.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)

83 JUST NOW: After ICE halts most illegal immigration enforcement vehicle stops nationwide, Sen. SUSAN COLLINS (R-ME) reveals she's the one who asked DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin to do it — following a fatal shooting in Maine where the agent feared for public safety.

Collins was mobbed by smelly antifa fatties, I saw the footage this morning.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 04:35 PM (2ocoG)

84 79 Are you insinuating that the same people who tried to sell a neo-nazi rapist layabout to the Maine electorate might have blown their credibility?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 04:34 PM (nTGnD)

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I'm saying that a woman who has won her last 3 elections by healthy margins is going to win her next election by healthy margins as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:35 PM (GKzf4)

85 Collins use of the term "non-urgent" leaves a lot of room if ICE is using that standard.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 04:35 PM (m2wmY)

86 Not ICE though. Before the controversy with ICE, law enforcement otherwise have had hundreds of these types of shootings . They don't always result in fatalities though.
Posted by: polynikes

That's because the local yokels need moar training.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 04:36 PM (F5FAo)

87 Tinted windows would bother me most as a cop.

If they are dark enough you could walk right up to a gun pointed at your heart and never know it.

That’s one reason cops don’t mind ticketing for tint that is too dark.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)
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Yea, I don't want to be walking up on a black BMW sedan with dark-tinted windows.

Tinting car windows is illegal in almost every state. Yet probably half the cars on the road are tinted, and some of them are so dark it's like looking at a black wall.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:36 PM (iFTx/)

88 A win for the People ✊🏽

Posted by: Sid at July 14, 2026 04:36 PM (d3IoH)

89 I'm told this will be temporary until ICE officers receive new training on vehicle stops."

Shoot sooner.

Training completed.

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I'm with you.

But a good half measure would just be to announce anyone impeding ICE missions is getting arrested, and don't anybody dare resist.

Dedicate units along major thoroughfares to bust up undesirables, and hire for it if needed. It's just high-intensity crossing guards we're talking about here, not Navy SEALs.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 04:36 PM (BI5O2)

90 No. They don't need "new training". They need to keep shooting people who try to run them over until those people either (1) leave voluntarily or (2) learn that trying to run ICE over gets you dead.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (N1DT3)

This.

Anytime someone interferes with ICE and is killed for it, it's a good day for America. The left needs to be culled or cowed.

Posted by: Methos at July 14, 2026 04:36 PM (vSvIl)

91 Collins was mobbed by smelly antifa fatties, I saw the footage this morning.
Posted by: Ian S.

To be fair, most of yoy would quickly break under that kind of torture. Not me, of course, but most of you.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 14, 2026 04:36 PM (oI/gx)

92 It's simple, before rousting somebody in a car, you throw down a strip of tire spikes in front of their car, so if they really want to get out there, they're incurring a hefty financial cost.

The teams would probably have to be bigger, though.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

93
This will have a bigger impact on targets in the U.S. illegally who have committed no other crimes.
Posted by: beckster

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BOOM. If you can't get the gang bangers inside their homes, get the grandmas on the taco carts. They forced our fucking hand.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:37 PM (mmrXZ)

94 The Democrats are going to train them how to shoot the tires of a car or truck to make it stop on a dime, how to shoot a harmless through and through shot through the meat of an attackers leg to incapacitate them, and how to shoot the gun out of an assailant's hand.

Posted by: syranch at July 14, 2026 04:37 PM (FsQPy)

95 JUST NOW: After ICE halts most illegal immigration enforcement vehicle stops nationwide, Sen. SUSAN COLLINS (R-ME) reveals she's the one who asked DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin to do it — following a fatal shooting in Maine where the agent feared for public safety.

Let the wetbacks run. Let them run over and kill a family.

Point the survivors to Collins' office.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 04:37 PM (F5FAo)

96 cleanup aisle 88

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 04:38 PM (gKWVE)

97 Coordination with car registrations you could find half the illegals in the country.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:38 PM (n5tGW)

98
Picking up my new used vehicle, once the paperwork is finalized
Posted by: Skip

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Congrats! I hope it hasn't set you back too much.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:39 PM (mmrXZ)

99 A win for the illegal aliens trying to flee or possibly assault law enforcement.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:39 PM (/WQyy)

100 Instead of abolishing ICE, I'd rather we just abolish the Democrat Party.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 14, 2026 04:39 PM (C4BAC)

101 It's simple, before rousting somebody in a car, you throw down a strip of tire spikes in front of their car, so if they really want to get out there, they're incurring a hefty financial cost.

Some police agencies already do that - one spike strip under one of the wheels on your way up to talk to the driver will seriously curtail their ability to flee. Doesn't even need extra cops.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 04:40 PM (2ocoG)

102 Coordination with car registrations you could find half the illegals in the country.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:38 PM (n5tGW)
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But that's a woulda-shoulda because the big change is that states and cities are now actively refusing to cooperate with ICE. And "outlawing" any assistance--although that should be challenged in court toot sweet.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)

103 97 Coordination with car registrations you could find half the illegals in the country.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:38 PM (n5tGW)

===÷

This is how most are being found.

Local cops with 287g agreements with DHS pull over someone, check status, arrest, and call ICE for pickup.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 04:40 PM (GKzf4)

104 Coordination with car registrations you could find half the illegals in the country.

Don't a lot of modern cars have lo-jack devices in them? I mean a lot of illegals drive old or stolen cars, but since they are often involved with Learing Centers, it would seem to me that just killing the car will save them hassles.

At least all of the Conspiracy Theories tell me that LEOs can stop cars at the push of a button.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (U4c/V)

105 My Dad loved watching the Roy Rogers Show. But even as kids, we knew how laughable it was that Roy always managed to shoot the gun out of the bad guy's hand. But apparently young Lefties watched those shows and thought they were documentaries

Posted by: Wally at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (0e5Te)

106 Perps flee in their cars now because most jurisdictions shut down the chase if they believe it's a danger to the public. News flash. It's always dangerous.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (/WQyy)

107 My daughter trying to find a used car as her first car. Damn it's tough at least in my state. Even the price for crap cars is ridiculous.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW)

108 Was Collins nervously wringing her hands when she made her request?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (wVcYX)

109
Have we considered sending in social workers?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

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Hmm, maybe we could throw them in front of fleeing vehicles instead of spike strips.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (mmrXZ)

110 Misquoting The Big Lebowski badly ehough to draw a correction from Wesley Crusher gets you a night in the box.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (0sNs1)

111 98
Picking up my new used vehicle, once the paperwork is finalized
Posted by: Skip

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Very cool news. I'm going to take this feeling of happiness and cut my losses until later. Back to my stuff.

Congrats Skip.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 04:42 PM (Sco7b)

112 107 My daughter trying to find a used car as her first car. Damn it's tough at least in my state. Even the price for crap cars is ridiculous.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW)

You're welcome.

Posted by: Mmm mm mm Barack Hussein Obama at July 14, 2026 04:42 PM (TbWk/)

113
My daughter trying to find a used car as her first car. Damn it's tough at least in my state. Even the price for crap cars is ridiculous.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

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Are we still recovering from Obama's Cash for Clunkers fail?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:42 PM (mmrXZ)

114 Picking up my new used vehicle, once the paperwork is finalized
Posted by: Skip

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Congrats! I hope it hasn't set you back too much.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:39 PM (mmrXZ)
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See my comment above.

He bought a black BMW sedan with dark-tinted windows and those chrome fender extension things. Real gangsta!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:42 PM (iFTx/)

115 My Dad loved watching the Roy Rogers Show. But even as kids, we knew how laughable it was that Roy always managed to shoot the gun out of the bad guy's hand. But apparently young Lefties watched those shows and thought they were documentaries

Posted by: Wally at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (0e5Te)
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Wishful thinking always plays a key role in Dem jabber.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:42 PM (Fi81e)

116 Bang! Bang! Ha-ha!

When was the last time someone aimed an EV at a LEO? Oh, wait, they just lose control and crash.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 04:42 PM (sYM3s)

117 No. They don't need "new training". They need to keep shooting people who try to run them over until those people either (1) leave voluntarily or (2) learn that trying to run ICE over gets you dead.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Anytime someone interferes with ICE and is killed for it, it's a good day for America. The left needs to be culled or cowed.
Posted by: Methos

Law enforcement and the military do stuff like this frequently. There have been a couple high profile shootings, some questionable decisions may have been involved, so it's good to reiterate policy and procedures to protect the public AND protect the officers from lawsuits and possible prosecution. For example, in the Maine case, it's reported:

When ICE tried to stop a vehicle driven by someone coming from that address, the “vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon,” the department said.

That's not self defense, and shooting fleeing felons is a tricky legal call. My training would be telling ICE officers not to make statements on any shooting until they've consulted an attorney.

Posted by: Military Moron at July 14, 2026 04:43 PM (oI/gx)

118 [iBut that's a woulda-shoulda because the big change is that states and cities are now actively refusing to cooperate with ICE.

Private Third Parties provide license plate details without the need of a warrant or state/local participation.

How do you think the insurance companies and car repo teams find vehicles and associate the cars with policies and contract agreements?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 04:43 PM (U4c/V)

119 I'd say if we started jailing public officials who refuse to turn over illegals in their custody, a lot of this silliness would go away.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 04:43 PM (3Ope8)

120
Retrain them how? Are they supposed to allow themselves to be attacked by leftwing terrorists and illegal alien criminals?

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In reality, I'm more with James Madison. I think the biggest change will be TURN ON YOUR FUCKING BODY CAM. Stupid that we taxpayers have bought these things and the officers weren't using them.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:43 PM (mmrXZ)

121 Democrats should never win another office. Ever.

EXCLUSIVE: Democrat Texas candidate Bobby Pulido said molesting kids is “not necessarily rape,” after he brought a sex offender to a middle school, according to social media posts uncovered by the Daily Caller.

Pulido brought his longtime friend, convicted child sex offender Frankie Caballero, to perform at a benefit concert at a Texas middle school in 2016, according to an Axios report.

Unearthed posts on Twitter, now known as X, show Pulido explaining why he believed it was appropriate to bring Caballero to the benefit concert.

The posts were published in a series of tweets in August 2018, weeks after the event.

In one post, Pulido downplayed child molestation, writing, “Child molestation is abhorrent. But is not necessarily rape or murder, what you said. My point, and Geraldo’s point, is they have been unfairly demonized. It’s like if I said that whites shouldn’t be able to buy guns because most mass shooters are white.”

https://tinyurl.com/5n8vsmep

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 04:44 PM (F5FAo)

122 My daughter trying to find a used car as her first car. Damn it's tough at least in my state. Even the price for crap cars is ridiculous.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

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Are we still recovering from Obama's Cash for Clunkers fail?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:42 PM (mmrXZ)
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That, plus the fallout from covid shutting down almost all car sales and production for almost a year still hasn't fully subsided. New cars are very expensive, so a lot of people are turning to used cars, but they aren't cheap any more either.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:45 PM (iFTx/)

123 Dear Lord, forgive us. We're retarded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 04:45 PM (zZu0s)

124
When ICE tried to stop a vehicle driven by someone coming from that address, the “vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon,” the department said.

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I know this has been asked before, but if the vehicle is fleeing and the officer is concerned for public safety presumably because the vehicle is speeding into a crowed, AND the officer is NOT in front of the vehicle -- could the officer shoot the tires? Or is this silly girl talk?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:46 PM (mmrXZ)

125 Perps flee in their cars now because most jurisdictions shut down the chase if they believe it's a danger to the public. News flash. It's always dangerous.

Arkansas famously slaps an extra felony on if you flee, and they have a law to make it free and easy for people to get dashcam footage from the state police. For a while they'd pull someone over, make sure the dashcam got a good look at the perp, and tell them to say hi to YouTube. A Hawaiian judge must've found out because I haven't seen that in a while.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 04:46 PM (2ocoG)

126 112 107 My daughter trying to find a used car as her first car. Damn it's tough at least in my state. Even the price for crap cars is ridiculous.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW)

You're welcome.
Posted by: Mmm mm mm Barack Hussein Obama at July 14, 2026 04:42 PM (TbWk/)

In certain areas, you are better off buying low end and safe new - they are actually cheaper than most used (swing by Kia or Subaru)...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 04:47 PM (tOcjL)

127 https://tinyurl.com/5n8vsmep
Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 04:44 PM (F5FAo)

Most mass shootings are by persons of color. By a wide wide margin.

A mass shooting is defined when 4 or more people are shot.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:47 PM (/WQyy)

128 Just grab them before they get in their cars.

Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 04:48 PM (YwEeS)

129 I know this has been asked before, but if the vehicle is fleeing and the officer is concerned for public safety presumably because the vehicle is speeding into a crowed, AND the officer is NOT in front of the vehicle -- could the officer shoot the tires? Or is this silly girl talk?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:46 PM (mmrXZ)

This sounds a bit like the "why didn't the cop just shoot the man with a knife in the leg" routine. There's less threat to the officer himself, but gun accuracy isn't like it's portrayed in Hollyweird movies, especially when firing on moving objects.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 14, 2026 04:48 PM (Yh7zv)

130 Why is even one red federal cent going to these states and cities that enforce lawlessness?? That should help get local governments compliant.

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 14, 2026 04:48 PM (RmciC)

131 I know this has been asked before, but if the vehicle is fleeing and the officer is concerned for public safety presumably because the vehicle is speeding into a crowed, AND the officer is NOT in front of the vehicle -- could the officer shoot the tires? Or is this silly girl talk?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Yes.

Tires being shot out are a Hollywood thing.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 14, 2026 04:48 PM (TezPK)

132 In certain areas, you are better off buying low end and safe new - they are actually cheaper than most used (swing by Kia or Subaru)...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 04:47 PM (tOcjL)

Yeah if I had a daughter I'd want her to have something that would not break down on her than save her money. Plus you can charge her predatory interest rates for the car.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

133 “vehicle attempted to flee the scene

Contact StarChase Vehicle Mounted Launcher and order their Guardian-VX.

Its a compressed air fired GPS tracker bound in sticky goo that attaches itself to whatever it hits. The crim can then be tracked safely and quietly from the air-conditioned comfort of the PD's tactical command center.

They see that no one is tailing them, they slow down, do some maneuvers, and often end up driving to their criminal lair where, no-doubt, other deportation candidates may be lurking.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 04:49 PM (U4c/V)

134
Tires being shot out are a Hollywood thing.
Posted by: Joe Mama

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Okay.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:49 PM (mmrXZ)

135 If fairness, DHS should review their TTP’s. There are ways to conduct traffic stops using blocker vehicles and keeping personnel out of the vehicle travel path. Mostly.

I don’t fault DHS for the shootings which will be investigated and resolved, most likely in their favor. A vehicle traveling towards an officer is lethal force. Period. That goes doubly if it is a known evasion tactic of the targets. But you want that to be a rare occurrence, mostly because that improves force protection.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 04:49 PM (CBxy/)

136 Every time an illegal criminal gets shot dead by ICE, Taco Bell should give out free tacos to celebrate.

Enjoy!

Posted by: Cyclospora at July 14, 2026 04:51 PM (F1rMs)

137 I inherited my FIL's 2003 Volvo S60 in 2022 with 35k miles on it. Our son has been using it to make his 60 mile drive to work. It now has almost 100k miles.

I also notice several current makes have identical body profiles.

That is the same car we saw them pour sand into the running engine in Obama's cash for clunkers deal.

Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 04:51 PM (8uzBS)

138 And yes, we do negotiate with terrorists.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 14, 2026 04:51 PM (Cqx++)

139 That, plus the fallout from covid shutting down almost all car sales and production for almost a year still hasn't fully subsided. New cars are very expensive, so a lot of people are turning to used cars, but they aren't cheap any more either.

There is some help for that coming. A new company that owns the rights to Ransom E. Olds' name announced a $21,500 pickup with crank windows, cloth upholstery, everything people say they want in a cheap truck. And gas engines, unlike the other company making cheap pickups. Extended cab is $25,000, and body-on-frame SUV is $28,000. All on the same chassis.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 04:51 PM (2ocoG)

140 Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 04:49 PM (U4c/V)

Except for the stolen vehicle pursuits. As soon as they lose the police they dump out of the vehicle.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:52 PM (/WQyy)

141 What we're dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law.

(As true today as in 1977)

Posted by: Sheriff Buford T. Justice at July 14, 2026 04:52 PM (wVcYX)

142 Wait. I thought inner city shooting were largely with AR’s using standard capacity mags, and suppressors. Oh and all those “features” blue states babble about.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 04:52 PM (CBxy/)

143 A vehicle traveling towards an officer is lethal force. Period. That goes doubly if it is a known evasion tactic of the targets.
Posted by: Marcus T

NOOO! They were just trying to get away from being kidnapped, not hit anyone. They didn't hit anyone, either, even though you can see Renee Good hit that officer, it didn't happen, and was his fault anyway. He shot her when he was next to the window, out of harm's way. They're all murderers and will be executed when we regain power!!!

Posted by: Reddit Retards at July 14, 2026 04:53 PM (oI/gx)

144 There is some help for that coming. A new company that owns the rights to Ransom E. Olds' name announced a $21,500 pickup with crank windows, cloth upholstery, everything people say they want in a cheap truck. And gas engines, unlike the other company making cheap pickups. Extended cab is $25,000, and body-on-frame SUV is $28,000.
by: Ian S.

Cheep Jeep. Less to break, easier to maintain. I like it.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 14, 2026 04:53 PM (TezPK)

145 136 Every time an illegal criminal gets shot dead by ICE, Taco Bell should give out free tacos to celebrate.

Enjoy!

Posted by: Cyclospora at July 14, 2026 04:51 PM

The Taco Bell should ring.

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

146 Remember the leftie nutjob that ran over a Trump-supporting teenager? That story disappeared entirely too quickly.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2026 04:54 PM (diia5)

147 Hope Dog Leg Straight gets ironed out, gas inse Pa is back above $4

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 04:54 PM (j9CiB)

148 There are at least 2 mass shootings every weekend by urban youts.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:54 PM (/WQyy)

149 At the request of Susan Collins, the training will include how to shoot the car out of the hands of the invader, like in the movies and stuff. Also, at the tires.

Posted by: ICE ICE BABY at July 14, 2026 04:54 PM (IOrPZ)

150 My daughter trying to find a used car as her first car. Damn it's tough at least in my state. Even the price for crap cars is ridiculous.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

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Are we still recovering from Obama's Cash for Clunkers fail?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:42 PM

The CBO predicted that cash for clunkers would alter the used car market out for 15 years and that was in 2008. Others think it has disrupted the used car market permanently by taking a huge chunk of used car inventory and literally destroying it. It's probably somewhere in the middle and we should see some sanity returning to the used car market in about 2030 or so.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 04:54 PM (0N4FZ)

151 "pickup with crank windows, cloth upholstery, everything people say they want in a cheap truck."

Sounds like my 2001 Ranger. I wonder if they will make it to over 300K.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 04:55 PM (MWfyi)

152 131 I know this has been asked before, but if the vehicle is fleeing and the officer is concerned for public safety presumably because the vehicle is speeding into a crowed, AND the officer is NOT in front of the vehicle -- could the officer shoot the tires? Or is this silly girl talk?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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People driving cars can and do travel a fair distance on rims. You see it quite frequently in real life car chases when tire spike strips are used to blow out tires. Quite enough to run over a law enforcement agent at high enough speed to kill or seriously injure them.

And shooting through the front of a tire is trying to shoot through the toughest part, risks richochet by firing at a low angle to who knows where, and is not guaranteed to stop a vehicle.

A lot of crap about firearms comes from Hollywood's distortions or outright make believe falseness. That in and of itself is not so bad, but idiots trying to make policy on that basis makes everything worse.

Hollyweird makes everything worse when people believe their lies as truth.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 04:55 PM (E4rtv)

153 Sounds like my 2001 Ranger. I wonder if they will make it to over 300K.

They say they're being designed to go 500k miles and they will sell you the parts direct to fix it.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 04:56 PM (2ocoG)

154 Cutoff all funding to this shithole. This is fucking nuts.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 04:56 PM (HW/1v)

155 Per multiple federal sources to @FoxNews, ICE has been instructed to immediately cease most vehicle stops during immigration enforcement operations nationwide, except for operations targeting the most egregious criminal aliens.

Am I the only one who sees this as a big nothingburger? The traffic stops will continue, since all illegal aliens are "egregiously criminal aliens". Perhaps they will be a little more careful about letting agents get into situations where the wetbacks or protesters possibly could run over them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 04:56 PM (1z8ji)

156 "They say they're being designed to go 500k miles and they will sell you the parts direct to fix it.
Posted by: Ian S."

Well, it sounds good. Are they shipping?

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 04:57 PM (MWfyi)

157 Except for the stolen vehicle pursuits. As soon as they lose the police they dump out of the vehicle.

A few years ago Denver PD tagged a stolen vehicle, then dropped off. Crim drove around for about fifteen minutes then entered into a warehouse district.

Creeped around for a few minutes which gave SWAT teams ample time to circle in. The crim then finished the drive into one of the bays in the warehouse.

Within seconds SWAT converged and busted a major chop shop.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 04:57 PM (a3CJ+)

158 I am hoping this will be my last vehicle, if can retire in another year won't need to go hardly anywhere

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 04:57 PM (j9CiB)

159 I get a safety stand down. Too many repeats of a bad thing. I am a retired cop and a young patrolman. I was assigned to a foot patrol unit, and because bad people had cars and I didn't, I was given specific block of instruction on how to conduct traffic stops on foot. Short version: don't stand in front of or behind a car, avoid the turning radius of the wheels, and don't get yourself in a position to grapple with someone in the car. Get the keys if you can. If they drive away, don't get hurt. Instruction was first in a classroom, then out in the parking lot, where they did backing turns to show us how exposed we were and had us try/fail to stop a driver from starting a car from outside the driver's door. In my old department, shootings into vehicles were extremely rare, even though car contacts on foot happen all the time.

Posted by: BrianOnTheBay at July 14, 2026 04:57 PM (lhcSJ)

160 There are a lot of people who have been to Iraq, Afghanistan and other shithole countries who can tell you the best way to stop a vehicle is to shoot the driver. Especially when it’s assumed it’s carrying a VBIED. There are entire shooting tactics built specifically around that type of termination.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 04:58 PM (CBxy/)

161 Equip all ICE vehicles with cow-catchers, or snow-plow blades. Make illegals grate again.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 14, 2026 04:58 PM (TezPK)

162 "pickup with crank windows, cloth upholstery, everything people say they want in a cheap truck."

Sounds like my 2001 Ranger. I wonder if they will make it to over 300K.
Posted by: fd

Sounds like my 2007 Ranger. Hoping to get it over 200k.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 04:58 PM (F5FAo)

163 What did you get, Skip?

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 04:58 PM (MWfyi)

164 Well, it sounds good. Are they shipping?

Not yet. They're doing the Elon thing where you can place a small deposit now to get in line, and they're supposed to start taking actual orders later this year. reotrucks.com.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 04:58 PM (2ocoG)

165 Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 04:55 PM (E4rtv)

I like the TV show , Hollywood Weapons where the host sets up scenes from movies and see if it can be done.

By the way the best episode was from Quigley Down Under.

They proved you could kill two with one shot and that you could hit a bucket from whatever distance that was in the movie.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:58 PM (/WQyy)

166 Whomever in the administration decided on the "stand down" should be flogged with barbed wire and strung up by his/her thumbs with fishhooks.

Fuck this shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 04:59 PM (jehhT)

167 There are a lot of people who have been to Iraq, Afghanistan and other shithole countries who can tell you the best way to stop a vehicle is to shoot the driver. Especially when it’s assumed it’s carrying a VBIED. There are entire shooting tactics built specifically around that type of termination.
Posted by: Marcus T
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*nods*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 14, 2026 04:59 PM (/0H7F)

168 Late to the party:

250 "Elliot" needs some growth hormones... 5 ft 1 male ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (F1quE)

Elliot Page is the Robert Reich of Ru Pauls.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (zZu0s)

Elliot Page is an incredible actor. His portrayal of a pregnant girl in Juno was on point. It's robbery that he didn't get an award for such a huge stretch.

Ellen Page is a terrible actress. Her character 'Elliot' should really have Short Man Syndrome, with a chip on his shoulder the size of an aircraft carrier and anger management problems out the wazoo, from all the bullying he would've endured.

Elliot (née Ellen) Page is a damaged woman indulging a fetish, not even attempting a realistic portrayal of a male character. She's actually a decent actress, good enough to play pregnant without ever having been before; but acting isn't the point of what she's doing here, which is why she talks like a crazy woman instead of like a man.

I think the last one is true.

Posted by: SciVo at July 14, 2026 04:59 PM (Sy6m/)

169 "reotrucks.com"

Hmm. Speedwagons?

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 04:59 PM (MWfyi)

170 Surprise! Susan Collins requested this.

@EricLDaugh
JUST NOW: After ICE halts most illegal immigration enforcement vehicle stops nationwide, Sen. SUSAN COLLINS (R-ME) reveals she's the one who asked DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin to do it — following a fatal shooting in Maine where the agent feared for public safety.
"I spoke with DHS Secretary Mullin last night and urged him to cease all non-urgent vehicle stops in the wake of yesterday’s deadly Biddeford shooting. I am encouraged that the Department has agreed to do so."

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at July 14, 2026 04:28 PM (3ImbR)

I'm really frigging tired of rickety trembling bitch.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 05:00 PM (S41Gd)

171 >>
*nods*
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 14, 2026 04:59 PM (/0H7F)

And did I add are also beautiful people who should have been promoted?

Yes, yes I did.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 05:00 PM (CBxy/)

172 receive new training on vehicle stops.

2 in the radiator.
1 in the head.

Posted by: The Grim Reaper at July 14, 2026 05:00 PM (FhXTo)

173 Am I the only one who sees this as a big nothingburger? The traffic stops will continue, since all illegal aliens are "egregiously criminal aliens". Perhaps they will be a little more careful about letting agents get into situations where the wetbacks or protesters possibly could run over them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 04:56 PM (1z8ji)
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I agree. Shootings are not supposed to happen and the tactics need to evolve accordingly. The training they have been using is adequate for normal situations and these aren't normal, so they are adapting to the changing tactical environment.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 05:01 PM (ZOv7s)

174 Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 04:57 PM (a3CJ+)

What movie was that?

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:01 PM (/WQyy)

175 It's just for better training. If I were in Charge it would involve lots of drills with cars coming at ICE officers and hitting the driver dummy in the head.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 14, 2026 05:01 PM (xvV+O)

176 They say they're being designed to go 500k miles and they will sell you the parts direct to fix it.

I'm going to call BS on the 500k miles. Probably one of the most consistently bullet proof engines is the AMC I6, later put in the Jeep XJs as the 4.0L It gets crappy gas mileage because they overbuilt the engine with 7 main bearings and other design gimmicks.

300k would be pretty common out of the engine if the body didn't rust away or otherwise get wrecked.

I don't know how they will pass CAFE and have a 500k drivetrain

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 05:02 PM (rgGn5)

177 receive new training on vehicle stops.

2 in the radiator.
1 in the head.
Posted by: The Grim Reaper

Ahh, the Motownzambique.

Posted by: Joe Mama at July 14, 2026 05:02 PM (TezPK)

178 Hmm. Speedwagons?

The website hints at that, but the first one is going to be the "Runabout" because that was the first original REO truck in the 19-oh-naughts.

Oh, also, they're building them in Texas.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 05:02 PM (2ocoG)

179
The traffic stops will continue, since all illegal aliens are "egregiously criminal aliens".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peo

Well, there's this per Bill Melugin:
This will have a bigger impact on targets in the U.S. illegally who have committed no other crimes.

The reason being that ICE will target less-dangerous illegals who are more safely apprehended in their vehicles or at destinations outside their homes.

Which I'm fine with. We tried to take out the violent and dangerous, and stupid libs forced us to leave those in communities and remove grandma with her taco truck and Viva with her YouTube influencer aspirations.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 05:02 PM (mmrXZ)

180 receive new training on vehicle stops.

2 in the radiator.
1 in the head.
Posted by: The Grim Reaper at July 14, 2026 05:00 PM (FhXTo)

Det. Harry Callahan as the senior trainer on procedures and minimum caliber firearms.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 05:02 PM (wVcYX)

181 Spain defeats France in soccer. Spain is to soccer what Pernell Whitaker was to boxing: If youre doing it right, its really really boring.

Posted by: Wally at July 14, 2026 05:03 PM (0e5Te)

182 There is nothing wrong with a tactical pause to review your TTP’s. If that many officers are in the path of cars you want to take some time to ensure everything is occurring the way it should. Maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t and you can improve.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 05:03 PM (CBxy/)

183 I'm really frigging tired of rickety trembling bitch.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 05:00 PM (S41Gd)
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She represents her state. A MAGA candidate would lose. Look at their loopy governor.

This is smart politics - ICE needs to retrain, and she can appear to be Important and Influential. Even Trump listens to her!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 05:03 PM (ZOv7s)

184 t's just for better training. If I were in Charge it would involve lots of drills with cars coming at ICE officers and hitting the driver dummy in the head.

Sounds like an attraction I would attend at a Theme Park. Where can I sign up for "training" ?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 05:03 PM (rgGn5)

185 So we now have sanctuary cars? Funny old world.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 14, 2026 05:04 PM (wBaIH)

186 To be fair, my Ranger had a 92K motor put in at 300K miles.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 05:04 PM (MWfyi)

187 This is smart politics - ICE needs to retrain, and she can appear to be Important and Influential. Even Trump listens to her!

Also she had Antifa all up in her personal space and this makes them go away.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 05:04 PM (2ocoG)

188 Spain defeats France in soccer. Spain is to soccer what Pernell Whitaker was to boxing: If youre doing it right, its really really boring.
Posted by: Wally at July 14, 2026 05:03 PM (0e5Te)

Spain v England in the final could be payback for the sinking of the Spanish Armada.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 05:05 PM (wVcYX)

189 Still waiting for paperwork

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:05 PM (j9CiB)

190 OT -

No fines (yet), just affixing tags that say either you're good or needs a little more work.

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
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1h
Sacramento, California, will now be inspecting residents' trash to make sure they are in compliance with state law.

The City of Sacramento will send crews across the city to track and check that residents are sorting their trash properly.

It's just a matter of time until they install Flock cameras inside your trash can.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 05:06 PM (kX27y)

191
The CBO predicted that cash for clunkers would alter the used car market out for 15 years and that was in 2008. Others think it has disrupted the used car market permanently by taking a huge chunk of used car inventory and literally destroying it. It's probably somewhere in the middle and we should see some sanity returning to the used car market in about 2030 or so.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 04:54 PM (0N4FZ)

Illegals also made the used car market worse. They couldn't officially qualify (or didn't want to get on the radar) for real company financing so tended to take the buyer-to-buyer and low end used dealers offers no mattter what...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 05:06 PM (tOcjL)

192 I'm obviously no expert but standing in front of a running vehicle or vehicle that is operational and under the control of the driver just seems like a bad idea tactically and from an officer safety point of view.
Posted by: just sayin' at July 14, 2026 04:30 PM (TbWk/)

Behind it is no better. Cars have reverse gear.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 05:06 PM (1z8ji)

193 Spain v England in the final
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I don't know who I want to lose more.... no still do not know.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 14, 2026 05:06 PM (xvV+O)

194 Which I'm fine with. We tried to take out the violent and dangerous, and stupid libs forced us to leave those in communities and remove grandma with her taco truck and Viva with her YouTube influencer aspirations.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 05:02 PM (mmrXZ)
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They can also change the timing of the apprehension of the violent ones, tailing them in unmarked vehicles and following them home.

The Dems are trying to create violent encounters and at some point, they're going to kill an agent. Better to change tactics and keep your guys alive.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 05:07 PM (ZOv7s)

195 So the Biddeford thing happened on Pool street, near Clifford St. Clifford is a notorious "drug alley" where there's nothing but endless drug busts. Its a nasty bit of town. I've got a bunch of friends on the Biddo PD and they even tell me to not walk alone at night in downtown Biddo - especially around where the shooting happened. It's a bit of a sh*t show in that town... major growing pains and yes - a huge illegal immigrant problem for sure.

Biddo is also in southern Maine which is a hotbed of activist nutcases. Every weekend I am subjected to the endless caterwauling of the No King douchebags on my way into downtown South Portland.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 14, 2026 05:07 PM (WYStd)

196 Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 05:03 PM (CBxy/

Agree. The Agent in Minneapolis shouldn't have been anywhere near the front of the vehicle . Even though justified for the most part it caused a lot of problems that could have been avoided just by common sense.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:07 PM (/WQyy)

197 “Stop, or I’ll shoot!”

The courts have been eroding the ability of law enforcement to do good work for decades now. Believe me, I’m no bootlicker. I have a lot of problems with the way some cop shops operate.

One thing I noticed, and I’m sure this was crucial, a good experienced Cop might not be able to definitely articulate “probable cause” other than “that fucker looks hinky”.

A sixth sense, developed out of years of experience. Let’s light this fucker up, and see what’s what. Oh, the SOB has some gal tied up in the trunk! Imagine that.

This is the kind of thing in extreme “no chase” policies engender. The crooks know they don’t have to comply with law enforcement. Because of fuckheads on the Court going back to Miranda.

Miranda said “That’s her!” when he was being paraded before her in a line-up. Rape. Real Einstein, that Miranda

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 05:07 PM (Yq6vM)

198 188 Spain defeats France in soccer. Spain is to soccer what Pernell Whitaker was to boxing: If youre doing it right, its really really boring.
Posted by: Wally at July 14, 2026 05:03 PM (0e5Te)

Spain v England in the final could be payback for the sinking of the Spanish Armada.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Tonight is Falkland Islands grudge match.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 05:07 PM (HW/1v)

199 Trump needs to rein in the DHS...spokesman.

Kneeling to terrorism yields more terrorism, not less.

Telling cops NOT to enforce the law is a bad idea. Unless that applies to all laws in which case....game on.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 05:08 PM (xcxpd)

200 Spain v England in the final
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I don't know who I want to lose more.... no still do not know.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 14, 2026 05:06 PM (xvV+O)

Rooting against commie Spain. England has a star player who played golf with Trump and said good things.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:09 PM (/WQyy)

201 The .50 BMG is a fine engine block rearranger.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 05:09 PM (0sNs1)

202 There is nothing wrong with a tactical pause to review your TTP’s. If that many officers are in the path of cars you want to take some time to ensure everything is occurring the way it should. Maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t and you can improve.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 05:03 PM (CBxy/)
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Exactly. Adapt and overcome.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 05:09 PM (ZOv7s)

203 I'm not sure I understand the purpose for showing restraint at this point. We, already, know that the Left is going to whine, moan and complain in the media and on the floor of the Capitol building. So what. We already know that the second they gain a majority they are going to come down hard on anyone and everyone who circumvented their agenda.

So, let them own that position in total. BUT, don't compromise the ultimate goal to patronize their idiotic worldview. We know where it leads because we can see it happening elsewhere.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 05:10 PM (dIske)

204 So we now have sanctuary cars? Funny old world.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 14, 2026 05:04 PM

Not really. ice has just been told if they try to flee during a traffic stop they have to let them go. The cops around me have the same restrictions. Unless it is a felon fleeing a crime they just committed they aren't allowed to pursue except under specific circumstances.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 05:10 PM (0N4FZ)

205 All of these "cars ramming police" incidents make me wonder if there's a market for something like an "Insta-boot". Something that an officer can deploy around a tire of a vehicle with one hand that would immobilize or severely limit a tire on a vehicle while the traffic stop is happening.

Something like a spring loaded 4-armed clamp that has chunks of high density plastic attached to it to act like chocks that they could easy slide over the tire, hit a button and it would clamp on until its released.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 14, 2026 05:10 PM (WYStd)

206 Tinted windows would bother me most as a cop.

Back when I was in Drivers Ed, the instructor said that when pulled over:

- roll down the drivers window
- turn on the interior light
- put both hands on the steering wheel
- wait for instructions

Following those guidelines has served me well in life.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:10 PM (ExV1e)

207 Spain v Argentina !

*hopefuly

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 05:10 PM (GD0B3)

208 >could the officer shoot the tires? Or is this silly girl talk?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

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it's right up there with the sheriff shooting the gun out of the bad guy's hand

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 05:10 PM (ZxPkt)

209 Tinting car windows is illegal in almost every state. Yet probably half the cars on the road are tinted, and some of them are so dark it's like looking at a black wall.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:36 PM (iFTx/)

People used to install aircraft landing lights in place of car headlights. The cops began "testing" them with hammers. Do the same with tinted windows.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 05:11 PM (1z8ji)

210 I’m also quite fond of the legal fairy tale where an individual on the sidewalk who starts running away at full speed merely upon seeing a patrol car nearby is of course, not evidence of any kind of guilt or worth investigating. I mean, of course not! That’s crazy talk!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 05:11 PM (Yq6vM)

211 Maybe we need more PR stories about people who did self-deport and were happy they did.

Posted by: Random PJ at July 14, 2026 05:11 PM (+jscL)

212 And shooting through the front of a tire is trying to shoot through the toughest part, risks richochet by firing at a low angle to who knows where, and is not guaranteed to stop a vehicle.

A lot of crap about firearms comes from Hollywood's distortions or outright make believe falseness. That in and of itself is not so bad, but idiots trying to make policy on that basis makes everything worse.

Hollyweird makes everything worse when people believe their lies as truth.
Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 04:55 PM (E4rtv)

A tire is a very small target and easy to miss, especially if the car is moving. A ricochet puts bystanders at risk. Even if you hit the tire, the vehicle is now less stable which can also put bystanders at risk. Yes, the driver is the responsible party, of course, but in terms of harm reduction to uninvolved parties this is a really bad idea, just as much as it's likely to be ineffective.

Posted by: Two cents at July 14, 2026 05:11 PM (TbWk/)

213 The .50 BMG is a fine engine block rearranger.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 05:09 PM (0sNs1)
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As a boy I was told that the M-16 could go through an engine block. Then I shot some and laughed as I earned my expert badge.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 14, 2026 05:12 PM (xvV+O)

214 Got the new insurance card from agent and dealer already
Things moving now

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:12 PM (j9CiB)

215 I always joked about the old movies where the cop yells the warning to the fleeing perp 'STOP OR I'LL SHOOT. BAM BAM BAM! '

The audience or public never blinked an eye about those scenes.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:12 PM (/WQyy)

216 Why is even one red federal cent going to these states and cities that enforce lawlessness??
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 14, 2026 04:48 PM (RmciC)

Congress.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 05:14 PM (ExV1e)

217 50 BMG went through Japanese airplanes like they were made of rive paper

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:14 PM (j9CiB)

218 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 05:14 PM (HW/1v)

219 My daughter trying to find a used car as her first car. Damn it's tough at least in my state. Even the price for crap cars is ridiculous.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW)

Guy, I don't know where you are at, but try some of car listing services, ask the scabby corner dealerships if they do searches, and also look at some of the auction houses.

https://www.proxibid.com/for-sale/cars-vehicles

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 05:15 PM (rbvCR)

220 They proved you could kill two with one shot and that you could hit a bucket from whatever distance that was in the movie.
Posted by: polynikes
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Making policy by edge cases is part of the Hollyweird problem on firearm policy (and other policies like mental health). Just because an edge case example does show something is technically possible not mean that it is very likely nor can be accomplished as Hollyweird shows it.

If I fire a 50 BMG at an auto tire, it is likely to shred it--but managing those would be a stone cold bitch for any ICE officer under field conditions. Same with penetrating an auto engine block.

The problem with most people today is they cannot apply probability theory worth a damn--overweighting rare examples and undervaluing more common risks.

And even there, it is a problem for people to be able to properly weight responses due to sunk costs, socially acceptable answers, and match the magnitude of a loss versus the probability of likelihood and the costs to mitigate it.

We live in a probabilistic world and yet people act as though life is an on/off switch.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 05:15 PM (E4rtv)

221 Sacramento, California, will now be inspecting residents' trash to make sure they are in compliance with state law.

The City of Sacramento will send crews across the city to track and check that residents are sorting their trash properly.

It's just a matter of time until they install Flock cameras inside your trash can.
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Just the 10 thousandth reminder that you can NOT trust a Democrat to run anything, from a library to the trash department. The entirety of their being screams out for the desire to control and dominate others.

Posted by: Crusader at July 14, 2026 05:15 PM (TN0g+)

222 Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
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1h
Sacramento, California, will now be inspecting residents' trash to make sure they are in compliance with state law.

The City of Sacramento will send crews across the city to track and check that residents are sorting their trash properly.

It's just a matter of time until they install Flock cameras inside your trash can.
Posted by: beckster

Remember to shit on your streets!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 05:15 PM (F5FAo)

223 EXCLUSIVE: Democrat Texas candidate Bobby Pulido said molesting kids is “not necessarily rape,” after he brought a sex offender to a middle school, according to social media posts uncovered by the Daily Caller.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 04:44 PM (F5FAo)
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I'm led to understand that plying a 13-year-old with wine an quaaludes and then buggering her is not "rape-rape" to Hollywood types either.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)

224 Something like a spring loaded 4-armed clamp that has chunks of high density plastic attached to it to act like chocks that they could easy slide over the tire, hit a button and it would clamp on until its released.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 14, 2026 05:10 PM (WYStd)
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That's what I was thinking as well. Immobilize the vehicle at the stop. Work on drills where as the lead cop approaches, another moves in and locks a rear wheel.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 14, 2026 05:16 PM (ZOv7s)

225 Remember to shit on your streets!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 05:15 PM (F5FAo)
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Animals do it.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 05:16 PM (Fi81e)

226 Then why are we here still?

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:16 PM (j9CiB)

227 This sounds a bit like the "why didn't the cop just shoot the man with a knife in the leg" routine. There's less threat to the officer himself, but gun accuracy isn't like it's portrayed in Hollyweird movies, especially when firing on moving objects.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 14, 2026 04:48 PM (Yh7zv)

And it is surprising how fast and far you can drive on a flat tire, especially if you don't give a damn about the tire or vehicle itself.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 05:17 PM (1z8ji)

228 Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 05:15 PM (E4rtv)

Dude don't be so serious. Just pointing out one of the examples where it was more than possible. Most were not.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 05:17 PM (/WQyy)

229 We live in a probabilistic world and yet people act as though life is an on/off switch.
Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 05:15 PM (E4rtv)

Very good post, Whig, but in fairness to polynikes, he was talking about a rare movie (Quigley Down Under) that probably doesn't deserve our ire. This is not just because it stars Tom Sellak, but the movie actually understands firearms and goes to go great lengths to show that Quigley is a very rare marksman. It isn't the same as Hollyweird cop flicks made by and starring gun-grabbers where guns are used with cavalier disregard for surroundings and abnormal results are achieved as a matter of course.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 14, 2026 05:19 PM (Yh7zv)

230 There is some help for that coming. A new company that owns the rights to Ransom E. Olds' name announced a $21,500 pickup with crank windows, cloth upholstery, everything people say they want in a cheap truck. And gas engines, unlike the other company making cheap pickups. Extended cab is $25,000, and body-on-frame SUV is $28,000. All on the same chassis.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 04:51 PM (2ocoG)

I will believe it when they are as common on the streets as Cybertrucks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 05:20 PM (1z8ji)

231 New training:

You are all doing a great job! Keep it up!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 14, 2026 05:24 PM (hzuYO)

232 Not yet. They're doing the Elon thing where you can place a small deposit now to get in line, and they're supposed to start taking actual orders later this year. reotrucks.com.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 04:58 PM (2ocoG)

You know who also did that? Tucker Motors. Most "buyers" go hosed. And Germans in the Third Reich got hosed for their deposits paid towards buying a Volkswagen, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 05:26 PM (1z8ji)

233 more PIT maneuvers to stop the car.
Posted by: Community Notes

Our motto:

It's easier to pull you out of the car after it's flipped.

Posted by: Arkansas State Police Youtube at July 14, 2026 05:31 PM (FhXTo)

234 232 Not yet. They're doing the Elon thing where you can place a small deposit now to get in line, and they're supposed to start taking actual orders later this year. reotrucks.com.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 04:58 PM
+++++++

I'm willing to put $25 at risk for something akin to a HiLux a couple of years hence.
So I did it.
I'm #13,026.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 05:44 PM (2Ez/1)

235 New training? An admission of error or guilt?

It seems the left always has some kamikaze available to jump in front of, or drive vehicles at, law enforcement. In fact, didn't this come up previously in MN when the caring nurse and excellent mother were incredibly stupid?

Reportedly this guy, a Columbian, was either 25 or 26, and had a work permit and a social security number, plus a partner and, conveniently, a daughter.

Next week, he'll also have been a church choir singing Dreamer/SPCA aid, volunteer kitchen worker & occasional crossing guard.

Why was he driving in circles with ICE officers around his vehicle? Why not just stop the vehicle, pull the keys out, put hands on the steering wheel? It makes no sense unless he was trying to be an obstruction or threatening.

How about the left's martyr training classes get examined, too, because they do receive such regarding confronting ICE/government officials.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 06:16 PM (NFX2v)

236 Late to this thread, but there actually is training on how to conduct traffic stops. Nothing against ICE officers, but were traffic stops a normal part of their duties before this?

Admittedly, I've been retired for almost 18 years, but during the time I was a police officer, the old way of classifying traffic stops as Low Risk or High Risk was changed. The new classifications became Unknown Risk or High Risk. Calling the majority of traffic stops Unknown Risk cultivates a different mind-set.

It sounds like ICE is doing something similar.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 14, 2026 08:19 PM (ksbjf)

"Elliot" Page, Who Plays a Great Greek Warrior in Christopher Nolan's Odyssey: Gender Is Just a "Quaint Myth"

If you see this movie, you love Elliot Page.

She's a transgender Rachel Zegler. She's taking down a movie because she just can't shut her enormous mouth.

Transgender actor and The Odyssey star Elliot Page came out against traditional gender roles, calling the male-female dynamic a "quaint myth" and insisting that if animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans.
Appearing on the extremist, left-wing Democracy Now podcast, Page attacked the "cis hetero patriarchal structure" and claimed that the traditional way we view gender is scientifically inaccurate.
...
On the podcast, Page, who narrates the film, insisted that the normal gender ideas that mankind have supported for all of recorded history are "absurd."
"In terms of looking at nature as if it's some sort of cis hetero patriarchal structure is absurd, and that this, you know, gender binary that we've created is nothing but a quaint little myth," Page said.
The actor added that Second Nature, the documentary he is flogging on the podcast, "really shows what we have been taught in school in regards to these structures -- men being superior, women being inferior. You know, submissive or what have you -- it being this heterosexual existence is just completely false."
Page goes on to assert that the idea that queer is normal and traditional gender roles are "false" has been "suppressed" from general knowledge.

...

The five foot one, 106-pound actor recently sparked controversy by being cast as a Greek Warrior in director Christopher Nolan's epic remake of The Odyssey. Detractors thought it was absurd to cast a tiny trans actor as a powerful warrior in the epic tale.

It turns out the 5'1" woman is not playing mighty Achilles, but another great warrior, "Sinon," I think they said, who was called "the greatest soldier" in the Greek army.

Chris Gore and Alan Ng saw the movie. They split in their reviews: Gore says it's disappointing and boring but "not a disaster," while Ng says it is a disaster, and so boring it's hard to get through.

They do say that the Stunt Casting isn't too much of a factor because those are small roles with little screen time. I mean, yes, we knew that Helen of Troy would just be in the beginning, but still this absurd casting stops any audience member from enjoying what should be the point of making a historical, or mythic, epic: feeling that this is something like what it must have really looked like.

Some of what they said, if you don't want to watch the vid:

Ng checked out early. "I was bored out of my mind," he says, adding he was gone "pretty much from the beginning." The sound didn't help. He says he couldn't make out the dialogue at first, and once he could, he realized "how bad the dialogue is."
His verdict: "This is the most pretentious movie I've seen all year." And the kicker: "I can't wait to not see this movie again." When the two wrapped up, the one-word summary of Ng's reaction was simply "disaster."
Gore: 'Not A Disaster,' But Mixed
Gore lands softer, though it's no rave. The modern-sounding accents "diminished the film" for him and made Nolan's period epic play more like Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo, "a modern epic," in his words. He also says parts drag, especially in the first half.
The highlights, per Gore: the Cyclops material, the fall of Troy, and Samantha Morton as the witch Circe, the same performance Nolan has been comparing to Heath Ledger's Joker. He also calls the way the soldiers transform "very clever," while declining to spoil how.

I think Circe turns his men into pigs.

"I'm still marinating on it," Gore says. "It's not a disaster." His final word is "mixed," and unlike Ng, he's going back for a second viewing.

That's a quote you want on your movie poster -- "It's not a disaster."

Here's a digest of some reviews, echoing most of what Gore and Ng said -- the film is very slow in its first half, and of course it's three hours long, and no one seems to be in character. As Gore said, it's just Matt Damon and Tom Holland reading lines. You never feel like you're watching people who aren't celebrity actors.

abe Hernandez | Urban Fantasy Author
@MrGabeHernandez
Early, TRUSTED reactions of The Odyssey are confirming what I feared would happen. The Odyssey is a pretentious slog to get through.

The specific critiques are fairly consistent.
Casting controversy: Ellen Page and Lupito Nyong'o appear in glorified cameos. For all the controversy their casting generated, they had no meaningful presence in the film, which gives weight to the theory that they were brought on as stunt casting and Oscar bait.
Music/Sound: A consistent Nolan criticism across several of his films is the bad sound mixing. That problem persists here. Further, the Travis Scott "rap" at the end is described as "painfully cringey."
Main Actors: Aside from the one or two standouts, such as Samantha Morton as Circe, none of the actors embody or immerse themselves in their roles. The ensemble presents as actors simply reading through the script.
Visuals: The historical foibles regarding armor, weapons, and ships have been dissected to death, but the bigger problem is the overall aesthetic that's grey and dark. It's as if Nolan shot the film in a frequently overcast corner of Northern Europe instead of any locale that resembles the Mediterranean regions.
Pacing: The film doesn't "get going" until at least 30 minutes in. A 3-hour film is a lot to ask of an audience, so if the opening hook is sedate, you've got a problem on your hands.
Dialogue: The modern language frequently takes viewers out of the story, particularly with all the actors speaking in their respective native accents. There's no sense of period or commonality around a culture and its people.
Will The Odyssey be a commercial hit or bomb?
Too soon to tell, but it does appear clear that the controversies were self-inflicted, that this "interpretation" of Homer's Odyssey was meant to appeal to a very small set of cinephile elitists and Hollywood backscratchers, and that Christopher Nolan forgot the one thing that a director should never forget...
A film's first and primary job is to entertain.

The movie comes out on Thursday. I already have my tickets to not see it reserved. If you haven't gotten your tickets to not see it yet, you better act quick, they're running out.

Not seeing The Odyssey is going to be the cultural event of the year.

Meanwhile, the remake of Little House on the Prairie is just as woke as everyone feared it would be.

Fandom Pulse
@fandompulse
Little House on the Prairie showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine on why she rebuilt the frontier classic around a new lens:
"I think a lot of our pop culture portrays the West as men riding around with guns and solving problems with violence and posturing, but that is just not how it was settled... We really are trying to do a show that does not fall back on tropes of sort of masculinity."
Is a story about settling the American frontier supposed to avoid masculinity?

Little House on the Prairie showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine on why she rebuilt the frontier classic around a new lens:

"I think a lot of our pop culture portrays the West as men riding around with guns and solving problems with violence and posturing, but that is just not how it� pic.twitter.com/mdxI5Rkw53
— Fandom Pulse (@fandompulse) July 13, 2026

There's no other way for me to put this: Netflix did indeed woke-ify Little House on the Prairie. This new version makes a deep bow to contemporary concerns about the politics of the source material. Some of the Ingalls family's closest new friends on the show are an Osage couple, a black doctor and black storekeeper, and a French Canadian woman who wears trousers and practices free love."--Rebecca Onion, Slate

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1 A quaint notion if you are full of shit.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 03:10 PM (R/obY)

2 LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 03:10 PM (VyBeY)

3 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 03:10 PM (HW/1v)

4 A quaint myth if you are full of shit.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 03:11 PM (R/obY)

5 But mostly full of shit.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 03:11 PM (R/obY)

6 That's so 2021, lady.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:11 PM (GKzf4)

7 EARLYISH!

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 14, 2026 03:11 PM (mXOPV)

8 Uh, if Gender is a Myth, then why did you cut off your tits to 'change' gender?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 03:11 PM (mP0Kj)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)

10 Little Blouse on the Fairy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (HW/1v)

11 my tickets are firmly in hand!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (VyBeY)

12 A self inflicted pierced large bowel full of shit.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (R/obY)

13 Deranged c*** says what?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (1z8ji)

14 This is what happens when the sodomites are let loose on a society instead of being tossed off of tall buildings.

Posted by: Kareem Abdul Jabbar at July 14, 2026 03:13 PM (F1rMs)

15
Transgender actor and The Odyssey star Elliot Page came out against traditional gender roles, calling the male-female dynamic a "quaint myth" and insisting that if animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans.

What the smothered in gravy f*ck blaspheme lunacy is this?

Animals have queer sex?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

16 Probably used Elric’s blade to pierce the bowel that filled one with shit.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 03:13 PM (R/obY)

17
>>Second Nature, the documentary he is flogging on the podcast

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

I don't even need to read the rest to know this will be in grade schools soon.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:14 PM (mmrXZ)

18 "There's no sense of period or commonality around a culture and its people."

just what they want to turn us into.

whole crap movie is like that. sick-brain commie wishcasting.

*spit*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 03:14 PM (VyBeY)

19 Quaint myth ? Ellen.... May I ask where you came from ? Did you have a mother and a Father ? Even if you are a test tube result it still required a Female =Egg.. And a male = sperm

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:14 PM (F1quE)

20 It turns out the 5'1" woman is not playing mighty Achilles, but another great warrior, "Sinon," I think they said, who was called "the greatest soldier" in the Greek army.

Achilles: The Ultimate Warrior
Role: The greatest warrior of the Greek army and the central hero of Homer’s Iliad.
Abilities: Nearly invulnerable due to being dipped in the River Styx by his mother, with his heel being his only weak spot.
Key Feats: Slew the Trojan champion Hector and won countless battles before being killed by Paris with a poisoned arrow to his heel.

Sinon: The Ultimate Deceiver
Role: A cunning Greek spy who was cousin and trusted companion to Odysseus.
Abilities: A master of manipulation and persuasion.
Key Feats: He allowed himself to be captured by the Trojans and spun an elaborate lie that convinced them to bring the Trojan Horse inside their city walls, ultimately sealing Troy's fate. Sinon does not appear in Homer’s Odyssey but plays a prominent role in Virgil’s Aeneid

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:14 PM (Riz8t)

21 Can we drop this accursed term "gender" already? It's "sex" and there are two of them.

Keep "gender" confined to grammar, where it belongs.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 03:14 PM (77rzZ)

22 Appearing on the extremist, left-wing Democracy Now podcast...

Those people are insane, if you're unaware. And really hate Jews. And white Americans. And America. And morality. Capitalism...yeah, it's a long list, actually.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (oI/gx)

23 Transgender actor and The Odyssey star Elliot Page came out against traditional gender roles, calling the male-female dynamic a "quaint myth" and insisting that if animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans.

What the smothered in gravy f*ck blaspheme lunacy is this?

Animals have queer sex?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

Totally a dominance maneuver, as it is with musloids.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (1z8ji)

24 Add this to the list of bullshit people make up for money. Academia is full of it, the arts have been full of it for decades, and now it's movies nobody wants to see.

Since when did blowing smoke become a money maker?

I hope it fails spectacularly. I suspect it will.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (bl07w)

25 A new lens. What fucking bullshit, lady.

Your job is to destroy something good and wholesome.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (HW/1v)

26 I think this movie was Nolan making a bet with someone to see how offensive to his audience he could be and still make piles of money.

I'm only half joking.

I mean, it's hard to imagine how much worse the casting could be. I don't even like Matt Damon as Odysseus.

Ellen Page as purely cast as a big "fuck you" to his audience.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (iFTx/)

27 If gender is just a myth, the are you pretending to be a different gender? Make it make sense.

Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (Av6i5)

28 I dare you to find evidence that any Sodomite was thrown off a building in the Old Testament chastisement, though

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (R/obY)

29 Saw a comment on X today that television and movies began to crater around 2015, precisely when the percentage of white male writers plunged from ~60% to ~15%. The point at which DEI took over. I'd mark it earlier; everything that is terrible today began with Obama.

What can't go on forever won't. The question is just how much money are the corporate heads willing to lose in this quixotic ideological pursuit.

Posted by: alanon at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (jHMkm)

30 "I am a male! Also, maleness doesn't exist."

Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026 03:16 PM (Av6i5)

31 We all know that The Odyssey will clean up at the Oscars, because of all the brave, vibrant diversity. That's what this is about.

And Hollywood will still not learn the lesson.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:16 PM (Riz8t)

32 I don't even like Matt Damon as Odysseus.

It's a terrible choice, and I like Matt Damon.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 03:16 PM (nTGnD)

33 I can't believe that in real actual reality, the only candidate running against Nigel Farage in the Clacton By-Election is "Count Binface," a novelty candidate played by a stand-up comedian with a garbage can on his head.

Seriously.

None of the major parties are running candidate against Farage, because they know they'd lose. So the only opponent left is Count Binface.

As crazy as that might seem, it's not even the craziest part. Are you ready for this?

The Left actually expect Count Binface to win!

Although he is a joke candidate, he is suddenly receiving massive donations and thousands of volunteers flooding into Clacton to help him campaign against Farage. Because the entire left and the entire fake-conservative Establishment are lining up behind Count Binface in an attempt to humiliate Farage by having him lose to a joke candidate.

Of all the crazy elections in 2026, this mkay well be the craziest.

Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (Av6i5)

34 Call it what it is... by their own rulez...

This is blatant cultural appropriation, and thus should be condemned.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (mP0Kj)

35 What the smothered in gravy f*ck blaspheme lunacy is this?

Animals have queer sex?
Posted by: Sponge

Don't make this weird, man.

Posted by: the dog humping your leg at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (VHUov)

36 Appearing on the extremist, left-wing Democracy Now podcast, Page attacked the "cis hetero patriarchal structure" and claimed that the traditional way we view gender is scientifically inaccurate.

Huh. Cut off your tits. Become a scientist.

Interesting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (2YhKe)

37 21 Can we drop this accursed term "gender" already? It's "sex" and there are two of them.

Keep "gender" confined to grammar, where it belongs.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 03:14 PM (77rzZ)

This, x1000.

Also wrong: Democratic Party. They are not democratic at all. They are the Democrat Party, no ic.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (bl07w)

38 The nice thing about being bi-sexual is that everybody has an asshole.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (sYM3s)

39 If its such a quaint myth why go to all the trouble and expense of hacking bits of your body off in the process?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (uhVAy)

40 Rebecca looks just like Weird Al.

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (Gqar8)

41 31 We all know that The Odyssey will clean up at the Oscars, because of all the brave, vibrant diversity. That's what this is about.

And Hollywood will still not learn the lesson.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:16 PM (Riz8t)

=======

Let's see how the box office turns out before we go on talking about how Hollywood is going to get an obvious lesson they can't miss.

I still suspect The Odyssey will do very well at the box office.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (GKzf4)

42 Which bathroom on the ship does she use?
Because bathrooms are everything.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (UjdFS)

43 "Elliot" Page, Who Plays an Old Greek Homo

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (Kt19C)

44 I dare you to find evidence that any Sodomite was thrown off a building in the Old Testament chastisement, though
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (R/obY)

Being thrown off a mud hut isn't all that life-changing, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (1z8ji)

45 28 I dare you to find evidence that any Sodomite was thrown off a building in the Old Testament chastisement, though
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (R/obY)

-------

-5 points for not socking James Talarico.

Posted by: Unofficial AoSHQ Sock Monitor at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (brIJB)

46 15, spot-on!

Animals have queer sex? wishcasting again

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 03:18 PM (VyBeY)

47 >>if animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans.

What about fucking goats? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Muhammad al Muhammad at July 14, 2026 03:18 PM (J4Dwc)

48 lol, sure!

When it’s our values it’s a “quaint myth.”
Nope!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 03:18 PM (4KUe5)

49 30 "I am a male! Also, maleness doesn't exist."

Also, it's good that it doesn't exist. Or does. It's Schrodinger's gender.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:18 PM (Riz8t)

50 It can go EBOD.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 14, 2026 03:18 PM (Q/FnY)

51 >>> 23
==
Totally a dominance maneuver, as it is with musloids.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (1z8ji)

Hey, I'm not a Muslim!

Posted by: Graham Platner at July 14, 2026 03:18 PM (R+iUD)

52 Little Blouse on the Fairy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (HW/1v)

Early entry for thread winner.

Although I would think that would star Dylan Mulvaney.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:18 PM (2YhKe)

53 If "gender" doesn't exist, why does she want to become a man?

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (bl07w)

54 The nice thing about being bi-sexual is that you like men and little boys.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (Kt19C)

55 “Rebecca” is one fucking ugly broad. Or a guy? I mean, it’s sad not everyone was born attractive but ugly on the inside is worse. This Page girl was born attractive and probably well adjusted at one time. Now she has mutilated her body and turned into a circus freak. That’s awfully sad too.

Society needs to stop humoring delusional people

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (ot51Z)

56 "0.01% of the population is hermaphroditic, which means that binary gender is a lie. Also, cutting off my tits and putting a fake dick between my legs makes me just like them."
-smart people

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (GKzf4)

57 What makes Ellen a male now ? She cut off her boobs ? Does she have a new dick ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (F1quE)

58 Appearing on the extremist, left-wing Democracy Now podcast, Page attacked the "cis hetero patriarchal structure" and claimed that the traditional way we view gender is scientifically inaccurate.

She attacked a strawman and lost...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (l3cgK)

59 >>if animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans.

What about fucking goats? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Muhammad al Muhammad

Sick bastards.

Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (HW/1v)

60 Nolan really shit the bed with his casting here.
I'm out.

And Ellen Page needs a better therapist.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (xcxpd)

61 Is this the new justification: if it happens in nature it’s totally cool for humans to do it?

Because that could get out of hand quite quickly.
Thought humans were more civilized.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (4KUe5)

62 What about fucking goats? Asking for Big Sheep.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (Kt19C)

63 Human nature says if two male humans have a uncompromisable conflict they resolve it with violence. I'm sure Page would like the non-natural way western humans are taught in school when finding themselves in that situation.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (/WQyy)

64 57 What makes Ellen a male now ? She cut off her boobs ? Does she have a new dick ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (F1quE)

If she does, it's a tiny 3" max length frankenstein made from skin of her arm...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (l3cgK)

65 Always smart to have a showrunner who has never read the books the shows are based on. Top notch work.

And of course, there's very little violence and gunplay in the Little House books at all to be reacting against.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (uhVAy)

66 Let's see how the box office turns out before we go on talking about how Hollywood is going to get an obvious lesson they can't miss.

I still suspect The Odyssey will do very well at the box office.

Oh, I think it will do reasonably well, but the question is what would it have done absent the woke nonsense? When I first heard that there was going to be a big budget Odyssey movie, I was excited enough to contemplate going to the theater for the first time in years. When I found out what they were doing to it, that impulse evaporated. I'm quite sure I'm not alone.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (Riz8t)

67 58, lol!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (VyBeY)

68 Hey, I'm not a Muslim!
Posted by: Graham Platner at July 14, 2026 03:18 PM (R+iUD)

Potayto, potahto.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (1z8ji)

69 58 Appearing on the extremist, left-wing Democracy Now podcast, Page attacked the "cis hetero patriarchal structure" and claimed that the traditional way we view gender is scientifically inaccurate.

Why doesn't she just admit she's attracted to women ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (F1quE)

70 Went to the movies this weekend for the first time in eight years. Saw Young Washington.

There were things with which I could quibble but overall I really enjoyed it.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (zs0ZQ)

71 The nice thing about being bi-sexual is that everybody has an asshole.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 03:17 PM (sYM3s)

I thought assholes only applied to opinions.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (mXOPV)

72 57 What makes Ellen a male now ? She cut off her boobs ? Does she have a new dick ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (F1quE)

She probably burps and farts and scratches her privates in public, too. Just to be sure.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (bl07w)

73 "I've seen worse"

"It's not as long as it seems"

"Be sure to check your surroundings for personal items before exiting so you don't have to come back"

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (2ap+5)

74 Is this the new justification: if it happens in nature it’s totally cool for humans to do it?

Because that could get out of hand quite quickly.
Thought humans were more civilized.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (4KUe5)

Yeah . I don't think they would like the law of the jungle where it's might makes right and finders keepers.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (/WQyy)

75 I'm surprised they didn't turn the show into Little House on Brokeback Mountain.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (wtvvX)

76 57 What makes Ellen a male now ? She cut off her boobs ? Does she have a new dick ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (F1quE)

No, she changed her name, and deaccessorised.

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (Gqar8)

77 I am predicting Heaven's Gate II

Posted by: alanon at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (jHMkm)

78 >>>Huh. Cut off your tits. Become a scientist.

oh I had intended to say: "When I want to learn about science, I always turn to a female actress whose highest education was high school in a New Age school based on meditation." Which I found out was the school she went to, the "Shambhala school."

Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (1wjle)

79 Transgender actor and The Odyssey star Elliot Page came out against traditional gender roles, calling the male-female dynamic a "quaint myth" and insisting that if animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans.

——-

Well to start, we are given the gift of reasoning.
Some of us, at least.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (p4NUW)

80 74 Is this the new justification: if it happens in nature it’s totally cool for humans to do it?

Because that could get out of hand quite quickly.
Thought humans were more civilized.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (4KUe5)

Yeah . I don't think they would like the law of the jungle where it's might makes right and finders keepers.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (/WQyy)

=======

Monkeys murder each other for stealing bananas.

So, killing thieves is just natural.

I mean...it is.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (GKzf4)

81 The movie comes out on Thursday. I already have my tickets to not see it reserved. If you haven't gotten your tickets to not see it yet, you better act quick, they're running out.

*eyes Jar of F*cks*

*sees too few*

*will spare no F*cks on this*

All set!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (2YhKe)

82 Elliot needs to sack up, shut up, and remember no one cares about the opinion of a white male in Hollywood circles

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (rbvCR)

83 59 >>if animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans.

What about fucking goats? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Muhammad al Muhammad

Sick bastards.

Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a ruptured asshole at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (HW/1v)

Yes, animals will do it with others of the same sex (or imitate it). I once saw a buck try to mount another buck, and a third buck tried to get into the action by mounting buck #2, but fell off...
My wife laughed when I told her about it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (l3cgK)

84 I don't think Hokey Pokey likes this movie.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (UjdFS)

85 A cis hetero patriarchal structure is exactly what Ace has created here at AoSHQ.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (l4RKn)

86 Nolan actually hired out of work gender reassignment butchers to make many Man-Pigs I bet.

And Sinon is not even in the Odyssey, but the Aeneid.

One YT channel says that Nolan stripped the story down to its structure like he did with Dark Knight. But with the Odyssey that doesn't work because Odysseus is not Bruce Wayne.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (QGJ7D)

87 Appearing on the extremist, left-wing Democracy Now podcast, Page attacked the "cis hetero patriarchal structure"

Anyone still using that kind of leaden, clanking jargon in 2026 is about 10 years behind the zeitgeist. Someone should tell her.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (Riz8t)

88 78 >>>Huh. Cut off your tits. Become a scientist.

oh I had intended to say: "When I want to learn about science, I always turn to a female actress whose highest education was high school in a New Age school based on meditation." Which I found out was the school she went to, the "Shambhala school."

Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (1wjle)

=======

You should say that, then!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (GKzf4)

89 73 "I've seen worse"

"It's not as long as it seems"

"Be sure to check your surroundings for personal items before exiting so you don't have to come back"

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (2ap+5)

The popcorn didn't give me explosive diarrhea. But the movie did.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (wtvvX)

90 I posted this before. It's video of Ellen Page in an oddly big suit and clunky shoes attempting to walk and move like a man. She's smack dab in the uncanny valley.

All the fake "science" in the world can't turn a woman into a man.

http://tiny.cc/v2q6101

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (mkw2N)

91 Cis-hetero-patriarchy? STFU Ellen it's 2026, not 2021

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (4tXtB)

92 You will notice they only cast "trans" actors in films with a predominantly male audience. "Elliot" Page as a Greek Warrior is "brave" because it's "fighting the patriarchy."

But they will never cast "Elliot" Page or someone like her as the male romantic lead in a movie aimed at women. Because it's not about "representation," it's about tearing down things men like.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (C8Jhg)

93 “Rebecca” is one fucking ugly broad. Or a guy? I mean, it’s sad not everyone was born attractive but ugly on the inside is worse. This Page girl was born attractive and probably well adjusted at one time. Now she has mutilated her body and turned into a circus freak. That’s awfully sad too.

Society needs to stop humoring delusional people
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (ot51Z)

But she will be the poster child because she's one of the few that has yet to off herself.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:23 PM (2YhKe)

94 Why doesn't she just admit she's attracted to women ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (F1quE)

She claimed to be a lesbian for a while. IOW, she was afraid of men. Now she wants to be one, but of course she cannot explain what a man is, so....

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:23 PM (bl07w)

95 I hate this Hollywood penchant for taking old stories and wrecking them. I shall join you, Ace, in making my reservation not to see The Odyssey.

And how dare they corrupt Little House on the Prairie! My husband read those books aloud to our kids when they were little and his takeaway from them was that "Pa was a badass - he almost dies in every chapter." Like when a panther was sighted in the region and Pa just takes his gun off the wall, says goodbye, and goes off to stalk the panther and kill it. No drama, just a man of action.

Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2026 03:23 PM (afFes)

96 Not the Little House on the Prairie! Even as a kid I noticed the TV "updates" which were nominally acceptable. But woke. Please can we bankrupt these losers and keep them away from producing anything?

Posted by: Iris at July 14, 2026 03:23 PM (286+n)

97 Coincidentally, I also built my view of the new "Little House On The Prairie" around a new lens!

It's a dark lens. In fact, you can't see through it, it's so dark. So I'm not watching the new version through a dark lens.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 03:24 PM (YUOR9)

98 > What makes Ellen a male now ? She cut off her boobs ? Does she have a new dick ?

She cut off her boobs and installed fake abs.

I don't know about the plumbing.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 03:24 PM (mkw2N)

99 Saw a comment on X today that television and movies began to crater around 2015, precisely when the percentage of white male writers plunged from ~60% to ~15%. The point at which DEI took over. I'd mark it earlier; everything that is terrible today began with Obama.

What can't go on forever won't. The question is just how much money are the corporate heads willing to lose in this quixotic ideological pursuit.
Posted by: alanon at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (jHMkm)

That probably sped it up, but these days even white male writers in Hollywood are self emasculated to the point that hiring 100 percent white dudes would not fix the problem.

And the answer is the corporate heads are willing to lose money forever. We already know that, even when they luck into a movie someone likes they make sure they don't do it again - Joker vs Joker 2, etc.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:24 PM (uhVAy)

100 The question is just how much money are the corporate heads willing to lose in this quixotic ideological pursuit.
———-

What if they didn’t have to lose any money?

What if … an extensive laundering operation was used, mostly with phony baloney confetti-bucks?

I can’t prove this per se, but I know that’s what’s been happening. The Narrative is Everything, but nobody will pay for it voluntarily. Not with their own money anyhow.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 03:24 PM (ot51Z)

101 "The modern-sounding accents "diminished the film" for him..."

_____________________________

Just watching the trailer had me questioning why all the actors (inclusive of the Brits) were using "American" accents. The usual formula is for British accents...although Damon's disaster Scotish accent in "The Great Wall" might have put the nail in that coffin.

Additionally, the modern language is a joke. In the trailer Holland is speaking to Pattinson and says, "My dad will return soon." Ummmmm...this is a Greek fundamental story. Sure, they used endearment terms in that time....BUT "dad" in Greek is "pappas" which is the origin of the term "Papa." That is very distracting to even someone like me who could give a shit about the movie. But, such an oversight is unforgivable when hundreds of millions are involved.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (dIske)

102 85 A cis hetero patriarchal structure is exactly what Ace has created here at AoSHQ.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (l4RKn)

With ewoks and busy lesbians

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (l3cgK)

103 Monkeys murder each other for stealing bananas.

So, killing thieves is just natural.

I mean...it is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (GKzf4)

Some tune-age in keeping with this theme:

https://youtu.be/OLaW9NnKU6M

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (1z8ji)

104 All the fake "science" in the world can't turn a woman into a man.

http://tiny.cc/v2q6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (mkw2N)

God is not pleased.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)

105 insisting that if animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans.

Well to start, we are given the gift of reasoning.
Some of us, at least.
Posted by: Piper

We were all given the gift. A few of us returned it for store credit, apparently.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (VHUov)

106 "... if animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans."

I can't believe they still blabber this nonsense. Their "Animals are gay too" falsehood was debunked a jillion times already, but reality and facts are irelevant to them.

It has been proven that the 0.0001% of animal species that occasoinally "engage" in "homosexual mating" only do so in response to extreme environmental distress, generally "all the females in the local populatin dying out" or something similar. Obviously the "trait"m of homosexuality can be passed down genetically, so it never evolved in animals. Duh. And their other argument, that some male animals perform child-rearing roles that in our worldview are "feminine"-seeming -- that too is just anthro-centric bias, not anytihg to do with maleness or femaleness. If a seahrse male protects the newborn seahorses by hiding them in his mouth when predators swim by, doe that make him gay? Or "feminine"? No. That's jut what ,ale seahorses do. Etc.

The lEft lies and lies and lies and lies and lies, and never stop lying, and debunking their lies doesn't stop them from lying. Their existence in nothing but lying.

Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (Av6i5)

107 Willow'd: If you happen to know any Democrats, you could let them know that Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) is actually Zion-approved, according to the same incident that he tried to spin as hostile to him.

Despite Rohit playacting Jewphobia for the American press, once settler security confirmed his identity, he was free to proceed, as you would expect of their Punjabi Best Pal. They just needed to make sure that it wasn't some vile terrorist impersonating their Hindu Homie, since Khanna is kind of an idiot and forgot to call ahead and let his Hebrew Brothers From Another Mother know he was dropping by.

Posted by: SciVo at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (Sy6m/)

108 65 Always smart to have a showrunner who has never read the books the shows are based on. Top notch work.

And of course, there's very little violence and gunplay in the Little House books at all to be reacting against.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:20 PM (uhVAy)

Exactly. Anyone who talks about men running around with guns has not read the book series by LAURA INGALS WILDER. Fucking hack.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (xcxpd)

109 Come on, you guys, the Odyssey was written by a guy named "Homo." It's right there in his name!

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (77rzZ)

110 Ellen Page was good in Juno and Inception.

Too bad she f*cked up a mildly successful career by becoming a mutant.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2026 03:26 PM (l4RKn)

111 78 >>>Huh. Cut off your tits. Become a scientist.

oh I had intended to say: "When I want to learn about science, I always turn to a female actress whose highest education was high school in a New Age school based on meditation." Which I found out was the school she went to, the "Shambhala school."

Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (1wjle)

Ron White: "I'm smart, but you can't prove it on paper."

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:26 PM (bl07w)

112 Think we can agree that Rebecca Sonnenshine would’ve lasted about 5 minutes out West.

She’s talking out of her a$$. Pioneers distance the luxury of considering the patriarchy and gender roles. Their goal was survival, which at times required violence.

And if she has a problem with men attacking Native Americans, there’s always Hannah Dustin, who took care of business when she needed to, and she was still in New England.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 03:26 PM (4KUe5)

113
The Little Bathhouse on the Prairie was "Man's Country" -- ask the Barky.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 03:26 PM (ixS3i)

114 I may be in the minority but I really liked the movie Troy. Though I think they pussified Paris too much. Otherwise I thought it was really well done.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:26 PM (/WQyy)

115 108
Exactly. Anyone who talks about men running around with guns has not read the book series by LAURA INGALS WILDER. Fucking hack.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (xcxpd)

=======

All Westerns before right now are John Wayne and Randolph Scott shooting injuns.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:26 PM (GKzf4)

116
What makes Ellen a male now ?

Posted by: It's me donna

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

If you ask her, she always was male. She was finally able to "become who she truly is" by bravely declaring it (and affording intense medicalization).

She's never gotten back to us on her screaming rant about Jussie Smollett. "What did you think would happen!?" No one's asked her to her face that I know of.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:26 PM (mmrXZ)

117 it's a shame. Nolan could have made a good film.

and the three hours thing. WHY

did all the editors get murdered?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 03:27 PM (j+aD2)

118 homosexuality can be passed down genetically
=
homosexuality CAN'T be passed down genetically

I hate that typo-- reverses the meaning of my entire comment. Ugh.

Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026 03:27 PM (Av6i5)

119 114 I may be in the minority but I really liked the movie Troy. Though I think they pussified Paris too much. Otherwise I thought it was really well done.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:26 PM (/WQyy)

========

I like it when it's focused on the rage of Achilles.

I find it deeply frustrating when it's setting up and then resolving the Trojan War at the bookends.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:27 PM (GKzf4)

120 I won't be going to see it as hard as I can.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 03:27 PM (2Ez/1)

121 78 >>>Huh. Cut off your tits. Become a scientist.

oh I had intended to say: "When I want to learn about science, I always turn to a female actress whose highest education was high school in a New Age school based on meditation." Which I found out was the school she went to, the "Shambhala school."

Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (1wjle)

I can tell my sister by the by the boobies she cut off
On the road to Shambala
I can tell my brother by the boobies he don't got
On the road to Shambala

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 14, 2026 03:27 PM (wtvvX)

122 113
The Little Bathhouse on the Prairie was "Man's Country" -- ask the Barky.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 03:26 PM (ixS3i)

Bear country...

Posted by: Don Lemon at July 14, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)

123 Additionally, the modern language is a joke. [ . . . ]
Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (dIske)

They could have done it like Death of Stalin, and everyone used their own native accent. All the warriors were from different city states and would have spoken a wee bit different anyways. It would have emphasized the friction among the Greeks.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (rbvCR)

124 I am proud to announce we are rebuilding Hollywood through a new lens. In this second, really yuge!, iteration of the famous industry, there will be no showpiece films designed to lose money but appease weird sexual fantasy groups, no pedo monster directors, no cocaine-fueled script meetings with gaggles of writers, and no marketing boondoggles. That's right! We are going to be all about entertainment in our new version of Hollywood! And normal too!

Posted by: Said No Hollywood Type Ever at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (YUOR9)

125 114 I may be in the minority but I really liked the movie Troy. Though I think they pussified Paris too much. Otherwise I thought it was really well done.

I loved it! I never got why it was panned?

it's awesome. but that's the Iliad.

this is the Odyssey, my not-as-favorite of the two. I think there is an old one that's good with some Italian actors I dunno. I might try The Return which I've heard is good.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (j+aD2)

126 "As Gore said, it's just Matt Damon and Tom Holland reading lines."

I think I'd prefer having Matt Damon yell out "Matt Damon!" to any query in the same voice used in "Team America: World Police" for 3 hours than watch this shit pile.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (LviRI)

127 With ewoks and busy lesbians

Busty lebsians.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (Kt19C)

128 r/askreddit What is your expectations for the odyssey?

A lot of angry idiots and a decently good movie

It's looking like it's gonna be great. Critic reception has been great, and non critics who have gotten to see it early seem to like it as well. Considering its Nolan I was always gonna give it a shot, but I'm quite excited now.

It'll be pretty good and a lot of people will write their reviews before having seen it because they've already decided that they are going to hate it or love it.

A decent enough movie to be rated a 6-9. Good performances and cool scenes. In spite of what it achieves, there's going to be automatic haters and they'll be loud about it.

The cast is loaded, Nolan is a good director, the Odyssey itself is pretty cool. There's fake controversy from content creators despite nitpicking details from stills and trailers that may not be true in the finished movie; they've never seen the movie but they already despise it.

Richard Roeper calls The Odyssey one of the best films of the decade and one of the most memorable since watching movies as a critic in the 80s

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (oI/gx)

129 I actually have a good update on grammie winger! I spoke to her today; she is out of the hospital and at her daughter's home. She was in the hospital for 16 days. She is to go back once a week for treatment (she has chemo tomorrow) and is able to walk with a walker now, no more wheelchair. She is able to eat a little bit but gets most of her nutrition via IV.

She was overwhelmed with gratitude for all the cards she got - she said she probably got 35 or 40. Well done, Horde!

Thank you to all who sent her notes, and please feel free to keep sending them and above all, please keep her in your prayers. If anyone needs her address, email me at moroncookbook at gmail dot com. You all are the best!

Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (afFes)

130 And I will always remember Ellen Page as the person she was in Whip It.

Mental Illness sucks.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (/WQyy)

131 To me the definitive edition will always be The Odyssey miniseries from the 90s with Armand Assante.

Perfect? Far from it. But they stuck to the story and encounters felt suitably epic, and most of the cast did very well despite NOT being big name celebrities.

I go back and watch it every few years, I'll go back and watch it again rather than this pretentious Nolan mess.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (setIA)

132 All Westerns before right now are John Wayne and Randolph Scott shooting injuns.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Arnold Ziffel approves.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (77rzZ)

133 114 I may be in the minority but I really liked the movie Troy. Though I think they pussified Paris too much. Otherwise I thought it was really well done.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:26 PM (/WQyy)

Paris being a huge pussy is accurate to the Greek original. After all, when being bribed by three goddesses he chose to steal some dude's wife as his best option.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (uhVAy)

134 I might try The Return which I've heard is good.

I liked it.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (Riz8t)

135 Exactly. Anyone who talks about men running around with guns has not read the book series by LAURA INGALS WILDER. Fucking hack.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (xcxpd)

Pa had a pistol at the railroad camp when the teams got paid off, or didn't, and some of the rowdies were armed.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (rbvCR)

136 oh I had intended to say: "When I want to learn about science, I always turn to a female actress whose highest education was high school in a New Age school based on meditation." Which I found out was the school she went to, the "Shambhala school."

Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 03:22 PM (1wjle)

The 'Scamhollla' school. Come holla at yo new boy!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)

137 127 With ewoks and busy lesbians

Busty lebsians.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (Kt19C)

Yeah, typo. Busy Busty Lesbians?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (l3cgK)

138 bluebell thank you so much for that update on Grammie!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (j+aD2)

139
If animals consume each other, why can't humans?

If animals can shit on the carpet, why can't humans?

If animals can eat another animal's poop for the nutrients it left behind, why can't humans?

It's almost counter-human to make that "argument".

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)

140 >>Monkeys murder each other for stealing bananas.

>So, killing thieves is just natural.

They also trade surplus bananas for sex.

You can learn a lot about nature from monkeys.

Doesn't make them any less asshole-y, though. They are like China that way.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (uzmqU)

141 Mrs Olsen is running chicks with dicks prostitutes down at the general store.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (HW/1v)

142 Armand Asante as Odysseus, that's the movie to watch.

Troy is a masterpiece compared to Nolan's movie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (QGJ7D)

143 Ellen Page was homely, overrated actress that far too many roles than her talent should have allowed.

Elliot Page is an insufferable Omega Male that is only working due to diversity.

F--- they/them and this version of the Odyssey.

Posted by: ironwolf32 at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (bQx3C)

144 I think that the 1997 Armand Assante version of the Odyssey was good. Isabella Rossellini as Athena was a good choice. Vanessa Williams was smoking hot as Calypso as was Bernadette Peters as Circe.

Posted by: Jmel at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (3TlS+)

145 I actually have a good update on grammie winger! I spoke to her today; she is out of the hospital and at her daughter's home. She was in the hospital for 16 days. She is to go back once a week for treatment (she has chemo tomorrow) and is able to walk with a walker now, no more wheelchair. She is able to eat a little bit but gets most of her nutrition via IV.

She was overwhelmed with gratitude for all the cards she got - she said she probably got 35 or 40. Well done, Horde!

Thank you to all who sent her notes, and please feel free to keep sending them and above all, please keep her in your prayers. If anyone needs her address, email me at moroncookbook at gmail dot com. You all are the best!
Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (afFes)

awesome news! so happy!! thanks bluebell!

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (GD0B3)

146 Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (afFes)

Good news

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (F1quE)

147 Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (afFes)

Thanks for the update, Bluebell! Good to hear!

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (77rzZ)

148 131 To me the definitive edition will always be The Odyssey miniseries from the 90s with Armand Assante.

that's the one! yes thanks!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (j+aD2)

149 I never found Nolan's movies to be entertaining. The Dark Knight wasn't even that good, it was preposterous. In fact, that's a good summary of his movies, preposterous.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (NbKRl)

150 I think I'd prefer having Matt Damon yell out "Matt Damon!" to any query in the same voice used in "Team America: World Police" for 3 hours than watch this shit pile.
Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (LviRI)
___________________________

If I were Matt Damon, that would be my ringtone.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (dIske)

151 139
If animals consume each other, why can't humans?

If animals can shit on the carpet, why can't humans?

If animals can eat another animal's poop for the nutrients it left behind, why can't humans?

It's almost counter-human to make that "argument".

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)

My cats lick their assholes...
I certainly wouldn't do that to myself, even if I was flexible enough...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)

152 With ewoks and busy lesbians
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (l3cgK)

SWIDT?

Posted by: Autocucumber at July 14, 2026 03:31 PM (brIJB)

153 135 Exactly. Anyone who talks about men running around with guns has not read the book series by LAURA INGALS WILDER. Fucking hack.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (xcxpd)

Pa had a pistol at the railroad camp when the teams got paid off, or didn't, and some of the rowdies were armed.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (rbvCR)

After years of watching 'Have Gun will Travel' or 'The Rebel', or Mavericks...

We used to call that show Little Fairy on the Prairie.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 03:31 PM (mP0Kj)

154 With ewoks and busy lesbians
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (l3cgK)
====================
"busty lesbians gettin' busy"

Posted by: Lemme Help You With That at July 14, 2026 03:31 PM (YUOR9)

155 Thanks for the update, bluebell!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 03:31 PM (4KUe5)

156 I watched Little House as a kid.

Probably nostalgia to some degree, but it's one of those that was done so well that a remake (even if attempted by someone serious) seems foolhardy.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (nTGnD)

157 >>> Monkeys murder each other for stealing bananas.

So, killing thieves is just natural.

I mean...it is.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:22
++++++++++

Speaking of animals trying to kill each other, it's what we learned about every Saturday morning:

https://youtu.be/QqlgC5pjUrY

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (2Ez/1)

158 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (j+aD2)

Yes but it's Homer so I didn't think it was too much OT😉

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (/WQyy)

159 recently watched:

Undertone. I liked it. a one-set type low budget film, but interesting and I thought sort of thoughtful with a surprising take on religion. the main actress wasn't as good as the one in Obsession tho.

Obsession. Kicks ass.

He-Man. ALSO!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (j+aD2)

160 152
Busty lebsians.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (Kt19C)

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

https://shorturl.fm/9iqZ9

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:31 PM (2YhKe)

DO NOT CLICK AT WORK...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)

161 Thank you to all who sent her notes, and please feel free to keep sending them and above all, please keep her in your prayers. If anyone needs her address, email me at moroncookbook at gmail dot com. You all are the best!
Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (afFes)

Great news, Bluebell!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (1z8ji)

162 My cats lick their assholes...
I certainly wouldn't do that to myself, even if I was flexible enough...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)

Yeah, and sorry those of you who think Pets are their children... we made LAWS to keep dogs out of restaurants for a reason...

They lick their own ass, smell poop... and then you want them wandering around a Restaurant?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (mP0Kj)

163 The clowns in their debauched sh*tholes expect us to recognize their mental breakdowns as "cultural achievements" and pay for the privilege.

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 03:33 PM (rj6Yv)

164 Thank you to all who sent her notes, and please feel free to keep sending them and above all, please keep her in your prayers. If anyone needs her address, email me at moroncookbook at gmail dot com. You all are the best!
Posted by: bluebell
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Wonderful news! Prayers continue. Thank you, bluebell!

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 14, 2026 03:33 PM (hPLSE)

165 149 I never found Nolan's movies to be entertaining. The Dark Knight wasn't even that good, it was preposterous. In fact, that's a good summary of his movies, preposterous.

agree

the only one I liked was Memento and it did not hold up on rewatch

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 03:33 PM (j+aD2)

166
Thank you to all who sent her notes, and please feel free to keep sending them and above all, please keep her in your prayers. If anyone needs her address, email me at moroncookbook at gmail dot com. You all are the best!
Posted by: bluebell at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (afFes)

That is truly wonderful news.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:33 PM (2YhKe)

167 Animals have queer sex?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Some of them allegedly have trouble telling the difference sometimes, deep in the throes of the mating season, especially in species with low sexual dimorphism like swans.

But making it out to be a routine thing instead of a rare accident is just the left wishcasting.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 03:33 PM (vJrRc)

168 "As Gore said, it's just Matt Damon and Tom Holland reading lines."
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I watched that "made by China, for China, cause China is the awesome" The Great Wall.

Yeah. Matt Damon isn't even trying to be an actor anymore.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 03:33 PM (3cUTc)

169 Which bathroom on the ship does she use?"

"Head"

/stomps off aft thru the bulkhead.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 03:33 PM (KVa9+)

170
DO NOT CLICK AT WORK...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)

It's not anything worse than say, the Art Thread, but there's no nudity.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)

171 Iirc, Simon is from the Aeneid- which is the Roman attempt to cement their place as an ancient people by tracing backwards to Troy. It was written by Virgil under Augustus explicitly as propaganda.

So take the Aeneid with a grain of salt.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM (zZu0s)

172 One of the MkUltra spook contractor scientists, not a good guy by the way, whose name escapes me now, had a theory that mental illness is basically “contagious”. He didn’t come right out and say it, but this is a good thing, as far as it goes. Depending on what one is trying to accomplish.

He also believed however, that mental illness is also passed on or inherited.

In any case, clearly the answer is stay the fuck away from crazy people, and keep your kids away from them as well.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM (ot51Z)

173 Sinon, not Simon. My phone is an illiterate chud.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM (zZu0s)

174 Helen Of Detroit.

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM (ewjUl)

175 I never found Nolan's movies to be entertaining. The Dark Knight wasn't even that good, it was preposterous. In fact, that's a good summary of his movies, preposterous.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (NbKRl)

I commented earlier he's a mixed bag for me. I liked Interstellar and Memento and also Insomnia. The rest of his work insisted upon themselves .

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM (/WQyy)

176 They lick their own ass, smell poop... and then you want them wandering around a Restaurant?
Posted by: Romeo13

I mean, if you visit San Francisco, New York, London, Paris...there's a good chance you're going to smell poop.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (oI/gx)

177 Didn't the 1990s version with Armand Assante also have a black lady in the cast? The ravishing Vanessa Williams. I think she was Calypso. I don't remember any backlash about that casting. Calypso was clearly a white lady in the myth, IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

178 Men solving problems with guns and violence. Yes, that was the way of the Little House of Pancakes in the old days.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (NYInA)

179 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)

180 Sinon, not Simon. My phone is an illiterate chud.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM

Wasn't that a TV show in the 80's?

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (ewjUl)

181 Little Outhouse on the Prairie
Gender neutral, of course.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (UjdFS)

182 I think a lot of our pop culture portrays the West as men riding around with guns and solving problems with violence and posturing
So, we didn't commit violence against the Indians. Got it.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (0Htd1)

183 They lick their own ass, smell poop... and then you want them wandering around a Restaurant?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (mP0Kj)

I can't disagree really.
But then whenever I'm in public and use a restroom, I watch people exits stalls and walk right out the door without washing their hands.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (nTGnD)

184 174 One of the MkUltra spook contractor scientists, not a good guy by the way, whose name escapes me now, had a theory that mental illness is basically “contagious”. He didn’t come right out and say it, but this is a good thing, as far as it goes. Depending on what one is trying to accomplish.

He also believed however, that mental illness is also passed on or inherited.

In any case, clearly the answer is stay the fuck away from crazy people, and keep your kids away from them as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM (ot51Z)

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Unfortunately I married a woman with mental illness. They can hide it pretty well when they want to.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 14, 2026 03:36 PM (NbKRl)

185 It's almost counter-human to make that "argument".
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)

My son keeps telling me that smoking dope is natural. So is snake venom, but I'm not inhaling that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:36 PM (bl07w)

186 Great news on grammie!

Tell her you cant keep a good pirate down!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:36 PM (zZu0s)

187 For those interested: the Odyssey, ( the one with Armando Assante ) , is streaming free on Amazon Prime.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 14, 2026 03:36 PM (PiwSw)

188 They lick their own ass, smell poop... and then you want them wandering around a Restaurant?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM

They wander around our houses. But let me talk to you a minute about handwashing, or lack there of!

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 03:36 PM (p4NUW)

189 I tolerated Nolan moobies until I saw "Tenet". WTF.

Posted by: Thrawn at July 14, 2026 03:36 PM (LviRI)

190 Someone should tell Elliot to sack up and quit bitchin. Nobody cares what a white man has to say these days.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 03:36 PM (/WHpM)

191 Why can't she just say. "I was a child actor in Hollywood. Hollywood is full of active, enthusiastic pedophiles. I got passed around like a joint at Dead show. I have issues for a damn good reason."

We all know what happened.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 14, 2026 03:36 PM (w/O5Q)

192 He also believed however, that mental illness is also passed on or inherited.

In any case, clearly the answer is stay the fuck away from crazy people, and keep your kids away from them as well.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM (ot51Z)

I've said for years that 'dysfunction is contagious'.

Let it near your life, and it seems to spread.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (mP0Kj)

193 Is a woke reboot of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman next?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (zs0ZQ)

194 What I want to know is, if Rachel Zegler and Elliot Page have an affair, who is on top?

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (0Htd1)

195 The Ingalls were broke, as in grinding poverty with the only benefit being Pa hunting and having enough land for a cash crop, a cow and being able to feed themselves.
I think they lived mostly on the loans Pa got on the land he claimed

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (rbvCR)

196 Animals have queer sex?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I have queer giraffes.

Posted by: Richard Harris at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (HW/1v)

197 How about a white guy in a powdered wig playing Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"?

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/n6npvyx7

Posted by: mrp at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (rj6Yv)

198
DO NOT CLICK AT WORK...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)

Wait....

Nevermind.

That is my bad. It was only supposed to be one image....not the rest.

He is correct.

NSFW. If a COB wants to clean that up, I wouldn't take offense.

Sorry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (2YhKe)

199 I reserved my tickets to not see the odyssey as soon as I saw ‘elliot page’ was involved. Now I have also reserved my time to not-watch the woke little house on the prairie.

Note: anyone who uses language like the dingbat showrunner, incorporating ‘tropes’ and ‘sort of’ unmasks as a performative woketard, “…We really are trying to do a show that does not fall back on tropes of sort of masculinity."

Posted by: Chunk at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (KKkVN)

200 I would likw to enter into evidence, exhibit D.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (w1wpe)

201 The Bourne Identity was a good movie but it could have been great with a different casting of Bourne.

Damon was perfect though in The Talented Mr Rippley. I don't know if he won anything for it but should have.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (/WQyy)

202 So take the Aeneid with a grain of salt."

Don't take Aeneid if you're allergic to Aeneid or any of it's ingredients...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (KVa9+)

203 I love when libs use what animals do as some sort of guide for human behavior. Animals will eat shit and and may other unsavory things and are brutal in ways we can hardly imagine.

So I don't really give a fuck about their supposed homosexual behavior.

Posted by: Ripley at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (GUOwU)

204 I don't remember any backlash about that casting. Calypso was clearly a white lady in the myth, IIRC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

Peak Vanessa Williams 'could' be Helen of Troy though. If they cast her it would be 'oh, I can see that.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (zZu0s)

205 I never found Nolan's movies to be entertaining. The Dark Knight wasn't even that good, it was preposterous. In fact, that's a good summary of his movies, preposterous.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (NbKRl)
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There's a good YouTube video out there that breaks down the opening bank robbery scene, explaining just why it would never, ever actually work in real life. Far too dependent on contrived coincidences.

Looks clever, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (FZ29D)

206 Didn't the 1990s version with Armand Assante also have a black lady in the cast? The ravishing Vanessa Williams. I think she was Calypso. I don't remember any backlash about that casting. Calypso was clearly a white lady in the myth, IIRC.

She's clearly not pure black. Her striking blue eyes are her best feature, IMHO.

Vanessa Williams is not half white. Both of her parents identify as monoracial Black.

However, her DNA is highly admixed. A DNA test she took revealed her genetic makeup to be roughly 53% Sub-Saharan African, 34% European (including British Isles, Finnish, Portuguese, and Southern European), and 13% Indigenous American. She also has a documented history of mixed-race ancestry on her family tree, including an interracial marriage from the 1870 census

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (Riz8t)

207 Didn't the 1990s version with Armand Assante also have a black lady in the cast? The ravishing Vanessa Williams. I think she was Calypso. I don't remember any backlash about that casting. Calypso was clearly a white lady in the myth, IIRC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

Wasn't Calypso a goddess or demigoddess? Not fully human, so could be portrayed as "other than Greek".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (1z8ji)

208
and that Christopher Nolan forgot the one thing that a director should never forget...

A film's first and primary job is to entertain.

Sean Penn has built a whole career making movies that don't entertain... until the money starts to dry up.

As Spicoli put it during an interview on Inside the Actor's Studio, films are not made for entertainment. Direct quote: "If you want entertainment, then go buy yourself a hooker and an eight-ball."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (dv49b)

209 207 There's a good YouTube video out there that breaks down the opening bank robbery scene, explaining just why it would never, ever actually work in real life. Far too dependent on contrived coincidences.

Looks clever, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (FZ29D)

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Imagine if they had broken out into coordinated song and dance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (GKzf4)

210 It's ironic. Filmmakers used to pursue awards to attract an audience that will create funding for their next movie. Now to qualify for nomination you must DEI your film and drive away your audience.

Ive posted before how money is made in today's Hollywood. I will do so again if you want.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (wBaIH)

211 NSFW. If a COB wants to clean that up, I wouldn't take offense.

Sorry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (2YhKe)

Now im curious, but im also at work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (zZu0s)

212 I tolerated Nolan moobies until I saw "Tenet". WTF."

Yeah.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 03:39 PM (KVa9+)

213 169 Animals have queer sex?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Some of them allegedly have trouble telling the difference sometimes, deep in the throes of the mating season, especially in species with low sexual dimorphism like swans.

But making it out to be a routine thing instead of a rare accident is just the left wishcasting.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Some West African frogs have been known to spontaneously change sex from male to female in a single sex environment, so obviously people can, too. Especially the Black ones. Slay Queens!!!!!

Posted by: Queer Dr. Alan Grant at July 14, 2026 03:39 PM (oI/gx)

214 Great news bluebell. Love grammie!

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 03:39 PM (Qr870)

215 As Spicoli put it during an interview on Inside the Actor's Studio, films are not made for entertainment. Direct quote: "If you want entertainment, then go buy yourself a hooker and an eight-ball."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (dv49b)

LOL. He takes himself way too seriously.

You're nothing but a court jester that get paid way too much to do it, fool.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)

216 Someone should tell Elliot to sack up and quit bitchin. Nobody cares what a white man has to say these days.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 03:36 PM

THIS! You're part of the problem now Elliot! S/

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 14, 2026 03:39 PM (ewjUl)

217 My issue with Nolan is the same one I have with Tarantino. They use the same actors in all their projects. It can be distracting, which I think sort of plays into Ace's comment:

"You never feel like you're watching people who aren't celebrity actors."

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:39 PM (dIske)

218 Iirc, Simon is from the Aeneid- which is the Roman attempt to cement their place as an ancient people by tracing backwards to Troy. It was written by Virgil under Augustus explicitly as propaganda.

So take the Aeneid with a grain of salt.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM (zZu0s)

I can see why they would invent a 'trickster' character to explain why the Trojans let the horse into the city since it was such a blunder after holding off the Greeks so long.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:39 PM (uhVAy)

219 Didn't the 1990s version with Armand Assante also have a black lady in the cast? The ravishing Vanessa Williams. I think she was Calypso. I don't remember any backlash about that casting. Calypso was clearly a white lady in the myth, IIRC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

Wasn't Calypso a goddess or demigoddess? Not fully human, so could be portrayed as "other than Greek".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (1z8ji)
________

A nymph, IIRC. Daughter of Atlas, again IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

220 26 I think this movie was Nolan making a bet with someone to see how offensive to his audience he could be and still make piles of money.

I'm only half joking.

I mean, it's hard to imagine how much worse the casting could be. I don't even like Matt Damon as Odysseus.

Ellen Page as purely cast as a big "fuck you" to his audience.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (iFTx/)

There was an artist years ago; maybe a painter or sculptor, supposedly he said he could sh*t in a can and sell it as art and people would spend ridiculous amounts of money to buy it.
I think this movie is Nolan's sh*t in a can; see how many people he can get to see, spend money on and defend this garbage. I hope if fails and I hope men get blamed again for it's failure because all many of us are doing is just refusing to spend money on this twaddle.

Posted by: Nelly at July 14, 2026 03:40 PM (6+ehB)

221
>>Second Nature, the documentary he is flogging on the podcast

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I don't even need to read the rest to know this will be in grade schools soon.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

=========

Yup, this found it on X:

Transgender actress Elliot Page promotes her new nature documentary teaching kids animals can be gender fluid and LGBTQI+.

“It is so exceptional sharing this information that we did not learn in school about gender and sexuality in the natural world.”

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:40 PM (mmrXZ)

222 212 It's ironic. Filmmakers used to pursue awards to attract an audience that will create funding for their next movie. Now to qualify for nomination you must DEI your film and drive away your audience.

Ive posted before how money is made in today's Hollywood. I will do so again if you want.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (wBaIH)

=======

The pursuit of awards was always the ends unto itself. There was a period of a few decades where they coincidentally lined up.

It was when the studios were using the awards to pat themselves on the back for making money.

That changed in the late 60s and early 70s when the studio system finally collapsed. The point of the big awards became disassociated from box office over time.

Hollywood was never, ever going to nominate Ghostbusters for Best Picture in 1985, and it was the #1 movie of the year at the box office.

And that was 40 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (GKzf4)

223 Vanessa Williams is white for all intents and purposes.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (/WQyy)

224 Its safe, depending if your search preferences have safe search on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (zZu0s)

225 "Elliot" needs some growth hormones... 5 ft 1 male ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (F1quE)

226
Now im curious, but im also at work.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (zZu0s)

It was SUPPOSED to be a link to an image with to older ladies, still dressed, starting some lesbian stuff......the rest of the page had really graphic lesbian stuff.

An Ace level error on my part.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)

227 Tell me more about the free love trouser french canuck lady.

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (n5tGW)

228 34% European (including British Isles, Finnish, Portuguese, and Southern European"

Wait a sec... DNA can show nationality?

/

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (KVa9+)

229 Cant wait for the Modern Woke Western as it "really was"..Little Female Sheriff: Now, take this under consideration, Big Jake. If you dont behave better I wiil have no option but to file an injunction against you that could lead to substantial penalties and damage your standing in the community. Big Jake (looking frustrated and sheepish): Oh. Sorry maam. (holsters 6 shooter and rides slowly away)

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (mMytc)

230 Virgil used The Sack of Troy, for Sinon. One of the epics that did not get ascribed to Homer so did not survive to get copied by the Christians.
Switching those epics around to be told from the Trojan POV seems to be Virgil's innovation. Obviously it worked, because that part of Virgil's epic DID get copied.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (gKWVE)

231 Netflix engaging in Deconstructivism and Critical Theory. And they will produce shit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (m2wmY)

232 197 The Ingalls were broke, as in grinding poverty with the only benefit being Pa hunting and having enough land for a cash crop, a cow and being able to feed themselves.
I think they lived mostly on the loans Pa got on the land he claimed
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (rbvCR)

I think most people on the frontier were broke. That's why they went out there. But the Ingalls didn't go very far. They were always within settled areas.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (bl07w)

233 An Ace level error on my part.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Text Doof. He can zap it.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 03:42 PM (p4NUW)

234 Adam Carolla noted that taking advice from animals about sex is not a very good plan since approx 99% of animal sex is usually rape with the typical act being the male coming up from behind the female, holding the female down, and plunging in. Probbaly doesn't meet the foreplay expectations of most human females.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at July 14, 2026 03:42 PM (2Dncg)

235 34% European (including British Isles, Finnish, Portuguese, and Southern European"

Wait a sec... DNA can show nationality?

Whatever she is, she's gorgeous.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:42 PM (Riz8t)

236 They do say that the Stunt Casting isn't too much of a factor because those are small roles with little screen time.

What ruins the movie is when they try to shove their political agenda down your throat. I go to the movies to be entertained, not to have some unsubtle gender crap pushed at me. I like going to movies at the theater. Fortunately for me, I like horror movies, and those tend to be less likely to push political stuff.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 03:42 PM (0Htd1)

237 Wasn't Nolan's "Westworld" the modern woke Western?

Posted by: games are problematic at July 14, 2026 03:42 PM (gKWVE)

238
Text Doof. He can zap it.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 03:42 PM (p4NUW)

TJM and CBD are here, I'd hope they'd take care of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)

239 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (GKzf4)

It's my opinion that Uncle Buck should have won or at least been nominated for Best Picture. Only 1/3 joking.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:43 PM (/WQyy)

240 231 Cant wait for the Modern Woke Western as it "really was"..Little Female Sheriff: Now, take this under consideration, Big Jake. If you dont behave better I wiil have no option but to file an injunction against you that could lead to substantial penalties and damage your standing in the community. Big Jake (looking frustrated and sheepish): Oh. Sorry maam. (holsters 6 shooter and rides slowly away)

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (mMytc)

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The Western is the oldest, most enduring genre in film.

It's been rebooted, subverted, redefined, and deconstructed constantly since like the 30s.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:43 PM (GKzf4)

241 Virgil used The Sack of Troy, for Sinon. One of the epics that did not get ascribed to Homer so did not survive to get copied by the Christians.
Switching those epics around to be told from the Trojan POV seems to be Virgil's innovation. Obviously it worked, because that part of Virgil's epic DID get copied.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (gKWVE)
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Plus, probably fewer people wanted to hear a story about Troy's sack...

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)

242 Scientists stunned as E. Page proves DNA false!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 03:43 PM (n5tGW)

243 239 Wasn't Nolan's "Westworld" the modern woke Western?

Posted by: games are problematic at July 14, 2026 03:42 PM (gKWVE)

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His brother Jonathan ran Westworld.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:43 PM (GKzf4)

244 TJM

Could you nuke comment 152, please?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:43 PM (2YhKe)

245 Just watched the TV special of The Odyssey on Amazon (I know, I hate myself for having it), and it was a lot of fun! The corniness, ADR voicing and 90’s special effects added to the charm.

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 14, 2026 03:43 PM (iJMtg)

246 210
and that Christopher Nolan forgot the one thing that a director should never forget...

A film's first and primary job is to entertain.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (dv49b)
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It's hard to pick out a movie with Brad Pitt in a role where it wasn't entertaining regardless of the director. He even pointed out in SEVEN the studio wanted to replace the human head with a dog's head, and he said he'd walk if they did because that's what makes the movie, and why people will be invested in the conclusion.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (dIske)

247
My issue with Nolan is the same one I have with Tarantino. They use the same actors in all their projects. It can be distracting, which I think sort of plays into Ace's comment:

"You never feel like you're watching people who aren't celebrity actors."
Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:39 PM (dIske)

The John Ford Stock Company would like a word...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (dv49b)

248 Transgender actress Elliot Page promotes her new nature documentary teaching kids "

Not my kids, sweetie...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (KVa9+)

249 I have queer giraffes.
Posted by: Richard Harris at July 14, 2026 03:37 PM (HW/1v)

Dude, Proximo had the queer giraffes. Richard Harris had already been smothered by Commodus at that point.

Posted by: Nelly at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (6+ehB)

250 "Elliot" needs some growth hormones... 5 ft 1 male ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (F1quE)

Elliot Page is the Robert Reich of Ru Pauls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (zZu0s)

251 animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans.

You take that back! My dogs were NOT fags! *sob.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (0Htd1)

252 Pa comes in crying that the locust are eating the crops and falls to his knees. Ma and the three girls strip naked dance circles around a steaming cauldron chanting " We dont need no man.We dont need no man. Gaia saves from this pestilence and also makes the locust go away". When the sun comes up there is nothing but golden corn as far as the eye can see and the locust have stripped Pa's bones clean.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (/WHpM)

253 246 TJM

Could you nuke comment 152, please?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:43 PM (2YhKe)

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Done.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (GKzf4)

254 The word you're looking for is transexual.
Gender refers to possessive pronouns, such as his, hers, their, and its.

As any school child can tell you.

Posted by: Please make a note of it at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (2Ez/1)

255
Elliot Page is the Robert Reich of Ru Pauls.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (zZu0s)

Perfect.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (2YhKe)

256 Ellen Page was a kind of cute girl. Now it's a surgically altered mentally ill looking girl

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (m2wmY)

257 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)

Could have been worse. Could have been Queensryche.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (Qr870)

258 Didn't the 1990s version with Armand Assante also have a black lady in the cast? The ravishing Vanessa Williams. I think she was Calypso. I don't remember any backlash about that casting. Calypso was clearly a white lady in the myth, IIRC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

Wasn't Calypso a goddess or demigoddess? Not fully human, so could be portrayed as "other than Greek".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:38 PM (1z8ji)

She was a nymph. Also as she was along on his travels in the Med, she didn't have to be Greek either. Usually they put her somewhere near Libya. Recently saw some zany Odyssey map having him sail all the way to the Americas - Scylla and Charybdis was somewhere near NYC.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)

259
Done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (GKzf4)

Much obliged, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:45 PM (2YhKe)

260
Could have been worse. Could have been Queensryche.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (Qr870)

Fact.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:45 PM (2YhKe)

261 162 152
Busty lebsians.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 03:28 PM (Kt19C)

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

https://shorturl.fm/9iqZ9

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:31 PM (2YhKe)

DO NOT CLICK AT WORK...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)

Oooh. a boobs thread.

https://tinyurl.com/eya5s3jr

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at July 14, 2026 03:45 PM (w/O5Q)

262 254 246 TJM

Could you nuke comment 152, please?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:43 PM (2YhKe)

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Done.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (GKzf4)

More Queensryche?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 03:45 PM (nTGnD)

263

"On the podcast, Page, who narrates the film"

And she has such a great voice for doing so.

These goddamned Communists never stop with this shit.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 14, 2026 03:46 PM (et1vG)

264 the traditional way we view gender is scientifically inaccurate.
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This is a gobbledygook sentence.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 03:46 PM (Qr870)

265
240 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (GKzf4)

It's my opinion that Uncle Buck should have won or at least been nominated for Best Picture. Only 1/3 joking.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:43 PM (/WQyy)

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Uncle Buck suffers from a specific problem, I think. It's the same problem that John Ford's 3 Godfathers suffers from.

The main character is supposed to be at least something of a bad guy in the beginning who learns to be a good guy, but they start the film as good, affable, likeable guys so there's no where for the character to actually go.

William Wyler made a version of the 3 Godfathers story in the very early sound era called Hell's Heroes. The three start the film arguing about which one is going to rape the dying woman with the baby. They grow and become better people by the end.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:46 PM (GKzf4)

266 And then someone quotes it!

I love this place .

Can't stop the signal, Mal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:46 PM (zZu0s)

267 Men did tame the West , viciously and often with cruelty

Woman came in and destroyed the alpha male

Unfortunately

Posted by: Gonzotx at July 14, 2026 03:46 PM (nGraA)

268 Dude, Proximo had the queer giraffes. Richard Harris had already been smothered by Commodus at that point."

Are we not entertained?

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 03:47 PM (KVa9+)

269 And then someone quotes it!

I love this place .

Can't stop the signal, Mal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:46 PM (zZu0s)

Was about to say the same thing.......

I'm no longer responsible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:47 PM (2YhKe)

270 TJM, 1984 was full of good movies, so the Academy had a lot to choose from. This Is Spinal Tap was easily a contender against Ghostbusters even in the comedy sphere. Arguably had better story-structure.
I still need to watch Dreamscape and Night Of The Comet.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 03:47 PM (gKWVE)

271 She was a nymph. Also as she was along on his travels in the Med, she didn't have to be Greek either. Usually they put her somewhere near Libya. Recently saw some zany Odyssey map having him sail all the way to the Americas - Scylla and Charybdis was somewhere near NYC.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)

If Vanessa Williams were to indulge her nymphomania on me, I would not complain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 03:47 PM (1z8ji)

272 I’m going to make my own Little House on the Prairie, except with Blackjack and hookers!

Posted by: Bender at July 14, 2026 03:48 PM (iJMtg)

273

Oh

" He says he couldn't make out the dialogue at first, and once he could, he realized "how bad the dialogue is."

Well, that's good though. That weasel did the same thing with Tenet, and that overrated pile of shit Oppenheimer.

How does he get away with such awful production? It's literally terrible, you can't make out what the actors are saying. How is this good?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 14, 2026 03:48 PM (et1vG)

274 Saw a AI YouTube with Page doing movie manly roles but getting beat downs

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:48 PM (Ia/+0)

275 Tell you. When the Left turns to their men with guns it's gonna be super ugly. They will be like kids in a candy store.

The Left: "Whoa! This is the EASY way to enact our 'change'. Why didn't anyone tell us this??!!"

Right before all the killings and orgasms start.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 03:48 PM (Qr870)

276 Oh c'mon man. There is an infinite supply of tickets to not see it.

There's a new DeNiro film that I already have my ticket to not see it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 03:48 PM (qFwJc)

277 "I think a lot of our pop culture portrays the West as men riding around with guns and solving problems with violence and posturing, but that is just not how it was settled... We really are trying to do a show that does not fall back on tropes of sort of masculinity."

I don't recall any of this in Little House.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2026 03:48 PM (w6EFb)

278 222
>>Second Nature, the documentary he is flogging on the podcast

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I don't even need to read the rest to know this will be in grade schools soon.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

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Yup, this found it on X:

Transgender actress Elliot Page promotes her new nature documentary teaching kids animals can be gender fluid and LGBTQI+.

“It is so exceptional sharing this information that we did not learn in school about gender and sexuality in the natural world.”

Some herd animals let the males fight to near death then all the females get knocked up by the herd alpha Chad.

You know, like tinder.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 03:49 PM (/WHpM)

279 I want my history brought to life, not a retarded delusional version of life brought to my history.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:49 PM (S41Gd)

280 271 TJM, 1984 was full of good movies, so the Academy had a lot to choose from. This Is Spinal Tap was easily a contender against Ghostbusters even in the comedy sphere. Arguably had better story-structure.
I still need to watch Dreamscape and Night Of The Comet.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 03:47 PM (gKWVE)

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Trust me. It wasn't that "there were too many good movies" that Ghostbusters wasn't nominated.

In 1928? Ghostbusters would have been nominated. It might not have won, but it would have been nominated. Through the first decade, all of the winners were top three at the box office.

By the 80s, there was a very clear break where box office winners had to be the "right" kind of movie to be considered, much less win.

The awards have been gatekeeping since the inception, it's just that the early gatekeepers valued success in commerce more than messages because they had Western Union to send messages.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:49 PM (GKzf4)

281 99% of animal sex is usually rape with the typical act being the male coming up from behind the female, holding the female down, and plunging in. Probbaly doesn't meet the foreplay expectations of most human females.
Posted by: hate_the_deepsta

If she's in estrus, she's down for sextrus! Uh, she wants some pleasin', cause she's in season? When she's in heat, she'll take the meat!

Posted by: Horny lion coming up with corny rape justifying rhymes at July 14, 2026 03:49 PM (oI/gx)

282 Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 03:30 PM (GD0B3)

That’s great news, it’s a War

Posted by: Gonzotx at July 14, 2026 03:49 PM (nGraA)

283
I don't recall any of this in Little House.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2026 03:48 PM (w6EFb)

I mean, it's lot like they even watched the show or anything......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:49 PM (2YhKe)

284
It's hard to pick out a movie with Brad Pitt in a role where it wasn't entertaining regardless of the director. He even pointed out in SEVEN the studio wanted to replace the human head with a dog's head, and he said he'd walk if they did because that's what makes the movie, and why people will be invested in the conclusion.
Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (dIske)

Seven Years in Tibet?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 03:49 PM (dv49b)

285 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:46 PM (GKzf4

No the intention was for him to be the unmotivated fun loving black sheep uncle who was finally put into a situation where he had to grow up.

That's how I saw it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:50 PM (/WQyy)

286 273 I’m going to make my own Little House on the Prairie, except with Blackjack and hookers!
Posted by: Bender at July 14, 2026 03:48 PM (iJMtg)

And... Dolly Parton?

Posted by: Burt Reynolds at July 14, 2026 03:50 PM (mP0Kj)

287 @271 Night of the Comet and The Last Starfighter both came out in 1984. Two small fun , funny sci-fi movies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 03:50 PM (m2wmY)

288 If you haven't changed your chromosomes, you haven't changed your sex.

Posted by: Science! at July 14, 2026 03:50 PM (2Ez/1)

289 You suckers! I got free tickets not to see it when I didn't see Supergirl.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 03:50 PM (n5tGW)

290 251 "Elliot" needs some growth hormones... 5 ft 1 male ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:41 PM (F1quE)
______________________

Peter Dinklage is going to be pissed.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:50 PM (dIske)

291 286 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:46 PM (GKzf4

No the intention was for him to be the unmotivated fun loving black sheep uncle who was finally put into a situation where he had to grow up.

That's how I saw it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:50 PM (/WQyy)

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I saw the intention that he was a fuckup, but he never actually fucks up that bad because he's so lovable. Because John Hughes loved John Candy (no homo).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:50 PM (GKzf4)

292 I don't even need to read the rest to know this will be in grade schools soon.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

=========

Yup, this found it on X:

Transgender actress Elliot Page promotes her new nature documentary teaching kids animals can be gender fluid and LGBTQI+.

“It is so exceptional sharing this information that we did not learn in school about gender and sexuality in the natural world.”

Some herd animals let the males fight to near death then all the females get knocked up by the herd alpha Chad.

You know, like tinder.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 03:49 PM (/WHpM)
_________

So the trans lunatics are now resorting to saying that animals do it, so we should too? Animals eat their own shit. Should we do that? Oh wait -- don't ask these lunatics that.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)

293 When my cat starts uptalking I might get worried.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (UjdFS)

294 Um, Elliot. Go back in time and tell the Romans that they did not build their empire with Swords and Blood.

Go ahead, I'll wait.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (zZu0s)

295 El Sleezo Patron: He did too. He touched me.
El Sleezo Tough: Ugh. Wash up, you'll get warts.
Kermit: That's a myth.
El Sleezo Tough: Yeah, but she's my "myth"!
Kermit: No, no, myth, myth!
Myth: Yeth?

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (RHGPo)

296
In 1928? Ghostbusters would have been nominated. It might not have won, but it would have been nominated. Through the first decade, all of the winners were top three at the box office.

In 1928 Ghostbusters would've been something of The Devil and banished to Hell for being some kind of heretic thing........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

297 A version of 'Little House of the Prairie' based directly on the book, would be quite good. At least according to my sister. She's read them. It was a series of books. They have a harshness and cruelty in them that wasn't in the TV show or whatever this abomination is. 19th Century western America was a rough, unyielding, place.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (sAmhv)

298 I don't recall any of this in Little House.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 14, 2026 03:48 PM (w6EFb)

I mean, it's lot like they even watched the show or anything......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:49 PM (2YhKe)
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For all we know, they simply picked an IP out of a hat.

It could just as easily have been a remake of Columbo.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (FZ29D)

299 Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:44 PM (dIske)

The dude is more than just a pretty boy. He can act. He should have won an Oscar for Kalifornia.

Harley was a great character.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (/WQyy)

300 Took me a minute to find the safe search 'off' prompt.

Posted by: Muhammad al Muhammad at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (J4Dwc)

301

""Try and block out the noise from absolute vile losers, who must just be so profoundly uncomfortable with themselves,"

I mean, this little troll chopped her tits off.

That's more projection than the AMC 20 with every camera running.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 14, 2026 03:52 PM (et1vG)

302 297
In 1928? Ghostbusters would have been nominated. It might not have won, but it would have been nominated. Through the first decade, all of the winners were top three at the box office.

In 1928 Ghostbusters would've been something of The Devil and banished to Hell for being some kind of heretic thing........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

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Well, Sponge's exposure to pre-Code films is deeply woeful.

Pre-Code Hollywood was kinda nuts.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:52 PM (GKzf4)

303 Juno was enjoyable for what it was, and Page fit the sullen, smart-ass, teenage girl role well.

But everything else she’s played in it seems like she was on anti-depressants and Xanax in every scene.

Now she’s just juiced up on mental illnesses and testosterone pills.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 03:52 PM (6ydKt)

304 "This word we completely changed the meaning of, isn't what science has always said it is."

Huh. You don't fucking say.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 03:52 PM (Qr870)

305 Brad Pitt's cameo in The Lost City with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum was a hoot.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (PiwSw)

306 approx 99% of animal sex is usually (graphic description of 99% of femme romantasy slop)

We could argue about the percentages, but I think it differs from animal to animal. You can usually tell by the dimorphism of what comes next.
For instance, most cats are difficult to tell if they are male or female excepting of course the lion. If you've had a female cat in heat then you know she is consenting to just about any tomcat who can get in reach.
Among primates, orangutans are ridiculously different. I recall reading that orangutan mating tends to be Platner-tier forceful as a rule.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (gKWVE)

307 I have seen Denzel Washington play and Italian Duke. I don't care. I just want good performances. Roscoe Lee Brown did Shakespeare too and I don't think it was Othello.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (qFwJc)

308
Well, Sponge's exposure to pre-Code films is deeply woeful.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:52 PM (GKzf4)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)

309 Of course. All women in the prairie in the 1870's practiced free and wore trousers, right? . It's subtext is an homage to George Sand and the Paris of earlier days, correct . Uggh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (Bw1/o)

310 306 Brad Pitt's cameo in The Lost City with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum was a hoot.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (PiwS

Yes... That's a very funny movie

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (F1quE)

311 the traditional way we view gender is scientifically inaccurate.
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This is a gobbledygook sentence.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 03:46 PM (Qr870)
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Well, it is somewhat true in that "gender" was a linguistic word to tell which ending a word got and never a scientific term.

However all words in all languages got the gender they got. There are positive statements that can be said to be true, so that's kind of like science.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)

312
308 I have seen Denzel Washington play and Italian Duke. I don't care. I just want good performances. Roscoe Lee Brown did Shakespeare too and I don't think it was Othello.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (qFwJc)

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Sharlto Copely would play a great Black Panther.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (GKzf4)

313 I was more of a Grizzly Adams guy. Little house was
boring.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 03:54 PM (05hbD)

314
Bathrooms are a social/human construct.

Thus bathrooms aren't real. So, what's the deal with bathrooms?

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:54 PM (Fi81e)

315 Brad Pitt playing the stoner roommate in True Romance was a hoot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 03:54 PM (m2wmY)

316 I saw the intention that he was a fuckup, but he never actually fucks up that bad because he's so lovable. Because John Hughes loved John Candy (no homo).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:50 PM (GKzf4)

He didn't fuck up in the movie because of the specific situation he was put in. The back story indicates he fucked up plenty.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:55 PM (/WQyy)

317 Manners are a social construct. Gender is not.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 03:55 PM (qFwJc)

318 It's my opinion that Uncle Buck should have won or at least been nominated for Best Picture. Only 1/3 joking.
==
I agree. I liked Uncle Buck a lot. Summer rental also another John Candy movie. I think the point with him is he is kind of any everyman slub. Mired in his own existence, struggling against life, just like the rest of us maybe a little to self concerned, and in the end, unlike most of us, he wins through. Its not a complicated character arc. He's us, except it turns out okay in the end for him. That's the payoff. That's a legitimate leading role. He was good at it. But I'm not a movie critic.

Posted by: not joe bob briggs at July 14, 2026 03:55 PM (anL5R)

319 Bathrooms are a social/human construct.

Thus bathrooms aren't real. So, what's the deal with bathrooms?
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:54 PM (Fi81e)

Just pull up a curb. Shit wherever.

Posted by: San Francisco at July 14, 2026 03:55 PM (2YhKe)

320
Predator
Robocop
Lethal Weapon
The Naked Gun
The Untouchables
Die Hard
Midnight Run
Spaceballs
A Fish Called Wanda

All came out within about a year of each other.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 03:55 PM (Qr870)

321 Brad Pitt's cameo in The Lost City with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum was a hoot.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (PiwS

Yes... That's a very funny movie
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (F1quE)
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His cameo was the best part. But it kinda backfired because it showed how bland and boring Channing Tatum is. The movie would have been much better if Brad Pitt had the lead role.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:55 PM (iFTx/)

322 316 He didn't fuck up in the movie because of the specific situation he was put in. The back story indicates he fucked up plenty.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:55 PM (/WQyy)

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Yeah, there's my problem.

"He's a fuckup."

"Give me an example."

"No! Look at how loveable John Candy is! Just hug him!"

It's what creates the distance I feel in Uncle Buck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (GKzf4)

323
Some herd animals let the males fight to near death then all the females get knocked up by the herd alpha Chad.

You know, like tinder.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless

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As I come to think of it, how do these evolutionary biologists even determine that an animal is gay? Dogs hump human legs and probably upholstered chair legs -- does this mean they're necrophiles of some sort? I suspect there's a lot of anthropocentrism in this thesis.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (mmrXZ)

324 In 1928 Ghostbusters would've been something of The Devil and banished to Hell for being some kind of heretic thing........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

I don’t know, Topper was a big hit less than a decade later and it was a comedy about ghosts.

They also did I Married A Witch with the beautiful Veronica Lake not long after.

Supernatural comedies have been a thing for awhile.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (6ydKt)

325 My favorite John Candy movie is Who's Harry Crumb?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (PiwSw)

326 Kilgore: Smell that? You smell that?
Lance: What?
Kilgore: Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell? The whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end.

... yeah, someday this war's gonna end.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (RHGPo)

327 >>Night of the Comet and The Last Starfighter both came out in 1984. Two small fun , funny sci-fi movies

Lance Guest and my first wife dated for a spell while attending Saratoga High School.

I met him years later when we ran into him a bicycle shop in Los Gatos. He's a bit of a dick.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (J4Dwc)

328 Just pull up a curb. Shit wherever.

Posted by: San Francisco at July 14, 2026 03:55 PM
+++++
Especially in Clark's neighborhood.

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (2Ez/1)

329 324 I don’t know, Topper was a big hit less than a decade later and it was a comedy about ghosts.

They also did I Married A Witch with the beautiful Veronica Lake not long after.

Supernatural comedies have been a thing for awhile.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (6ydKt)

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Cat and the Canary's first version was 1928. Dracula was 1931. The whole Universal monster verse started up just shortly thereafter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:57 PM (GKzf4)

330 A version of 'Little House of the Prairie' based directly on the book, would be quite good. At least according to my sister. She's read them. It was a series of books. They have a harshness and cruelty in them that wasn't in the TV show or whatever this abomination is. 19th Century western America was a rough, unyielding, place.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 03:51 PM (sAmhv)

I read them all too, except perhaps the first one. The TV show was set in the Minnesota area later in time which was more settled and 'easier' than some early books where they are having trouble even getting crops working.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:57 PM (uhVAy)

331 Thus bathrooms aren't real. So, what's the deal with bathrooms?
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:54 PM (Fi81e)

It’s a room, with a bath…but what if it doesn’t have a bath, but a shower. We don’t call it showerrooms!

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at July 14, 2026 03:57 PM (iJMtg)

332
I don’t know, Topper was a big hit less than a decade later and it was a comedy about ghosts.

They also did I Married A Witch with the beautiful Veronica Lake not long after.

Supernatural comedies have been a thing for awhile.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (6ydKt)

I was leaning along the lines of the special effects and all.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:57 PM (2YhKe)

333 But it kinda backfired because it showed how bland and boring Channing Tatum is. "

This. The Liberty insurance guy is more likeable.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 03:57 PM (KVa9+)

334 Hollywood loves remakes.
They should do Romancing the Stone.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)

335 >This. The Liberty insurance guy is more likeable.
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 03:57 PM

++++
I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: The Emu at July 14, 2026 03:58 PM (2Ez/1)

336
I watched a reaction video of a Page interview, she said that she's "happier" as a man. The reactor said "She should tell her face."

She also says that her manly ways includes a "cry a day". So, I totally get that she "feels like a guy". (NOT!)

And she does not view that "masculinity" has to be "emotionally shut down" (the way women describe men being the way men want to be).

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

337 This. The Liberty insurance guy is more likeable.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 03:57 PM (KVa9+)

"The line......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:58 PM (2YhKe)

338 99+% of animal sex is heterosexual. Now what

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Qr870)

339 Underrated John Candy movie is Volunteers

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)

340 John Candy as a fuck-up?

"Planes, Trains, and Automobiles."

I bust a gut laughing.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (qFwJc)

341 Two of my favorites are :

Snatch

&

Burn After Reading

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (dIske)

342 They should do Romancing the Stone."

Gator's dead...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (KVa9+)

343 323
Some herd animals let the males fight to near death then all the females get knocked up by the herd alpha Chad.

You know, like tinder.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless

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

As I come to think of it, how do these evolutionary biologists even determine that an animal is gay? Dogs hump human legs and probably upholstered chair legs -- does this mean they're necrophiles of some sort? I suspect there's a lot of anthropocentrism in this thesis.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (mmrXZ)

In the wild when the females of a pride take up with a new alpha Chad male, the new male kills all the cubs from the previous male.

Lots of things go on in nature that I'm pretty sure Elliot would find weird and unacceptable.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (/WHpM)

344 336
I watched a reaction video of a Page interview, she said that she's "happier" as a man. The reactor said "She should tell her face."

She also says that her manly ways includes a "cry a day". So, I totally get that she "feels like a guy". (NOT!)

And she does not view that "masculinity" has to be "emotionally shut down" (the way women describe men being the way men want to be).

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

========

I cry once a day.

At the thought that Marcus Aurelius died as a true Stoic and that I will never match him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (GKzf4)

345 "Topper" is great. A couple drink and drive and die.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (qFwJc)

346 Underrated John Candy movie is Volunteers"

Tuttle from Tacoma?

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (KVa9+)

347 It’s worse than animal buggery, “Rape” is a human construct, by their own lights. There is no such thing, it necessarily follows. Is that what they want?

Leftists are basically infants, as far as thinking goes, and philosophy.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (Yq6vM)

348 I watched a reaction video of a Page interview, she said that she's "happier" as a man. The reactor said "She should tell her face."

She also says that her manly ways includes a "cry a day". So, I totally get that she "feels like a guy". (NOT!)

And she does not view that "masculinity" has to be "emotionally shut down" (the way women describe men being the way men want to be).
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)
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Yea, in all those interviews where she's claiming she's happier now, she looks fucking miserable, and usually like she's stoned out on something. It's a hostage video.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

349 Uggh!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

There's a lot of controversy about the "Little House" novels we did get, on to what degree Laura Ingalls was actually telling the story or Rose Wilder her daughter was filtering it all.
Ingalls was brilliantly intelligent and a force of nature, which you had to be to survive as a woman in the Great Plains at the time. Rose... was something... similar. But different. Kind of an American Ayn Rand. Like if a tomboy raised a tomboy.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (gKWVE)

350 I was leaning along the lines of the special effects and all.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:57 PM (2YhKe)

Ahh, yes, they would have been imprressive in 1928.

I wonder what the Roaring Twenties would have thought of CGI and AI Slop.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 04:01 PM (6ydKt)

351 She's not a real man. She has no functioning penis.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 04:01 PM (qFwJc)

352 Look, "Elliott":

I'm sorry you got passed around Hollywood like a spliff of ditchweed at a traveling Grateful Dead camp, or that your stepdaddy nailed you when you didn't want him to, or didn't nail you when you did want him to, or whatever, but chopping off your tits is not the answer.

I just checked... it looks like her sperm and egg donors (I won't call them "parents") started pimping her out to show biz at the age of 10. After a hundred years of movies (and I'm thinking live theatre wasn't/isn't immune to this), I think we can safely say that any "parent" who puts a kid in show biz knows EXACTLY what's going to happen to that kid. They just don't give a shit, as long as the checks clear.

Posted by: Peter Sellers at July 14, 2026 04:01 PM (IG3/x)

353
I still need to watch Dreamscape and Night Of The Comet.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 03:47 PM (gKWVE)

"Daddy would have got us Uzis."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 04:01 PM (dv49b)

354 348
Yea, in all those interviews where she's claiming she's happier now, she looks fucking miserable, and usually like she's stoned out on something. It's a hostage video.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

========

"I leave this world happier than I could ever feel."
-Ellen Page's suicide note

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:01 PM (GKzf4)

355 One book Rose and Laura didn't let us read was the book about when Laura's dad was running a hotel in Iowa, for instance.
"Little Hotel Where My Little Brother Died" might have been a bummer to read though.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 04:02 PM (gKWVE)

356 At the thought that Marcus Aurelius died as a true Stoic and that I will never match him."

Just plan for the shiite..

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 04:02 PM (KVa9+)

357 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (GKzf4)

What's your definition of a fuck up? Does he have to commit a crime or something like that. You don't think a 40 something year old guy who can't hold down a job and is a degenerate gambler with a piece of crap ca and a crappy apartment isn't a fuck up?

John Daly was a huge fuck up in real life and his peers and fans loved him.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:02 PM (/WQyy)

358 She's not a real man. She has no functioning penis.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 04:01 PM (qFwJc)

Nor prostate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 04:02 PM (2YhKe)

359 Bathrooms are a social/human construct.

Thus bathrooms aren't real. So, what's the deal with bathrooms?
Posted by: Axeman

They're for speed dating.

Posted by: Mayo Pete at July 14, 2026 04:02 PM (UjdFS)

360 354 348
Yea, in all those interviews where she's claiming she's happier now, she looks fucking miserable, and usually like she's stoned out on something. It's a hostage video.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

========

"I leave this world happier than I could ever feel."
-Ellen Page's suicide note
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:01 PM (GKzf4)

"I tried to sack up, but I just didn't have the balls."

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 04:03 PM (/WHpM)

361 As I come to think of it, how do these evolutionary biologists even determine that an animal is gay? Dogs hump human legs and probably upholstered chair legs -- does this mean they're necrophiles of some sort? I suspect there's a lot of anthropocentrism in this thesis.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (mmrXZ)

In the wild when the females of a pride take up with a new alpha Chad male, the new male kills all the cubs from the previous male.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (/WHpM)
______

That would be a helluva "land acknowledgment"-type declaration ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

362 99% of animal sex is usually rape with the typical act being the male coming up from behind the female, holding the female down, and plunging in.
==
*throws flag*

Okay, so we have a birdhouse that has been hanging in the same spot every spring for years. The birds fight over it. There are usually multiple sets of birds born in it every year from spring through summer months.

Every time its the same thing. Once the first round of eggs hatches and the fledglings are off, a female bird lands on top of the bird house. She sticks her butt up and tail feathers out of the way until a male hops on her. She wears him out. At this point I typically yell at that them to get a room. We are going on our third round of eggs this year. Its like we are hosting a redlight district flop house on our back porch.

Posted by: the female is always the aggressor - my history professor from college at July 14, 2026 04:03 PM (anL5R)

363 357 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (GKzf4)

What's your definition of a fuck up? Does he have to commit a crime or something like that. You don't think a 40 something year old guy who can't hold down a job and is a degenerate gambler with a piece of crap ca and a crappy apartment isn't a fuck up?

John Daly was a huge fuck up in real life and his peers and fans loved him.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:02 PM (/WQyy)

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I need the dramatics of the film to sell me that he's a fuck up that needs to grow up.

Him making a mess isn't enough. He needs to get something really wrong. Lose a kid on accident, or something.

Then he has to correct because he's learning a life lesson. He earns a new lease on life by self-reflection and action to affirm it. Music swells. Tears earned.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:03 PM (GKzf4)

364 I cry once a day.

At the thought that Marcus Aurelius died as a true Stoic and that I will never match him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (GKzf4)
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I don't believe you. But, see, at least that's not a "cry a day", but a particular cry on the manly side--cause Stocism.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)

365 >"In terms of looking at nature as if it's some sort of cis hetero patriarchal structure is absurd, and that this, you know, gender binary that we've created is nothing but a quaint little myth," Page said.
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Genuine Internet Gibberish

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 04:04 PM (ZxPkt)

366 On the whole, I choose to regard the existence of elliot page as a myth, though boring rather than quaint.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 04:04 PM (VyBeY)

367 “ I think we can safely say that any "parent" who puts a kid in show biz knows EXACTLY what's going to happen to that kid. They just don't give a shit, as long as the checks clear.”

Yeah.

Posted by: The Coreys at July 14, 2026 04:04 PM (AvVQO)

368 Underrated John Candy movie is Volunteers

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)

That was great.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:04 PM (S41Gd)

369 In 1928 Ghostbusters would've been something of The Devil and banished to Hell for being some kind of heretic thing........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Or something inspired by Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, which was only about 20 years before.

Posted by: That lady from The Office at July 14, 2026 04:04 PM (OUMaO)

370 or maybe insipid is the word I was looking for ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 04:05 PM (VyBeY)

371 Yea, in all those interviews where she's claiming she's happier now, she looks fucking miserable, and usually like she's stoned out on something. It's a hostage video.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

========

"I leave this world happier than I could ever feel."
-Ellen Page's suicide note
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:01 PM (GKzf4)
_______

There is a non-zero change that she actually writes that. I don't see a long life for her. Drug OD or suicide, most likely.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:05 PM (iFTx/)

372 "In terms of looking at nature as if it's some sort of cis hetero patriarchal structure is absurd,

I absolutely agree with her, but perhaps not in the way she intended.

Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2026 04:05 PM (gb3qv)

373 Summer Rental is another favorite John Candy movie. It also has the added benefit of showing boobs.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:05 PM (/WQyy)

374 364 I cry once a day.

At the thought that Marcus Aurelius died as a true Stoic and that I will never match him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (GKzf4)
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I don't believe you. But, see, at least that's not a "cry a day", but a particular cry on the manly side--cause Stocism.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)

=======

*gets verklempt at the wisdom, courage, temperance, and justice that I cannot fully master*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:05 PM (GKzf4)

375 Mentally ill woman has opinions? Yawn.

Posted by: Dispatch from Limbo at July 14, 2026 04:05 PM (qUkBO)

376 Elliot Page is a quaint myth herself.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 04:05 PM (3Sc5L)

377 She's not a real man. She has no functioning penis.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 04:01 PM (qFwJc)

Nor prostate.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 04:02 PM (2YhKe)

Neither does half our male senators.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (Ot/FD)

378 Every trans, homo, pedo, etc in Hollywood should be conscripted into the Iranian army.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (IKyq4)

379 Brad Pitt playing the stoner roommate in True Romance was a hoot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 03:54 PM (m2wmY)
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One of my favorites.

Up there with McConaughey as the unintelligible trucker in Larger than Life.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (Fi81e)

380
Roscoe Lee Brown did Shakespeare too and I don't think it was Othello.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

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

Polonius.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (mmrXZ)

381 All remaining US military forces will be out of Iraq by the end of September, the nation’s new prime minister Ali al-Zaidi said during a Tuesday visit to the White House. “On the 30th of September, the US forces will be out of Iraq, while these companies will be inside Iraq,” al-Zaidi said through a translator when speaking to reporters alongside President Trump in the Oval Office. About 2,000 US troops currently are stationed in Iraq, mostly at the Harir Air Base in Erbil in the northern Kurdistan region.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (RHGPo)

382 378 Every trans, homo, pedo, etc in Hollywood should be conscripted into the Iranian army.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (IKyq4)

======

Hamas.

Hamas is the only organization that truly appreciates gay and trans rights.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (GKzf4)

383 What's your definition of a fuck up? Does he have to commit a crime or something like that. You don't think a 40 something year old guy who can't hold down a job and is a degenerate gambler with a piece of crap ca and a crappy apartment isn't a fuck up?
==
You forgot: he won't make an honest woman of his long time suffering girlfriend - Shanice.

His settling down in a real job and moving toward commitment is his growth.

Posted by: the female is always the aggressor - my history professor from college at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (anL5R)

384 Only a woman who is mentally ill would have her breasts amputated

Ellen Page is striving to be her version of normal. But she will never have a normal life. She will never have a sex life.

The regrets will come, and they will be unbearable.

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (ZxPkt)

385 There is a non-zero change that she actually writes that. I don't see a long life for her. Drug OD or suicide, most likely.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:05 PM (iFTx/)

Well switch or no switch the suicide rate is about 50 50.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (uhVAy)

386 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:03 PM (GKzf

I give that review a 1 out of 4 stars.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (/WQyy)

387 386 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:03 PM (GKzf

I give that review a 1 out of 4 stars.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (/WQyy)

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Well, I am an illiterate asshole.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (GKzf4)

388 20 years into the future or even 10, poor Ellen is gonna face a reckoning.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (n5tGW)

389 God made parts that fit and do a thing. You have to come to terms with that.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (Qr870)

390 Summer Rental is yet another movie I never saw.
I get a lot of recommendations from this place

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (gKWVE)

391
In the wild when the females of a pride take up with a new alpha Chad male, the new male kills all the cubs from the previous male.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (/WHpM)
______

That would be a helluva "land acknowledgment"-type declaration ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

And what happens after the cubs are all murdered? Every female in the herd/pride/pack goes into heat. Tell me that this has nothing to do with chicks digging the bad boys, turning nice guys into incels.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (dv49b)

392 For Candy movies, I prefer Planes, Trains and Automobiles or maybe Delirious (although that's perhaps more about the meta).

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (Fi81e)

393 Yea, in all those interviews where she's claiming she's happier now, she looks fucking miserable, and usually like she's stoned out on something. It's a hostage video.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

Indeed. There is nothing about her body language, tone of voice, affect, facial expression, cadence of speech or eye contact that suggests she is at all "comfortable" with herself, let alone happy. She looks and sounds like someone at rock bottom.

Posted by: Everything about her screams despair at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)

394 Was Lebowski a fuckup?

I tend to think so based solely on the amount of White Russians consumed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (6ydKt)

395 I do enjoy the willful conflation of "gender roles" with sex.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (Ot/FD)

396 Loyal servant to the true emperor Marcus Aurelius
Not as great a movie as people say but that's a great scene by any standard

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM (m2wmY)

397 394 Was Lebowski a fuckup?

I tend to think so based solely on the amount of White Russians consumed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (6ydKt)

======

That's just, like, your opinion, man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM (GKzf4)

398 I have seen Denzel Washington play and Italian Duke. I don't care. I just want good performances.

But that's not what you get with DEI stuntcasting, which Denzel does not need, because King Kong ain't got shit on him.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM (nTGnD)

399 Also: Espana 1, Le Francais 0 at halftime

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM (ZxPkt)

400 365 >"In terms of looking at nature as if it's some sort of cis hetero patriarchal structure is absurd, and that this, you know, gender binary that we've created is nothing but a quaint little myth," Page said.
----

Genuine Internet Gibberish
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 04:04 PM (ZxPkt)

This is what it sounds like when mentally ill gender radicals burrow deep into the psychiatric profession.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM (/WHpM)

401 398 I have seen Denzel Washington play and Italian Duke. I don't care. I just want good performances.

But that's not what you get with DEI stuntcasting, which Denzel does not need, because King Kong ain't got shit on him.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM (nTGnD)

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He and Antoine Fuqua (director of Training Day) were developing a movie about Hannibal with Netflix, but Netflix pulled the plug because of the cost of the film (over $200 million).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (GKzf4)

402 @397 Shut the fuck up Donnie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (m2wmY)

403 389 God made parts that fit and do a thing. You have to come to terms with that.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (Qr870)

*slowly pulls finger out of nostril*

... shut up.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (Ot/FD)

404 this "interpretation" of Homer's Odyssey was meant to appeal to a very small set of cinephile elitists

So, Prometheus promoters?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (0sNs1)

405 Lebowski is The Dude. He just abides. Walter Sobchak is the fuck up.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (nTGnD)

406 Summer Rental is another favorite John Candy movie. It also has the added benefit of showing boobs.
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The boobs were good. Candy's movie wife was also way too hot for him.

Richard Crenna as the villain was great. Helped round out the movie.

Definitely a fun summer movie.

Posted by: the female is always the aggressor - my history professor from college at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (anL5R)

407 19 Ellen.... May I ask where you came from ?

... I believe she sprung full grown from Zeus, much like Athena

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (RHGPo)

408 Not every kid gets a chance to join Little Lebowski Urban Achievers

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (n5tGW)

409 Ok, I looked up this elliot page person. They seriously cast this little turd as a greek warrior? She should have stayed a chick and maybe..maybe been believable as a minor xena, but noooo, gotta go with the eunuch look. Hollywood needs to be nuked from orbit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (S41Gd)

410 402 @397 Shut the fuck up Donnie
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (m2wmY)

He's like a child who walks in to the middle of a movie and demands to be told what's going on.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Ot/FD)

411
I need the dramatics of the film to sell me that he's a fuck up that needs to grow up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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He didn't take care of his human connections. He barely knew his brother's family, he neglected his girlfriend's needs. He turned around when he realized how vulnerable people are, like his hostile niece. He needs to take care of his human connections -- that's his change for the better.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (mmrXZ)

412 Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (gKWVE)

O.K. Thanks .I read the "Little House " books
ages ago and saw the original series but I don't recall the "free love" aspect of it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (D+BhG)

413 409 Ok, I looked up this elliot page person. They seriously cast this little turd as a greek warrior? She should have stayed a chick and maybe..maybe been believable as a minor xena, but noooo, gotta go with the eunuch look. Hollywood needs to be nuked from orbit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (S41Gd)

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I suspect Nolan gave her a small role out of pity. He would never phrase it that way, but I suspect that's the underlying reasoning.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (GKzf4)

414 I mean it would have been funnier if "Elliot" Page played Juno...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Ot/FD)

415 In the wild when the females of a pride take up with a new alpha Chad male, the new male kills all the cubs from the previous male.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 03:59 PM (/WHpM)

Interestingly enough this happens in the human world all too often with mommy's new boyfriend or mommy herself, once mommy kicks out daddy and brings her whoring around home with her

Posted by: Still just animals at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/)

416 Posted by: the female is always the aggressor - my history professor from college at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (anL5R)

I thought Rip Torn was great.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 04:11 PM (/WQyy)

417 Walter Sobchak is the fuck up.

well, he was in Nam, man.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:11 PM (n5tGW)

418 "In terms of looking at nature as if it's some sort of cis hetero patriarchal structure is absurd, and that this, you know, gender binary that we've created is nothing but a quaint little myth," Page said.
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Genuine Internet Gibberish
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 04:04 PM (ZxPkt)
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It is human to structure (subdue) nature to our ends.

Go shit in the woods if you want the leading of nature. Leave our huts and frolic in Nature's bounty.

Nature does not take structured images and put them on celluloid or magnetic tapes, either. Guess you'd have no reason to be prominent or anything more than the village idiot.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:11 PM (Fi81e)

419 409 Ok, I looked up this elliot page person. They seriously cast this little turd as a greek warrior? She should have stayed a chick and maybe..maybe been believable as a minor xena, but noooo, gotta go with the eunuch look. Hollywood needs to be nuked from orbit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (S41Gd)

Loved that video of her hopping down the stairs like a little girl being trailed by the 6 foot 6 bodyguard super good-looking hollywood prototype. But Elliot was perfect for the role of sinon.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (/WHpM)

420 In terms of looking at nature as if it's some sort of cis hetero patriarchal structure is absurd, and that this, you know, gender binary that we've created is nothing but a quaint little myth,"
==
Whenever a sexually confused, professional pretender calls something about society absurd and or a quaint myth, I know the opposite is true. That the absurdity came from the mouth of the confused pretender who is the one attempting to live out a myth.

Posted by: Rule of thumb at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (anL5R)

421 Candy was good in Only the Lonely which doesn’t get enough love.

But Ps,Ts,and As is the one I remember the most, probably because I’ve seen it about 50 times over the years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (6ydKt)

422 Walter Sobchak is the fuck up.

well, he was in Nam, man.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:11 PM (n5tGW)
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Shut up, Donny!

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (Fi81e)

423 402 @397 Shut the fuck up Donnie
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (m2wmY)

He's like a child who walks in to the middle of a movie and demands to be told what's going on.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Ot/FD)

The world does not start and stop at your convenience, Donny!

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (TbWk/)

424 388 20 years into the future or even 10, poor Ellen is gonna face a reckoning.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (n5tGW)

Judging by her demeanor, I'd say she has about two years left. Cutting off your ability to have meaningful sex will do that to a person.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (bl07w)

425 414 I mean it would have been funnier if "Elliot" Page played Juno...

Ha! Woman whose breakout role is literally a PREGNANT GIRL denies the existence of gender.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (K40fF)

426
But that's not what you get with DEI stuntcasting, which Denzel does not need, because King Kong ain't got shit on him.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM (nTGnD)

My man.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (dv49b)

427 I suspect Nolan gave her a small role out of pity. He would never phrase it that way, but I suspect that's the underlying reasoning.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (GKzf4)

Plus he needs to follow the rules for Oscar noms.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (uhVAy)

428 That's just, like, your opinion, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM

To be fair, "Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion man" is The Dude's actual quotation.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (0sNs1)

429 Shut up, Donny!
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (Fi81e)

Fuck it, let's bowl.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 04:13 PM (bl07w)

430

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 14, 2026 04:13 PM (0sNs1)

431 428 That's just, like, your opinion, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM

To be fair, "Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion man" is The Dude's actual quotation.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (0sNs1)

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Shut up, Wesley!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:13 PM (GKzf4)

432 402 @397 Shut the fuck up Donnie
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (m2wmY)

He's like a child who walks in to the middle of a movie and demands to be told what's going on.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Ot/FD)

Substitute wife or girlfriend for the person and Kelly's Heroes or The Guns of Navarone for the movie and it still works.

Posted by: Priapus at July 14, 2026 04:13 PM (wVcYX)

433 State workers have completed their first full work week since California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered them to return to the office four days a week starting July 1 — and in addition to parking complaints, workers now claim they’re being forced to work in disease-plagued state offices.

Workers’ union Service Employees International Union Local 1000 claimed recently that “unsafe, or potentially unsafe working conditions” have been reported at government buildings, specifically at the Department of Industrial Relations Building in Lodi.

The union said Legionella bacteria was detected in the building last month, contaminating a line that connects to an icemaker.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 04:13 PM (RHGPo)

434 I don't want to sound smug but I had got my tickets to not see "The Odyssey" when I got the matching set for "Interstellar" and "Oppenheimer."

Nolan bores me to tears.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at July 14, 2026 04:13 PM (K40fF)

435 432 402 @397 Shut the fuck up Donnie
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (m2wmY)

He's like a child who walks in to the middle of a movie and demands to be told what's going on.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (Ot/FD)

Substitute wife or girlfriend for the person and Kelly's Heroes or The Guns of Navarone for the movie and it still works.

Posted by: Priapus at July 14, 2026 04:13 PM (wVcYX)

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I was actually doing this last night to Dolley because I decided to start watching House of Dragons with her, but I haven't seen anything since episode 3 of the first season. And it's episode 4 of season 3 we're watching.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (GKzf4)

436 Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says her son,12, asked why she had a bulletproof vest after Dobbs leak

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (RHGPo)

437 Her reckoning is already here. She sees it every day.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (Qr870)

438 What about the Waltons?

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (UjdFS)

439 The union said Legionella bacteria was detected in the building last month, contaminating a line that connects to an icemaker.
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 04:13 PM (RHGPo)

Well a few years back it was Typhus, so they are improving!

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (uhVAy)

440 Posted by: the female is always the aggressor - my history professor from college at July 14, 2026 04:09 PM (anL5R)

I thought Rip Torn was great.
==
Yeah, he almost always is. I'd watch a movie or TV show just for him being in it.

Posted by: Rule of thumb at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (anL5R)

441 Nood. ICE.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 04:15 PM (ExV1e)

442 You don't get to pretend it's interesting that a woman is pretending to be a man and playing a male role and yet also pretend it's not interesting that a totally a man you guys is playing a male role.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 04:15 PM (Ot/FD)

443 428 That's just, like, your opinion, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM

To be fair, "Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion man" is The Dude's actual quotation.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 14, 2026 04:12 PM (0sNs1)

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Shut up, Wesley!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 04:13 PM (GKzf4)

You see what happens? You see what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass?!

Posted by: Or find one in the Alps at July 14, 2026 04:15 PM (TbWk/)

444 Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says her son,12, asked why she had a bulletproof vest after Dobbs leak
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 04:14 PM (RHGPo)

Did they embrace and start crying too?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 04:15 PM (uhVAy)

445 The Mossad's Farsi-language account on X took a shot at some of Iran's most senior officials on Wednesday, speculating that they may all be Israeli agents, following a report about contacts between former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Israeli spy agency.

The image posted by the Mossad depicts several senior Iranian political figures, including Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, President Masoud Pezeshkian, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, as well as former President Ahmadinejad (Imadinnerjacket).

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 04:15 PM (RHGPo)

446 Release the pedants!
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To be fair, "Yeah, well, you know that's just like, uh, your opinion man" is The Dude's actual quotation.

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 04:16 PM (ZxPkt)

447 I laugh at the investors in this movie that allowed the mental freak to be hired in the first place. They could have said no. Instead, their political correctness destroyed their investment.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at July 14, 2026 04:16 PM (Uvvcx)

448 412 Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 04:00 PM (gKWVE)

O.K. Thanks .I read the "Little House " books
ages ago and saw the original series but I don't recall the "free love" aspect of it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (D+BhG)Simon.

Sort of on topic related to modernism in history shows. Watching the show Victoria, about the queen. Two obviously gay aristocrats were spied on by a young and homely girl. She says, "i saw the two of you playing bagpipes the other day. Perhaps we could go out to the forrest and you could teach me?"

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 04:16 PM (/WHpM)

449 > Kelly's Heroes

This would actually be a decent, though not conclusive, test as to whether a woman "is a man inside".

Put 'em in an environment where Kelly's Heroes comes at random points in the movie.

If the "trans man" stops to watch it, that's positive evidence, though it should be confirmed with The Three Stooges, Ultimate Fighting Championship, tractor pull competitions, etc.

Posted by: Peter Sellers at July 14, 2026 04:18 PM (IG3/x)

450 307 I have seen Denzel Washington play and Italian Duke. I don't care. I just want good performances. Roscoe Lee Brown did Shakespeare too and I don't think it was Othello.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 03:53 PM (qFwJc)

________________________

Not me....I want a female Dr. Who ....make her black, a lesbian and lame.

However, there are exceptions. Female Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica seemed to work, female M in the Bond series seemed to work; Ripley in the Alien movie series was written for a man, but worked with Sigourney.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 04:18 PM (dIske)

451 Indeed. There is nothing about her body language, tone of voice, affect, facial expression, cadence of speech or eye contact that suggests she is at all "comfortable" with herself, let alone happy. She looks and sounds like someone at rock bottom.
Posted by: Everything about her screams despair at July 14, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)

And may i add she dresses like a f**king a**hole. G*d, that f**king suit looks like she ripped it off a ventriloquist's dummy.

Posted by: Nelly at July 14, 2026 04:19 PM (6+ehB)

452 170
DO NOT CLICK AT WORK...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)

It's not anything worse than say, the Art Thread, but there's no nudity.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)

My search engine was NOT in safe mode...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 04:23 PM (l3cgK)

453 I was today years old when I realize that the original source material for Little House was already fairly woke...

Posted by: Philip Nolan at July 14, 2026 04:32 PM (1kQia)

454 Rebecca Sonnenshine appears to lead with her chin.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at July 14, 2026 04:45 PM (H8PsV)

455 The legendary Greek warrior Zippertitius was known for being "small but wiry".

Posted by: Jack Package at July 14, 2026 04:49 PM (U+1Io)

456 .
"Eliot Page" is just a quaint myth, Ellen.

Posted by: Marooned at July 14, 2026 04:53 PM (kt8QE)

457 >Little House on the Prairie showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine on why she rebuilt the frontier classic around a new lens:

"I think a lot of our pop culture portrays the West as men riding around with guns and solving problems with violence and posturing, but that is just not how it was settled... We really are trying to do a show that does not fall back on tropes of sort of masculinity.>

Tell me you've never watched nor read 'Little House On The Prairie' without saying you've never watched it.

Absolutely nothing about the book or the tv series revolved around guns or solving problems with violence and the only 'tropes of masculinity' it 'fell back on' were positive depictions.

Posted by: Agammamon at July 14, 2026 05:15 PM (NRQST)

458 "Transgender actor and The Odyssey star Elliot Page came out against traditional gender roles, calling the male-female dynamic a "quaint myth" and insisting that if animals can engage in "queer" sex, why shouldn't humans.

What the smothered in gravy f*ck blaspheme lunacy is this?

Animals have queer sex?"

Yeah, I think they found one or two cases of queer animals, so just focus on those, ignore every other animal, and full speed ahead. If any animal does it, it must be good.

Posted by: Dave at July 14, 2026 05:39 PM (EUhtS)

459 We have Little Mosque on the Prairie!

Posted by: CBC at July 14, 2026 06:24 PM (4g5V+)

Liberal Establishment NYT Columnist Thomas Edsall: Democrats Can Beat Republicans with One Easy Trick -- They Just Have to Adopt Republican Positions on the Three Most Salient Issues Confronting the Nation.

Oh, is that all, Tom?

The odds of Democrats repudiating their left wing-- which is now the wing, the body, the beak, the tail, and half of the other wing -- is the same as future Senator Bluto's GPA at Faber College. Zero point zero.

Wesley Yang points out that Edsall is attempting to square the circle by offering the nonsensical "compromise" that while we must "respect" transgenders' gender fantasies, we should also completely ignore them.

Okay but then how is that "respecting" anything?

Their fantasies are false. Period.

And telling the truth is respectful.

A lot riding on the meaning of �should be respected.� Should be accepted? Should be believed? Should be regarded and treated as true? How is it �respect� to then ban a person from inclusion in sports and spaces of the sex they claim to be but are not? How is it not� pic.twitter.com/LR7BpAeu75
— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) July 14, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:12 PM

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Posted by: GF at July 14, 2026 02:12 PM (g5Xey)

2 But they won't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:12 PM (ExV1e)

3 Yeah... but they won't. Even knowing they are lying, they can't do that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 02:12 PM (N1DT3)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 02:12 PM (NcvvS)

5 THIS CLOSE TO PRIDE MONTH????!!????

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeper at July 14, 2026 02:14 PM (Ucgf4)

6 These suggestions are far too sensible for Democrats.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 02:14 PM (2ocoG)

7 unauthorized immigrants, now?

What is next, calling them self motivated citizens?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:14 PM (uhVAy)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:14 PM (2YhKe)

9 3 things?

one thing

LIE

Posted by: Rick in SK at July 14, 2026 02:14 PM (6qaAp)

10 This sounds suspiciously like becoming Republicans!

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 02:15 PM (p4NUW)

11
1. Abandon platform.
2. ...
3. Win.
4. Profit.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:15 PM (05hbD)

12 Notice on immigration, they're still trying to keep in as many of the illegitimate Biden Regime's illegitimate invasion in the country.

"Been here for more than 5 years."

No. Send them all back. I don't care if you've been here 50 years. You had 50 years to legitimize your presence. Go home.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 02:15 PM (N1DT3)

13 If Democrats hadn't gone open borders, the public would probably have been more open to other Democrat policies they pushed.

But, Democrats won't back off from it.

The Italian Democrat Party is the model. They've gotten steadily less important since the late 2000s as they've embraced open borders to the point where they can't get anything done in the Italian parliament. Nothing will reverse their descent, it seems.

Once you go open borders, nothing will convince you to reverse, it seems.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:15 PM (GKzf4)

14 The obama gambit!

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 02:15 PM (GD0B3)

15 So the 1992 Clinton agenda, except less gay.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:16 PM (gKWVE)

16 since being an illegal alien involves a crime, the "escape hatch" can never properly be fulfilled.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:16 PM (uhVAy)

17 Tom better not walk home at night, ala Seth Rich.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:16 PM (2YhKe)

18 15 So the 1992 Clinton agenda, except less gay.
Posted by: gKWVE

I don't even want to think about where this crew is sticking the cigars

Posted by: Rick in SK at July 14, 2026 02:16 PM (6qaAp)

19 Wait, Flounder wasn't 0.0 - Bluto was.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (NcvvS)

20 15 So the 1992 Clinton agenda, except less gay.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:16 PM (gKWVE)

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That's fascism, I've been told.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (GKzf4)

21 All you need to know about Dem candidates making promises that would contradict the loud and proud Commies within their own party:

Lying liars who lie.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (5yDGQ)

22 just more demonrats doing the work of the father of lies.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (VyBeY)

23 These ideas by Mr Tom Edsall will go over with the insane left like an Edsall

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (m2wmY)

24 Left out the open and robust cheating discussed in the previous post. Not going to happen.

Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (8uzBS)

25 >>>What is next, calling them self motivated citizens?

Your friends are just the family you choose!!!

Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (1wjle)

26
"Been here for more than 5 years."

No. Send them all back. I don't care if you've been here 50 years. You had 50 years to legitimize your presence. Go home.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 02:15 PM (N1DT3)

Every single bit of this right here.

This guy. He gets it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (2YhKe)

27 Wait, Flounder wasn't 0.0 - Bluto was.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (NcvvS)

D-Day had no grade point average.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (2YhKe)

28 Ask not for whom the Taco tolls.

@LeadingReport
Health officials are reportedly investigating whether Taco Bell restaurants played a role in one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of an illness that causes intense diarrhea.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (diia5)

29 So, on immigration, they'll "close the border", "get rid of the worst of the worst", and amnesty the others. They could get the party behind that at least until after the amnesty.

On crime, they'd allow requiring bail (for felonies) and prison (for multiple violent crimes) - and these would, in no way, be affected by plea bargains.

On trannies, they'd take the most leftward position of the middle possible.

Sounds a whole lot like saying "The problem is the messaging, not the message" which has been the Dem position forever.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (ExV1e)

30 19 Wait, Flounder wasn't 0.0 - Bluto was.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (NcvvS)

Common mistake, but Wormer's friendly advice to Flounder's 0.2 was funny.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (gKWVE)

31 Democrats must perform brutal surgery on themselves? Such as sex change surgery?
I am not sure I got that right.

Posted by: PG at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (5tjvu)

32 Yeah, telling the Democrats to lie about their platform is sure to win over voters and has never, ever been tried by Democrats. 🙄

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (jehhT)

33
Your friends are just the family you choose!!!

Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (1wjle)

But they will be chosen for you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:19 PM (2YhKe)

34 >>> Wait, Flounder wasn't 0.0 - Bluto was.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (NcvvS)

D-Day had no grade point average.

...

huh, I thought D-Day had no grade point average, and Flounder had 0.0. But I don't remember Bluto. I guess he could be the 0.0.

Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 02:19 PM (1wjle)

35 Transes should be protected from any form of discrimination....vs can't go into girls dressing rooms. How do you square that contradiction - the whole point of trans in sports is to invade their dressing rooms.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:19 PM (uhVAy)

36 Imma claim a different birth year.
And my claim should be respected.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 02:19 PM (2Ez/1)

37 >>>Common mistake, but Wormer's friendly advice to Flounder's 0.2 was funny.

oh right.

Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (1wjle)

38 >>D-Day had no grade point average.

And the mystified look on Dean Wormer's face when he said this was a high point of the flick.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (NcvvS)

39 1. Abandon platform.
2. ...
3. Win.
4. Profit.
Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:15 PM (05hbD)

They're not calling for abandoning the platform. They're calling for trying to find a way for normies to believe that they're abandoning the platform.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (ExV1e)

40 30 19 Wait, Flounder wasn't 0.0 - Bluto was.
Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (NcvvS)

Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor?

Posted by: Bluto at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (SyJlc)

41
Common mistake, but Wormer's friendly advice to Flounder's 0.2 was funny.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (gKWVE)

"Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

Someone should tell Chris Matthews.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)

42 Back when trannymania was running high they wanted to criminalize not dating as in not having sex with a tranny as discrimination

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (Mqkhi)

43 Has the home of the Femocrat who wrote this essay been firebombed by Antifa gremlins yet?

Posted by: tankdemon at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (PMi3m)

44 Daniel Simpson Day, has no grade point average

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (m2wmY)

45 So.... lie.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (Qr870)

46 21 All you need to know about Dem candidates making promises that would contradict the loud and proud Commies within their own party:

Lying liars who lie.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 14, 2026 02:17 PM (5yDGQ)

=======

I strongly suspect that the Democrat brand is broken for a while. Just...broken.

Biden's open borders killed it. The rest are side shows (the embrace of transgenderism didn't help at all), but the core of it was the open borders. Everything about life in America got worse, and everyone could point to immigration as a proximate cause most of the time (people won't make the connection between immigration and inflation, but it's also a major contributing factor there, too, especially since so much government money went to support the new, replacement population).

Texas border counties went from hard blue to light red. The Hispanic move against Democrats was solidified by a few elections in a row where people were voting Republican, creating a lifelong pattern.

And, the face of the party has gotten...awful. Biden glitching out at the debate. Kamala cackling. The women and minorities who screech all the time. The terrorism sympathizers.

It's bad for them now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (GKzf4)

47 @LeadingReport
Health officials are reportedly investigating whether Taco Bell restaurants played a role in one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of an illness that causes intense diarrhea.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (diia5)

So the normal diarrhea from Taco Hell is just... normal?

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (05hbD)

48 Trumps position on the border is what makes him Teflon imo.

At least it does for me.

Whatever the farthest position on the Right you can go for immigration, that's my stance and probably the most important issue for the US.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 02:21 PM (RRuWF)

49
Wesley Yang points out that Edsall is attempting to square the circle by offering the nonsensical "compromise" that while we must "respect" transgenders' gender fantasies, we should also completely ignore them.

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

This is what they always say when a genuine sufferer -- like a Black person who's been robbed -- says "Ghetto culture DOES suck!"

"I respect your concerns. I acknowledge your lived experience. But you have to understand --" and from there it's all about not having the full context of your historical oppression blah blah.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:21 PM (mmrXZ)

50 If you mean "Their claim should be respected" as I have to respect that they can claim that, then yeah.

But otherwise, you can't say that it has the respect of being recognized if a functional capacity. You cannot do that and maintain the stipulation that claiming you're a XY or XX does not make you a XY or XX.

Thus, there is an indication that you're still unresolved.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:21 PM (Fi81e)

51 >>Common mistake, but Wormer's friendly advice to Flounder's 0.2 was funny.

oh, yeah.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 02:21 PM (NcvvS)

52 "Three Things Republicans Have to Do if

They Actually Want to Win" FIFY

Posted by: catman at July 14, 2026 02:21 PM (3Kepb)

53 "Say *anything* that will allow you to take power!"

Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 14, 2026 02:21 PM (ggBwK)

54 Since this is somewhat related to the last post - we should call that bint 'former CIA agent and insurrectionist-adjacent'
Michigan Senator Elisa Slotkin.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 02:21 PM (R+iUD)

55 Gentlemen, we can sit here and argue about who had a GPA and who didn't.

But if you're criticizing me, aren't you really criticizing the educational system that produced me?

And if we are criticizing that educational system, aren't we really criticizing the United States of America?

Well, I won't sit here as you run down the United States of America.

Gentlemen! (flounces from thread)

Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 02:21 PM (1wjle)

56
>>"Been here for more than 5 years."

Easy. Just delay enacting the policy for 5 years.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:22 PM (mmrXZ)

57 > Wesley Yang points out that Edsall is attempting to square the circle by offering the nonsensical "compromise" that while we must "respect" transgenders' gender fantasies, we should also completely ignore them.

Transgender activists have taken the maximalist position that if they don't get everything they demand, they're victims of genocide.

The left is really good at silencing their crazies when they want to. Just look at how they basically made climate change a non-issue as soon as they decided they like AI and that needs data centers and electricity. But I don't know that they can silence the transgender activists.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 02:22 PM (mkw2N)

58 >>Someone should tell Chris Matthews.

Too late to tell Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 02:22 PM (NcvvS)

59 Taco Bell = Holy Land.

Posted by: LA7 Freddie from Germany at July 14, 2026 02:22 PM (2Ez/1)

60 The odds of Democrats repudiating their left wing-- which is now the wing, the body, the beak, the tail, and half of the other wing -- is the same as future Senator Bluto's GPA at Faber College. Zero point zero.

Repudiating it and meaning it? Yes, zero point zero.

But this does not paint the Father of Lies' children into a corner!

Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2026 02:22 PM (g/iaZ)

61 Absent millions of illegals voting the left can't win national elections look at what slottkin said. The arent sending any illegals home even the ones that rape 10y olds

Posted by: 18-1 at July 14, 2026 02:22 PM (Mqkhi)

62 huh, I thought D-Day had no grade point average, and Flounder had 0.0. But I don't remember Bluto. I guess he could be the 0.0.
Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 02:19 PM (1wjle)

https://youtu.be/iKS0GVvoE9I

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:22 PM (ExV1e)

63 If I wanted to vote for someone who was lying to me about being against open borders, crime, and the trans gay crap, I would just vote GOP.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (Qr870)

64 unauthorized immigrants, now?"

Question tho... why more "demonstrating" in Maine over the illegal vs Houston area?

What's wrong with the northern tier states?

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (KVa9+)

65 @LeadingReport
Health officials are reportedly investigating whether Taco Bell restaurants played a role in one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of an illness that causes intense diarrhea.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (diia5)

So the normal diarrhea from Taco Hell is just... normal?
Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (05hbD)

It seems the illegals picking the lettuce are shitting in the fields again.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

66
Ah, my comments were covered in the content.

So, I just noticed the same thing. Edsall should not have used the word "respect" there.

But he still wants to hedge.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (Fi81e)

67 I threw up in front of the dean.
You threw up on the dean
Bwaaa

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (m2wmY)

68 Whoa. The boss just flounced!

Posted by: Is this thing on? at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (2Ez/1)

69 48 Trumps position on the border is what makes him Teflon imo.

At least it does for me.

Whatever the farthest position on the Right you can go for immigration, that's my stance and probably the most important issue for the US.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 02:21 PM (RRuWF)

=======

Trump has forcibly deported about 1.2 million people since he took office, and the pace is increasing.

3-4 million more have left (self-deportations to forced is usually a ratio of something like 3:1 to 6:1, so trend towards the low end for safety).

That's over 4 million left in just over Trump's first year, most of which was with reduced ICE funding compared to post OBBB funding. It's going to get faster, especially with new Treasury regulations that tell banks to treat illegals as financial risks, denying them accounts and loans, cutting off illegals (and even some classes of legals) from the American financial system.

Democrats can't stop this if they gain Congress.

Lots of people are leaving. It was so bad last year that America lost population for the first time in decades on net.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (GKzf4)

70 Sounds a whole lot like saying "The problem is the messaging, not the message" which has been the Dem position forever.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (ExV1e)

It's right there in the second sentence, it's the "perception that Democrats are willing to sacrifice the interest of the working and middle classes..."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (Ucgf4)

71 Anyway, the DSA is going to object strongly to the first two Clintonian proposals. Which interestingly also agree with Scott Wiener and with most his fellow LGBs.
DSA shock troops trend trans and furry so they're going to end up against #3 too.
The Democrats are going to have to have it out with this generation of DSA, or else they are headed to the polls making the election a referendum on Marx.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (gKWVE)

72 If wishes were horses . . .

The Democrats would be spending even more for hay and oats

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (rbvCR)

73 >>> 68 Whoa. The boss just flounced!
Posted by: Is this thing on? at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (2Ez/1)

It's not like he banned himself.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (R+iUD)

74 15 So the 1992 Clinton agenda, except less gay.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:16 PM (gKWVE)

That's the crazy thing. All this stuff was pretty centrist not that long ago. Trump would easily fit in as a right-leaning Democrat in the 60s-90s. Their party has just gone absolutely batshit nuts in the following years.

Posted by: JFK would get cancelled today at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (TbWk/)

75 Gentlemen! (flounces from thread)
Posted by: ace at July 14, 2026 02:21 PM (1wjle)

Everyone gets shirts!

Posted by: Rick in SK at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (6qaAp)

76 >>"needs to perform a kind of brutal surgery on itself"

You have my attention...

Posted by: Trans person at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (XYNFs)

77 The Dems are going to have to make a decision who they want to please. Their donor base or their voters.

I actually don't think most rank and file Democrat voters want open borders and transgender sickness to dominate the party

But the affluent, urban donor base loves these issues

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (RRuWF)

78
There is really nothing I can do about a man claiming he is a woman, outside of holding my hand over his mouth.

I.e., assault. That's respecting a person to be a person, not respecting anything about that person.

I believe in respecting people to the extent of not assaulting them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e)

79 It's interesting that he claims they're going to deport everyone who's been in the country illegally for more than 5 years. Let's see, what else happened 5 years ago?

Regardless, they'll continue to lie and deny. What they're really saying is everyone who came in before then is now a citizen.

F*** You.

TBF, though, that's exactly what Trump is doing.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)

80 Question tho... why more "demonstrating" in Maine over the illegal vs Houston area?

What's wrong with the northern tier states?
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (KVa9+)

Nah, they shot an illegal in Maine, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 02:25 PM (rbvCR)

81
All you need to know about Dem candidates making promises that would contradict the loud and proud Commies within their own party:

Lying liars who lie.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle

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

I think what Edsall secretly meant wasn't "Change our policies," but "TELL EVERYONE we're changing our policies."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:25 PM (mmrXZ)

82 whether Taco Bell restaurants played a role in one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of an illness that causes intense diarrhea."

So, the Chi Chi's maneuver?

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:25 PM (KVa9+)

83 A lot of this sounds like “lie to them, it’s necessary to win.”

“Democrats will…” not “Democrats must, now, vote to…”.

“The Democrat Party supports…” is a statement of support, not an action of support, such as, again “Democrats must, now, vote for…”

The Democrat Party will not come in your mouth, and supports not coming in your mouth. And will prove it as soon as voters allow a Democrat in again.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 14, 2026 02:25 PM (kYmoU)

84 What's wrong with the northern tier states?
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (KVa9+)

Sherman didn't burn down their cities to make them give up their slaves.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:26 PM (ExV1e)

85 Whoa. The boss just flounced!

Posted by: Is this thing on? at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (2Ez/1)
---
I think it's more about the Animal House reference.

He might be lurking.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:26 PM (Fi81e)

86 @LeadingReport
Health officials are reportedly investigating whether Taco Bell restaurants played a role in one of the largest U.S. outbreaks of an illness that causes intense diarrhea.

Just follow the trail...

Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2026 02:26 PM (g/iaZ)

87 Notice the claim that being in the country "five years" qualifies you for citizenship...

So say they win, win in 2028, spend a couple years getting the legislation together -- all the illegals who came in under Trump would have to go. Bold position there

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (XYNFs)

88
Notice on immigration, they're still trying to keep in as many of the illegitimate Biden Regime's illegitimate invasion in the country.

"Been here for more than 5 years."

No. Send them all back. I don't care if you've been here 50 years. You had 50 years to legitimize your presence. Go home.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 02:15 PM (N1DT3)

If they REALLY wanted these illegal aliens in the US, they would have introduced legislation to raise the immigration quotas when they had control of Congress, which would be the first step in truly legitimizing them. They prefer these aliens to be illegal, because they can control them.

But Congresscommie cocksuckers are all a bunch of cowards. They know damned well that their constituents would vote their asses out of office if they tried.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (dv49b)

89 It was so bad last year that America lost population for the first time in decades on net"

Oh no!

/ chamber of commerce

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (KVa9+)

90 The last time Democrats triangulated towards the center was Clinton, and that was seen as a brilliant political move on his individual part because he was a really good politician.

The environment is all different now.

They don't have someone in power now like Clinton was then to force a party-wide shift.

Their media ecosystem is much more overtly leftist and actively shouts down those who betray the narrative, as opposed to the 90s when they were mostly just ignored.

The funders of the party are insane leftists and won't give real money to actual moderates (even Biden had to shit all over his "moderate" record as a Senator in 2020 during his primary run).

The party can't moderate without a black swan event. And that's not going to be Wes Moore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (GKzf4)

91 >>> 74 15 So the 1992 Clinton agenda, except less gay.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:16 PM (gKWVE)

That's the crazy thing. All this stuff was pretty centrist not that long ago. Trump would easily fit in as a right-leaning Democrat in the 60s-90s. Their party has just gone absolutely batshit nuts in the following years.
Posted by: JFK would get cancelled today at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (TbWk/)

JFK Jr was a lecherous, capitalist, Zionist stooge whose affair with Marilyn Monroe was hetero- and cisnormative!!!

Posted by: leftists at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (R+iUD)

92 The question isn't whether we took liberties with the blog HTML code...we did.

Posted by: Is ace actually otter not ewok? at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (TbWk/)

93 Everyone gets shirts!
Posted by: Rick in SK at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (6qaAp)

Don't be silly. What would the 'ettes do with a shirt?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (ExV1e)

94 “The Democrat Party supports…” is a statement of support, not an action of support, such as, again “Democrats must, now, vote for…”

Like Cornyn supported the SAVE Act?
Back to the Democrats (or to other Democrats) I too remember Obama promising to "look into" nuclear power.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (gKWVE)

95 without a black swan event. And that's not going to be Wes Moore."

*golf clap

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (KVa9+)

96 Sounds a whole lot like saying "The problem is the messaging, not the message" which has been the Dem position forever.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (ExV1e)

It's right there in the second sentence, it's the "perception that Democrats are willing to sacrifice the interest of the working and middle classes..."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (Ucgf4)

...and poor people and urban small businessmen who might want a crime free neighborhood, upper middle class young adults who might want a reasonable college education, the elderly who might want to avoid euthanasia...

hard to find a group out there besides "government drones" they do want to prosper.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (uhVAy)

97 Queasy means ghey and retarded.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (RIvkX)

98 I think what Edsall secretly meant wasn't "Change our policies," but "TELL EVERYONE we're changing our policies."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:25 PM (mmrXZ)
---
Well, I do respect what I read as a stand that people cannot be of the opposite sex just by claiming they are.

That's about the biggest hill Dems are choosing to die on now.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:28 PM (Fi81e)

99 This is who they are.

The Left will never, ever repudiate anything because they believe with all their heart, might, mind, and spirit that they are HOLY.

They will gladly martyr themselves on their altar of Leftism. To do otherwise would be to betray their very essence.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 02:28 PM (FZ29D)

100 >>> A lot of this sounds like “lie to them, it’s necessary to win.”
++++

It worked, didn't it?

Posted by: Creepy Harry Reid at July 14, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)

101 89 It was so bad last year that America lost population for the first time in decades on net"

Oh no!

/ chamber of commerce

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (KVa9+)

======

And yet, GDP was positive.

And GDP per capita went up even more.

Weird how we don't have to import the third world just to get positive GDP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:28 PM (GKzf4)

102 Less demonstration in Maine because the moose are heading for the rut in September. They're getting dangerous.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 02:28 PM (m2wmY)

103 Whoa. The boss just flounced!
Posted by: Is this thing on? at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (2Ez/1)
---
I think it's more about the Animal House reference.
He might be lurking.
Posted by: Axeman

Forget it- he's rolling.

Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2026 02:28 PM (g/iaZ)

104 Ace will not stand by and let us bad mouth The United States of AMERICA!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

105 Nah, they shot an illegal in Maine, too."

Yeah, but the crowds in Houston number in the...tens.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (KVa9+)

106 Everyone gets shirts!

Posted by: Rick in SK at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (6qaAp)
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Pants would be so out of our vibe.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (Fi81e)

107 103 Whoa. The boss just flounced!
Posted by: Is this thing on? at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (2Ez/1)
---
I think it's more about the Animal House reference.
He might be lurking.
Posted by: Axeman

Forget it- he's rolling.
Posted by: t-bird

Neidermeyer!

Posted by: Rick in SK at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (6qaAp)

108 104 Ace will not stand by and let us bad mouth The United States of AMERICA!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

=======

I thought he was pre-med.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (GKzf4)

109 Dems could (just as easily) start calling illegals "unauthorized invaders", or "invaders without papers", (because they threw out their papers into the Rio Grande, though their home country still has copies of those papers).

But they prefer to call American citizens the invaders, who "stole" everything they now call their own. But most of what the white man got they either settled, or they purchased it from Indians, for pretty Western things, and metal objects like guns and farm tools.

Massasoit said the Indians' problems would not come from the white man, but from other Indian tribes. The white man simply had the superior culture, and Squanto and others said they would rather live in white man world, because it was far superior. Most of those noble savages were more savage than noble.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (vbXSk)

110 102 Less demonstration in Maine because the moose are heading for the rut in September. They're getting dangerous.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 02:28 PM (m2wmY)

They need a helping hand?

Posted by: Morning Glory Milking Farm reader at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (gKWVE)

111 At least Taco Bell will be less crowded

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (m2wmY)

112 Don't be silly. What would the 'ettes do with a shirt?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM
#######

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (2Ez/1)

113 If they REALLY wanted these illegal aliens in the US, they would have introduced legislation to raise the immigration quotas when they had control of Congress, which would be the first step in truly legitimizing them. They prefer these aliens to be illegal, because they can control them.

But Congresscommie cocksuckers are all a bunch of cowards. They know damned well that their constituents would vote their asses out of office if they tried.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (dv49b)

No they would not have. Having the immigrants be legal means they don't owe the Democrats anything going forward. Illegal requires trafficking them to safe sanctuary areas where they can be cheap labor/votes/thugs for the machines there.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (uhVAy)

114 without a black swan event. And that's not going to be Wes Moore."

*golf clap
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:27 PM (KVa9+)
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Moore or Wes.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)

115 Why should I respect a person's counterfactual psychotic opinion about his sex? And I thing I should be able to reject a psycho when it comes to hiring him.

Posted by: Ralph at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (8WZD4)

116
I thought he was pre-med.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (GKzf4)

Pre-law, pre-med. What's the difference?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (2YhKe)

117
The smart move would be to jump on this and repudiate it after the ballot boxes are stuffed.

But the Dems are the primary dumb party now.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (Y8DZL)

118 Yeah, but the crowds in Houston number in the...tens.
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (KVa9+)

Which makes Talarico trying to climb onboard this issue hilarious.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (ExV1e)

119 Weird how we don't have to import the third world just to get positive GDP."

No No No! Every economic measure must always go up! Up,I tell you, up!

/ the GOP

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (KVa9+)

120 I am more than a little queasy making these suggestions, but I think the Democratic Party needs to perform a kind of brutal
surgery on itself.

They can't do it. They would rather vut off their penii than do that.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (F5FAo)

121 Deport all illegals. Any with a violent crime attached to them get a special black mark. If they return to our country, put them on death row, and on the fast track to the gas chamber.

You cannot 'accidentally' return to the US, so fuck them.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (ufFY8)

122 119 Weird how we don't have to import the third world just to get positive GDP."

No No No! Every economic measure must always go up! Up,I tell you, up!

/ the GOP

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (KVa9+)

======

But, GDP is going up.

So, celebrate deportations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:31 PM (GKzf4)

123 Transes should be protected from any form of discrimination....vs can't go into girls dressing rooms. How do you square that contradiction - the whole point of trans in sports is to invade their dressing rooms.
Posted by: Oldcat

Same was the Peoples Front of Judea respected Loretta's right to have babies: agree that "she" has the right to want to have babies even though "she" can't physically have them.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 02:31 PM (vJrRc)

124
I believe in respecting people to the extent of not assaulting them.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e)

Killjoy.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 02:31 PM (dv49b)

125 It seems the illegals picking the lettuce are shitting in the fields again.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

Man. We need better illegals.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:32 PM (05hbD)

126 Interesting fact: There are no Taco Bells on Uranus.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 02:32 PM (n5tGW)

127 Taco Bell jokes featuring explosive diarrhea will never not be funny.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 14, 2026 02:32 PM (rJ48h)

128 125 It seems the illegals picking the lettuce are shitting in the fields again.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

Man. We need better illegals.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:32 PM (05hbD)

======

"NO ILLEGALS!"
-Cesar Chavez

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:32 PM (GKzf4)

129 don't forget to show the guy who eats carburetors

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 14, 2026 02:32 PM (CWTWj)

130 Hey kids! Guess what? I just went outside in bare feet and stepped on a bee!

I haven't done that in over 20 years, and I am remembering now why I don't do that.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

131 Well, Democrats ARE willing to sacrifice the interests of the working and middle classes in favor of special interest constituencies.

Posted by: Ralph at July 14, 2026 02:32 PM (8WZD4)

132 What's wrong with the northern tier states?

This one is easy. Contrary to what certain folks with certain lisps and accents and attitudes say. And post. And ban.

All of us out in the "districts" pay for the fucks in the NorthEast. And Southern California. That's the trick.

Trump really pissed them off when he clipped the SALT deduction. Which is the life-blood of the NorthEast and Southern California.

End of story. The End.

Posted by: Howdy at July 14, 2026 02:32 PM (11Kld)

133 Same was the Peoples Front of Judea respected Loretta's right to have babies: agree that "she" has the right to want to have babies even though "she" can't physically have them.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 02:31 PM
*******

Pffft!
Everyone knows it's The United Judean People's Front!

Posted by: M.P. at July 14, 2026 02:33 PM (2Ez/1)

134 So, celebrate deportations."

Can't. That number is going down! Bad number! Must go up!

/Chambers of Commerce

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:33 PM (KVa9+)

135 Yang's point hinges on how much words, in Dem circles, are about what a Dem feels from them.

So you're going to get this bitchy "How are you respecting my claim, if you're not allowing me to indulge in it?!!"

Although "indulge" is truth, and they would never say it the true way.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:33 PM (Fi81e)

136 "Femocrat" was a typo, though Femmocrst is a pretty accurate description for many of them (I'm looking at you, Tim Walz.)

Posted by: tankdemon at July 14, 2026 02:33 PM (PMi3m)

137 134 So, celebrate deportations."

Can't. That number is going down! Bad number! Must go up!

/Chambers of Commerce

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:33 PM (KVa9+)

======

Deportation number up!

It's an up!

Yay!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:33 PM (GKzf4)

138 >>> 130 Hey kids! Guess what? I just went outside in bare feet and stepped on a bee!

I haven't done that in over 20 years, and I am remembering now why I don't do that.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

NOT THE BEES!

Posted by: Nicholas Cage at July 14, 2026 02:33 PM (R+iUD)

139 What would the 'ettes do with a shirt?
Tie the shirt tails in a saucy little knot.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 02:34 PM (Kt19C)

140
Well, I do respect what I read as a stand that people cannot be of the opposite sex just by claiming they are.

That's about the biggest hill Dems are choosing to die on now.
Posted by: Axeman

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

I don't think he means it. "Assume the position, SAY there are two biological sexes, shut your eyes and do it until we retake the White House and Congress, and then we can go back to being what we are."

Immigration Czarina Kamala kept saying "Don't come, we won't let you in." Boasted in the campaign that illegal immigration was turning around. She never meant to have such a policy if she won.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:34 PM (mmrXZ)

141 Same was the Peoples Front of Judea respected Loretta's right to have babies: agree that "she" has the right to want to have babies even though "she" can't physically have them.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 02:31 PM
*******

Pffft!
Everyone knows it's The United Judean People's Front!
Posted by: M.P. at July 14, 2026 02:33 PM (2Ez/1)
---
*spit*

SPLITTERS!!

Posted by: Peoples Front of Judea at July 14, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)

142 !!!! This is political positioning! It avoids all three issues.

- Immigration -- OK, so they just want to make them all legal. Introduce many more "pathways". More TPS, ("T"PS) more H1b, more more more.

- Crime -- death penalty for child support? A little rough, but I support it. Death penalty "if voters want it." Huh, that sounds like what we have, and democracy. Most of this is blah blah blah and just relies on more power to state and more discretion. What about gun laws? What about "defund the police"?

- Trans - well he is playing semantics here. "OK, you guys can keep the meaning of "biological sex" but we still keep "gender" to mean fuck all, and we keep doing exactly what we want except women's sports. (where the sane people are already winning.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 02:34 PM (XYNFs)

143 Well, I do respect what I read as a stand that people cannot be of the opposite sex just by claiming they are.

That's about the biggest hill Dems are choosing to die on now.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:28 PM (Fi81e)

you need to read that again if you think that.

He keeps transes as a protected class, which means that all setasides for women will be opened up to men. Trans women are men, to him and have to be protected.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:34 PM (uhVAy)

144
They can't do it. It's a shibboleth. To pronounce these things would be their political death.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 02:34 PM (O0L8i)

145 >>>Nah, they shot an illegal in Maine, too.

Apparently, the guy they shot wasn't the one they had a deportation order on. The guy they shot had a valid green card.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 02:35 PM (J4Dwc)

146 Deportation number up!

It's an up!

Yay!"

But I just got my brother in law to build cheap apartments!

/Ohio mayor

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:35 PM (KVa9+)

147 LOL! We can't get enough of Taco Bell joaks.

Posted by: Chipotle at July 14, 2026 02:36 PM (gKWVE)

148 You know what is missing from this list? Anti Semitism being bad and wrong, nothing about pro Palestine crazy.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 02:36 PM (hftzA)

149 The guy they shot was the one driving at them"

There. Fixed it

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:36 PM (KVa9+)

150 I don't think he means it. "Assume the position, SAY there are two biological sexes, shut your eyes and do it until we retake the White House and Congress, and then we can go back to being what we are."

Immigration Czarina Kamala kept saying "Don't come, we won't let you in." Boasted in the campaign that illegal immigration was turning around. She never meant to have such a policy if she won.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:34 PM (mmrXZ)
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It's not in my method to do mind-reading. I'm going to criticize his expression.

I'm always criticizing progs for doing "mind-reading", so I eschew it as part of my process. I do not take it upon myself to presume what he wants, I'll just critique him on what he says.

Yang's point is valid, mainly because of the way that Dems always want to place themselves in the words.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:36 PM (Fi81e)

151 I actually don't mind that there are trannies who dress up as women. For two completely different reasons:

-- 1. There is not, nor should there be, a "national dress code." Everyone should be free to wear whatever clothes they want. And fashion constantly change. A century ago ,it would be nearly unthinkable for a woman to wear pants -- now it is the default clothing for women. So if a dude wants to wear a dress -- hey, not my bailiwick. go for it.

-- 2. It is actually very useful that crazy people self-identify by dressing up as the opposite sex. Saves me the effort of trying to fifgure out who is crazy or not. So if a crazy dude wants to wear a dress -- excellent, now I know he is crazy, and know to avoid him/not-hire him/shun him/laiu8gh at him.

And if he goes into the women's bathroom or locker room-- arrest him.

Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026 02:36 PM (Av6i5)

152 Apparently, the guy they shot wasn't the one they had a deportation order on. The guy they shot had a valid green card.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 02:35 PM (J4Dwc)

And Goode was a citizen. Try to run over the feds and they'll ventilate you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:37 PM (ExV1e)

153 >>>Nah, they shot an illegal in Maine, too.
++++

Wait. They used real bullets?

Posted by: Rebecca Good's roommate. at July 14, 2026 02:37 PM (2Ez/1)

154 144
They can't do it. It's a shibboleth. To pronounce these things would be their political death.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 02:34 PM (O0L8i)

=======

I still maintain that a Democrat who advocated for "closed borders, all the welfare, only welfare for Americans," would actually do really well with the middle part of America.

The problem in developing someone like that is that the Democrat system is designed to suppress anyone like that, and the money that would fund sudden black horse candidates like that wouldn't fund such a candidate, and if one did decided to, they wouldn't be able to overpower the anti-side of it within the Democrat media ecosystem.

They'd get shouted down and ignored faster than their message could spread, plus the creation of personal controversies that make the person untouchable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:37 PM (GKzf4)

155 >>> 145
==
Apparently, the guy they shot wasn't the one they had a deportation order on. The guy they shot had a valid green card.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 02:35 PM (J4Dwc)

I thought the latest guy was another idiot who tried to run over an ICE agent. Same person?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 02:37 PM (R+iUD)

156 This guy suggests the dems shouldn't succumb to progressive orthodoxy? It's kinda mind boggling in a way unless he means only in words and not in actions.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 02:37 PM (n5tGW)

157 Imagine being named Wesley Yang.

How unfortunate for him.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 02:37 PM (XYNFs)

158 Apparently, the guy they shot wasn't the one they had a deportation order on. The guy they shot had a valid green card.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 02:35 PM (J4Dwc)

He was the Good guy, tho, attempting to run over the ICE agent.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:38 PM (2YhKe)

159 Wait. They used real bullets?"

I know. Next you'll tell me they use real bulldozers, too.

/St pancake

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:38 PM (KVa9+)

160 I will call you by your chosen first name. I will not call a he a she or a she a he.

Say that five times fast.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 02:38 PM (XlpZY)

161 I never said that they weren't justified in shooting him. All I said was the guy they shot wasn't here illegally.

Jesus, this place...

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 02:38 PM (J4Dwc)

162 I think the left needs a lot more education on autogynephilia.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 02:39 PM (hftzA)

163 Apparently, the guy they shot wasn't the one they had a deportation order on. The guy they shot had a valid green card.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 02:35 PM (J4Dwc)

He was the Good guy, tho, attempting to run over the ICE agent.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:38 PM (2YhKe)

Conspiracy to violate immigration law, dangerous operation of a deadly vehicle, resisting arrest, attempted murder. Yeah, a nice dude.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:39 PM (uhVAy)

164 A lot of the most radical Dem positions are mostly unspoken or glossed over by the party heads.This article may be the first time that some normie Dems learn their party was pro-open borders, pro-crime, and pro-trannies in girls sports.

Posted by: lauraw at July 14, 2026 02:40 PM (gCmTH)

165

Could you imagine how badly these people would fuck Animal House up?

I mean, look what they did to The Odyssey.

Somehow this dude comes off as a lying sack of shit. I bet he gets pissed when he gets called "Tom" instead of "Thomas".

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 14, 2026 02:40 PM (et1vG)

166 Conspiracy to violate immigration law, dangerous operation of a deadly vehicle, resisting arrest, attempted murder. Yeah, a nice dude.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:39 PM (uhVAy)

I was more referring to Renee Good who was ventilated for performing the same task.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:40 PM (2YhKe)

167 And Goode was a citizen. Try to run over the feds and they'll ventilate you.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:37 PM (ExV1e)

Goode should have watched Chris Rock's bit on how to not get your ass kicked by the cops.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (rbvCR)

168 Posted by: lauraw at July 14, 2026 02:40 PM (gCmTH)

Woah......

Talk about a blast from the past.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)

169 157 Imagine being named Wesley Yang.

How unfortunate for him.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 02:37 PM (XYNFs)

He's have to marry Celeste Yin.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (brIJB)

170 164 A lot of the most radical Dem positions are mostly unspoken or glossed over by the party heads.This article may be the first time that some normie Dems learn their party was pro-open borders, pro-crime, and pro-trannies in girls sports.

Posted by: lauraw at July 14, 2026 02:40 PM (gCmTH)

=======

This isn't true. They're out and proud about it.

The GOP was using public statements by Democrats to define Democrats in attack ads.

But it didn't work.

Because people didn't believe that Democrats would be that crazy. And the GOP was using their words, verbatim.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (GKzf4)

171 not-hire him/shun him

Posted by: zombie

----------------
That's just it, they don't dress that way until after they are hired, and then you can't fire them for wearing a dress.

Screw that -- the "do as you please" regime ended when we stopped bulllying and shaming people into reasonable behavior. Bring back freedom of association (hiring, renting, etc.) and then let people do as they please.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (XYNFs)

172 Yang's point is valid, mainly because of the way that Dems always want to place themselves in the words.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:36 PM (Fi81e)
---
I think I need to amplify this.

Fascism is not what the Dems pretend it is. It is a nihilistic doctrine that the only thing that could stop a State is the State itself. There is nothing but the state where the state decides to act.

But to Dems "fascism" is that government that has been invalidated and we all agree is not allowed. Thus, the only value they have for "fascism" is not the meaning itself, but government that is not how they would choose to run things. If you want to run things with the "frozen force" of government in a way that they do not want to comply with, that's the government That Should Not Be, and thus, "fascism".

That's the only use they have for "fascism", is a government (force) that does not act as they would have it.

Particularly, a government that is an expression of an expectation of restraint. Now, restraint --that's real "fascism"!

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (Fi81e)

173 I watch a lot of badge cam and chase videos and the cops have a lot of restraint when it comes to pulling the trigger. I've seen chases go on for way longer than needed if the cop would have just shot the fucker when he had the chance and the right.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (05hbD)

174 >>> 162 I think the left needs a lot more education on autogynephilia.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 02:39 PM (hftzA)

Maybe I'm too young to be so cynical but I think those who are most strident about tranny BS *cough* Tampon Timmeh *cough* are very likely groomers.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (R+iUD)

175
It's not in my method to do mind-reading. I'm going to criticize his expression.

Posted by: Axeman

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

Maybe he doesn't have enough space, but I don't see him arguing why illegal immigration is bad for the country. He only argues that Dems favoring it is bad for them. So I apply that to the rest of his points. I could change my mind if a decent interviewer asked him to defend his points and he gave evidence-based answers about how Dem policy is harming the country -- not just the party.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:42 PM (mmrXZ)

176 167 And Goode was a citizen. Try to run over the feds and they'll ventilate you.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:37 PM (ExV1e)

Goode should have watched Chris Rock's bit on how to not get your ass kicked by the cops.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (rbvCR)

=======

Why?

She watched Black Widow and knows that she can scissor kick any man three times her size into unconsciousness with ease.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:42 PM (GKzf4)

177 Some Congress critter said that ICE should shoot out the tires of the vehicle hurtling at them. You first lady

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 02:42 PM (m2wmY)

178 I think we're gonna see a lot of this kind of "suggested surgery" as part of an orchestrated op to try to (i) deflect from the Democrap's obvious desperation to keep vote fraud easy and cheap and (ii) show the normals that Democraps care about their concerns.

It's of course all smelly bullshit of the highest order.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

179 Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026

I am actually with you here, if you are a guy who wants to wear a dress? Rock the dress. But make no mistake, you are a guy in a dress. No more, no less. You are not gender fluid, you aren’t a woman, you are a guy in a dress.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 02:42 PM (hftzA)

180 I was more referring to Renee Good who was ventilated for performing the same task.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:40 PM (2YhKe)

She was just kidding, she was just following orders, she didn't know lethal force was on the table in her harassment of law officers in the pursuit of their duty, she didn't understand any of Newton's three laws of motion!

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 02:42 PM (rbvCR)

181 In Thomas Edsall's next column he will suggest that if Muslims want to be accepted by mainstream Americans, they merely need to do these three simple things:

-- Stop worshipping the sand-devil known as "Allah" and its schizophrenic acolyte known a "Mohammed."

-- Turn gay, suck dicks in public, and flounce around in a tutu.

-- Accept Jesus into their hearts while taking a shit on the Ka'aba.

So simple!

Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026 02:43 PM (Av6i5)

182 So, basically lie to get elected. Resume radical agenda.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 02:43 PM (qBdHI)

183 Three things rhe DemonRats need to do:

1. Not be psychotic, demon-possessed baby murdering assholes.

2. Not be retarded communists.

3. Not open the borders.

Simple.

Can they do it?

*shakes magic 8 ball*

"Are You Fucking Kidding Me?" quothe the 8 ball.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 14, 2026 02:43 PM (bbD6d)

184 178 I think we're gonna see a lot of this kind of "suggested surgery" as part of an orchestrated op to try to (i) deflect from the Democrap's obvious desperation to keep vote fraud easy and cheap and (ii) show the normals that Democraps care about their concerns.

It's of course all smelly bullshit of the highest order.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

======

The narratives post-2026 are going to be fascinating.

Ossoff losing in GA? El-Sayed winning in MI? Cooper losing in NC?

"White guys who look moderate are losers in the Democrat Party. We need insane, brown leftists who love Hamas like El-Sayed."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:43 PM (GKzf4)

185 >>> 176

=======

Why?

She watched Black Widow and knows that she can scissor kick any man three times her size into unconsciousness with ease.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:42 PM (GKzf4)

Heh heh.

He said 'scissor'.

Posted by: Beavis & Butthead at July 14, 2026 02:44 PM (R+iUD)

186 157 Imagine being named Wesley Yang.

How unfortunate for him.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 02:37 PM (XYNFs)
- - - - - - - - - -
To be fair, his parents may never have actually seen Star Trek: The Next Generation, and were unaware of the connotations.

Posted by: Another Anon at July 14, 2026 02:44 PM (4h45B)

187 The single theme, the sine qua non that runs across all “Democrat” political potions is mendacity.

Think about it. Every argument is a distortion of a fact, a fallacy, sophism or petitio principii. The three mentioned above are perfect examples. Illegal immigration, crime and gender.

It defines them.

The problem isn’t just persuasion. Its credibility. Nobody would believe them. Not just now. Never.

It’s why they need Trump as a distraction. It’s why they have turned to violence and are trying to corrupt the government and use that as their vehicle to destroy our democratic republic.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:44 PM (KsZMV)

188 She watched Black Widow and knows that she can scissor kick any man three times her size into unconsciousness with ease"

That only works in Wakanda...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:44 PM (KVa9+)

189 {{{lauraw}}}

You are a legend. How is the hump doing?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 02:45 PM (u82oZ)

190 Heh heh.

He said 'scissor'.
Posted by: Beavis & Butthead at July 14, 2026 02:44 PM (R+iUD)

That's hot!

Posted by: The WNBA at July 14, 2026 02:45 PM (2YhKe)

191 188 She watched Black Widow and knows that she can scissor kick any man three times her size into unconsciousness with ease"

That only works in Wakanda...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:44 PM (KVa9+)

=======

We could be just like Wakanda if we had open borders.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:45 PM (GKzf4)

192 Wait a second, Ace flounces (or is it "flounces") and then lauraw shows up???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (R+iUD)

193 Who said this:

"Trump is eating my underwear"
1) an insane homeless person
Or
2) Your average Democrat

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (m2wmY)

194
We could be just like Wakanda if we had open borders.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:45 PM (GKzf4)

I thought we all just needed to become the odd blue people.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (2YhKe)

195 shoutout to lauraw's humps, her humps

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (gKWVE)

196 I think we're gonna see a lot of this kind of "suggested surgery" as part of an orchestrated op to try to (i) deflect from the Democrap's obvious desperation to keep vote fraud easy and cheap and (ii) show the normals that Democraps care about their concerns.

It's of course all smelly bullshit of the highest order.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

======

The narratives post-2026 are going to be fascinating.

Ossoff losing in GA? El-Sayed winning in MI? Cooper losing in NC?

"White guys who look moderate are losers in the Democrat Party. We need insane, brown leftists who love Hamas like El-Sayed."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:43 PM (GKzf4)
______

What about ladies with yuge racks?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

197 I think the left needs a lot more education on autogynephilia.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 02:39 PM (hftzA)
---
But

1. Sexual arousal is "good".
2. Is a man gets sexual arousal from feeling like a woman, why do you want to police that?
3. Our society should be more gender-bending, because gender isn't really real.

And anything that works for #3 is "progress".

Thus, women's feelings of being "creeped on" take second place.

Intersectionality tends to be about how to preload the computation tables to let your ideology do your thinking for you.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (Fi81e)

198 Conspiracy to violate immigration law, dangerous operation of a deadly vehicle, resisting arrest, attempted murder. Yeah, a nice dude.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:39 PM (uhVAy)

I was more referring to Renee Good who was ventilated for performing the same task.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:40 PM (2YhKe)

Shows ICE isn't sexist, though.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (uhVAy)

199 We could be just like Wakanda if we had open borders."

Cept Wakanda didn't.

Hmm.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (KVa9+)

200 People resoected the bearded lady at the sideshow more than they're ever going to respect them out in society.

Sorry. Tough shit, freakos.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (BI5O2)

201 196
What about ladies with yuge racks?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

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Well, for Democrats, if the belly sticks out further, then that's fine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (GKzf4)

202 Wait a second, Ace flounces (or is it "flounces") and then lauraw shows up???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (R+iUD)

Tonight we're gonna party like its 2009!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (2YhKe)

203 Wakanda place has open borders?

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (05hbD)

204 Pre-law, pre-med. What's the difference?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:30 PM (2YhKe)

About 50 points on MACT

Posted by: MAC V SOG at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (P4Pk9)

205 [i}I am actually with you here, if you are a guy who wants to wear a dress? Rock the dress. But make no mistake, you are a guy in a dress. No more, no less. You are not gender fluid, you aren’t a woman, you are a guy in a dress.
Posted by: Piper

I don't understand why guys would want to wear a dress. If they don't want to wear trousers, kilts are right there.

You could even go Egyptian style if the Scottish type doesn't appeal to you.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 02:47 PM (vJrRc)

206 199 We could be just like Wakanda if we had open borders."

Cept Wakanda didn't.

Hmm.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (KVa9+)

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It's the irony that led to the intentional contrast between reality and my assertion mixed with the leftist belief that open borders creates utopia which was the center of the humorous intent of the sentence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:47 PM (GKzf4)

207 The narratives post-2026 are going to be fascinating.

Ossoff losing in GA? El-Sayed winning in MI? Cooper losing in NC?

"White guys who look moderate are losers in the Democrat Party. We need insane, brown leftists who love Hamas like El-Sayed."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:43 PM (GKzf4

That's *already* the current wisdom in the party.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:47 PM (uhVAy)

208 179 Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026

I am actually with you here, if you are a guy who wants to wear a dress? Rock the dress. But make no mistake, you are a guy in a dress. No more, no less. You are not gender fluid, you aren’t a woman, you are a guy in a dress.
Posted by: Piper

Bingo. 100% agree.

There something to be said for old-school drag queens -- they at least know they are men pretending to be women. They know it's an act. This new generation of "transsexuals" are so brainwashed that they think dressing in drag actually changes their gender for real.

Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026 02:47 PM (Av6i5)

209
What about ladies with yuge racks?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

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

https://shorturl.fm/UKJiH

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:48 PM (2YhKe)

210 It's the irony that led to the intentional contrast between reality and my assertion mixed with the leftist belief that open borders creates utopia which was the center of the humorous intent of the sentence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:47 PM (GKzf4)

I don't get it.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:48 PM (05hbD)

211 here is a cover of Drowning Pool's Let the Bodies Hit the Floor. Play it over and over again just like Baby Shark

https://9gag.com/gag/ayNb9mb

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 02:48 PM (rbvCR)

212 207 That's *already* the current wisdom in the party.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:47 PM (uhVAy)

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There's a thread within the party that's holding out hope that Ossoff wins easily and becomes their de facto candidate for president in 2028 after Gavin Newsom flamed out embarrassingly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:48 PM (GKzf4)

213 It's the irony that led to the intentional contrast between reality and my assertion mixed with the leftist belief that open borders creates utopia which was the center of the humorous intent of the sentence"

Oh sure. What's next, a movie review or something m

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:48 PM (KVa9+)

214 We should arm ICE with surplus Mp5’s and give them more firepower. Then maybe allow them to hang people who try to murder them from telephone poles with a sign that says “Don’t Be Stupid Like Me”.

If you don’t belong in our country and are illegally present, then try to murder the citizens including those in law enforcement you deserve to be dragged. From a truck. By a rope.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:49 PM (4v5BO)

215 -- while taking a shit on the Ka'aba.

So simple!
Posted by: zombie

Rumor has it's that's actually the proper historical way to worship there, so maybe better not

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 02:49 PM (vJrRc)

216 So who is welcoming their new AI slop masters?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 02:49 PM (YlWIZ)

217
Shows ICE isn't sexist, though.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM (uhVAy)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (2YhKe)

218 [i}I am actually with you here, if you are a guy who wants to wear a dress? Rock the dress. But make no mistake, you are a guy in a dress. No more, no less. You are not gender fluid, you aren’t a woman, you are a guy in a dress.
Posted by: Piper

I don't understand why guys would want to wear a dress. If they don't want to wear trousers, kilts are right there.

You could even go Egyptian style if the Scottish type doesn't appeal to you.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 02:47 PM (vJrRc)

Roman tunics, Greek "chitons". There's thousands of examples of what to wear as a man when it isn't cold enough to need to cover your complete legs.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (uhVAy)

219 That's hot!
Posted by: The WNBA at July 14, 2026 02:45 PM (2YhKe)

Speaking of, Sophie Cunningham was a "ring girl" at a recent UFC event in Las Vegas. Little black short-shorts and a black tank top.

There's video out there.

I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (J4Dwc)

220 You could even go Egyptian style "

Loin girding?

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (KVa9+)

221 Keep your name to yourself and no show if hands if you please.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (YlWIZ)

222 3. Our society should be more gender-bending, because gender isn't really real

some people are talking about Nominalism: tinyurl.com/3zuyxz4m

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (gKWVE)

223 This genius doesn't just want to misrepresent and issue to gather votes (in a REPRESENTATIVE government). He comes right out and says that the Immigration stance MUST have wiggle room or "plenty of room for amendment".

So, he's advocating dishonesty to start. AND, outright "bait and switch" as a chaser.

What a piece of human excrement this guy is.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (dIske)

224 So who is welcoming their new AI slop masters?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 02:49 PM (YlWIZ)

More funny than MSM slop, and more democratic since anyone can access it with available hardware.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (uhVAy)

225 >>> 210 It's the irony that led to the intentional contrast between reality and my assertion mixed with the leftist belief that open borders creates utopia which was the center of the humorous intent of the sentence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:47 PM (GKzf4)

I don't get it.
Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:48 PM (05hbD)

I DON'T EITHER.

Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBERGERER at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (R+iUD)

226 Maybe he doesn't have enough space, but I don't see him arguing why illegal immigration is bad for the country. He only argues that Dems favoring it is bad for them. So I apply that to the rest of his points. I could change my mind if a decent interviewer asked him to defend his points and he gave evidence-based answers about how Dem policy is harming the country -- not just the party.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:42 PM (mmrXZ)
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Now, I'm completely at home with that criticism.

And it does seem to mainly be about salvaging the party (so they can win the Senate and create states and stack the Senate and appoint more left-wing judges so that the SCOTUS fully becomes the super legislature that the founders argued invalidates the branch entirely. )

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (Fi81e)

227 You could even go Egyptian style if the Scottish type doesn't appeal to you.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

^^^^^^^^^^

Man, now I want to start wearing a toga.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (XYNFs)

228 225 I DON'T EITHER.

Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBERGERER at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (R+iUD)

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All is lost.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (GKzf4)

229 So a scalpel near or on a nerve?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (YlWIZ)

230 You asked for it........"

Nope. Wouldn't be prudent

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (KVa9+)

231 If Michigan goes and elects a guy who praised the 9-11 attacks and supports terrorists, they should officially as a state be off everyone’s list.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (4v5BO)

232
And, the face of the party has gotten...awful. Biden glitching out at the debate. Kamala cackling. The women and minorities who screech all the time. The terrorism sympathizers.

It's bad for them now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

To make matters worse, an ex-DSA activist has said the worst mistake the DNC made was to refuse funding to the hard left socialists. Because the socialists went out and found their own billionaires, started their own networks, learned how to campaign.

And they have recruited very attractive -- physically attractive, with exotic names and appearances -- candidates. The face of their party is Nithya, Melat, Abdul, Zohran. Yeah, morons will say their ideology makes them ugly, but they're smooth, they articulate they bullshit in an articulate way, they're young, they're objectively attractive. Mainstream DNC will lose to these people.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (mmrXZ)

233 Health officials are investigating Taco Bell ON TACO TUESDAY?!?!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 14, 2026 02:52 PM (wBaIH)

234 You could even go Egyptian style "

Loin girding?
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (KVa9+)

That's just tying up a tunic/garment when things get messy to keep it out of the way.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:52 PM (uhVAy)

235 You could even go Egyptian style if the Scottish type doesn't appeal to you.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 14, 2026 02:47 PM (vJrRc)
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Ah, so that's why they walk that way...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 14, 2026 02:52 PM (brIJB)

236 Speaking of, Sophie Cunningham was a "ring girl" at a recent UFC event in Las Vegas. Little black short-shorts and a black tank top.

There's video out there.

I'll be in my bunk.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (J4Dwc)

Yeah......she's going to get herself on the shitlist with the racist dykes if she keeps that up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:52 PM (2YhKe)

237 All is lost."

We'll always have Prometheus...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:52 PM (KVa9+)

238 The GOP was using public statements by Democrats to define Democrats in attack ads.

But it didn't work.

Because people didn't believe that Democrats would be that crazy. And the GOP was using their words, verbatim.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (GKzf4)
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The Dems took Refuge in Audacity and ran with it.

Helps that they still have an active machine in Dem strongholds, though.

Without that, they're toast and they know it, as one of them admitted to that in an earlier thread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 02:53 PM (FZ29D)

239 Wait a second, Ace flounces (or is it "flounces") and then lauraw shows up???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 02:46 PM

What sorcery is this?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 14, 2026 02:53 PM (Wnv9h)

240 Keep your name to yourself and no show if hands if you please.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (YlWIZ)

We are Siamese if you please. We are Siamese if you DON'T please.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:53 PM (2YhKe)

241 to keep it out of the way."

Also protects the lads...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:53 PM (KVa9+)

242 To make matters worse, an ex-DSA activist has said the worst mistake the DNC made was to refuse funding to the hard left socialists. Because the socialists went out and found their own billionaires, started their own networks, learned how to campaign.

And they have recruited very attractive -- physically attractive, with exotic names and appearances -- candidates. The face of their party is Nithya, Melat, Abdul, Zohran. Yeah, morons will say their ideology makes them ugly, but they're smooth, they articulate they bullshit in an articulate way, they're young, they're objectively attractive. Mainstream DNC will lose to these people.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (mmrXZ)

That's like saying the best move would have been to instantly surrender rather than fight even a little bit to keep their storm troopers under control.

Either way, the trimmers lose out if people hold them to their goals they espouse. If white dudes are evil, why are there so many at the DNC with good jobs?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)

243 238 The Dems took Refuge in Audacity and ran with it.

Helps that they still have an active machine in Dem strongholds, though.

Without that, they're toast and they know it, as one of them admitted to that in an earlier thread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 02:53 PM (FZ29D)

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Well, to a degree it worked.

The ads were for 2024, and the GOP won that year.

The specific ads using Dem quotes didn't work, but the overall effort to paint Democrats as not being supportive of Americans did.

I suspect there will be more ads using more footage of Democrats that will help the GOP in 2026.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:54 PM (GKzf4)

244 And then they don't have carry through with those positions because gosh darn it, we don't either.

-GOP inc.

Posted by: Darth Randall at July 14, 2026 02:54 PM (yseh0)

245 3. Our society should be more gender-bending, because gender isn't really real

some people are talking about Nominalism: tinyurl.com/3zuyxz4m
Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 02:50 PM (gKWVE)
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I'm a long-time nominalist. I don't think it's the problem. I think how principles from the Nominalist discipline are being used is.

I see plenty of people on X railing against "nominalism". But Ockham was a theist. The place where nominalism goes off the rails is when atheists get their hands on it.

And then their intellectual laziness takes over.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)

246 Democrats just admitted they can’t win any elections without voter fraud. Who are they trying to fool with this- the frauds?

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:55 PM (4v5BO)

247 Democrats just admitted they can’t win any elections without voter fraud. Who are they trying to fool with this- the frauds?
Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:55 PM (4v5BO)

They are attempting to play some kind of Jedi mind trick on us.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:56 PM (2YhKe)

248 >>> 240
==
We are Siamese if you please. We are Siamese if you DON'T please.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:53 PM (2YhKe)

Well, now I am expecting this as a selection for the dancing portion of the TX MoMee.

(but I advise against knocking over any of RancherBob's or CowHorseQueen's stuff)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 02:56 PM (R+iUD)

249 Tangential:

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/
2074873964686446772

Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon is dispatching election monitors to 15 jurisdictions across SIX STATES for the coming 2026 primaries to prevent fraud, cheating and fair access to voting under federal law

"Those states are Arizona, Michigan, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Virginia. And we're sending the monitors into cities and counties where there may have been some problems in the recent elections."

----

Lady senator from last thread who complained that no Democrat can win with the SAVE act? Represents Michigan.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:56 PM (GKzf4)

250 >>A lot of the most radical Dem positions are mostly unspoken or glossed over by the party heads.This article may be the first time that some normie Dems learn their party was pro-open borders, pro-crime, and pro-trannies in girls sports.
Posted by: lauraw at July 14, 2026 02:40 PM (gCmTH)

--

Had similar thoughts, but on the other hand I can't imagine so severe a case of LIV.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at July 14, 2026 02:57 PM (NYInA)

251 There is no term for believing youre a gender other than what you were born as other than a psychosis.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:57 PM (4v5BO)

252 I'm a long-time nominalist. I don't think it's the problem. I think how principles from the Nominalist discipline are being used is.

I see plenty of people on X railing against "nominalism". But Ockham was a theist. The place where nominalism goes off the rails is when atheists get their hands on it.

And then their intellectual laziness takes over.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)

That's just, like your opinion, man.

Posted by: The Dude at July 14, 2026 02:57 PM (brIJB)

253 Man, now I want to start wearing a toga.
And watch gladiator movies.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 02:57 PM (Kt19C)

254 And, the face of the party has gotten...awful. Biden glitching out at the debate. Kamala cackling. The women and minorities who screech all the time. The terrorism sympathizers.

It's bad for them now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

And they have recruited very attractive -- physically attractive, with exotic names and appearances -- candidates. The face of their party is Nithya, Melat, Abdul, Zohran. Yeah, morons will say their ideology makes them ugly, but they're smooth, they articulate they bullshit in an articulate way, they're young, they're objectively attractive. Mainstream DNC will lose to these people.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:51 PM (mmrXZ)
_______

We all hate on Mayor Bombdaddy but he's a charismatic guy and good retail politician. He's always (or almost always) smiling and looking optimistic. A page from the old Bill Clinton playbook. He's the opposite of the scowling, screeching ugly old commies like Bernie.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

255 254 We all hate on Mayor Bombdaddy but he's a charismatic guy and good retail politician. He's always (or almost always) smiling and looking optimistic. A page from the old Bill Clinton playbook. He's the opposite of the scowling, screeching ugly old commies like Bernie.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

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His 5th place finish in the SC primary will propel him to the presidency, I'm sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:58 PM (GKzf4)

256 Yeah......she's going to get herself on the shitlist with the racist dykes if she keeps that up.

I'm pretty sure she's there already.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (Riz8t)

257 Yeah......she's going to get herself on the shitlist with the racist dykes if she keeps that up.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:52 PM (2YhKe)

Something tells me she'd be up to the challenge.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (J4Dwc)

258 Pol Pot was always smiling too. Honestly WTF does that mean.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (4v5BO)

259
Also protects the lads...
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:53 PM (KVa9+)

ZEUS! APOLLO! COME!!!

Posted by: Higgins at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (2YhKe)

260
I'm pretty sure she's there already.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (Riz8t)

They haven't started kicking the shit out of her like they do her teammate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)

261 Nope.... respect is EARNED, not just given.

Certain institutions are respected, because of long standing history, so if someone is part of those institutions, they inherit certain respect... but even then, it can be destroyed in a heartbeat (like some Military Officers).

Now, basic manners is NOT respect... it is just a social lubricant to make our environment easier... but just because I treat you with manners, it does not mean you gain my respect.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 03:00 PM (mP0Kj)

262 258 Pol Pot was always smiling too. Honestly WTF does that mean.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (4v5BO)

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That people like to vote for attractive, happy looking people.

Not that attractive, happy looking people are good people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:00 PM (GKzf4)

263
That's like saying the best move would have been to instantly surrender rather than fight even a little bit to keep their storm troopers under control.

Either way, the trimmers lose out if people hold them to their goals they espouse. If white dudes are evil, why are there so many at the DNC with good jobs?
Posted by: Oldcat

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

It's funny, maybe the DSA had the DNC over a barrel from the get-go. Don't fund the DSA and they'll get their own billionaires; fund them and they'll take you over.

I suppose the people who vote for socialists could get fed up if they wake up the day after everyone's sworn in and somehow groceries, healthcare, the bus, etc, isn't free -- but as we know, socialists can be difficult to dislodge once they get into office.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:00 PM (mmrXZ)

264 This is all make believe "for the rubes". It's the same as Taqiyya. Say whatever you have to, just to get elected, then do what you want anyway.

It's the same as a pic of Obama shooting like an effeminate fag.
Anything to fool the hoi polloi.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:01 PM (l3cgK)

265
Something tells me she'd be up to the challenge.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (J4Dwc)

Oh HELLS yeah. I'd love to see it, too.

Highlights, tho. I ain't watching that shit real time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:01 PM (2YhKe)

266 $12 billion in tax revenue just left NYC after they let the cult of islam take over. Somebody isn’t buying the bullshit.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 03:01 PM (4v5BO)

267 Yes, I will smile and waive my dick at people. But they will only notice the smile, not the dick.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 03:02 PM (4v5BO)

268
Well, now I am expecting this as a selection for the dancing portion of the TX MoMee.

(but I advise against knocking over any of RancherBob's or CowHorseQueen's stuff)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 02:56 PM (R+iUD)

Don't look at me.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:02 PM (2YhKe)

269 266 $12 billion in tax revenue just left NYC after they let the cult of islam take over. Somebody isn’t buying the bullshit.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 03:01 PM (4v5BO)

======

Coincidentally, this is the amount of frozen funds the US Treasury took from Iran outside of Iran and refuses to give back.

Coincidence?

There are no coincidences! Wake up, sheeple!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:02 PM (GKzf4)

270 Pol Pot was always smiling too. Honestly WTF does that mean.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (4v5BO)
_____

It means exactly what I said in reply to a comment that made the same or similar point: the newer generation of commies is generally more charismatic and personable than the older generation. That's a problem for us.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

271 “Unauthorized immigrants with no criminal record who have been in this country for at least five years, along with Dreamers, should be offered green cards with a path toward citizenship”

You stupid fucking bastard.

If you reward criminals, you get more crime. This has to stop. Fuck You.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 03:02 PM (ot51Z)

272 Shorter version : We must lie in order to win. The ends justify the means.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:03 PM (/WQyy)

273 We all hate on Mayor Bombdaddy but he's a charismatic guy and good retail politician. He's always (or almost always) smiling and looking optimistic. A page from the old Bill Clinton playbook. He's the opposite of the scowling, screeching ugly old commies like Bernie.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

Problem is he's also smiling and optimistic as his tax base crashes, he urges massive taxes, the police collapse into ruin and crime takes over. Once you start failing in real life, the bloom leaves the rose.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:03 PM (uhVAy)

274 He wrote a similar article a few weeks ago for the NYT. Internal Lefty power struggles:

A Working-Class Party Without Many Workers. In 2021 the DSA was 85 percent non-Hispanic white (national average 58%); 9 percent were Hispanic, 5 percent Asian American and 4 percent Black.

Liberal stands on immigration, transgender rights, abolishing ICE and defunding the police are supported largely by a well-educated elite of white people holding professional jobs. They are not the policies sought by the construction workers riding the subway to get to their job sites by 7 a.m.

income and education patterns emerged in the Seventh District, where the DSA candidate (Valdez) crushed Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president, 56.1 to 35.8. Valdez won 62 to 28 in the district’s high-income neighborhoods and 64 to 27 in its high-education areas, while Reynoso carried the low-income sections 63 to 31.

What’s notable but not written about is that nearly all of the D.S.A.’s serious primary campaigns are aimed at members of the House Progressive Caucus, not the more moderate House New Democrats. Support for Medicare for All, Green New Deal, Abolish ICE is no protection.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 03:04 PM (oI/gx)

275 Pol Pot was always smiling too. Honestly WTF does that mean.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (4v5BO)

Everyone can tell when you love your job.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 03:04 PM (rbvCR)

276 275 Pol Pot was always smiling too. Honestly WTF does that mean.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (4v5BO)

Everyone can tell when you love your job.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 03:04 PM (rbvCR)

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"Must be great to be a CIA plant."
-Reddit

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:05 PM (GKzf4)

277
We all hate on Mayor Bombdaddy but he's a charismatic guy and good retail politician.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

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That's exactly why I included him. He's a talented politician.

Vengeance, yes, Pol Pot also smiled. That doesn't change the fact that Mamdani's smile is an effective political weapon. His beard works, his volubility works, his acting talent works.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:05 PM (mmrXZ)

278 Oh HELLS yeah. I'd love to see it, too.

Highlights, tho. I ain't watching that shit real time.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:01 PM (2YhKe)

She said on a recent podcast that she'll marry someday and is "looking for a man to take care of her."

Oooo, shots fired!

"How to piss off the feminists in one easy soundbite"

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 03:05 PM (J4Dwc)

279 It's the same as that pic of Obama shooting a gun like an effeminate fag

Only his hairdresser knows for sure, but … he kinda is an effeminate fag, no?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 03:05 PM (ot51Z)

280 "One may smile, and smile, and be a villian."

Posted by: The Dead While Male from Stratford-upon-Avon at July 14, 2026 03:05 PM (brIJB)

281 >> That's a problem for us.

No, that’s a problem for idiots. Policy positions that are well articulated, presented and which can be shown as demonstrably true outweigh charisma any time. The latter is easily proven as an empty suit mouthing platitudes and nonsensical bullshit easily disproven.

Our biggest enemy is apathy. It’s why NYC now has a dishonest islamist cultist as their mayor. None of them get off their asses to vote. So the commies energize a population large enough to beat the people who sit on their asses and complain.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 03:06 PM (4v5BO)

282
She said on a recent podcast that she'll marry someday and is "looking for a man to take care of her."

Oooo, shots fired!

"How to piss off the feminists in one easy soundbite"
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 03:05 PM (J4Dwc)

And she posts herself in various bikinis and such online a lot. She's not ashamed of herself, her body OR her sexuality.

F*ck em if they can't take it.

Good for her.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:06 PM (2YhKe)

283 Protection of illegals who have been present for five years would apply to much of the Bidenwave, no?

Posted by: Alec Leamas at July 14, 2026 03:06 PM (ssz2a)

284 267 Yes, I will smile and waive my dick at people. But they will only notice the smile, not the dick.
Posted by: Vengeance

The signoras, they don't look at my face, but they know what it can do

Posted by: Paolo at July 14, 2026 03:07 PM (gKWVE)

285 LOL, if you call that being "charismatic and personable" ...

I, personally, do not. ymmv

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 03:07 PM (VyBeY)

286 283 Protection of illegals who have been present for five years would apply to much of the Bidenwave, no?

Posted by: Alec Leamas at July 14, 2026 03:06 PM (ssz2a)

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Trump is on pace to getting all of them out and more by the end of his term without any further help from Congress.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:07 PM (GKzf4)

287 their claim should be respected...

Should fraud be respected? Since when?

You claim to sell me the Brooklyn bridge - should that be respected? Do I now owe the bridge and can charge tolls?

I mean what the fcking fck is wrong with these idiots.

Posted by: My head hurts at July 14, 2026 03:07 PM (anL5R)

288 $12 billion in tax revenue just left NYC after they let the cult of islam take over. Somebody isn’t buying the bullshit.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 03:01 PM (4v5BO)

Never Forget.

Never mind. They forgot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:07 PM (2YhKe)

289 Just how much cocaine could Candy O. stick up her nose at one time...

Posted by: Things Hunter B. might think about at July 14, 2026 03:07 PM (brIJB)

290 It seems pretty clear that the left has lost all talent for sublety. The "advice" in this article used to be second nature to democrat candidates. Clinton is the best example I can think of in that regard. He pulled so far to the Center in his first Presidential election he was pissing off the far left base and ended up being pictured in cartoons with his finger in the air to see which way the wind was blowing.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:07 PM (dIske)

291 Those "attractive" DSA candidates and their ilk are the product of our academic institutions. Most are wealthy, or from wealthy families. They're "educated" in the finer points of deception and have a wealthy and largely militant backing.

Their parents are Socialists who've either conned their way into wealthy society or are politically connected here, and/or abroad to finance their little monster's political ambitions.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 03:08 PM (jehhT)

292 Pol Pot was educated in France. It was only then he returned to his native homeland and proceeded to slaughter about 20% of Cambodians.

He wanted to turn the entire Nation backwards, into a kind of stone age pre-industrial Utopia. The “Educated” classes, as well as blue collar mechanics and technical types, had to be liquidated or dealt with.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 03:08 PM (ot51Z)

293 The democrat strategy of importing a new electorate, relying on nonstop uniparty graft to keep their "friends across the aisle" in-line, and getting the rest of the governing class (especially judges) to take their sides via the constant threat of political violence is working pretty well long-term.

Why compromise on anything?

Posted by: brak at July 14, 2026 03:08 PM (sCxmP)

294 271 “Unauthorized immigrants with no criminal record who have been in this country for at least five years, along with Dreamers, should be offered green cards with a path toward citizenship”

You stupid fucking bastard.

If you reward criminals, you get more crime. This has to stop. Fuck You.

This tells you that the Dems realize they've reached the peak of their ability to manipulate the voter pool by bringing in illegals, at least for the time being. Continuing to do what they've done for the last 5 years is becoming counterproductive, as more and more people get angry with them for destroying the country. We'll accept the 30M or so they let in before 5 years ago, digest for awhile, then open up the borders again after we stop paying attention.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:08 PM (Riz8t)

295
You stupid fucking bastard.

If you reward criminals, you get more crime. This has to stop. Fuck You.
Posted by: Common Tater

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

Edsall walks the line. "Okay, can we agree that letting in child rapists is bad? How about if we agree on that, and then we let the rest of them stay? Is that a good compromise?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:09 PM (mmrXZ)

296 Vengeance, yes, Pol Pot also smiled. That doesn't change the fact that Mamdani's smile is an effective political weapon. His beard works, his volubility works, his acting talent works.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:05 PM (mmrXZ)

Too bad for them his governing has failed within a year. No free buses, no free food, grocery stores leaving the city, companies leaving the city...

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)

297 BTW I’m going to remember to smile, grow a beard and tell everyone at my next speaking engagement we are going to stick it to the man by taking his money, and handing it out to all the unproductive people, then use power to destroy the country. I’m gonna wear a nice suit to, you know just for dramatic effect. They are gonna love it. I’ll be mayor of the universe.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 03:09 PM (4v5BO)

298 Unauthorized immigrants with no criminal record who have been in this country for at least five years, along with Dreamers, should be offered green cards with a path toward citizenship”

What about the people that went through the process properly and are waiting for a green card?

The illegals who want a green card should self deport and make request for temporary visa and green card with a waiting period of at least a year after they deport. I would be willing to give them more consideration after they do this since they would have shown the responsibility we want from a citizen.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:09 PM (/WQyy)

299 290 It seems pretty clear that the left has lost all talent for sublety. The "advice" in this article used to be second nature to democrat candidates. Clinton is the best example I can think of in that regard. He pulled so far to the Center in his first Presidential election he was pissing off the far left base and ended up being pictured in cartoons with his finger in the air to see which way the wind was blowing.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 03:07 PM (dIske)

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I think the Clinton example is actually evidence that this sort of thing is rare.

It took Clinton, a rare political talent who was already president, forcing a turn towards the center of his party after 1994.

The party hasn't done it since, and the rise of Obama created a generation of political consultants and politicians who view any softening on any issue as religious apostasy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:09 PM (GKzf4)

300 Those "attractive" DSA candidates and their ilk are the product of our academic institutions. Most are wealthy, or from wealthy families. They're "educated" in the finer points of deception and have a wealthy and largely militant backing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

No! AOC came from a working class upbringing and worked as a bartender! She understands and lived working class struggles!!! And she's brown!!!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 03:10 PM (oI/gx)

301
*tucks away pledge pin*

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 03:10 PM (sYM3s)

302 No, that’s a problem for idiots. Policy positions that are well articulated, presented and which can be shown as demonstrably true outweigh charisma any time. The latter is easily proven as an empty suit mouthing platitudes and nonsensical bullshit easily disproven.

Sadly, the history of the Twentieth Century proves that is NOT the case.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 03:10 PM (Riz8t)

303 So, I guess I strongly oppose lazy nominalism. That is, the self-refuting variety.

Universals are only "names" (i.e. the universal quality of a particular "name").

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 03:10 PM (Fi81e)

304 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 03:11 PM (VyBeY)

305 We all hate on Mayor Bombdaddy but he's a charismatic guy and good retail politician. He's always (or almost always) smiling and looking optimistic. A page from the old Bill Clinton playbook. He's the opposite of the scowling, screeching ugly old commies like Bernie.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 02:58 PM (iFTx/)

Problem is he's also smiling and optimistic as his tax base crashes, he urges massive taxes, the police collapse into ruin and crime takes over. Once you start failing in real life, the bloom leaves the rose.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:03 PM (uhVAy)
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Except none of that is actually happening. It's just a meme. The city's tax base is expanding. Revenue, income, and everything that matters is up. The city better off now than it was under Adams and certainly under Di Blasio.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

306 Pol Pot was educated in France. It was only then he returned to his native homeland and proceeded to slaughter about 20% of Cambodians.

He wanted to turn the entire Nation backwards, into a kind of stone age pre-industrial Utopia. The “Educated” classes, as well as blue collar mechanics and technical types, had to be liquidated or dealt with.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 03:08 PM (ot51Z)

Urban live is bad, so lets force march the population of the cities out to the rural districts where they can do nothing and can not be fed.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)

307 BTW anybody have a good Pol Pot t-shirt? That will really bring them to their feet.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 03:11 PM (4v5BO)

308
No! AOC came from a working class upbringing and worked as a bartender! She understands and lived working class struggles!!! And she's brown!!!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 14, 2026 03:10 PM (oI/gx)

She came from a reasonably wealthy family, went to private school and was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 03:11 PM (2YhKe)

309
Too bad for them his governing has failed within a year. No free buses, no free food, grocery stores leaving the city, companies leaving the city...
Posted by: Oldcat

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I guess Elric has a better sense of Mad-manny's political future than I do, but I think Mad-manny can easily whip up even more support by blaming his problems on greedy capitalists leaving the state, Kathy Hochul not giving him enough money, etc. As in Animal Farm, it's the mean human farmers. He's probably counting on Boxer to vow, "I will work harder!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)

310 NOOD

"ELLIOT" PAGE

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (R+iUD)

311 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)

He's gaslighting you.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 03:14 PM (/WQyy)

312 I can't believe that in real actual reality, the only candidate running against Nigel Farage in the Clacton By-Election is "Count Binface," a novelty candidate played by a stand-up comedian with a garbage can on his head.

Seriously.

None f the major parties are running candidate against Farage, because they know they'd lose. So the only opponent left is Count Binface.

As crazy as that might seem, it's not event he craziest part. Are you ready for this?

The Left actually expect Cunt Binface to win!

Although he is a joke candidate, he is suddenly receiving massive donations and thousands of volunteers flooding into Clacton to help him campaign against Farage. Because the entire left and the entire fake-conservative Establishment are lining up behind Count Binface in an attempt to humiliate Farage by having him lose to a joke candidate.

If all the crazy elections in 2026, this mkay well be the craziest.

Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026 03:14 PM (Av6i5)

313 I guess Elric has a better sense of Mad-manny's political future than I do, but I think Mad-manny can easily whip up even more support by blaming his problems on greedy capitalists leaving the state, Kathy Hochul not giving him enough money, etc. As in Animal Farm, it's the mean human farmers. He's probably counting on Boxer to vow, "I will work harder!"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)

Sure he can start pointing the finger, but that doesn't make NYC any better. You can't form a mass party with just the leftists in NYC.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:15 PM (uhVAy)

314 276 275 Pol Pot was always smiling too. Honestly WTF does that mean.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 14, 2026 02:59 PM (4v5BO)

Everyone can tell when you love your job.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 03:04 PM (rbvCR)

=======

"Must be great to be a CIA plant."
-Reddit

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:05 PM (GKzf4)

Better than a Weinstein ficus...

Posted by: Weinstein's Ficus at July 14, 2026 03:16 PM (l3cgK)

315 310 NOOD

"ELLIOT" PAGE

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 14, 2026 03:12 PM (R+iUD)

Did Admiral Ackbar make submissions to Ace?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 03:18 PM (l3cgK)

316 Not this 5 year shit again for illegals and they get to stay.

I don’t care if you’ve been here 50 years, your ass is going home.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 03:19 PM (ehU09)

317 Has Edsall been burned at the stake yet?

Posted by: The Mantastic Tor at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (We5PL)

318 *waves to everybody that remembers me*

Hi guys! Good, thanks, and the hump is engorged, purulent, and smelling of rotten potatoes, just like always.
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170 164 A lot of the most radical Dem positions are mostly unspoken or glossed over by the party heads.This article may be the first time that some normie Dems learn their party was pro-open borders, pro-crime, and pro-trannies in girls sports.

Posted by: lauraw at July 14, 2026 02:40 PM (gCmTH)

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This isn't true. They're out and proud about it.

The GOP was using public statements by Democrats to define Democrats in attack ads.

But it didn't work.

Because people didn't believe that Democrats would be that crazy. And the GOP was using their words, verbatim.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:41 PM (GKzf4)
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Hi Mr. Madison, if I'm way off, then who are these people that didn't think the Dems would be so crazy?

Posted by: lauraw at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (gCmTH)

319 318
Hi Mr. Madison, if I'm way off, then who are these people that didn't think the Dems would be so crazy?

Posted by: lauraw at July 14, 2026 03:21 PM (gCmTH)

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LIVs and soft Democrat partisans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 03:24 PM (GKzf4)

320 If you happen to know any Democrats, you could let them know that Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) is actually Zion-approved, according to the same incident that he tried to spin as hostile to him.

Despite Rohit playacting Jewphobia for the American press, once settler security confirmed his identity, he was free to proceed, as you would expect of their Punjabi Best Pal. They just needed to make sure that it wasn't some vile terrorist impersonating their Hindu Homie, since Khanna is kind of an idiot and forgot to call ahead and let his Hebrew Brothers From Another Mother know he was dropping by.

Posted by: SciVo at July 14, 2026 03:24 PM (Sy6m/)

321 Oops, thread's over.

Posted by: SciVo at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (Sy6m/)

322
Too bad for them his governing has failed within a year. No free buses, no free food, grocery stores leaving the city, companies leaving the city...
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)

But they sure did show that Queens vulgarian who's boss!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 03:25 PM (dv49b)

323
If all the crazy elections in 2026, this mkay well be the craziest.
Posted by: zombie at July 14, 2026 03:14 PM (Av6i5)

There’s a very dark side to this story. If Binface wins, then it means that a majority of the electorate agrees that the British government has become a bad joke, and it’s too late to even bother trying to fix it.

If Farage loses, then I’ll have to say they’re correct.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 03:27 PM (wLnmp)

324 Wait......I need to know more about this " egyptian style" thing

does it involve snakes and the hottie brunette chick from the bangles?

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 14, 2026 04:06 PM (jrgJz)

325 Democrats can say those 3 things all they want and over many elections until recently they have.

It worked because their base knew it was a lie and the other voters believed them.

Now if they do it their base will disown them and the rest of us will know they are lying to get power and throw them out too.

Posted by: geoffb at July 14, 2026 04:10 PM (OtD+j)

326 I may call a boy named Sue, Sue. But don’t ask me to lie about your sex. It is one of the few sins Christ called out - no false witness.

It is my first amendment right to refuse.

Posted by: The Dog at July 14, 2026 04:15 PM (XodLO)

327 I'm probably going to catch some shit for this, but I don't see any contradiction between disagreeing with the rainbow mafia, and treating trans people with respect. It's like the Christian doctrine of hate the sin, love the sinner.
There's a concept called "acting professional". Do that. Don't be mean.
Of course, I'm handicapped here by personally knowing some transexual people as real human beings, one of which I've known since he was a 4 year old boy to now, 37 years later.

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2026 04:22 PM (a8Wd8)

Democrat Senator Elisa Slotkin: If the SAVE Act Is Passed Democrats Will Never Win Another Election In Any State

Quite an admission.

TheBlaze
@theblaze
22h
Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin: "The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election."

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
Michigan Senator Elisa Slotkin says if the SAVE Act passes then Democrats wouldn't win another election in any state
She just accidentally blurted out the entire scheme...
Democrats can't win without illegals voting. Democrats can't win without cheating.

Sooooo, you�re saying there are a group of candidates who cannot win without people who can�t prove their identity voting in our elections?
Whoops. pic.twitter.com/dYr2nIb0dv
— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) July 14, 2026

pic.twitter.com/CTr1p8nlXw
— Orion (@winesmithing) July 13, 2026

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (sn5xH)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: RandomDave at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (aJQbY)

3 Ya don't say

Posted by: steevy at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (YwEeS)

4 What an odd thing to say.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (3hMEn)

5 All the Democrats have to do is help those disenfranchised voters get their IDs, right ?

Buying age-restricted products, financial transactions, food stamps, welfare, Medicaid, Social Security, unemployment benefits, travel, legal and civil activities, getting married, adopting a pet, purchasing a gun, holding a protest or rally, hunting and fishing licenses, visiting casinos, renting hotel room, picking up prescription medications, accessing certain medical services may require identification, as well as voting.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (RHGPo)

6 Tyvec jumpsuit perp walks. Disgorge ill gotten gains.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 14, 2026 01:13 PM (YlWIZ)

7 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:13 PM (2YhKe)

8 Trace Gallagher: �Can you imagine if Fox stopped carrying the Biden press conferences? They would be freaking out!

==

They could've tried anyway, you know...

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 01:13 PM (GD0B3)

9 I always confuse Elisa Slotkin with Elise Stefanik. Their politics are dissimilar.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t)

10
More from this See You Next Cunt:

LOL! This an error or just a damn good funny?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:14 PM (2YhKe)

11 Democrat Senator Elisa Slotkin: If the SAVE Act Is Passed Democrats Will Never Win Another Election In Any State

Tell us you cheat without telling us you cheat.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 01:14 PM (F5FAo)

12 Jim Acosta is trying very hard to look butch in that picture from the Nicole Wallace interview.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 01:14 PM (Riz8t)

13 She confessed this to another Democrat Karen, "Jim" Acosta.

Jm J. Acosta. The twin of the flaming homo from Too Close for Comfort.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:15 PM (2YhKe)

14 Greatest political gaffe of all time?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 01:15 PM (FZ29D)

15 If the SAVE Act Is Passed Democrats Will Never Win Another Election In Any State

I already support it, you don't have to over-sell it!

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:15 PM (77rzZ)

16 Jim Acosta is trying very hard to look butch in that picture from the Nicole Wallace interview.

I didn't say he succeeded.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 01:15 PM (Riz8t)

17 "We can't win without fraud" seems a pretty convincing admission.

Pity the Republicans in Congress can't get their thumbs out of their asses and do anything about it.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 14, 2026 01:15 PM (ggBwK)

18 Well MS. Slutkin... Pretty sure you don't have to worry about the Save Act passing...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 01:15 PM (K6BoD)

19 "She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy Van
And that's all right with me"

- Haley Steven's favorite song to play at campaign appearances (maybe)

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 14, 2026 01:15 PM (5yDGQ)

20 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary! at July 14, 2026 01:16 PM (sn5xH)

21 ~~Michigan~~ CIA Senator Elisa Slotkin (D) says what?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 01:16 PM (jehhT)

22 The next wave of media:

"Shut up. You know what she meant."

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:16 PM (Fi81e)

23 She just accidentally blurted out the entire scheme...
.......

Oopty.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 01:17 PM (UjdFS)

24 Willowed:

317 >>They're tired of seeing Russia from their house.

It's amazing to me how many leftists I've either heard in person or read who believe Sarah Palin actually said that.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (J4Dwc)

I went to Denmark some time after that SNL skit. Danish / Euro trash media reported it as something Palin said.

They all believed it and were SHOCKED with I advised them it was Tina Fey from SNL.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)

25 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."
----
Meanwhile, their husbands are taking their bowling balls down to the nudie bar.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 01:17 PM (FZ29D)

26 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

Yea, that totally happened. Totally.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

27 It always annoys me when movie villians reveal their evil plans in overly long monologues. But in this case, I'll let it slide.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (cWLG3)

28 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."
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Meanwhile, their husbands are taking their bowling balls down to the nudie bar.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 01:17 PM (FZ29D)
_________

Or out banging THOTs ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)

29 Democrat Elissa Slotkin suggests women in Michigan are too scared of their husbands to have their own opinions:
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I live in Michigan. I go to a pretty doctrinally conservative church.

I don't know any of these women.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (Fi81e)

30 Pity the Republicans in Congress can't get their thumbs out of their asses and do anything about it.
Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 14, 2026 01:15 PM (ggBwK)

This.

We continue to say they're not sending their best, yet our f*cktards can't get out of their own way and pass something 87% of the COUNTRY wants.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)

31 Yeah, that is my hoor from MI.

What a cvnt.
And the fake doctor/muzzie, and Haley Shriekings make my blood boil.

On the other side, Perry is creepy, John James has been gunning for various offices forever, and My(ke) Cox doesn't thrill me.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (ufFY8)

32 “See You Next Tuesday” is how I always heard it. And that’s Today

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (nQ/qz)

33 Karen "Jim" Acosta.

Karen "Jake" Tapper

.....

I like this new template and shall endeavor to employ it forthwith.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:19 PM (Ot/FD)

34 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

Yea, that totally happened. Totally.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)
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If Trump said something like that the media would add "without proof".

She, as well, does not provide proof, but it's (D)ifferent.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:19 PM (Fi81e)

35 Meanwhile, their husbands are taking their bowling balls down to the nudie bar.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 01:17 PM (FZ29D)

We reserve our right to look a hooters.

Posted by: NOMAM at July 14, 2026 01:19 PM (UQtCA)

36 Has anybody seen my balls? Anybody?

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:20 PM (3arSl)

37 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

Yea, that totally happened. Totally.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)

Narrator voice:

No. It did not.

And everyone knows it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:20 PM (2YhKe)

38 Your terms are acceptable.

Posted by: Max Power at July 14, 2026 01:20 PM (SwyyQ)

39 On the other side, Perry is creepy, John James has been gunning for various offices forever, and My(ke) Cox doesn't thrill me.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (ufFY

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But, we're probably going to have to pick one of them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (Fi81e)

40 Hailey Bennett looks like she needs a sedative. Elissa Slotkin should enjoy her Ballpark Franks money and go away.
Do better Michigan

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (m2wmY)

41 I find those terms acceptable.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (PMi3m)

42 What’s more important than the SAVE Act? Certainly how well my steak is done.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (3arSl)

43 “See You Next Tuesday” is how I always heard it. And that’s Today
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (nQ/qz)
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One of the classes I taught was a T/Th class.

I always had to remind myself to avoid saying, "See You Next Tuesday" at the end of Thursday's class.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (FZ29D)

44 I mean basically they believe they are Good People and deserve more than a single vote per each. So they increase their "vote value" with fake ballots and illegals voting (or just bundlers putting that together etc).

they are The Best of Us. they need more impact, more "weighting."

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (j+aD2)

45 I've long been convinced that the Pedocrats are a 20% party with 30% cheating. 31% if necessary. Who could possibly vote for these lunatics?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (l26NL)

46 28 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

False... Democrat women don't have husbands...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (K6BoD)

47 Democrat Senator Elisa Slotkin: If the SAVE Act Is Passed Democrats Will Never Win Another Election In Any State
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Trying to see the downside

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (Qr870)

48 Democrat Elissa Slotkin suggests women in Michigan are too scared of their husbands to have their own opinions:
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I live in Michigan. I go to a pretty doctrinally conservative church.

I don't know any of these women.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (Fi81e)

The Democrats have NOTHING but lies.

FFS. If your relationship is THAT BAD, divorce is an option and you'll get PAID to do it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)

49 We continue to say they're not sending their best, yet our f*cktards can't get out of their own way and pass something 87% of the COUNTRY wants.
==
Uniparty.

Exhibit number 11,032,237. Some people need more evidence, and some don't.

Posted by: Its real, and its the problem at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (anL5R)

50 26 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

Yea, that totally happened. Totally.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14,

This comment made me laugh. Sure, Elise.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (p4NUW)

51 Coming home to your husband reeking of box wine and failure....

Honey, he knows where you go. He knows where you been.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (Ot/FD)

52 It's not just about illegals, it's about the Dems other core constituencies: those too stupid to have an ID or too dead.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (wBaIH)

53 The senate is useless as tits on a bull. I would know.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (3arSl)

54 What does it say that the Republicans can't pass the SAVE Act? Can we EVER have nice things?

Posted by: Iris at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (286+n)

55 False... Democrat women don't have husbands...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (K6BoD)
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It's more of a business arrangement.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (FZ29D)

56 I support reelecting Murkowski because the skirt on her fat ass is big enough to hide my meager cowardly frame.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:23 PM (3arSl)

57 I always had to remind myself to avoid saying, "See You Next Tuesday" at the end of Thursday's class.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (FZ29D)
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Especially to a girl.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)

58 At least you can tell Haley Stevens is from Michigan by her thick accent. Unlike her opponent Abdul Al-Akbar Jihadi.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 01:23 PM (hDe5k)

59 The Democrats have NOTHING but lies.

FFS. If your relationship is THAT BAD, divorce is an option and you'll get PAID to do it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026

Not always, but your point is taken. It’s ridiculous.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:23 PM (p4NUW)

60 Sunny Hostin spent years preaching that nobody is above the law.

Then her own son gets cited for trespassing and the excuses start rolling in:

“He’s a Harvard graduate.”
“He has no criminal record.”
“Do you know who I am? I’m on The View.”

The hypocrisy writes itself. 😂

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 01:24 PM (RHGPo)

61
The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth.

- Proverbs 28:1

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:24 PM (O0L8i)

62 John Thune's Scrotum and Maxine Waters' Wig walked into a bar....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:24 PM (Ot/FD)

63 What does it say that the Republicans can't pass the SAVE Act? Can we EVER have nice things?
Posted by: Iris

It says the party is damn near useless.

Posted by: Hillary! at July 14, 2026 01:24 PM (sn5xH)

64 @61 yup

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:24 PM (cWLG3)

65 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

Then, before going home, they'd go to a minotaur milking farm.

Posted by: True Facts from Elisa Slotkin at July 14, 2026 01:25 PM (wBRco)

66 1. We. Don't. Cheat.
2. OK. Sometimes, we will admit, there is cheating - But it's BOTH Sides!
3. For Realz Though. We Cheat a Lot - But, it's to Preserve Our Precious Democracy.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 01:25 PM (uzmqU)

67
Not always, but your point is taken. It’s ridiculous.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:23 PM (p4NUW)

True. I will adjust to "a VAST majority of the time."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

68 I support Susan Collins because she shakes more than a washing machine spinning with an unbalanced load.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:25 PM (3arSl)

69 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

I mean, if you came home from a hard day at work and your AWFL wife said "Hi honey, I'm glad you're home! The kids need dinner and help with their homework, I'm off to volunteer for Elisa!" you probably wouldn't be happy either.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at July 14, 2026 01:25 PM (9ZFZd)

70 10
More from this See You Next Cunt:

LOL! This an error or just a damn good funny?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:14 PM (2YhKe)

Ace's word structurements and thought spiralings are what keep me coming back.

Posted by: Croaker at July 14, 2026 01:26 PM (kkG09)

71 "How can you call it a Democracy if one side can only win by cheating?" said the party that can only win by cheating.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:26 PM (Ot/FD)

72 the women in michigan scared of their husbands are the muzzies.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 01:26 PM (n5tGW)

73 I support reelecting Murkowski because the skirt on her fat ass is big enough to hide my meager cowardly frame.
Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:23 PM (3arSl)

The bitch has a nose that can vacuum up some cocaine like an Electrolux.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

74 I don’t have the votes.
Oh wait, I thought we were voting on whether I have any balls.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:27 PM (3arSl)

75 Wonder how many times the cleaning staff at the Senate have had to sweep up little piles of doodoo from under the seats.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 01:27 PM (gKWVE)

76 In the main, Democrats are evil lunatics, full stop.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 14, 2026 01:27 PM (XV/Pl)

77
I support Susan Collins because she shakes more than a washing machine spinning with an unbalanced load.
Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:25 PM (3arSl)

Brick in a washing machine on a trampoline

https://youtu.be/779fMc8ubOo

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:27 PM (O0L8i)

78 >"Can you imagine if Fox News did this?"

That will be chiseled on the tombstone of the RINO party.

Posted by: Just reporting at July 14, 2026 01:27 PM (1pjiY)

79 I know where my birth certificate is. I also know how to get a certified copy in case my house is blown away by a tornado and everything is lost. Democrats know their audience. Too stupid and/or lazy to do regular, every day stuff.

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2026 01:27 PM (VJX5o)

80 What’s more important than the SAVE Act? Certainly how well my steak is done.
Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum

I can grill one for you.

Posted by: Chuckie Schumer at July 14, 2026 01:27 PM (UjdFS)

81 We'll never have Mandatory Dick Punch Wednesdays if we have to get half the people to vote for Mandatory Dick Punch Wednesdays.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:27 PM (Ot/FD)

82 When Murkowski swims the backstroke, her nose is so big people start screaming “shark!” .

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:27 PM (3arSl)

83 ibs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
Michigan Senator Elisa Slotkin says if the SAVE Act passes then Democrats wouldn't win another election in any state

She just accidentally blurted out the entire scheme...

Democrats can't win without illegals voting. Democrats can't win without cheating
=====

They also cannot win with dissembling, deflecting, and denying their real policies and aims.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 01:28 PM (RIvkX)

84 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

And I'm sure dozens of reporters mobbed her office in order to get interviews with these poor, harried women, right???

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 14, 2026 01:28 PM (diia5)

85 72 the women in michigan scared of their husbands are the muzzies.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 01:26 PM (n5tGW)
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Even worse, she probably volunteered or the campaign, without a man to escort her there!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:28 PM (cWLG3)

86 I have a new pet peeve. Trendy eyeware. I'd be ok with the "power glasses", the "welder's goggle glasses" and the "thick rim glasses" if everyone didn't gavitate towards the same version as if it's a status symbol. I suppose it is a status symbol to those insisting on keeping up with the trend, but they look stupid and overstated.

HOWEVER, it's a great way to read someone's values. You used to have to listen to someone to see where they stood on certain issues. Now I can figure out someone's ideology by looking at how they present themselves. It's a freaking uniform.

(initiated by Acosta's giant wide frame glasses)

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 01:28 PM (dIske)

87 "How can you call it a Democracy if one side can only win by cheating?" said the party that can only win by cheating.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:26 PM (Ot/FD)

Our Democracy requires the sort of purity of decision-making that is not diluted or influenced otherwise by the will of the electorate.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 01:28 PM (rbvCR)

88 The senate is useless as tits on a bull. I would know.
Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM

Dude. How do you think we provide milk?

Posted by: Minotaurs at July 14, 2026 01:28 PM (0sNs1)

89 Democrat Elissa Slotkin suggests women in Michigan are too scared of their husbands to have their own opinions:

"We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."
=====

Who bitch dis is?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 01:29 PM (RIvkX)

90 Huh, Nice Lips Sally is knocked up. She is wearing a skin tight leopard skin outfit. Actually looks hot. (Young and the Senseless)

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 01:29 PM (ufFY8)

91 72 the women in michigan scared of their husbands are the muzzies.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14

And those women aren’t going to book clubs, either.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:29 PM (p4NUW)

92 When the senate needs real men with a stiff spine, they send someone else. I’m more malleable than over boiled spaghetti.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:29 PM (3arSl)

93 I'm sold!

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 14, 2026 01:30 PM (OTAXA)

94
Naughty librarian glasses >>>> Power glasses

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:30 PM (O0L8i)

95 I mean, if you came home from a hard day at work and your AWFL wife said "Hi honey, I'm glad you're home! The kids need dinner and help with their homework, I'm off to volunteer for Elisa!" you probably wouldn't be happy either.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science

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That would at least lead to an opportune moment for him to take the kids and fleeing to another state, leaving her with an empty house upon her return.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at July 14, 2026 01:30 PM (5yDGQ)

96 "The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election."

Yet the GOP sits on their collective thumb.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 01:30 PM (MWfyi)

97 I live in Michigan. I go to a pretty doctrinally conservative church.

I don't know any of these women.

Posted by: Axeman

====

I too live in Michigan, and know more than a few women who would have no problem not only volunteering to help senator CIA, but would loudly explain that you should also be helping.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 14, 2026 01:30 PM (TbKmJ)

98 >>"We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

And I bet their husbands were just plain miserable when they were left alone. In a peaceful, quiet house.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 01:30 PM (uzmqU)

99 Sure is a heck of a coincidence that all this talk of free and fair elections and not covering Trump cause he's a liar who lies is happening just as this is about to happen.

>>@paulsperry_

>>DEVELOPING: President Trump to announce in prime-time speech Thurs night FBI/CIA/ODNI have uncovered "shocking" intelligence of foreign election interference (not Russian) in recent US elections inclg 2020 + COVER-UP. Directors Ratcliffe, Patel to certify evidence...developing...

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:30 PM (viF8m)

100 "The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election."
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LOL. Admission that one party's inability to satisfy the requirements of the law would hurt Democratic candidates? Well paint my wagon and teach me to walk backward.

Posted by: scampydog at July 14, 2026 01:31 PM (2bFN5)

101 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

"My four year old looked at me and said "Daddy? Why does Trump want to hang blacks from trees and murder journalists by firing squad?""

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)

102 81 We'll never have Mandatory Dick Punch Wednesdays if we have to get half the people to vote for Mandatory Dick Punch Wednesdays.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:27 PM (Ot/FD)

Wait. It's not mandatory?

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 01:31 PM (05hbD)

103 >> Democrat Elissa Slotkin suggests women in Michigan are too scared of their husbands to have their own opinions:

lol. If this chick had an original thought her head would explode from the single synapse firing.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:31 PM (3arSl)

104 Now I can figure out someone's ideology by looking at how they present themselves. It's a freaking uniform.

(initiated by Acosta's giant wide frame glasses)
Posted by: Orson at July

I would venture to say that I would throw you for a loop. Or be the exception to your rule.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:31 PM (p4NUW)

105 "Democrat Elissa Slotkin suggests women in Michigan are too scared of their husbands to have their own opinions"

Well, Islam, ya know.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 01:31 PM (MWfyi)

106 91 72 the women in michigan scared of their husbands are the muzzies.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14

And those women aren’t going to book clubs, either.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:29 PM (p4NUW)
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I wonder if frequent trips to "book club" was a factor in her divorce?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:31 PM (cWLG3)

107 We reserve our right to look at hooters.
Posted by: NOMAM

If it extends just one life...

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:31 PM (77rzZ)

108 The CIA are not sending their best.

Posted by: Mustafa Shiek Abdul, Margaret Brennan's toy brownie at July 14, 2026 01:32 PM (wGerL)

109 She is wearing a skin tight leopard skin outfit.

I wore it better!

Posted by: scalped leopard at July 14, 2026 01:32 PM (wBRco)

110 Is that Haley Stevens clip real? Seriously? She's right out of Central Casting. Keep talking, lady. Get in front of the camera more often. Hold more press conferences. Conduct big rallies!
That's gold, Jerry!
Gold!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)

111
"Why does Trump want to hang blacks from trees and murder journalists by firing squad?"

The latter deserve no better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:32 PM (O0L8i)

112 8 Trace Gallagher: Can you imagine if Fox stopped carrying the Biden press conferences? They would be freaking out!
_____

As if Biden had press conferences. They were proof of life appearances. And they had to prep him with embarrasing notecard instructions- The PRESIDENT (that's you, dummy), walks to the PODIUM...

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 01:32 PM (hDe5k)

113 Huh, Nice Lips Sally is knocked up. She is wearing a skin tight leopard skin outfit. Actually looks hot. (Young and the Senseless)

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 01:29 PM

This makes things seem more normal now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

114 I’d be in on Dick Punch Tuesdays if I had one.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:32 PM (3arSl)

115 The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth.

- Proverbs 28:1

Posted by: Hadrian
--------

“The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.”

Psalms 12:8

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 01:32 PM (XeU6L)

116 John Thune's Scrotum and Maxine Waters' Wig walked into a bar....
****

Please don't remind me of why I stopped tending bar.

Posted by: clarence at July 14, 2026 01:33 PM (HpRTp)

117
She is wearing a skin tight leopard skin outfit.

I have a theory about women who wear leopard print outfits.

You do not want to hear my theory.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:33 PM (O0L8i)

118 "The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election."

Yet the GOP sits on their collective thumb.
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 01:30 PM (MWfyi)
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The Democrats are ambitious, but also incompetent.

The GOP *could* be competent, but they lack ambition.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 01:33 PM (FZ29D)

119 29 Democrat Elissa Slotkin suggests women in Michigan are too scared of their husbands to have their own opinions:
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Who bitch this is?

Posted by: Bottom Turtle at July 14, 2026 01:33 PM (XYNFs)

120 >>The CIA are not sending their best.

She's CIA. She knows exactly what she's talking about. So does the wicked witch of the east in Virginia.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:33 PM (viF8m)

121 I would venture to say that I would throw you for a loop. Or be the exception to your rule.
Posted by: Piper

I looked at your X thread the other day. I was quite impressed by your picture. You look like a very determined person who can kick ass and take names, if need be.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:34 PM (77rzZ)

122 I would venture to say that I would throw you for a loop. Or be the exception to your rule.
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:31 PM (p4NUW)

___________________________

Well, there is the pragmatic application of using the power glasses to fry ants on the sidewalk. I'll put you in that category, Piper.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 01:34 PM (dIske)

123 I think the best relationships are those in which you just lie to your spouse. Super healthy. Right, Elise? Also, just wondering as I am not part of the party that “supports women”, why are these people not empowered to embrace their true selves? Are dem women so meek they are unable to express themselves?

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:34 PM (p4NUW)

124 "The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election."

Yet the GOP sits on their collective thumb.
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 01:30 PM (MWfyi)
====================
Not my thumb....

Posted by: John Thune, Mitch McConnell's Pool Boy at July 14, 2026 01:34 PM (g8QOR)

125 Two hot chicks gossiping about Ugly RJ at the bikini bar.
Haven't figured out their names yet.

Bold and Beautiful

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 01:34 PM (ufFY8)

126 Despite literally decades of claiming that some people some where somehow cannot get an ID to vote, the Democrats have never, ever produced one actual, live person who was denied and prevented from voting because they couldn't get an ID.
Yet the Dems--and the courts--demand we pretend these people exist.
Demand we pretend to believe a known lie.
A disgusting bigoted, racist lie.

But, I guess, to really care about and understand women and blacks, you have to believe they are all too stupid to get an ID?

So we should repeal the 14th and the 19th because if those folks aren't smart enough to figure out how to get an ID, then they have no business deciding the future of this country?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 01:34 PM (3cUTc)

127
Democrat Elissa Slotkin suggests women in Michigan are too scared of their husbands to have their own opinions

Sure. Her Majesty is always saying, "Yes, Hadrian. Right as usual, Hadrian."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:35 PM (O0L8i)

128 Ace's word structurements and thought spiralings are what keep me coming back.
Posted by: Croaker at July 14, 2026 01:26 PM (kkG09)
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Interesting word usements, as Harris Telemacher would say.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 14, 2026 01:35 PM (amcLV)

129 Are dem women so meek they are unable to express themselves?
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:34 PM (p4NUW)

You can't express crap wearing a red robe and a wimple.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:35 PM (Ot/FD)

130 Ms. Slotkin, just thought you'd like to know that I have never had to show my birth certificate at the polls even though I took my husband's name.

Posted by: Emmie at July 14, 2026 01:35 PM (OlzlW)

131 We should take Murkowski, Tillis, Murkowski and that idiot Cassidy, and toss them in a lake of fire.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:35 PM (3arSl)

132 It's not YOUR democracy, it's OUR democracy!

Posted by: Elissa Slotkin at July 14, 2026 01:35 PM (RmciC)

133 Young and the Senseless
Genital Hospital
Lays of Our Wives

I can't believe this shit is still on.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 01:35 PM (sn5xH)

134 110 Is that Haley Stevens clip real? Seriously? She's right out of Central Casting. Keep talking, lady. Get in front of the camera more often. Hold more press conferences. Conduct big rallies!
That's gold, Jerry!
Gold!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)
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Cover model for next month's "Troll People" magazine.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:36 PM (cWLG3)

135
Thune, Oh Thune is shite
Pass the bill and soothe this endless night
And wait here for you
Your reason to be there.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)

136 Huh, Nice Lips Sally is knocked up. She is wearing a skin tight leopard skin outfit. Actually looks hot. (Young and the Senseless)

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop
.......

Threadwinner.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 01:36 PM (UjdFS)

137 Slutkin was just implying that these women were married to neanderthal Republican husbands...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 01:36 PM (K6BoD)

138 It’s occurred to me there are a lot of rapey, abusive Democrats running around in politics.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:37 PM (3arSl)

139 The United States Senate is a collection of nutjobs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 01:37 PM (g8QOR)

140 What does it say that the Republicans can't pass the SAVE Act? Can we EVER have nice things?
Posted by: Iris at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (286+n)

DJT needs to tell the Senate GOP: "Pass the SAVE act, or every bill that lands on my desk gets vetoed."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:37 PM (1z8ji)

141
I can't believe this shit is still on.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 01:35 PM (sn5xH)

Had a gf who was deeply into Y&R.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:37 PM (O0L8i)

142 OT:wifey belongs to a book club, and all the women hate the books because they always go with semi-reputable historic fiction rather than bodice-ripper trash they all secretely would prefer.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 14, 2026 01:37 PM (wBaIH)

143 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

Riiiiight. Democrat women are either unmarried or in a transactional relationship with a "male feminist" who is creeping on the entire multi-state area on the side.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 01:37 PM (2ocoG)

144 Are dem women so meek they are unable to express themselves?
Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:34 PM (p4NUW)

They actually think that married life in America is "The Handmaid's Tale."

I mean, shit, we have men here that have mentioned that they're married to liberal women. And they're still married, she votes how she wants and they both occupy the same bed at night in some form of mass hysteria..........

FFS........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)

145 Ace's word structurements and thought spiralings are what keep me coming back.
Posted by: Croaker at July 14, 2026 01:26 PM
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And yet, get this, they're entertaining.

Posted by: Person who likes Get This at July 14, 2026 01:38 PM (2Ez/1)

146 Young and the Senseless
Genital Hospital
Lays of Our Wives

I can't believe this shit is still on.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

LOL.

My Mom's show was As the World Turns. I don't think that one's around anymore.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:38 PM (77rzZ)

147 OT:wifey belongs to a book club, and all the women hate the books because they always go with semi-reputable historic fiction rather than bodice-ripper trash they all secretely would prefer.

Free the Minotaur!

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 01:38 PM (2ocoG)

148 Isn't is interesting that NGOs have laundered hundreds of millions, including our tax dollars, to register people to vote?

But not a single NGO anywhere has spent a single dollar ensuring and assisting voters are able to obtain an ID to vote?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 01:38 PM (3cUTc)

149 Young and the Senseless
Genital Hospital
Lays of Our Wives

I can't believe this shit is still on.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 01:35 PM (sn5xH)

And the new one, "Beyond the Gates". (Mostly black characters and a few token honkys.)

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 01:38 PM (ufFY8)

150 Well i mean you're not going to marry some shitlib gooner to lay around all day and just let you do dumb shit like campaign for overmedicated produce, are you?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:38 PM (Ot/FD)

151 women who literally told their husband

See, this is a thing about pronouns. If you think a close reading is too pedantic, I don't want you doing math on my project.

"Told their husbands" would be anonymous, and a group.
"Tole their husband" means -- and can mean nothing other than -- that several women share a husband. It's a number problem.

If her thinking on background is that sloppy, I sure don't trust her on the actual substance of the argument. It's a form of babble that reveals a confused mind. If you can't engineer a precise sentence, you've got no business making laws.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 14, 2026 01:38 PM (zdLoL)

152 115 The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth.

- Proverbs 28:1

Posted by: Hadrian
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“The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.”

Psalms 12:8
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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The righteous replace the toilet paper roll. Woe unto him who taketh the last square, yet prepareth not another.

Posted by: RestRoomians 2.1 at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (2bFN5)

153 No, the senate is a bunch of do nothing layabouts who think they’re above public opinion- that is those they are suppose to a serve.

Because they know better.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (3arSl)

154 'Listen, this is the way lord shaitan told us to do it.'

-any demoncrat you ask

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (LHPAg)

155 Holy crap, first time I saw Haley Stevens. That's some type of I just don't know. Pretty comical though. Sic it to em, that's the Michigan way. lol. Really trying to be inspiring.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (n5tGW)

156 ve long been convinced that the Pedocrats are a 20% party with 30% cheating. 31% if necessary. Who could possibly vote for these lunatics?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 14, 2026 01:21 PM (l26NL)

The Republican alternative has not exactly been a smorgasbord of reasonable forthright upstanding people. Even WE know they're all lying get-rich sacks of shit.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (Qr870)

157
OT:wifey belongs to a book club, and all the women hate the books because they always go with semi-reputable historic fiction rather than bodice-ripper trash they all secretely would prefer.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 14, 2026 01:37 PM (wBaIH)

Read one of HM's romance novels once. I always assumed there'd be some sweeping story that led to a grand consummation at the end. Instead, they were hammering away by Page 5.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (O0L8i)

158 I looked at your X thread the other day. I was quite impressed by your picture. You look like a very determined person who can kick ass and take names, if need be.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026

Ha! Thank you. I think. But I am no I am woman hear me roar type. I am just me. A little crazy, but in a fun way.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (p4NUW)

159 I assume Karen Wineaunt when contemplating how mildly inconvenient it is to renew her driver's license, must think black and brown woman are so beleagured by white supremacy that it renders them incapable of such tasks.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (hDe5k)

160 140 What does it say that the Republicans can't pass the SAVE Act? Can we EVER have nice things?
Posted by: Iris at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (286+n)

DJT needs to tell the Senate GOP: "Pass the SAVE act, or every bill that lands on my desk gets vetoed."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:37 PM (1z8ji)

========

"Fine."
-Mitch, Tillis, Ernst, Cassidy, Cornyn, and Murkowski

Seriously, the votes just aren't there. Five of the above six are retiring this year. Thune can't do anything to them.

Maybe Thune wants it passed. Maybe he doesn't.

But either way, with those 6 in the caucus of 53, the SAVE act is not passing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (GKzf4)

161 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

_______________________

Well, we know this is bull excrement. More likely is a beta male leftist requiring permission from their domineering, overweight mega-horn of a wife/partner who is intimidated. We've seen what Leftists consider masculine. It usually has a lisp, no callouses on the hands, and stomps their foot when they're particularly angry.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (dIske)

162 Are "book clubs" still a thing? They were at some point, years ago, when it was basically a euphemism for a bunch of ladies to get together, drink wine, and talk shit about other ladies.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

163 Are you telling me the Tucker Carlson Network isn't about reporting facts and the truth? I am gob-smacked.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 01:40 PM (sYM3s)

164 'Listen, this is the way lord shaitan told us to do it.'

-any demoncrat you ask
Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (LHPAg)

I read this as "lord shitstain."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:40 PM (2YhKe)

165 And the new one, "Beyond the Gates". (Mostly black characters and a few token honkys.)

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop
.......

And gays? There has to be lots of gays.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 01:40 PM (UjdFS)

166 I can't believe this shit is still on.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 01:35 PM

Had a gf who was deeply into Y&R.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:37 PM
*******

Women need drama. If it doesn't exist, they'll create it.

Posted by: Ask me how I know at July 14, 2026 01:40 PM (2Ez/1)

167 162 Are "book clubs" still a thing? They were at some point, years ago, when it was basically a euphemism for a bunch of ladies to get together, drink wine, and talk shit about other ladies.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

Quilting circles have served this function for centuries.

Posted by: A time honored tradition at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (TbWk/)

168 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

Remind me which party was just recently pushing a rapist for Senate.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (Riz8t)

169 I am just me. A little crazy, but in a fun way.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (p4NUW)

That's what they all say......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)

170 Is there a single Democrat smarter than my back hair?

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (3arSl)

171 >>Read one of HM's romance novels once. I always assumed there'd be some sweeping story that led to a grand consummation at the end. Instead, they were hammering away by Page 5.

This is why whenever you pass a rack of those things in ANY store - you pick one off it and select a random page for them to read out loud.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (uzmqU)

172 Trump claims that he has rock solid evidence of foreign, not Russia, meddling in our 2020 election and likely others. The evidence is being certified by the directors of the CIA and FBI, the same organizations that have been saying for years our elections are totally secure and particularly 2020 which they claim was the safest election ever.

If what Trump is claiming is true, and I don't have reason to believe he's lying, we are well beyond the Save Act. As many of us have been saying for years our elections are rigged and it was done with help of our own government. This is Flaming Clown Boner dipped in pudding material.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (viF8m)

173 I have such fond memories of grandma threating us with her cane because we were being loud while her "shows are on".

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (05hbD)

174 A leftist graduate student in California has been charged with a hoax for allegedly posting antisemitic, far-right graffiti in university bathrooms, the Justice Department said on Monday.

Ziheng “Tony” Fang, 30, allegedly posted the racist, threatening statements around San Jose State University, where he is pursuing his master’s degree in data science.

One message, in November 2025, said, “WARNING! MASS BOMB,” “This is a white nation,” “Kill all Muslims,” “MAGA 2028,” and, “Kill Zohran,” an apparent reference to New York City’s leftist mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

... apparently, racist hate needs not just the SPLC but the Chinese to supply enough

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (RHGPo)

175 "like hot dogs down a hallway, so are the Lays of Our Wives."

*Cue music*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (sn5xH)

176 I mean, shit, we have men here that have mentioned that they're married to liberal women. And they're still married, she votes how she wants and they both occupy the same bed at night in some form of mass hysteria..........

FFS........

Marrying a commie is one thing. Letting her remain a commie afterwards means you might be doing something wrong.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (2ocoG)

177 But to be clear, the ID requirement of the SAVE Act is not the reason both Democrats and Republicans are fighting so hard to prevent it from passing.

The real "kill shot" to end vote fraud is in the part that grants a private right to sue to enforce the SAVE Act.

That is the wooden stake to the heart of the unholy alliance of Uniparty vote fraud.
Neither party wants the people nosing about and discovering how they both cheat to win.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (3cUTc)

178 tupperware parties > book clubs
(because they sell toys)

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (UjdFS)

179 And gays? There has to be lots of gays.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 01:40 PM (UjdFS)
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If not in the first season, then in the 2nd and 3rd you have to catch up.

Posted by: Ted Lasso at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (Fi81e)

180 I have never read a romance novel. I don’t think I could get through it without laughing so hard I would cease being able to see the words on the page.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (p4NUW)

181 Daphne "The Nose" is talking to Stuffy Steffy. Stuffy is still in her lingerie/trenchcoat getup. I can see why she has like five kids in real life.

The two unnamed chicks are already talking about going after Will, who apparently broke up with Electra, LOL.

Mrs. anchorbabe is cracking up with laughter.

She called them bimbos, I think.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (ufFY8)

182
Women need drama. If it doesn't exist, they'll create it.
Posted by: Ask me how I know at July 14, 2026 01:40 PM (2Ez/1)

Then turn around and complain about "uncompensated emotional labor".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (O0L8i)

183 Are "book clubs" still a thing? They were at some point, years ago, when it was basically a euphemism for a bunch of ladies to get together, drink wine, and talk shit about other ladies.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

In "Every Woman Has a Fantasy" it started out as a book club.......and went on from there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

184 The Democrats are ambitious, but also incompetent.

The GOP *could* be competent, but they lack ambition.
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Reminds me of employee selection criteria. Candidates are divided into lazy or industrious / competent or incompetent. Who do you select? The lazy and competent ones; they will find the most efficient ways to do things and they will do them well. You must avoid the industrious and incompetent.

Posted by: Martin Tell at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (OTAXA)

185 I'm sure Nicole and the rest of the crew at MSNOW will be all over Trump's speech Thursday night, particularly if he goes nuclear with evidence for the 2020 steal.

Posted by: alanon at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (jHMkm)

186 >>"We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

This is what they say when they are coming to see The Paolo. To volunteer for the Polling.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (uzmqU)

187 "The first rule about Book Club is we don't talk about Book Club."

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (77rzZ)

188 > >The CIA are not sending their best.

She's CIA. She knows exactly what she's talking about. So does the wicked witch of the east in Virginia.
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Meh... they're both low IQ drones doing what their minders at CIA want. Those minders are probably low skill, but high ambition.

This is the result.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (jehhT)

189 ... apparently, racist hate needs not just the SPLC but the Chinese to supply enough

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (RHGPo)
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Not enough racism for the demand.

Posted by: Ted Lasso at July 14, 2026 01:43 PM (Fi81e)

190 Go to a strip club or seedy hotel. It’s all Democrat men tired of their mouthy wives overbearing liberal politics and abandonment of any intimacy.

Posted by: John Thunes Scrotum at July 14, 2026 01:43 PM (3arSl)

191 Does she know her statement reveals her as stupid?

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 01:43 PM (ZxPkt)

192 Utah taxpayers could end up shelling out more than a mind-boggling $10 million for Tyler Robinson’s lawyers to defend him in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, according to experts. The whopping potential cost is possible because of the nature of such a sensational capital-murder case.

... the firing squad is necessary

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 01:43 PM (RHGPo)

193 That's what they all say......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026

What are you saying? 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:43 PM (p4NUW)

194 Boy, the democrats sure like insisting that blacks and women are essentially retarded children. If they're so mentally incompetent they can't figure out how to procure government-issued identification that even the most drug-addled brainrotted GenZer was able to obtain at 15, maybe they shouldn't be allowed to vote at all.

Posted by: One could make the case at July 14, 2026 01:43 PM (TbWk/)

195 61
The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth.

- Proverbs 28:1

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:24 PM (O0L8i)

Exactly. Human nature hasn't changed much, has it?

Posted by: Emmie at July 14, 2026 01:44 PM (OlzlW)

196 Huh, Nice Lips Sally is knocked up. She is wearing a skin tight leopard skin outfit. Actually looks hot. (Young and the Senseless)

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop
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I just mouthed these words to Mrs. F. now she thinks I'm reading her mind.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 01:44 PM (RIvkX)

197 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

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this is horseshit

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 01:44 PM (ZxPkt)

198 "Grifter-traitor and alleged adulteress Nicolle Wallace says she doesn't play Trump's press briefings on her "news" show because they "hurt her feelings."

Nicole Wallace's viewers can't handle the truth.

They really have no idea of what's going on in the news. The only way she can get away with her lies is to keep her audience in the dark about the Trump administration and all they've accomplished.

Wallace is starting to remind me of Candace Owens.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 01:44 PM (NpAcC)

199 No wonder RINOs are opposed to it.

They want the paycheck but not the work.

Posted by: Shenanigans at July 14, 2026 01:44 PM (qmxL/)

200 Yes, I highly recommend having an empty relationship with your spouse based on mendacity and dishonesty. It’s more fulfilling than abortion.

Posted by: Liberal Women at July 14, 2026 01:45 PM (3arSl)

201 Marrying a commie is one thing. Letting her remain a commie afterwards means you might be doing something wrong.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (2ocoG)

You have to fuck the Marx away

Posted by: HARDER YOU CAPITALIST PIG!!! at July 14, 2026 01:45 PM (TbWk/)

202 She might be right on everything else, but, NO, honey, you are NOT "public servants." You're newsreaders. You're actors on tv who read lines about the news and regurgitate received wisdom. A few of you are actually thinkers who understand your role, but most are just marionets dancing to the hands on your strings.

There's a reason actors were considered... *ahem* of less than stellar character in Shakespeare's day.

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 01:45 PM (kU0PQ)

203 🤔me wondering who will be the new 6 not voting for the save act in the next senate assuming GOP majority.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 01:45 PM (n5tGW)

204 What are you saying? 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:43 PM (p4NUW)

Oh, YOU know......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:45 PM (2YhKe)

205
LOL.

My Mom's show was As the World Turns. I don't think that one's around anymore.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:38 PM (77rzZ)
Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin' into the future.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 01:46 PM (LHPAg)

206 Although rare, when I prove Brit Lass dead to rights wrong about something, she always admits it right away and smiles and laughs the joys of a thousand children.

She never gets an inexplicably whole lot madder or says we should drop the subject completely and never speak about it again.

I'm sure the ladies here are quite similar.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:46 PM (Qr870)

207 >>Meh... they're both low IQ drones doing what their minders at CIA want. Those minders are probably low skill, but high ambition.

>>This is the result.

Who do you think has been rigging our elections?

The CIA was created to do regime change in foreign countries. That was its special purpose. We all saw it play out in real time in Ukraine and that is just one of many.

Guess what happened in Latin America when the CIA stopped "assisting" their elections? Rightwing candidates have gone 7 for 7 in the last year.

It was only a matter of time before they turned their gaze inward and made sure the right person got elected.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:46 PM (viF8m)

208 uncovered "shocking" intelligence of foreign election interference (not Russian)
______

I'll put $100 down on England

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 01:46 PM (hDe5k)

209 This SAVE act farce is the same play as the Hormuz Hokey Pokey. Knock it off with the status quo ante "if they'd only just..." bullshit. They will never Only Just.

Rugfuckers will never Only Just be human for ten seconds.

GOPes will never Only Just vote for something nice once in their lives.

Give them a pile of gold on a platinum platter and they'll throw it at your face and shit on the carpet, because rugfuckers gonna fuck rugs, and GOPes gonna GOPe.

It's not about the Deal anymore. It's about demonstrating that the Deal is impossible.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:46 PM (Ot/FD)

210 I don't understand the point of having a book club for anything other than the Bible. Just read your damn books on your own and form your own opinions about them.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:47 PM (77rzZ)

211
Speaker at the Theft Convention: "If they pass these laws against theft, we'll all be in prison!"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 01:47 PM (mmrXZ)

212 203 🤔me wondering who will be the new 6 not voting for the save act in the next senate assuming GOP majority.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 01:45 PM (n5tGW)

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Even Ernst is hiding behind others because most of these people are cowards.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2058609208287789558

The number of Republicans who are willing to publicly vote against Trump is small and getting smaller with every Congress.

There are going to be a dozen GOP senators who don't want to vote for legislation but will do it anyway because they fear being put on blast.

Mitch, Murkowski, Tillis, Cassidy, and Cornyn were already on blast and took the hit. Without their human shield people like Curtis (UT) probably won't decide to make examples of themselves.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:47 PM (GKzf4)

213 ...(initiated by Acosta's giant wide frame glasses)

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 01:28 PM (dIske)

In the Army we called them BCG's. Birth Control Glasses. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 14, 2026 01:47 PM (zRAnz)

214 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."
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And then the five year old clapped. And who was that five year old?

Albert Einstein.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:48 PM (Qr870)

215 >>>This is what they say when they are coming to see The Paolo. To volunteer for the Polling.

Posted by: garrett

>Exactly. But count your blessings, you can sit back, crack a beer and relax. 'Hey honey, I didn't expect you home so early. Can you make me a sandwich?'

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 01:48 PM (sYM3s)

216 Thune is on the take for money. He's not trying to get anything done. Some leader the GOP has.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 01:48 PM (IY9No)

217 It's so special when they say the quiet parts out loud.

Posted by: Peaches at July 14, 2026 01:48 PM (7MXBW)

218 Well, I have survived my first radiation treatment. For those curious about such things, I had to lower both shorts and underwear this time. One tech was, sadly, male but the other was a cute female.

I thought that the French Maid's costume and cat ears were a bit over the top but he really pulled them off.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 01:48 PM (ExV1e)

219 Stevens sounds like Bart Simpson.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 01:48 PM (DZ9Lv)

220 The Restore America Agenda:

- end the fake voting filibuster
- pass the SAVE Act
- ban birthright citizenship to children of illegals
- defund the judiciary

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 01:48 PM (3cUTc)

221 Maybe Thune wants it passed. Maybe he doesn't.

But either way, with those 6 in the caucus of 53, the SAVE act is not passing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (GKzf4)

So? Use physical threats and coercion, if necessary.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (1z8ji)

222 173 I have such fond memories of grandma threating us with her cane because we were being loud while her "shows are on".
Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM
****
When I was a kid, a friend's family had a maid, and she would always save clothes ironing until she could turn on the TV to watch "her stories."
LOL.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (2Ez/1)

223
More metric football today
France v Spain on Bastille Day
could get spicy
I know how much you guys love it 🎣

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (ZxPkt)

224 Women need drama. If it doesn't exist, they'll create it.
Posted by: Ask me how I know at July 14, 2026 01:40 PM (2Ez/1)

Then turn around and complain about "uncompensated emotional labor".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (O0L8i)

Hearing this made-up "oh poor put upon me" bullshit triggers my throat-punching reflex. Emotional labor is having to keep an even keel while listening to their vapid whiny nagging asses parroting TikTok trends. THAT'S emotional labor right there. And the strained elbow and shoulder tendons keeping oneself from going upside their heads.

Posted by: Also "kinkeeping." The fuck is wrong with you? at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (TbWk/)

225 206 Brit Lass sounds fun. Maybe she should become an 'Ette.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (77rzZ)

226 And of course the crowd clapped about women deceiving their husbands.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (n5tGW)

227 A 55 seat GOP majority where Tillis is replaced by Whatley and Cornyn is replaced by Paxton and Mitch is replaced by Barr is going be a very different Senate majority.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (GKzf4)

228

So what the fuck is wrong with this bimbo Thune then.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (et1vG)

229 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come
.......

home with a bag of dildos."

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (UjdFS)

230 >>I thought that the French Maid's costume and cat ears were a bit over the top but he really pulled them off.

Pulled what off, exactly?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (viF8m)

231 It amuses me that Dems keep saying we need to be more like other countries...

When we are about the only country in the world that allows large scale mail in voting... with no ID...

And most other countries have MUCH more stringent immigration policies...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (mP0Kj)

232 The hotter gossiping chick (the bartender) is Melissa Dylan, but called "Miss Dylan" (?? whatever). She is already sitting with Will, sniffing around. It has been one day since he broke up. LOL.

The Nose Daphne is also hot with her black curly hair down and her snug brown top showing her shape. With Trenchcoat Steffy and her now in the hospital, talking to Libbity-Bibbity's Mom, Lee.

I am amused.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (ufFY8)

233 Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Did you get the tattoos? The tatoos are cool

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (Y8DZL)

234 221 Maybe Thune wants it passed. Maybe he doesn't.

But either way, with those 6 in the caucus of 53, the SAVE act is not passing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (GKzf4)

So? Use physical threats and coercion, if necessary.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (1z8ji)

=======

What coercion could Thune use against Mitch?

Like, threatening to punch him? Is that what you expect to happen?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (GKzf4)

235 I have never read a romance novel. I don’t think I could get through it without laughing so hard I would cease being able to see the words on the page.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (p4NUW)

I have a similar effect on women.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (Qr870)

236 Guess what happened in Latin America when the CIA stopped "assisting" their elections? Rightwing candidates have gone 7 for 7 in the last year.

It was only a matter of time before they turned their gaze inward and made sure the right person got elected.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:46 PM (viF8m)
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"Right wingers"--i.e. anti-Marxists--are mostly about releasing the private sector to do what they yearn to do.

The IC needs a big state, thus they are clients of the Big State.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:51 PM (Fi81e)

237 So? Use physical threats and coercion, if necessary.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (1z8ji)

We used to have proper countries.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:51 PM (Ot/FD)

238 More metric football today
France v Spain on Bastille Day
could get spicy
I know how much you guys love it 🎣
Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (ZxPkt)

To honor it the French team will behead their coaches.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 01:51 PM (uhVAy)

239 231 It amuses me that Dems keep saying we need to be more like other countries...

When we are about the only country in the world that allows large scale mail in voting... with no ID...

And most other countries have MUCH more stringent immigration policies...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (mP0Kj)

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We should be like Norway in the 90s.

Entirely dependent on oil sales, no immigration, only ethnic Northern Europeans are in the country to vote at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (GKzf4)

240 220 The Restore America Agenda:

- end the fake voting filibuster
- pass the SAVE Act
- ban birthright citizenship to children of illegals
- defund the judiciary
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 01:48 PM (3cUTc)

Get rid of Dual Citizenship... and ALL US Gov employees must be... yup, US Citizens.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (mP0Kj)

241 210 I don't understand the point of having a book club for anything other than the Bible. Just read your damn books on your own and form your own opinions about them.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:47 PM
_____

It turns out wine at Bible Study is Frowned Upon In This Establishment.

Posted by: Who knew? at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (2Ez/1)

242 I'll put $100 down on England
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 01:46 PM (hDe5k)

The whole 5 eyes intel group.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (05hbD)

243
I have a similar effect on women.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (Qr870)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (2YhKe)

244 The Restore America Agenda:

- end the fake voting filibuster
- pass the SAVE Act
- ban birthright citizenship to children of illegals
- defund the judiciary

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 01:48 PM (3cUTc)

With that agenda you'd certainly get my vote for President after Trump's term ends.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (zRAnz)

245 Brit Lass sounds fun. Maybe she should become an 'Ette.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM (77rzZ)

This place is too highbrow for her.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (Qr870)

246 240 Get rid of Dual Citizenship... and ALL US Gov employees must be... yup, US Citizens.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (mP0Kj)

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I believe dual citizenship isn't a statutory thing, but a SCOTUS ruling thing. Afroyim v. Rusk and Vance v. Terrazas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (GKzf4)

247 > Meh... they're both low IQ drones doing what their minders at CIA want. Those minders are probably low skill, but high ambition.

>>This is the result.

Who do you think has been rigging our elections?
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Yeah, the CIA is playing the color revolution game. It can still mean they sometimes put idiots in office, run by other idiots. CIA Barbie in VA made some pretty big blunders. Slokin said the quiet part out loud. A mistake. If they're being "run" by the CIA (and I've no doubt they are) their minders must be a bit pissed off or a bit off their game.

Trump and CIA Radcliffe need to have a little chat.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (jehhT)

248 The whole 5 eyes intel group.
Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (05hbD)

How comes it isn't Ten Eyes, anyway?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (Ot/FD)

249 Trump claims that he has rock solid evidence of foreign, not Russia, meddling in our 2020 election and likely others. The evidence is being certified by the directors of the CIA and FBI, the same organizations that have been saying for years our elections are totally secure and particularly 2020 which they claim was the safest election ever.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (viF8m)
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I guess we'll know if BHO is implicated if he takes a spur-of-the-moment extended vacation to a non-extradition-treaty country on Thursday.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (FZ29D)

250 How is Rogers looking as Michigan Republicans candidate for Senate? He could be facing a jihadist or a weirdo , so he should be ahead in the polls

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (m2wmY)

251 Did you get the tattoos? The tatoos are cool
Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (Y8DZL)

I got three in the planning session and another one today.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (ExV1e)

252 {Peaches}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 01:54 PM (RIvkX)

253 Wait. Biden had press conferences?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 01:54 PM (O/8il)

254 So? Use physical threats and coercion, if necessary.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Call us: 1-800- KNEECAPS

Posted by: Tony and Vince at July 14, 2026 01:54 PM (UjdFS)

255 The whole 5 eyes intel group.
Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (05hbD)

How comes it isn't Ten Eyes, anyway?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (Ot/FD)

*sobs*

*runs crying from room*

Posted by: Dan Crenshaw at July 14, 2026 01:54 PM (2YhKe)

256
President Trump to announce in prime-time speech Thurs night FBI/CIA/ODNI have uncovered "shocking" intelligence

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

If they're going to make the allegations, they better have the receipts.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (mmrXZ)

257 It turns out wine at Bible Study is Frowned Upon In This Establishment.

Posted by: Who knew? at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (2Ez/1)
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It needs a punchy title: Wine and The Word.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (Fi81e)

258 250 How is Rogers looking as Michigan Republicans candidate for Senate? He could be facing a jihadist or a weirdo , so he should be ahead in the polls

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (m2wmY)

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El-Sayed is a deeply problematic candidate, it seems.

He finally led Rogers in a single general election poll by like 1 point. Something like 43-42.

He lost the 9 previous.

Not signs of great strength, but we'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (GKzf4)

259 Problem with Thune is that he is afraid to take risks, take chances, he is a middle manager, a caretaker, not a leader, he is afraid.

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (GD0B3)

260 Did you get the tattoos? The tatoos are cool
Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (Y8DZL)

I got three in the planning session and another one today.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yeah, but what about the superpowers? Which of those did you get?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (77rzZ)

261 226 And of course the crowd clapped about women deceiving their husbands.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 01:49 PM
++++

Now play the Carrie Underwood song that glorifies grand larceny by bashing in his truck.

Posted by: Misandry much? at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (2Ez/1)

262 I can't believe this shit is still on.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Had a gf who was deeply into Y&R.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Yeah. 40 years ago.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (F5FAo)

263 >>The IC needs a big state, thus they are clients of the Big State.

Yep.

Might just be another cosmic coincidence but the origin of all the Smartmatic voting machines is Venezuela and they were created for one purpose and it wasn't accurate vote counting.

I'm sure Maduro is familiar with how it works.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (viF8m)

264 Wait. Biden had press conferences?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 01:54 PM (O/8il)

Most transparent admin EVER, dontchaknow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

265 256
President Trump to announce in prime-time speech Thurs night FBI/CIA/ODNI have uncovered "shocking" intelligence

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

If they're going to make the allegations, they better have the receipts.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (mmrXZ)

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1. DOJ and DNI investigations of Fulton County have been going on for months. There was a raid and everything.

2. No amount of actual evidence will be enough for partisans, so expect a whole lot of, "This isn't widespread." "I don't think this evidence is real." and "DOJ is in Trump's pocket." from our Reddit droppings.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (GKzf4)

266 What about this one from our side? Ugh. From Cockburn's column/Spectator:

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“It could be really cool if Congress was filled with goth people,” Kelley Dennison, the 27-year-old Republican nominee for Colorado’s 2nd congressional district, told the Daily Caller.

The Gen Z massage therapist is campaigning on an unexpected aesthetic, selling merchandise that tout her as “America’s Goth Baddie.”

She will face a tough battle in November against incumbent Representative Joe Neguse, who has held the seat since 2019 and ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. But she hopes her unorthodox approach will inspire fellow zoomers to run for office and spark conversation about what it means to look like a young conservative.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (kX27y)

267 Ha ha! Miss Dylan followed Will to his beach house, obviously wanting dick.

Action packed in a half hour show, LOL.
They will start pounding each other in two minutes for the show cliffhanger.

Already nearly kissing him, LOLOL.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (ufFY8)

268 It's Michigan, so vote counting will be problematic.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (n5tGW)

269 Easter seals autism tv ad:
DON'T TRY TO READ!! DIM YOUR LIGHTS, THEY LIKE IT DARK!
REMAIN SILENT!! THEY LIKE IT QUIET!!!
howabout fuck them, strobe lights and gunfire!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (Kt19C)

270 Yeah, but what about the superpowers? Which of those did you get?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (77rzZ)

I'm invisible. But only when I'm naked and no one is looking at me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (ExV1e)

271 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and volunteer at our campaign."

The Karen's and AWFLs do nothing BUT yammer all day online, and no doubt to their whipped hubbies, about their leftist superiority. If anyone is sneaking out to campaign against their spouse's ideology, it would be the men. But real men don't cower, and real women are MAGA.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (vbXSk)

272 It needs a punchy title: Wine and The Word.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (Fi81e)

"How comes we're doing the wedding at Cana again?"

"Shut up and pour me a refill."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (Ot/FD)

273 It turns out wine at Bible Study is Frowned Upon In This Establishment.

Posted by: Who knew? at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (2Ez/1)
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It needs a punchy title: Wine and The Word.
Posted by: Axeman

Communion Corner

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (F5FAo)

274 Like, threatening to punch him? Is that what you expect to happen?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (GKzf4)

"nice shell you got there, Turtle. Be a shame if it got all covered in graffiti."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (1z8ji)

275 I have never read a romance novel. I don’t think I could get through it without laughing so hard I would cease being able to see the words on the page.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:42 PM (p4NUW)

I have a similar effect on women.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:50 PM (Qr870)

I've read quite a few when I used to travel on holidays to home and ran out of stuff to read.

The aren't too bad, and very formulaic. It's boy meets girl in a specific setting, she starts to get interested but some misunderstanding happens, some plot element puts her in danger and he saves her and explains the misunderstanding. With a good setting and B plot behind it they are readable. There is also a tier list of how spicy things get before and after the declaration of love at the end.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)

276 President Trump to announce in prime-time speech Thurs night FBI/CIA/ODNI have uncovered "shocking" intelligence

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

If they're going to make the allegations, they better have the receipts.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM

Yes.

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (K6BoD)

277 If they're going to make the allegations, they better have the receipts.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (mmrXZ)

Dunno. The Left sure gets away without doing so.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (Qr870)

278 El-Sayed is a deeply problematic candidate, it seems.

Every woman in Michigan is secretly hoping that he'll run away to Ireland with them and then strangle them in their beds.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (ExV1e)

279 It turns out wine at Bible Study is Frowned Upon In This Establishment.

Posted by: Who knew? at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (2Ez/1)
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It needs a punchy title: Wine and The Word.
Posted by: Axeman

Communion Corner
Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (F5FAo)

Just study the last supper when you feel thirsty.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 01:58 PM (uhVAy)

280 259 Problem with Thune is that he is afraid to take risks, take chances, he is a middle manager, a caretaker, not a leader, he is afraid.

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (GD0B3)

======

Dude snuck in 95% of what the Parliamentarian demanded out of the OBBB back in, getting massive increases in DHS funding, restrictions on illegals accessing benefits, and more than 30 rescission articles through Congress.

People forget this.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:58 PM (GKzf4)

281 "We know of...women who literally told their husband 'I'm going off to book club,' and they would come and ~~volunteer at our campaign~~ ride the cock carousel at LaBare's.

Fixed for accuracy.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 01:58 PM (F5FAo)

282
Michigan Democrat women run the state.

Michigan Republican woman argue about when to switch from mimosas to daiquiris .

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 01:59 PM (Y8DZL)

283 Another snippet from Cockburn's piece today:
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It’s the nails-down-a-chalkboard voice being heard across the country. “You better believe I’m gonna be doing it with a little bit of joy, a little bit of enthusiasm, a little bit of energy and a little bit of stick it to ’em,” Representative Haley Stevens squawked in a recent speech. “Because that’s the Michigan way!” People online are drawing SNL comparisons, saying she sounds like “Matt Foley if he was trans.”

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 01:59 PM (kX27y)

284
The aren't too bad, and very formulaic. It's boy meets girl in a specific setting, she starts to get interested but some misunderstanding happens, some plot element puts her in danger and he saves her and explains the misunderstanding. With a good setting and B plot behind it they are readable. There is also a tier list of how spicy things get before and after the declaration of love at the end.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)

So.....the Hallmark Channel with graphic sex.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:59 PM (2YhKe)

285
Least surprising news of the day: former MP Ann Widdecombe was murdered by a commie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:59 PM (O0L8i)

286 >>>It needs a punchy title: Wine and The Word.

Posted by: Axeman

>Here, we're Turning Water and Scripture to Wine

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 01:59 PM (sYM3s)

287 Gee, if we make house alarms legal we can never rob another house again.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:59 PM (S41Gd)

288 There is a very cringe worthy commercial on TV now for a product called Uro whose opening line says "Are you a woman struggling with vaginal odor?" and I'd swear that the woman on the ad is Rep. Haley Stevens.

Side note: I do hope that RFK JR. can get all pharmaceutical and these awful ads off of TV.

Posted by: Cheri at July 14, 2026 02:00 PM (oiNtH)

289
I get why we serve grape juice in communion it makes total sense for people who are practicing ex-alcoholics.

But, I don't think that means that we should forget that the original substance was wine.

And Paul said to Timothy "don't drink so much water". Yes, I know that has a historic context, where it makes the most sense, but it's not like it's not wine.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:00 PM (Fi81e)

290 >>If they're going to make the allegations, they better have the receipts.

Trump and others have been building for this moment since 2020. I feel pretty confident he, Patel, Ratcliffe and others in the intel community who paid a bigger price than we did know exactly what the stakes are.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 02:00 PM (viF8m)

291 "They aren't too bad, and very formulaic."
++++

Damn. They're on to us.

Posted by: The Hallmark Channel at July 14, 2026 02:00 PM (2Ez/1)

292 Least surprising news of the day: former MP Ann Widdecombe was murdered by a commie.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:59 PM (O0L8i)

Assassinated.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 02:01 PM (Qr870)

293 If they're going to make the allegations, they better have the receipts.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 01:55 PM (mmrXZ)

Dunno. The Left sure gets away without doing so.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (Qr870)
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It's (D)ifferent.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:01 PM (Fi81e)

294 276 President Trump to announce in prime-time speech Thurs night FBI/CIA/ODNI have uncovered "shocking" intelligence

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

If they're going to make the allegations, they better have the receipts.
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Playing devil's advocate, does this warrant a prime time speech? Do normal Americans still care about the 2020 elections? I think they care about gas and food prices and a stubborn inflation.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 02:02 PM (kX27y)

295 She just accidentally blurted out the entire scheme...

Actually, that should motivate Demonic Party voters to change their views on SAVE America Act so that it is no longer an 80/20 issue but more of a 50/50 issue.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 02:02 PM (a3CJ+)

296 > President Trump to announce in prime-time speech Thurs night FBI/CIA/ODNI have uncovered "shocking" intelligence....
--------
My money's on China, Iran and various, socialist/communist Central and South American countries. Bet Maduro spilled the beans.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 02:02 PM (jehhT)

297 Playing devil's advocate, does this warrant a prime time speech? Do normal Americans still care about the 2020 elections? I think they care about gas and food prices and a stubborn inflation.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 02:02 PM (kX27y)

Let Trump cook!

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 02:02 PM (Qr870)

298 Dude snuck in 95% of what the Parliamentarian demanded out of the OBBB back in, getting massive increases in DHS funding, restrictions on illegals accessing benefits, and more than 30 rescission articles through Congress.

People forget this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 01:58 PM (GKzf4)

Save America Act does not have enough pork for Thune, Mr. $238 million PAC, to spread around. It is not worth it for him.

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 02:03 PM (GD0B3)

299
Side note: I do hope that RFK JR. can get all pharmaceutical and these awful ads off of TV.
Posted by: Cheri at July 14, 2026 02:00 PM (oiNtH)

Big Pharma's pockets are WAY too deep for that to ever happen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:03 PM (2YhKe)

300 The aren't too bad, and very formulaic. It's boy meets girl in a specific setting, she starts to get interested but some misunderstanding happens, some plot element puts her in danger and he saves her and explains the misunderstanding. With a good setting and B plot behind it they are readable. There is also a tier list of how spicy things get before and after the declaration of love at the end.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)

So.....the Hallmark Channel with graphic sex.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:59 PM (2YhKe)

they know their audience.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:03 PM (uhVAy)

301 The aren't too bad, and very formulaic. It's boy meets girl in a specific setting, she starts to get interested but some misunderstanding happens, some plot element puts her in danger and he saves her and explains the misunderstanding. With a good setting and B plot behind it they are readable. There is also a tier list of how spicy things get before and after the declaration of love at the end.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)

So.....the Hallmark Channel with graphic sex.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

PronHub pages 68 - 34,582

A friend told me.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 02:03 PM (F5FAo)

302 But either way, with those 6 in the caucus of 53, the SAVE act is not passing.

Maybe if the retards in the GOP leadership wanted it passed, they could, I dunno, release all the dirt on those 6, strip them of any comittees, and make life as unpleasant as possible for them to GET them to pass it.

It seems the dems NEVER have this problem getting their idiots in line.

Posted by: GMan at July 14, 2026 02:04 PM (GfWuY)

303 It's Michigan, so vote counting will be problematic.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 01:56 PM (n5tGW)

You know, ironically, as hard core as I am about legitimate elections - actually calling for capital punishment for vote fraud - I'd be willing to accept even unfavorable results if I knew they were legitimate. It's the absolute certainty of fraudulent voting/vote counting that I see in every election going back to Kennedy's win over Nixon due to the Chicago cemetery vote that makes me very, very angry.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 14, 2026 02:04 PM (zRAnz)

304 You cannot compare $3.4 TRILLION juicy , juicy bill to some idealistic "Save America Act".

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 02:04 PM (GD0B3)

305 >>Playing devil's advocate, does this warrant a prime time speech? Do normal Americans still care about the 2020 elections? I think they care about gas and food prices and a stubborn inflation.

It's not about 2020. It's about 2026 and every election after. Just like the Save Act. If it was done once it can be done again and again and again.

Yea, I think most Americans want to know if our elections are corrupt. Kind of the bedrock of this entire country.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 02:04 PM (viF8m)

306 Playing devil's advocate, does this warrant a prime time speech? Do normal Americans still care about the 2020 elections? I think they care about gas and food prices and a stubborn inflation.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 02:02 PM (kX27y)

Do you care about the 2026 elections? How about 2028?

Sure, most Americans don't care about election security, only about what affects them right now, without understanding that election security affects them right now.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e)

307 Side note: I do hope that RFK JR. can get all pharmaceutical and these awful ads off of TV.
Posted by: Cheri at July 14, 2026 02:00 PM
++++
Path of least resistance: get rid of your TV.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 02:05 PM (2Ez/1)

308 You know, ironically, as hard core as I am about legitimate elections - actually calling for capital punishment for vote fraud - I'd be willing to accept even unfavorable results if I knew they were legitimate. It's the absolute certainty of fraudulent voting/vote counting that I see in every election going back to Kennedy's win over Nixon due to the Chicago cemetery vote that makes me very, very angry.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 14, 2026 02:04 PM (zRAnz)

You think it started in 1960? You sweet innocent child.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:05 PM (uhVAy)

309 Playing devil's advocate, does this warrant a prime time speech? Do normal Americans still care about the 2020 elections? I think they care about gas and food prices and a stubborn inflation.
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Inflation which just saw a negative print for the first time in ages (and folks insisted wasn't possible)?

Posted by: Methos at July 14, 2026 02:05 PM (vSvIl)

310 I think they care about gas and food prices and a stubborn inflation."

Yeah. Cause that was great before or something.

People are refusing to stay home and sulk.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 02:05 PM (XuXeR)

311 302 But either way, with those 6 in the caucus of 53, the SAVE act is not passing.

Maybe if the retards in the GOP leadership wanted it passed, they could, I dunno, release all the dirt on those 6, strip them of any comittees, and make life as unpleasant as possible for them to GET them to pass it.

It seems the dems NEVER have this problem getting their idiots in line.

Posted by: GMan at July 14, 2026 02:04 PM (GfWuY)

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What did Democrats do with their majority under Biden?

They did a giant slush fund (the Inflation Reduction Act) and no policy wins at all on things like guns, immigration (Biden just didn't enforce laws), healthcare, or anything.

They didn't nuke the filibuster and let Kamala just be the tie-breaking vote after breaking Manchin's legs to get pure socialism passed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:06 PM (GKzf4)

312 Pixy won't let me put the whole list of 44, so here's the top 10:
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Paul Sperry @paulsperry_
BREAKING: Newly declassified records reveal Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team unlawfully (in violation of Constitution) accessed text messages to and from the following current and former Senators and House members:
1. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
2. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
3. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas)
4. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
5. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
6. Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah)
7. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
8. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
9. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
10. Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.)

https://x.com/paulsperry_/status/2077089961967288447

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)

313 Playing devil's advocate, does this warrant a prime time speech? Do normal Americans still care about the 2020 elections? I think they care about gas and food prices and a stubborn inflation.

Posted by: beckster at July 14, 2026 02:02 PM (kX27y)

Do you care about the 2026 elections? How about 2028?

Sure, most Americans don't care about election security, only about what affects them right now, without understanding that election security affects them right now.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e)

prime time hardly exists any more, and likely the MSM will censor it anyhow.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:06 PM (uhVAy)

314 What did Democrats do with their majority under Biden?

They did a giant slush fund (the Inflation Reduction Act) and no policy wins at all on things like guns, immigration (Biden just didn't enforce laws), healthcare, or anything.

They didn't nuke the filibuster and let Kamala just be the tie-breaking vote after breaking Manchin's legs to get pure socialism passed.

Good points, and yet it doesn't actually address the main problem. The retards in the GOP leadership not exercising their power over the party members who won't fall in line.

Posted by: GMan at July 14, 2026 02:07 PM (GfWuY)

315 ---
Paul Sperry @paulsperry_
BREAKING: Newly declassified records reveal Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team unlawfully (in violation of Constitution) accessed text messages to and from the following current and former Senators and House members:

And he's not up on charges why?

OH yeah.....we're not a serious country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

316 "Votes." That's cute.

Posted by: Dominion Systems at July 14, 2026 02:07 PM (2Ez/1)

317 So this is American Politics. Yes, Slotkin fucked up and spilled the beans. If we just count the votes ? Things shift.

Now here is where Mitch and Miss Lindsey and all the way back to Reagan and certainly Clinton lied.

The GOP hates high labor prices. Now, the DNC hates high labor for drywall. Shingles. Concrete.

There is no party for anyone that works not from an office. None.

Posted by: Howdy at July 14, 2026 02:07 PM (11Kld)

318
You don't know how many of those 53 Pubs are "for" the Save Act because it's not likely to pass a cloture vote.

A lot of this stuff is posturing.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:08 PM (Fi81e)

319 https://x.com/paulsperry_/status/2077089961967288447
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:06 PM (Fi81e)

Corey Booker hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:08 PM (2YhKe)

320 172 Trump claims that he has rock solid evidence of foreign, not Russia, meddling in our 2020 election and likely others. The evidence is being certified by the directors of the CIA and FBI, the same organizations that have been saying for years our elections are totally secure and particularly 2020 which they claim was the safest election ever.

If what Trump is claiming is true, and I don't have reason to believe he's lying, we are well beyond the Save Act. As many of us have been saying for years our elections are rigged and it was done with help of our own government. This is Flaming Clown Boner dipped in pudding material.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:41 PM (viF8m)

What is the reform action that we should take? How do we stop this?? Besides making every Dem & every "journalist" repeat every day that there was foreign interference...

Posted by: Iris at July 14, 2026 02:08 PM (286+n)

321 >>Good points, and yet it doesn't actually address the main problem. The retards in the GOP leadership not exercising their power over the party members who won't fall in line.

It's pretty simple. Any elected official who won't vote for the Save Act benefits by not having the Save Act. There is no other logical explanation.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 02:08 PM (viF8m)

322 314 Good points, and yet it doesn't actually address the main problem. The retards in the GOP leadership not exercising their power over the party members who won't fall in line.

Posted by: GMan at July 14, 2026 02:07 PM (GfWuY)

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Because there's nothing anyone can use against Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, Ernst, or Cornyn because they're leaving the Senate, and Murkowski is just a Democrat?

Maybe it's just that there are enough Republicans in the Senate who prefer fucking over Trump than anything else? And that no alternate leader could make them do anything outside of shedding our system completely and turning the nation into a dictatorship?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:09 PM (GKzf4)

323 What were they trying to find out in Booker's texts? Whether or not he's a raging queen?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 02:09 PM (m2wmY)

324 And he's not up on charges why?

OH yeah.....we're not a serious country.
Posted by: Sponge at July 14, 2026 02:07 PM
.......

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at July 14, 2026 02:09 PM (2Ez/1)

325
"I don't think this evidence is real." and "DOJ is in Trump's pocket." from our Reddit droppings.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

That's what I want to see from the droppings. "The evidence is fake." That means there's evidence, and while redditors can get as hysterical as they want, it might be more difficult to get their elected bimbos and himbos to say the same thing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 02:09 PM (mmrXZ)

326
Yea, I think most Americans want to know if our elections are corrupt. Kind of the bedrock of this entire country.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 02:04

I think we are so balkanized that it won’t matter what is proven. The left will not accept it, believe it or change their minds. We can only hope it gets minimized so that elections actually reflect what is being voted for going forward.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 02:10 PM (p4NUW)

327 You don't know how many of those 53 Pubs are "for" the Save Act because it's not likely to pass a cloture vote.

A lot of this stuff is posturing.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:08 PM (Fi81e)

If so, why stick your neck out as Thune and block it before that?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)

328 The Gen Z massage therapist is campaigning on an unexpected aesthetic, selling merchandise that tout her as “America’s Goth Baddie.”

I like goth girls. Looked her up. Approved.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 02:10 PM (2ocoG)

329 320 What is the reform action that we should take? How do we stop this?? Besides making every Dem & every "journalist" repeat every day that there was foreign interference...

Posted by: Iris at July 14, 2026 02:08 PM (286+n)

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Counting ballots that don't exist is illegal. No one enforces the law.

I suspect the solution is enforcing the law.

Good thing Trump's DOJ is interested in enforcing the law.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:10 PM (GKzf4)

330 Big Pharma's pockets are WAY too deep for that to ever happen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

You are right and I think that it would take the 2nd coming to make that happen. Maybe.

Posted by: Cheri at July 14, 2026 02:10 PM (oiNtH)

331 "I don't think this evidence is real." and "DOJ is in Trump's pocket." from our Reddit droppings.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

"That's the biggest fupa I've ever seen."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:10 PM (2YhKe)

332 It seems the dems NEVER have this problem getting their idiots in line.

Posted by: GMan at July 14, 2026 02:04 PM (GfWuY)
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Not entirely true. This is why Nancy had to pronounce that PPACA was "deemed as passed". She no longer had the votes to pass it on the floor.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:10 PM (Fi81e)

333 331 "I don't think this evidence is real." and "DOJ is in Trump's pocket." from our Reddit droppings.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

"That's the biggest fupa I've ever seen."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:10 PM (2YhKe)

======

"I watch futa porn for the articles."
-Reddit

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 02:11 PM (GKzf4)

334 @JackPosobiec
BREAKING: REFORM POLITICAL FIGURE ANN WIDDECOMBE'S MURDER BEING INVESTIGATED BY UK TERROR FORCES AS A TARGETED ASSASSINATION
Jul 14, 2026 · 6:01 PM UTC

Posted by: took 'em long enough at July 14, 2026 02:11 PM (gKWVE)

335
You are right and I think that it would take the 2nd coming to make that happen. Maybe.
Posted by: Cheri at July 14, 2026 02:10 PM (oiNtH)

I used to be OK with that being on TV because people NEED to hear the growing list of side effects for the shit they're telling us 'helps.'

It's grown very old and now that they DOMINATE the airwaves, I'm fine with never seeing a drug commercial ever again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)

336 And he's not up on charges why?

OH yeah.....we're not a serious country.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

Qualified immunity, and we don't have standing.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)

337 >>What is the reform action that we should take? How do we stop this?? Besides making every Dem & every "journalist" repeat every day that there was foreign interference...

For starters, get rid of electronic voting machines. They aren't needed. France holds national elections in one day on paper ballots and has results that same day. Lots of countries do.

We've been gaslit for years into believing voting is some mind boggling experiment only in the US. I person, 1 ballot, 1 day.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 02:11 PM (viF8m)

338 Because there's nothing anyone can use against Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, Ernst, or Cornyn because they're leaving the Senate, and Murkowski is just a Democrat?

Ok, but they're still there RIGHT NOW. Right. Man, it would suck to have all the little perks they enjoy just go up in smoke. Man, it would sure suck to have their office moved to sub-basement M with a sign on the door that says, "beware of the leopard".

Or, man, it would sure suck if their calendars suddenly stopped working and they started missing invitations to things.

Even if they are leaving *punish* them in any ways that you can.

That is, if you want it passed, and I think we all know that Thune doesn't want it passed.

Posted by: GMan at July 14, 2026 02:12 PM (GfWuY)

339 @JackPosobiec
BREAKING: REFORM POLITICAL FIGURE ANN WIDDECOMBE'S MURDER BEING INVESTIGATED BY UK TERROR FORCES AS A TARGETED ASSASSINATION
Jul 14, 2026 · 6:01 PM UTC
Posted by: took 'em long enough at July 14, 2026 02:11 PM (gKWVE)

No shit.........sherlock?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:12 PM (2YhKe)

340 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 02:12 PM (NcvvS)

341 You don't know how many of those 53 Pubs are "for" the Save Act because it's not likely to pass a cloture vote.

A lot of this stuff is posturing.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:08 PM (Fi81e)

If so, why stick your neck out as Thune and block it before that?

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)
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Because you need to go back to your constituents and run on "I was ready to pass it."

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 02:13 PM (Fi81e)

342 336 And he's not up on charges why?

OH yeah.....we're not a serious country.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

Qualified immunity, and we don't have standing.

plus, it's a tax.

Posted by: chef justice roberts at July 14, 2026 02:14 PM (v3pYe)

343
Qualified immunity, and we don't have standing.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 02:11 PM (rbvCR)

Like George Carlin said........."It's an exclusive club. And YOU AIN'T IN IT."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 02:14 PM (2YhKe)

344 World Kickball is about to start.
Frogs v Peninsulares.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 14, 2026 02:15 PM (ufFY8)

345 "...does this warrant a prime time speech? Do normal Americans still care about where the Pacific Fleet is moored, or even whether Peril Hobba is in the High Whine Islands? I think they care about unemployment, robber barons, and living to collect that hot new Social Security retirement."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 14, 2026 02:15 PM (zdLoL)

346 I used to be OK with that being on TV because people NEED to hear the growing list of side effects for the shit they're telling us 'helps.'

It's grown very old and now that they DOMINATE the airwaves, I'm fine with never seeing a drug commercial ever again...

My 2 favorite side effects are "Don't take this if you are allergic to it" and "taking this may lead to death". Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 14, 2026 02:16 PM (zRAnz)

347 I was wondering how much insider trading Senator Sis will get to do until November.

Posted by: MAC V SOG at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (P4Pk9)

348
Can we all just come together, and as a country, admit that Trump is an insane dictator rapist racist if he questions the 2020 election result?

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (Y8DZL)

349 My 2 favorite side effects are "Don't take this if you are allergic to it" and "taking this may lead to death". Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 14, 2026 02:16 PM (zRAnz) .

My favorite of all time was the social anxiety drug that could cause depression, anxiety and sudden diarrhea.

A little anxiety and diarrhea'll cure up that SOCIAL ANXIETY real fuckin fast.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (Qr870)

350 Yea, I think most Americans want to know if our elections are corrupt. Kind of the bedrock of this entire country.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 02:04

You're wrong, You're just wrong.

Posted by: Howdy at July 14, 2026 02:20 PM (11Kld)

351
I went to Denmark some time after that SNL skit. Danish / Euro trash media reported it as something Palin said.

They all believed it and were SHOCKED with I advised them it was Tina Fey from SNL.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)
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A lying, lefty, Harvard asshole, BIRM, tried to pull that same crap on me and I called him a fucking liar right to his face. I told him that was Tina Fey on SNL. You should have seen him backtracking. For some damn reason, the old man I was working for at the time seemed to like the guy. I despised him almost from the first time I met him.
You have to admit it, Tina Fey did an outstanding job impersonating SP; looked just like her and mimicked her persona beautifully. Too bad TF is a left wing moon bat, she's talented.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 02:55 PM (JNTt1)

352 86 I have a new pet peeve. Trendy eyeware. I'd be ok with the "power glasses", the "welder's goggle glasses" and the "thick rim glasses" if everyone didn't gavitate towards the same version as if it's a status symbol. I suppose it is a status symbol to those insisting on keeping up with the trend, but they look stupid and overstated.

HOWEVER, it's a great way to read someone's values. You used to have to listen to someone to see where they stood on certain issues. Now I can figure out someone's ideology by looking at how they present themselves. It's a freaking uniform.

(initiated by Acosta's giant wide frame glasses)
Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 01:28 PM (dIske)
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I feel the same way about tattoos. They make it easier to identify the asshoes from a distance.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 03:07 PM (JNTt1)

353 154 'Listen, this is the way lord shaitan told us to do it.'

-any demoncrat you ask
Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 01:39 PM (LHPAg)
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I first read that as lord shitstain; just a distinction without a difference.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 03:18 PM (JNTt1)

354 248 The whole 5 eyes intel group.
Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 01:52 PM (05hbD)

How comes it isn't Ten Eyes, anyway?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 01:53 PM (Ot/FD)
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Wrong end for the eye

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (JNTt1)

355 She's not just his sister he adopted her.

Posted by: torabora at July 14, 2026 04:02 PM (loIl3)

356 Re: Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin: "The SAVE America Act would make it hard for any Democrat in any state to win any election."

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...

Posted by: Someone Else at July 14, 2026 04:34 PM (IrqeV)

CNBC: Here Are The Ten Worst States to Live In or Start a Business In. They're All, Get This, the Red States Experiencing The Highest In-Migration.

You will not be surprised to learn that one of CNBC's main criteria for deeming a state the "worst" to live in is whether they... allow transexuals in opposite-sex bathrooms.

Bennett's Phylactery
@extradeadjcb
Reasons states wind up on this list (not exaggerating)
1. Not enough abortions
2. Not gay enough
3. "food insecurity"
4. Not enough HR rules
5. Not enough gun laws
6. Not enough therapists
7. Not enough working moms
8. Not enough affirmative action

Colin Wright
@SwipeWright
Here are the reasons CNBC ranked Tennessee as "America's Worst Place to Live in 2026."
1. Laws require people to use facilities matching their sex.
2. Localities can't create laws circumventing 1.
3. The Governor designated June "Nuclear Family Month."
4. TN isn't "inclusive," meaning the state knows that men who claim to be women aren't women and should not be treated as such.
Do these sound like negatives to you?
I moved from California to Tennessee in 2022 and it was probably the best decision I've ever made. I love it here.

Chris Queen, PJMedia:

Other than crime rates, which most often occur in red-state cities, which are the bluest areas of said states, the criteria for "quality of life" that CNBC uses are woke as a joke. Environmentalism, free healthcare, unions, and prioritizing the rainbow are what CNBC looked at.

Here are some samples from the report. From the intro:

To score the states for quality of life, we use hard data on factors like crime rates, air quality, and healthcare. We also consider the cost and availability of childcare, inclusiveness of state laws, and reproductive rights. Some states offer exemplary quality of life. But these ten states do not make the grade.

So, abortion, trannies, and DEI. Got it.

For some reason, most people seem to think that states are better off without this agenda.

I have to show you the whole blurb for my home state of Georgia. The wokesters gave us a grade of F, so be proud, Georgians!

Georgia offers few protections for LGBTQ+ people, making it one of America's least inclusive states.
"Georgia still remains a state where there is no place for hate, and I can assure all Georgians of that today," Republican Gov. Brian Kemp said in April, when he signed a bill aimed at protecting religious freedom.
But critics feared the law could be used to permit other types of discrimination, especially because Georgia is another of the five states with no public accommodation law protecting non-disabled people.
The Peach State offers minimal worker protections, particularly when it comes to the right to organize.
Side note: If you're wanting to move from a blue state to the Peach State, don't. We full.
Who's number one in the woke CNBC's ideological penalty box? The Volunteer State. Tennessee dares to offer counterprogramming to Pride Month (GASP)!

Tennessee Republicans, led by Gov. Bill Lee, make no apologies for a rash of state laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community, including a so-called "bathroom law" requiring transgender people to use the facilities designated for their sex at birth. The state also explicitly bars localities from adopting their own antidiscrimination ordinances. To underscore the point, Lee signed a resolution earlier this year designating June "Nuclear Family Month."
"The nuclear family, consisting of one husband, one wife, and any biological, adopted, or fostered children, is God's design for familial structure and has been the bedrock of society since the creation of the world," the resolution states.
Its sponsors deliberately timed the observance to coincide with the month when Tennessee's more than 300,000 LGBTQ+ people celebrate Pride.

I can see this being important if you're a tranny, but what about the other 99% of the population?

Oh right -- normal people just don't count.

The list garnered rich Corinthian mockery.

CNBC faced a wave of online mockery Monday after releasing its annual quality-of-life rankings, which exclusively placed conservative red states in all 10 spots of the "worst places to live" -- even as official U.S. Census data shows some of those states are leading the nation in population growth.
Critics quickly took to social media to call out the outlet for what they alleged as blatant liberal bias embedded in its ranking criteria.
Counting down from the tenth-worst place to the first, CNBC ranked the bottom ten states as Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Missouri, Utah, Georgia, Louisiana, Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee.
All 10 states are Republican-led and voted for President Donald Trump in 2024.
...
The metric also factors heavily in ideological policies, explicitly penalizing states for lack of protections against discrimination and restrictive abortion laws.
...
"CNBC just dropped their 2026 '10 Worst States to Live In' list ... and it's pure comedy," conservative commentator Reverend Jordan Wells wrote on X.
...
The corporate media outlet took direct shots at local conservative legislation across the board.
Tennessee was dinged for the state's "bathroom law" -- which requires transgender individuals to use facilities corresponding with their biological sex at birth -- as well as a law barring localities from passing their own local antidiscrimination ordinances.
...
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately seized on the study, taking to X to point out that every single state on the list leaned red.
"Notice something in common?" Newsom posted.
"All led by Republicans -- many suffering from California Derangement Syndrome."
However, conservatives and independent commentators noted that everyday Americans are "voting with their feet" against progressive governance.
...
"Actually I noticed something else: The list is a bulls--t list that has nothing to do with quality of life for sane people," countered conservative activist Robby Starbuck, a Tennessee resident. Starbuck, known for successfully leading major corporate boycotts against over-the-top DEI policies, added, "It's all predicated on far left BS... Our states all gained population while YOUR state lost a record amount."
Media personality Patrick Bet-David cited the net migration gains of the states CNBC criticized, noting that Texas added over 67,000 residents and Tennessee added over 42,000.

Yes, the worst places to live are where everyone is moving and the best places to live are actually the left-wing socialist states everyone is moving out of or something. pic.twitter.com/vxzUyJs5A4
— John Hawkins (@johnhawkinsrwn) July 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

2 Texas ranks 2nd to last/worst.

I will wear that as a badge of honor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

3 Off to lum NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

4 Oh, Gavin. People in California are deranged. Not all, just most.

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (VJX5o)

5 NOOD has been lum'd.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (2YhKe)

6 *sort ascending*

FIFY

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (4tXtB)

7 Yes, the south is awful. You’d hate it here! Stay away!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (u73oe)

8 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (2YhKe)

9 Mornin' Ace -

Kinda Sad that Montana isn't on the Top of that list.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (uzmqU)

10 When did we loose the right to hate people?

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 12:13 PM (UQtCA)

11 I would consider Tennessee. On top of being on top of the worst list, they still allow the drinker's side of the car.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

12 Sometimes you're just going to want to get out of the house to get robbed, gang-raped by ethnic minorities you'd never meet and pissed on when they're done.

Blue States rule!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 12:13 PM (Sco7b)

13 I hope CNN plays this on a constant loop and their 17 viewers take it to heart.

Posted by: LASue at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (lCppi)

14 man they nailed it!! the snakes down here are huge and getting bigger because they like to eat libs!!

Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (8uzBS)

15 Please note the preponderance of guns, flags, trucks, and meat.

Feel free to stay away, y'all.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (XuXeR)

16 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.
Posted by: Sponge

Therefore, it's the opposite of reproduction.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)

17 It doesn't surprise me. It's a long march through the institutions.

All institutions.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)

18 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.

Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

19 CNBC is still around?

Why?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (jehhT)

20 Woo hoo!

Missouri (my state) is in the Top Ten (#7)!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (FZ29D)

21 Its sponsors deliberately timed the observance to coincide with the month when Tennessee's more than 300,000 LGBTQ+ people celebrate Pride.

No. They don't celebrate. They shove their blasphemy down the throats of everyone else against their moral will.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (2YhKe)

22 shhhh

let the normies believe this list

btw Alabama isn't "worst" enough ...what?!?!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (j+aD2)

23 Texas ranks 2nd to last/worst.

I will wear that as a badge of honor.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

We obviously need to try harder.

Free gun handouts? 10 Commandments in schools? Close stores on Sunday? We can do it!

Posted by: LASue at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (lCppi)

24 I concur with this list. Georgia is horrible. No doctors, women barefoot and chained to kitchen and open season on gays. Leftists should not move here.

Posted by: Ripley at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (GUOwU)

25 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.

now define 'grooming'

Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (8uzBS)

26 many suffering from California Derangement Syndrome."

That's funny, as most here don't think of you. Ever.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (XuXeR)

27 > Other than crime rates, which most often occur in red-state cities

Crime stats out of most big cities are as fake as the USSR's crop reports. Nothing but the biggest crimes get timely police attention, so the locals learn smaller crimes aren't worth reporting. We also have recent proof of police leadership in places like DC leaning on first responder officers to downgrade serious crimes in their reports. Lots of cities stopped reporting their stats to the FBI, too.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:16 PM (mkw2N)

28 but it's gaining population quickly"

We're trying!

/Somalia

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 12:16 PM (XuXeR)

29 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.
Posted by: Sponge

Therefore, it's the opposite of reproduction.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)
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DE-production.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:16 PM (FZ29D)

30 The propaganda media doesn't care about the truth. They care about the Narrative, which must be protected and promoted at all costs.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 12:16 PM (N1DT3)

31 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

You rang?

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (lCppi)

32 As a Hoosier from Indiana to all the left wing morons looking to move - yes, stay the hell away from my state. I don't need you bringing your failed ideology here to corrupt it. I already see way too many Illinois license plates to feel comfortable.

Posted by: DropAndGiveMe20 at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (NtRnw)

33 hey good for NH up there

nice place but very much surrounded by idiocy

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (j+aD2)

34 8 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (2YhKe)

They just want to get their Moloch on. Having been more or less born into the pro-life movement, and moving ever closer to abolitionism, it's really amazing how the arguments are every bit as wicked and hollow then as they are now. You should check out the vids Abolitionists Rising puts out with their street encounters. And it's interesting to see that while their interactions vary from the merely vapid and programmed to the true believer, the arguments from the pro-abortion crowd are the same empty NOW/Planned Parenthood scripted lines as they were in the 80s.

Posted by: Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme babykillers at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (TbWk/)

35 Media personality Patrick Bet-David cited the net migration gains of the states CNBC criticized, noting that Texas added over 67,000 residents and Tennessee added over 42,000.

Texas is full. Longhorn steer out front should've told ya.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

36 Free gun handouts?"

Gets my vote!

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (XuXeR)

37 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo

It's all those learing centers.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (77rzZ)

38 7 Yes, the south is awful. You’d hate it here! Stay away!
Posted by: Duke Lowell

This is true, plus we dislike all the things liberals like.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (Q/FnY)

39 18 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Since it's 2025, it was probably their protection of illegals...other illegals all moved there...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 12:18 PM (tOcjL)

40 Longhorn steer out front should've told ya."

Buc-ee's Beaver...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 12:18 PM (XuXeR)

41 My state didn't make the top ten "worst" list? I am filled with shame and shall endeavor to do better.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 12:18 PM (TR4+2)

42 Why is Delaware third highest in the positive on the per-capita migration map? Seems odd.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (XvL8K)

43 >>I concur with this list. Georgia is horrible. No doctors, women barefoot and chained to kitchen and open season on gays. Leftists should not move here.

Not to mention rampant election stealing.

To be fair, Georgia isn't a red state. Just a southern state.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (viF8m)

44 We should build the Wall around California and make them pay for it.

Posted by: garrett at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (uzmqU)

45 25 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.

now define 'grooming'
Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 12:15 PM (8uzBS)

A 28-year-old male dating a 20 year old chick. That's what they're trying to sell as "grooming," as opposed to furnishing sexual material and sexualized performances to 8-year-old kids.

Posted by: 8-year-olds, Dude. at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/)

46 Memphis has been a walking sucking chest would since … well forever almost. Tennessee is squared away for the most part.

This is yet another example of the delusional putting their thumb on the scale. They are not rating states based on what normal, decent, peaceable want. Rather some notional fairy tale ideal of what people “should” want, if they weren’t such ignorant hick rube mouth breathers.

Everything is subject to this template now, it’s all so very tedious. They will run the mighty wurlitzer propaganda machine up until the last moment, until the funding runs out.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (eANjq)

47 CNBC, LOL.

What a joke, except they are godless commies brainwashing the ignorant proles, turning them into useful idiots.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 14, 2026 12:20 PM (ufFY8)

48 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Leftists are migrating there.

Posted by: Josephistan at July 14, 2026 12:20 PM (y9ksN)

49 20 Woo hoo!

Missouri (my state) is in the Top Ten (#7)!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (FZ29D)
We have the Best possible situation, Perfesser. A net loss of people ( small ), and making #7 in the Worst List. Stay away from Missouri!! It is awful here!!

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:21 PM (Gqar8)

50 How did Florida avoid getting on the list?

Posted by: far cry at July 14, 2026 12:21 PM (wBRco)

51 Newsome (and his wife!) really have a delusional view of the world. As Adam Carolla said, there is definitely something wrong with him and it's obvious when you talk to him in person.

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (lCppi)

52
Everything Gavin says is easily contradicted by facts. Mark Halperin thinks he won't run, in large part because of the plainly visible record of California's failures.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (mmrXZ)

53 I'm pissed.

Posted by: Florida at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (rJ48h)

54 Huh.

Of the top ten "Bad States" Missouri is the only one that seems to be experiencing an outflow of residents (-5) compared to the inflows experienced by the rest of the list.

Maybe Missouri IS a "Bad State."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (FZ29D)

55 All those people coming to Alabama despite my continued don’t come here warnings! Stop! We are full! Shark out front should have told you. And if he didn’t, the alligator should have.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (pZEOD)

56 48 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Leftists are migrating there.
Posted by: Josephistan at July 14, 2026 12:20 PM (y9ksN

Three words: Quality Learing Center.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (nTGnD)

57 I miss Piper.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)

58 It's all agitation. Joyless. Miserable. Agitation.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (Qr870)

59 California is the bestest.

California deploys "trash spies" to make sure people are sorting their waste properly

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Undercover trash inspector.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (ndZc7)

60 Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (pZEOD)

Piper, how is your dad?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (77rzZ)

61 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Leftists are migrating there.
Posted by: Josephistan at July 14, 2026 12:20 PM (y9ksN)

Bwahahahahaha!!! Enjoy the everlasting winter and the 3 weeks of giant bugs!

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (lCppi)

62 42 Why is Delaware third highest in the positive on the per-capita migration map? Seems odd.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 12:19 PM (XvL8K)
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Good place to retire, tax-wise. I bet a good portion of Maryland's out-migration is going to Delaware.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (0bjKf)

63 If the "Best States" were to be listed, I would consider, based on historical and current empirical evidence, the regular attendance rates of Christians to orthodox churches — those that affirm the Nicene Creed.

That is probably the most reliable evergreen metric.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (pawvM)

64 Ps. I think this is the best list ever and we should be behind it 100%, can we all agree on 3 to stop mocking it and start advocating for it?

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (pZEOD)

65 What explains net migration losses for Alaska, Nebraska, and Kansas, aside from the letter "k"?

And why is Delaware gaining bigly?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)

66 It's a blessing to live in a state no one from California wants to move to.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (6UZZ5)

67 Why did they leave off Florida? Because a lot of CNBC people have homes in Florida. For once they showed a little self awareness.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (/WQyy)

68 Florida needs to be on this list. Leftists from CA and NY would be very unhappy here.

Posted by: Angel at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (P1KWe)

69
There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Leftists are migrating there.
Posted by: Josephistan

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A guess here: Somalis. If we stanch the flow of them into the country, the MN inflow might reverse.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (mmrXZ)

70 This list reminds me of the various "polls" that tend to skew left. Like some absurd percentage of this or that demographic thinks socialism is "cool."

I'd wager a not insignificant percentage of said demographic couldn't even spell socialism let alone define it. Thus, the "poll" is basically meaningless and does nothing but put forward a narrative the people commissioning the poll favor.

Same thing with this sort of list. TL ; DR... it's all horseshit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (jehhT)

71 6. Not enough therapists

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HAHAHAHAH!!!

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (GD0B3)

72 I support liberals not moving to these states which are obviously so full of backwards behavior that even they cannot make it better.

Quietly checks Zillow listings.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (OPGS/)

73 As a Texan I take this a a badge of honor.
Don't bring your lefty politics to my state.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (NpAcC)

74 California deploys "trash spies" to make sure people are sorting their waste properly

-
Undercover trash inspector.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (ndZc7)

Yet they STILL take your recyclables to the dump.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

75 Supply /Demand, Baby!!

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (GD0B3)

76 What explains net migration losses for Alaska, Nebraska, and Kansas, aside from the letter "k"?

And why is Delaware gaining bigly?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)
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Temporary refugees from NJ, PA, and MD?

When they find out Delaware also sucks, they'll quickly move somewhere else.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM (FZ29D)

77 > A 28-year-old male dating a 20 year old chick. That's what they're trying to sell as "grooming," as opposed to furnishing sexual material and sexualized performances to 8-year-old kids.

A few years ago there was this weird thing where leftists and apolitical youth were calling 21 year old women "underaged." Any guy 24 and above hitting on a 21 year old got labeled a creeper.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (mkw2N)

78 9 Mornin' Ace -

Kinda Sad that Montana isn't on the Top of that list.
Posted by: garrett

I knew going in that Michigan wouldn't be on that list.

Posted by: nerdygirl at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (0Htd1)

79 57 I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)

The Kale Kommissar? I don't want to be put in the camps for not eating bitter, plasticky, foul-tasting leafy greens.

Posted by: So good we have to force it at gunpoint! at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (TbWk/)

80 What explains net migration losses for Alaska, Nebraska, and Kansas, aside from the letter "k"?

And why is Delaware gaining bigly?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)

I'd like to see the actual numbers on Nebraska and Kansas. Unless ithe removal of illegals is skewing the results, it seems weird.

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (lCppi)

81 What explains net migration losses for Alaska, Nebraska, and Kansas, aside from the letter "k"?

And why is Delaware gaining bigly?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)

Where are the people moving to from those red states? Alaska is a hard state to live in. You either love it or hate it

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (/WQyy)

82 And why is Delaware gaining bigly?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)

I make it awesome!

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (2YhKe)

83 Huh. I live in Atlanta, and we certainly have plenty of the gays, so I don't know what this bleeder is whinging about. Now Georgia doesn't constantly kiss the asses of the gays, so that's probably the issue. It's about endlessly celebrating these attention whores, not tolerating them.

But yeah, lefties, Georgia is awful. Choose wisely and stay the fuck out.

Posted by: UGAdawg at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (IDwaH)

84 I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge -

Was she abducted ?? Can we exchange you for her ?

Posted by: first time commenter at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (GD0B3)

85 Maine gaining big is also bizarre. The lefty-Nazi contingent?

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (lCppi)

86 > Maybe Missouri IS a "Bad State."

It was literally legal to kill LDS people in MO until 1976. Google Missouri Executive Order 44.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (mkw2N)

87 Why did they leave off Florida? Because a lot of CNBC people have homes in Florida. For once they showed a little self awareness.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (/WQyy)

An attempt to distract from their hypocrisy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (2YhKe)

88 Minnesota is much cheaper than the coastal Blue states and they cater to Troons and other mentally ill leftists who assume, probably correctly, that they can commit crimes there against the Right folks and go unpunished. Also, easy money (still, probably) from Federal program fraud that is facilitated by the Democrat-Communists in power there.

Posted by: Minnesota = Shit Magnet at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (qUkBO)

89 Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (mkw2N)

I believe that was when they had old pictures of DeSantis partying with "underage" girls. But the catch was they were under the DRINKING age, so technically it wasn't a lie. But of course it was a lie. The implication was they were under 18.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (Qr870)

90 Any guy 24 and above hitting on a 21 year old got labeled a creeper.

Younger women say they want older men because they want someone who has life figured out.

Those same women say the guy is a creeper for looking for a younger woman.

In terms of dating and relationships, I swear that I'm like the dude on the last helicopter out of Saigon.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (OPGS/)

91 60 Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM (pZEOD)

Piper, how is your dad?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM

Thanks for checking, Bulg. He is still in the hospital, they said probably tomorrow. When PT came in, he had sudden drops of blood pressure just with shifts in position. My step mother went home to change, shower, eat, etc so we told my dad to call me or my sister if a doctor comes in and no one is there with him. Just to get a few pairs of ears listening. He didn’t think I needed to go up there, he was pretty adamant that I don’t. He said he had enough bossy people around already. 😂

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (pZEOD)

92
Was she abducted ?? Can we exchange you for her ?

Posted by: first time commenter at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (GD0B3)

Pet induced tumor.

I mean, if you figure out the secrets of resurrection.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:28 PM (2YhKe)

93 >>Because a lot of CNBC people have homes in Florida.

May they all take a nighttime cruise along the Everglades in a leaky airboat.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (J4Dwc)

94 54 Huh.

Of the top ten "Bad States" Missouri is the only one that seems to be experiencing an outflow of residents (-5) compared to the inflows experienced by the rest of the list.

Maybe Missouri IS a "Bad State."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (FZ29D)

We live here. You think it is bad?? I think it is wonderful for me .

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar8)

95 >>As a Texan I take this a a badge of honor.
Don't bring your lefty politics to my state.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:25 PM

This +1.

Posted by: huerfano at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (VJX5o)

96 >>>Yes, the south is awful. You’d hate it here! Stay away!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 14, 2026 12:12 PM (u73oe)

I personally can't handle the humid summers. Otherwise my plane ticket would already be purchased.

Posted by: Max Power at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (SwyyQ)

97 Glad that Tennessee is rated worst. We don't need any shitlibs moving here.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 12:30 PM (lJ0H4)

98 A few years ago there was this weird thing where leftists and apolitical youth were calling 21 year old women "underaged."

That's still going on.

"HE'S 30 AND SHE'S 24! SHE'S A LITERAL CHILD!"

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:30 PM (OPGS/)

99 86 > Maybe Missouri IS a "Bad State."

It was literally legal to kill LDS people in MO until 1976. Google Missouri Executive Order 44.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (mkw2N)

Definitely a state to avoid. Any other state is better.

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:30 PM (Gqar8)

100 The sad thing is, while this list is great for keeping the shittards out of my state, no one will really see it because who watches CNBC?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (2YhKe)

101 Social media is a moth to a flame. Running out of outrage? We can make more.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (sYM3s)

102 A few years ago there was this weird thing where leftists and apolitical youth were calling 21 year old women "underaged." Any guy 24 and above hitting on a 21 year old got labeled a creeper.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (mkw2N)

Oh it's still going on. It's a propaganda point being pushed to young women who are mindlessly repeating it. You'll hear it almost every time you listen to the "Whatever" podcast (not from the host, from the guests). I think it's a deliberate effort to distract from and obfuscate actual grooming of kids who don't know (or shouldn't know) anything about sex, introducing them to increasingly intense and explicit materials, creating trust and dependence, tearing down boundaries that should be in place, treating the kid as "special" and that only the grooming adult can be trusted to understand, etc etc. All the classic child abuse tactics, which are now established curriculum and school operation policies in some places.

Posted by: This used to be a BAD thing... at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (TbWk/)

103 Sometimes you're just going to want to get out of the house to get robbed, gang-raped by ethnic minorities you'd never meet and pissed on when they're done.
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It's not so much the raping and being pissed on, its that you can go get Thai food afterward.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (Qr870)

104 Some blue states will have increased migration from other worse blue states. I mean if I were a true lefty I wouldn't be retarded enough to move to a red state first. I would go to the least worst blue state.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (/WQyy)

105 Posted by: Paul at July 14, 2026 12:30 PM (WwoaB)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (2YhKe)

106 >>I already see way too many Illinois license plates to feel comfortable.

Fortunately, almost all of them are just passing through to more fashionable destinations.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (NcvvS)

107 Oh Paul...still unable to stick to the topic at hand and you post garbage without any proof to back things up.

I'd pity you but you deserve the scorn you get here.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:31 PM (OPGS/)

108 Wait until they find out blue states tend to have more Jews.

Posted by: davidt at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (Q+gd/)

109 And why is Delaware gaining bigly?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:23 PM

Maine gaining big is also bizarre. The lefty-Nazi contingent?
Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:27 PM (lCppi)

The gains are based on "per 10,000 people" so if a state has a relatively tiny population to start, a small influx gives a big percentage raise.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (TR4+2)

110 I personally can't handle the humid summers. Otherwise my plane ticket would already be purchased.
Posted by: Max Power

Your body gets acclimated to the heat and humidity.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (lJ0H4)

111 > A 28-year-old male dating a 20 year old chick. That's what they're trying to sell as "grooming," as opposed to furnishing sexual material and sexualized performances to 8-year-old kids.

A few years ago there was this weird thing where leftists and apolitical youth were calling 21 year old women "underaged." Any guy 24 and above hitting on a 21 year old got labeled a creeper.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:26 PM (mkw2N)

To modern feminists any guy hitting on a girl is a creeper.

Posted by: Josephistan at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (y9ksN)

112 Best state.

Posted by: State of Grace at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (R0XxO)

113 Prolapse Paul.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (sn5xH)

114 Younger women say they want older men because they want someone who has life figured out.

Those same women say the guy is a creeper for looking for a younger woman.

In terms of dating and relationships, I swear that I'm like the dude on the last helicopter out of Saigon.
Posted by: NR Pax

You know who DOESN'T say that shit?

Their pimp.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (F5FAo)

115 I bet Minneapolis has the highest number of 250 lb scooter riders in the nation.

Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (lCppi)

116 To modern feminists any guy hitting on a girl is a creeper.
Posted by: Josephistan

Unless he has the three sixes on his side and is paying attention to them.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (OPGS/)

117 Abortion has very little to do with reproduction and everything to do with murder of a baby.

-
PP is running an ad that but for Planned Parenthood, Joe wouldn't have discovered his cancer in time, Joy wouldn't have discovered her diabetes. But you can help for just $19 a month.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (ndZc7)

118 We live here. You think it is bad?? I think it is wonderful for me .
Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar

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Missouri is a great place to live! Wouldn't want to live anywhere else...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (FZ29D)

119 Georgia still has 2 Democrat Senators.
And we don't seem to be able to get rid of them.
I don't get it.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (NpAcC)

120 I gotta admit, I'm sad to see Cali rated as it is. At one time, I'd hoped to retire in Encinitas/Leucadia. On the other hand, I'm born and raised in Texas and damn glad to see us rated so poorly. Please, please, please don't try to improve our score by moving your sorry blue assess here.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (3Ope8)

121 Worth mentioning, Tennessee has no personal income tax.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (XeU6L)

122 A New Jersey Antifa group was infiltrated.

Among those identified in the NJ BURN chats:

Woojin Ko – OpenAI Chat GPT Research Engineer

Belkcacem Mouffouk – T-Mobile AI Automation Expert

Zainab Tanvir – Imaging Director at Rutgers University

Amanda Marie Dominguez – Rutgers University PhD Student in Education

Aditi Rao – Princeton University Classics Graduate Student

Rev.Shannon Smythe – Princeton Theological Seminary Field Education Director

Alexyss P. – New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault Community Council Member

Jim Keady – New Jersey Democratic Candidate & Former City Councilman

Cres Vellucci – National Lawyers Guild Co-Founder & ACLU Board Member

Celine Semaan – Co-Founder, Slow Factory Labs

(found at Okeefemediagroup.com courtesy of Rantburg.com)

Posted by: Crusader at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (TN0g+)

123 I bet Minneapolis has the highest number of 250 lb scooter riders in the nation.
Posted by: Somalia at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (lCppi)

Was that picture of the Reddit gathering hosted in Minnesota? Because that would be apropos.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)

124 119 Georgia still has 2 Democrat Senators.
And we don't seem to be able to get rid of them.
I don't get it.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:3

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Fulton county cheat.

Trump is going to address the nation about it Thursday night.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (3hMEn)

125 119 Georgia still has 2 Democrat Senators.
And we don't seem to be able to get rid of them.
I don't get it.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:33 PM (NpAcC)

Atlanta??

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (Gqar8)

126 > I believe that was when they had old pictures of DeSantis partying with "underage" girls.

It was more widespread than than. As an example, there was a viral video that went out three years ago. A 21 year old gym girl labeled a guy hanging around "feral" and called herself an "underaged 21 year old." So far as anyone can tell from the video, the guy was just waiting for the space or possibly recovering between sets.

Video with reaction here:
https://youtu.be/Aoa5Eb8j9dc

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (mkw2N)

127 Why did they leave off Florida? Because a lot of CNBC people have homes in Florida. For once they showed a little self awareness.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:24 PM (/WQyy)

Lot of crazy rich libtards in South Florida. Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade. Lots of Yankee transplants who want to keep their wealth but turn Florida into the same shitholes they left.

Posted by: Very blue counties at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (TbWk/)

128 6. Not enough therapists

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This must be my lucky day...

Posted by: SNL Sean Connery at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM (RmciC)

129 Being an SC resident, looking at our per capita growth rate in 2025 makes me want to weep.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 12:35 PM (qBdHI)

130 Afternoon Ace.
Looked up who wrote this and it was a "journalist" named Scott Cohn. Couldn't find anything about his personal life or beliefs but I'm pretty sure I can figure them out by what he finds to be important

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 12:35 PM (m2wmY)

131 Best state.
Posted by: State of Grace at July 14, 2026 12:32 PM (R0Xx

Great movie with Sean Penn and Gary Oldman.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:35 PM (/WQyy)

132 The upside of being a 60-year-old with a white beard is that young people hold doors for me now.

The downside is that if you happen to look a little too long at an attractive young woman, people will think you're a dirty old man.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:36 PM (77rzZ)

133 The author, Scott Cohn, is Jewish. I rest my case.

Posted by: Candace Owers at July 14, 2026 12:36 PM (dIske)

134 Worth mentioning, Tennessee has no personal income tax.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Hush your mouth! Don't advertise it.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 12:36 PM (lJ0H4)

135 33 hey good for NH up there

nice place but very much surrounded by idiocy
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:17 PM (j+aD2)

An oasis of normalcy. But we still have a lot of Massholes coming here (RMBS excepted, of course!).

Posted by: RI Red at July 14, 2026 12:37 PM (30Gj0)

136 Comcast spun off MSNBC and CNBC into a new publicly traded company called Versant. As part of this corporate separation, MSNBC officially rebranded as MS NOW (short for "My Source for News, Opinion and the World") and dropped all NBC iconography, while CNBC retained its name but dropped the famed NBC peacock logo.

So COMCAST.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 12:37 PM (NFX2v)

137 Oklahoma is one of the reddest of the red states. It has a state income tax.

It also requires you own 50 acres before you can hunt your own land.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:37 PM (2YhKe)

138
Pet induced tumor.

I mean, if you figure out the secrets of resurrection.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July

Being a ghost isn’t so bad. It’s a lot like being alive, honestly.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (p4NUW)

139 Yes, please don't move to Utah. It's terrible here. I keep hoping I can run back to California where they'll take my guns off my hands and I can buy environmentally-friendly gasoline at only $3 more per gallon than here.

Posted by: Stitches at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (PS5rC)

140 This list is like a parody, especially considering CNBC is supposed to be a more "Wall Street Journal" type financial take on things.

Everything NBC is left-wing.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (ZBJBH)

141 Tennessee alsohas low property tax:

Tennessee has an effective property tax rate of 0.52 percent on owner-occupied housing value. Property taxes are primarily a source of revenue for local governments in the state.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (XeU6L)

142 Speaking of gains and losses . . .

Paramount weighs California exodus after state’s war on $110B Warner Bros. takeover

https://tinyurl.com/4fkpnez9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (ndZc7)

143 Texas, Florida, or Tennessee. That’s my final offer.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (OXN2F)

144 Oklahoma is one of the reddest of the red states. It has a state income tax.

It also requires you own 50 acres before you can hunt your own land.
Posted by: Sponge

God bless Texas. 10 acres in unincorporated counties.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (F5FAo)

145 In Alabama it is legal to spit on people with dyed blue hair.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (IY9No)

146 Oklahoma is one of the reddest of the red states.
Posted by: Sponge

Don't the Injuns tend to the left, though?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)

147 Wow, I thought Japan was above this. A Korean YouTuber exposed a restaurant for having two different menus. One in English, one in Japanese. The Japanese version lists prices 50% less than the English version.

I knew this was common in other Asian countries, but Japan is supposed to be more honorable and upscale.

http://tiny.cc/5up6101

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)

148 Personally, I'd take the numbers presented in those stats as bullshit. Crafted wholly out of thin air to push someone's preferred narrative about those states.

Maybe as incentive to redistrict them? Back to blue. Or remain blue.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (jehhT)

149
Being a ghost isn’t so bad. It’s a lot like being alive, honestly.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (p4NUW)

You should feel good they're willing to trade me for you, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (2YhKe)

150 Alexyss P. – New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Assault Community Council Member
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Getting such Tranny Vibes from that name

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:40 PM (Qr870)

151 IT'S NOT A TUMAH!

Posted by: Ahnuld at July 14, 2026 12:40 PM (dJeAh)

152
Don't the Injuns tend to the left, though?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)

They're on the free shit bandwagon, but Republicans tend to not culturally appropriate like Democrats do.

Oklahoma is the only state that every county went for Trump.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)

153 Being a ghost isn’t so bad. It’s a lot like being alive, honestly.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:38 PM (p4NUW)

Spoiler Alert that shit

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (Qr870)

154
God bless Texas. 10 acres in unincorporated counties.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (F5FAo)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)

155 147 Wow, I thought Japan was above this. A Korean YouTuber exposed a restaurant for having two different menus. One in English, one in Japanese. The Japanese version lists prices 50% less than the English version.

I knew this was common in other Asian countries, but Japan is supposed to be more honorable and upscale.

http://tiny.cc/5up6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N

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Honorable to their own tribe and hierarchy, not to outsiders.

They're extremely suspicious of outsiders to the point that they have requirements about integration into Japanese culture for immigration.

They have a facade of politeness, but their culture is actually not that polite.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (3hMEn)

156 147 Wow, I thought Japan was above this. A Korean YouTuber exposed a restaurant for having two different menus. One in English, one in Japanese. The Japanese version lists prices 50% less than the English version.

I knew this was common in other Asian countries, but Japan is supposed to be more honorable and upscale.

http://tiny.cc/5up6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N)

It's also common everywhere in Europe - the Polish fiance shows me how much a European pays for tourist attractions and hotels in Europe vs how much I would pay. He has offered to always make me all bookings if I want to visit (which I kinda don't right now - as I tell him, every time we talk, he convinces me more and more about how awesome the USA is)...

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (tOcjL)

157

Pennsylvania and Tennessee share some broad legal frameworks—like the federal Constitution and standard uniform laws such as the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). However, their specific state codes differ significantly across taxation, criminal law, and property rights.

Guard against becoming like Pennsylvania.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (NFX2v)

158 I love love everything about Texas except Texas if that makes sense. The only geographically nice area of Texas is infiltrated by Lefties.

I'd say the same about Florida except its beaches saves them.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (/WQyy)

159 Worth mentioning, Tennessee has no personal income tax.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Hush your mouth! Don't advertise it.

--

After Mr. Black retires in 3 years, we're hoping to pull up stakes in SC and move to TN for a number of reasons. This is one of them. Plus, this area has just exploded in growth and my little slice of peace and quiet on earth is going, going, nearly gone. Honorable mention that I want to live in the mountains and have a lot more snow and cold weather than I get here. Still, while it lasts, SC is a very good place to live.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (qBdHI)

160 >>Of the top ten "Bad States" Missouri is the only one that seems to be experiencing an outflow of residents (-5) compared to the inflows experienced by the rest of the list.

Maybe Missouri IS a "Bad State."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 12:22 PM (FZ29D)

We live here. You think it is bad?? I think it is wonderful for me .
Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM

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The outflow is probably people fleeing St. Louis

Posted by: Bigsmith at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (1Au9i)

161 This idea came up as an off shoot of the billionaire's tax on unrealized gains:

Tax the unrealized income of lazy and assistance cheats people.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (RHGPo)

162 Would be helpful if South Carolina made the list. It's among the states with the highest influx of migrated residents, and it will probably continue thanks to not making this list.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 12:42 PM (cWLG3)

163 >>Georgia still has 2 Democrat Senators.
And we don't seem to be able to get rid of them.
I don't get it.

Watch Trump's national address on Thursday evening and you will.

Probably the most important speech he will ever give.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:42 PM (viF8m)

164 > Yes, please don't move to Utah. It's terrible here. I keep hoping I can run back to California where they'll take my guns off my hands and I can buy environmentally-friendly gasoline at only $3 more per gallon than here.

I'd like to move to Utah, but its cost of living and housing prices are actually slightly higher than here in Washington State. My wife's a teacher and Utah pays teachers like 60% what Washington State does. It's crazy.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)

165 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 12:41 PM (NFX2v)

Pennsylvania's WC system wanted to make me go postal.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:42 PM (/WQyy)

166 Is CNBC the Canadian cucks or the CNN cucks? I forget because I never, ever have watched them.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (xcxpd)

167 77 > A 28-year-old male dating a 20 year old chick. That's what they're trying to sell as "grooming," as opposed to furnishing sexual material and sexualized performances to 8-year-old kids.

A few years ago a comic book artist, Warren Ellis, got cancelled for "grooming". He liked the ladies and there were no limit to the amount of gamma level groupies at comic cons he could invite to his hotel room. However, he was accused of "grooming", "love bombing", and even hypnotization of these 20 something and older women. Cancelled as a perv, hasn't worked again in the industry to my knowledge.

Posted by: Croaker at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (kkG09)

168 These rankings of good and bad states are all bullshit because what is "good" and "bad" is purely a matter of subjective personal taste and circumstances.

Commenters on this blog can't agree on whether a girl who was People's "Most Beautiful" some years ago is attractive or not.

Commenters on this blog can't agree on whether to shake Manhattans.

There's a reason we have 50 states and countless geographical areas inside each state. Live where you want to live.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

169 164 > Yes, please don't move to Utah. It's terrible here. I keep hoping I can run back to California where they'll take my guns off my hands and I can buy environmentally-friendly gasoline at only $3 more per gallon than here.

I'd like to move to Utah, but its cost of living and housing prices are actually slightly higher than here in Washington State. My wife's a teacher and Utah pays teachers like 60% what Washington State does. It's crazy.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)

Teacher pay is blue state/red state difference.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (tOcjL)

170 I don't get it.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:3

Fulton county cheat.

Trump is going to address the nation about it Thursday night.

Posted by: TJM

Ok. Something is wrong with this picture.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (Qr870)

171 124 119 Georgia still has 2 Democrat Senators.
And we don't seem to be able to get rid of them.
I don't get it.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:3

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Entirely due to country club Republicans

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (NbKRl)

172 I personally can't handle the humid summers. Otherwise my plane ticket would already be purchased.

been raining down here for three days straight and the pool is down to 87 deg. miserable

Posted by: DanMan at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (8uzBS)

173 Worth mentioning, Tennessee has no personal income tax.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Hush your mouth! Don't advertise it.

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After Mr. Black retires in 3 years, we're hoping to pull up stakes in SC and move to TN for a number of reasons. This is one of them. Plus, this area has just exploded in growth and my little slice of peace and quiet on earth is going, going, nearly gone. Honorable mention that I want to live in the mountains and have a lot more snow and cold weather than I get here. Still, while it lasts, SC is a very good place to live.
Posted by: Lady in Black

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TN is a great state for almost everything taxes, it does though have an odd business tax that is kind of wonky.

Like you get an income taxed based on real estate assets you own. I don't fully understand it to be honest.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (ZBJBH)

174 Piper! you can't stop me from coming! lol

on DE it's people from around here who are rich and old and have shore houses there

they're retiring and moving there full time

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (j+aD2)

175 Best PR these states could have received.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (ehU09)

176 170 I don't get it.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 12:3

Fulton county cheat.

Trump is going to address the nation about it Thursday night.

Posted by: TJM

Ok. Something is wrong with this picture.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (3hMEn)

177 Ok. Something is wrong with this picture.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (Qr870)

It's opposite day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)

178 They have a facade of politeness, but their culture is actually not that polite.
Posted by: TJM's phone

As a Navy buddy of mine once put it, "They can call you an uncouth barbarian in the politest way possible."

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (77rzZ)

179 Missouri is a great place to live! Wouldn't want to live anywhere else...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Do the natives call it Missouri, or Missoura? Or does it vary within the state?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (XvL8K)

180 Also congrats to Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

181 As a Hoosier from Indiana to all the left wing morons looking to move - yes, stay the hell away from my state. I don't need you bringing your failed ideology here to corrupt it. I already see way too many Illinois license plates to feel comfortable.

Posted by: DropAndGiveMe20

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Illinois seems to be the California of the Midwest . . locusts blindly ruining any place they land.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (TbKmJ)

182 LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (VyBeY)

183 Piper! you can't stop me from coming! lol

So, we're really not doing phrasing anymore, then........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (2YhKe)

184 also also....do better Idaho

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

185 After Mr. Black retires in 3 years, we're hoping to pull up stakes in SC and move to TN for a number of reasons. This is one of them. Plus, this area has just exploded in growth and my little slice of peace and quiet on earth is going, going, nearly gone. Honorable mention that I want to live in the mountains and have a lot more snow and cold weather than I get here. Still, while it lasts, SC is a very good place to live.
Posted by: Lady in Black

I live in the Nashville area, far from the mountains, but I love it. Moved from OH 3 years ago to be close to son after husband passed. Best decision I've made in years and years.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (lJ0H4)

186
Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (OkYzo)

187 Also congrats to Sponge
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)

188 A few years ago a comic book artist, Warren Ellis, got cancelled for "grooming". He liked the ladies and there were no limit to the amount of gamma level groupies at comic cons he could invite to his hotel room. However, he was accused of "grooming", "love bombing", and even hypnotization of these 20 something and older women. Cancelled as a perv, hasn't worked again in the industry to my knowledge.

Garth Ellis?

also this cancellation sounds like Gaiman's too. and that seems to be going away. like it was fake, a set up by his psycho wife Amanda Palmer to take his partial custody of Ash away. and probably to squeeze him for even more money.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (j+aD2)

189 Commenters on this blog can't agree on whether a girl who was People's "Most Beautiful" some years ago is attractive or not.
____

This morning's art thread complained of Venus' small (perfect, actually) breasts and large (perfect, actually) hips. They are wrong, everyone says so. Frankly I'm not sure they've ever seen a naked woman before.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (hDe5k)

190 They have a facade of politeness, but their culture is actually not that polite.
Posted by: TJM's phone

As a Navy buddy of mine once put it, "They can call you an uncouth barbarian in the politest way possible."
Posted by: Bulg

Sounds like they need another whiff of canned sunshine.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (F5FAo)

191 I figure California will implode if taxing unrealized gains gets passed.

I have noticed that nobody talks about unrealized losses. This could be a huge problem.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (RHGPo)

192 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (OkYzo)

They are high, but not a killer. Unless you live in a million dollar home. But then, you can afford it. Maybe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)

193 > Teacher pay is blue state/red state difference.

Sure, but if you look at the cost of houses, plus the state income tax, plus the general cost of living, Utah and super liberal Washington State have nearly the same cost of living, with Utah being slightly more expensive. AND my wife would take a pay cut, so our quality of life would go down a bit.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (mkw2N)

194 Wow, I thought Japan was above this. A Korean YouTuber exposed a restaurant for having two different menus. One in English, one in Japanese. The Japanese version lists prices 50% less than the English version.

I knew this was common in other Asian countries, but Japan is supposed to be more honorable and upscale.

Is it really any different than our hotels charging non-locals a hotel tax? The locals presumably don't need a hotel.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

195 So, we're really not doing phrasing anymore, then........

ha! sorry

I'm having a busy crazy day

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (j+aD2)

196 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (OkYzo)

But no state income tax.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (ehU09)

197 Yes! Tennessee is horrible, terrible, double-plus BAD! Don't even consider moving here! You will be lynched at the border and then denied gender-affirming care! Don't go here! [Am I overdoing it? A little?]

Posted by: Ro, Ro, Ro ur butt at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (OTAXA)

198 189 Commenters on this blog can't agree on whether a girl who was People's "Most Beautiful" some years ago is attractive or not.
____

This morning's art thread complained of Venus' small (perfect, actually) breasts and large (perfect, actually) hips. They are wrong, everyone says so. Frankly I'm not sure they've ever seen a naked woman before.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (hDe5k)

yeah, whatever. I know hotness when I see it, I worked as a doorman in a strip club in my 20's.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (xcxpd)

199 Hopefully liberals take CNBC's advice and remain in their blue state crapholes.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (hDe5k)

200 Being a ghost isn’t so bad. It’s a lot like being alive, honestly.

Posted by: Piper
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Uh.....

Posted by: Jacob Marley's ghost at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (XeU6L)

201 Is it true that CNBC stand for "Concentrated Nothing But Crap"

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (RHGPo)

202 185 I live in the Nashville area, far from the mountains, but I love it. Moved from OH 3 years ago to be close to son after husband passed. Best decision I've made in years and years.
Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 12:45 PM (lJ0H4)

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I was born in Columbia and my grandparents lived in Dickson until their deaths. I have an uncle who still lives there.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (3hMEn)

203 We moved to South Carolina about 17 years ago. Everyone asked us why we would ever want to do that. We still aren't locals, but at least we can say we were here before it was popular.

Posted by: Quirky bookworm at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (JFaIe)

204 btw DE has a progressive income tax that IS a killer

why people don't switch residences even tho they're there all the damn time until they stop working

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (j+aD2)

205 Lib: Ha ha! Red states are the worst!

Me: What criteria did they use, and how were they weighted?

Lib: [Blank stare.] Pedophile!!

Posted by: Interview with a Nitwit at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (qUkBO)

206 If only we can't get a non-corrupted census next time. I have lots of wishes.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (n5tGW)

207 Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

Totally disagree. There are good and bad states just like there are good and bad anything. It's not a matter of preference unless your preference is high taxes, high property costs , high energy costs and less freedom.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (/WQyy)

208
11. Not enough freedom to form Muslim rape gangs.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (Fi81e)

209 I left Massachusetts 2 years ago and moved to Tennessee. I love it here. Less expense to live and the people are so nice. Best decision.

I miss New England but I had enough of being ruled by crazy people who tax the living snot out of me. And the Covid debacle up there was unlivable. I lost my job because I wouldn’t take their shot. Then couldn’t get a job up there as a vaccine card was required for employment.

I’ll wear the #1 spot on this list for TN as a badge of honor.

Posted by: Mrs Emma Peel at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (np2zX)

210 Careful. Paul told us last night he was more dangerous than a commie. He owns a small business.

And will put us in camps when they win.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (UQtCA)

211 Alaska migrants are former adventurous spirits who have had enough of the cold weather.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (cWLG3)

212
They have a facade of politeness, but their culture is actually not that polite.
Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026

But their dogs are disgustingly cute!

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (pZEOD)

213 I figure California will implode if taxing unrealized gains gets passed.

I have noticed that nobody talks about unrealized losses. This could be a huge problem.
Posted by: SMOD

==

The problem is all of these tax hating refugees will go out into red states and start voting on all the other issues they are liberal on.

Except taking their own money. That issue they are positively right wing on. But they want everyone else taxed/

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (iZHgT)

214 Check out these idiots running towards a Grizzly Bear with her cubs:

http://tiny.cc/rup6101

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (mkw2N)

215 Embrace the horror of CNBC's ratings.

This just might keep those stupid Left morons out of your state

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (RHGPo)

216 Commenters on this blog can't agree on whether a girl who was People's "Most Beautiful" some years ago is attractive or not.

Who was that, Kamala's daughter?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

217 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?

Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (OkYzo)
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Not like border jumpers.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (Fi81e)

218 Welcome to Charlotte. We hope you don't die.

Posted by: nckate at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (enNUy)

219 no public accommodation law protecting non-disabled people

Wait... what? They're talking about a law to protect people who don't need protection? Are they talking about "accommodations" for transgenders? Or homosexuals? Trying to avoid plain language saying "We think you should require companies to let transgenders use the bathroom they want" it seems like.

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (kU0PQ)

220
CNBC?
LOL.

Posted by: Most people at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (Vk4Gj)

221 But their dogs are disgustingly cute!
Posted by: Piper

Albeit tumor-ridden.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:50 PM (77rzZ)

222 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (OkYzo)

They are above average but not a killer. It's offset by other lower cost of living factors.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:50 PM (/WQyy)

223 CNBC think Jim Cramer is a genius.

What more do you need to know about CNBC?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 12:50 PM (RIvkX)

224 It came on faster than I original thought, but it is clearly time for a Constitutional Amendment to cap taxation at 50% for all forms of government. It's 50%, then they can fight among themselves for it.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:50 PM (RHGPo)

225 Totally disagree. There are good and bad states just like there are good and bad anything. It's not a matter of preference unless your preference is high taxes, high property costs , high energy costs and less freedom.

Surprisingly, these idiots exist. We call them Californians, New Yorkers, and so on.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

226 Seattle. That's where you want to move to. It's perfect and inclusive and not that far from Portland.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (MWfyi)

227 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?

Property taxes here in Cowtown are modest but by the time they add on all the associated taxes: city, county, school district, water district, hospital... it adds up.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (3Ope8)

228 193 > Teacher pay is blue state/red state difference.

Sure, but if you look at the cost of houses, plus the state income tax, plus the general cost of living, Utah and super liberal Washington State have nearly the same cost of living, with Utah being slightly more expensive. AND my wife would take a pay cut, so our quality of life would go down a bit.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (mkw2N)

A lot depends on were you live in WA state. West of the Casades, housing prices are super high. (Except SW Wa, weirdly). Central and Eastern WA are like a whole 'nother country. You can find cheap housing there but jobs are scarce. North of Spokane is probably the sweet spot but its in danger of gentrifying.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (xcxpd)

229 This morning's art thread complained of Venus' small (perfect, actually) breasts and large (perfect, actually) hips. They are wrong, everyone says so. Frankly I'm not sure they've ever seen a naked woman before.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (hDe5k)

Oh please, Dude...

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (77rzZ)

230 Alberta Oil Peon

Kansas outmigration is due to tax burden, a Democrat Governor, Woke courts, woke public schools, a crackdown on illegals in meat plants, and housing supply constraints. 80% of the population is in a few urban areas, which skews results.
In addition, we have pole-vaulting chiggers, tornadoes, Kansas City Chiefs moving to the state, a lack of useable water, and 6 million cows, mostly Angus.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (u82oZ)

231 I am VERY disappointed that my state of Idaho did not make the list. Maybe we'll jump up in the standings when we start shooting child rapists.

Posted by: Bobinidaho at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (zmupA)

232 "CNBC?
LOL.
Posted by: Most people"

Aren't they Canadian?

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 12:52 PM (MWfyi)

233 "What explains net migration losses for Alaska,"

8 months out of the year it is not an easy place to live.
Along with the high cost of living.

Posted by: Bosk at July 14, 2026 12:52 PM (VMFAF)

234 I am VERY disappointed that my state of Idaho did not make the list. Maybe we'll jump up in the standings when we start shooting child rapists.
Posted by: Bobinidaho

Godspeed

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 12:52 PM (sn5xH)

235 Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (3Ope

You're over 29 so you get an exemption break.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:52 PM (/WQyy)

236 It's disappointing that Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming didn't make the list. We'll have to do somethings about this, like training our bears to crap on the porches of the locally designated woke houses.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (5b2dp)

237 The funny thing is that most of us don't have any problem letting woman-to-man transgenders use the men's restroom. We might think it's not wise, but we're not worried about it for our own sakes.

It's just the perv men wanting to hang their d*** out in front of real women that drives this anti-bathroom response. And we're doing it to protect the women who have cried for decades now over how toxic men are. And those toxic men are doing this crap and the women are insisting "No, no! You can't deny them!"

It's enough to make you want to lock certain people away. SMH.

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (kU0PQ)

238 233 "What explains net migration losses for Alaska,"

8 months out of the year it is not an easy place to live.
Along with the high cost of living.

Plus it's full of people making reality shows about living in Alaska.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

239 It's 50%, then they can fight among themselves for it.
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:50 PM (RHGPo)

How about 10%.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (UQtCA)

240 We can all agree Europe is a terrible place to live, but Europe may be changing, and moving right (Hungary notwithstanding):

https://tinyurl.com/s2xy5jps

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (lfLiC)

241 Welcome to Charlotte. We hope you don't die.
Posted by: nckate
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[waves]

Haven't seen you in a while.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, Myers Park native at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (XeU6L)

242
You should feel good they're willing to trade me for you, tho.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14

Until they realize that I am actually a pain in the neck about so many things. They will trade back.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (pZEOD)

243 Aren't property taxes in Texas a killer?
Posted by: Frank Barone

12 acres, 3/2/2, 1652 sq ft, total property tax for 2026 is $2652.50

11 of the 12 acres is ag exempted.

$1122.12 county
$1530.38 school

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (F5FAo)

244 Wow, I thought Japan was above this. A Korean YouTuber exposed a restaurant for having two different menus. One in English, one in Japanese. The Japanese version lists prices 50% less than the English version.

I knew this was common in other Asian countries, but Japan is supposed to be more honorable and upscale.

http://tiny.cc/5up6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:39 PM (mkw2N
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This is common and not necessarily unfair. The menus are often NOT the same. The English versions of the food usually are bigger portions -- because westerners eat bigger portions -- and different ingredients.

I think you'd have to order both sets of food and see how they stack up before making a determination whether this is fair or not.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

245 229 This morning's art thread complained of Venus' small (perfect, actually) breasts and large (perfect, actually) hips. They are wrong, everyone says so. Frankly I'm not sure they've ever seen a naked woman before.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (hDe5k)

Oh please, Dude...
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:51 PM (77rzZ)
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She had Kate Upton hips without the face or boobs.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (cWLG3)

246 I saw Pole-Vaulting Chiggers open for...

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (77rzZ)

247 Damn. Only 9th

Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (vHOH5)

248 Cultural prejudice

Tennessee sounds nice

Posted by: Ouric the Tumescent at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (ZxPkt)

249 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (j+aD2)

I just want to go on record as having let it pass without comment, I like you and didn't want it to get creepy. Or should I say creepier.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (Qr870)

250 Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (iFTx/)

Totally disagree. There are good and bad states just like there are good and bad anything. It's not a matter of preference unless your preference is high taxes, high property costs , high energy costs and less freedom.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (/WQyy)
____________

Sure, whatever you say. LOL.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (iFTx/)

251 Went to Alaska for a couple of weeks. Looked around, said, “ yep, it’s pretty, and interesting”, left. Left a boatload of money there, too. Nice to visit. Visit.

Posted by: tubal at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (Gqar8)

252 You would think that all of those red states have a "tighter asshole" percentage, which should appeal to CNBC, but no...
They lean towards states with a higher rectal square footage per capita, which is counter-intuitive.

Posted by: UncleJefe at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (gAuAm)

253 This is blue states trying to step out migration.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (mPXxA)

254 200 Being a ghost isn’t so bad. It’s a lot like being alive, honestly.

Posted by: Piper
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Uh.....
Posted by: Jacob Marley's ghost at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (XeU6L)

I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard, kale leaf by kale leaf; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”

Posted by: Kale is a curse beyond death at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

255 > A lot depends on were you live in WA state. West of the Casades, housing prices are super high. (Except SW Wa, weirdly). Central and Eastern WA are like a whole 'nother country. You can find cheap housing there but jobs are scarce. North of Spokane is probably the sweet spot but its in danger of gentrifying.

I'm in western WA, but not in a super expensive town.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:55 PM (mkw2N)

256 167 77 > A 28-year-old male dating a 20 year old chick. That's what they're trying to sell as "grooming," as opposed to furnishing sexual material and sexualized performances to 8-year-old kids.

A few years ago a comic book artist, Warren Ellis, got cancelled for "grooming". He liked the ladies and there were no limit to the amount of gamma level groupies at comic cons he could invite to his hotel room. However, he was accused of "grooming", "love bombing", and even hypnotization of these 20 something and older women. Cancelled as a perv, hasn't worked again in the industry to my knowledge.
Posted by: Croaker at July 14, 2026 12:43 PM (kkG09)

Can confirm Warren Ellis is a dirtbag. I've met him. Don't get me started on Grant Morrison too. Or fucking assmonger Alan Moore.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:55 PM (xcxpd)

257
I think if I lived in a state that was free to make it's own abortion laws and chose restriction, and I really wanted to abort a child, I'd travel to the nearest blue state.

I don't think "rights" are about convenient access.

After all, do you know how much work it would take for me to have my own news network? That restricts the sphere of influence of my "first amendment rights", but it does not restrict them.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:55 PM (Fi81e)

258 Huh. Alaska is a net out flow.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (mPXxA)

259 255 > A lot depends on were you live in WA state. West of the Casades, housing prices are super high. (Except SW Wa, weirdly). Central and Eastern WA are like a whole 'nother country. You can find cheap housing there but jobs are scarce. North of Spokane is probably the sweet spot but its in danger of gentrifying.

I'm in western WA, but not in a super expensive town.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:55 PM (mkw2N)

Monroe was cheap 16 years ago, now everything single family is selling for 600k+

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (xcxpd)

260 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)

261 Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

LOL and btw I belatedly saw you say sorry in the other thread for misunderstanding or whatever, there was no need.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (Qr870)

262 As a Navy buddy of mine once put it, "They can call you an uncouth barbarian in the politest way possible."
Posted by: Bulg

Sounds like they need another whiff of canned sunshine.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (F5FAo)

If you have Netflix, watch "Chainsmoker Cat" and you will see that there is nothing worse that we can do to them than they have done to themselves.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (TR4+2)

263 If I'm going to be taxed somewhere, I think I'd prefer it be property taxes instead of income taxes.

I feel like there's more resistance to raising them and less transplants that sort of "freeload" that are just part time residents.

Posted by: Sharpie at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (iZHgT)

264 Check out these idiots running towards a Grizzly Bear with her cubs:

http://tiny.cc/rup6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (mkw2N)

Pretty sure those aren't grizzlies, but it does take a special kind of retard to sprint towards a bear.

Posted by: far cry at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (wBRco)

265 209 I left Massachusetts 2 years ago and moved to Tennessee. I love it here. Less expense to live and the people are so nice. Best decision.
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We're trying to leave Mass but the housing market seems to be cratering. Can't even get anyone to come look at our nicely updated home, even after we significantly lowered the price. I guess we waited a little too long -- should have left two years ago (at least).

Posted by: Dispatch from Limbo at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (qUkBO)

266 She had Kate Upton hips without the face or boobs.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 12:54 PM (cWLG3)

We've seen very different images of Kate Upton's hips then.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (xcxpd)

267 Uh.....
Posted by: Jacob Marley's ghost at July 14, 2026 12:47 PM (XeU6L)
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I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link, and yard by yard, kale leaf by kale leaf; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”
Posted by: Kale
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Ebenezer Scrooge: You have my sympathy.
Jacob Marley: Ah! You do not know the weight and length of strong chain you bear yourself! It was as full and as long as this seven Christmas eves ago and you have labored on it since. Ah, it is a ponderous chain!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 12:58 PM (XeU6L)

268 I saw my first black bear in the wild the other day. It was cool. A little disconcerting. I did not run towards it. Or away from it.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 12:58 PM (Qr870)

269 Check out these idiots running towards a Grizzly Bear with her cubs:

http://tiny.cc/rup6101
Posted by: bonhomme at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (mkw2N)

Pretty sure those aren't grizzlies, but it does take a special kind of retard to sprint towards a bear.
Posted by: far cry at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (wBRco)
_________

Those idiots look like they are running from ICE. They seem to be running up the road, not intentionally towards the bears.

Those are black bears. Grizzlies have round ears and a pronounced "hump" over their front shoulders.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

270 260 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)

Their laws are really weird and favors corporations. Could be a reason.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (xcxpd)

271 Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:52 PM (/WQyy)

The taxes I cited apply to every property, but yes, you can claim a homestead exemption, and at 65 you can claim and additional exemption. Cummulatively, the two exemptions reduce the taxable value by about $200k

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (3Ope8)

272 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)
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They must not know about the oil cancer.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (Fi81e)

273 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.

Minnesota's wokeness is heavily concentrated in the Twin Cities, and they don't have a lot of statewide laws on the books that are incandescently stupid like most of the true blue states.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (2ocoG)

274 260 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?
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Cheaper than surrounding Blue shitholes + decent beaches. It's all relative.

Posted by: Dispatch from Limbo at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (qUkBO)

275 If I'm going to be taxed somewhere, I think I'd prefer it be property taxes instead of income taxes.

I feel like there's more resistance to raising them and less transplants that sort of "freeload" that are just part time residents.
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I'd rather the opposite. If it can't be all sales/tariffs.

No property; all income; zero deductions or credits for anyone, business or personal.

I can't adjust the value of my property--but counties can and do, especially when they need to raise more revenue.

But I can adjust my income.
And if everyone is taxed, no one gets a discount, everyone has skin in the game to keep taxes low.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (3cUTc)

276 265 209 I left Massachusetts 2 years ago and moved to Tennessee. I love it here. Less expense to live and the people are so nice. Best decision.
___

We're trying to leave Mass but the housing market seems to be cratering. Can't even get anyone to come look at our nicely updated home, even after we significantly lowered the price. I guess we waited a little too long -- should have left two years ago (at least).
Posted by: Dispatch from Limbo at July 14, 2026 12:57 PM (qUkBO)

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Sucks for people selling now, but its a necessary correction after the immigrant wave under Biden jacked up home prices 20% (according to the Fed).

That gets corrected through deportations.

A sign of mass deportations is a weakening sellers market in housing

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (3hMEn)

277 I saw my first black bear in the wild the other day. It was cool. A little disconcerting. I did not run towards it. Or away from it.
Posted by: ...

Cool! Where are you?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

278 CNBC definitely has some split personality. I've seen anchors they have slamming Dems for being anti business and/or clueless. Then you have leftist dingbats like this guy.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (m2wmY)

279 Their laws are really weird and favors corporations. Could be a reason.

A Hawaiian judge declared those laws inoperative because it could hurt Elon. So a lot of companies, including left-leaning ones, have been re-incorporating outside of Delaware.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (2ocoG)

280 >>Totally disagree. There are good and bad states just like there are good and bad anything. It's not a matter of preference unless your preference is high taxes, high property costs , high energy costs and less freedom.

There are good areas and bad areas. The town I live in has and effective crime rate of 0. Taxes are moderate, amenities are through the roof, people are beyond friendly and helpful, the range is 15 minutes from my house and I only lock the doors at night out of habit. I'm more likely to have a deer invade than a person.

I've been in every state other than North Dakota and Alaska and I chose this place because it suits me. If my needs change I'll consider moving but I'm not lacking in any freedoms and the cost of living isn't really an issue.

One thing Rhode Island doesn't have is an entire city being taken over by muslims. Some states do.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)

281 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)

Their laws are really weird and favors corporations. Could be a reason.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (xcxpd)
_________

There's quite a bit of wealth and nice property areas in DE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 14, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/)

282 >>>Pretty sure those aren't grizzlies

Black bears. I saw one several months ago crossing the canal located along my property line before climbing up onto my seawall and trotting away toward a nearby conservation area.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 01:01 PM (J4Dwc)

283 272 Why the heck are people moving to freaking Delaware?

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (anL5R)
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They must not know about the oil cancer.
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (Fi81e)

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You have to live in California to get oil cancer.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:01 PM (cWLG3)

284 273 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.

Minnesota's wokeness is heavily concentrated in the Twin Cities, and they don't have a lot of statewide laws on the books that are incandescently stupid like most of the true blue states.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (2ocoG)

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Its legislature is 50/50 (effectively), reducing the amount of statewide fuckery, I assume.

Kamala won it by less than Trump won NC.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 01:01 PM (3hMEn)

285 I saw my first black bear in the wild the other day. It was cool. A little disconcerting. I did not run towards it. Or away from it.
Posted by: ...
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Pfft. The garbage-raiding buggers wander through here like they own the place.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 01:02 PM (XeU6L)

286 I was born and raised in a scruffy little town in Tennessee, at a time when meeting someone from out of state was something of a novelty rather than the norm. On seeing this article yesterday, I let out a whoop of joy and hope that it gets widely disseminated amongst libs of what a horrible place this is to live.

Posted by: EyeTest at July 14, 2026 01:02 PM (7FmXs)

287 A sign of mass deportations is a weakening sellers market in housing
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Agreed. I've also noticed that rents have fallen for the same reason, so people who might otherwise be buying now are finding a better deal if they rent and wait for house prices to fall.

Posted by: Dispatch from Limbo at July 14, 2026 01:02 PM (qUkBO)

288 The SC market has been flattened by soaring homeowners insurance rates. They have doubled in the past couple years.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 14, 2026 01:03 PM (wBaIH)

289

Why not just come out and say that the fags on staff pick the best states to have unprotected anal sex with young boys in? The NAMBLA ranking.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 14, 2026 01:03 PM (et1vG)

290 @224 those are black bears but running at cubs with mom there while you are holding you're own toddler is a Darwin Award waiting to happen

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:03 PM (m2wmY)

291 One thing Rhode Island doesn't have is an entire city being taken over by muslims. Some states do.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)
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Looking at you Dearborn and Hamtramck.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 01:03 PM (RIvkX)

292 And if everyone is taxed, no one gets a discount,

That is the taxing miracle of inflation. The "Fair Tax" is effectively the same thing with a ton of regulations, carve-outs, and opportunities to game the system in such a way it destroys savers, and rewards foreigners who return to where they came once they earn their tax free income.

Inflation taxes remittances and those repatriating money.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 01:04 PM (/TiS1)

293 I live on a main Street in a small city 90m north of NYC. I've had bears walking around my neighborhood. Never had the urge to run at one

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:04 PM (m2wmY)

294 Fulton county cheat.

Trump is going to address the nation about it Thursday night.
Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM
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Well this should be interesting, but I really wonder if he is able to do anything about it. Too many lefty judges trying to stop him.
Thune better get to work and confirm more judges than Biden was able to because we have no time to waste until Trump is out of office. Every single day matters.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 01:05 PM (NpAcC)

295 Cool! Where are you?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)

Ha, not falling for that one, Bob from NSA!!!

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (Qr870)

296
Never ever believe any of those "The 10 Best [or Worst] Places [or Countries]..." bushwa. They all use soft, easily manipulated criteria to come up with the desired answer. That's why California and New York are always at the top.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (O0L8i)

297 I can see this being important if you're a tranny, but what about the other 99% of the population?

Oh right -- normal people just don't count.
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They have queered the terms of the deal; pray that they do not queer it further.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (Fi81e)

298 Kansas
Curremtly a Dem governor.
Johnson county full of Leftists that whine about the rest of the state.
Most jobs require physical labor (oil and ag). Not a lot of opportunity for DEI.
People think it will be more exciting somewhere else.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (bkuEU)

299
286 I was born and raised in a scruffy little town in Tennessee, at a time when meeting someone from out of state was something of a novelty rather than the norm. On seeing this article yesterday, I let out a whoop of joy and hope that it gets widely disseminated amongst libs of what a horrible place this is to live.
Posted by: EyeTest at July 14, 2026 01:02 PM (7FmXs)
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This scene from Stepbrothers is a good idea how to control the influx. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl85ro60YTU

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (cWLG3)

300 those are black bears but running at cubs with mom there while you are holding you're own toddler is a Darwin Award waiting to happen
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Remember that picture of Steve Irwin provoking a crocodile while holding his infant son?

I liked the guy, but that was NOT a prudent thing to do.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (77rzZ)

301

"Georgia, the fifth-worst in the survey, was explicitly called out for offering “few protections for LGBTQ+ people, making it one of America’s least inclusive states.”"

That is one weird way of looking at how keeping trannies out of the girl's bathroom.

Protecting young girls equals not protecting sexual deviants in these people's minds.

So odd that this brand of thinking is the same across the planet. How does that happen.

Seems like a planted story tbh.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (et1vG)

302 I only wish Indiana were lower on the list to encourage more fags, trannys, and libs (although I repeat myself) to leave my state.

Posted by: toddg at July 14, 2026 01:07 PM (KCFD3)

303 294 Fulton county cheat.

Trump is going to address the nation about it Thursday night.
Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 12:34 PM
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Well this should be interesting, but I really wonder if he is able to do anything about it. Too many lefty judges trying to stop him.
Thune better get to work and confirm more judges than Biden was able to because we have no time to waste until Trump is out of office. Every single day matters.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 01:05 PM (NpAcC)

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I wouldn't expect anything like removal of Ossoff or Warnock.

I would expect potential criminal charges against individuals in the GA and Fulton governments.

Most importantly, I'd expect a weird, completely unexplainable and marked shift rightward in GA politics starting this November.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 01:07 PM (3hMEn)

304
A Hawaiian judge declared those laws inoperative because it could hurt Elon. So a lot of companies, including left-leaning ones, have been re-incorporating outside of Delaware.
Posted by: Ian S.

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Because it could *help Elon?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 01:08 PM (mmrXZ)

305 "Notice something in common?" Newsom posted.

"All led by Republicans -- many suffering from California Derangement Syndrome."
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None of them are centers of Big Media?

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:08 PM (Fi81e)

306 Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........

Posted by: John Thune, worthless asshole at July 14, 2026 01:08 PM (sn5xH)

307 Huh. Alaska is a net out flow.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at July 14, 2026 12:56 PM (mPXxA)

They're tired of seeing Russia from their house.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

308 Corinthian mockery? Of course, why not the best.

Posted by: Ricardo Montalban at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (/iygw)

309 Thank you, CNCB. The people with those priorities need to stay in blue states. Self segregation is just fine.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (afJtY)

310 I wouldn't expect anything like removal of Ossoff or Warnock.

I can only hope he says Biden was illegitimately elected and subsequently sworn in, and everything he did was illegal.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (3Ope8)

311 Can confirm Warren Ellis is a dirtbag. I've met him. Don't get me started on Grant Morrison too. Or fucking assmonger Alan Moore.

yeah I don't know who he is but the other two yeah

anyway I trust your judgment!

still, I want to believe Gaiman is ok. I met him a few times when I was a young lass and he was always really nice and gentlemanly.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (j+aD2)

312 @224 those are black bears but running at cubs with mom there while you are holding you're own toddler is a Darwin Award waiting to happen
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 01:03 PM (m2wmY)

As it SHOULD be. That child should be removed from the parents and placed in a family that has a brain amongst them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (2YhKe)

313 Never ever believe any of those "The 10 Best [or Worst] Places [or Countries]..."

Otherwise known as Click Bait, and generated based on whatever arbitrary crap a person can feed into an AI research assistant into an article.

"Grok: Rank the cities/states/countries on criteria X, Y and Z, then write a folksy introduction and summary in 500 words or less. if you can add an example attractive photo for the Best and a dystopian photo of the least."

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (9Hs2w)

314 Pfft. The garbage-raiding buggers wander through here like they own the place.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 14, 2026 01:02 PM (XeU6L)

Some passing motorists informed my wife she was standing about 50' from one last week when she was taking the dog out to pee. It wandered all the way through town to the river and they lost it. He (probably) has no fear of people. He isn't even paying attention to the people that filmed it. Just a bear doing bear stuff.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (UQtCA)

315 also black bears are ANNOYING

they're all over PA and they are not afraid of people at all

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (j+aD2)

316 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (sn5xH)

317 >>They're tired of seeing Russia from their house.

It's amazing to me how many leftists I've either heard in person or read who believe Sarah Palin actually said that.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (J4Dwc)

318 >>Most importantly, I'd expect a weird, completely unexplainable and marked shift rightward in GA politics starting this November.

Trump claims to have solid evidence of foreign involvement. Do you really think they only targeted Georgia?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (viF8m)

319 215 Embrace the horror of CNBC's ratings.

This just might keep those stupid Left morons out of your state
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:48 PM (RHGPo)

Exactly! Who cares what CNN says? They're leftwing r*tards. Anyone who watches that pigslop unironically is a r*tard. If it causes them to self segragate in their expensive sh*tholes, that is a good thing.

Posted by: Nelly at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (6+ehB)

320 Cost of living in Rhode Island is about 10-12% higher than the national average. Sounds about right for a large gated community.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (/WQyy)

321 Kansas
Curremtly a Dem governor.
Johnson county full of Leftists that whine about the rest of the state.
Most jobs require physical labor (oil and ag). Not a lot of opportunity for DEI.
People think it will be more exciting somewhere else.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (bkuEU)
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Thus answering Thomas Frank's question.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (Fi81e)

322 305 "Notice something in common?" Newsom posted.

"All led by Republicans -- many suffering from California Derangement Syndrome."
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None of them are centers of Big Media?
Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:08 PM (Fi81e)
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The "TDS" label must really sting, eh? Enough to use the phrase "Derangement Syndrome" in a "I know you are, but what am I?" fashion.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (cWLG3)

323 Coworker had a good old boy from Florida visit for work ages ago. He was talking about alligators, and how the Yankees would leave their dogs tied up outside and gators would get them. My coworker relayed to me his exact quote, "There is nothing a gator likes better than little dogs and n****r young 'uns."

Sheesh.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (ufFY8)

324 Still don't get the Left obsessing over public restrooms.
The places are disgusting enough.

Posted by: wth at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (UjdFS)

325 ) hips. They are wrong, everyone says so. Frankly I'm not sure they've ever seen a naked woman before.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 12:46 PM (hDe5k)

A lot of that is just signaling, for blog cred

Posted by: Sentinel at July 14, 2026 01:13 PM (z0zd7)

326 Trump claims to have solid evidence of foreign involvement. Do you really think they only targeted Georgia?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:12 PM (viF8m)
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Seeing how the DSA is a product of Germany, I wouldn't be surprised if he has a case.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 01:13 PM (Fi81e)

327 Take a look at Cohn's other article lists. This is his schtick. He picks the criteria to form his lists based on his own values (which, arguably, require work).

He did a list of the best State economies and listed California, New York, and Minnesota near the very top of the list. California has $1.3 Trillion debt. New York has $2.33 Billion debt. Minnesota has $8.54 Billion debt. All three of these states are losing taxpayers inclusive of high value commercial businesses and high income earners.

Yet, somehow, to Cohn, NY, CA and MN are great places to do business.

Posted by: Orson at July 14, 2026 01:14 PM (dIske)

328 I read a study about taxes by state. And the conclusion was most states tax in pretty narrow narrow band. They looked at the 4 major taxes: income, sales, property, fuel.

And then looked at the median income earner in each state and the % of income paid via those 4 taxes.

The 10 highest states had an average of 11.5% of income paid. The bottom 10 had an average of 6.5%.

High tax states aren’t that high and low tax states aren’t that low for the median income worker. They all tax in the same general neighborhood. Where it gets to the extremes is for high income people. California fucks you good and hard if you make $500k or more whereas TN or NV with no income tax, obviously does not.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 01:14 PM (ehU09)

329 304
A Hawaiian judge declared those laws inoperative because it could hurt Elon. So a lot of companies, including left-leaning ones, have been re-incorporating outside of Delaware.
Posted by: Ian S.

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Because it could *help Elon?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

The Hawaiian judge was operating from a Delaware courthouse. Killing the only reason why Delaware even exists. We should help Delaware out by declaring it a territory and housing all illegals there in prep for their deportation. That should depopulate the state fairly quickly and it could return to a state of nature that enviromentalists would love.Make Delaware Useful Again!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 01:15 PM (hDe5k)

330 265
We're trying to leave Mass but the housing market seems to be cratering. Can't even get anyone to come look at our nicely updated home, even after we significantly lowered the price. I guess we waited a little too long -- should have left two years ago (at least).

That’s too bad. I think it depends how far you are from Boston. I was only 35 mins out of Boston directly west. I had a tiny (<1000 sq ft + 250 finished basement with only 1 bath) 50 yr old house but in a nice town. I made a boat load on it with a bidding war. All my sons had left Mass and I only have 1 sibling left in CT, who’s going south once retirement is reached. There was nothing keeping me there, especially since I couldn’t get a job. I miss New England but not all the crazy Karens who were driving around with masks on in their cars.

Posted by: Mrs Emma Peel at July 14, 2026 01:16 PM (np2zX)

331 "All led by Republicans -- many suffering from California Derangement Syndrome."
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It takes a lot to ruin such a great state as California. Newsome is the right guy to do the job!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 14, 2026 01:18 PM (hDe5k)

332 "There is nothing a gator likes better than little dogs and n****r young 'uns."

Sheesh.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian

I live in the deep, Deep South and never have I heard anyone say anything close to this. In fact, when I had to live in NJ (sorry NJ peeps) for 2 years, it was shocking to me how openly racist many people were.

To be honest, this type of thing would be frowned upon and the person saying it taken to task here. I am not saying we don’t have people who are racist, every place does, I suppose. But I assure you, race relations here are far better than many places.

Posted by: Piper at July 14, 2026 01:19 PM (p4NUW)

333 One thing Rhode Island doesn't have is an entire city being taken over by muslims. Some states do.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:00 PM (viF8m)

Was this asset listed along with the wheelbarrow?

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 01:19 PM (LHPAg)

334 Don't move to Spokane. Just don't. I know it's been a long time since I lived there, but it likely still sucks. The weather is awful too

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 14, 2026 01:20 PM (bkuEU)

335 Noodlum.

Posted by: Nooder at July 14, 2026 01:22 PM (2Ez/1)

336 when I had to live in NJ (sorry NJ peeps) for 2 years, it was shocking to me how openly racist many people were.

NJ has a lot of little ethnic enclaves, still, like NYC used to and I think Long Island still does. If you live in Little Italy all your life, especially if you're old and remember life before the Internet, you just didn't see many nonItalians outside of work. Diversity was when you mingled with the Irish after Mass.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 01:24 PM (gKWVE)

337 Wyoming is gaining quickly. But since they are measuring on a per capita basis I think there will still be room if I decide to move there once I quit working and can ditch Colorado.

As far as Minnesota gaining population I do wonder how many are Somali and Haitian.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 14, 2026 01:26 PM (PV+Zw)

338 noting that Texas added over 67,000 residents and Tennessee added over 42,000

Were they all legal residents? (I'm betting the largest portion of them were.)

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 01:34 PM (kU0PQ)

339 The real question is:
WHO is leaving?
Business owners?
Taxpayers?
Homeless?
Illegal aliens (pardon the h8 crime of stating the plain truth)
I lived near Charlotte, NC in 2008. After the banking debacle, construction cratered, and MANY illegal aliens left, with their families. Suddenly, school enrollment dropped like a rock, as did crime.
Neither change was a bad thing.

Posted by: Linda S Fox at July 14, 2026 01:40 PM (7Rs+y)

340 I'm pissed that my state is number 10. We must advance up that list.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at July 14, 2026 02:00 PM (pohLc)

341
The survey wasn't even about "liveability". CNBC just cherry-picked a small part (11%) of a larger survey about the best places for business. Basically they had an "oh shit" moment when they read their own survey results and they tried to figure out some way to salvage a story out of it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 02:09 PM (dv49b)

342 [puts on his Baron Samedi tophat] You should stay out of Louisiana.

Posted by: hurricane567 at July 14, 2026 02:18 PM (+ayKE)

343 Warren Ellis is a comics writer, not an artist.

His blog was a lot of fun during the '90s. He created the image of himself as a sourball -- and he may well be -- but he looked like a milktoast. Cognitive dissonance.

Posted by: Weak Geek at July 14, 2026 02:29 PM (yRCXf)

344 I can only hope he says Biden was illegitimately elected and subsequently sworn in, and everything he did was illegal.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 01:10 PM (3Ope

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Like voiding all of his Executive Orders and removing KJB from SCOTUS for openers. . . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 02:31 PM (JNTt1)

345 273 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.

Minnesota's wokeness is heavily concentrated in the Twin Cities, and they don't have a lot of statewide laws on the books that are incandescently stupid like most of the true blue states.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (2ocoG)

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Its legislature is 50/50 (effectively), reducing the amount of statewide fuckery, I assume.

Kamala won it by less than Trump won NC.

Posted by: TJM's phone at July 14, 2026 01:01 PM (3hMEn)
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They are however losing businesses at a pretty high clip - the population decreases will follow.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 14, 2026 04:08 PM (GZYu7)

346 48 There's one anomaly in the moved to/from chart: Minnesota. It's as woke as they come, but it's gaining population quickly. Curious.
Posted by: Nemo at July 14, 2026 12:14 PM (4RPgu)

Leftists are migrating there.
Posted by: Josephistan at July 14, 2026 12:20 PM (y9ksN)

Minnesota is a natural draw for people in northwestern Wisconsin and Madison. Saint Paul is just 15 miles from the border & Walz passed a lot of crazy liberal laws recently.

Posted by: Dave at July 14, 2026 05:21 PM (EUhtS)

The Morning Rant: Democratic Socialists Of America Is The Same Tired Evil, But With A Pretty Name

The current tussle within the Democrat Party between old-school octogenarians and the younger, more brash crypto-communists is nothing new. Trotting out class warfare is a tried-and-true trick that the Democrats have often used to motivate their young shock troops on the street and their older, compliant fools who do the actual voting and funding. Post-modernism gave them additional tools in the form of ethnic and sexual divisions, but the overarching principle is the same. Pit one group against another to keep the resentment and anger at a frenzied pitch.

The gentle-sounding name of the largest socialist organization in America should fool nobody, but it does. "Democratic" attached to anything means very little other than the certainty that the rights of the minority will be subsumed -- often violently -- by the desires of the majority. That is an explicit rejection of the political structure of the United States Of America.

Democratic Socialists of America

We are socialists because we reject an international economic order sustained by private profit, alienated labor, race and gender discrimination, environmental destruction, and brutality and violence in defense of the status quo.

Oh no! Private profit! You know...the thing that has driven literally every advancement in human history. The other stuff is just as nonsensical, and if you have the intestinal fortitude, click on the link and look at how bereft of facts the entire website is! They love jargon and obfuscation and political buzz-words, but run screaming from reality...because reality destroys socialism!

Khanna reveals the billionaire tax is just the beginning

the tax should not stop at billionaires; it must reach centimillionaires. The tax has to reach all fortunes $50 million and up.

Here's more of their class warfare nonsense. Soon that $50,000,000 threshold will dip down into the middle class, and all of the home owners of America will be demonized, because THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH MONEY!

Socialists launch radical platform to abolish the US Senate in bid to fundamentally transform America

As many of its candidates notch electoral wins nationwide, the pre-eminent socialist political group in the U.S., the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), plans to roll out an updated platform that includes eliminating the Senate and replacing the president and the Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by Congress.
According to a source familiar with the DSA’s planning, the organization plans to roll out an update next week to its long-term vision for a U.S. policy platform. The update includes eliminating the U.S. Senate and replacing the president and the Supreme Court with an executive branch and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress.
Additionally, the updated platform would include amnesty for all immigrants and defunding the Department of War.
This would be in addition to the DSA’s current policy platform, which calls for an "immediate end to all deportations," free migration between countries without restrictive immigration controls, and "extending full voting rights to people with criminal convictions and noncitizens."

Ah...we finally arrive at the qualitative difference between the dinosaurs of the Democrats and the next generation...they are saying the quiet part out loud. That's the only difference!

Both camps believe that they will be at the pinnacle of their new and improved political structure, and all of us will be at the bottom. That means that they will keep their huge homes and chauffeured cars and private jets... but it will all be in service to the new ~~Soviet~~ American exceptionalism...squalor and privation and death.

The story never changes. Socialism, or whatever they want to call it today, leads to the diminution of the human condition and the destruction of the individual...who has been the catalyst for Man's advancement out of a feudal swamp into the wealth of free markets, free speech, freedom of movement, and the freedom to act in his own best interest.

It is evil, and slapping lipstick onto it won't change that.

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

2 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (kgE5c)

3 They're all commies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

4 The Morning Rant: The Morning Rant:
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The rant so nice ya gotta say it twice!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (FZ29D)

5 Lum has been nooded.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

6 Their greatest success was the nomination of Graham Platner this cycle.

Swamped the establishment pick Janet Mills (sitting governor) by dozens of points in the primary.

Outside of that, it's minimal primary performances that have allowed DSA candidates to beat Democrats in deep blue enclaves.

I really don't think they're going to be able to expand outside of their bubbles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (GKzf4)

7 They're all commies.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

Foreign commies for the most part.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (/WQyy)

8 It is evil, and slapping lipstick onto it won't change that.

What if we really like lipstick?

Posted by: Trans leftists at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

9 There is a process for radically changing the U.S. Constitution, but it's fraught with peril for both sides as anyone can introduce any crazy idea at all.

If enough states sign on to the craziest ideas, we'd be in a very strange world indeed.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 11:04 AM (FZ29D)

10 >>Ah...we finally arrive at the qualitative difference between the dinosaurs of the Democrats and the next generation...they are saying the quiet part out loud. That's the only difference!

Yup

Oddly, most of them were masked at the time!
People were mocking this as covid fear in 2026, but I think for some, it was to mask identity.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:04 AM (X8xt3)

11 Their greatest success was the nomination of Graham Platner this cycle.

Swamped the establishment pick Janet Mills (sitting governor) by dozens of points in the primary.

Outside of that, it's minimal primary performances that have allowed DSA candidates to beat Democrats in deep blue enclaves.

I really don't think they're going to be able to expand outside of their bubbles.

The smarter ones are figuring out that saying the quiet part out loud is electoral poison. See James Carville and Van Jones.

Also, some are coming to the realization that relying on Bernie Sanders to select your candidates might not be the smartest play.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

12 Still enough red blooded Americans to slap these commie retards around.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM (/WQyy)

13 While these idiots are racking up wins in extremely deep blue races, I seriously doubt they will become a national party. They only have one platform, "the government will take everything you own and redistribute it as we see fit" and that is not going to work in red or swing states.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM (0N4FZ)

14 Of course they want to do away with the Senate, because it represents the states. There must be nothing between the vast, coercive Federal government and the peons.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

15 Democratic" attached to anything means very little other than the certainty that the rights of the minority will be subsumed -- often violently -- by the desires of the majority.
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I take great issue with this. It's not about a majority to them, it is sheer force of will. Millions will follow three dudes off a cliff if they think it will get them a square of toilet roll's worth of more power.

The idea that a "majority" has any say is a sop to keep the truly retarded among them (read: most of them) invested.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:06 AM (Qr870)

16 Communism is socialism with beets and vodka
Fascism is socialism with pasta and Chianti
Nazism is socialism with strudel and schnapps
Maoism is socialism with fried rice and rice wine
DSA is socialism with kale and chardonnay

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 14, 2026 11:06 AM (MNCvZ)

17 Apparently DSA wants to abolish the U.S Constitution as well. Forget where I read that, or I'd provide a link, but I'm on my way out.

Thanks for the rant , CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 11:06 AM (Bw1/o)

18 While these idiots are racking up wins in extremely deep blue races, I seriously doubt they will become a national party. They only have one platform, "the government will take everything you own and redistribute it as we see fit" and that is not going to work in red or swing states.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM (0N4FZ)

That's been the Democrat platform for 60 years and they're not doing too bad.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:07 AM (Qr870)

19 11 The smarter ones are figuring out that saying the quiet part out loud is electoral poison. See James Carville and Van Jones.

Also, some are coming to the realization that relying on Bernie Sanders to select your candidates might not be the smartest play.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

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The establishment has to go to war with the DSA.

The DSA is already at war with them.

Yes, there's actually minimal difference in terms of policy preferences, but Democrats are losing officeholders to people who are actively trying to lose general elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:07 AM (GKzf4)

20 Oddly, most of them were masked at the time!
People were mocking this as covid fear in 2026, but I think for some, it was to mask identity.

I think it's less that they really fear being outed, so much as wearing the mask helps them cosplay like they're brave revolutionaries trying to fool the Okhrana.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

21 If enough states sign on to the craziest ideas
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I'm standing right here, you know.
-- 18th Amendment

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

22 13 While these idiots are racking up wins in extremely deep blue races, I seriously doubt they will become a national party. They only have one platform, "the government will take everything you own and redistribute it as we see fit" and that is not going to work in red or swing states.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM (0N4FZ)

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I don't think that's their platform.

Their platform is "Israel is bad."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:07 AM (GKzf4)

23 Democrats = Democratic Socialists
Republicans = Social Democrats

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 11:08 AM (2ap+5)

24 Post-modernism gave them additional tools in the form of ethnic and sexual divisions, but the overarching principle is the same. Pit one group against another to keep the resentment and anger at a frenzied pitch.
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Certainly America has seen socialist candidates before, and has also seen organized leftist violence, as well as street violence of the Antifa type. I don't dispute any of that claim, but this iteration feels considerably more dangerous.

The Teachers Union has succeeded in destroying public education and the marxist domination of universities has delivered an illiterate generation receptive to every cant, unable to think critically, and convinced socialism has never been tried before, despite the bloody record of the twentieth century (of which they are unaware).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 11:08 AM (Z2U2y)

25 No difference between the "DSA' and run of the mill, meathead democrats and those who vote, voted or support and supported them. From social security to EBT to Head Start to every government handout it's all the same take from Peter to pay Paul. Just the costumes and names have changed.

Posted by: Never Vote Democrat at July 14, 2026 11:08 AM (qC81n)

26 That's been the Democrat platform for 60 years and they're not doing too bad.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:07 AM (Qr870)

They used to control both Houses for over 40 straight years. They only win the White House with fraud ( except the first Obama election when the country went full retard)

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:09 AM (/WQyy)

27 While these idiots are racking up wins in extremely deep blue races, I seriously doubt they will become a national party.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM (0N4FZ)

They already are a national party. Not very big, and not very powerful, but they are the tail that wags the Democrat Party dog.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2026 11:09 AM (l4RKn)

28 Yes, there's actually minimal difference in terms of policy preferences, but Democrats are losing officeholders to people who are actively trying to lose general elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:07 AM (GKzf4)

Why did they give up Platner so fast instead of fighting? Sanders and Mamdani couldn't jump on the bandwagon fast enough. They could have easily fought it, the woman had no evidence.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:09 AM (Qr870)

29 I am old enough to remember Students for a Democrat Society (SDS). Commies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 11:10 AM (qFwJc)

30 DSA is Antifa. Terrorists.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 11:10 AM (ftycQ)

31 They already are a national party. Not very big, and not very powerful, but they are the tail that wags the Democrat Party dog.

True, but that was before they realized their tail was actively trying to kill them. As I said, some of the smarter ones are starting to wake up.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

32 Willowed:

Aka "Pompey "the Great"?

"Strabo," I'm guessing, means "cross-eyed" or "squinting."

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Yeah, Strabo is the cognomen "cross-eyed."

But he was Pompey the Great's hardassed, kneebreaking old man.

A Picene himself, he went on a world-historical rampage against Picenum at large and Asculum in particular during the Social Wars.

He was... unforgiving.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:10 AM (BI5O2)

33 despite the bloody record of the twentieth century (of which they are unaware).

Posted by: Huck Follywood

We need to start instituting courses, starting in elementary school, teaching the history of socialism and why it's so evil.

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

34 Then stop using your smart phone, automotive transportation, washing machines, and fast food.

You're welcome.

Posted by: The free market at July 14, 2026 11:11 AM (Vk4Gj)

35 I forgot which DNC convention it was but them voting to remove the mention of God in their platform was when they really jumped the shark to commies. ( the vote barely failed)

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:11 AM (/WQyy)

36 Why did they give up Platner so fast instead of fighting?

That was fast? Everyone but the left's true believers knew early on what a disaster that guy was, but they stuck with him until it become obvious he'd lose, and thereby potentially cost them power. That's their only metric.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

37 Godless commies, the lot of them.

Very few Big Tit Donna sightings.
Nice Bod Brooke is getting long in the tooth.
However, Stuffy Steffy has been wearing some slinky lingerie underneath a trench coat, and doing her scenes in the office. Ridiculous, but funny.
They are bringing in a new crop of younger hot chicks, like "Electra", which is nice.
AND, a bikini bar!

(Bold and the Beautiful, for those not in the know)

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 11:12 AM (AB/qE)

38 12 Still enough red blooded Americans to slap these commie retards around.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM (/WQyy)

We are well beyond the slapping phase.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 11:12 AM (ftycQ)

39 Commie pieces of shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 11:12 AM (sn5xH)

40 the tax should not stop at billionaires; it must reach centimillionaires. The tax has to reach all fortunes $50 million and up.

How DARE YOU be successful. The GOVERNMENT must have that money so they can SQUANDER it and not help ANYONE get ahead.

Equity. It's what's for dinner.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:13 AM (2YhKe)

41 DSA is socialism with kale and chardonnay

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 14, 2026 11:06 AM

What did Piper do to you?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 14, 2026 11:13 AM (kgE5c)

42 The most socialistic states
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Now do it by county, retard

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:13 AM (Qr870)

43 28 Why did they give up Platner so fast instead of fighting? Sanders and Mamdani couldn't jump on the bandwagon fast enough. They could have easily fought it, the woman had no evidence.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:09 AM (Qr870)

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The establishment decided to not fund him. The establishment had been at war with him for months.

DSA just decided to cut their losses, I guess. Maybe they thought that backing Platner after the final accusation would have been the spark that actually started the war between DSA and Democrats at the national level, not just in this pocket.

The DSA knew he was going to lose the general, so he wasn't worth fighting for anymore. They stood to lose more than they could gain by beating the establishment in the primary fight but losing in the general in that instance.

Feels more like a tactical retreat than anything else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:13 AM (GKzf4)

44 The old rule is that the more adjectives in the name of a political entity, the more evil it is.

For example, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

You can tell that's gonna be a hellhole just from the name.

Commies have always liked doing this. Another favorite of theirs is to use words like "truth" and "fact" in the names of the most egregious propaganda organizations. "Pravda". "Truthout". "FactCheck".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:13 AM (IG3/x)

45 Today's Democratic Party.

https://tinyurl.com/48uh7ffv

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

46 36 Why did they give up Platner so fast instead of fighting?

That was fast? Everyone but the left's true believers knew early on what a disaster that guy was, but they stuck with him until it become obvious he'd lose, and thereby potentially cost them power. That's their only metric.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

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He's talking about the DSA's own quick switch from Platner til death to key figures in the movement telling him to drop out over the course of a few days last week.

Not the Democrat Party as a whole.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:14 AM (GKzf4)

47 Posted by: Paul2retarded at July 14, 2026 11:11 AM (gcVeo

Tell your commie brothers to stay in their commie blue shitholes and quit moving to Red States like a cancer.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:14 AM (/WQyy)

48 That was fast? Everyone but the left's true believers knew early on what a disaster that guy was, but they stuck with him until it become obvious he'd lose, and thereby potentially cost them power. That's their only metric.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

Please look at the comment I responded to.

"people who are actively trying to lose general elections. "

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:14 AM (Qr870)

49 It's all really lip service to con the rubes. The real intent is to take wealth by any means necessary for themselves and their enforcers. Resisters with be shot.

It's the DSA platform in a nutshell.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 11:15 AM (jehhT)

50 What did Piper do to you?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Too many jumping jacks, I'm guessing. Look, I like Piper, but 1,000 of those things is just over the line.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

51 Still enough red blooded Americans to slap these commie retards around.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM

"Slap"?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 14, 2026 11:15 AM (kgE5c)

52 > "Pravda". "Truthout". "FactCheck".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:13 AM (IG3/x)

They're not the only ones who do this, of course.

You're likely to get burned if you buy a vehicle from "Honest John's Used Cars".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:15 AM (IG3/x)

53 There was a chart floating around in the last week showing gains and losses in GDP by state over the last year.

DC was included because of course.

DC was the bottom of the chart. It had lost 11% of its GDP in the last year.

(I need to start bookmarking things I find so I can find them quickly...I think it was GDP.)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:16 AM (GKzf4)

54 This would be in addition to the DSA’s current policy platform, which calls for an "immediate end to all deportations," free migration between countries without restrictive immigration controls, and "extending full voting rights to people with criminal convictions and noncitizens."

Oh, THAT'LL work out well for EVERYONE.

F*cking assholes.

FOAD. In a fire. Then in Hell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:16 AM (2YhKe)

55 Pfffft!
The People's Liberation Front of United Judea.

Posted by: Monty Python at July 14, 2026 11:16 AM (Vk4Gj)

56 Slap"?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 14, 2026 11:15 AM (kgE

You guys are really literal minded today.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:17 AM (/WQyy)

57
What did Piper do to you?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 14, 2026 11:13 AM (kgE5c)

Died from a pet induced tumor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:17 AM (2YhKe)

58 I think this is an on point SNL sketch.

https://tinyurl.com/jp8epa6a

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)

59 Please look at the comment I responded to.

"people who are actively trying to lose general elections. "

Posted by: ...

Apologies if I got it wrong. I don't really understand yet how I did, but that isn't uncommon.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

60 > 51 Still enough red blooded Americans to slap these commie retards around.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:05 AM

(sound of helicopter rotor spooling up)

Posted by: Augusto Jose Ramon Pinochet Ugarte at July 14, 2026 11:17 AM (IG3/x)

61 >>I think it's less that they really fear being outed, so much as wearing the mask helps them cosplay like they're brave revolutionaries trying to fool the Okhrana.

Yeah, that, too.
They are full of contradictions, and damaged people to begin with. That said, they are determined, and they are racking up wins.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:18 AM (X8xt3)

62 Too many jumping jacks, I'm guessing. Look, I like Piper, but 1,000 of those things is just over the line.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:15 AM (77rzZ)

You stopped at 1000? I'm too scared to..

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 11:18 AM (ftycQ)

63 48
Please look at the comment I responded to.

"people who are actively trying to lose general elections. "

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:14 AM (Qr870)

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That sentence was unclear in my full intention.

I don't think the DSA candidates in NYC will lose.

I do think they're trying to create an environment where the Democrat Party will lose, though. Not intentionally. They think their message is winning.

So, they want to spread the DSA messaging as far and wide as possible. It will probably be enough to win them in their specific races. It will probably be the kind of messaging that will deteriorate Democrat chances in other races, especially nearby.

"This is the future of the Democrat Party," in ads in purple districts, sort of thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:18 AM (GKzf4)

64 We are socialists because-

we didn't make horrible examples out of your predecessors because our predecessors thought you were humans that had rights.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 11:18 AM (OPGS/)

65 There's a Queensrÿche lyric out there somewhere for this situation. I'm sure of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)

66 I miss Piper.

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

67 Khanna is supposedly worth $20 million

... explains why he stopped at $50 million

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 11:19 AM (RHGPo)

68 Pfffft!
The People's Liberation Front of United Judea.
Posted by: Monty Python at July 14, 2026 11:16 AM

Splitters!

Posted by: The People's United Front for the Liberation of Judea at July 14, 2026 11:19 AM (kgE5c)

69 >>DSA is Antifa. Terrorists.

And foreigners who want to bring down America from within.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:20 AM (X8xt3)

70 Bottom line, the DSA's and the D Party are a lot cozier than many here believe. After all these years - know your enemy.

The DSA is merely the Democrat snake shedding its skin. For now they will be used to create energy, have a message, and move the Overton.

Remember when for a week the "green new deal" was treated as abject stupidity by the "establishment" when deployed as an idea by AOC? I do. Pelosi and Schumer criticized it and laughed at it a day later. Just a couple years after that they all made it law.

You think AOC did that? No. She was simply a public delivery vessel. NOTHING on that side is organic.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:20 AM (Qr870)

71
The Teachers Union has succeeded in destroying public education and the marxist domination of universities has delivered an illiterate generation receptive to every cant, unable to think critically, and convinced socialism has never been tried before, despite the bloody record of the twentieth century (of which they are unaware).

Posted by: Huck Follywood

And yet if leftists don't get illegals and immigrants flowing in like water, they lose elections. Heritage American voters would have given Trump a Reagan sized triumph. Truth is, indoctrination eventually becomes repugnant to thinking people and destroys the indoctrinator's power over time.

Truth always beats lies in the long run because of the cascading nature of lying--you can't stop at one.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:20 AM (E4rtv)

72 Khanna is supposedly worth $20 million

... explains why he stopped at $50 million
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 11:19 AM (RHGPo)

His wife is worth that. He's a worthless grifter that married into the money. His kids own stake in golf courses. They're under the age of 10.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)

73 I miss Piper.
Posted by: Sponge

Me too. Why isn't she on the "Absent Friends" list yet?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:20 AM (77rzZ)

74 >>Khanna is supposedly worth $20 million

Add at least another "0," seen upwards of $300 million.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (X8xt3)

75 Wait: I missed something here.

What happened to Piper?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (IG3/x)

76 70
Remember when for a week the "green new deal" was treated as abject stupidity by the "establishment" when deployed as an idea by AOC? I do. Pelosi and Schumer criticized it and laughed at it a day later. Just a couple years after that they all made it law.

You think AOC did that? No. She was simply a public delivery vessel. NOTHING on that side is organic.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:20 AM (Qr870)

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By made into law, do you mean that they passed the Inflation Reduction Act (lying to the public about its intentions) which was just a giant slush fund for connected cronies?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (GKzf4)

77 US military personnel and contractors in the Middle East were targeted in a coordinated phone-tracking campaign before and during the Iran war, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing telecom data, cybersecurity experts and officials familiar with the matter. “Iran absolutely has capabilities to get real-time, immediate, and continuous location information,” Gary Miller, a senior research fellow at cybersecurity watchdog Citizen Lab, told the FT. “It would surprise me very much if Iran were not using SS7, or mobile network access in the region, to track US users.”

.. the Israelis had this problem back in 2006 Second Lebanon War, when soldiers rush to the front with their cell phones still on. Hezbollah tracked their phones to setup ambushes.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (RHGPo)

78 >>I miss Piper.

>>Me too. Why isn't she on the "Absent Friends" list yet?

Wait -- what?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (X8xt3)

79 78 >>I miss Piper.

>>Me too. Why isn't she on the "Absent Friends" list yet?

Wait -- what?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (X8xt3)

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She's only mostly dead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:22 AM (GKzf4)

80 >>I miss Piper.

>>Me too. Why isn't she on the "Absent Friends" list yet?

Wait -- what?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (X8xt3)

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She's only mostly dead.

It turns out you CAN eat too much kale.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

81
What happened to Piper?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (IG3/x)

Her pet gave her a tumor. It was over quickly. Her ghost posts on occasion...... Just to remind us to drink kale shakes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:22 AM (2YhKe)

82 sid's ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at July 14, 2026 11:22 AM (KPp8e)

83 That is a geriatric ideology of the no longer working class

Who wants to tell him?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

84 Transgender American regrets fleeing to the Netherlands because all the Muslim migrants want to kill him

https://tinyurl.com/4d988cw8

-
How sad for you.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 11:23 AM (ndZc7)

85 > Just to remind us to drink kale shakes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:22 AM (2YhKe)

I do that, but only on Sefton's birthday.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:23 AM (IG3/x)

86 Remember when for a week the "green new deal" was treated as abject stupidity by the "establishment" when deployed as an idea by AOC? I do. Pelosi and Schumer criticized it and laughed at it a day later. Just a couple years after that they all made it law.

You think AOC did that? No. She was simply a public delivery vessel. NOTHING on that side is organic.
Posted by: ...

Whether the Democrats are centrally controlled or not, their brand of politics is becoming toxic simply because it cannot do anything anymore--it is addicted to grifting, spending the public fisc into poverty, lies that girls are boys and vice versa, and so on. Harder to see in blue captured states but the truth is that your elections are certainly fake, gay, and full of fraud, and not organic representations of public will.

The measure of fraud in red states plus the now dead racial gerrymandering is what gives the left any chance of maintaining a national party instead of collapsing into decaying blue redoubts.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)

87 This is the future of the Democrat Party," in ads in purple districts, sort of thing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:18 AM (GKzf4)

But moveable voters don't decide things based on politics. They vote on feels. And if D's come with strong messaging it will attract plenty of people on sound and feel alone, especially if the GOP goes limp or dumb again without Trump to deal with this stuff head on.

The DSA movement is real but their convenient appearance on the political scene and the "messaging" around it is pure psy op.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:23 AM (Qr870)

88 Has the gigolo Khanna donated his wife's inherited money to the Treasury, or has he imagining a carve-out for his tribe?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 11:23 AM (xE0sV)

89 83 That is a geriatric ideology of the no longer working class

Who wants to tell him?

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

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Socialism is new, bruh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:23 AM (GKzf4)

90 Someone said Ro Khana was Hindi for Window Licker. Very apt.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 11:23 AM (sn5xH)

91 Odd. None of the people in that banner the top of their web page look like workers, at least in the old proletarian sense They all look like recent college grads or young professionals.

I wonder if any of them have actually met and befriended a "worker" they claim to be fighting for?

Posted by: Ripley at July 14, 2026 11:24 AM (GUOwU)

92 >>Her pet gave her a tumor. It was over quickly. Her ghost posts on occasion...... Just to remind us to drink kale shakes.

I am missing the joke. . ?
Is she just taking a break?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:24 AM (X8xt3)

93 > 90 Someone said Ro Khana was Hindi for Window Licker. Very apt.

That was me.

It's also Cherokee for "He Wears Velcro Shoes".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:24 AM (IG3/x)

94 84 Transgender American regrets fleeing to the Netherlands because all the Muslim migrants want to kill him

https://tinyurl.com/4d988cw8

-
How sad for you.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Reds find Greener fields full of Muzzies. So much for Watermelon politics of fusion.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM (E4rtv)

95
I am missing the joke. . ?
Is she just taking a break?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:24 AM (X8xt3)

Yes.

No.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM (2YhKe)

96
I'm coming in at #65, so pardon me if it's already been asked, but when is the DSA going to have an answer ready for "Where has socialism ever worked?" Like, make them name the place and time. It seems to me they should be working on that, and we should be prepping for their stupid answers, which will probably be something like "It's never had a chance to work because of US imperialism."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM (mmrXZ)

97 Missouri-based AR-15 manufacturer CMMG put law enforcement on notice in states that ban guns, making clear the company will only sell to them if they make “public and written statements” refusing to enforce “unconstitutional restrictions.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM (RHGPo)

98 The measure of fraud in red states plus the now dead racial gerrymandering is what gives the left any chance of maintaining a national party instead of collapsing into decaying blue redoubts.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)

It's more than that that creates the arena for Democrats to mainstream their garbage.

Fraud and a weak tea or purely traitorous GOP. We still have all three.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM (Qr870)

99 91 Odd. None of the people in that banner the top of their web page look like workers, at least in the old proletarian sense They all look like recent college grads or young professionals.

I wonder if any of them have actually met and befriended a "worker" they claim to be fighting for?

Posted by: Ripley at July 14, 2026 11:24 AM (GUOwU)

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There was some Reddit post highlighted on X from a DSA-type.

They were worrying because they hung out with their working class family and felt repulsed by them even though this person was their advocate and was just trying to do the best for them.

But...the person obviously hated everything about the working class.

It was amusing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM (GKzf4)

100 What happened to Piper?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (IG3/x)

Here we go again.
I'm ashamed to have been part of that whole thing.
I'm changing my nick.
Going incognito.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM (ftycQ)

101 It doesn't matter if the "millionaire's tax" dips into the middle class.

Economic prosperity is driven by those at the top.

If you make the rewards of their efforts less, we get more effort spent in avoiding taxes and regulations rather than spent in pushing technology and services.

We want MORE millionaires, not fewer.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM (N1DT3)

102 Every pure 'Socialist /Commie share the wealth ' country is also a Good Enough country. Why do you think the Soviet Union and CCP produced or produces crap products . It's the good enough attitude . All ThirdWorld countries have that attitude also and they're bringing it here.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM (/WQyy)

103 Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (X8xt3

Piper had a typo several weeks ago which made it sound like she was deceased. The horde ran with it and she took it all in good humor.

Now I really have to go. Have a good day, everyone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM (Bw1/o)

104 They already are a national party. Not very big, and not very powerful, but they are the tail that wags the Democrat Party dog.

That extremity is not the dog's tail — but close.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 11:26 AM (xE0sV)

105 > I wonder if any of them have actually met and befriended a "worker" they claim to be fighting for?
Posted by: Ripley at July 14, 2026 11:24 AM (GUOwU)

Like their demonic false god Marx, none of them have ever worked a day in their lives, nor do they even known anyone who has.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:26 AM (IG3/x)

106 91 Odd. None of the people in that banner the top of their web page look like workers, at least in the old proletarian sense They all look like recent college grads or young professionals.

I wonder if any of them have actually met and befriended a "worker" they claim to be fighting for?
Posted by: Ripley
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Nope. There are some ideas so foolish that only someone who has been educated beyond their intelligence can believe. Socialism is one of them.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv)

107 Hello. I'm liking this blog.
Very new to me. Some of you are so funny.

Posted by: Murderorger at July 14, 2026 11:26 AM (ftycQ)

108 All, Piper is fine. She posted something about her dog a couple of weeks ago about her dog. The post contained the word "rumor," but she mistyped it as "tumor." I thought that meant that she actually had a tumor, and things escalated from there.

Piper did mention yesterday, however, that her father had a medical emergency. She asked for prayers for him.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:26 AM (77rzZ)

109 >>Piper had a typo several weeks ago which made it sound like she was deceased. The horde ran with it and she took it all in good humor.

Thanks, Fen!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:27 AM (X8xt3)

110 "It's never had a chance to work because of US imperialism."

I've read arguments like that. It's amazing that the most beautiful and perfect system of government that grants everyone everything they need fails so bad because of us.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 11:27 AM (OPGS/)

111 104 They already are a national party. Not very big, and not very powerful, but they are the tail that wags the Democrat Party dog.

That extremity is not the dog's tail — but close.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 11:26 AM (xE0sV)

And looking at pictures online of these DSA party members, they smell an awful lot like the the part just below the dog's tail.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 14, 2026 11:27 AM (N39Ws)

112 I wonder if any of them have actually met and befriended a "worker" they claim to be fighting for?
Posted by: Ripley
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Nope. There are some ideas so foolish that only someone who has been educated beyond their intelligence can believe. Socialism is one of them.

I forget who first asked it, but it was unanswerable.

"Do you or anyone you know drive a pickup?"

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

113 107 Hello. I'm liking this blog.
Very new to me. Some of you are so funny.
Posted by: Murderorger

Thanks. We're polite to the new people for about three days and then the masks drop. But feel free to stick around.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 11:28 AM (OPGS/)

114 Wait -- what?!?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:21 AM (X8xt3)

Piper made a typo some weeks back and it became a "thing" that she died for three days and then came back.

I may be mixing up my memes.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:28 AM (Qr870)

115 Every time I hear one of the Democratic socialist nutbags talking about our 'Sacred Democracy', I get a visual flash of Black Sabbath's Mob Rules album cover. These people are fucking ghouls.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 11:29 AM (sYM3s)

116 Best thing these folks can do is say it loud and proud what they really want to do... which is set up a government and economy that mimics the Soviet Union.

Using the "democrat" word is just like most other communist dictatorships. Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, German Democratic Republic, Peoples Republic of China - the initials of which can be pronounce "prick". But we don't teach history any more so the younger generations don't know they've signed a pact with the devil, politically. Then again, some of my generation loved them some Soviet style gummint.

I wonder what happens when the DSA folks find out that their "free Palestine" allies don't want a DSA style government setup but instead want an Islamic State?

Posted by: George V at July 14, 2026 11:29 AM (HUbHH)

117 Thanks. We're polite to the new people for about three days and then the masks drop. But feel free to stick around.

Yeah, what the a***ole said.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

118 "Where has socialism ever worked?"

-
But now they've got all the kinks worked out.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 11:29 AM (ndZc7)

119 Okay, glad Piper is fine, and sorry about her father.

Thanks for clearing it up. I must've missed that one.

Apropos of nothing: if you're a rookie phlebotomist, being super cute and rubbing your breasts on a patient like a hair dresser angling for a tip will only go so far.

He's still not going to like it very much if you do two failed sticks and then have to go get the nurse to do your job for you.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:29 AM (IG3/x)

120 I think this is an on point SNL sketch.

https://tinyurl.com/jp8epa6a
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)
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Amazing video, and illustrates (again) how ignorant of basic civics the young left has become.

They spout talking points as if those bullet points are actual ideas, and so obviously true no evidence is needed to prove their truth.

Thanks for that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 11:30 AM (4UPKJ)

121 There was some Reddit post highlighted on X from a DSA-type.

They were worrying because they hung out with their working class family and felt repulsed by them even though this person was their advocate and was just trying to do the best for them.

But...the person obviously hated everything about the working class.

It was amusing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Ah yes, the self loathers that use their new socializing in higher ed to separate themselves and raise their status by denouncing their past.

They are afraid their new status will crumble propelling them back into their world that they abandoned. In some cases, that is good, but in leftist incubation cases, it is an exaggerated effect based on fake ideas of being enlightened.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:30 AM (E4rtv)

122 Somewhat related: Andy Ngo has a new book coming out in a few months that does a deep dive on the trans Zizian cult. Really spooked him, think it's because these guys are all high IQ as well as murderous, so it's no laughing matter.

@MrAndyNgo
Trans violence is real.

Investigating this secretive trans death cult took me back to America. It put my life at risk again.

Hormones. Human experimentation. Swords. Guns. Bodies.

This is the true story of the Zizians.

ON SALE OCT. 13. PRE-ORDER NOW.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:31 AM (X8xt3)

123
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 11:31 AM (vQPA4)

124 Piper had a typo several weeks ago which made it sound like she was deceased. The horde ran with it and she took it all in good humor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 11:25 AM

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So, greatly exaggerated?
I know how that feels.

Posted by: Samuel Langhorne Clemens at July 14, 2026 11:31 AM (Vk4Gj)

125 Amazing video, and illustrates (again) how ignorant of basic civics the young left has become.

They spout talking points as if those bullet points are actual ideas, and so obviously true no evidence is needed to prove their truth.

Thanks for that.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

The collapse of reading among even 'elite' students means that they literally do not know what they do not know. We have made our higher ed into a bad replica of cargo cult islanders.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:31 AM (E4rtv)

126
Car is loaded. Setting up the gypsy encampment this afternoon. Then it's bathtime for The Big Dummy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 11:32 AM (O0L8i)

127 > MUNKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 11:31 AM (vQPA4)

Minkey.

Posted by: Peter Sellers at July 14, 2026 11:32 AM (IG3/x)

128 110 "It's never had a chance to work because of US imperialism."

I've read arguments like that. It's amazing that the most beautiful and perfect system of government that grants everyone everything they need fails so bad because of us.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 11:27 AM (OPGS/)

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Pol Pot was CIA, dontchaknow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:32 AM (GKzf4)

129 I really don't think they're going to be able to expand outside of their bubbles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

They usually run moderate, and even talk moderate when back in town talking to the local media, but they're criminal communists.

Not willing to give them any slack in their duplicitous charade.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 11:32 AM (Y8DZL)

130 117 Thanks. We're polite to the new people for about three days and then the masks drop. But feel free to stick around.

Yeah, what the a***ole said.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

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I didn't say that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:32 AM (GKzf4)

131 eliminating the Senate

One Senator at a time.

Posted by: The Grim Reaper at July 14, 2026 11:32 AM (FhXTo)

132 I predicted just the other day (well for decades now) that eventually the US Senate will come into the crosshairs of the leftists. Lo and behold they have publicly announced this. The Electoral college is an easier lift, but the “undemocratic” Senate is hated just as much if not moreso.

I look forward to the Democratic clowns in the Senate to try and square that circle. But I’m sure they won’t disappoint.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 11:33 AM (KZ6T9)

133 Thanks. We're polite to the new people for about three days and then the masks drop. But feel free to stick around.

Yeah, what the a***ole said.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

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I didn't say that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:32 AM

Doesn't matter. We're surrounded by @ssholes.

Posted by: Dark Helmet at July 14, 2026 11:34 AM (kgE5c)

134 Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 11:31 AM (X8xt3)

There are a lot of trans who have very high IQs. It's likely part of that 'genius is on the border with insanity' thing.

The guy who invented /created satellite radio ( now Sirius) was a tranny.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:34 AM (/WQyy)

135 your breasts on a patient like a hair dresser angling for a tip will only go so far.

He's still not going to like it very much if you do two failed sticks and then have to go get the nurse to do your job for you.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Maybe she shoulda tried to draw blood from somewhere else...

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

136 Like their demonic false god Marx, none of them have ever worked a day in their lives, nor do they even known anyone who has.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Recently someone published a letter from Marx's father that addressed the lazy ass Karl's complaints and basically demolished Karl's character in the process. Hilarious.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)

137 the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), plans to roll out an updated platform

Operation Warp Speed continues apace.

Posted by: t-bird at July 14, 2026 11:36 AM (Uh88k)

138
136 Like their demonic false god Marx, none of them have ever worked a day in their lives, nor do they even known anyone who has.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Recently someone published a letter from Marx's father that addressed the lazy ass Karl's complaints and basically demolished Karl's character in the process. Hilarious.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)

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Marx Sr. should have had his son killed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:36 AM (GKzf4)

139 > The guy who invented /created satellite radio ( now Sirius) was a tranny.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:34 AM (/WQyy)

Walter (now "Wendy") Carlos was a pioneer in the music synth field.

Dan (later "Dani") Bunton was the author of M.U.L.E., still one of the best video games of all time. Crap 8 bit graphics (though not that bad for the era), but extremely fun to play.

Posted by: Peter Sellers at July 14, 2026 11:36 AM (IG3/x)

140 They were worrying because they hung out with their working class family and felt repulsed by them even though this person was their advocate and was just trying to do the best for them.

Stonetoss did a comic like that. Communist saying how he loved the working people and a dude with a hardhat and pickup truck tried to shake his hand. The communist reared back in disgust.

Do you recall where on X it was? I'm going to look at it when i get home.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 11:37 AM (OPGS/)

141 132 I predicted just the other day (well for decades now) that eventually the US Senate will come into the crosshairs of the leftists. Lo and behold they have publicly announced this. The Electoral college is an easier lift, but the “undemocratic” Senate is hated just as much if not moreso.

I look forward to the Democratic clowns in the Senate to try and square that circle. But I’m sure they won’t disappoint.
Posted by: Common Tater

And pie in the sky idiocy is just the thing to persuade the normies. DSA types are delusional and in many cases foreigners (and I include first generation spawn that may have been born here but lack any understanding of the US and its people) promoting foreign ideals in order to gain more power and wealth for themselves.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)

142 Marx Sr. should have had his son killed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:36 AM (GKzf4)

Strangled in the crib.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 11:37 AM (sn5xH)

143 Yes, there's actually minimal difference in terms of policy preferences, but Democrats are losing officeholders to people who are actively trying to lose general elections.

Most of the old line Dems don’t have a real policy preference outside of “can I personally make money from it?”. Some, like Bernie, do have actual preferences but are willing to bend them if they can personally make money.

The DSA types actually believe the Commie gobbledegook. They’ll take money but they really want to prove they’re the wizards of smart who finally cracked the code on a functioning Marxist utopia. Or as someone said once, “we are the ones we have been waiting for”.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 11:37 AM (ZGrMX)

144 139 Walter (now "Wendy") Carlos was a pioneer in the music synth field.

Dan (later "Dani") Bunton was the author of M.U.L.E., still one of the best video games of all time. Crap 8 bit graphics (though not that bad for the era), but extremely fun to play.

Posted by: Peter Sellers at July 14, 2026 11:36 AM (IG3/x)

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Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter, Heaven's Gate) went tranny late in life. Went by Nikki.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:38 AM (GKzf4)

145 ugh

not a fan of Markwayne Mullin, but he wouldn't do it without Trump's blessing

"BREAKING: Per multiple federal sources to @FoxNews, ICE has been instructed to immediately cease most vehicle stops during immigration enforcement operations nationwide, except for operations targeting the most egregious criminal aliens. This comes after two people were killed by ICE in shootings in TX and ME in the last week in incidents that began as vehicle stops. DHS alleges one of those incidents was a ramming attempt.

I’m told this will be temporary until ICE officers receive new training on vehicle stops.

The policy change will have significant impacts as many of ICE’s arrests begin as vehicle stops when they find and follow a target, as we’ve witnessed on multiple embeds."

Posted by: Commodore at July 14, 2026 11:38 AM (V6W16)

146 There are a lot of trans who have very high IQs. It's likely part of that 'genius is on the border with insanity' thing.

The guy who invented /created satellite radio ( now Sirius) was a tranny.
Posted by: polynikes

The late historian James/Jan Morris.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:38 AM (77rzZ)

147 140 Stonetoss did a comic like that. Communist saying how he loved the working people and a dude with a hardhat and pickup truck tried to shake his hand. The communist reared back in disgust.

Do you recall where on X it was? I'm going to look at it when i get home.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 11:37 AM (OPGS/)

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I probably saw it on Instapundit's feed, probably retweeted from someone like LibsOfTikTok. Not sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:38 AM (GKzf4)

148 Reading the DSA platform answers a question. Many times here somebody will ask when does the shooting start. Now we know.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 14, 2026 11:38 AM (gm9Sb)

149 Marx Sr. should have had his son killed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Both Rousseau and Marx were degenerates and that is why it is so appealing to the mediocre, the losers, and the outsiders in society. They hate normality and want normal people dead.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)

150 142 Marx Sr. should have had his son killed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:36 AM (GKzf4)

Strangled in the crib.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 11:37 AM (sn5xH)

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Which probably would have kept Hitler from becoming the monster he was.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:39 AM (GKzf4)

151
"It's never had a chance to work because of US imperialism."

I've read arguments like that. It's amazing that the most beautiful and perfect system of government that grants everyone everything they need fails so bad because of us.

Posted by: NR

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Not only that, but the most beautiful and perfect system of government can't defend itself against the most ugly and corrupt one.

Also somehow, it was US imperialism that defeated the USSR and is keeping China down-ish.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 11:40 AM (mmrXZ)

152 If you make the rewards of their efforts less, we get more effort spent in avoiding taxes and regulations rather than spent in pushing technology and services.

It's how we get billionaires spending tons of money to get their personal fantasy projects permitted by government.

- Deliberately poison the population so they're allergic to meat? 'Donate' to enough politicians.
- Ten minute cities? 'Donate' to enough politicians.
- Trans all the kids? 'Donate' to enough politicians.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 11:40 AM (ExV1e)

153
We are socialists because we reject an international economic order sustained by private profit,

(The intelligencia's dachas will be publicly funded)

alienated labor,

(Uprooting the suburban/urban middle-class and sending them out at the point of a bayonet into the fields to work on collective farms will be voluntary)

race and gender discrimination,

(Unless you're a Joo.)

environmental destruction,

(E Germany, N Korea and China are totally clean paradises)

and brutality and violence

(Bruh! You don't have to sell me.)

in defense of the status quo.

(brutality is more fun when they resist)

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 14, 2026 11:41 AM (vQPA4)

154 Both Rousseau and Marx were degenerates and that is why it is so appealing to the mediocre, the losers, and the outsiders in society. They hate normality and want normal people dead.

If you want more information on just what a bunch of tools they were, read Paul Johnson's excellent "Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky – A Fascinating Portrait of Brilliant and Dangerous Minds".

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

155 MAGA lol

Go home and suck your mommy's cock.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 11:42 AM (sn5xH)

156 Dan (later "Dani") Bunton was the author of M.U.L.E., still one of the best video games of all time. Crap 8 bit graphics (though not that bad for the era), but extremely fun to play.

Bunton also was very open about the fact that transing himself didn’t actually solve anything and eventually suicided. Which is why activists don’t publicize him.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 11:42 AM (ZGrMX)

157
Piper did mention yesterday, however, that her father had a medical emergency. She asked for prayers for him.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:26 AM (77rzZ)

Oooh. Suck.

Will do......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)

158 Some of the lefties 25 years ago used to try that shit.

Them: “We need to be more like Sweden”

Me: We are not fucking Sweden, if you hadn’t noticed. LOL!

Jeeze louise. I’m convinced humans are ever malleable in terms of bullshit, and the supposedly highly intelligent are in fact MORE easily conned.

Or put another way - “Some ideas are so stupid, only an intellectual could believe them.” George Orwell

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 11:43 AM (HeUVf)

159 The DSA types actually believe the Commie gobbledegook. They’ll take money but they really want to prove they’re the wizards of smart who finally cracked the code on a functioning Marxist utopia. Or as someone said once, “we are the ones we have been waiting for”.
Posted by: Ian S.

From what I saw, most of the DSA types don't particularly know what they are for, they know what they are against. Their actual knowledge is bits and bobs of slogans, the rush of camaderie with other degenerates, the keen types that see a revolution is something to be hyper organized (often women), the magnetic attraction of societal losers and downwardly mobile individuals, those with family issues, and freaks. It isn't really any doctrine because those doctrines change like socks as dictated by the few that try to 'direct' the revolution.

And that is a rebellion against normality because normality sucks for them so they want to change it.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)

160 Hello. I'm liking this blog.
Very new to me. Some of you are so funny.
Posted by: Murderorger at July 14, 2026 11:26 AM (ftycQ)

Welcome!

Best place on the interwebs. Don't f*ck it up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)

161 But this time we are going to have the right people in charge of communism.

The other lie in DSA is socialism. Because what it will be is totalitarian communist authoritarianism.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 14, 2026 11:44 AM (XdPwa)

162 159 Some of the lefties 25 years ago used to try that shit.

Them: “We need to be more like Sweden”

Me: We are not fucking Sweden, if you hadn’t noticed. LOL!

Jeeze louise. I’m convinced humans are ever malleable in terms of bullshit, and the supposedly highly intelligent are in fact MORE easily conned.

Or put another way - “Some ideas are so stupid, only an intellectual could believe them.” George Orwell

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 11:43 AM (HeUVf)

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The story of the success of Nordic socialism is actually the story of cohesive, monolithic societies that exclude outsiders from their borders and rely almost entirely on oil sales to prop up a welfare state.

But, monolithic white societies and oil sales are bad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:44 AM (GKzf4)

163 I forgot which DNC convention it was but them voting to remove the mention of God in their platform was when they really jumped the shark to commies. ( the vote barely failed)
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 11:11 AM (/WQyy)

THIS! This is when I became convinced that the party had truly turned evil.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 14, 2026 11:44 AM (g8Ew8)

164 There are a lot of trans who have very high IQs. It's likely part of that 'genius is on the border with insanity' thing.

There is pretty much an “autism to trans pipeline”.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 11:45 AM (ZGrMX)

165
the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), plans to roll out an updated platform that includes eliminating the Senate and replacing the president and the Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by Congress.

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I'd like to see the 3 bimbos on SCOTUS comment on that. I always talk about the Strict Scrutiny podcast, which also consists of 3 bimbos talking about SCOTUS. I dare them to comment.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 11:45 AM (mmrXZ)

166 DSA are Communists, plain and simple. Round them up and gas them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 11:46 AM (1z8ji)

167 It is evil, and slapping lipstick onto it won't change that.

Would it change your mind if the lipstick is penis-flavored?

Posted by: James Talarico at July 14, 2026 11:46 AM (nTGnD)

168 the tax should not stop at billionaires; it must reach centimillionaires. The tax has to reach all fortunes $50 million and up.

final markup

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 11:46 AM (/+uur)

169 Stonetoss did a comic like that. Communist saying how he loved the working people and a dude with a hardhat and pickup truck tried to shake his hand. The communist reared back in disgust.

Do you recall where on X it was? I'm going to look at it when i get home.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 11:37 AM (OPGS/)

https://tinyurl.com/mry4xvc8

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 11:46 AM (ExV1e)

170 Socialists never create anything.

They take already established institutions, break them down, destroy them and then blame the institution for existing in the first place.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:46 AM (XESzo)

171 Jeeze louise. I’m convinced humans are ever malleable in terms of bullshit, and the supposedly highly intelligent are in fact MORE easily conned.

Or put another way - “Some ideas are so stupid, only an intellectual could believe them.” George Orwell
Posted by: Common Tater
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Midwits are the avant garde targets--the really scary smart people simply do their own thing as they are rarely compatible with social movements or even other's company for long. Scary smart types are more typically loners, not joiners.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)

172 Stonetoss did a comic like that. Communist saying how he loved the working people and a dude with a hardhat and pickup truck tried to shake his hand. The communist reared back in disgust.

Do you recall where on X it was? I'm going to look at it when i get home.

Posted by: NR Pax
________

I don't read comics, but I do own the complete Liberal Man series from the 90s. He had a sidekick, a young black chick, called Equal-kick.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 11:47 AM (XvL8K)

173
Apropos of nothing: if you're a rookie phlebotomist, being super cute and rubbing your breasts on a patient like a hair dresser angling for a tip will only go so far.

It'll go pretty far..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:47 AM (2YhKe)

174 the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), plans to roll out an updated platform that includes eliminating the Senate and replacing the president and the Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by Congress.

Change the Constitution and you have destroyed the bonds that hold us together.

That means war. And you definitely won't like those ROE.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 11:47 AM (F5FAo)

175 "Communists, I keel them for free".

Tony Montana

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 14, 2026 11:48 AM (gm9Sb)

176 There is pretty much an “autism to trans pipeline”.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 11:45 AM (ZGrMX)

Lubricated by counselors and therapists and psychologists.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2026 11:48 AM (l4RKn)

177 171 Socialists never create anything.

They take already established institutions, break them down, destroy them and then blame the institution for existing in the first place.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 11:46 AM (XESzo)

1. Identify a respected institution.

2. kill it.

3. gut it.

4. wear its carcass as a skin suit, while demanding respect.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 11:48 AM (/+uur)

178 The Soviets were weird, you couldn’t buy a toaster, or a washing machine, or a car or anything that someone would want to purchase if they had a choice. Shoes were a hot item.

But they had a space program, and this was derived from the fact they could launch hydrogen weapons via (crude) ICBMs. Surprisingly this merited some public criticism even in a society where complaints might get you sent to a work camp in Siberia.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 11:49 AM (eANjq)

179 Alright, I'm off to get radiated. They said that the first appointment was longer.

https://youtu.be/OtJmVDoY904

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 11:49 AM (ExV1e)

180 175 the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), plans to roll out an updated platform that includes eliminating the Senate and replacing the president and the Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by Congress.

Change the Constitution and you have destroyed the bonds that hold us together.

That means war. And you definitely won't like those ROE.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 11:47 AM (F5FAo)

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If they change the constitution through the proscribed method, the changes will have roughly 3/4 support through either Congress or representatives elected to a constitutional convention.

They're not talking about that.

They're talking about *hand wave* the constitution doesn't work anymore.

Probably through the judiciary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:49 AM (GKzf4)

181
The tax has to reach all fortunes $50 million and up.

__________

For 15 minutes, everyone will be a billionaire.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 11:49 AM (O0L8i)

182 Why did they give up Platner so fast instead of fighting? Sanders and Mamdani couldn't jump on the bandwagon fast enough. They could have easily fought it, the woman had no evidence.
Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:09 AM (Qr870)

Probably other women, or children, waiting in the wings.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 11:50 AM (1z8ji)

183 Alright, I'm off to get radiated.
https://youtu.be/OtJmVDoY904
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Good luck. Hope you come back with some really cool superpowers!

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:50 AM (77rzZ)

184 I'd like to see the 3 bimbos on SCOTUS comment on that. I always talk about the Strict Scrutiny podcast, which also consists of 3 bimbos talking about SCOTUS. I dare them to comment.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Legal matters require reflection and self criticism along with a deep knowledge of history of law and society. Somehow I don't think the three people you are citing have any of that. To that sort, law is a fashion to be changed on a whim.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:50 AM (E4rtv)

185
For 15 minutes, everyone will be a billionaire.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 11:49 AM (O0L8i)

"It would only cost $300,000,000 to do!"

- - - - - - MS NOW

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:50 AM (2YhKe)

186 "Soon that $50,000,000 threshold will dip down into the middle class, and all of the home owners of America will be demonized, because THERE IS NEVER ENOUGH MONEY!"

It will never get down low enough to affect us!

Posted by: Kulaks at July 14, 2026 11:51 AM (ufJfM)

187 Alright, I'm off to get radiated.
https://youtu.be/OtJmVDoY904
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

That's going in strong, I will admit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)

188 Probably other women, or children, waiting in the wings.

The assumption (probably a good one) was that the Republicans were just waiting for the deadline to pass, and then, when the Dems were stuck with Platner, they'd drop whatever nuclear scandal they had.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

189 There is pretty much an “autism to trans pipeline”.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 14, 2026 11:45 AM (ZGrMX)

You can tell the stage of society breakdown by how the medical/psychological systems treats the sick.
Canada kills their sick; number 5 or 5 cause of death.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 11:51 AM (/+uur)

190
Lubricated by counselors and therapists and psychologists.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2026 11:48 AM (l4RKn)

The anus can be tight, you know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:52 AM (2YhKe)

191 It will never get down low enough to affect us!

Posted by: Kulaks

Don't think we don't know about your second cow, COMRADE!

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

192 Probably through the judiciary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Reinventing the Rousseau despot magistrates for the 'General Will'. And those idiots will be depressed as Rousseau himself admits quietly that the Right of Revolt exists if the magistrates are in fact falsely claiming general will for their actions.

Degenerate philosophy from a perverted degenerate.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:52 AM (E4rtv)

193 189 Probably other women, or children, waiting in the wings.

The assumption (probably a good one) was that the Republicans were just waiting for the deadline to pass, and then, when the Dems were stuck with Platner, they'd drop whatever nuclear scandal they had.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

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2020 Arkansas senate race.

Tom Cotton ran against a Libertarian because the Democrat dropped out the day after his nomination was official.

No Torricelli maneuver even though everyone tells me that Democrats can do that in any state at any time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:53 AM (GKzf4)

194 Some people just want to destroy the world. These people self identify as socialists, communists, and collectivists.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 14, 2026 11:53 AM (XdPwa)

195 Venus at the top of the page
or Punk Monkey

Hmmm. Tough choice.

Posted by: mindful webworker - compromise- punk Venus at July 14, 2026 11:53 AM (ci8WY)

196 "We need to be more like Sweden."

"Move to Sweden. Try it on for size. Let us know how that goes."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:54 AM (2YhKe)

197
I always talk about the Strict Scrutiny podcast, which also consists of 3 bimbos talking about SCOTUS. I dare them to comment.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Legal matters require reflection and self criticism along with a deep knowledge of history of law and society. Somehow I don't think the three people you are citing have any of that. To that sort, law is a fashion to be changed on a whim.
Posted by: whig

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You probably won't be surprised, but the 3 bimbos on Strict Scrutiny are:

1 - Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School (Teaches constitutional law and federal courts)

2 - Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

3 - Professor of Law at New York University School of Law (Constitutional law scholar)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 11:54 AM (mmrXZ)

198 I've noticed lately that AOC is aging badly and starting to get plump. Is a fat communist really the image they want to have represent them?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 11:55 AM (sYM3s)

199 192 "Look, comrade, here's mommy and daddy's grain".

Pavlik Morozov

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 14, 2026 11:55 AM (gm9Sb)

200 If they change the constitution through the proscribed method, the changes will have roughly 3/4 support through either Congress or representatives elected to a constitutional convention.

They're not talking about that.

They're talking about *hand wave* the constitution doesn't work anymore.

Probably through the judiciary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And that's what destroys the ties that bind us.
You thought the War of Northern Aggression was something, you haven't see shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 11:55 AM (F5FAo)

201 I've noticed lately that AOC is aging badly and starting to get plump. Is a fat communist really the image they want to have represent them?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 11:55 AM (sYM3s)

The taxpayer teat is LOADED with empty calories.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)

202 199 I've noticed lately that AOC is aging badly and starting to get plump. Is a fat communist really the image they want to have represent them?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 11:55 AM (sYM3s)

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She's much more likely to challenge Schumer for his seat in 2028 than run for president.

It'd be funny if she had to give up her seat in Congress to run, decides to run for Senate, Schumer goes scorched earth, and she's suddenly out of office.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:56 AM (GKzf4)

203 I've noticed lately that AOC is aging badly and starting to get plump. Is a fat communist really the image they want to have represent them?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

The Abuela Wall comes for all.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 11:56 AM (F5FAo)

204 through the proscribed method

*cough* "prescribed" *cough*

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:56 AM (77rzZ)

205 I'm just saying Alexandre Cabanel clearly did not meet a lot of actually hot chicks.

Not great proportions on his Venus. Lumpy, non-busty.

Anyway, what are we talking about here?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 11:57 AM (xcxpd)

206 205 through the proscribed method

*cough* "prescribed" *cough*

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:56 AM (77rzZ)

=======

*points to self*

Illiterate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:57 AM (GKzf4)

207 Legal matters require reflection and self criticism along with a deep knowledge of history of law and society. Somehow I don't think the three people you are citing have any of that. To that sort, law is a fashion to be changed on a whim.
Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:50 AM (E4rtv)

You need to read opinions but there is much to be said for reading the law.
No one really believes what Roberts said the 14th means by the word jurisdiction.

The extent of authority or control.
The territorial range of authority or control.

People that move in and out of countries for benefits are in NO WAY under the jurisdiction. That is why they hide, run to home, or another country when they finally face the law.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 11:57 AM (/+uur)

208 The story of the success of Nordic socialism is actually the story of cohesive, monolithic societies that exclude outsiders from their borders and rely almost entirely on oil sales to prop up a welfare state.

But, monolithic white societies and oil sales are bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:44 AM

Let us not forget the "relying on the U.S. for defense so you can pump what would have been your defense budget into social programs" aspect of it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 14, 2026 11:57 AM (kgE5c)

209 204 One nino away from the tamale bucket brigade.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 14, 2026 11:58 AM (gm9Sb)

210 Bastille Day Scandal: Any Person, French or Foreign, Wishing to View the Champs-Élysées Parade Must Wear a QR Code

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 11:58 AM (RHGPo)

211 If these morons believe people should get to live, work, and vote wherever they want without worrying about borders and/or citizenship, it's only fair that we start taxing the rest of the planet.

Posted by: Octochicken at July 14, 2026 11:58 AM (oCS0o)

212 212 If these morons believe people should get to live, work, and vote wherever they want without worrying about borders and/or citizenship, it's only fair that we start taxing the rest of the planet.

Posted by: Octochicken at July 14, 2026 11:58 AM (oCS0o)

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And we get to vote in English elections.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:58 AM (GKzf4)

213 The anus can be tight, you know.
——

Sponge know things and his words have iron.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 14, 2026 11:58 AM (XdPwa)

214 We have to many bums in this country that want to sit around and do nothing but let the government take care of them. The ones getting screwed on this deal are working people who's money pays for everything. On top of that the government takes away our rights, our Constitution gets flushed down the crapper. Bunch of bullshit.

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 11:59 AM (IY9No)

215 *points to self*

Illiterate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Just because all the red squiggles have gone away, that doesn't mean that you've used the right word.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

216 216 *points to self*

Illiterate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Just because all the red squiggles have gone away, that doesn't mean that you've used the right word.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:59 AM (77rzZ)

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Wall, all bee.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 12:00 PM (GKzf4)

217 United passenger says crew ordered him to change controversial T-shirt "Bombing kids is not self defense," before he could travel

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 12:00 PM (RHGPo)

218 The anus can be tight, you know.

There's a Karmelo Anthony in there somewhere.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 12:00 PM (F5FAo)

219 210 204 One nino away from the tamale bucket brigade.
****

Ok, that was cruel.... Approved!!

Posted by: clarence at July 14, 2026 12:00 PM (HpRTp)

220 Dear Troll,

Did your parents have any children that mattered?

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:00 PM (OPGS/)

221 Dear Troll,

Did your parents have any children that mattered?
Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:00 PM (OPGS/)

Sick.

Burn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:01 PM (2YhKe)

222
The Abuela Wall comes for all.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 11:56 AM (F5FAo)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:02 PM (2YhKe)

223 Posted by: MAGA lol at July 14, 2026 12:02 PM (0ICUs)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 14, 2026 12:02 PM (2YhKe)

224
The Abuela Wall comes for all.
Posted by: rickb223

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

Aaa. Her face may be settling a little due to gravity, but she looks great.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 14, 2026 12:03 PM (mmrXZ)

225 The Abuela Wall comes for all.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 11:56 AM (F5FAo)

And she's not even a madre yet.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:03 PM (77rzZ)

226 16 Communism is socialism with beets and vodka
Fascism is socialism with pasta and Chianti
Nazism is socialism with strudel and schnapps
Maoism is socialism with fried rice and rice wine
DSA is socialism with kale and chardonnay

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 14, 2026 11:06 AM (MNCvZ)

Piper is a crypto-Democratic Socialist!

Posted by: PURGE THE COMMIE!!!! at July 14, 2026 12:03 PM (TbWk/)

227 Tell me, accidental birth.

How come all you have to attack when it comes to billionaires is Musk?

Why don't you ever go after Gates, or Bloomberg, or Soros or any other leftist billionaire?

Aren't they baddies too? I mean, they're in the EVIL BILLIONAIRE club.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:04 PM (2YhKe)

228 229 Why don't you ever go after Gates, or Bloomberg, or Soros or any other leftist billionaire?

Aren't they baddies too? I mean, they're in the EVIL BILLIONAIRE club.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:04 PM (2YhKe)

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Gates went to Epstein Island, too.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 12:04 PM (GKzf4)

229 Aaa. Her face may be settling a little due to gravity, but she looks great.

Concur.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

230
Gates went to Epstein Island, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 12:04 PM (GKzf4)

But Trump is a pedo, you see. Because he kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-lago, or some such.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:05 PM (2YhKe)

231 Aaa. Her face may be settling a little due to gravity, but she looks great.

Concur.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 14, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

I've just never been that in to donkeys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:06 PM (2YhKe)

232 Abolish the senate and replace the president and Supreme Court with an appointed executive. We’ll just name the new Congress the Supreme Soviet.

Posted by: Advo at July 14, 2026 12:06 PM (jO4mz)

233 Arkansas takes home top ranking for religious freedom after Gov Sanders expands key protections
The Natural State scored 89.2% on 50 legal benchmarks, earning the index's new 'excellent' rating for faith protections

Funny that 95% of Progressives would not call this freedom.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 12:06 PM (/+uur)

234 Somebody needs to break a norm, at some point, just to reset expectations.

In this case it might be "we are pulling back agents from vehicular stops at protests, for retraining. From now on, vehicle stops for protesters in public thoroughfares will entail an automatic detainment - no bail - in a federal facility pending arraignment on the terrorism charges. This could take up to 5000 weeks. Please do not resist arrest, if this should be you."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 12:06 PM (BI5O2)

235 227 The Abuela Wall comes for all.

A friend of mine who has Japanese heritage said she's looking like an Oba-chan now.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 12:07 PM (OPGS/)

236 233 Abolish the senate and replace the president and Supreme Court with an appointed executive. We’ll just name the new Congress the Supreme Soviet.
Posted by: Advo at July 14, 2026 12:06 PM (jO4mz)

I nominate Trump.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 12:07 PM (UQtCA)

237
Funny that 95% of Progressives would not call this freedom.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 12:06 PM (/+uur)

But their ideas are soooooo gooooood, they must be enforced.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:07 PM (2YhKe)

238 237
Funny that 95% of Progressives would not call this freedom.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 12:06 PM (/+uur)

But their ideas are soooooo gooooood, they must be enforced.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:07 PM (2YhKe)

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Quality comment. Dense with irony and meaning.

9.5/10

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 12:08 PM (GKzf4)

239 AOC looks like someone with a thyroid problem.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 12:08 PM (/WQyy)

240
Quality comment. Dense with irony and meaning.

9.5/10
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 12:08 PM (GKzf4)

Thank you. Thank you very much.

I'd like to thank all the little people........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

241 Thx CBD.
My county is trying to enact a high earners income tax surcharge. They have to go to the state legislature for approval and law changes. The *high earner" number keeps shifting. My DSA assembly woman is putting out stuff saying people keep leaving NYS is a lie. Scum

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 12:09 PM (m2wmY)

242 I'm just saying Alexandre Cabanel clearly did not meet a lot of actually hot chicks.

Not great proportions on his Venus. Lumpy, non-busty.

Anyway, what are we talking about here?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 14, 2026 11:57 AM (xcxpd)

Looked kinda like a Barbie doll.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 12:09 PM (1z8ji)

243
Nature, much like a cat, abhors a vacuum.

Posted by: Axeman at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (Fi81e)

244 We are socialists because we reject an international economic order sustained by private profit, alienated labor, race and gender discrimination, environmental destruction, and brutality and violence in defense of the status quo.

Except that's pretty much what they want. An international economic order sustained by profit in the hands of a very few overlords, slave labor doing work in the amount and type as dictated by the Party, race and gender discrimination through applied critical race and gender theory, environmental destruction through prohibition of reasonable private management and conservation, and shitloads of brutality and violence against everyone who doesn't toe the line.

Posted by: They're all Stalinists, Maoists, Kims... at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (TbWk/)

245 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

246 I'd like to thank all the little people........
Posted by: Sponge

What do you have, how you say, against me?
-- The Paolo

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 12:10 PM (77rzZ)

247 233 Living here in the Natural State of Arkansas has brought me to believe I couldn't live in one of the blue states. The abundance of freedom and lack of hassle from the government is unbelievable compared to others, yet the place runs efficiently.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 14, 2026 12:11 PM (gm9Sb)

248 I hate commies, they are thieves.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 14, 2026 12:11 PM (Q/FnY)

249 1 gig down to 50,000,000: 95% reduction in the threshold. That's a *very* steep slope. One more slide down that slope and you're looking at the amount of wealth held (in home value/IRAs) by a large amount of seasoned citizens.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at July 14, 2026 12:13 PM (cSmE1)

250 Looking for a job?

California deploys "trash spies" to make sure people are sorting their waste properly

-
Undercover trash inspector.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 12:18 PM (ndZc7)

251 Let’s just seize all the assets of Democrats and Democratic Socialists. They shouldn’t mind.

Posted by: OnPoint at July 14, 2026 12:44 PM (RK/h9)

252 Looking for a job?

California deploys "trash spies" to make sure people are sorting their waste properly

-
Undercover trash inspector.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 12:18 PM (ndZc7

I was seeing the beginnings of that the year before I got out. Left a lot of lunacy when I quit that state..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 14, 2026 12:58 PM (nbLIj)

253 The bell curve mandates that *all* tax the rich will hit the middle class, because that is where most of the area under the curve is. Billionaires are few, as are abject poor. Rich people can invest on tax dodges of one sort or another, middle class people in bulk have lots of money and aren't able to hide it.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 01:45 PM (uhVAy)

254 The story of the success of Nordic socialism is actually the story of cohesive, monolithic societies that exclude outsiders from their borders and rely almost entirely on oil sales to prop up a welfare state.

But, monolithic white societies and oil sales are bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 11:44 AM

Let us not forget the "relying on the U.S. for defense so you can pump what would have been your defense budget into social programs" aspect of it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 14, 2026 11:57 AM (kgE5c)

The Nordic nations have all denied that their societies are actual socialism as well.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 14, 2026 01:47 PM (uhVAy)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Venus
Alexandre Cabanel

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Nekkid!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (F5FAo)

2 boobs

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (/+uur)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

4 Thic

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (jehhT)

5 A's to J's.

I've seen one, I want to see the rest.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

6 Them's child birthin' hips.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

7 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (F5FAo)

8 Whoa!

PS. Don't eat the apple. Trust me on this.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (SOO8e)

9 Birthing hips.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

10 I was expecting more of a Goddess, not more flesh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (u82oZ)

11 Venus"

Shocking Blue.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (XuXeR)

12 She is what black men would refer to as a 'Thoroughbred.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

13 Nude nood!

This wasn't painted for the "modern audience," I see!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

14 This wasn't painted for the "modern audience," I see!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

Thank goodness. Modern art sucks.

Just look at the Owebama liebarry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

15 https://youtu.be/d4-1ASpdT1Y

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

16 Going with the original nude gal. She's chunking out a bit.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 14, 2026 09:34 AM (sl73Y)

17 I'm your Venus, I'm your fire.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 09:34 AM (ibDUx)

18 Her hands are so delicate!

*waits*

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:34 AM (X8xt3)

19 She's eaten plenty of hamburgers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)

20 When doves cry...

Posted by: Zombie Formerly Known as Prince at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)

21 The probability of a carpeting vs. hardwood discussion breaking out has increased.

Awaiting zombie Bob Ross' thoughts.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (0sNs1)

22 Like this one. Nice muted colors. And boobies of course.
Looked up the artist, was real big on painting mythic figures
Would hang, thx for the continuing art education CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (m2wmY)

23 Small boobs and big butt.

Would not hang.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

24 Why is she standing in front of the U.S. Treasury building?

Posted by: dantesed at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)

25 Her hands are so delicate!

It's all about the elbows.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

26 Her hands are so delicate!

*waits*
Posted by: Lizzy

IT'S A TRAP!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (F5FAo)

27 No. That is not Venus. That is Venus’s cousin Vemoose.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (FyPhv)

28 I'm sorry, Venus should have waaaaay bigger hooters than this chick.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

29 Oooh! Pubes!

Posted by: Dr_No at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (ayRl+)

30 The doves were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (Vk4Gj)

31 What does it mean to an artist to paint Venus in the 19th century?

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (2ap+5)

32 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Cabanel put a lot in the caboose.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (2WIwB)

33 You know what they say about women whose second toes are longer than their big toes.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

34 I’m sure she has a good personality.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (yEz+x)

35 Those are what's known as 'saddlebags.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)

36 Why is she killing birds?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (Kt19C)

37 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...

Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (I0N4X)

38 Why is she killing birds?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (Kt19C)

Has to be done.

Posted by: Helmet at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)

39 Why is she standing in front of the U.S. Treasury building?

And where's the damn Model A?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (zdLoL)

40 You know what they say about women whose second toes are longer than their big toes.
Posted by: one hour sober

She can perch?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (F5FAo)

41 This is haram!

Take her to my tent immediately!

Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (0sNs1)

42 37 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (I0N4X)

LOL

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2ap+5)

43 I'm sorry, Venus should have waaaaay bigger hooters than this chick.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)

44 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (I0N4X)

Heinous.

Posted by: Bill S. Preston Esq. at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)

45 Why is she killing birds?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Dove season just opened.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (F5FAo)

46 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon

Um...what about the thing that Mars put into Venus to make Cupid?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

47 28 I'm sorry, Venus should have waaaaay bigger hooters than this chick.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM
------

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (Vk4Gj)

48 What does it mean to an artist to paint Venus in the 19th century?
Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (2ap+5)

Means he had a model willing to get nekkid and he needed to come up with an excuse.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (ExV1e)

49 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon

The pen is...

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (F5FAo)

50 I’m sure she has a good personality.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (yEz+x)

That does go a long way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (2YhKe)

51 I dunno, do y’all prefer this depiction of a beautiful woman or the models in pipers last fashion thread?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (ozryO)

52 >> I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...

Leanness
Weeness
Freeness

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)

53 I dunno, do y’all prefer this depiction of a beautiful woman or the models in pipers last fashion thread?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (ozryO)

Last one I saw, 1/2 were dressed like party favors.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:41 AM (2YhKe)

54 43 I'm sorry, Venus should have waaaaay bigger hooters than this chick.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)
——

Putting cartoonish racks on goddesses seems to be mostly a Hindu thing. The fertility goddesses look like Jessica Rabbit.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 09:41 AM (FyPhv)

55 Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Moderate, fine. But the ones on this chick are damn near microscopic.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

56 CBD loves us. Yay!!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

57 I dunno, do y’all prefer this depiction of a beautiful woman or the models in pipers last fashion thread?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Ima suck up real hard. You & Piper.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (F5FAo)

58 How YOU doin'?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (RIvkX)

59
Moderate, fine. But the ones on this chick are damn near microscopic.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

Anything more than a handful, you might sprain a thumb or something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (2YhKe)

60 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...

Genius?

Posted by: dantesed at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (Oy/m2)

61 She's no Aphrodite.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

62 52 >> I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...

Leanness
Weeness
Freeness
Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)
——

Penis

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (FyPhv)

63 hoohah!

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

64 Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM
###

What knockers!

Posted by: Gene Wilder at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Vk4Gj)

65 CBD loves us. Yay!!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

He's just trying to make up for his doing the ONT last night.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

66 So she's not a model.... She's a real woman.....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (K6BoD)

67 No divot on her hoohah?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Kt19C)

68 So she's not a model.... She's a real woman.....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (K6BoD)

In a mythical Greek Goddess kind of way......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

69 No divot on her hoohah?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Kt19C)

Mind if I play through?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

70 That's an ugly grader blade too.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:44 AM (Kt19C)

71 She's from Willendorf. So you could get it worse, you know.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 14, 2026 09:45 AM (zdLoL)

72 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38

Well, let's see...
Aamus, Bemus, Cemus, Demus...Hemus, Iemus...Lemus, Menus, Oepus, pen...
OH! I have a suggestion!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 09:45 AM (2WIwB)

73 Venus has got some junk in the trunk action going on.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 09:45 AM (0N4FZ)

74
In a mythical Greek Goddess kind of way......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

Yes.. I meant she didn't have the figure of a boy like most fashion models have...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (K6BoD)

75 Well, let's see...
Aamus, Bemus, Cemus, Demus...Hemus, Iemus...Lemus, Menus, Oepus, pen...
OH! I have a suggestion!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 09:45 AM (2WIwB)

SAN DEMUS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

76 a mythical Old Greek Homo kind of way.....

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (Kt19C)

77 I mean, if you're gonna give her such small breasts, at least don't give her such an enormous backside. Keep it in proportion.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

78 52 >> I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...

Tennis?

https://youtu.be/Gvat5Yk1y7A

Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (Vk4Gj)

79 Yes.. I meant she didn't have the figure of a boy like most fashion models have...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (K6BoD)

I was kidding. I'm a kidder.

But you are correct.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

80 Venus needs to cut back on the carbs

Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (HcoTw)

81 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38

This is high form humor.

Golf clap, sir. Golf. Clap.

Posted by: blaster at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (xhfG9)

82 intra.

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)

83 Painting Venus in the 19th century seems to me to be craftsmanship, not art. But craftsmanship is good!

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (2ap+5)

84 She's gonna need a chiropractor visit to adjust her neck back to its upright and locked position.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

85 “Don’t look, Ethyl!”

But it was too late.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (zs0ZQ)

86 Venus needs to cut back on the carbs
Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (HcoTw)

Back away from the buffet and break a sweat once in a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)

87 "Why is she standing in front of the U.S. Treasury building?
Posted by: dantesed"

She's so fine
There's no tellin' where the money went

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (MWfyi)

88 Now this is what I'm talking about!

Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (9uxcu)

89 She's so fine
There's no tellin' where the money went
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (MWfyi)

Well played, sir. Well played.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (2YhKe)

90 Moderate, fine. But the ones on this chick are damn near microscopic.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM

And if you can't be
with the boobs you love, baby,
love the ones you're with.
Love the ones you're with.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (0sNs1)

91 67 it's the dingus on the hoohah. dringus.

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

92 Yeah.......out.

Posted by: Joe Walsh at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (2YhKe)

93 I'm sitting right here, babe.

Posted by: The salad bar at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (Vk4Gj)

94 No divot on her hoohah?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Kt19C)

Mind if I play through?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

Cart Path Only!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

95
I was eternally baffled by paintings like this when I was a kid. Why did everyone hang out naked in those days? Weren't they embarrassed? Didn't they get cold?

And no one ever gave me the straight answer: it's porn. Except they were clever in those days and you could hang it on your walls instead of having to hide it in your drawer.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 09:49 AM (mmrXZ)

96 All these gay artists and sculptors also put teeny wangs on their men. David is all ripped up like a gay man’s fantasy … with a tiny dick.

I think it was considered vulgar and cartoonish to put exaggerated sexual characteristics in sophisticated art.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 09:49 AM (FyPhv)

97 74 ass of a ten year old boy.

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)

98 Venus, baby, one word: Abdominizer!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

99 78 tennis the least she will consider.

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)

100 Venus, baby, one word: Abdominizer!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

Shake weight FTW.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (2YhKe)

101 Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)

19th century standards of beauty were far more reality based than modern day caricatures.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (wLnmp)

102 You know what they say about women whose second toes are longer than their big toes.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM

Morton's toe?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (0sNs1)

103 Baby got snacks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (BI5O2)

104 Well Hordemates, it's Geezer Golf Tuesday yet again. If the beer cart girl shows up dressed like Venus here, I hope they have new batteries in the defibrillator cause some of those old guys won't finish the round.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (2WIwB)

105 >>“Don’t look, Ethyl!”

But it was too late.

Lookatthat, lookatthat!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (X8xt3)

106 Interesting how the ideal of womanly beauty has changed.
Maybe... it's the list of who will model?
Nah...

Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (q6tQZ)

107 I think it was considered vulgar and cartoonish to put exaggerated sexual characteristics in sophisticated art.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

This is about us, isn't it?
-- manga and anime

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

108 You know what they say about women whose second toes are longer than their big toes.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM

I don't know.......what do they say?

Posted by: Big Mike Owebama at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (2YhKe)

109 I'd hit it

Posted by: Hawg hunter at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (HcoTw)

110 I can't help but notice nobody's put a ring on it, honey.

Posted by: Saturn at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (BI5O2)

111 Yeah baby she's got it

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (DZ9Lv)

112 Venus needs to cut back on the carbs
Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM
++++

I don't know. I think maybe she could make the rockin' world go round.

Posted by: Brian May at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (Vk4Gj)

113 Like sunlight to vampires.

Nicolle Wallace tells Jim Acosta she refused to carry past Trump WH briefings on her show because they "hurt" her.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)

114 96 it's a 'roid thing. or the pool.

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)

115 Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?

Posted by: Spinal Tap at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

116 I'm sorry, Venus should have waaaaay bigger hooters than this chick.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026

***
The actress who played Aphrodite on Hercules and Xena was perfect. She looked like a fun partner.

You *should* laugh while in bed; if you don't do that occasionally, you're doing it wrong.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

117 Nicolle Wallace tells Jim Acosta she refused to carry past Trump WH briefings on her show because they "hurt" her.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)

I'm GenX. That being said, oh F*CK your feewings, twat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

118 This is a very effective painting. Venus in her naked glory and feminine perfection, so real against the misty environs of Mount Olympus. The flowing cloak, the golden apple and edge of the chariot form a frame around Venus making her stand out and further establishing the era. It isn't pornographic (not that Venus would care) but it is intensely sexy. I wonder if this would be displayed in a museum or men's club rather than a home.

I'll leave the obvious boob remarks to others even if I have them in mind.

Posted by: JTB at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)

119 Willowed from JJ's thread:

Speaking of Jagger, I had a dream night before last that I joined The Rolling Stones. Had my own guitar and everything. Didn’t see Mick or Keith, though.
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

120 I can't help but notice nobody's put a ring on it, honey.
Posted by: Saturn at July 14, 2026

***
Did Venus in Roman myth marry Vulcan, as Aphrodite did Hephaestus in the Greek stories?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

121 Hey Venus?
Call me.

Posted by: Thighmaster at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (Vk4Gj)

122
Perfectly nice piece of pink silk and she refuses to drape it around herself in some kind of toga.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (mmrXZ)

123 I think it was considered vulgar and cartoonish to put exaggerated sexual characteristics in sophisticated art.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

This is about us, isn't it?
-- manga and anime
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

It's fine.

Posted by: Futanari at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

124
She was a fine girl
She could get down
All de way down
She do yer laundry
She change a tire
Chop a little wood for de fire
Poke it around... If it died down

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at July 14, 2026 09:55 AM (MWfyi)

125 CBD did a fine job with the ONT last night!

He even used bison instead of buffalo, thus precluding a correction from Wesley Crusher.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 09:55 AM (0sNs1)

126 I'd clap dat asss

Posted by: Hawg hunter at July 14, 2026 09:55 AM (HcoTw)

127 You *should* laugh while in bed; if you don't do that occasionally, you're doing it wrong.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Laugh, yes. Point & laugh, no.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:55 AM (F5FAo)

128 This painting brought to you by:

NOOM

Get your GLP-1's for a better price and lose those saddlebags while sitting on your ass eating bonbons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

129 Did Venus in Roman myth marry Vulcan, as Aphrodite did Hephaestus in the Greek stories?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I think the Romans just took a lot of the Greek mythological stories and just swapped out the names.

Except for the Romulus and Remus stuff, there was very little that was original in Roman mythology.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

130
She was a fine girl
Didn't need no school
She was built like a mule
With a thong sandal
Well, wasn't no kinda job she could not handle

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (MWfyi)

131 I think it was considered vulgar and cartoonish to put exaggerated sexual characteristics in sophisticated art.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 09:49 AM (FyPhv)

They be hatin'.

Posted by: Priapus at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (wVcYX)

132 We can help. Give us a call.

Posted by: Soon Bello at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (HcoTw)

133 >>>back to its upright and locked position.

Speaking of....an engine of a Ryan Air plane somewhere in Europe threw a fan blade in flight. The blade went through the engine nacelle and hit the fuselage, taking out a passenger window. The guy sitting next to the window was partially sucked out, only because he had his seatbelt fastened loosely.

His wife held onto his feet and legs for a full five minutes before some other passengers eventually came over to help pull him back into the aircraft.

Five minutes...

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (J4Dwc)

134 You know what they say about women whose second toes are longer than their big toes.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026

***
Morton's toe.

Though I don't know what salt has to do with this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)

135 The list of those who will model has *vastly* expanded.

It's no longer social suicide to model.

For example: the Peace Dollar has the only numismatic depiction of Lady Liberty where we know for certain who the model was - because it was the sculptor's wife, which made it ok.

Even modeling for *our nation's coinage* was considered the work of a common whore, so women and artists took pains to keep it quiet.

And that was only a hundred years ago.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 09:58 AM (BI5O2)

136 If that's Venus, where are her blue jeans?

Posted by: Jimmy Clanton at July 14, 2026 09:58 AM (TbWk/)

137 >>Nicolle Wallace tells Jim Acosta she refused to carry past Trump WH briefings on her show because they "hurt" her.

Translation: I am a child whose emotional dysregulation makes me terrible at my job.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:58 AM (X8xt3)

138
His wife held onto his feet and legs for a full five minutes before some other passengers eventually came over to help pull him back into the aircraft.

Five minutes...
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (J4Dwc)

There's an Air Disasters show that goes into the Southwest Air flight that had that happen. Poor woman was sucked out the window and passengers held her and attempted to pull her in for the remainder of the flight.

She didn't make it........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:59 AM (2YhKe)

139 Men are from Mars and women don't have penis.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:00 AM (2YhKe)

140 Venus has some serious hips going on
Imagine that booty matches

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 10:00 AM (w53mj)

141 Even modeling for *our nation's coinage* was considered the work of a common whore, so women and artists took pains to keep it quiet.

And that was only a hundred years ago.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026

***
I read a story a while ago that said the woman who modeled for the Columbia Pictures logo, the toga-clad woman with the torch, had passed away.

I always thought the face was modeled on Jane Wyatt's, but I guess not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

142 This artist likes the big bottoms …

https://tinyurl.com/5n93a7zv

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (FyPhv)

143 I saw Booty Matches open for Sir-Mix-A-Lot at Rapfest in '89.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

144 If that's Venus, where are her blue jeans?
Posted by: Jimmy Clanton at July 14, 2026

***
Her razor is nowhere to be seen, either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

145 His wife held onto his feet and legs for a full five minutes before some other passengers eventually came over to help pull him back into the aircraft.

Five minutes...
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (J4Dwc)

Sheesh.
Mrs D is only a 3 minute lover.
I'd be doomed!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (2WIwB)

146 I think the Romans just took a lot of the Old Greek Homo mythological stories and just swapped out the names.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (Kt19C)

147 This artist likes the big bottoms …

https://tinyurl.com/5n93a7zv
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (FyPhv)

I guess her boobs shrunk as she aged.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

148 This artist likes the big bottoms …

https://tinyurl.com/5n93a7zv
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (FyPhv)

Who knew Sir Mix-a-Lot painted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:02 AM (ExV1e)

149 And, I mean let's be honest, here... in a time when porn was much less available, dudes were probably beating off to the Lady Liberty on their coins.

It's better for everyone if they don't know it's *you.*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 10:02 AM (BI5O2)

150 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Public school in St. Paul, Minnesota
Every girl is in a hijab… in kindergarten

https://tinyurl.com/mtm69zxu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7)

151 She's a flat-so

Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 14, 2026 10:03 AM (HcoTw)

152 I can't help but notice nobody's put a ring on it, honey.
Posted by: Saturn at July 14, 2026

***
Did Venus in Roman myth marry Vulcan, as Aphrodite did Hephaestus in the Greek stories?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM

"Venus. The goddess. My wife."

- Vulcan

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 14, 2026 10:04 AM (kgE5c)

153 I'm just here for the comments. I am not disappointed.

Posted by: JML at July 14, 2026 10:04 AM (EtRph)

154 Name something that rhymes with Venus?

Posted by: Don Lemon at July 14, 2026 10:05 AM (z2XeZ)

155 OT-

Victory girls blog decimates woke "Little House On The Prairie":

https://tinyurl.com/44d3f94k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:05 AM (D+BhG)

156 I guess I'll take this a different direction:

Home Port - a limerick

A witty Italian sailor named Denis
Renowned as "The Mediterranean Menace"
As he tied up his boat
We all heard him gloat
"You're witnessing the re-Berth of Venice"

Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:05 AM (I0N4X)

157 I'm just here for the comments. I am not disappointed.

Posted by: JML at July 14, 2026 10:04 AM (EtRph)

Because that's how it's done.

Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at July 14, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)

158 All seriousness aside, the textures of her skin and of her flowing pink robe are well done. The chariot or whatever that is off to the left seems like an afterthought.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)

159 Name something that rhymes with Venus?
Posted by: Don Lemon at July 14, 2026

***
The WENUS!
( -- Chandler Bing)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:07 AM (wzUl9)

160 I thought is was weird, in the discussion below, about DST, how we can't change the start times for work and school in the winter so those folks don't have to drive in the dark mornings.

No, no, no--everyone must be on the same time.
Schools and work cannot change their start times.

I really really really hate the public school factories--that the whole community must be organized around and subservient to the factory.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 10:07 AM (3cUTc)

161 Morton's toe.

Though I don't know what salt has to do with this.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

You gotta eat it with a fork.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

162 was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38

Let's see. Bart, Cart, Dart, E-art........

It's fine

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 10:07 AM (Qr870)

163 This artist likes the big bottoms …

https://tinyurl.com/5n93a7zv
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (FyPhv)

Fat bottom girls you make the rockin' world go 'round!

Posted by: Queen at July 14, 2026 10:08 AM (TbWk/)

164 > The chariot or whatever that is off to the left seems like an afterthought.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:06 AM
_________
Charlton Heston playing Ben Hur just out of frame.

Posted by: Thighmaster at July 14, 2026 10:09 AM (Vk4Gj)

165 Nice picture . I appreciate the contrast between her skin tone and the pink drape.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:09 AM (D+BhG)

166 She was a fine girl
She could get down
All de way down
She do yer laundry
She change a tire
Chop a little wood for de fire
Poke it around... If it died down
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song

Her head was kinda flat
But her hair covered that

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

167 Where's the giant clam shell?

I was led to believe there would be a giant clam shell!

I feel so oppressed!

Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

168 Oops. Off Suzanne Somers sock.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 10:10 AM (Vk4Gj)

169 Venus lacked insight into the culturally enriched African activity known as twerking.

Posted by: Homer at July 14, 2026 10:10 AM (z2XeZ)

170 I prefer it to Botticelli's in many ways. Could use some work, sure, and this "must be" from before Cupid despite the golden apple. I think he's done her neck and face a little too thick but I note legs that go on for miles.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 14, 2026 10:10 AM (aJQbY)

171 They say every artist is really drawing themselves. So this dude was actually a naked chick.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 10:10 AM (Qr870)

172 What's the reason for him coming out of the game at it's most critical point?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

He was struggling and not able to finish strong from the heat and humidity, probably never experienced that ever before in his career. But more so, the English defenders were double teaming him the whole game, and they know his game well since he plays in the EPL. So coach decided to try something different to shake things up and get the match tied in the last 15 minutes.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2sdE9)

Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 10:11 AM (t+8dp)

173
He was struggling and not able to finish strong from the heat and humidity, probably never experienced that ever before in his career. But more so, the English defenders were double teaming him the whole game, and they know his game well since he plays in the EPL. So coach decided to try something different to shake things up and get the match tied in the last 15 minutes.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2sdE9)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 10:11 AM (t+8dp)

But, they had hydration breaks.......

Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

174 Shyte.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

175 She was a fine girl
She could get down
All de way down
She do yer laundry
She change a tire
Chop a little wood for de fire
Poke it around... If it died down
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song

***
"Put another log on the fire,
Cook me up some bacon and some beans,
Go out to the car and lift it up and change the tire,
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans . . ."
( -- Tompall Glaser)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)

176 167 Where's the giant clam shell?

I was led to believe there would be a giant clam shell!

I feel so oppressed!
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:09 AM
++++

Get yourself a sweet Madonna
Dressed in rhinestones sittin' on a
Pedestal of abalone shell

Posted by: Plastic Jesus at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (Vk4Gj)

177 Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

Sock fail, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

178 Guess I shouldn't have had that 2nd moonshine last night.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

179 "Put another log on the fire,
Cook me up some bacon and some beans,
Go out to the car and lift it up and change the tire,
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans . . ."
( -- Tompall Glaser)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

What a great song.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

180 He was struggling and not able to finish strong from the heat and humidity, probably never experienced that ever before in his career. But more so, the English defenders were double teaming him the whole game, and they know his game well since he plays in the EPL. So coach decided to try something different to shake things up and get the match tied in the last 15 minutes.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2sdE9)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 10:11 AM (t+8dp)

But, they had hydration breaks.......
Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

https://youtu.be/TW8Vq6xM-fw?t=9

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

181 And Brandon Straka's ( Walk Away) comment on updated " Little House":

" I look forward to the episode where Doc Baker begins transing all the kids and Mary teaches us that blind people can’t see gender."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:14 AM (D+BhG)

182 Yowsah! Starting the day off right! Classic womanhood.

🎶Venus if you will
Please send a little girl for me to thrill
A girl with all your kisses and your charms
A girl without arms like yooooou…

This wormed its way into my head a couple of days ago. So I dumped it here. You're welcome.

Posted by: mindful webworker - have a blessed tomorrow at July 14, 2026 10:14 AM (ci8WY)

183 Musée d'Orsay: The Birth of Venus was one of the great successes of the 1863 Salon where it was bought by Napoleon III for his private collection.

Cabanel, a painter who received numerous awards throughout his career, at that time played an important role in teaching at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and in running the Salon. Typical of his virtuoso technique, this painting is a perfect example of the popular and official artistic taste of the period.

In the eclectic spirit of the Second Empire, he combines references to Ingres with an 18th century style of painting.
Cabanel took as his subject a famous episode from classical mythology when Venus is born of sea-foam and carried ashore. This theme, very popular in the 19th century, provided some artists with the opportunity to introduce eroticism without offending public morality, under the pretext of representing a classical subject. For Cabanel, the mythological theme is indeed a pretext for the portrayal of a nude figure, which, though idealised, is nonetheless depicted in a lascivious pose.

Emile Zola denounced this ambiguity. 😏 (More).
-
A fine, strong young woman to stand cockeyed on steps with dopey orb & nasty pigeons.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 10:15 AM (NFX2v)

184 Venus, lay off the cookies ‘n cream.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 10:15 AM (ynOt3)

185 I like her. Would hang. Discretely, in my study, which smells of books and fine leather.

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:15 AM (ZxPkt)

186 Thick! And art

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at July 14, 2026 10:16 AM (1wiKW)

187
https://youtu.be/TW8Vq6xM-fw?t=9
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

And no one said back "it's startling how easily you throw a man's life away like that. The difference is, you knowingly let that man get brutally murdered by bloodthirsty heathens."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:16 AM (2YhKe)

188 " I look forward to the episode where Doc Baker begins transing all the kids and Mary teaches us that blind people can’t see gender."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

My favorite character on that show (well, other than Mary, whom young Bulg had a slight crush on) was Mr. Edwards. I wonder what they've done to him.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

189
Sock fail, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

I guess it's just added to the list of one of my many "things" I do......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

190 I think I've heard black rappers sing about this chick.

I like big butts or something...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:18 AM (Sco7b)

191 Now, this guy is a journalist!

Konstantin Kisin
@KonstantinKisin
I have irrefutable evidence that Candace Owens killed Lindsay Graham.
None of it is evidence or irrefutable but if you're retarded and want to help me make lots of money, subscribe today!
. . . .
UPDATE on my investigation of Lindsay Graham's murder by Candace Owens:
Prior to his murder, Graham visited Ukraine where, according to a dream I had, he was given evidence that Candace Owens is a man. I will be publishing text messages I invented in which Owens confesses to being born male.
If you are massively retarded, please subscribe now for further updates. I need money because Israel bad.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)

192 And no one said back "it's startling how easily you throw a man's life away like that. The difference is, you knowingly let that man get brutally murdered by bloodthirsty heathens."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:16 AM (2YhKe)

Because it was all theater.

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

193 My favorite character on that show (well, other than Mary, whom young Bulg had a slight crush on) was Mr. Edwards. I wonder what they've done to him.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

He and Half-pint are doing it out in the barn.

Posted by: dantesed at July 14, 2026 10:20 AM (Oy/m2)

194 "But, if you must, Ms. Sonneshine, ( reboot writer) please put a disclosure at the beginning of your reboot about how the show was filmed on stolen land and provide a reel with all cast members, including yourself, apologizing profusely for your utter privilege."

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:20 AM (D+BhG)

195 Konstantin Kisin
@KonstantinKisin
I have irrefutable evidence that Candace Owens killed Lindsay Graham.
None of it is evidence or irrefutable but if you're retarded and want to help me make lots of money, subscribe today!
. . . .
UPDATE on my investigation of Lindsay Graham's murder by Candace Owens:
Prior to his murder, Graham visited Ukraine where, according to a dream I had, he was given evidence that Candace Owens is a man. I will be publishing text messages I invented in which Owens confesses to being born male.
If you are massively retarded, please subscribe now for further updates. I need money because Israel bad.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Heh

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 10:20 AM (sn5xH)

196
Because it was all theater.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:19 AM (ExV1e)

Yeah. For shame.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:21 AM (2YhKe)

197 "But, if you must, Ms. Sonneshine, ( reboot writer) please put a disclosure at the beginning of your reboot about how the show was filmed on stolen land and provide a reel with all cast members, including yourself, apologizing profusely for your utter privilege."

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:20 AM (D+BhG)

If they're not giving all money raised to Native American charities, they're posers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:21 AM (ExV1e)

198 So, did Graham Platner officially drop out? Wasn't yesterday the deadline?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

199 So, did Graham Platner officially drop out? Wasn't yesterday the deadline?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

He posted something to his X account declaring his official withdraw, which I guess satisfied the requirement.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (2YhKe)

200 So, did Graham Platner officially drop out? Wasn't yesterday the deadline?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

I have no doubt that Maine will declare that his tweet was official enough, in the event that he didn't drop off a physical letter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:23 AM (ExV1e)

201 Choosing a lane.

James Talarico
@jamestalarico
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE.
His three sons called him “El mundo entero” — the whole world. They watched as their whole world died in a video posted on Facebook.
Lorenzo was our neighbor and fellow Texan. He deserves justice.

-
Dude, he got it!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

202 "But, if you must, Ms. Sonneshine, ( reboot writer) please put a disclosure at the beginning of your reboot about how the show was filmed on stolen land and provide a reel with all cast members, including yourself, apologizing profusely for your utter privilege."

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I seem to recall that there was some kerfuffle a while back about Laura Ingalls Wilder due to some disparaging comments her character makes about Indians in her "Litttle House" books.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

203 Ok, experiment with Stateless time.

Weird little item on my credit card statement. Some arts group in Jersey with woman hating art that would make this chick look good.

Anyways, 3rd phone call - 30 minutes, hung-up; 14 minutes - different number. Online Chat gave me this super secret new number.

I'd hate to be one of their customers who they just treated like a piece of crap and wasn't important to them....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:24 AM (Sco7b)

204 I think the Romans just took a lot of the Old Greek Homo mythological stories and just swapped out the names.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 10:01

In large part, yes. Prior to this, the Romans worshipped ancient, formless, numinous gods. A sort of half-step between primitive deism and an organized theology. Those ancient religious features, particularly haruspices, persisted alongside the cribbed Greek theology, but the State religion reflected Greek theology more than its Latin or Etruscan roots from fairly early on.

This extended well beyond religion. The Romans in the Republic recognized and respected Greek intellectual traditions as superior to their own from the earliest days, to the point where Greek fluency was the mark of an elite man, and his children would be educated by Greek slaves.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 10:25 AM (BI5O2)

205

Out on the prairie one bright starry night,
They broke out the whiskey and Betsy got tight.
She sang and she shouted and danced o'er the plain
And showed her bare arse to the whole wagon train.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 10:25 AM (Kt19C)

206 Did.

Posted by: epador at July 14, 2026 10:26 AM (TRnzq)

207 @jamestalarico
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE.

No. YOU murdered him. By you and your party's declaration of war against immigration law, you told him it's OK to attack federal agents. Federal agents are allowed to defend themselves as is the right of EVERY American citizen, enshrined in The Constitution.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:26 AM (2YhKe)

208 cosmicbook has an article on "The Odyssey"

"Film Threat founder Chris Gore and co-host Alan Ng caught a screening and posted a no-spoiler, out-of-theater reaction to YouTube, and this time the duo split. Gore walked out “mixed.” Ng walked out done.

Ng checked out early. “I was bored out of my mind,” he says, adding he was gone “pretty much from the beginning.” The sound didn’t help. He says he couldn’t make out the dialogue at first, and once he could, he realized “how bad the dialogue is.”

His verdict: “This is the most pretentious movie I’ve seen all year.” And the kicker: “I can’t wait to not see this movie again.” When the two wrapped up, the one-word summary of Ng’s reaction was simply “disaster.”

I don't know. Maybe it needed more trannies.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:27 AM (Sco7b)

209 If they're not giving all money raised to Native American charities, they're posers.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:21 AM (ExV1e)
-----
Maybe they'll gamble it all away at the casino...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 10:27 AM (FZ29D)

210 The Romans in the Republic recognized and respected Greek intellectual traditions as superior to their own from the earliest days, to the point where Greek fluency was the mark of an elite man, and his children would be educated by Greek slaves.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I think Cicero used to gripe quite a bit about the Greek influence on Roman society.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

211
I don't know. Maybe it needed more trannies.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:27 AM (Sco7b)

Blow me.

Posted by: 'Elliott' Page at July 14, 2026 10:28 AM (2YhKe)

212 I'll just get this out of the way now......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:29 AM (2YhKe)

213 I really really really hate the public school factories--that the whole community must be organized around and subservient to the factory.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
-------
Blame the Prussians and Germans are to blame for our higher ed design as well with the 'research' university.

But for many people, schools are essentially daycare for their kids so adults can go and do stuff. Abnormal historically and sociologically.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 10:30 AM (E4rtv)

214 I don't know. Maybe it needed more trannies.

Posted by: Stateless
========
Needs to be ignored by the right so the left does not go and hate watch it to stick it to the right. Nolan richly deserves a flop of a Titanic degree.

Let Nolan's folly slide beneath the waves with no comment.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

215 Frank Frazetta did it better.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:33 AM (/WQyy)

216 Oh Elliot? Please, please help us!!

*tee hee*

Posted by: Unopened Pickle Jars at July 14, 2026 10:33 AM (dJeAh)

217 Man, I can't tell you how much I needed boobs this morning.
I can feel my blood pressure dropping already.

Thank you!!!!

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 14, 2026 10:34 AM (WYStd)

218 23 Small boobs and big butt.
Would not hang.
Posted by: Bulg

Butt I'd guess Greta would have that shape and you'd be good with that?

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 10:34 AM (Y8DZL)

219 It's the Mitch-gan way!

https://tinyurl.com/3nma5zkf

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

220 Before. Now many have shifted to open juvenile detention centers mode, especially in areas where the real juvenile detention centers are being abolished.

Just keep 'em in the school buildings a few hours, about four days a week.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (NFX2v)

221 A Decorated Historian’s Research Comes Under Fire

Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no longer listed on its publisher’s website.

But then things began to unravel for Kerri Greenidge, appearing to later cost her another book deal and her position as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts University.

https://archive.is/Igj6V

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (2ap+5)

222 Man, I can't tell you how much I needed boobs this morning.
I can feel my blood pressure dropping already.

Thank you!!!!
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 14, 2026 10:34 AM (WYStd)

The Germans did a study where they concluded men seeing boobs adds 5 minutes on to the end of their life, on average.

My plan to live forever can continue it's current successful pace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (2YhKe)

223 For any who are interested, over at Mark Steyn's site ("Steyn Online"), a guy named Tal Bachmann has done a series of postings discussing Nolan's Odyssey and the horrible girlboss translation that it's based on.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

224 We need college prep High Schools and Vocational /Trade High Schools.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (/WQyy)

225 "Haruspices", there was a word I did not know. Ah, I see - the people who today we call "pollsters" and "Influencers".

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 10:36 AM (edUvp)

226 He says he couldn’t make out the dialogue at first

This your just Nolan movie?

Posted by: BLAAAAAAT!!! at July 14, 2026 10:36 AM (gKWVE)

227 I think Cicero used to gripe quite a bit about the Greek influence on Roman society.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

Yep. By his time patricians boasted on their educated Greek slaves like NFL owners talk about running backs. He himself was tutored by free Greeks who fled the depredations of the Mithridatic War, presumably at crippling expense.

But he always adapted those teachings for Roman law and Latin language. He was a carpet-chewing patriot. A good egg.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 10:36 AM (BI5O2)

228 It's the Mitch-gan way!

https://tinyurl.com/3nma5zkf
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

Dat bish be cray.

Holy f*ck what are we doing in this country? Our 'leaders' just keep getting worse and worse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

229 You'll never guess what Kerri K. Greenidge blames for her disgrace.

Posted by: Racism at July 14, 2026 10:37 AM (gKWVE)

230 https://tinyurl.com/2bxv6ptf

Look at this picture and tell me you don't see a long stringy booger from nose to finger.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 10:38 AM (Kt19C)

231 We need college prep High Schools and Vocational /Trade High Schools.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (/WQyy)

I believe Trump just gave Mike Rowe a bunch of money to get the trades back on path in America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:38 AM (2YhKe)

232 The Germans did a study where they concluded men seeing boobs adds 5 minutes on to the end of their life, on average.
Posted by: Sponge

Is that 5 minutes per boob-view, or 5 minutes total for all boob-views in a man's lifetime?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

233 The Germans did a study where they concluded men seeing boobs adds 5 minutes on to the end of their life, on average.

My plan to live forever can continue it's current successful pace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026

***
As it stands now, I'll probably make it to 2136.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (wzUl9)

234 So, did Graham Platner officially drop out? Wasn't yesterday the deadline?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

He posted something to his X account declaring his official withdraw, which I guess satisfied the requirement.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (2YhKe)

Now we get 10 weeks of collins being the only named candidate with the dnc trashing her unopposed. Then three weeks before the election the dnc will helicopter in some hand picked radical and bum rush the polls with late mail in ballots.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (/WHpM)

235 Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

OM Goodness.! You mean some Indians were not noble pacifists who elevated women and practiced recycling ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (Bw1/o)

236
Is that 5 minutes per boob-view, or 5 minutes total for all boob-views in a man's lifetime?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

I believe it was 5 minutes per set view.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)

237 Nolan is a huge mix bag for me. I loved Interstellar and Memento . Insomnia was good. Inception meh .

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:40 AM (/WQyy)

238 ut he always adapted those teachings for Roman law and Latin language. He was a carpet-chewing patriot. A good egg.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Yeah, he was. Too bad he pissed off Marc Antony so much. Octavian wanted to spare him from proscription.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

239 ***
As it stands now, I'll probably make it to 2136.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (wzUl9)

The world, however, will not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)

240 234 Now we get 10 weeks of collins being the only named candidate with the dnc trashing her unopposed. Then three weeks before the election the dnc will helicopter in some hand picked radical and bum rush the polls with late mail in ballots.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (/WHpM)

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Collins will win by at least 15, probably about 20.

She won 2014 by 40. She won the worst GOP year evar in 2020 by 8.

She regularly out performs her polling by 15.

"Collins brings in the bacon, is independent, and Democrats are in disarray plus Platner," will be more than enough to convince the 40% registered independents to lean Republican.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 10:41 AM (GKzf4)

241 And Cicero's boss during the war was Pompey Strabo - another good, if very different egg.

A totally ruthless, no-nonsense sonofabitch.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 10:41 AM (BI5O2)

242 Now we get 10 weeks of collins being the only named candidate with the dnc trashing her unopposed. Then three weeks before the election the dnc will helicopter in some hand picked radical and bum rush the polls with late mail in ballots.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (/WHpM)

The deadline for the Maine Democratic Party to name a new candidate to replace Graham Platner on the November ballot is July 27, 2026, at 5 p.m. EDT. This date is mandated by Maine state law, which requires parties to select a replacement nominee by the fourth Monday in July following a candidate's withdrawal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:41 AM (ExV1e)

243 175 one red bean stuck in the bottom of a tin bowl
hot coffee from a crimped up can
me and my girl named bimbo
limbo
spam

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (R11M+)

244 I believe it was 5 minutes per set view.
Posted by: Sponge

All right!

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

245 But then things began to unravel for Kerri Greenidge, appearing to later cost her another book deal and her position as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts University.

https://archive.is/Igj6V
Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (2ap+5)
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I think I've identified the two main problems here...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (FZ29D)

246 Venus's face looks familiar, like a B-list actress of this or the last century.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (wzUl9)

247 Lorenzo was our neighbor and fellow Texan.

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

Report I saw said he was a Mexican national.

Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (I0N4X)

248
Haley Stevens was being mocked and laughed at by the cousin Karens at the family gathering a couple weeks ago.

When AWFLs are your target democraphic and all your ads are about the sexist Arab you're running against, you've got problems.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (Y8DZL)

249
Report I saw said he was a Mexican national.
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (I0N4X)

Facts have no relevance in a Democrat campaign, good sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)

250 Report I saw said he was a Mexican national.
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (I0N4X)

The President of Mexico spouting off suggests that report is correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (ExV1e)

251 Yep. By his time patricians boasted on their educated Greek slaves like NFL owners talk about running backs. He himself was tutored by free Greeks who fled the depredations of the Mithridatic War, presumably at crippling expense.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
_______

The Greek slave Posca was one of the best characters on HBO's Rome. (The newsreader in the forum was the single best, on bang per screen minute basis.)

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (XvL8K)

252 I need a tenured position as associate professor of morning cocktails and desultory gardening.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (2ap+5)

253 Would hang.
Beautiful. Venus. Fruit. Venus.

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 10:44 AM (kU0PQ)

254 And Cicero's boss during the war was Pompey Strabo - another good, if very different egg.

A totally ruthless, no-nonsense sonofabitch.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026

***
Aka "Pompey "the Great"?

"Strabo," I'm guessing, means "cross-eyed" or "squinting."

Pics I've seen of his bust look like actor Alexander Scourby.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)

255 on bang per screen minute basis.)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (XvL8K)

I believe I'm the leader in the clubhouse.

Posted by: Peter North - Pride of Canada at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

256 251 (The newsreader in the forum was the single best, on bang per screen minute basis.)

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (XvL8K)

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Ian McNiece.

Played the Baron Harkonnen in the Sci-Fi miniseries version of Dune and Children of Dune.

Also a regular on the British doctor/comedy Doc Martin.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (GKzf4)

257 Exchanging grades for young coeds is just too much temptation to be a professor.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (/WQyy)

258 Star Wars!

Space Force Declares Its First Anti-satellite Weapon Operational for Orbital Warfare

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

259 Exchanging grades for young coeds is just too much temptation to be a professor.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (/WQyy)

The answer to that problem is simply putting your women in plastic trash bags.

Posted by: Muhamhead Muhamhead Durka Durk at July 14, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)

260 Non-mewling quim!

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 10:47 AM (AB/qE)

261 Iran would be the perfect test site for a Rods from God weapon.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:47 AM (/WQyy)

262 Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 10:47 AM (AB/qE)

Hey, where've you been? I missed the soap floozy couture updates.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

263 Ian McNiece.

Played the Baron Harkonnen in the Sci-Fi miniseries version of Dune and Children of Dune.

Also a regular on the British doctor/comedy Doc Martin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
________

The mainstream media types of today should be forced to do the hand gestures like him when they're reading the "news."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:49 AM (XvL8K)

264 248
Haley Stevens was being mocked and laughed at by the cousin Karens at the family gathering a couple weeks ago.

When AWFLs are your target democraphic and all your ads are about the sexist Arab you're running against, you've got problems.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (Y8DZL)

I've seen her commercials. Ads should theoretically make you like someone more. Al-Sayed comes across as very likable in his ads. But there's, uh, baggage.

Okay, still on hold. Shaved a I just started a load of wash. I'm going to start treadmill today. Just a few minutes. I'll bring the phone with me.

I'm feeling very important. Whoa, 34 minutes.
At this point, it's an experiment.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:50 AM (Sco7b)

265 Played the Baron Harkonnen in the Sci-Fi miniseries version of Dune and Children of Dune.

Also a regular on the British doctor/comedy Doc Martin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (GKzf4)
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And Winston Churchill on Doctor Who.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 10:51 AM (FZ29D)

266 Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:50 AM (Sco7b)

Your website seems.........lacking.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

267 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (/WQyy)

268 "I think Cicero used to gripe quite a bit about the Greek influence on Roman society.
Posted by: Bulg"

The Roman men were always thinking about the Greeks.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (MWfyi)

269 267 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (/WQyy)

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I just hope it convinces 100,000 progressives who hate living in California to move to Washington instead of Tennessee.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (GKzf4)

270 9 Birthing hips.

berthing hips

Posted by: anachronda at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (v3pYe)

271 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (/WQyy)

If it keeps blue state people from moving here it's glorious.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (ExV1e)

272 Exchanging grades for young coeds is just too much temptation to be a professor.
Posted by: polynikes

My brother had to deal with that when he was a professor at Perdue. Had a stunning coed come up to him and offer him sex in exchange for a better grade. He is a moral man in a good marriage, so he rebuffed her, but even he admitted that it took a lot of personal strength to do so, as hot as she was.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

273 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (/WQyy)

Their criteria was the state's embracing of the rainbow mafia.

I'm proud to wear the pin at Texas being #2 on that list.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (2YhKe)

274 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026

***
Lousy-ana, where I'm immured now, and Indiana, where I hope to live, were right next to each other on that list.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (wzUl9)

275 258 Star Wars!

Space Force Declares Its First Anti-satellite Weapon Operational for Orbital Warfare

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Demonstration, Princess?

Posted by: Grand Moff Tarkin at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (6/7Fs)

276 "I think Cicero used to gripe quite a bit about the Greek influence on Roman society.
Posted by: Bulg"

Nero loved to visit Greece.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (/WQyy)

277 Very nice rendition of the drapery.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:55 AM (VmkSV)

278 Politicians bring home the Bacon. It is a derivation of “Pork”, long being a reference to political largesse showered on a given area due to political influence.

See also: Mission Control, Houston Texas. Perfectly located for technical reasons. And, Lyndon Johnson, and Albert Thomas

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:56 AM (ZEyUb)

279 Your website seems.........lacking.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

Soon.
Very soon.

Just harassing my credit card people online. Yeah, you can't do anything but you're getting another message if I'm babysitting a phone 40 minutes.

I'm just curious now...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:57 AM (Sco7b)

280 Lousy-ana, where I'm immured now, and Indiana, where I hope to live, were right next to each other on that list.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (wzUl9)

I liked Louisiana when I lived there except for New Orleans.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:57 AM (/WQyy)

281 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.
Posted by: polynikes

Lousy-ana, where I'm immured now, and Indiana, where I hope to live, were right next to each other on that list.

WE'RE NUMBER 1!!! Go VOLS!!

Funny, isn't it? What makes Commie Leftists lose their collective (but small in toto) minds is what we normies seek out and value.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:58 AM (VmkSV)

282 Barak
Hussein
Obama

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:58 AM (XvL8K)

283 berthing hips"

"Maines"...

/dixchix reference

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 10:58 AM (cGjQu)

284 Kurt Schlichter: No Democrat Has the Brains or Courage to Not Be Crazy

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Geez, dude, tell me something I don't know.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)

285 Very nice. Would hang. I like that Venus is the focus and centerpiece, but the drafting and architectural skills in the background are impressive.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 10:59 AM (sYM3s)

286 Damn, it left out my commentary on each line. I was trying to do the Rome newsreader.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:59 AM (XvL8K)

287 Exchanging grades for young coeds is just too much temptation to be a professor

One could accept their sexual favors, and still decide to fail them. “After much soul searching, I could not compromise my principles”. That might be interesting

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 11:00 AM (ZEyUb)

288 198 So, did Graham Platner officially drop out? Wasn't yesterday the deadline?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

He did it during the Friday Night Document Dump. The "waiting until Monday" thing was a headfake to lower the temperature so it would quietly get done over the weekend.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (Qr870)

289 TN made #1 for the removal of pride month for family values month. Or something like that. Big fuck you to the rainbow faggots.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (sn5xH)

290 Politicians bring home the Bacon. It is a derivation of “Pork”, long being a reference to political largesse showered on a given area due to political influence.

See also: Mission Control, Houston Texas. Perfectly located for technical reasons. And, Lyndon Johnson, and Albert Thomas
Posted by: Common Tater

I wonder what the story is on the location of Naval Station Great Lakes? I'm no mapmaker, but iirc, no ocean or sea anywhere close by.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (VmkSV)

291 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

292 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

293 Kurt Schlichter: No Democrat Has the Brains or Courage to Not Be Crazy
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If they did they wouldn't be a Democrat.

There isn't even a c-hair's width of daylight in that party to be reasonable or normal. They kill babies on videotape and sell the parts to China and other high bidders. That came out 10 years ago. Anyone who didn't "move on" is "all in".

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (Qr870)

294 I believe it was 5 minutes per set view.
Posted by: Sponge - at July 14, 2026 10:40
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So if you only see one is that worth two and a half minutes?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (Vk4Gj)

295 While I didn't attend the highly-regarded, Ivy of the Midwest, University of Michigan, I know how to spell 'Purdue.'

(I'm just yanking you, Bulg).

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (J4Dwc)

296 One could accept their sexual favors, and still decide to fail them. “After much soul searching, I could not compromise my principles”. That might be interesting
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 11:00 AM (ZEyUb)

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The infamous Willie Brown is quoted as saying. "If you can't eat their food, drink their booze and screw their women, and then vote against their bill in the morning, you don't deserve to call yourself a politician."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (6/7Fs)

297 Aka "Pompey "the Great"?

"Strabo," I'm guessing, means "cross-eyed" or "squinting."

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Yeah, Strabo is the cognomen "cross-eyed."

But he was Pompey the Great's hardassed, kneebreaking old man.

A Picene himself, he went on a world-historical rampage against Picenum at large and Asculum in particular during the Social Wars.

He was... unforgiving.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:04 AM (BI5O2)

298 272 Exchanging grades for young coeds is just too much temptation to be a professor.
Posted by: polynikes

My brother had to deal with that when he was a professor at Perdue. Had a stunning coed come up to him and offer him sex in exchange for a better grade. He is a moral man in a good marriage, so he rebuffed her, but even he admitted that it took a lot of personal strength to do so, as hot as she was.
Posted by: Bulg
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Eh, depends, I hate manipulators and using sex to try to manipulate me made me cold as ice whether in business, academia, or military. And distance is your friend in such matters--clear delineation between personal and professional lives.

You can see the pitch coming a mile away if your eyes are open--poor performance, manipulating co workers (students), etc. etc.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:06 AM (E4rtv)

299 So a wide berth?

Posted by: The pier at July 14, 2026 11:07 AM (Vk4Gj)

300 Venus
Shocking Blue

Stumbled on their discography and it's totally groovy man.
Definately check out "railroad man"

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at July 14, 2026 11:24 AM (2Dncg)

301 @ 101 Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)
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19th century standards of beauty were far more reality based than modern day caricatures.
__________________________

The plastic surgery industry hadn't yet been born … that problem was corrected in the mid-20th century (and some shoulda stayed small-ish, but hey … )

Posted by: Dr_No at July 14, 2026 01:04 PM (ayRl+)

302 Meh. Closing time 8.

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (U3fVU)

303 Chubby little rascal, eh?

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2026 03:13 PM (a8Wd8)

304 My brother had to deal with that when he was a professor at Perdue. Had a stunning coed come up to him and offer him sex in exchange for a better grade
Posted by: Bulg
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A good looking chick, huh?

Posted by: buddhaha at July 14, 2026 03:56 PM (a8Wd8)

The Morning Report — 7/ 14 /26

Morning Report intro.jpg

Good morning kids. And so Senator Lindsey Graham has passed at for our time what is the not very old age of 71, I say that with all sincerity as a 66-year-old. In any case whatever one thought of Graham from a political standpoint (and the fact that his sister has been tapped to replace him gets my blood simmering vis a vis our venal and corrupted system, even more infuriating in that we're only 10 days past the 250th anniversary of the American revolution that was intended to start a government that was diametrically opposed to just this kind of corruption.

But, be that as it may, the usual suspects are out in force reveling over Graham's demise and dancing on his grave with his body barely cold in the ground.

Cho shared a video where she said, “Bye, gurl” to the late senator, adding “good riddance.” She also mocked the notion that he might have been a closeted gay man in the process.
“From the closet to the coffin. Real seamless.”
The former is vile. The latter is precisely what one shouldn’t do to someone who wishes to keep his or her sexuality to themselves. Unless that person is a Republican, then all bets are off. Apparently.
Not to be outdone, CNN contributor Michael Ian Black did his own dancing on Graham’s grave.

Before the usual trolls and other drooling sub literate cretins point out our reactions when individuals like Jimmy Carter or Ted Kennedy died, while my reactions were for sure passionate and colorful, the meat of my look at their lives was strictly about their words and deeds and negative impact on our nation and society.

Back to Graham and reactions to his death, there's this:

The sudden and unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has sent Iran’s Islamic regime into a fever spasm of bloodlust.
Ynet News reported Sunday that “Iranian state media and supporters of the regime celebrated Sunday the sudden death of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, one of Israel’s strongest supporters in Congress and a sworn enemy of the Islamic Republic.”
One of those celebrations took place on “Iranian state television,” where “a presenter reported Graham’s death with a broad smile and a visibly satisfied expression. Another host said on air: ‘This news is so sweet that I’m reading it twice.’”

And the difference between the Mulllahs and Margaret Cho and Cenk Uygur is, what exactly?!

While we're on the subject of "Death to America" I give you this repulsive yet completely unsurprising story:

. . . The DSA states “our goal is to put workers in charge of the government through a new democratic constitution that establishes civil, political, and democratic rights for all, is based on proportional representation in a single federal legislature. With a government by, for, and of the working class and with powerful labor unions and social movements organizing in every city and town, we hope to build a socialist society.” That means abolishing the existing United States constitution and replacing it with something else, also eliminating the Senate and establishing unenumerated “civil, political, and democratic rights for all” in unstated ways.

And so, how are we to preserve our nation, society and our lives in the face of this, short of resorting to the kind of tactics, that is violence, that they are oh so eager to visit upon us?!

Well, back in 1968 Bill Ayers didn't even flinch when he declared that 25 million of us who could not or refused to be "re-educated" would have to be liquidated once he and his ilk took power. Should America somehow return to sanity and the move to embrace Socialim/communism fade away and die Please God, perhaps we can avoid having to visit on the Left what they so eagerly seek to do to us. If not, look out.

Early medical appointments for me, so posting a bit early today. Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

State police, the Department of Public Safety, and potentially the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are expected to be involved in investigating the shooting. Anti-ICE activists quickly organized a demonstration following the incident.
Driver Shot Dead While ‘Trying to Hit ICE Officer’ with Car.
Victor Davis Hanson: America's allies are stronger, its rivals weaker, and the global balance has shifted.
The World Made Anew

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

'If we can shut down even one terminal for two hours, that’s millions of dollars out in logistics,' says one anti-Israel organizer about the Port of Charleston
‘It’ll Be Violent’: Chicago Teachers Union Hosts Israel-Hating Communist Convention Where Radicals Call for Sabotaging US Ports, Backing Iran
A tragic moment that should have marked the apex of political violence in the U.S. two years ago has today proven to be only the tip of the iceberg in the left’s assassination campaign.
2 Years After Butler, Left-Wing Violence Is Still An Existential Threat
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Too many were let in and now they have to leave. There’s no time to feel sorry for the ones with sob stories.
Are You An Immigrant With A Deportation Sob Story? Thank Democrats
“This is yet another example of an activist judge trying to thwart President Trump’s mandate from the American people to remove criminal illegal aliens from our country.”
Cuban plane hijacker awaiting deportation freed by Dem-appointed ‘activist’ judge
THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
The maritime blockade was due to begin at 2000 GMT on Tuesday, the US military said, as oil prices shot up around nine percent after both sides traded attacks, raising fears of renewed conflict.
Trump reimposes Iran naval blockade, threatens Hormuz fees
If approved by Parliament, the legislation will make it easier to prosecute those linked to the IRGC and other foreign-linked operatives, removing the need to establish direct foreign power connections in every case.
Britain Finally Bans Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Exposing regime lies.
The Real Story of Khamenei’s Funeral

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Islamic Republic top dogs demonstrate how much they love death.
Graham’s Death Inspires Iran to Engage in an Orgy of Bloodlust
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The measure has the support of many coastal lawmakers and President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly urged Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent and end the twice-a-year ritual of changing clocks — a practice currently observed by every state except Hawaii and most of Arizona. Proponents argue that resetting clocks has negative health impacts, while permanent Daylight Saving Time would boost outdoor recreation, tourism and economic activity, among other benefits.
Trump-backed Daylight Saving Time bill clears key House hurdle
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
As many as 1 million may support Al Qaeda and ISIS.
2 Million Muslims in America Support Hamas
The Shi’ites’ unbroken record of loss and defeat.
The Twelve Imams
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Paul Kessler received a death sentence for attending a rally.
Why Such a Lenient Sentence in Muslim Killing of Jewish Protester in California?
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Who’s number one in the woke CNBC’s ideological penalty box? The Volunteer State. Tennessee dares to offer counterprogramming to Pride Month (GASP)!
CNBC’s Woke ‘Worst States’ List Accidentally Makes Red America Look Great
The MRC’s data exposes an astonishing pattern of censorship by omission.
How Big Tech Kept Graham Platner Looking Like The Good Guy
Are journalists really 'facts first' people? (99 44/100% Fact-Free - jjs)
The Media Eagerly Takes the Wrong Side of the Facts on Girls’ Sports

* * * * *
The lawsuit represents a significant escalation in tensions between Apple and OpenAI, as Apple seeks to block OpenAI from using any allegedly misappropriated information. OpenAI’s upcoming hardware launch and plans to go public could be affected if the court grants Apple’s request for immediate restrictions and damages.
Apple Sues ‘Rotten’ OpenAI for Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets.
“There are also good reasons to oppose generative AI as we already know it...Sanders and others are right to frame AI as endangering democracy...Conservatives view sudden change as something to be lamented... America’s loudest anti-communists might wind up proving Marx right....AI is a flattener and a homogenizer...New technologies of great power have a profoundly forcing effect...Those who choose to use AI to write are leaving less of themselves in the world.”
The AI Apocalypse Is Already Here
The future of artificial intelligence depends not just on invention, but on whether its capabilities reach ordinary people.
How to Build a Pro-AI Majority
In less than two years, the era of free, open over-the-air TV will come to an end and be replaced by a PPV-like experience.
The End of Free Broadcast TV?
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Anyone who believes more than tripling the wage floor is good policy has no business making law.
Minimum-Wage Bill Shows Yet Again That Congress Is A Refuge For Know-Nothings
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The panel Stanley Meador is co-chairing includes seats reserved for faith-based organizations
'Moderate' Gov Abigail Spanberger Taps Former FBI Official Behind Retracted Biden-Era Memo Targeting Catholics as Terror Threat To Lead Prison Reform Council
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
This isn’t the first misstep by Green Bay’s clerk. (Fromunda Cheese-head - jjs)
Notorious Wisconsin Clerk Faces State Investigation Again For Election Integrity Mess
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
This was the purpose of the whole stunt, prominently connecting the name Ro Khanna with the phrase “presidential candidates” in the establishment newsletter.
Ro Khanna Is Very Important, Explains Ro Khanna
Rep. Ro Khanna’s latest showboating stunt is too much even for other Democrat electeds — not only a transparent ploy to get past his all-in bet on the Graham Platner campaign, but a transparently pathetic bid to play victim of those darn Israelis. Just days after his scorched-earth defense of the Maine Senate candidate failed to stop the implosion, Khanna (D-Calif.) rushed off to the Middle East to change his storyline.
Ro Khanna’s West Bank ‘hostage’ stunt is a new low for a total phony
POLITICS
Multiple Republicans in the Palmetto State are vying for a chance to fill the vacancy. The special Republican primary election is scheduled for August 11 to select a nominee.
Lindsey Graham’s Passing Sets Off Scramble For His South Carolina Senate Seat
"I know Lindsey would be beaming with pride and appreciation."
Lindsey Graham’s Sister Named Interim Senator — She Accepted ‘Through Tears’
li>How about Graham Platner? they have the same name and as a bonus Platner rhymes with Shatner! - jjs
Trump Backs Lindsey Graham’s Sister Serving as ‘Interim Senator’: ‘Would Be a Fabulous Tribute’
"Our goal is to put workers in charge of the government through a new democratic constitution"
DSA Calls for Abolishing the Constitution
Communism and socialism have terrible records.
Socialism is Always a Move Towards Communism -- with the Same Results
Ignoring the similarities at our collective peril.
Bolshevik Russia and the DSA’s Democrat Party Project, Part II
Socialism is no longer a smear - it's a platform.
The Return of Socialism and the GOP’s Golden Opportunity
From coast to coast, the radical base is in open revolt — and a frightened establishment is doing whatever it takes to hold the line, even if that means silencing the very voters it claims to represent. The irony is that Democrats’ infighting only boosts Republicans’ chances of winning critical battleground races this year.
Democrats’ civil war is blazing — now the GOP will feast
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
This week, the Paris Court of Appeals reduced the sentence against three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen over alleged misuse of EU Parliament funds. Critically, the court cut the time barring her from standing in any European election to allow for the National Rally (RN) leader to stand in the French presidential election next April.
Marine Le Pen Would Comfortably Beat Any Opponent in French Presidential Election: Poll
The EU says it isn't targeting the AfD. Its own officials keep saying otherwise.
Brussels Just Opened a Case Against Germany’s Opposition Party
. . .Bukele maintains an approval rating of more than 90 percent, which only becomes comprehensible once one understands why Salvadorans now celebrate the flexing of the same authoritative muscle that had held the country down for years.
From Bloodshed To Bukele: A Timeline Of El Salvador’s War, Gangs And Crackdown
"They believe that they should be in charge of your laws, of your country, your life — and they don’t care whether or not you agree."
Marco Rubio Draws A Line Against An International Power Grab
But police say it’s “not political.” Huh?
A British Political Legend is Murdered
Ann never adjusted her beliefs to suit the prevailing mood of an institution.
Ann Widdecombe, a Firebrand: October 4, 1947–July 10, 2026
Governments have refused to respect the wishes of their citizens.
Open Borders Are a Death Sentence to Western Nations
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Republican Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) is asking Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta Bhattacharya to shut down former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Chief Anthony Fauci’s Rocky Mountain Lab in Montana after White Coat Waste Project (WCW) exposed scandals including virus smuggling as well as monkey bite incidents, Breitbart News exclusively learned.
Exclusive – Rep. Paul Gosar Requests HHS and NIH Close Down Fauci’s Rocky Mountain Lab
Dr. Sarah Jukaku appears to have scrubbed an 'FAQ' from her practice's website reading, 'Do you accept my insurance? No.'
Abdul El-Sayed Wants Medicare for All ‘From Cradle to Grave.’ His Psychiatrist Wife Doesn’t Accept Medicare—or Any Insurance at All. (Jew-Kaku?! such a shonda! - jjs)
Mental-health policy depends on distinguishing overmedicalization from the urgent need for treatment among the seriously mentally ill.
MAHA or Institutionalization?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The star orbits the black hole every 94 years. The long orbit suggests to the scientists that these objects did not form together but were captured because of the crowded nature of Omega Centauri. The scientists also believe that crowded nature will likely cause them to break free of each other, sometime in the future.
Astronomers think they have identified the 1st black hole inside the Milky Way’s largest globular cluster
In truth what the FAA did was rubberstamp SpaceX’s own investigation into that flight, almost immediately after the company announced on July 11, 2026 that it was targeting July 16, 2026 for launch. The company has now posted a complete description of that investigation and the flight plan for the 13th flight.
FAA clears SpaceX to launch Starshp/Superheavy; 13th test flight set for July 16th
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
‘I just feel used … They didn’t get the perfect child they wanted and they threw me away,’ the single mother said.
Same-Sex Couple Sues Surrogate After She Refuses To Abort Baby With Cleft Lip
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“You don’t want to lecture them.”
Jagger to Springsteen – Shut Up and Sing
Christian Toto: Far-Left political comics show their ugliest side following Senator's sudden death
These Celebrity Ghouls Danced on Lindsay Graham’s Grave
The library of a Republican president refers without an apparent second thought to the need to reconstruct society through government intervention in order to defeat “class interests.”
The Teddy Roosevelt Presidential Library Shows How Deeply The Left Captured Our Cultural Imagination
They didn’t just lose the narrative. They lost the country.
How Government Created a Nation of Conspiracy Theorists

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1 Good luck with the docs JJ.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 06:16 AM (2NHgQ)

2 Good morning, one and all.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:19 AM (OPGS/)

3 The sudden and unexpected death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has sent Iran’s Islamic regime into a fever spasm of bloodlust.

"GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE! WE HAVE SOMETHING TO STOKE OUR BLOODLUST!"

"Oh wow. I was worried that we were running out!"

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:21 AM (OPGS/)

4 Commies. You can't live with them and you can't live with them.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:22 AM (MWfyi)

5 Actual headline in my news feed: "Seattle Activists Demand Millions in Emergency Funds for Transgender Migration Crisis"

The jokes are going to write themselves on this one.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:22 AM (OPGS/)

6
But, be that as it may, the usual suspects are out in force reveling over Graham's demise and dancing on his grave with his body barely cold in the ground.

They always say stuff like this. And it gives lie to their posturing about how empathic and caring and "Hate Has No Home Here" they are.

I myself struggle mightily and not always successfully with my feelings when one of theirs passes from this mortal coil. I try to say, "May God have mercy on his soul." But they don't struggle because they don't doubt their own sense of righteousness.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:23 AM (O0L8i)

7 People actually think they are losing or gaining daylight by changing the time. Of course most people are really stupid.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:24 AM (MWfyi)

8
Actual headline in my news feed: "Seattle Activists Demand Millions in Emergency Funds for Transgender Migration Crisis"

What, they can't get out of America fast enough?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:26 AM (fdSfO)

9 I don't struggle with it. Did people struggle when Hitler offed himself?

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:26 AM (MWfyi)

10 Hello sunshine, my old friend...

No, that doesn't sound right.

Posted by: Paul Simon at July 14, 2026 06:29 AM (2Ez/1)

11 What, they can't get out of America fast enough?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

It's more that they are escaping those cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonial Red States that refuse to accept transgenders and want them to die so the Blue States are having to take in the refugees and this is putting a strain on finances.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:30 AM (OPGS/)

12 "Jagger to Springsteen – Shut Up and Sing"

I'll go one better. Just shut up.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:31 AM (MWfyi)

13 They say they want proportional representation.

Posted by: davidt at July 14, 2026 06:32 AM (Q+gd/)

14 cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonial = CHNPC for short.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 06:32 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Cisheteronormativepatriarchalcolonialexpialidocious? Germans ain't got nothing on us.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:35 AM (MWfyi)

16 Bruce Springsteen goes into a bar, sits down and orders a drink.
The bartender says sure, but first I'm going to give you a few of my political views. Shouldn't take more than about twelve minutes or so.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 06:35 AM (2Ez/1)

17 Trump-backed Daylight Saving Time bill clears key House hurdle
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No, no, no and no. This was already tried and it was widely hated and repealed. If we're going to eliminate changing the clocks twice a year, it needs to be Standard time.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 14, 2026 06:36 AM (amcLV)

18
No, no, no and no. This was already tried and it was widely hated and repealed. If we're going to eliminate changing the clocks twice a year, it needs to be Standard time.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 14, 2026 06:36 AM (amcLV)

Daylight Savings Time: the chronological version of the metric system.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:38 AM (O0L8i)

19 They say they want proportional representation

Among the DSA bipoc coalition. Whitey need not apply.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 14, 2026 06:39 AM (bDp6B)

20 Point of order: Daylight Saving Time.
Singular.
Please make a note of it.

Posted by: Pedantic language nerd at July 14, 2026 06:42 AM (2Ez/1)

21 I prefer DST. Fine with me.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 06:43 AM (qFwJc)

22 Nothing will stop me from reading an article quicker than a popup ad. Well, maybe a cow ant in my pants. Or a meteor falling on my head. But nothing else.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:45 AM (MWfyi)

23 I prefer the extra sunlight in the evening. Call me selfish. I don't have to drive to work in the dark.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 06:46 AM (qFwJc)

24 I would like to have more sunlight at night, so I propose we swap AM and PM.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 06:48 AM (MWfyi)

25 Reading an article about the DST debate and no longer changing the clocks twice a year, I came across a quote from someone in the American Medical Association discussing the health issues of it. It begins with “Sleep experts are alarmed..."

That's gold, Jerry!
Gold!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

26 I hate Daylight Saving Time. It simply means, in an already hot climate with more sunlight than we need, that we will get more afternoon sunlight falling on our homes . . . thus requiring our cooling systems to run longer in the evening relative to when we are awake and active.

It doesn't save energy, it requires more of it, and makes the long hot summer days seem even longer.

Arizona (except for the Big Rez) has the right idea.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 06:51 AM (wzUl9)

27 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 06:52 AM (u82oZ)

28
The morning is for work and the evening is for relaxation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:53 AM (O0L8i)

29

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 14, 2026 06:54 AM (sUMTS)

30 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at July 14, 2026 06:54 AM (kmSxS)

31 Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Did you meet some skilled, comely nurses yesterday?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

32 Hillary Clinton

Still ugly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

33 Commies. You can't live with them and you ~~can't live with them~~ don't want to hear anything they have to say.
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026

***
Amended.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 06:58 AM (wzUl9)

34 I guess once upon a time electricity was expensive enough to warrant changing the clocks so as to use less lighting. Nowadays electrical power has become so inexpensive as to warrant the use of the quirky economic term "unmeterable."

'member when we were kids and dad would go through the house turning off lights and fussing about the cost? Good times. Good times.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 06:58 AM (2Ez/1)

35 Morning everyone,

We have a launch in about 2 hours. I'm posting it now because I may not be available to post later.

Roscosmos - Soyuz 2.1a - Soyuz MS-29
Cosmodrome Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 14, 2026 (planned)
Launch Time: 10:43 AM EDT (1443UTC, 16:43 CEST)

https://youtu.be/_G_x6lTv3hc

Posted by: Joyenz at July 14, 2026 06:58 AM (2F0/Y)

36 {{{Joyenz}}}

Thank you for carrying on your father's work. It is much appreciated.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

37 And I'm still Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife.

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at July 14, 2026 06:59 AM (2Ez/1)

38 I say we split the difference and go with Half Time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:02 AM (/eAef)

39 Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

My pleasure. Hugs back.

Posted by: Joyenz at July 14, 2026 07:03 AM (2F0/Y)

40 A very young Richard Jaeckel is in A Wing and a Prayer, a 1944 U.S. Navy-in-the-Pacific-war yarn on Movies! Every time I turn around I see Jaeckel in something earlier and earlier. I had no idea his career began so long ago. When he played Capt. Quirk in the Spenser: For Hire TV series in the '80s, he'd already been in the biz for forty years!

The flick also has Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, Harry Morgan (another one who had tremendous staying power), and Charles Bickford.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)

41 While we're changing the DST thing, let's go ahead and rip the band-aid off of the Red/Blue political designation. Maybe an executive EO would help.

The left should have always been Red. The normies should have always been Blue. I read the reason for the original mistake goes back to the 2000 election and some graphics guy with some network and a military background assigned Blue to the Good Guys (the left) and Red to the Enemy (normies). That's how it's done in wargaming.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 14, 2026 07:03 AM (l26NL)

42 And I'm still Monica Lewinsky's ex-boyfriend's wife.
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at July 14, 2026

***
And you always will be!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)

43 Alteria Pilgram

Super Bowl gay Half Time? Nay, bro.

Pick a lane. We will adjust accordingly. Once.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:04 AM (u82oZ)

44 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:04 AM (/+uur)

45 "Georgia offers few protections for LGBTQ+ people, making it one of America’s least inclusive states. "

Sounds like a plus to me. Anyway, go to Atlanta and there are fags running around everywhere. They paint rainbow crosswalks in the road and rainbow graffiti all over the place. If Atlanta was any more inclusive they would have to include normal people.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 07:08 AM (MWfyi)

46 Why Such a Lenient Sentence in Muslim Killing of Jewish Protester in California?

Because he was doing something that is normal for his beautiful non-Western culture.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 07:09 AM (OPGS/)

47 Alteria Pilgram

Super Bowl gay Half Time? Nay, bro.

Pick a lane. We will adjust accordingly. Once.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I had SEC Half Time's in mind.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:09 AM (/eAef)

48 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:09 AM (RIvkX)

49 Everyone should move north above the Arctic Circle in summer and south below the Antarctic Circle in winter.

Problem solved.

Posted by: Loss-of-Function Research at July 14, 2026 07:11 AM (DsA2n)

50 Don't care what they change it to, just stopped screwing with the clocks twice/year.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 07:12 AM (2NHgQ)

51 The ICC claims it possesses authority to prosecute American officials and servicemen who work for America’s interests.

You creatures really don't want us to go hostis humani generis on you. Especially if the bounties make it worth our while to do a road trip.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 07:12 AM (OPGS/)

52 And the difference between the Mulllahs and Margaret Cho and Cenk Uygur is, what exactly?!
====

Cenk is more glamorous?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:12 AM (RIvkX)

53 stop not stopped, need more coffee or for the puppy to sleep past 3:30am.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 07:13 AM (2NHgQ)

54 Everyone should move north above the Arctic Circle in summer and south below the Antarctic Circle in winter.

Problem solved.
Posted by: Loss-of-Function Research

No can do. The earth would tip over.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:13 AM (/eAef)

55 A new inspector general report says the Secret Service missed more than 100 radio transmissions from local law enforcement about the suspicious man who would later be identified as Thomas Crooks.
One hundred. Pure insanity.
The report says that local authorities were warning about a man with a range finder, then a long gun, then a position on a rooftop with a direct line of sight to Trump. How on earth does the esteemed Secret Service miss all that?

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 07:15 AM (jPf86)

56 "Our goal is to put workers in charge of the government through a new democratic constitution"
DSA Calls for Abolishing the Constitution
=====
In a Franpsycho Administration this would be considered a Conspiracy Against the United States and the whole kit and caboodle would be in Leavenworth.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

57 "Everyone should move north above the Arctic Circle in summer and south below the Antarctic Circle in winter."

You don't have to live like a climate refugee.

Posted by: zombie Tom Petty at July 14, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)

58 How on earth does the esteemed Secret Service miss all that?

They didn't. It just didn't bother them enough to stop it.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 07:16 AM (OPGS/)

59 The CNN morning Spokesholes have their very serious tsk-tsk, tut-tut masks on today: The reflecting pool is drained and we cannot find slashes in the liner because Trump put up fences to keep out the Communists, like us.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:17 AM (/eAef)

60 Alteria Pilgram

SEC halftimes: marching bands and cheerleaders. Excellent!
Carry on.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

61
SEC halftimes: marching bands and cheerleaders. Excellent!
Carry on.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

Southern girls. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 07:19 AM (O0L8i)

62 Yonder Horde

I'm surprised Congress did anything with the time change. It's somewhat controversial and they hate to wade into those types of the things.

Especially the GOP.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 07:19 AM (jehhT)

63 San Franpsycho

This meets the definition of Treason. We are the targets. Self-defense?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

64 How on earth does the esteemed Secret Service miss all that?
Posted by: SMOD

Sigh.

Posted by: Conspiracy Theorists, Correct Once Again at July 14, 2026 07:20 AM (DsA2n)

65 I have two questions about this DST cock-up. When is lunch and when does happy hour begin?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:21 AM (/eAef)

66 . . . The DSA states “our goal is to put workers in charge of the government through a new democratic constitution that establishes civil, political, and democratic rights for all, is based on proportional representation in a single federal legislature. With a government by, for, and of the working class and with powerful labor unions and social movements organizing in every city and town, ...

This will usher in Utopia. Nirvana & El Dorado even. What could ever possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 07:21 AM (wVcYX)

67 I had to laugh yesterday of this pic of Greta with her parents when she was 5 years old or so. She had that same scowl on her face.

Also, her dad looks like a Gallagher wannabe, but mom is, uh, presentable:

tinyurl.com/fpcuntdr

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 07:21 AM (MWfyi)

68 The left should have always been Red. The normies should have always been Blue. I read the reason for the original mistake goes back to the 2000 election and some graphics guy with some network and a military background assigned Blue to the Good Guys (the left) and Red to the Enemy (normies). That's how it's done in wargaming.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 14, 2026 07:03 AM (l26NL)
====

The Red Republicans and Blue Democrats colors were established by CBS in 1976 election and then widely adopted.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:21 AM (RIvkX)

69 One may advocate amending the Constitution using the legal methods prescribed therein.

One may not legally advocate for it's overthrow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

70 This will usher in Utopia. Nirvana & El Dorado even. What could ever possibly go wrong? Posted by: Count de Monet

The Roadies show up late for the show?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:23 AM (/eAef)

71 Super Bowl gay Half Time? Nay, bro.

Pick a lane. We will adjust accordingly. Once.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I had SEC Half Time's in mind.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:09 AM (/eAef)

Men on Film's Super Bowl Half Time Show. Two snaps and a twirl!!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 07:24 AM (wVcYX)

72 I have Fox on. Doocy the Elder is in Philly, doing some pre All Star Game (yawn) coverage. They're going to start the great debate about Pat's vs Geno's cheese steaks. The really good cheese steaks are found in dive bars with a flat top grill, a crock pot for melting Velveeta, and the bartender kind enough to not let cigarette ash fall into your sandwich while preparing.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 14, 2026 07:27 AM (gm9Sb)

73 And the difference between the Mulllahs and Margaret Cho and Cenk Uygur is, what exactly?!

--------

In this case? There's no daylight between them and me.

I won't shed a tear for Miss Lindsey.

And, don't forget - all his other corruption aside - he wouldn't shed a tear for anyone here. He'd get a big old killboner watching one of his Capitol Hill gun thugs put a bullet in you, as he made abundantly clear.

I'm not going to overlook this gross freak's regrettable political career just because Margaret Cho doesn't like him either.

Being a Republican Senator doesn't absolve him of jack squat, anymore than it did for John McCain, the Dracula to his mincing little Renfield.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 07:28 AM (BI5O2)

74 Mamdani on why rape is up in NY: "A lot of it is from expanding what counts as rape"

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 07:29 AM (YtmxO)

75 "Rep. Ro Khanna’s latest showboating stunt is too much even for other Democrat electeds"

Not possible. There is no shame.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)

76 Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.

Posted by: Old Indian Chief at July 14, 2026 07:30 AM (wVcYX)

77 I have Fox on. Doocy the Elder is in Philly, doing some pre All Star Game (yawn) coverage. They're going to start the great debate about Pat's vs Geno's cheese steaks. The really good cheese steaks are found in dive bars with a flat top grill, a crock pot for melting Velveeta, and the bartender kind enough to not let cigarette ash fall into your sandwich while preparing.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 14, 2026 07:27 AM (gm9Sb)
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I'm a Pat's man. Geno's sucks!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

78 Doocey the Elder has joined Ron Popeil and Billy Mays as the three greatest TV infomercial salesman of hall time.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:31 AM (/eAef)

79 Also, her dad looks like a Gallagher wannabe, but mom is, uh, presentable:

tinyurl.com/fpcuntdr
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 07:21 AM
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That's hilarious.

I guess I'd have a permascowl, too, if dad busted up a watermelon with a sledge hammer every morning at breakfast.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

80 Happy Patch Tuesday!

Posted by: gp at July 14, 2026 07:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

81 It's not really rape rape.

Posted by: Old Lady Karen Johnson at July 14, 2026 07:32 AM (2Ez/1)

82 Thumbs up, YD.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)

83 See how well placed that comma was?

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)

84 I guess I'd have a permascowl, too, if dad busted up a watermelon with a sledge hammer every morning at breakfast.

I remember one of Gallagher's routines about his daughter. He talked about how fast she was growing. He said he'd picked her up and turned to get her in the van and bonked her head.

"She didn't cry. She just looked at me as if to say 'Are you really that stupid? And then she cried because she knew we were related."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 07:35 AM (OPGS/)

85 This just showed up in my email.

"We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected by the Board of Trustees of the Islamic Relief worldwide as a recipient of a grant under its human development and poverty alleviation program. Following an online selection process you have been awarded a lump sum of $1,500,000 USD. (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). This grant is intended to support business development, education, and community development initiatives."

I'm thinking this might be a this might be a Maine Democrat party, the king of vetters, fundraising scam since I don't live in poverty, haven't had a job in a decade, and have no intention of owning a business.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:37 AM (/eAef)

86 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

87 Ro Khanna, you have a bad case of Main Character Syndrome.

I pity your very wealthy children.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:37 AM (RIvkX)

88 An appositive comma walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Hey, you can't just interrupt the flow of conversation!"

Posted by: Too early for grammar humor? at July 14, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

89 The CNN morning Spokesholes have their very serious tsk-tsk, tut-tut masks on today: Trump's forever Iran war, dementia?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:40 AM (/eAef)

90 Lindsey's passing illustrates what is wrong with washington dc. When some ass clown in the house or senate croaks, folks get all upset because their sugar daddy may not be around to hand out freebies to them, like little children. In a sane world, when a jack wagon like Lindsey gets unalived, a free man would just say "who?" while lifting his ass high to break wind.

Posted by: Live Long And Prosper at July 14, 2026 07:40 AM (qC81n)

91 So I got a call yesterday. It was an offer to finance the home improvement projects I was pricing.

"You have the wrong house."
"Is this *address*."
"Yes. You have my name and my address but I have not asked for any services."
"Did you have your credit pulled recently."
"No."

At least the dude wasn't Indian so maybe the call centers are steering away from the H1B crowd.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 07:40 AM (OPGS/)

92 I don't mind sis taking over - she seems like a truly good person.

I'm sure it was partly so all of Graham's people (both in DC and SC), who the communities loved b/c he was so good with constituents, also get to grieve and get a few months to find a new job while winding this one down...

And it picked no favorites for voters for the race. So, the American people can pick with no one choosing for them.

Posted by: Nova Local at July 14, 2026 07:40 AM (tOcjL)

93 1.3%
“The Sooner State ranked 40th for worker protections last year, according to Oxfam America, which said that the state’s $7.25 minimum wage covers only about 19% of the cost of living for a family of four, and noted that state law prohibits municipalities from setting their minimum wages any higher.”

1.3% of fulltime workers in OK make min wages.
(D) is the party of 2%.
95% if their focus is on 2% issues.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:40 AM (/+uur)

94 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:37 AM
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A donation has been given in your name to The Human Fund.

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at July 14, 2026 07:40 AM (2Ez/1)

95 1.3% of fulltime workers in OK make min wages.
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How many of them are the sole providers for a family of four?

How much additional state/federal assistance are they getting?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 07:42 AM (FZ29D)

96 the fact that his sister has been tapped to replace him gets my blood simmering vis a vis our venal and corrupted system

As I understand it, she is not running to hold the seat past January. She worked with her brother and so she knows the staff and the office and by putting her in the position it deflects some political noise. Most of the SC politicians, including the ones who'll be running to replace him permanently, spoke out in favor of the move.

This isn't like the Dingell Seat.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

97 76 Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.
Posted by: Old Indian Chief at July 14, 2026 07:30 AM (wVcYX)

Now do dipping water from the deep end of the pond to fill the shallow end.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:43 AM (/+uur)

98 "Worker protections" sounds downright socialist.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

99 If you are trying to support a family of four on minimum wage you are doing it wrong.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 07:44 AM (MWfyi)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:44 AM (/+uur)

101 See how well placed that comma was?
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)

It was critically important. +1

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 07:44 AM (wVcYX)

102 "... the fact that his sister has been tapped to replace him gets my blood simmering vis a vis our venal and corrupted system..."

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Nothing new.

Posted by: Lurleen B. Wallace at July 14, 2026 07:45 AM (2Ez/1)

103 > DSA Calls for Abolishing the Constitution

DSA is going to FAFO that a large number of people have taken an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 07:45 AM (IG3/x)

104 ‘It’ll Be Violent’: Chicago Teachers Union Hosts Israel-Hating Communist Convention Where Radicals Call for Sabotaging US Ports, Backing Iran

Sadly, even hanging them would be no deterrent since, when it happened - 30 years hence, no one would remember why.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e)

105 This proposed Strait of Hormuz toll; The toll gate sounds like it will be a real SOB to build.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:46 AM (/eAef)

106 98 "Worker protections" sounds downright socialist.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 07:43 AM (2Ez/1)

Imagine sitting in a room with 3 HR peeps and 2 union chiefs and your local union reps and being told you weekly hours (and wages) will increase to 30 from 40 hours so that 2 new team members can be added to each shift.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:47 AM (/+uur)

107 This proposed Strait of Hormuz toll; The toll gate sounds like it will be a real SOB to build.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:46 AM (/eAef)

Somebody needs to go back and get a boatload of dimes!

Posted by: Taggart at July 14, 2026 07:48 AM (wVcYX)

108 >>>The toll gate sounds like it will be a real SOB to build.
******
Call us.

Posted by: EZPass at July 14, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

109 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 07:48 AM (F5FAo)

110 Alteria Pilgram

The toll gate is made of haze grey ships, with tired crews, showing how eternal lessons of war at sea are still relevant. Satellites, electromagnetic intelligence, and wonderful air cover aid the hourly vigilance to control Iranian commerce at sea.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

111 I've been thinking about what someone said yesterday and I think we should call the "Strait of Hormuz" the "Persian Dogleg".

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 07:49 AM (MWfyi)

112 Proponents argue that resetting clocks has negative health impacts

True, and known.

permanent Daylight Saving Time would boost outdoor recreation, tourism and economic activity, among other benefits.

Horseshit. It would have the same effect as permanent standard time except that standard time doesn't pretend that it's a time that it isn't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)

113 The lawsuit names two former Apple employees, Chang Liu and Tang Yew Tan, who allegedly accessed sensitive company information before joining OpenAI.

There is also a copy in China.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:50 AM (/+uur)

114 Questions mount over Gavin Newsom’s $12M diaper deal as ethics watchdog demands state audit
By Annie Gaus
Published July 13, 2026
Updated July 13, 2026, 4:17 p.m. PDT

Gavin Newsom’s $12M diaper deal with Baby2Baby facing scrutiny by ethics watchdog

A government ethics watchdog is asking California’s state auditor to investigate a multimillion-dollar diaper deal championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom — alleging political favoritism and potential waste of taxpayer dollars.

Washington D.C.-based Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) asked State Auditor Grant Parks to probe California’s $6.2M no-bid contract with Baby2Baby, a nonprofit with ties to Newsom’s wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom, alleging the state may have skirted a typical competitive bidding process and concealed records about the free diaper deal.

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Walls closing in...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

115 The latest sugar isn’t essential for life, but can easily convert to a form that’s thought to be crucial to kick-starting life on Earth
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"Kick-starting"

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 07:51 AM (Qr870)

116 I see that the woketards are busy crapping up the revival of Little House on the Prairie.

I was never a real fan of the original, but my sisters were.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 07:51 AM (IG3/x)

117 There was never a "toll" at Hormuz until the IRGC created one. Once the other Gulf Nations saw how much traffic (money) the IRGC was raking in, they, too decided that; hey this tollbooth idea has teeth.

It's extortion. The only way we allow it is if we get a cut. A big cut.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 07:51 AM (jehhT)

118 San Franpsycho

Faster, please. May the walls for the CA political leadership be movable, like a trash compactor on a Death Star.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

119 "Questions mount over Gavin Newsom’s $12M diaper deal as ethics watchdog demands state audit"
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Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at July 14, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

120 The toll gate is made of haze grey ships, with tired crews, showing how eternal lessons of war at sea are still relevant. Satellites, electromagnetic intelligence, and wonderful air cover aid the hourly vigilance to control Iranian commerce at sea.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I was sort of hoping for two long lift gates and a toll booth tended by a couple of illiterate goat herders that can be bribed with Marlboros and porn magazines.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:53 AM (/eAef)

121 Pres. Donald J. Trump
Thruway
Toll 10 cents
Exact Change Lane

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 07:54 AM (wVcYX)

122 Alteria Pilgram

It looks tiny on a map, but to see it is to realize how vast the distance is, beyond our engineering ability to bridge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

123 >It looks tiny on a map, but to see it is to realize how vast the distance is, beyond our engineering ability to bridge.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:55 AM
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Pfffft...
Nothing to it. We should be able to knock it out in five...ten years, max.

Posted by: Maryland Department of Transportation at July 14, 2026 07:58 AM (2Ez/1)

124 It looks tiny on a map, but to see it is to realize how vast the distance is, beyond our engineering ability to bridge.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

Two words: Gavin Newsom. No worries.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:59 AM (/eAef)

125 ARTICLE 1. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a socialist state of workers and peasants.

But mostly peasants.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 07:59 AM (/+uur)

126 It looks tiny on a map, but to see it is to realize how vast the distance is, beyond our engineering ability to bridge.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

There is another way to guard the Straits.

Posted by: The Guns of Navarone at July 14, 2026 07:59 AM (wVcYX)

127 Anti-ICE activists quickly organized a demonstration following the incident.

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I notice no "quickly organized demonstrations" following all the countless murders and deaths of Americans caused by illegal aliens. Never. Not one single person who has died at the hands of an illegal alien gets one second of attention.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 07:59 AM (qBdHI)

128 When is lunch and when does happy hour begin?

As a grown-ass adult, the answer to both of those questions is - whenever I feel like it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:00 AM (ExV1e)

129
"Our Democracy" and "Climate Crisis" seem to have lost their power as killing words in favor of "Fuck Ice" and "Free Gaza".

Words of course being of no real meaning to the revolution.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 08:00 AM (Y8DZL)

130 >It looks tiny on a map, but to see it is to realize how vast the distance is, beyond our engineering ability to bridge.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 07:55 AM
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Pfffft...
Nothing to it. We should be able to knock it out in five...ten years, max.
Posted by: Maryland Department of Transportation at July 14, 2026 07:58 AM (2Ez/1)

We'd like to help.

Posted by: Oregon Highway Department at July 14, 2026 08:00 AM (wVcYX)

131 How much are the anti-ICE demonstrations paying today?

Posted by: Stoner living in his parents basement at July 14, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)

132 As a grown-ass adult, the answer to both of those questions is - whenever I feel like it. Posted by: I used to have a different nic

"13 minutes to Judge Wapner and The People's Court."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 08:02 AM (/eAef)

133 Morning Horde thx JJ.
Good to see Mick coming out and telling entertainers "to just entertain". Only took him 82 years, but better late than never

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 08:04 AM (m2wmY)

134 I left my front door open and my Roomba got out, and now I can’t find it.

What are the consequences of this? It has no natural predators…

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)

135 This proposed Strait of Hormuz toll; The toll gate sounds like it will be a real SOB to build.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 07:46 AM (/eAef)

If the people of Rock Ridge could put one up in the prairie in less than an hour, with working lights, then we can put one in every Straight in Hormuz. And two in every Ghey.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:05 AM (ExV1e)

136 You'll never catch me coppers!

Posted by: Salty's Roomba at July 14, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)

137 128 When is lunch and when does happy hour begin?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

My late FIL insisted that more than 1 oz of vodka in a morning Bloody Mary constituted degeneracy.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 08:06 AM (Y8DZL)

138 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

139 And the difference between the Mulllahs and Margaret Cho and Cenk Uygur is, what exactly?!

Cock size.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

140 "Shut Up and Sing" is a 2006 documentary film about the Dixie Chicks and the backlash they faced after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized President George W. Bush during a concert in 2003. The film explores themes of freedom of speech and the consequences of public political statements.

Posted by: From IMDB at July 14, 2026 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)

141 From Previous Thread:
China, Russia, and Iran are working to inflame tensions over AI datacenters in the US. (New York Times) (archive site)

First, its the NYT. Gell-Mann amnesia is a thing.

Second, Sam Altman, the sociopath wrecking the reputation of AI singlehandedly (though getting help by the lunatics at Anthropic) is far worse than foreign competitors exploiting the gullibility and the near complete lack of critical thinking skills in the West.

Though China has played the long game. Conditioning a population through social media to "think" and make decisions in terms of hot-takes. A person can agree with "A" in an instant, then emotionally manipulated to hate "A" the next.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 08:08 AM (a4flb)

142 Well, back in 1968 Bill Ayers didn't even flinch when he declared that 25 million of us who could not or refused to be "re-educated" would have to be liquidated once he and his ilk took power. Should America somehow return to sanity and the move to embrace Socialim/communism fade away and die Please God, perhaps we can avoid having to visit on the Left what they so eagerly seek to do to us. If not, look out.

It truly saddens me that f*cker still consumes oxygen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:08 AM (2YhKe)

143 My late FIL insisted that more than 1 oz of vodka in a morning Bloody Mary constituted degeneracy.
Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 08:06 AM (Y8DZL)

True. OTOH, there is no limit to how many you can have.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

144 ‘It’ll Be Violent’: Chicago Teachers Union Hosts Israel-Hating Communist Convention Where Radicals Call for Sabotaging US Ports, Backing Iran

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I think of this completely brazen, out-in-the-open sedition along with the words coming out of that maggot-faced Rashida Tlaib, and wonder why this incredible danger and treason is not being stopped immediately. First off, Tlaib should get 2 choices: leave this country and go back to her stinking Satan-soaked home country or drop her off into the open, shark-infested waters off the coasts of Australia. As for the others, raids, imprisonment for sedition and treason (for G*d's sake, they're admitting the sabotage they plan to do!) at the very, very least.

I'd imagine Martin Luther King, Jr. was stalked by the FBI for far less.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 08:09 AM (qBdHI)

145 "Shut Up and Sing" is a 2006 documentary film about the Dixie Chicks and the backlash they faced after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized President George W. Bush during a concert in 2003. The film explores themes of freedom of speech and the consequences of public political statements.
Posted by: From IMDB at July 14, 2026 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)

Who?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:09 AM (2YhKe)

146 Today Is National Mac 'N Cheese Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 08:09 AM (NpAcC)

147 I left my front door open and my Roomba got out, and now I can’t find it.

What are the consequences of this? It has no natural predators…

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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LOL, a major feat getting a chuckle out of me this early!

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

148 ‘It’ll Be Violent’: Chicago Teachers Union Hosts Israel-Hating Communist Convention Where Radicals Call for Sabotaging US Ports, Backing Iran

Park the buses outside the venue. Arrest them all. Put them on a C130 and grant them a 1 way trip to Iran.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (2YhKe)

149 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

I'm so excited.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

150 149 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

I'm so excited.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

The sooner you start them the sooner you'll be done....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 08:11 AM (K6BoD)

151 I used to have a different nic

Good luck! We are all counting on you to heal.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)

152 As a grown-ass adult, the answer to both of those questions is - whenever I feel like it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:00 AM (ExV1e)

I sooooooo look forward to retired life.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:11 AM (2YhKe)

153 Sing that song, you b*tch!

Posted by: Zombie Richard Pryor at July 14, 2026 08:12 AM (wVcYX)

154 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

I'm so excited.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

Radiation is cake. In and out of the room pretty quick. Just use the cream for the burn when they tell you to. Wife actually found that a breeze, especially compared to chemo.

Godspeed, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)

155 I sooooooo look forward to retired life.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

You are going to love Trash Day Eve.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 08:13 AM (/eAef)

156 134 I left my front door open and my Roomba got out, and now I can’t find it.

What are the consequences of this? It has no natural predators…

Nature abhors a vacuum.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 08:05 AM
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This is cute:

https://youtu.be/DY1GAoBwy1E

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

157 used to have a different nic
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Good luck.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 08:13 AM (Qr870)

158 Nothing to it. We should be able to knock it out in five...ten years, max.
Posted by: Maryland Department of Transportation

That is one of the points that the Republican governor candidate made. The man even had a video of him talking in front of that bridge.

If you had 2-3 sets of crews working 24/7, that bridge would have been done quickly.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 08:13 AM (OPGS/)

159 Good luck! We are all counting on you to heal.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)

I'm not worried about it, I just wish that they gave the dosing in units with which I am familiar (rem) rather than Grays.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

160
This is cute:

https://youtu.be/DY1GAoBwy1E
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

And accurate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:14 AM (2YhKe)

161 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

I'm so excited.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Let us know if you get superpowers.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 08:14 AM (OPGS/)

162 Radiation is cake. In and out of the room pretty quick. Just use the cream for the burn when they tell you to. Wife actually found that a breeze, especially compared to chemo.

Godspeed, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:13 AM (2YhKe)

No skin burn with the system they're going to be using on me. Wife was jelly.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

163 Nature abhors a vacuum.

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LOL, a major feat getting a chuckle out of me this early!

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

A chuckle? I'm ready to throw my phone and never look at it again.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 08:14 AM (Qr870)

164 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

Prayers for you, my friend.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 14, 2026 08:14 AM (GunDY)

165 I looked at the protesters in Maine and they were a lot of old types. I'm sure Antifa will step up but it looked like another No Kings rally.
The shooting will sure make the upcoming Dem convention to replace Platner an even more chaotic mess

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 08:15 AM (m2wmY)

166 We REALLY need to stop shivering in our boots about the potential for the Left to try to genocide us.

In particular, I can't stand it when people describe their rhetoric as "scary."

Personally? I find it EXCITING. I find it invigorating, the thought that finally, finally we might get the chance to send tens of millions of these demons back to hell.

They want a war? Awesome!

LET THEIR BLOOD FLOW!!!!!

These Mama's boys have convinced themselves that they're tough guys from the mean streets who can easily wipe out the patriots who are such weak pussies that they actually work for a living instead of scamming the system. Let's see how these welfare badasses measure up against the "Sixteen Tons" crowd.

Posted by: Ken at July 14, 2026 08:15 AM (aVf49)

167 Quarter Twenty

*Snort*. Good one.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)

168 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

I'm so excited.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
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Demand hot nurses! Remember, you have rights.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

169 Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Posted by: H2G2 at July 14, 2026 08:15 AM (n9eFH)

170 Good morning! >>156....

That was pretty funny!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 08:16 AM (3Ope8)

171 Let us know if you get superpowers.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 08:14 AM (OPGS/)

If I didn't get superpowers from hanging around the reactor in the Navy, I'm not likely to get them from this. Although Super Prostate might make an 'interesting' porno.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

172 We decreed all of China have only one time zone and like it that way. Obey your government!

And you morning people who rike Standard Time can go squeeze a breeze.

Posted by: CCP at July 14, 2026 08:17 AM (hVCM7)

173 Demand hot nurses! Remember, you have rights.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

One of them at my planning appointment was a fairly hot blonde. Tight scrubs. She's the one who said they'd be pulling down my pants once I got on the table... which they did.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

174 Elena Kagan and Amy Comey Barrett will be on Capitol Hill today too ask for more money for security of SCOTUS.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

175 No skin burn with the system they're going to be using on me. Wife was jelly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

It was somewhere in the 2000's when I sat next to a guy on a plane trip to Houston. He worked for a company that was developing a machine that used 'ionic bombardment' against cancerous tumors. I remember him mentioning some cancer on the optic nerve that had a 96% death rate. This method turned it into a 92% survival rate.

Wife has a high school classmate that has developed some kind of eye cancer, so I decided to look that treatment up. After all these years, it never went anywhere in the US. There are some systems in Europe and they're just now building a treatment center and installing one in Florida, but it won't be available until next year.

Seems odd that something reportedly so successful took 25+ years to come to the US.

But, look what they've done to ivermectin.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:19 AM (2YhKe)

176 112> Horseshit. It would have the same effect as permanent standard time except that standard time doesn't pretend that it's a time that it isn't.

UTC is the way. 14 States in the US (Nevada has a tiny slice in Mountain) are split across two time zones.

Unification is our Strength

China, India and Pakistan have proven that a single time zones works. (China spreads across five time zones)

UTC is as good as any other. Most digital watches have a UTC mode built in.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 08:19 AM (a4flb)

177 When is lunch and when does happy hour begin?

As a grown-ass adult, the answer to both of those questions is - whenever I feel like it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yep. Had pancakes for dinner last week because I felt like it.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:19 AM (F5FAo)

178 Elena Kagan and Amy Comey Barrett will be on Capitol Hill today too ask for more money for security of SCOTUS.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

The budget remains the same.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:19 AM (2YhKe)

179 The guys from Film Threat did an out of the movie quick review for The Odyssey. One thought it was a disaster , Chris Gore thought it was mixed but disappointing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 08:20 AM (m2wmY)

180 Tell Scotus to stop making stupid rulings and they won't need security, at least from the normies.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 14, 2026 08:20 AM (2noDb)

181 Erling Haaland returns from a World Cup summer adventure in the USA with a keepsake souvenir.

https://youtube.com/shorts/xAgN0UPml2Q

I love this guy. No homo.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:21 AM (wVcYX)

182 Wife has a high school classmate that has developed some kind of eye cancer, so I decided to look that treatment up. After all these years, it never went anywhere in the US. There are some systems in Europe and they're just now building a treatment center and installing one in Florida, but it won't be available until next year.

Seems odd that something reportedly so successful took 25+ years to come to the US.

But, look what they've done to ivermectin.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

A cure means no more patient.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:21 AM (F5FAo)

183
https://youtube.com/shorts/xAgN0UPml2Q

I love this guy. No homo.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:21 AM (wVcYX)

What's the reason for him coming out of the game at it's most critical point?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

184 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

We need to feed a few liberal Justices food from the National Mac & Cheese repository. Like we did with the leader of North Korea.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)

185 55 A new inspector general report says the Secret Service missed more than 100 radio transmissions from local law enforcement about the suspicious man who would later be identified as Thomas Crooks.
One hundred. Pure insanity.
The report says that local authorities were warning about a man with a range finder, then a long gun, then a position on a rooftop with a direct line of sight to Trump. How on earth does the esteemed Secret Service miss all that?
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 07:15 AM (jPf86)
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To fail to figure it out they would have to be booger eating morons, too stupid to find their way to work. They are not stupid. They were ordered to stand down by the superiors at the SS. There is no other rational explanation. The superiors at SS are co-conspirators to assassinate Trump. Give me another explanation . . . .

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (JNTt1)

186 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

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Many prayers for you today! One down is one less to go. {{{hugs}}}

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)

187 174 > Elena Kagan and Amy Comey Barrett will be on Capitol Hill today too ask for more money for security of SCOTUS.

This immediately following the suicidal "ruling" that the US devolve into a savage, barbarian third world due to complete and total loss of our borders and who can have access to the entire offering of the welfare state.

It used to be that the fear of Tar and Feathers kept politicians' tyrannical ambitions at bay. And the women of SCOTUS are not jurists, they are political activists.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (a4flb)

188 One of them at my planning appointment was a fairly hot blonde.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

I had an MRI last week and the tech was absolutely adorable. Why that isn't mandated is beyond me...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (l4RKn)

189 The guys from Film Threat did an out of the movie quick review for The Odyssey. One thought it was a disaster , Chris Gore thought it was mixed but disappointing
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 08:20 AM (m2wmY)

I'm reasonably sure it's woke and homo.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

190 Seems odd that something reportedly so successful took 25+ years to come to the US.

Might be that it's for a rare cancer and it took forever to get approved. It's always interesting that Europe can manage to approve medical things faster than we can even if they're invented here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

191 A cure means no more patient.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:21 AM (F5FAo)

So does death.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

192 The report says that local authorities were warning about a man with a range finder, then a long gun, then a position on a rooftop with a direct line of sight to Trump. How on earth does the esteemed Secret Service miss all that?
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 07:15 AM (jPf86)

It's easy when you're part of a conspiracy to murder the President of the United States.

They're just thankfully woefully incompetent.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)

193 Might be that it's for a rare cancer and it took forever to get approved. It's always interesting that Europe can manage to approve medical things faster than we can even if they're invented here.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

As I understood it, it could be used on almost any tumor, had minimal side effects due to it being isolated to the tumor itself and was VERY effective.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)

194 A cure means no more patient.

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I really never understood this. I don't doubt that there may be some nefarious financial reasons they don't want a cure for those who are diagnosed with this awful disease...being the gargantuan cash cow it is. But wouldn't the treatments/cures also be cash cows? I mean, people that can be cured are still patients that would bring in their almighty, precious $haul. I guess I'm naive.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 08:25 AM (qBdHI)

195 What's the reason for him coming out of the game at it's most critical point?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

I thought he played the whole game against England? I recall the England striker getting substituted in the closing minutes and getting a nice send off from the crowd.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:26 AM (wVcYX)

196 “If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!
Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?”

Proverbs 25:24

Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 08:27 AM (zIokw)

197 As I understood it, it could be used on almost any tumor, had minimal side effects due to it being isolated to the tumor itself and was VERY effective.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)

Dunno. Apparently they've adapted cryo for prostate cancer (albeit not for initial treatment), and maybe sonic as well. Crazy stuff.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

198 I thought he played the whole game against England? I recall the England striker getting substituted in the closing minutes and getting a nice send off from the crowd.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:26 AM (wVcYX)

He came out in one of the 15 minute extras. I don't think the English whiner came out until the game was in hand. MAN that dude pisses and moans.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

199 Park the buses outside the venue.

Lock them into EV buses and then let EVs do what EVs do. Don't bother having the Fire Department respond.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 08:28 AM (a4flb)

200 Bastille Day!

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 08:28 AM (GD0B3)

201 I really never understood this. I don't doubt that there may be some nefarious financial reasons they don't want a cure for those who are diagnosed with this awful disease...being the gargantuan cash cow it is. But wouldn't the treatments/cures also be cash cows? I mean, people that can be cured are still patients that would bring in their almighty, precious $haul. I guess I'm naive.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 08:25 AM (qBdHI)

I'm having 28 rounds of radiation and it'll cost $44K total. Seven years ago, my wife had 4 rounds of chemo and each one cost over $100K.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)

202 Contre nous de la tyrannie !

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 08:29 AM (GD0B3)

203 It's quite amazing. I actually cleaned out the coffee maker with the half and half vinegar / water method.

Coffee does taste completely different. Wonder what I've been ingesting the last several months.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

204 L'étendard sanglant est levé !

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 08:30 AM (GD0B3)

205 “ Elena Kagan and Amy Comey Barrett will be on Capitol Hill today too ask for more money for security of SCOTUS.”

Awww isn’t it nice when a leftist and an ever bigger leftist work together for common causes. And they say bipartisanship is dead.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 08:30 AM (Xe8e7)

206 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

I'm so excited.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
*****
Sending prayers that it's successful in your recovery.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 08:31 AM (NpAcC)

207 I'm having 28 rounds of radiation and it'll cost $44K total. Seven years ago, my wife had 4 rounds of chemo and each one cost over $100K.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)

Wife was getting chemo once a week. I think her price was around $6800 per. She was on it for 6 months.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

208 147 I left my front door open and my Roomba got out, and now I can’t find it.

What are the consequences of this? It has no natural predators…

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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LOL, a major feat getting a chuckle out of me this early!
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

That Sucks

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 08:32 AM (/+uur)

209 And the English striker is getting shit on from fans because it came out he played golf with Trump 6 months ago......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:32 AM (2YhKe)

210 Wife was getting chemo once a week. I think her price was around $6800 per. She was on it for 6 months.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

Pills, or infusion?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

211 A man's 'dream property' in Oregon turned into a nightmare after he found more than 50,000 tires dumped on his land. Khanh Tran, a soon-to-be father, purchased a 1.2-acre property in April where he hired contractors to build his new home in Portland, according to KATU. Tran had agreed to remove a small pile of about 50 tires on the land, but when he returned in June with a contractor, the pile had become an ocean of rubber.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 08:33 AM (RHGPo)

212 Inflation for June coming in under expectations.

Core CPI +2.6% YOY

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

213 A same-sex couple in Canada is suing the single mother they chose to carry their baby after she refused to abort their baby over a prenatal cleft lip diagnosis.

So...are there any tall buildings near them with easy access to the roof? Asking for a friend. Sorry if that sounds a bit harsh but that behavior is absolutely evil.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 08:33 AM (OPGS/)

214 205 “ Elena Kagan and Amy Comey Barrett will be on Capitol Hill today too ask for more money for security of SCOTUS.”

Awww isn’t it nice when a leftist and an ever bigger leftist work together for common causes. And they say bipartisanship is dead.
Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 08:30 AM (Xe8e7)

Issue them both an MP4 and 1911
good luck gals

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)

215 > “ Elena Kagan and Amy Comey Barrett will be on Capitol Hill today too ask for more money for security of SCOTUS.”
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They'll get it.

I'm for no security for any in the judiciary. If your rulings are just, you wouldn't need it. That you feel you do says a lot about the state of said judiciary.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 08:34 AM (jehhT)

216
Pills, or infusion?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:33 AM (ExV1e)

Infusion. She had the port installed so they only hooked her up every Thursday for a few hours.

She wants to get a tattoo over the scar that remains after it's removal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:34 AM (2YhKe)

217 It's quite amazing. I actually cleaned out the coffee maker with the half and half vinegar / water method.

Coffee does taste completely different. Wonder what I've been ingesting the last several months.......

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You don't want to know what's been hiding in that plastic water well interior!

Try a French press, Sponge. You won't have to ever deal with that mysterious filth that builds up in places you can't see. Plus, your coffee grounds sit in the hot water instead of just having the water quickly pour over them. Makes for a rich-tasting coffee. Mr. Black was a coffee pot guy for 40 years until we discovered the French press method. He won't drink it any other way now. 4 minutes and it's done. Easy peasy.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 14, 2026 08:34 AM (qBdHI)

218 He came out in one of the 15 minute extras. I don't think the English whiner came out until the game was in hand. MAN that dude pisses and moans.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

I must have missed Haaland's early exit. I think it was the English striker, near the end, rolling about grabbing his ankle like a tiger had chewed his foot off. Then, when no penalty magically appeared, hops up and rejoins running about with no ill effect. Drama queen.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:35 AM (wVcYX)

219 I'm for no security for any in the judiciary. If your rulings are just, you wouldn't need it. That you feel you do says a lot about the state of said judiciary.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 08:34 AM (jehhT)

With the insane rhetoric coming from the left and it's constantly filling stable of lunatics, I'm alright with some security.

But you only need more because you're pissing off BOTH sides of the aisle. So, no increase. You've earned it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

220 Good morning!

After the ghoulish celebration of Charlie Kirk's murder, nothing surprises me. Of course they are dancing on Lindsey Graham's grave.

Posted by: RBG at July 14, 2026 08:35 AM (X8xt3)

221 Our first pot is drip because the machine does it for us. The second pot is always pour-over or French press. We are not savages.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

222 If your rulings are just, you wouldn't need it.

Remember Kavanaugh having to deal with a freak who wanted him dead over the ending of Roe v Wade? That ruling was just but that still happened. I don't mind them having security.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 08:36 AM (OPGS/)

223 I really never understood this. I don't doubt that there may be some nefarious financial reasons they don't want a cure for those who are diagnosed with this awful disease...being the gargantuan cash cow it is. But wouldn't the treatments/cures also be cash cows? I mean, people that can be cured are still patients that would bring in their almighty, precious $haul. I guess I'm naive.
Posted by: Lady in Black

My wife was diagnosed on March 5th, 2023. She passed on August 20th, 2025. 2.5 years.

Had she been cured in July of 2023, how much money would they have lost?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:36 AM (F5FAo)

224 Anything related to Trump sparks a backlash and is oh so controversial. Had Kane played golf with the leader of Hamas it would be applauded in the media.

The msm also turned on Pulisic because he is supposedly MAGA. Also why Alexi Lalas is “controversial”.

Apparently it’s a crime for a sports figure to be non-communist.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 08:37 AM (Xe8e7)

225 I must have missed Haaland's early exit. I think it was the English striker, near the end, rolling about grabbing his ankle like a tiger had chewed his foot off. Then, when no penalty magically appeared, hops up and rejoins running about with no ill effect. Drama queen.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:35 AM (wVcYX)

To be fair, that's soccer as a whole and a large reason why Americans just can't buy into the sport. We hate that shit. I mean, LeBitch should be considered one of the greats, but because he's a flopping, whining bitch, he's reasonaly hated by WAY more than he thinks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:37 AM (2YhKe)

226
Had she been cured in July of 2023, how much money would they have lost?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 08:36 AM (F5FAo)

That only depends on what they would charge for an effective treatment.

God rest her soul.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

227 A new Citizens Budget Committee report found that New York’s share of millionaires, those earning more than a million dollars a year, declined more than any other state since 2010. The state went from having 12.7% of all millionaires in the nation to 8.7%. Worse yet, in the more recent years, the state’s highest earners have been leaving much faster than its lowest earners.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 08:38 AM (RHGPo)

228 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)

229 Apparently it’s a crime for a sports figure to be non-communist.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 08:37 AM (Xe8e7)
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They should take Elon's words of wisdom to heart:

"Fvck. Off."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

230 I was referring to Bellingham, not Kane, as the drama queen.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:39 AM (wVcYX)

231 The state went from having 12.7% of all millionaires in the nation to 8.7%. Worse yet, in the more recent years, the state’s highest earners have been leaving much faster than its lowest earners.
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 08:38 AM (RHGPo)

Lower earners are more hostages than citizens of a given shithole. It's much harder for them to leave.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:40 AM (2YhKe)

232 Our first pot is drip because the machine does it for us. The second pot is always pour-over or French press. We are not savages.

Percolator. For the WIN!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 08:40 AM (3Ope8)

233 149 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

I'm so excited.
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You'll be positively glowing at the end of it all. . . . j/k.

Prayers up for best results and minimum of negative side effects.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 08:40 AM (JNTt1)

234 The notion there is a cure for cancer, and it’s being hidden is proven demonstrably untrue by some simple research and understanding of current advances in treatment. While cancer shares many of the same elements, many types of cancers have unique aspects. That’s why the plan of care, therapies and treatments are often confined to specific types.

They are trying to find some of the common elements and that is one key. If you’re interested, read up on some of the current advances and how they continue to investigate cancer on a cellular and dna level. AI has also helped advance many of the clinical trials by speeding up the investigatory process.

Finally, talk to the people involved. In a place like UT they deeply care. These are not people who would hide anything that may help cure that disease. YMMV.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 08:40 AM (zIokw)

235 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

I'm so excited.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
*****

*Hulk fist bump*

Posted by: Hulk at July 14, 2026 08:42 AM (wVcYX)

236
Finally, talk to the people involved. In a place like UT they deeply care. These are not people who would hide anything that may help cure that disease. YMMV.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 08:40 AM (zIokw)

And yet, ivermectin and mebendazole is still shunned even after multiple trials show it highly effective across a wide variety of cancers.

YMMV.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

237 SMOD

This fleeing of people with options is as we predicted right here 10 years ago.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

238 WOW! New Yorkers are stunned after a major new report just found NYC has hemorrhaged $11 BILLION DOLLARS in lost tax revenue across just one year — NYP

Cloward Piven works right yup to the point the other side packs up and leave, with the toys and the money.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

239 No, no, no and no. This was already tried and it was widely hated and repealed. If we're going to eliminate changing the clocks twice a year, it needs to be Standard time.

“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” - Ben Franklin popularized John Clarke's Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina (1639) which also included a number of proverbs about early rising.

So naturally, our rulers choose for us the one that has us going to bed later and rising later.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 08:43 AM (a4flb)

240 >>“ Elena Kagan and Amy Comey Barrett will be on Capitol Hill today too ask for more money for security of SCOTUS.”

Why isn't John Roberts doing this?

Why has he done nothing about the recent, major leaks that have increased the Left's attempts to sway the court via threat of violence and "protesting" their homes? Hasn't it been Kagan dragging her feet on controversial cases specifically so that conservative justices can be harassed/worn down into doing what the mob demands?

What's the point of demanding they fix the result without acknowledging the cause? I mean, why do we have SCOTUS justices demanding security NOW?
The "we must get to the root cause" people are nowhere to be found (because they're cheering on the harassment of SCOTUS).

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 08:43 AM (X8xt3)

241 We already tried Daylight Savings all year. The people in the northern states are in for a rough winter.

Posted by: Quirky bookworm at July 14, 2026 08:43 AM (JFaIe)

242 If the judiciary's rulings are just, wacko's who threaten justices would be in prison.

I'm still fine with letting them deal with the situation they've created by being partisan. That decision should have consequences. They need to deal with it.

The justices that are in face 'just' need to pressure those that aren't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 08:43 AM (jehhT)

243 WOW! New Yorkers are stunned after a major new report just found NYC has hemorrhaged $11 BILLION DOLLARS in lost tax revenue across just one year — NYP

Cloward Piven works right yup to the point the other side packs up and leave, with the toys and the money.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

And yet, they elected Mamdani.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:43 AM (2YhKe)

244 They are addressing the flopping somewhat. I’ve seen yellow cards issued for it. That needs to be enforced more and maybe even red cards if it’s done in the penalty box.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 08:44 AM (Xe8e7)

245 Our first pot is drip because the machine does it for us. The second pot is always pour-over or French press. We are not savages.

Percolator. For the WIN!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 08:40 AM (3Ope

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I use a drip machine and my wife uses a Nespresso, because she feels sorry for the Nestle people and wants to help them. I just want coffee.

One more secret to a 43 year marriage; drink coffee any damn way you please.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 08:44 AM (mxonI)

246 Anyone seen Madamemayhem around?

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 08:44 AM (Qr870)

247 Coffee is coffee. A caffeine delivery vehicle, nothing more, nothing less. No need to tart it up.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ)

248 Washington imposed a 10% income tax on “millionaires”. Bezos left Washington for Florida which has 0% income tax.

Unexpectedly.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 08:45 AM (Xe8e7)

249 Random thing hit me: July is National Bison Month. Maybe the one bull was tossing that dude in celebration and things got out of hand.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 08:46 AM (OPGS/)

250 Why isn't John Roberts doing this?
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He, by rights, ought to be fearful of appearing in public, after his decisions this past term.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 08:46 AM (mxonI)

251
Black. High grounds to water ratio.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 08:46 AM (Y8DZL)

252 One more secret to a 43 year marriage; drink coffee any damn way you please.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 08:44 AM (mxonI)

And let her load the dishwasher any damn way she pleases. Keep the OCD spatial organization lips zipped. Trust me on this one. Peace is preferable to the cleanest possible dishware.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:46 AM (wVcYX)

253 248 Washington imposed a 10% income tax on “millionaires”.

Maryland tried it as well and they were salivating over the money those rich people were going to hand over. There was a lot of shock when they learned that rich people can and will move out.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 08:47 AM (OPGS/)

254 We already tried Daylight Savings all year. The people in the northern states are in for a rough winter.
Posted by: Quirky bookworm at July 14, 2026 08:43 AM (JFaIe)

It amazes me that the simple changing, or in this case not changing, sends people in such a tizzy. The earth rotates at the same pace, the days are the same length each season. The only thing that changes is what time you set your alarm. You can still get 8 hours of sleep and your daylight hours to accomplish things. It just takes an adjustment and acclimation.

I remember when GWB moved the DST dates. Farmers were all up in arms. Cows and plants can't tell time.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:47 AM (2YhKe)

255 Good luck to SpaceX on Thursday with the next flight test!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 08:47 AM (mxonI)

256 And let her load the dishwasher any damn way she pleases. Keep the OCD spatial organization lips zipped. Trust me on this one. Peace is preferable to the cleanest possible dishware.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:46 AM (wVcYX)

hahahahah!!!

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 08:48 AM (GD0B3)

257 A new inspector general report released two years after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, says the Secret Service missed more than 100 radio transmissions warning about the suspected gunman.

It is not a conspiracy if you know they are out to get you.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 08:48 AM (/+uur)

258 I use a drip machine and my wife uses a Nespresso, because she feels sorry for the Nestle people and wants to help them. I just want coffee.

One more secret to a 43 year marriage; drink coffee any damn way you please.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 08:44 AM (mxonI)

Why would you feel sorry for a company that can afford to pay Clooney to shill for them? Seems they're doing just fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:48 AM (2YhKe)

259 I use a drip machine and my wife uses a Nespresso, because she feels sorry for the Nestle people and wants to help them. I just want coffee.

One more secret to a 43 year marriage; drink coffee any damn way you please.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 08:44 AM (mxonI)

Concur! We have a percolator, a Kuerig, a couple of Bialetis, a pour over and a french press. And we'll be at the big 40 this year.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 08:48 AM (3Ope8)

260 I saw OCD Spatial Organization open for Oasis at the Hard Rock back in 2024!

Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 08:49 AM (GD0B3)

261 Where is the credible evidence that ivermectin is a useful cancer treatment? I’ve seen a few where it showed some promise in shrinking tumors but that was in animals. The other study a lot of people promote was out of China and wasn’t really conclusive. If you talk to any decent oncologist there argument isn’t really against ivermectin, it is there are better, more effective treatments. Even the current leadership at NIH and HHS haven’t embraced it for that type of treatment. That’s a clue.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 14, 2026 08:50 AM (zIokw)

262 >>He, by rights, ought to be fearful of appearing in public, after his decisions this past term.

Right? It's his poor leadership that has led to this.
He should have swiftly and harshly dealt with the leak re: Alito's draft Dobbs decision as that put him in danger, as well as corrupting the SCOTUS.

His weakness is what caused this. HE should have asked for increased security, starting with that first leak at minimum.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 08:50 AM (X8xt3)

263
And let her load the dishwasher any damn way she pleases. Keep the OCD spatial organization lips zipped. Trust me on this one. Peace is preferable to the cleanest possible dishware.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:46 AM (wVcYX)

She won't let me load the dishwasher any damn way I please.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 08:50 AM (O0L8i)

264 Nespresso is very standard in Australia. We visited the Nespresso store in downtown Sydney it was fancy like a new car dealership.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

265 The dishwasher is managed by Boy F. and no one else has permission to place dishes or remove dishes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)

266 Silicon Valley giants Apple and Google largely shielded Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner from negative news coverage, giving the disgraced leftist political cover until his campaign completely imploded, a new study found.
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Leopard, spots.

Voters changed Washington, and hopefully, America, but so far, Apple and Google are ignoring that fact. People spending less on Apple and Google would help, but that's probably not going to happen anytime soon.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 08:52 AM (mxonI)

267 I don't let hubby touch the dishwasher, he loads it like a 5 year old. It'll be 40 years on the 26th.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 14, 2026 08:52 AM (2noDb)

268 She won't let me load the dishwasher any damn way I please.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 08:50 AM (O0L8i)
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Allow me to explain:

You're not doing it right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

269 She won't let me load the dishwasher any damn way I please.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 08:50 AM (O0L8i)

I thought you were the dishwasher at your place.

Posted by: dantesed at July 14, 2026 08:53 AM (Oy/m2)

270 My county is pushing for a high earners surcharge on taxes. Our DSA state assembly woman is putting out BS stats about people aren't actually leaving NY due to high taxes. The high earners rate keeps shifting. Surprise, surprise.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 08:53 AM (m2wmY)

271 OK, looks like Roberts has, so this visit is to underscore his request:

In July 2026, the Supreme Court — with Roberts leading the effort — requested a $230 million budget for fiscal year 2027, a $20.5 million increase over current levels.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 08:54 AM (X8xt3)

272 I run the dishwasher. Mine. Don't just throw stuff in there without rinsing or with no organization. We have a method in this house!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 08:54 AM (mxonI)

273 My method of loading the dishwasher is to cram as much stuff in there as possible so as to clear up counter and sink space. Spatial organization be damned.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 08:54 AM (77rzZ)

274 I don't let hubby touch the dishwasher, he loads it like a 5 year old. It'll be 40 years on the 26th.
Posted by: Jaimo at July 14, 2026 08:52 AM (2noDb)
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Why am I always so blown away whenever I find out a moron is actually a chick?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:54 AM (RIvkX)

275 If Atlanta was any more inclusive they would have to include normal people."

Nah. Wait until you're required...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR)

276 We already tried Daylight Savings all year. The people in the northern states are in for a rough winter.
Posted by: Quirky bookworm at July 14, 2026 08:43 AM (JFaIe)

Changing the clocks does not change how many hours of actual sunlight you get every day. If the time in which the sun shines in relation to the work day matters to so many people, adjust the work day.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

277 In July 2026, the Supreme Court — with Roberts leading the effort — requested a $230 million budget for fiscal year 2027, a $20.5 million increase over current levels.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 08:54 AM (X8xt3)

For what? When do they actually work? 5 months a year? At best?

Yeah, no. CUT that shit to the bone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)

278 > He, by rights, ought to be fearful of appearing in public, after his decisions this past term.
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As I said, if his court's decisions had been just, and not politically charged, he'd not have to fear appearing in public. At least, he shouldn't. The left's penchant for violence is in part because the judiciary is on their side. Maybe he ought to address that.

But he, and others on the bench see fit to politicize decisions as a matter of personal opinion or "balance" decisions based not on law, or the Constitution, but on politics.

Fuck 'em all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 08:55 AM (jehhT)

279 I could well be wrong but Graham struck me as the mild sort of Republican that Demoncrats could ease up on the hating of. The entire Democrat Party needs to be institionalized.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 14, 2026 08:55 AM (9neFC)

280 Changing the clocks does not change how many hours of actual sunlight you get every day. If the time in which the sun shines in relation to the work day matters to so many people, adjust the work day.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

Seems easier for businesses and such to adjust times accordingly where needed instead of large swaths of the entire country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

281 Dishes get the pre-clean here as they're loaded. Tha' 'lil nugget dawg sees to that. It's a team effort.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 14, 2026 08:56 AM (3Ope8)

282 10 worst states to live in for 2026, per CNBC:

1. Tennessee
2. Texas

"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas."

Posted by: Davey C at July 14, 2026 08:56 AM (/+uur)

283 Coffee is coffee. A caffeine delivery vehicle, nothing more, nothing less. No need to tart it up.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ)

The wife and I use a Keurig. She likes a medium roast while I prefer dark. Every cup is fresh and it only takes a minute to make one.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)

284 The entire Democrat Party needs to be institionalized.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA

Have we no canals that need to be dredged?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 08:57 AM (u82oZ)

285
His weakness is what caused this. HE should have asked for increased security, starting with that first leak at minimum.
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Right as usual Lizzy. That he never released the name of the leaker is another act of cowardice.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 08:57 AM (mxonI)

286 280 Changing the clocks does not change how many hours of actual sunlight you get every day. If the time in which the sun shines in relation to the work day matters to so many people, adjust the work day.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

I hate the "Spring forward".

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 08:57 AM (K6BoD)

287 I must note the passing of an era in my kitchen appliances.

Last week my 1988 Amana fridge finally crossed over the Rainbow Bridge.

This week (so far) my 1984 GE Spacesaver microwave oven (science oven) nuked its last meal. Totally kaput.

They were some of my most prized takings in the divorce 20+ years ago, having been acquired while still a swinging bachelor.

Time marches on . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:57 AM (wVcYX)

288 Seems easier for businesses and such to adjust times accordingly where needed instead of large swaths of the entire country.

Like Walmart, Buccee's, Waffle House and 7/eleven.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 08:58 AM (a4flb)

289 First one of the day is always nespresso. Then it's pour over, drip, moka pot, French press, actual espresso...whatever mood the morning puts me in after I've gained my fine motor skills for the day.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 08:58 AM (Ot/FD)

290 10 worst states to live in for 2026, per CNBC:

1. Tennessee
2. Texas

"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas."
Posted by: Davey C at July 14, 2026 08:56 AM (/+uur)

Their criteria? The celebrating of the rainbow mafia.

I'll wear that as a badge of honor in Texas.

A close friend has a son who's declared himself homo. He HATES the Texas Rangers with a passion. Why? They're the only major sports franchise that's never had a 'pride' night.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:59 AM (2YhKe)

291 Sefton, Mencken has your answer. Time to start has long since passed.

Posted by: Rotkappchen at July 14, 2026 08:59 AM (j3Fsw)

292 >>And let her load the dishwasher any damn way she pleases.

Not here - the dishwasher is my responsibility, as is most of the cooking; her's is laundry (she gets angry if I do more than fold clothing) and most of the cleaning.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 08:59 AM (NcvvS)

293 I hate the "Spring forward".
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 08:57 AM (K6BoD)

"Fall back" is only good when you're at a bar that closes at 2 am.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:59 AM (2YhKe)

294 Today is intelligentsia black cat out of a technivorm.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 09:00 AM (Ot/FD)

295 It’ll Be Violent’: "

Ya, sure, dumbass.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:00 AM (XuXeR)

296 I don't let hubby touch the dishwasher, he loads it like a 5 year old. It'll be 40 years on the 26th.
Posted by: Jaimo at July 14, 2026 08:52 AM (2noDb)

Son, when you marry and your wife asks you to perform some household task, do it as badly as possible. Be wrong in every way imaginable. She'll never ask you to do it again.

Seems hubby got that lecture.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

297 A government ethics watchdog is asking California’s state auditor to investigate a multimillion-dollar diaper deal championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom — alleging political favoritism and potential waste of taxpayer dollars.

“Immediately after the contract was announced, there were public concerns over whether the contract was awarded in a fair and impartial manner and whether the state was overpaying for the diapers and the program was operated at an unreasonable cost,” Kendra Arnold, executive director of FACT, wrote in a letter to Parks.

“The facts relating to both of these issues should have been publicly available, but the Newsom administration has been misleading about whether the contract was awarded in a competitive process and and has mired the entire situation with a complete lack of transparency,” Arnold added.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

298
Sensible regulation of solar activity is necessary for social justice.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 09:01 AM (Y8DZL)

299 This week (so far) my 1984 GE Spacesaver microwave oven (science oven) nuked its last meal. Totally kaput.

They were some of my most prized takings in the divorce 20+ years ago, having been acquired while still a swinging bachelor.

Time marches on . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 08:57 AM (wVcYX)

Last issue I had with a microwave was the main fuse blew. Replaced that and it went another several years until the daughter and her cousin were home alone and microwaved some taquitos......for 15 minutes.

Couldn't get that smell out of the thing no matter how much vinegar I boiled.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:02 AM (2YhKe)

300 >>Maryland tried it as well and they were salivating over the money those rich people were going to hand over.

Remembering the 'disappointing' results they reported for the first year or two, then claiming that they couldn't report the results due to privacy concerns.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 14, 2026 09:02 AM (NcvvS)

301 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

The inside lane of time changes is the mythology of picking school kids up in the dark. Because of a lack of school bus drivers, there is usually two separate lifts to get students to school. The older kids first, then elementary student in the light.

More home schooling, more AI, less union teachers, less miseducation/consolidation, and more flashlights & reflective trimming and the issue goes away.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

302 A close friend has a son who's declared himself homo. He HATES the Texas Rangers with a passion. Why? They're the only major sports franchise that's never had a 'pride' night."

So it is a "lifestyle" ....

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

303 My Mom and Dad had an Amana fridge when I was growing up. Must have had it for over twenty years.

Posted by: dantesed at July 14, 2026 09:02 AM (Oy/m2)

304 Fifteen minutes is enough to make ten pounds of potatoes meet the devil and regret their life choices.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 09:03 AM (Ot/FD)

305 I'll wear that as a badge of honor in Texas.

I'm just saddened that Tennessee had such a higher score. Seems we have some work to do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

306 Four high-ranking police officers in Louisiana have pleaded guilty in connection with a decade-long visa fraud scheme spearheaded by a migrant from India that offered illegal aliens legal immigration status for cash payments.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)

307 303 My Mom and Dad had an Amana fridge when I was growing up. Must have had it for over twenty years.
Posted by: dantesed at July 14, 2026 09:02 AM (Oy/m2)

We've had our Viking fridge since 2006... Had to replace the ice maker fan...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:03 AM (K6BoD)

308 The inside lane of time changes is the mythology of picking school kids up in the dark. Because of a lack of school bus drivers, there is usually two separate lifts to get students to school. The older kids first, then elementary student in the light.

More home schooling, more AI, less union teachers, less miseducation/consolidation, and more flashlights & reflective trimming and the issue goes away.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

I remember that being a major sticking point. Kids and buses.

Move the start time for school each semester where needed. Everything else will adjust accordingly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:03 AM (2YhKe)

309 Seems easier for businesses and such to adjust times accordingly where needed instead of large swaths of the entire country.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

About the only business that is affected by lack of sunlight is agriculture. And probably since the 70's, with external lighting, not even them. I've seen tractors that have the fields lit up like a ballpark.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:03 AM (F5FAo)

310 Washington sees 48% more retail theft than you’d expect from a state our size. That’s the Forbes Advisor analysis that ranked us worst in the country.

Judges do not understand ORT. They believe the baby formula lies.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 09:04 AM (/+uur)

311 I'm just saddened that Tennessee had such a higher score."

It was a toss-up, and no one there could spell "Tennessee", so it won.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

312
So it is a "lifestyle" ....
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

He also thinks we're a fascist country. He didn't like my debating him and just shut down.

"Good to see you have such an open mind........"

A very disappointing evening.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:05 AM (2YhKe)

313 June inflation rate comes in below expectations.
Leftists: it's Trump's fault...oh, wait

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 09:05 AM (m2wmY)

314 We've had our Viking fridge since 2006... Had to replace the ice maker fan...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:03 AM (K6BoD)

The light in my 4 YO GE has died again!

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 09:05 AM (/+uur)

315 We should just gain an hour every year, adds more productivity for the hour gained and we can have major celebrations every 24 years.

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 14, 2026 09:05 AM (iJMtg)

316 Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
DSA Co-Chair: We Want To Abolish The Senate

"We don't think that's extreme."

This is now part of the Democrat party 'Big Tent.'

https://tinyurl.com/3jy8ckcd

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

317 315 We should just gain an hour every year, adds more productivity for the hour gained and we can have major celebrations every 24 years.
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 14, 2026 09:05 AM (iJMtg)

Everyone gets a taste of night shift.

I've been advocating for this for years!

Spring forward. Party back.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 09:06 AM (Ot/FD)

318 306 Four high-ranking police officers in Louisiana have pleaded guilty in connection with a decade-long visa fraud scheme spearheaded by a migrant from India that offered illegal aliens legal immigration status for cash payments.
Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)

Send them to a Turkish prison.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

319 He also thinks we're a fascist country. He didn't like my debating him and just shut down."

So he's what... 15? Kinda funny, really. I'm guessing the first time he experiences "love" with Bubba that's gonna change... or he moves to Weiner California.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:06 AM (XuXeR)

320 @316 amazing that the DSA can make people appreciate the Senate. That's smaht political thinking

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 09:07 AM (m2wmY)

321 He also thinks we're a fascist country.

Lots of people will find someone online that they like. Some tweeter, or podcaster, or essayist, or whatever, and they will accept, uncritically, anything that person says.

We see that in these very comments at times.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)

322 Pres. Donald J. Trump
Thruway
Toll 10 cents
Exact Change Lane
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 07:54 AM (wVcYX)

Well, someone's gonna have to go back and get a shit load of dimes.

Posted by: Tagert at July 14, 2026 09:07 AM (5xuJ/)

323 We live mere minutes from the Central Time Zone. Adjusting for the time difference isn't that big of a deal. We'll still have to do it whether DST is a thing or not.

FWIW I used to get to work, year round, before sunrise. The only difference I noticed was the time of morning when it got light. And being inside that did not matter.

It today's world, unless you're working in a powerless cave, it won't matter either.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 09:07 AM (jehhT)

324
It was a toss-up, and no one there could spell "Tennessee", so it won.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

Was at a seafood place in Myrtle Beach earlier this year when a couple elderly gentlemen came in. On was wearing a hat from a flight division back in either Vietnam or Korea era. The retired Marine struck up a convo and they shared a few things back and forth. The old guy made a joke where the punchline was something about Marines not being able to spell the word 'Marine' which took Gunny back a bit. "Wow....that's good. I've not heard that one before." They hugged and patted each other on the back.

It was quite awesome to experience.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

325 173 Demand hot nurses! Remember, you have rights.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

One of them at my planning appointment was a fairly hot blonde. Tight scrubs. She's the one who said they'd be pulling down my pants once I got on the table... which they did.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)
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Did you get a 'happy ending?'

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 09:08 AM (JNTt1)

326 Son, when you marry and your wife asks you to perform some household task, do it as badly as possible. Be wrong in every way imaginable. She'll never ask you to do it again.

Does that include Frisbee tossing the dishes into the dishwasher, or is that more of a new red cotton shirt thrown in with the whites?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 09:08 AM (PVBkQ)

327
Well, someone's gonna have to go back and get a shit load of dimes.
Posted by: Tagert at July 14, 2026 09:07 AM (5xuJ/)

They're not making pencilneck geeks anymore, are they?

Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassie at July 14, 2026 09:09 AM (2YhKe)

328 Four high-ranking police officers in Louisiana have pleaded guilty in connection with a decade-long visa fraud scheme"

Gonna guess - the "uVisa" scam, er, scheme from the Boosh/Clintoon era?

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR)

329 316 Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
DSA Co-Chair: We Want To Abolish The Senate

"We don't think that's extreme."

This is now part of the Democrat party 'Big Tent.'

https://tinyurl.com/3jy8ckcd
Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

The Senate has not worked for the State in about 113 years. The Senate WAS THE REPUBLIC. The 50 States shared equally. Get rid of the 17th and average Senate seat would be around 12 years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)

330 Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, was flat on the month, putting the 12-month rate at 2.6%. The consensus forecast was for respective increases of 0.2% and 2.9%, following a 2.9% May level.
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Food and energy costs excluded, inflation is lower than traders expected, which will hopefully give rates a chance to drop a little.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 09:10 AM (gsJYg)

331 >>June inflation rate comes in below expectations.

How 'bout that?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 09:10 AM (viF8m)

332 The old guy made a joke where the punchline was something about Marines not being able to spell the word 'Marine' which took Gunny back a bit. "Wow....that's good. I've not heard that one before." They hugged and patted each other on the back.

It was quite awesome to experience.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

Military gives shit to each other all the time. Army vs Navy. Navy vs Green Navy. Real military vs Air Force. Even the Air Force dunks on the Coast Guard. It's all in fun.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)

333 It's the most slow motion cloward pivening ever.

Gut the senate.

Let it suck for a century.

"Hey the senate sucks we should get rid of it"

Feh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 09:11 AM (Ot/FD)

334
So he's what... 15? Kinda funny, really. I'm guessing the first time he experiences "love" with Bubba that's gonna change... or he moves to Weiner California.
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:06 AM (XuXeR)

He's 23.....I actually fear for his future because of the personality he's starting to choose to put forth.

He won't be long for his current chosen profession.

Posted by: Classy Freddie Blassie at July 14, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

335 Demand hot nurses! Remember, you have rights."

So Mrs' surgical team comes filing in beforehand and... even I must admit they were good looking guys. She was mortified.
Said didn't want to look like that in front of them.

I laughed.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:11 AM (XuXeR)

336 Shit....I knew I was going to do that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

337 Graham Platner bows out and next thing we lose a Graham too?

A Graham for a Graham? Someone sending us a message?

(cue Twilight Zone music)

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 09:11 AM (Qr870)

338 Did you get a 'happy ending?'
Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 14, 2026 09:08 AM (JNTt1)

I found out that I did not have to be anally molested in preparation for my radiation treatment so I consider that pretty happy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

339 Does that include Frisbee tossing the dishes into the dishwasher, or is that more of a new red cotton shirt thrown in with the whites?
Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 09:08 AM (PVBkQ)

Obviously, the nature of the improper execution depends on the nature of the requested task.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

340 Military gives shit to each other all the time. Army vs Navy. Navy vs Green Navy. Real military vs Air Force. Even the Air Force dunks on the Coast Guard. It's all in fun.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)

Oh, I know. I've been in several environments where members of the different branches gather. It's high comedy most times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:12 AM (2YhKe)

341 Military gives shit to each other all the time."

I've actually wondered - where does the Space Force fit in? Do Coasties actually have someone to pick on for a change?
Hmmm.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:13 AM (XuXeR)

342 "Shut Up and Sing" is a 2006 documentary film about the Dixie Chicks and the backlash they faced after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized President George W. Bush during a concert in 2003. The film explores themes of freedom of speech and the consequences of public political statements.
Posted by: From IMDB at July 14, 2026 08:07 AM (2Ez/1)

Who?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:09 AM (2YhKe)

The backlash they faced was from their fans, which were primarily Christian and military. During a European tour, they made disparaging comments about Bush, and interest in their music waned. The MSM tried to prop them up with puff pieces and tongue bath interviews, but the market for commie musicians is oversaturated.

During the BLM riots, they took "Dixie" out of their logo in an attempt to win back some relevance. They produced an album since then, from which I heard one song that was a screed against some guy. No one plays their earlier music. They've become a nonentity to their former fans, and a charity case to a cult that already discarded them for newer voices.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 14, 2026 09:13 AM (nbLIj)

343 San Franpsycho - I'm not sure how I should take that. LOL

Posted by: Jaimo at July 14, 2026 09:14 AM (2noDb)

344 Bob Costas (putz) tells a funny story about the time zones. His first job out of college was as an assistant advance man for the Spirit is St. Louis, an ABA team . They were flying to their next game and his boss told the players to turn their watches ahead an hour because of the time zone change.
Marvin Barnes, a total lunatic yelled " I ain't gettin on no time machine" and left , rented a car and drove to the next game

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 09:14 AM (m2wmY)

345 . Get rid of the 17th

And while you are at it, the 16th and the 19th.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 09:15 AM (rgGn5)

346 My town doesn't have any Flock camera installs, according to the DeFlock web site which is a little weird, becausewe do have EZ Pass readers in several places, and the cops all have cameras and plate readers scanning any cars they pass by. We have an NSA building in town too (where the university math professors have second jobs) and that place is loaded with cameras. Lots of surveillance going on.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 09:15 AM (8TeeO)

347 342 I’m all in on the criticisms of Dubya now. Both he and his dad were bad news.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:15 AM (77rzZ)

348 Hubby vacuumed once, he missed pretty much every speck of anything on the carpet. I believe he really never did it but just fluffed the carpet up a bit. He said he was sorry that he didn't make it look like Fenway Park with all the little mowed rows.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 14, 2026 09:16 AM (2noDb)

349 I've actually wondered - where does the Space Force fit in? Do Coasties actually have someone to pick on for a change?
Hmmm.
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:13 AM (XuXeR)

I've never met anyone from the Space Force. I imagine that they're the nerdy brothers of the Air Force so I'd guess CG is still last but I haven't gotten my latest issue "What Order the Branches Inferior to the Navy Fit Quarterly".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)

350 Community Notes

Leave the 19th alone. Better to educate than to endure lectures on not being represented.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:16 AM (u82oZ)

351 Who?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:09 AM (2YhKe)
=======================
Exactly. Natalie Maines is still screeching, but no one cares anymore.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 09:17 AM (8TeeO)

352 >>10 worst states to live in for 2026, per CNBC:
1. Tennessee
2. Texas
- - -
>>Their criteria? The celebrating of the rainbow mafia.
- - -

This is a great list - they are telling the CNBC audience to not move to these states!

It's like those "Best small towns to live in" lists: I always read them, hoping to not see any town I love listed. Keep out!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:18 AM (X8xt3)

353 Obviously, the nature of the improper execution depends on the nature of the requested task.

That may explain why I haven't been asked to mop the floors after that incident with the power washer.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 09:18 AM (rgGn5)

354 In other news.......

I was able to change the O2 sensors in the used car I bought....$125 a piece. It got inspected yesterday (it passed after the initial failure due to not driving it long enough) and I was able to actually make an appointment with the tax office (wow did covid screw that place up), get the title changed, new places and the registration sticker all in about 15 minutes. $330 later, that is.......

But, pending insurance, the daughter will have a ride when she gets her license back in August.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:18 AM (2YhKe)

355 >>We have an NSA building in town too (where the university math professors have second jobs) and that place is loaded with cameras. Lots of surveillance going on.

Every post you make
Every clidk you take
They are watching you

algore didn't invent the internet but the government did.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 09:18 AM (viF8m)

356 I had a buddy in the Navy whose brother was in the Coast Guard. He told me that the CG had the most rigorous training of any of the services.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

357 I used to have a different nic

Even within the services, the different branches are combative. I say that as a Surface shoe to God's Chosen examples in the Submarine force. Who don't have the big egos of Naval Aviators.

We do all agree on the Air Force.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:19 AM (u82oZ)

358 I saw a picture of Natalie Maines . Time and all you can eat buffets have taken their toll

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 09:19 AM (m2wmY)

359 I haven't gotten my latest issue "What Order the Branches Inferior to the Navy Fit Quarterly".

Did you notify them that you accept the change from print to digital?

/heh

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:20 AM (XuXeR)

360 Bulg

I respect the Coast Guard. They have a lot of good people. A major plus is good ship plans with well executed construction.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:20 AM (u82oZ)

361 He told me that the CG had the most rigorous training of any of the services.

USMC has entered the chat. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 09:21 AM (OPGS/)

362 Air Force had the hottest chicks, though. Who inevitably ended up dating Marines.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

363 I had a buddy in the Navy whose brother was in the Coast Guard. He told me that the CG had the most rigorous training of any of the services.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

I guess he didn't know anyone in nuclear power, or submarines.

There's no way that the CG trains more than we did.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

364 Son, when you marry and your wife asks you to perform some household task, do it as badly as possible. Be wrong in every way imaginable. She'll never ask you to do it again.

Does that include Frisbee tossing the dishes into the dishwasher, or is that more of a new red cotton shirt thrown in with the whites?
Posted by: Community Notes

More like use the toilet brush to clean the bathroom.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:21 AM (F5FAo)

365 Exactly. Natalie Maines is still screeching, but no one cares anymore.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 09:17 AM (8TeeO)

I still remember being at Texas Motor Speedway for the Nascar weekend when all the rednecks were smashing and burning their Pixie Sticks (what I called them) CD's.

That stupid twat never figured out what she did wrong. I think Jack Black actually handled his situation with his band better than those c*nts did. However, I give them credit for sticking up for their bandmate, regardless of how buttf*ck ignorant it was. They destroyed their careers for her.

Wonder if hindsight is 20/20 there........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:21 AM (2YhKe)

366 My dad was navy on a ship and uncle was a submariner, don't know how he managed to have 5 kids when he was deployed for 6 months at a time. Come to think of it, all his kids are roughly a year and a half apart.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 14, 2026 09:22 AM (2noDb)

367 He also thinks we're a fascist country.

Said with the knowledge that he would never be punished or disappeared because of his statements or lifestyle.

I remember a story about Oriana Fallaci when she was a podling in Italy during WW2. Her father was taken by the police which was a death sentence.

Her mom walked in and talked to the Chief of Police. He laughed at her and told her to dress for a funeral. She said "Tell your wife the same thing."

Husband was returned.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 09:23 AM (OPGS/)

368 I saw a picture of Natalie Maines . Time and all you can eat buffets have taken their toll
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I heard tell that 3 NFL teams are seriously looking at her for their offensive line.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:23 AM (F5FAo)

369 358 I saw a picture of Natalie Maines . Time and all you can eat buffets have taken their toll
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 09:19 AM (m2wmY)

I looked her up.. Yikes.. She looks like she should be driving a subaru...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:23 AM (K6BoD)

370 There are days I'm convinced that Mamdani is a deep cover JFK Jr. Led CIA op to try and discredit and smother communism in America once and for all.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 14, 2026 09:23 AM (Ot/FD)

371 I had a buddy in the Navy whose brother was in the Coast Guard. He told me that the CG had the most rigorous training of any of the services.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

Marine boot camp is 12 weeks. You can jump from one service academy to another, sure, but only the Marines transferring will not need to go through boot camp again. They've been through enough.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:23 AM (2YhKe)

372 More like use the toilet brush to clean the bathroom.

So that is a "No" to using the foam cannon attachment.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 14, 2026 09:24 AM (nCgQz)

373 From July 2024 through June 2025, NYCHA plumber supervisor Jakub Markowski earned $465,000, including $332,000 for nearly 2,600 hours in overtime — more than the mayor and City Council speaker make combined.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 09:24 AM (/+uur)

374 >>the backlash they faced after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized President George W. Bush during a concert in 2003.

IIRC, it was right before Bush invaded Iraq.
Given how patriotic Country music was at the time, this was particularly upsetting.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:24 AM (X8xt3)

375 That stupid twat never figured out what she did wrong"

Even more so, she never understood who was actually paying for her output.

Here's a clue: don't piss off your customers.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:24 AM (XuXeR)

376 The US tried the stupid "DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ALL YEAR ROUND!!" already.

It led to children's deaths because they were going to school in the pitch black during the winter.

END DAYLIGHT SAVINGS if you want to keep one time.

Why are we trying top-down solutions when we live in the most personalized age? Let schools decide the times to start and end, based on the light. Same for businesses.

Why does everyone have to wake up an hour earlier for the stupid people who want more light at the end of their day but don't want to wake up earlier alone?

GIVE ME BACK MY MORNINGS AND MY SLEEP.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 14, 2026 09:25 AM (N1DT3)

377 This is a great list - they are telling the CNBC audience to not move to these states!

It's like those "Best small towns to live in" lists: I always read them, hoping to not see any town I love listed. Keep out!
Posted by: Lizzy
+++
I'm always seeing my town listed as a sleepy little beach village on the "great places to retire" list.
They're about 20 years too late. Nothing sleepy here anymore. The traffic is a nightmare.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 14, 2026 09:25 AM (Lo97M)

378 Wonder if hindsight is 20/20 there........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I would make a joke about Natalie's hind but that would be wrong.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 09:25 AM (OPGS/)

379 Here's a clue: don't piss off your customers.
Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:24 AM (XuXeR)

Michael Jordan said it best:

"Why would I do that? Republicans buy shoes too."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:25 AM (2YhKe)

380 Well, I think my friend was speaking in general terms. Obviously, the MOS is going to determine the rigor of the training required.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)

381 Warai-otoko

The CIA? Our CIA?

Ha, Ha, Ha, Hahahahha.
*Rolls on carpet.*
*Hold side*
** Gasps for breath **

Uh... No.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:26 AM (u82oZ)

382 So that is a "No" to using the foam cannon attachment."

I once used the leaf blower inside. Mrs no longer allows me near vac cleaner...

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:26 AM (XuXeR)

383 Wonder if hindsight is 20/20 there........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I would make a joke about Natalie's hind but that would be wrong.
Posted by: NR Pax

Sea Biscuits' was sleeker.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:26 AM (F5FAo)

384 They've been through enough.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I don't disagree that the CG's Boot Camp is tough. But as a former Marine, I have to cheer for my team.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 09:26 AM (OPGS/)

385
I would make a joke about Natalie's hind but that would be wrong.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 09:25 AM (OPGS/)

Referencing beef: Hind quarters

Referencing Maines: Hind quarter acre

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:27 AM (2YhKe)

386 I think the Running of the Buffalo at Yellowstone would be a great tourist event.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 09:27 AM (/+uur)

387 My dad was navy on a ship and uncle was a submariner, don't know how he managed to have 5 kids when he was deployed for 6 months at a time. Come to think of it, all his kids are roughly a year and a half apart.
Posted by: Jaimo at July 14, 2026 09:22 AM (2noDb
=================
For a few years, that's how it worked in our house too. My father would come back after joyriding the Pacific and a few months later I had a new sibling. Magic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 09:27 AM (Ja+DE)

388 Mick Jagger has it right; don't lecture your audience. All they want is a good time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 09:27 AM (jehhT)

389 Referencing Maines: Hind quarter acre
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Her driver's license picture says "Continued on other side."

She goes dancing, the band skips.

I'll stop for now.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 09:28 AM (OPGS/)

390 Sinead O'Connor ripped up a picture of the Pope on SNL. From there her career crashed and she tragically spiralled into lunacy.
Learn from it celebs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 09:28 AM (m2wmY)

391 DSA Calls for Abolishing the Constitution

Of course they do, not that any constitution really matters to them and commies (BIRM); it's just paper and ink. Just like the constitutions of Russia and China and Mexico.

Rights aren't rights unless you have the firepower to defend them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 09:28 AM (l3cgK)

392 Referencing Maines: Hind quarter acre
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Her driver's license picture says "Continued on other side."

She goes dancing, the band skips.

I'll stop for now.
Posted by: NR

Back of her neck looks like a package of hot dogs.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:29 AM (F5FAo)

393 >>Graham Platner bows out and next thing we lose a Graham too?

A Graham for a Graham? Someone sending us a message?

Hey, remember how Trump was nearly killed 2 years ago only a few weeks after Biden's disastrous debate performance? And then he mysteriously bowed out via X a week after their assassination attempt failed?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (X8xt3)

394 Nekkid babe up!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (F5FAo)

395 >>I had a buddy in the Navy whose brother was in the Coast Guard. He told me that the CG had the most rigorous training of any of the services.

Coasties go to sea in small boats when other go to port. It's pretty much in the job description. I have respect for anyone who puts on a uniform and I'm sure all training is rigorous.

The ocean will kill you every bit as dead as a jihadi with even less remorse.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (viF8m)

396 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

397 Speaking of Jagger, I had a dream night before last that I joined The Rolling Stones. Had my own guitar and everything. Didn’t see Mick or Keith, though.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

398 I was at the Maritime Museum in Astoria, OR this past weekend. They have a very cool exhibit featuring a Coast Guard rescue boat. The Columbia River bar has some of the most treacherous waters in the world, and the CG trains its heavy surf rescue pilots down by Cape Disappointment, IIRC. I wouldn't want to be on a 30 foot boat in 40 foot swells.

Posted by: PabloD at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (5Ide7)

399 What's the reason for him coming out of the game at it's most critical point?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

He was struggling and not able to finish strong from the heat and humidity, probably never experienced that ever before in his career. But more so, the English defenders were double teaming him the whole game, and they know his game well since he plays in the EPL. So coach decided to try something different to shake things up and get the match tied in the last 15 minutes.

Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2sdE9)

400 Hey, remember how Trump was nearly killed 2 years ago only a few weeks after Biden's disastrous debate performance? And then he mysteriously bowed out via X a week after their assassination attempt failed?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (X8xt3)

I do! The plan was to insert Harris and have her run against Haley who the GOPe would have chosen as a "compromise" candidate. DeSantis had already mysteriously "suspended" his campaign (and it WAS mysterious, I was sure he had made some deal with Trump because going at the time he did made zero sense) leaving Haley in with far more delegates than himself.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (Qr870)

401 I wouldn't want to be on a 30 foot boat in 40 foot swells.
Posted by: PabloD at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (5Ide7)
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I was on a 30 foot boat off Connecticut last weekend, in about 3 foot swells. I almost got tossed from the boat and we weren't even going very fast. I can't imagine bigger water would be fun at all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (SOO8e)

402 A 1988 fridge and it just now died? Damn!!

I replaced a fridge recently purchased in 2016. Before replacing I called a repair guy to see if it was fixable. He said it is but the cost is 1/2 of the cost of a new fridge might as well get the new fridge. The part was something like $700 plus labor. And he said he was impressed I got 10 years out of it for modern fridges that’s a lot.

Posted by: Facts at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (Xe8e7)

403 The problem with the Constitution, from the left, is that there is only one. For things to work correctly there need to be 150 Constitutions. I'll explain.

The Presidency can be Republican or Democratic. This means at least two Constitutions are necessary. Under a Republican President, executive orders can be negated by any judge, justice of the peace or county clerk in the country. Under a Democratic President, executive orders are damn near chiseled into the walls of the Supreme Court.

Both Houses of Congress can exist in five states, Super-majority Republican, Majority Republican, Tied, Majority Democratic, Super-majority Democratic. Different rules are required for each combination of states.

The Supreme court can be Conservative, Liberal or Tied. Different Rules for different states.

2 x 3 x 5 x 5 = 150. To work as the Democrats want, we will need 150 different Constitutions. QED

Posted by: JB1000 at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (hseV5)

404 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

I'm so excited.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I had radiation therapy last fall for breast cancer. Scary first few times, but it's all good. Put Cerave skin lotion over the treated area - twice a day. You won't feel any different for about a week - then you'll notice some fatigue. Stay strong!! You got this!!!

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (N39Ws)

405 Do Electricity Saving Boxes Really Work?

Here’s the short answer: not for most households.

While power factor correction is a legitimate concept used in industrial facilities to reduce waste, residential homes are billed only for real power (kWh), not reactive power. That means even if a device improves your home’s power factor slightly, it won’t change how much electricity you use or how much your electric company charges you.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (RHGPo)

406 'Morning, all, and thanks, J.J. 🙏

From above, . . . The DSA states “our goal is to put workers in charge of the government through a new democratic constitution that establishes civil, political, and democratic rights for all, is based on proportional representation in a single federal legislature. With a government by, for, and of the working class and with powerful labor unions and social movements organizing in every city and town, we hope to build a socialist society.” That means abolishing the existing United States constitution and replacing it with something else, also eliminating the Senate and establishing unenumerated “civil, political, and democratic rights for all” in unstated ways.

A few things to think about, imo:

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) actively supports the Communications Workers of America (CWA) by mobilizing members for CWA-led strikes (such as the AT&T and Verizon actions), running joint phone banks for federal labor legislation like the PRO Act, and assisting with union elections.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (NFX2v)

407 Locally, the connection between the two organizations is even formalized. The national staff and organizers of the DSA are themselves unionized workers represented by the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, which is a local chapter of The News Guild-Communications Workers of America.
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The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) have built a strong strategic alliance, defined by aggressive labor militancy, coordinated strikes, and joint political action. This relationship is driven by a shared vision of a revitalized labor movement, class-struggle unionism, and mutual political backing.

Under UAW President Shawn Fain's leadership, the union has pivoted sharply to the left. In the 2026 election cycle, the UAW (notably Region 9A in New York) has actively joined forces with the DSA and Mayor Zohran Mamdani to back progressive, socialist candidates, helping secure major primary victories for DSA-aligned congressional candidates like Claire Valdez.

AI Overview.

It's not radical, just looking out for their own.

And also remember, "workers rights and climate rights are part of the same grand struggle." (Kim Kelly, Orion)

PS - I detest DST. 😣

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (NFX2v)

408 370 There are days I'm convinced that Mamdani is a deep cover JFK Jr. Led CIA op to try and discredit and smother communism in America once and for all.

MADMANI is the 1960's Klingon who will preside of 9/11 and Kirk anniversary with a knowing smirk, raise his megaphone to declare the obviousness of the truth (not REMAIN KLINGON) but rather: REMAIN SINWAR.

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-RememberThisWell
KLINGON AMBASSADOR, LIBing out: There will be NO PEACE as long as Kirk lives...
... as long as any of you live...

LIBs plead for a Morality which holds COMPROMISE as its standard of Value, making it possible to judge Virtue on the basis of the number of Values which one is willing to Betray.

LIBs demand that you NOT ONLY sponsor your Adversary, but actively defend them as well.

LET's GO BRANDON.
https://iran.liveuamap.com/
Defeat LIB Strategic Insanity Forever;
their open ended compromise to an Evil which knows none.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (cCROl)

409 A 300-year-old bonfire tradition in Northern Ireland has turned its flames on Muslims

They’re held in loyalist neighborhoods – communities that strongly support the union with the United Kingdom – and often carry a political message, with effigies of the pope, the Republic of Ireland’s flag and other symbols of Catholicism and Irish nationalism being burned in the past.

But this year, in the village of Moygashel, County Tyrone, the flames found a new target.

A replica mosque, with a figure holding what appeared to be an ISIS flag and banners on the tower reading “Secure our borders” and “End the threat of radical Islam,” was burned on Thursday night.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 10:08 AM (RHGPo)

410 At dermatologist to be spot-frozen.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (ynOt3)

411 The Irish should be po'ed, imo.

The Jamey Carney murder: Can suspect be extradited? | Newstalk, Jul 14, 2026

Gardaí feel they are in a “race against time” to charge a man suspected of the murder of Jamey Carney, a journalist covering the case has said.

The American mother of one was found dead in her Killarney home last Tuesday.

Gardaí announced that her death was being treated as murder and said they hoped to speak to a man in his 20s who knew Ms Carney.

However, before Gardaí could question him, the suspect left Ireland for Turkey, where he travelled onto Jordan.

Since then, he has been arrested and detained by Jordanian police.

Colleen Gildernew, an extradition and criminal defence lawyer, joins Claire Byrne, and explains that extraditing the suspect from Jordan may prove to be difficult.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 10:28 AM (NFX2v)

412 > It's always interesting that Europe can manage to approve medical things faster than we can even if they're invented here.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

The downside, of course, is that Europe approved thalidomide for use in pregnant women, while we didn't.

There's always gonna be a tradeoff here.

That said, I think people with a terminal disease should be allowed to take anything they damned well please.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 14, 2026 11:09 AM (IG3/x)

413 Bastille Day!
Posted by: runner at July 14, 2026 08:28 AM (GD0B3)

Ooo, there's no bread
Lemony cake!

Posted by: Rush Mondegreen at July 14, 2026 12:11 PM (wBRco)

414 413. Bastille Day!

Last time attended one around here was at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philly with theatrics by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret.

There were stilt walkers, a singing baguette, a mock guillotining of Marie Antoinette, and Tasty Cake Krimpets thrown from the prison roof.

The Lump was furious with me - not his thing at all & maybe more so because of mobs of bathless drunks that were bumping into us - but he got me a Krimpet in midair anyway & with minimum effort.

That program ended with C19, and even the Lump looks back & laughs at how crazy it was.

Still love to visit Eastern State Pen. for it's programs.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 12:29 PM (NFX2v)

415 I'm having my first radiation appointment this morning.

I'm so excited.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I had radiation therapy last fall for breast cancer. Scary first few times, but it's all good. Put Cerave skin lotion over the treated area - twice a day. You won't feel any different for about a week - then you'll notice some fatigue. Stay strong!! You got this!!!

I had radiation for breast cancer 10 years ago this August/ September

You got this

Posted by: Gonzotx at July 14, 2026 12:59 PM (nGraA)

416 Of all things to get upset about, having Lindsey Graham's sister finish out his term for a few months is not one of them. First of all, Senators were originally picked by state legislatures so having the governor pick a fill in till the election seems pretty neutral. Plenty of times spouses are picked ti fill in, so having a sister (who he adopted when she was a minor) and who works with him and his staff seems appropriate. She is a fill in till the election takes place and can take the seat in January.

I was not a huge fan of Graham (sometimes he did good things). Let's focus on getting someone better to replace him in this run off election.

Posted by: Evi L. Bloggerlady at July 14, 2026 01:06 PM (8yM+6)

Daily Tech News 14 July 2026

Top Story

Big Three memory maker SK Hynix may achieve just one sixth of its planned increases in capacity by 2028. (WCCFTech)

How surprising that a company massively benefiting from a shortage is slow to resolve that shortage.
SK Hynix is also planning to invest its new round of US share sales into, uh, South Korean government bonds. (WCCFTech)

I don't think they're convinced the shortage is here to stay.
Meta is expanding its planned Hyperion AI supercluster in Louisiana to 5GW of capacity at a cost of $50 billion. (Tom's Hardware)

Meta has had many major wins with customers signing up for its AI services, such as, uh, nobody.

Tech News

Astronomers have found sugar among the stars. (AP News)

I was wondering where I left that.
Hundreds of economists say we must act now to avert disruption from AI. (AP News)

They provided thousands of different theories of what must be done, with only one factor in common: Providing more funding to economists.
Linux 7.2 may be dropping support for the Intel 80486, but it's getting fresh driver updates for the Sega Dreamcast. (Tom's Hardware)

Good to hear for everyone who wants to keep their dreams alive.
If you don't have a Dreamcast, don't worry, you can run Linux on a Sega 32X. (GitHub)

No surprise; the 32X runs a Hitachi SH2 CPU, very similar to but much slower than the SH4 chip used in the Dreamcast.
Social media bans are coming for children right across Europe. (The Verge)

Because they're communists.
China, Russia, and Iran are working to inflame tensions over AI datacenters in the US. (New York Times) (archive site)

Because they're communists.
55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Lares to the left of me, lares to the right of me...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

2 G'Day everyone
And its Bastille day

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Had my usual celebrated French Toast

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

4 55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.

YAY

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

5 Had my usual celebrated French Toast
Posted by: Skip

Mini bagel with cream cheese here.

Posted by: Tuna at July 14, 2026 04:36 AM (lJ0H4)

6 Half an apple caramel muffin and decaffeinated tea. FenSpouse should down shortly for coffee and prayer time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:39 AM (D+BhG)

7 Policeman responds to a heartbreaking child abuse call . Two years later he and his wife adopt the little girl:

https://tinyurl.com/58yp7tvn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:41 AM (D+BhG)

8 Motels - Total Control

Nice. New to me.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)

9 Belated BOING!

Vacation home maintenance. Off to the hardware store!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 04:47 AM (Fxk/k)

10
Less Than Total Control - Depends

Posted by: naturalfake at July 14, 2026 04:47 AM (1Y1YF)

11 Man writes a devotional on an interesting insight about a Gideons Bible. It is followed some additional insights and a prayer . Scripture is Judges 6:36-40:

https://tinyurl.com/y6pynmrf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:50 AM (Bw1/o)

12 Happy Bastille Day Techsters. We will celebrate by singing show tunes from a Broadway play adapted from a French novel about something entirely different. But similar.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 14, 2026 04:50 AM (U7ln1)

13 Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 14, 2026 04:50 AM (U7ln1)

What? No French pastries?!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:57 AM (D+BhG)

14 9 Belated BOING!

Vacation home maintenance. Off to the hardware store!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 04:47 AM (Fxk/k)

Could you pick up a roach hotel for me? I saw a silverfish. Ewww.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:00 AM (6wpGE)

15 Lares to the left of me, lares to the right of me...

Here I am, stuck in the Quality Laring Center with you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 14, 2026 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

16 Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
Just don't lose your head over it

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 05:07 AM (Ia/+0)

17 Old clip from 1988 with a delightful old farmer on the "Johnny Carson" show:

https://tinyurl.com/3x459xtc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:08 AM (D+BhG)

18
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at July 14, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

19 I saw a silver fish running across my bedroom floor. Are they that dangerous? Will they get in my bed and eat me? I always considered them the marvel of nature and think of all the shoes they have to buy.

Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:10 AM (CiQE7)

20 why it's called google

Wikipedia

Page and Brin published their research, along with Rajeev Motwani and Terry Winograd, as the PageRank algorithm ..

Eventually, they changed the name to Google; the name of the search engine was a misspelling of the word googol, a very large number written 10100 (1 followed by 100 zeros), picked to signify that the search engine was intended to search a large number of websites.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:12 AM (6wpGE)

21 coliin - The ones in Minecraft are evil little buggers.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 14, 2026 05:12 AM (BLOW1)

22 20 Page and Brin published their research, along with Rajeev Motwani and Terry Winograd, as the PageRank algorithm

Winograd was Page's thesis adviser at Stanford, and is best known for his pioneering work in AI back in 1970. His program SHRDLU maintained a world model, something most modern AIs can't do.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 14, 2026 05:17 AM (BLOW1)

23 Greetings and good morning, everyone. I'm happy to say that the rest of my team was brought back today. Sure, the silence was nice but it's good to have folks working again.

My mom's celebration yesterday of the anniversary of her heart attack went very well. Given everything else going on with the family, I'm glad she got a bit of a break.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 05:18 AM (OPGS/)

24 19 I saw a silver fish running across my bedroom floor. Are they that dangerous? Will they get in my bed and eat me? I always considered them the marvel of nature and think of all the shoes they have to buy.
Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:10 AM (CiQE7)

They'll eat your books and leave silverfish scat all over the place.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:20 AM (6wpGE)

25 Posted by: coliin

colin what happened to your name

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:22 AM (6wpGE)

26 Evening and morning for a Tiu's Day in mid-July!

It's also a day for baby ducks in the tub.

Bath-Teal Day.

(Will I be here all week? Somehow I doubt it.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

27 Wikipedia has an example of a SHRDLU session.

Person: Stack up two pyramids.
Computer: I CAN'T.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:28 AM (6wpGE)

28 Temps a stunningly low (for here in July) 76-78 F., and no rain when I stuck my hand outside just now -- though the local CBS outlet's website says "Showers in the vicinity." We'll see in a while if I can go work out.

A visit to my primary doctor is on the schedule today -- just the six-month check-in, I hope. I might get back home in time to nap a bit, but I doubt it.

The furry thugs are fine. Whatchoo up to?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

29 Hyperion is a terrible name for a project, assuming you want it to go well.

Posted by: pawn at July 14, 2026 05:32 AM (R8m8a)

30 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at July 14, 2026 05:33 AM (Hbeqj)

31 My name only has one i....but once in a while I just pick the wrong name for the list that pops up. Should erase the Coliin, but just haven't bothered.

Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:34 AM (CiQE7)

32 31 My name only has one i....but once in a while I just pick the wrong name for the list that pops up. Should erase the Coliin, but just haven't bothered.
Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:34 AM (CiQE7)

Keeps us on our toes!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

33
Person: Can a pyramid support a pyramid?
Computer: I DON'T KNOW.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:36 AM (6wpGE)

34 31 My name only has one i....but once in a while I just pick the wrong name for the list that pops up. Should erase the Coliin, but just haven't bothered.
Posted by: coliin at July 14, 2026 05:34 AM (CiQE7)
- - - - - - - - - - -
Make sure to remove it completely. Wouldn't want to be a semicoliin.

Posted by: Another Anon at July 14, 2026 05:37 AM (4h45B)

35 Mornin'

I think I'll golf later. Just 9 holes. It's going to be over 90 so I'll do a late round. After 6. It will still be hot but I'll be in the shade mostly. Lots and lots of tree's on my local course.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:37 AM (sAmhv)

36
Person: Does the shortest thing the tallest pyramid's support supports support anything green?
Computer: YES, THE GREEN PYRAMID.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:38 AM (6wpGE)

37 We have two library DVDs to watch this week, the 1978 Death on the Nile w/ Peter Ustinov as Poirot, and Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent w/ Joel McCrea. I've seen parts of the latter, but have never seen the former, or read the source novel.

Maybe I'll stop at the big library in the suburbs Thursday after I have the Buick's rear brakes done and see if there is anything else I want to pick up. I'm down to two books on the TBR pile.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

38 Nice version of old time hymn, "For the beauty of the earth":

https://tinyurl.com/5934yd9d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:41 AM (Bw1/o)

39
Person: Why did you drop it?
Computer: BY "IT", I ASSUME YOU MEAN THE SUPERBLOCK.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN A NON-EXISTENT EVENT.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:41 AM (6wpGE)

40 (Will I be here all week? Somehow I doubt it.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

This is your home; you are always here! Why would you NOT be here? Or are you referring to meat world?

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 14, 2026 05:42 AM (igCg8)

41 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:37 AM (sAmhv

That sounds like a good plan.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:42 AM (Bw1/o)

42 Person: Why did you drop it?
Computer: BY "IT", I ASSUME YOU MEAN THE SUPERBLOCK.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN A NON-EXISTENT EVENT.
Posted by: m at July 14, 2026

***
EXECUTE YOUR PRIME FUNCTION!

. . . Sterilize . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)

43 Meta has had many major wins with customers signing up for its AI services, such as, uh, nobody.

So it's a bubble about to burst, but totally the future, and we're all doomed.

Or something.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:43 AM (sAmhv)

44
This is your home; you are always here! Why would you NOT be here? Or are you referring to meat world?
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at July 14, 2026

***
I meant the old gag where a standup comic tosses out a joke that bombs, and adds, "Thank you! I'll be here all week! Try the veal!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

45 55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

I never started. By the time social media came around, I had dealt with enough people in meatspace and on messageboards to know better. The last thing I wanted was to be *more* accessible to all the idiots, narcissists, parrots, dickheads, manipulators, deviants, schizos, shit spewers, and rageaholics of the world. Blog comment sections are pushing it.

But yes, even it was already a cesspool, communists can make anything worse.

Posted by: SciVo at July 14, 2026 05:45 AM (Sy6m/)

46 55% of Americans have stopped regular use of social media. (PC Magazine)

Because they're tired of dealing with communists.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

We can hope.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:48 AM (6wpGE)

47 There was yet another local flood this past Saturday during a rain storm. The pump people are blaming "human error" for the flooding, saying the pumps were fine and worked fine, but that they didn't get turned on as early as they should have.

Excuses, excuses.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

48 Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 05:18 AM (OPGS

That's nice to hear. Glad too you have more people cleared to work.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:51 AM (Bw1/o)

49 Is the AoS message boards considered 'social media'? Or any other message board? I used to have a Facebook account but I nuked that a while ago. I do have an 'X' account for 'read only' purposes.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 14, 2026 05:52 AM (sAmhv)

50 Over at Epoch Times, there is an article about Helen Comperatore, the widow of Corey Comperatore and how she has been since her husband's murder in Butler. Two parts stood out:

The Secret Service met with her last year and most of her questions were answered with “We just don’t know.”

The files on the shooting are 75,000 pages. The FBI is only releasing about 300 per month.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 05:53 AM (OPGS/)

51 Except for certain special interest forums and this board, I have never been one for "social" media. No Farcebook, Twatter, none of those things. If I start using one, then I'll try another, and before you know it all my waking hours will involve checking and scrolling and posting. Miss Linda seems to have her phone grafted onto her hand for a large part of the day . . . a cautionary tale for me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

52 France has taken three nuclear reactors offline and may cut output at seven more as a heatwave warms rivers, under rules protecting aquatic ecosystems. EDF says there's no safety risk. Outages expected until mid-to-late July. - Euronews
-

On Bastille Day?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 05:56 AM (a49QL)

53 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9

________

Have a good day, everyone You are all a blessing to others. Take a break from politics sometime today if you can. It makes things better, I think. I am looking forward to Bible study with the seniors later today and right now taking a walk on the canal with dear FenSpouse.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 05:56 AM (D+BhG)

54
What really crushed Ro "Mo' Money" Khanna during his staged encounter with the IDF was when they answered, "A 7-Eleven owner / operator from the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware?" in response to his bitchy question, "Do you know who I am?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 05:58 AM (ixS3i)

55 54 What really crushed Ro "Mo' Money" Khanna during his staged encounter with the IDF was when they answered, "A 7-Eleven owner / operator from the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware?" in response to his bitchy question, "Do you know who I am?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 05:58 AM (ixS3i)

ha!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

56 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at July 14, 2026 06:01 AM (2Ez/1)

57
Because they're tired of dealing with communists.

Oh, like the people who say oligarchs should be guillotined on a platform created and maintained by an oligarch? Or the 50-Cent Army?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 14, 2026 06:02 AM (O0L8i)

58 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at July 14, 2026 06:03 AM (V0/Sp)

59
Make sure to remove it completely. Wouldn't want to be a semicoliin.
Posted by: Another Anon

Or a descending coliin.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:05 AM (fdSfO)

60 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Volleyed and thundered.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 14, 2026 06:06 AM (amcLV)

61
Back north until tomorrow evening for dental and medical reasons, all routine check ups. It's X-ray time at the dentist though -- we hates it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:07 AM (fdSfO)

62 What everyone needs, a life size silicone love doll of Frieren

https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk

NOT.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 14, 2026 06:08 AM (2GVsD)

63 I'm betting that Zuckerberg's AI Ray-Ban future, the one where we all run around looking like Buddy Holly, will become known as the Cricketsverse.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 14, 2026 06:13 AM (/eAef)

64 I quit Farcebook and Twatter after watching "The Social Dilemma" in 2021. They feed you the shit that you like to eat.

I resumed my X account after Elon bought it and liberated the comments.

AOSHQ is unique. No identity, unless you want it. Moderated comments. Great folks.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 06:15 AM (qFwJc)

65 a life size silicone love doll of Frieren

I'd suggest using it as a scarecrow against demons but they don't know what she looks like because she doesn't leave survivors.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 14, 2026 06:16 AM (OPGS/)

66 Morning Report is up.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at July 14, 2026 06:16 AM (2NHgQ)

67 Do demons fight other demons?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 14, 2026 06:18 AM (qFwJc)

68
What everyone needs, a life size silicone love doll of Frieren

https://youtu.be/uoeU9fI98uk

NOT.
Posted by: Anna Puma

It's no major award. Pass.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 14, 2026 06:19 AM (fdSfO)

69 "A 7-Eleven owner / operator from the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware?" in response to his bitchy question, "Do you know who I am?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
+++
That's storybook, man!

Posted by: Creepy Joe at July 14, 2026 06:21 AM (2Ez/1)

70 Apple Sues ‘Rotten’ OpenAI for Alleged Theft of Trade Secrets.

Apple has filed a federal lawsuit accusing OpenAI of misappropriating confidential information through former Apple employees.

Posted by: SMOD at July 14, 2026 07:33 AM (YtmxO)

71 Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (EoKfw)

72 .
Correct me if I'm wrong, (because I probably am,) but wasn't, "The Terminal Man," kinda sorta about artificial intelligence; and didn't it make reference to memory requirements back in the 1960s?

Posted by: Marooned at July 14, 2026 11:58 AM (kt8QE)

Overnight Open Thread [07/13/2026]

The bison is far more in tune with the American spirit than the eagle or the turkey (Benjamin Franklin's laughable choice for a symbol). It's the size and weight of a compact sedan, and can run 35 miles/hour. It's cranky as f*ck; and will ignore you until it decides to toss you in the air because you are mildly irritating. And then forget about you, because you are unimportant. It has the quiet confidence that that everything else should probably get out of the way. And if you don't? It makes clear that stupidity has consequences.

******

It's a cleverly written skit, but the performance is utterly and completely brilliant.

******
The American obsession with celebrity is becoming unhinged from reality. I think it is tremendously damaging to our culture, because the celebrities most worshiped are often vile human beings whose claim to fame is stuff like gangster rap, or even worse, insipid pop music! Artist sells out of trash collected from Taylor Swift's wedding. Yeah...she is an impressive businesswoman, but five years after she stops performing her music will be as popular as the hundreds of other bands that simply faded away.

The obsession comes at the expense of paying attention to more worthy things. Yes, get off my lawn! Seriously, I understand that entertainment is an integral part of our world, but the caustic influence of amoral post-modern entertainers is not good for us as a society.

******

Just look what you dodged! Don't ever say I don't do anything for you maniacs!

******
Don't ask me why these three are on my personal play list. I have no rhyme or reason for what goes on it. If I like the way a song sounds...even a little bit of it...I go for it. And why not? The worst thing that can happen is that I skip it.

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******
I find heavy equipment operators to be amazingly impressive. They run multi-ton vehicles as if they were surgeons. And yes, I bitterly regret not becoming one.

There are few concepts that have done more for Man than hydraulics. Imagine a world without it!

******
Somebody sent this to me and claimed it was how they manufacture American Cheese.

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The Farside
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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (VmkSV)

2 THIRD BASE!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (4NO2D)

3 Monday, Monday, so good to me!
Because I love my ONT

Posted by: Gouverneur Morris at July 13, 2026 09:54 PM (OXvkT)

4 "Fine. But what's his first name?'
"Guess."
"Uh, I don't want to. What's his first name?"
"Guess."
"... Tell me his whole name."
"Guess Who."
*AAAAAAARRRGH*

Posted by: Another Anon at July 13, 2026 09:54 PM (4h45B)

5 Bingo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:55 PM (VPNgR)

6 Congrats on 1st TonyPete...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 13, 2026 09:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

7 Thank you. I couldn't have done it without a modicum of blind, dumb luck.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 09:56 PM (VmkSV)

8 Good evening Horde. Thanks CDB!

Excavator recovery is absolutely the type of content I'm here for.

Posted by: TRex - digger dino at July 13, 2026 09:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

9 Really?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at July 13, 2026 09:59 PM (ZAfEX)

10 CBDMONONTYAY

Posted by: mindful webworker - We don' need no steenkin' space bars at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (ci8WY)

11 We once saw a small herd of bison at Yellowstone. Cars stopped on the road. We sat quietly and hoped they did not notice us in our cars.

You could easily see that buffalo was agitated by his dust bath. At least the guy was not trying to pet him.

I have no empathy for the people who try to pet them, get a selfie with them, or dip what used to be their toes off the boardwalks into the pretty blue hot springs of Yellowstone.

Sometimes hiking in the mountains here you come upon a moose eating grass and flowers. We tend to move away quietly vs tourons who take photos.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (hzuYO)

12 Excavator recovery is absolutely the type of content I'm here for.
Posted by: TRex - digger dino

Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

I'd love to do that.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

13 Rage Against My Dad, You Guys! G'all!

Dickweeds.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:02 PM (0aYVJ)

14 WHO DAT?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI-EoLWgp5w
Iron Biden: Has he lost his Mind; Can he see or is he Blind

of COURSE ctHARRIS wouldn't change a thing.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ifLIBsWantAmerica2Fail
https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-ShadowOfTheIceKING
https://tinyurl.com/IceKingJOE-PrezLibraryCameo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yModCU1OVHY
How iceKingJOE really saw himself.
Tally Hall: Banana Man [content warning: Danger/PsychoHazard ]

LET's GO BRANDON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_9hX43pTpE
Metal Trump: Sad but TRUE!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 13, 2026 10:02 PM (RBJL0)

15 I know that Senator Graham was not killed by RUSSA or Putin because he was not poisoned with "Polemonium....

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (xEwO4)

16 There is a piece of tatanka the Indians do not use.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (/+uur)

17 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

There is a union training facility along I-95 in central NJ that has about 50 pieces of monstrous heavy machinery. I am awfully tempted to join the union just to train there!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (l4RKn)

18 visidiots < tourons

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (hXJIb)

19 Ohhh!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 13, 2026 10:04 PM (uTEOj)

20 15 I know that Senator Graham was not killed by RUSSA or Putin because he was not poisoned with "Polemonium....
Posted by: Jackson K

Havana Syndrome setting level: 10
Now they know it works -- failure of imagination, until it isn't.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 13, 2026 10:05 PM (RBJL0)

21 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

I'd love to do that.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)
___

After the flooding this weekend, there's actually 29+ year olds using such equipment to rebuild roads that were washed out.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 10:05 PM (+sK4n)

22 Also, this is my hill:

Buffalo. Not bison. Buff. A. Lo.

I was born and raised in Montana and Wyoming. We who are natives say "the fuck is a bison?"

I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

23 A theme in ICE shootings is putting their bodies in front of operational vehicles. This practice is dangerous for the officers and manufactures a reason for them to shoot drivers if they make one wrong move.

One witness says the victim said, "I tried to stop" before dying.

I was trying to stop just before I tried to kill you.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:07 PM (/+uur)

24 I gotta say, that cheese making seems way more manual than I picture. I suspect they made something else - the cheese must be a big vat of orange goo. But I could be dead wrong

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:07 PM (Rn6Z4)

25 I had bison on a bun last week.

*shrugs*

It tasted good.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 10:08 PM (jehhT)

26 Again. This is my hill.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)
------

I feel like you're trying to buffalo us

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:08 PM (Rn6Z4)

27 Shaboozey?

Wasn't that the song in Music Man featuring Buddy Hackett?
https://youtu.be/pV_uw5nV79Q

Or what the chorus is singing at the start of The Poor Side Of Town by Johnny Rivers?
https://youtu.be/vAI24i825_E

Posted by: mindful webworker - my musical knowledge is limited at July 13, 2026 10:08 PM (ci8WY)

28 I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Hey, Bungalow Bill
What did you kill
Bungalow Bill?
-- I like it (John Lennon)

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (VmkSV)

29 It’s called tourist season for a reason.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

30 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

31 I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

Are you trying to buffalo me
Hello, hello, hello
Shake hands
Brother, hi ho
ou're always bound to know
A water buffalo
Hello
hello, hello, hello
Greetings, fellow buddy
A buffalo as you must know
Is never a fuddy-duddy

Hello, hello, hello
I'm glad to see
We're proud to be
A water buffalo!

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (/+uur)

32 @22
" This is my hill."

Guess everybody needs a hill.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:10 PM (IY9No)

33
If it's aortic dissection, that's going to be clear on the autopsy, of course. Now, is there any artificial way to induce such a thing? I don't think so, but there might be.

But if Putin or any others wanted to kill him and make it look natural/accidental there are much easier ways to do it.

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

34 There is a piece of tatanka the Indians do not use.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (/+uur)

But the Italian-Indians do not pollute the sacred hunting grounds with unused leftover bits. *tear rolls down cheek*

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (wVcYX)

35 Evening all,

We have a launch early in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-45
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: July 14, 2026
Launch Time: 5:10 a.m. EDT (0910 UTC, 1110 CEST)

https://youtu.be/Cs8MhzKv3gA

Posted by: Joyenz at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (2F0/Y)

36 AoSHQ may trigger convulsions and projectile vomiting in some new readers.

HQ shit my pants.

Posted by: Joseph Robinette Biden at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (oIVsY)

37 Evening, all,

A quiet day here with rain during a lot of it. We may have more early tomorrow morning, preventing me from working out. I could go to the mall to walk -- but I have a doctor's appointment (usual check-in, nothing Sirius) at 12:45, so the timing would be tight.

Wednesday does not look busy -- though I have to call the Fidelity people about that eternally-delayed check, and the IRS about my refund. Thursday I'll have the Buick's rear brakes done. Friday, a mall walk would be good.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (wzUl9)

38 Guess everybody needs a hill.
Posted by: Case

Bill didn't. What the hell was he thinking anyway? What did he get out of the arrangement? Seriously.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (VmkSV)

39 And I LOVE LOVE LOVE that Lindsey Graham’s sister was chosen to serve out his term. She has no designs on the seat.

This way, the several politicians vying for the spot can have a debate amd voters can choose in a primary who will be the nominee.

Someone should tell the democrats this is how “democracy” works.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:11 PM (yEz+x)

40 It’s called tourist season for a reason.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

Best time to be in Yellowstone is after communist labor day.

Don't tell nobody. I worked a summer there. The drop-off of tourons was dramatic.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

41 I can't believe you are down playing the bison attack in Yellowstone. Did you not see what happened to the guy? Do you have no shame?

https://tinyurl.com/yc3nej7e

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (viF8m)

42 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

43 Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes, Lodge #26.

Posted by: Fred Flintstone at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (wVcYX)

44 While sitting in traffic at Yellowstone, driving my convertible, a bison came strolling down the other lane. He was the cause of the traffic. Three feet away. Eye to eye. Scared the shit outta me.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (2WIwB)

45 Yellowstone Bison Charge
----------------

Wasn't me! I'm in Yosemite with 17 in-laws, outlaws and scofflaws. We already got a written warning from management over the Citronella candles we've used here for over 35 years without incident!

More later next week after I return to my Southern California redoubt.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (1PYs9)

46 Best time to be in Yellowstone is after communist labor day.

Don't tell nobody. I worked a summer there. The drop-off of tourons was dramatic.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Yosemite was similar. If you go during prime season you'll be either suicidal or homicidal.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (VmkSV)

47 @22
" This is my hill."

Guess everybody needs a hill.
Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:10 PM (IY9No)

Sigh. I say things like this, you know, tongue in cheek.

We good?

that said: buffalo. Forever.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)

48 how they manufacture American Cheese - looks legit

Instagram embeds never show up for me on here. Which is fine. Worst video platform - no progress bar, no volume control, no full-screen.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 'Merican! at July 13, 2026 10:15 PM (ci8WY)

49 It’s called tourist season for a reason.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

. . . all of those tourists covered with oil.

Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett, Wasted Away Again at July 13, 2026 10:15 PM (wVcYX)

50 @38. Bill didn't.

I'll let Bill answer that.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:15 PM (IY9No)

51 We'll be in Yellowstone in about a week. And yes, we've been warned about the bison.

Posted by: pookysgirl, doing some last-minute packing at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (Wt5PA)

52 HQ shit my pants.

HQ didn’t do that, you did it! You’re a fucking communist agent! I knew it!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (kYmoU)

53 I read the headline about the Yellowstone tourist and eagerly clicked hoping to see some fatass jerk from NJ (or thereabouts) getting what he deserved. No luck. This guy wasn't poking the bear. He FO'd without the FA part. Poor fellow

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (Mjjx+)

54 And I LOVE LOVE LOVE that Lindsey Graham’s sister was chosen to serve out his term. She has no designs on the seat.
-
And she seems like the person in the world who's most likely to just do what her brother would have done which, for better or worse, is what his state voted for.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (vSvIl)

55 Some of the best buffalo photos we have gathered over the years is via buffalo jams from our car, where bulls, cows and calves wander by, knowing they own this place.

Buffalo are kinda stinky.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)

56 Please use vomit bag in seat pocket.

Um, mine's been used. Can I have a fresh one?

Posted by: mindful webworker - it was the music selections at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (ci8WY)

57 And yes, we've been warned about the bison.

Posted by: pookysgirl, doing some last-minute packing at July 13, 2026 10:16 PM (Wt5PA)
-------
If they get in the way of your car just smack them in the ass to move them along. Trust me.

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (Mjjx+)

58 Thanks for the ONT, CBD. And for the comment inclusions about Bison Bison.

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Jr+re)

59 @22
" This is my hill."

There are many like it, but this one is mine.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Wnv9h)

60 If Velveeta was made in a cave in France, the cheese snobs would be agog over its creamy texture, low melting point, and overall salty goodness.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (+EWjf)

61 “It's cranky as f*ck; and will ignore you until it decides to toss you in the air because you are mildly irritating. And then forget about you, because you are unimportant. It has the quiet confidence that that everything else should probably get out of the way. And if you don't? It makes clear that stupidity has consequences.”

Couldn’t the same be said about a cat?
Except for that toss you in the air thing. But they can fuck you up in other ways you won’t forget soon…

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (Mxkwh)

62 I have seen far more grizzlies in Yellowstone than black bears.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:18 PM (0aYVJ)

63 If they get in the way of your car just smack them in the ass to move them along. Trust me.
Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:17 PM (Mjjx+)

Same for the grocery store parking lot.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:19 PM (wVcYX)

64 visitards>tourons

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at July 13, 2026 10:19 PM (X5FXP)

65 Yup. I get CBD certainly doesn't like me. But, I sure dig the cut of his jib😜!
Thanks CBD!!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 13, 2026 10:19 PM (uTEOj)

66 After high school a friend decided to drive his Mazda 323 cross country from SC to Washington State.

He was somewhere in the big square states and off in the distance he saw a buffalo running down the highway directly at him. He slowed down but did not stop, figuring the buffalo would stop or swerve or something.

He did not. The buffalo hit the car head on, rolled over the top and hit the ground running.

The car was still running and seemed okay so my friend continued his trip. When he took it for the insurance claim they totalled it - because it looked fine, but had buckled the roof.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 13, 2026 10:20 PM (NlEaG)

67 62 I have seen far more grizzlies in Yellowstone than black bears.

----------

The black bears tend to congregate around the pick-a-nick baskets.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 13, 2026 10:20 PM (u/oMr)

68 Whiskey Myers is alright. I've been listening to his stuff on YTube this summer, along with Ella Langley. I seem to listen to more C&W music over the summer than I do the rest of the year.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)

69 Artist sells out of trash collected from Taylor Swift's wedding.

Heh.
I remember when The Beatles came to Seattle. Afterwards they were selling 1 inch square pieces of carpet, supposedly from their rooms, for a buck each. Big money in the 60's.
And idiots bought them.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

70 More later next week after I return to my Southern California redoubt.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at July 13, 2026 10:14 PM (1PYs9)[/p]

You didn't doubt it well enough the first time?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 13, 2026 10:22 PM (NlEaG)

71 45 Yellowstone Bison Charge
----------------

Wasn't me! I'm in Yosemite with 17 in-laws, outlaws and scofflaws. We already got a written warning from management over the Citronella candles we've used here for over 35 years without incident!

More later next week after I return to my Southern California redoubt.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

The mosquito lobby is a vicious bunch. There lawyers are unmatched!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:22 PM (sAmhv)

72 Oh wait it wasn't a 323 - it was a GLC!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at July 13, 2026 10:23 PM (NlEaG)

73 >>I have seen far more grizzlies in Yellowstone than black bears.

Only been to Yellowstone once a long time ago but it left a lasting impression. One of the places I hope to visit again someday.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

74 And idiots bought them.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

Did anyone buy the shark that Ozzy caught outside the window of that hotel room?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:24 PM (0aYVJ)

75 I’ve had European bison meat.

It wisent very good.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

76 Heck, they let Morons rent heavy equipment just to run on their own property!

Last time I had an excavator out, I had Bride of PI working the controls just in case we needed to operate two pieces of equipment in the future.

Within 5" she was able to put the bucket teeth in the toothmarks of the previous scoop!

Just like learning to shoot, she said, "That was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be."

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 13, 2026 10:25 PM (HlyYF)

77 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

There is a union training facility along I-95 in central NJ that has about 50 pieces of monstrous heavy machinery. I am awfully tempted to join the union just to train there!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:03 PM (l4RKn)

This could work for a MoMe. No, I don't live in Vegas.

https://digthisvegas.com/

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)

78 Only been to Yellowstone once a long time ago but it left a lasting impression. One of the places I hope to visit again someday.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

I grew up in Cody. 50 miles from the east gate. 5 bucks a carload. And the Northeast entrance was almost always un-manned. We used to gather elk and deer antlers in the Lamar Valley.

Wait. no, we didn't. that would be illegal.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:27 PM (0aYVJ)

79 Best time to be in Yellowstone is after communist labor day.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

Last time I was in Yellowstone was late September. Not crowded at all, although the tranny-curious employee in one of the visitor centers was unpleasant.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:27 PM (l4RKn)

80 The black bears tend to congregate around the pick-a-nick baskets.
Posted by: Cicero

Around here we've had more school closing days due to black bears roaming around than we have had snow days. It's odd - the bears are pretty calm. Even if Momma bear has young cubs with her. They (usually) don't bother the dogs and will just stand there looking at you if happen on them on one of the trails or in your yards.

They are hell on bird feeders though.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:28 PM (VmkSV)

81 Watched "How It's Made" many a night, from my recliner, while recuperating from one thing or another.

Posted by: javems at July 13, 2026 10:29 PM (zFsEm)

82 I remember when The Beatles came to Seattle. Afterwards they were selling 1 inch square pieces of carpet, supposedly from their rooms, for a buck each. Big money in the 60's.
And idiots bought them.
Posted by: Diogenes

As I recall, it was their bedsheet.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Yeah? Yeah? Yeah. at July 13, 2026 10:29 PM (ci8WY)

83 41 I can't believe you are down playing the bison attack in Yellowstone. Did you not see what happened to the guy? Do you have no shame?

https://tinyurl.com/yc3nej7e
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:13 PM (viF8m)

I hope grandpa is okay, that was a tough fall.

Posted by: Joemarine at July 13, 2026 10:30 PM (y171U)

84 I got some sad news today, brought the Lindsey situation home. Had A friend here, a woman in her early 60’s, a lot of fun, energetic, we’d volunteered on some local non profits together and she was the current head of one of them. Just found out that over the weekend she had a pulmonary embolism and died in the ambulance. Very sad for all of her friends.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 10:30 PM (wLnmp)

85 I remember when Charlie Bronson starred in a western moby dick movie called the white buffalo. It would have better if Robert E Howard had written it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 10:30 PM (sYM3s)

86 There used to be a small herd of bison that lived in an arranged field on both sides of I-70 west of Denver, as the highway began to climb. There was a tunnel underneath the highway so the beasts could cross from one side to the other to graze. You could exit the I-70 there and park nearby to watch them -- but there was a sign on the fence: "DO NOT APPROACH"!

In '98 I drove down to Great Sand Dunes Park. On the way back I found myself on a string-straight length of state or country highway. "Aha," said I, and ran my car, an '84 Mercedes 280CE coupe, up to 100 just for laughs. It was going well. Then a sign loomed up:

"WATCH FOR BISON ON ROAD"

I slowed down quick.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:31 PM (wzUl9)

87 Thanks CBD, for the well-rounded ONT.
Random comments…The Shaboozey video…
Not particularly into Country music, but this was respectable. Got into my head for a second, and realized my take on this would have been completely different if I was a deaf man.

Tom Morello plays his guitar with a brick, rather than a pick. Not unlike Neal Young on his Rust Never Sleeps album.

And American Cheese wrapped singles? No wonder they taste so awesome!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:32 PM (Mxkwh)

88 85 I remember when Charlie Bronson starred in a western moby dick movie called the white buffalo. It would have better if Robert E Howard had written it.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Oh yea, I 'memba that one. I think Bronson was playing Buffalo Bill Cody. Can't remember that Indian sidekick with that was with him. I'll have to look it up. Been a while since I've seen it. Almost positive that it has NOT aged well.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 10:33 PM (sAmhv)

89 Last time I was in Yellowstone was late September. Not crowded at all, although the tranny-curious employee in one of the visitor centers was unpleasant.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:27 PM (l4RKn)

I think what I disliked about my last September visit to Yellowstone was that the Chinese tour buses were still there, but in far smaller numbers.

I wondered if they had skeeter sized drones scouting the area.

I ain't paranoid or nothin'

Your face is paranoid

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:33 PM (0aYVJ)

90 >>I hope grandpa is okay, that was a tough fall.

He made a comment earlier today on X that he was ok. I'm sure he's banged up, tough hit.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:34 PM (viF8m)

91 @73.
JackStraw if you do get back to Yellowstone remember "Don't feed the bears" because when it comes to food, they don't play.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:34 PM (IY9No)

92 Don’t make camp close to a herd of buffalo. Inevitably, one of the bulls will see the flame, and charge it, leading to much loss of human life.

And that’s how you get buffylo, campfire slayer.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:34 PM (77rzZ)

93 My gut tells me the cheese video is fake or something else besides cheese.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 13, 2026 10:35 PM (XV/Pl)

94 And American Cheese wrapped singles? No wonder they taste so awesome!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:32 PM (Mxkwh)

I doubt very much that the video has anything to do with making Kraft American singles. But it's a glorious cheese, uniquely suited for certain things like burgers and scrambled eggs.

And I am a major league cheese snob!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:36 PM (l4RKn)

95 When the Beatles played here at a stadium in City Park in May of '64, it was the height of Beatlemania. The four lads stayed secretly at a hotel on U.S. Hwy. 90 in the east of the city, the Congress Inn. From what I heard, the place traded on that notoriety for decades before it closed.

Though I was only ten, I was aware of the Beatles. My Christmas present in '63 had been a compact transistor radio, on which I first heard the Fab Four (thinking their name was spelled "Beetles") on the local AM Top 40 station. I liked their stuff -- but I thought the Dave Clark Five and Chad & Jeremy would have the real staying power.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:36 PM (wzUl9)

96 Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

97 OK, I have never been a fan of forced sterilization, even for violent criminals. It's a very slippery slope.

BUT... the fact that someone out there has a list of women who *bought garbage from a fuckin' celebrity wedding* makes for an almost irresistible temptation.

Maybe... just this *one* time...

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 10:37 PM (BI5O2)

98 That cheese-making machine is also used for grinding up random anything, as shown in Doof's ONT Thursday.

xcancel.com/i/status
/2075237170126729439

Posted by: mindful webworker - the jaws of death at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (ci8WY)

99 96 Sing to me, Karen Carpenter.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (77rzZ)

100 Coolest places outside of Yellowstone and Custer SD I ever saw buffalo:

North Dakota Badlands

Antelope Island, Utah. (I think Johnny Dep filmed one of his faggy fragrance ads there)

Buffalo look different in different places.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)

101 Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026

***
I read it in the Reader's Digest Condensed Books version a year or so before the film. Good stuff.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:39 PM (wzUl9)

102 Thanks for the ONT, CBD.

Posted by: scampydog at July 13, 2026 10:39 PM (41CYW)

103 That UPS signature-required delivery I missed on Friday, because the driver showed up two hours before his delivery window? Well, I got it today, when the driver finally showed up 45 minutes after the delivery window ended.

Bastards.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (+EWjf)

104 You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (yEz+x)

105 Wolfus, how goes the house search?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

106 Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

HA! In junior high we both read the book and watched the movie. We called it "Bless the Beasts and the Little Fuckers."

True fact: Bill Mumy was Teft.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)

107
Ace posted that "artist's conception" of a view inside Saturn's rings. Here's one of the most eerie images taken by Cassini:

https://t.ly/CMKbT

Cassini was in Saturn's shadow and the whole system is backlit. That's a very real image that looks almost unreal. Erf, Mars, and Venus are also in that image.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (w6EFb)

108 A European bison, oh, rocks!

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:41 PM (77rzZ)

109 >>>Oh yea, I 'memba that one. I think Bronson was playing Buffalo Bill Cody. Can't remember that Indian sidekick with that was with him. I'll have to look it up. Been a while since I've seen it. Almost positive that it has NOT aged well.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come

>It was Wild Bill Hickok and Crazy Horse, but close enough. Special effects weren't much then, but as a kid, I liked the concept.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 10:41 PM (sYM3s)

110 And American Cheese wrapped singles? No wonder they taste so awesome!

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:32 PM (Mxkwh)

I doubt very much that the video has anything to do with making Kraft American singles. But it's a glorious cheese, uniquely suited for certain things like burgers and scrambled eggs.

And I am a major league cheese snob!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:36 PM (l4RKn)

I didn't really like the Kraft singles. I tried real American cheese thanks to America's Test Kitchen. Boar's Head/Sargento. I liked it so much that I convinced my eldest to try some and now she'll have the real thing with me whenever I grill some burgers.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 13, 2026 10:41 PM (NZPfR)

111 You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 10:40 PM (yEz+x)

My sister kept that Roger Miller record, from my Mom's estate. Gosh darn it anyway.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:42 PM (0aYVJ)

112 If someone you care about bought Taylor Swift's friends' garbage off the street so they could live vicariously through that random person's cigarette butt, abduct her and take her to cult deprogammer. Swifties are clinically insane.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 10:42 PM (BI5O2)

113 102 Or maybe we should thank the ONT for CBD?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:43 PM (77rzZ)

114 You can’t rollerskate in a buffalo herd.

But you can be happy if you've a mind to . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at July 13, 2026 10:43 PM (Jr+re)

115 Wolfus, how goes the house search?

Demand to see the warrant!!

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 10:44 PM (vTZFs)

116 “But it's a glorious cheese, uniquely suited for certain things like burgers and scrambled eggs.

And I am a major league cheese snob!”

Preach it Brother!

Every breakfast sandwich I make has a couple. Just wouldn’t be edible without them.
I’m no cheese snob, but love me some Swiss, and especially smoked Gouda.
It’s on my list to try on the smoker. Just fearful of making fondue…
Yesterday’s Short rib pics incoming soon…

Posted by: Gunslinger at July 13, 2026 10:44 PM (Mxkwh)

117 106 Billy Mumy put that bathtub in the White House?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ)

118 A group of social misfits at a summer camp for boys run away to save penned-in buffaloes from a rifle club's slaughter.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Free ~~Willy~~ Buffy

Posted by: mindful webworker - dang vegans at July 13, 2026 10:46 PM (ci8WY)

119 I have not heard anything about California's wild fires. They ever get them under control? Is the Governor still "concerned" ?

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 10:47 PM (IY9No)

120 If the cause of the Ethiopian famine had been a right-wing regime, it would probably be in every school curriculum alongside Live Aid.

The famine that produced the most-watched concert in history was caused by forced collectivization, forced grain seizures, and a deliberate policy of using hunger as a weapon against civilians. Four decades later, that half of the story still does not appear in most accounts of Live Aid.

Boom town rats suck

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:47 PM (/+uur)

121 I do not pretend to be a naturalist of any kind - and the other day I saw my first black bear EVER in the wild. It was about 17 feet away. And I was thankfully in my car.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 10:47 PM (vE0+H)

122 >>JackStraw if you do get back to Yellowstone remember "Don't feed the bears" because when it comes to food, they don't play.

I'm pretty respectfully of animals. Lived in a few places in northern New England where bears and moose were common and taught and did commercial diving in the Caribbean where even dumber and toothier animals were ever present, particularly at night.

I'm too old to do stupid things now but I still like to see them. Crazy powerful animals.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:47 PM (viF8m)

123 The Eagle, the bison, the turkey:

What about... the beaver?

It likely saved Plymouth Plantation from a going-out-of-business sale.

You can't cultivate tobacco in Massachusetts, as Jamestown was doing in VA. The Pilgrims needed SOMETHING to trade for things they needed (plow blades & similar stuff), but couldn't make for themselves at the time.

Happily for William Bradford's progeny, they found something to export that the mother country really wanted: Beaver pelts.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 10:48 PM (RCjYY)

124 117 106 Billy Mumy put that bathtub in the White House?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:46 PM (77rzZ)

Now do the shitter

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:48 PM (/+uur)

125 @100 - the first time I went to devil's tower there were buffalo in a field a mile or so from it so I've got a few pics of buffaloes with the tower in the background

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 10:48 PM (dZIAr)

126 I'm watching my stories. About them tornados.

Learned there's a place called Gaylord, Michigan.

Gaylords!

Posted by: It doesn't take much to amuse me at July 13, 2026 10:48 PM (oIVsY)

127 I have not heard anything about California's wild fires. They ever get them under control? Is the Governor still "concerned" ?
****
The only way Newsom is "concerned" is if he has a financial interest in the property...Just ask anyone in the Palisades or Altadena...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 13, 2026 10:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

128 Famous people get married in LA all the time.

Maybe I should start hanging around at these weddings, and boxing up the hobo crap and used needles from out front.

It's so romantic. This one has a peanut in it that symbolizes Sydney Sweeney's love! Who's going to be the lucky owner of this junkie's massive opiate turd, ladies? It could be YOU.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 10:49 PM (BI5O2)

129 Land O Lakes American is good among the "common" brands. I don't really dig Kraft. The higher tier Americans can be good but honestly Land O Lakes suffices for my croissant sandwiches and homemade McMuffins.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 10:49 PM (vE0+H)

130
Bison: It makes clear that stupidity has consequences.

For sure. Near where I live, the Indians used to stampede them over cliffs and then skin/butcher the large numbers of them killed at the bottom.
The place is named Smashed in Head Buffalo jump.
Paleontologists have examined the site and say that 80% of the buffalo was wasted.

Posted by: Speller at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (pSotA)

131 Wolfus, how goes the house search?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 13, 2026

***
Thanks for asking. I video-toured one property on Sunday; living room was way too small. Today I spotted one in the town across the Wabash River, a beauty of a place and in my price range . . . but from what I hear, that area floods. This house is fairly close to the river. I do not want to go from one flood-prone area to another.

I looked at the FEMA flood maps and couldn't make out what they were showing, but there have been news stories, one as recent as 2013, about floods after heavy rains.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

132 83 41 I can't believe you are down playing the bison attack in Yellowstone. Did you not see what happened to the guy? Do you have no shame?

https://tinyurl.com/yc3nej7e
Posted by: JackStraw
---

Never look a Buffalo in the eye.
Never stare at a Buffalo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (VPNgR)

133 Bison is good eating. Not Elk, but for wild game, it's pretty damn good.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 13, 2026 10:52 PM (QaH55)

134 Boom town rats suck

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:47 PM (/+uur)

Nah...

They are just stupid and ignorant...just like every other musician and celebrity in America

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:52 PM (l4RKn)

135 Side A: Our children need tablets and computers in K-12
Side B: We need 20 million illegals to shore up Social Security
Side C: We need higher school taxes and unions

Side D: Ok We will take our children and go home

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)

136 Never look a Buffalo in the eye.
Never stare at a Buffalo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (VPNgR)

Never give a Buffalo rye whiskey.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)

137 Haven't bought a stick of Land o Lakes since she took Princess away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

138 Nah...

They are just stupid and ignorant...just like every other musician and celebrity in America
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 13, 2026 10:52 PM (l4RKn)

I hate people that sing I hate mondays should be the largest club in the world

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:54 PM (/+uur)

139 137 Haven't bought a stick of Land o Lakes since she took Princess away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

Land of Lakes Princess will return
will return
will return
*keyboard riff*

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:55 PM (/+uur)

140 I remember one time, after we left the east entrance, heading toward Pahaska. We saw a huge boar grizzly rear up on the side of the road . I stop. Bride jumps out of the car with her camera.

I had to yell "GET THE FUCK BACK IN THE CAR NOW!"

Good thing, the bear was not feeling sporty. He had already left.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)

141 Late. Guess everything's been said.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 10:56 PM (1Ff7Z)

142 >>You can't cultivate tobacco in Massachusetts

As it turns out, you can. Check out the tobacco barns of Connecticut.

My best friend is a descendant of a tobacco family that eventually sold out to what is now RJ Reynolds. The family farm was in New Jersey.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 10:56 PM (viF8m)

143 Haven't bought a stick of Land o Lakes since she took Princess away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

My mom used to cut the knees off on side of the box to make a flip-the-princess'-top gag. She gave them to friends for Christmas one year.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at July 13, 2026 10:56 PM (NZPfR)

144 There should be a tourist buffalo toss every eyar.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:56 PM (/+uur)

145 Thanks for another entertaining ONT, CBD!

Bison are not only large and moody, but they are also quite delicious!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 13, 2026 10:57 PM (D/6p1)

146 The Craighead family tagging a grizzly that came around too soon.
Grizzly tears up '58 Ford station wagon like it's made of paper mache'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:58 PM (VPNgR)

147 Good thing, the bear was not feeling sporty. He had already left.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)

My friend got 2 new wiifes doing that

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

148 >>>>>>Bison is good eating. Not Elk, but for wild game, it's pretty damn good.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
*******
A buffalo rib-eye steak is as good as meat gets.

Posted by: Cosda at July 13, 2026 10:58 PM (Fg1gh)

149 Marco sounding tough! Both barrels to the effete ICC:

https://tinyurl.com/y2cxz6b6

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 10:58 PM (1Ff7Z)

150 You hear gossip about cattle through the bo-vine.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:59 PM (77rzZ)

151 Another father gun downed in Maine by ice in front of his young daughter. They used to wave the bloody shirt. Susan Collins runs in fear from angry protesters. Its times like these I have to explain to my fellow progressive democrats why we have a second amendment that you want to ban. Flashing a peace sign or writing a strongly worded letter as young girl crys over her dying father is not the answer.

Posted by: raimondo at July 13, 2026 11:00 PM (FeMn7)

152 So, about them zebus…

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:01 PM (77rzZ)

153 You hear gossip about cattle through the bo-vine.
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 10:59 PM (77rzZ)

That's good Dad-joke material there. *fist-bump*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 11:01 PM (0aYVJ)

154 136 Never look a Buffalo in the eye.
Never stare at a Buffalo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (VPNgR)

Never give a Buffalo rye whiskey.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)

Never engage in orgasm control and denial play with a buffalo.

Posted by: really using every part of the buffalo at July 13, 2026 11:02 PM (oIVsY)

155 153 *fist bump*

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:02 PM (77rzZ)

156 I posted this this afternoon, 5 seconds before it got NOODed.

Iran:

1) There are no moderates. That's a pipe dream, probably created by the IRGC .

2) Bombing radar sites and bass boats (albeit with machine guns) for the third night in a row hasn't made an impression.

3) Reinstating the oil embargo is good, but the IRGC is waiting A) for the election and B) for the new Congress to cut off funding for an unpopular war-- and it definitely IS unpopular. So..

4) Seize Kharg Island AND

5) Most importantly: publicly list 10 dams and power stations, & explain that we'll be destroying ONE of them every day. We did something quite similar with imperial Japan.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:04 PM (RCjYY)

157 Never dance with the devil in the pale moonlight.

Unless you are ready to party.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:04 PM (viF8m)

158 149 Marco sounding tough! Both barrels to the effete ICC:

https://tinyurl.com/y2cxz6b6

Posted by: OrangeEnt
---

Same day Trump sent a note to Congress advising them that we
are, again, at war with Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:04 PM (VPNgR)

159 I do not care what the scientific name of the beast is.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bills

Again. This is my hill.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

What about us?!

https://tinyurl.com/4pmd99s3

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 11:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

160 A good Bruce Springsteen act - better than the original!

https://youtu.be/1vT-VaMXsAw

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 11:05 PM (qx7Zg)

161 Never give a buffalo an even break.

Posted by: W. C. Fields at July 13, 2026 11:05 PM (wVcYX)

162 It's 6:40 AM in Tehran, we should be getting some good bomb damage video and assessment soon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:06 PM (VPNgR)

163 >It was Wild Bill Hickok and Crazy Horse, but close enough. Special effects weren't much then, but as a kid, I liked the concept.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

That makes sense since I was a kid when I last saw it. Little kid me liked it. Not sure the adult would. Maybe if John Carpenter remade it!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 11:06 PM (sAmhv)

164 American bison v. Cape buffalo. Who wins?

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:07 PM (77rzZ)

165 It's 6:40 AM in Tehran, we should be getting some good bomb damage video and assessment soon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:06 PM (VPNgR)

We should play "It's 7 AM. IRCG, do you know where your leaders are? (Explosions)" to Iran.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 13, 2026 11:09 PM (qx7Zg)

166 Blowing up stuff last night.

https://tinyurl.com/3rdbzatz

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:10 PM (VPNgR)

167 142

Exporting tobacco cultivated in MA to England?

I guess the Pilgrims were idiots for never trying that at Plymouth!

Silly fools kind of decided beaver pelts might work better.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:11 PM (RCjYY)

168 120 If the cause of the Ethiopian famine had been a right-wing regime, it would probably be in every school curriculum alongside Live Aid.

The famine that produced the most-watched concert in history was caused by forced collectivization, forced grain seizures, and a deliberate policy of using hunger as a weapon against civilians. Four decades later, that half of the story still does not appear in most accounts of Live Aid.

Boom town rats suck
Posted by: r hennigantx

Bob Geldof was told, repeatedly, by both European and US officials, to NOT DO THIS! It will just exacerbate the problem. Bob did it anyway. That oozing sense of righteous smug won't scratch itself.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at July 13, 2026 11:12 PM (sAmhv)

169 I try not to get too deep into international affairs.

But this whole thing with the US vs Iran feels a lot like that one belligerent drunk who refuses to pass out. I knew a guy like that. He would get blind drunk, refuse to pass out. His cousin was pounding on his head. Never got the fucking clue.

And that, my friends, is my erudite political discourse for the evening.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 13, 2026 11:12 PM (0aYVJ)

170 I remember the tobacco fields and barns in CT....

Posted by: The Grateful at July 13, 2026 11:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

171 @ImGinnyRobinson 8h
Trump should be impeached immediately.
We cannot merge our military with Israel’s.
THIS IS LITERAL TREASON.
---
A murder of crows
A flock of idiots

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:13 PM (VPNgR)

172 Wolfus, hang in there. The right house will come along and you'll know it when you see it!

Posted by: The Grateful at July 13, 2026 11:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

173 Indians grew tobacco in southern Ontario.

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:14 PM (77rzZ)

174 CND

Lucien Freud's triptychs are pretty attention getting.

Maybe try one sometime in the morning art thread?

The horde might be surprised and amused.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:15 PM (RCjYY)

175 If you would have asked me how long would it take to get the stuck excavator out, one and a half hours wouldn't have been one of my guesses if you gave me a hundred guesses.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 11:15 PM (/WQyy)

176 >>>Near where I live, the Indians used to stampede them over cliffs and then skin/butcher the large numbers of them killed at the bottom.
The place is named Smashed in Head Buffalo jump.
Paleontologists have examined the site and say that 80% of the buffalo was wasted.

Posted by: Speller

>Would you want to take every buffalo on one-on-one? They will fuck you up.

You exploit and utilize the herd mentality to serve your purpose. Stampede them off of a jump. Less pain more gain. Also that 80% fed wolves, coyotes, ravens, cougars, magpies, nothing was wasted.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 11:15 PM (sYM3s)

177 Our tomahawks are nowadays made in Japan.

Posted by: Cherokee People at July 13, 2026 11:17 PM (u/oMr)

178 174 sb "CBD," not CND

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:17 PM (RCjYY)

179 Do upper midwestern teenagers go to the buffalo races rather than the submarine races?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 11:18 PM (wVcYX)

180 Donald duck has got himself in a terrible jam way down yonder in Iranland!

Posted by: raimondo at July 13, 2026 11:18 PM (FeMn7)

181 >>Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:04 PM (RCjYY)

I don't think most have realized what is actually happening in Iran right now. For 50 years the Middle East has been torn between hating the Great Satan and of course Little Satan and pretended to care about Iran while allowing them to wreck havoc on the west and even their own interests while coddling the terrorist of the Muslim Brotherhood, most notably in "Palestine".

Whether you believe Trump's policies have done it or not, the entire Middle East is now united against Iran including duplicitous assholes in places like Qatar and making deals with Israel. The Arab street we are always told about might be angry but they are now angry at Iran. An aside from the tragic loss of a relatively small number of Americans we are pounding the shit out of Iran at will until they relent or we get tired of killing them and turning the country over to normal Iranians again.

New type of fighting instead of the failed type we've live through for 50 years. Have faith.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)

182 Is AR, Argentina? browser translated:

@laderechadiario 12 o'clock
THE FUCK IS OVER: Donald Trump announced the return of the naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz and its subsequent administration under the control of the United States, which will impose a 20% tariff on shipments that cross the route to guarantee the maintenance of the protection.

"The Strait of Hormuz is OPEN and will continue to be, with or without Iran. We reestablish the IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so called because it only prevents the entry and exit of Iranian ships or customers. All other countries will have fair and open use of the strait.
The United States will be known as «THE GUARDIAN OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ», but as such, and as a matter of JUSTICE, it will receive a 20% refund on all cargo transported, for all costs necessary to guarantee the security of this area so volatile of the world.

https://youtu.be/_LVS0UdkFMQ&t=24

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:19 PM (VPNgR)

183 American bison v. Cape buffalo. Who wins?
Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:07 PM (77rzZ)

I'd say Cape Buffalo. Just because of its hard head and larger horns. Both can kill you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 11:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

184 We have black bears around here. I have seen a few at a distance. Most people leave them alone unless they get too near a home. And even then folks will just make a loud noise and let them run back to the woods. They are a protected animal anyway.

Posted by: Case at July 13, 2026 11:22 PM (IY9No)

185 Schrödinger’s Strait of Hormuz

Posted by: Bulg at July 13, 2026 11:22 PM (77rzZ)

186 181

I DON'T "have faith" that the same old same old is going to achieve a different result than it already has. No faith at all, I'm afraid.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:22 PM (RCjYY)

187 I remember the tobacco fields and barns in CT....
Posted by: The Grateful at July 13, 2026 11:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

What about dem cotton fields back home?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 11:22 PM (1Ff7Z)

188
143 Haven't bought a stick of Land o Lakes since she took Princess away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 10:53 PM (VPNgR)

Same here. I switched to Falfurrias, a South Texas brand. I don’t think it’s sold outside of Texas, but it’s pretty good.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 11:23 PM (wLnmp)

189 Speaking of tobacco:

Christopher Columbus sent a box of "cigarros" to the Pope.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:25 PM (RCjYY)

190 Shaboozey? A “musician”. Why?

RATM? They’re communists? Double Why.?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 11:25 PM (pKv0r)

191 Good evening morons und danke CBD.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 11:25 PM (RIvkX)

192 Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)

I think we were pretty united against Iraq in the first Gulf War but I agree its being repeated. Admittedly though the coalition was possible because Israel stayed out of it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 11:26 PM (/WQyy)

193 Dear Lord,

Preserve and protect Donald Trump and his loyal companions. He is truly doing your work. It may cost him his life. But he is not quitting the battle.

He is the right man at the right time.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, All Erudite and Stuff at July 13, 2026 11:26 PM (0aYVJ)

194 Terrell County’s @SheriffThad, a Republican and outspoken supporter of President Trump and the administration’s border security measures, stands with @jamestalarico in Sanderson today.

He joined the campaign to speak against the plans for a border wall in Big Bend
--

It is funny.
Ever been to Big Bend?
A wall down the middle of the canyon? Really?
https://tinyurl.com/yr2wv6n6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:28 PM (VPNgR)

195 They could simply station shooters on this side and touch them off when they cross the middle of the river.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:29 PM (VPNgR)

196 New type of fighting instead of the failed type we've live through for 50 years. Have faith.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)
====

I have found it very difficult to get reliable information.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 11:29 PM (RIvkX)

197 If I substitute ground bison for the ground beef in my meatloaf recipe, will that make it a buffaloaf?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 13, 2026 11:29 PM (+EWjf)

198 Best time to be in Yellowstone is
......

before the super volcano blows.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 11:29 PM (oq9dX)

199 Same here. I switched to Falfurrias, a South Texas brand. I don’t think it’s sold outside of Texas, but it’s pretty good.

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Real butter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:30 PM (VPNgR)

200 >>I DON'T "have faith" that the same old same old is going to achieve a different result than it already has. No faith at all, I'm afraid.

No problem. Many of you never thought Trump was going to win in 24. That turned out ok.

Iran is done. They literally have no power to fight back. It's only a matter of how much damage we do until it's over.

I'm more interested in what happens on Thursday evening. We are getting so spoiled we don't even recognize how many enormous changes are happening right now that will never happen.

Cheer up. It's ok to win.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:30 PM (viF8m)

201

I DON'T "have faith" that the same old same old is going to achieve a different result than it already has. No faith at all, I'm afraid.
Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:22 PM (RCjYY)

It might be that the best path is just to keep heavy pressure on them and see if they crack. I suspect that when they finally break, they’ll shatter.
(One possibility is everyone in leadership deciding to kill everyone else)

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 11:31 PM (wLnmp)

202 sorry lads, according to the Church of England, Israel is a racist state
jpost.com/international/article-902369

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 11:31 PM (gKWVE)

203 Iran's got some debts to pay that Geo Bush & Co. were too chickenshit to collect. Lot of guys aren't here or are in trouble because of Iran in the Gulf War.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:33 PM (VPNgR)

204 Ev'rybody's got a water buffalo, yours is fast but mine is slow....

https://youtu.be/ltG37Bbx1qk

Posted by: pookysgirl can do this one by heart at July 13, 2026 11:33 PM (Wt5PA)

205 My family was walking on a wide trail near the falls on the Yellowstone River, with other people, when a small herd of bison started moving parallel to the group on the other side of a stand of lodgepole pines. We were grateful that the trees were between us and them.

And now, I regularly pass a small ranch which was set up to keep a few bison, with heavy fencing made of sturdy metal pipes. Much stronger than fencing for cattle. The bison haven't been there for a few years, but they were always a bit of a contrast on a trip home from Walmart or the dentist.

Posted by: KT at July 13, 2026 11:33 PM (rdeQO)

206 202 sorry lads, according to the Church of England, Israel is a racist state
jpost.com/international/article-902369

Posted by: gKWVE
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Think the US Episcopal diocese signed one of those too.

-- it appears that these people did not read the first half of the Bible and possibly not the second half.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:35 PM (VPNgR)

207 The Horde, & I include myself, is not a representative sample of the electorate. Let alone Congress.

How long do you think Congress and the public will support this war?

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)

208 sorry lads, according to the Church of England, Israel is a racist state
jpost.com/international/article-902369

Posted by: gKWVE
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Think the US Episcopal diocese signed one of those too.

-- it appears that these people did not read the first half of the Bible and possibly not the second half.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:35 PM (VPNgR)

***

A lot of people in those churches. I wonder if God goes there?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 11:39 PM (2WIwB)

209 I thought Tay Tay was an unperson for wanting to have babies with an Aryan. Lol

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:41 PM (Xe8e7)

210 So I believe ShowerCam™ is disabled in my shower... by popular demand of the Ewoks. They took one long and ran away screaming to go gut a hobo.

Is that a problem?

Posted by: SimoHayha at July 13, 2026 11:41 PM (/ZkOF)

211 Tay Tay better hurry up. Her baby clock is at 5 minutes 'till midnight.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:43 PM (RCjYY)

212 Out there looking for coverage of Iran's third night of joy I find much nutjobbery. It is easy for the undisciplined mind to find much opinion contrary to reality.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:43 PM (VPNgR)

213 There is a certain poetic justice knowing that the Church of England will be burned to the ground by the very Muslims it’s allying with.

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 11:44 PM (Xe8e7)

214 New type of fighting instead of the failed type we've live through for 50 years. Have faith.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:19 PM (viF8m)

Or rediscovering the old.ways.
I wonder if we have been spinning up Arab ground forces to be the boots on the ground?

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 11:44 PM (2WIwB)

215 I don't know how the WNBA made me hate something I've never watched. Racist lesbians be crazy.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 11:44 PM (/WQyy)

216 >>How long do you think Congress and the public will support this war?

Well Trump just sent a new war declaration to Congress so that starts the 60 day clock again.

https://tinyurl.com/adserahc

Some of you really need to get over the idea that Trump is an idiot. Turns out he's pretty smart.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:45 PM (viF8m)

217
Sorry to be obtuse, but how do we charge a 20% fee on all cargo shipped through the Strait? I like the idea -- the US shouldn't keep doing this stuff for free -- but how do we collect these fees?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:46 PM (mmrXZ)

218
The operator of the sunk excavator watched the recovery from a distance, from a place of concealment -- for a while. Unemployed, shunned, having lost the respect of other men, after he'd watched the masterful recovery operation long enough to get the gist of it, to see that he could never measure up, he quietly left. He crawled into a bottle that day, and didn't come back. He did not survive a year.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 13, 2026 11:47 PM (VWtfl)

219 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:46 PM (mmrX

Like a cover charge before you can enter the club.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 11:47 PM (/WQyy)

220 189 Speaking of tobacco:

Christopher Columbus sent a box of "cigarros" to the Pope.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 11:25 PM (RCjYY)

"Cigarros" LOL, I can't stop thinking about tomorr.... I mean that name, Cigarros!

Posted by: William Jefferson Blythe III at July 13, 2026 11:47 PM (R0XxO)

221 but how do we collect these fees?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Do you want your tanker to pass the blockade?
Here is the routing number for your tanker.
We do not accept PayPal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:48 PM (VPNgR)

222
Do you want your tanker to pass the blockade?
Here is the routing number for your tanker.
We do not accept PayPal.

Posted by: Braenyard

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Okay. So, both sides of the Strait? Omani and Iranian?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:50 PM (mmrXZ)

223 >>>Tay Tay better hurry up. Her baby clock is at 5 minutes 'till midnight.

Posted by: mnw

>So is Tay Tay going to have a batch of ugly babies like the Kardashians? How many plastic surgeons can you fit into a uterus?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 11:50 PM (sYM3s)

224 It is funny.
Ever been to Big Bend?
A wall down the middle of the canyon? Really?
https://tinyurl.com/yr2wv6n6

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:28 PM (VPNgR)

LOL. There will never be more than a handful even trying to come through Big Bend, it’s too rugged. If you wanted to do something, then set up outposts on the park roads going in and out (which I’m sure has been done)

A fun discovery recently in Big Bend showcased how remote and rarely visited much of it is. A researcher was exploring a rock cave and found an ancient hunting kit - a leather pouch with spear points, an atlatl, some stone tipped darts, a throwing stick, and a folded animal pelt next to it. They estimate that all of it had been sitting there untouched for at least 6,000 years.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 11:50 PM (wLnmp)

225 A lot of people in those churches. I wonder if God goes there?
Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 11:39 PM (2WIwB)

They better hope not.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 11:51 PM (gKWVE)

226 >>but how do we collect these fees?

Paypal.

How did Trump get NATO countries to finally start paying their dues?

Do you know who buys most if Iran's oil? China. Venezuela was also where China got their oil.

Strategery.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:51 PM (viF8m)

227 he's pretty smart.

Posted by: JackStraw
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He owns the casino.
He's the house.
He's at the table collecting Iranian chips.
It appears he's upped the game to
three raise no limit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 11:52 PM (VPNgR)

228 Trump owns a lot of casinos. They are not easy to run profitably and still keep customers coming back.
Probably why he likes golf clubs better

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 11:54 PM (rbvCR)

229
217
Sorry to be obtuse, but how do we charge a 20% fee on all cargo shipped through the Strait? I like the idea -- the US shouldn't keep doing this stuff for free -- but how do we collect these fees?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:46 PM (mmrXZ)

Like this!
** stands straight, holds arms up, waves Hands wildly **

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 11:54 PM (wLnmp)

230 Sorry to be obtuse, but how do we charge a 20% fee on all cargo shipped through the Strait? I like the idea -- the US shouldn't keep doing this stuff for free -- but how do we collect these fees?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:46 PM (mmrXZ)

We just seize every fifth tanker!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 13, 2026 11:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

231
226

Do you know who buys most if Iran's oil? China. Venezuela was also where China got their oil.

Strategery.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 11:51 PM (viF8m)

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The CCP did not pay for the oil in dollars, but in a unique scrip redeemable only at the CCP company store, where it could be spent on hot items like state-of-the-art air defense radars that can detect any US stealth aircraft 300 miles away.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 13, 2026 11:57 PM (VWtfl)

232
Do you know who buys most if Iran's oil? China. Venezuela was also where China got their oil.

Strategery.
Posted by: JackStraw

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But Trump said "all cargo." Like I said, I don't mind, but I'm just wondering how it all works.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 11:57 PM (mmrXZ)

233
Damn Microsoft to hell. Long story, but damn them to hell.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:00 AM (w6EFb)

234 There have been 7 elections in Latin/South America in the last year. Trump endorsed rightwing candidates have won all 7, often over proclaimed communists.

>>Mr Trump's king-making has proved to be the kiss of death to decades of Left-wing rule across much of the continent, with all seven presidential elections won by his allies since he took office.

https://tinyurl.com/5467ku52

Just lucky I guess.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m)

235 I believe the demise of USAID had a huge effect on the South American political climate.

For decades we’ve been paying to support our worst enemies.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 12:03 AM (wLnmp)

236 Ha!
Mrs D just found old reruns of Kolchak. Jeez. His narrations are hilarious!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 12:04 AM (2WIwB)

237 No shipping moves without insurance, Blonde Morticia. The value of the hulls, the crew and the cargo is too high to act like a tramp and go bare. The shipping companies were used to buying insurance from the London insurance market, mostly, and Lloyds shut that down for the duration of the war, unlike every other time there was a blow up in the Persian Gulf, so Trump stood in.
Anyone can offer insurance, but it takes deep pockets and reputation of actually paying out to get the policies.
As it has been in the past, the USN has been policing the ocean to keep problems down, and London has been writing the policies and profiting.
This is just a change that the USA is now getting paid for what the USN always has been doing.

TLDR: the companies come to the US for the policies, not the other way around. No one stiffs Uncle Sam for long. We have battleships and can enforce liens on the high seas

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 12:05 AM (rbvCR)

238 38 Guess everybody needs a hill.
Posted by: Case

Bill didn't. What the hell was he thinking anyway? What did he get out of the arrangement? Seriously.

Rich and the presidency. The question is whether putting up with her for your adult life is worth it for those things.

Posted by: Azjaeger at July 14, 2026 12:06 AM (3/XaG)

239
235 I believe the demise of USAID had a huge effect on the South American political climate.

For decades we’ve been paying to support our worst enemies.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 12:03 AM

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The world I thought I knew is far more scripted and fake than I ever imagined. A stage play.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 14, 2026 12:07 AM (VWtfl)

240 Damn Microsoft to hell. Long story, but damn them to hell.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:00 AM (w6EFb)

(Ring... ring... phone picks up) Microsoft Technical Support. How may I be breaking your computer today?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 14, 2026 12:08 AM (qx7Zg)

241
Hey, publius, great news about your mom! Make sure she knows she had a horde of morons pulling for her.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 12:08 AM (mmrXZ)

242 It's nutz out there
anyway

"TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) completed the latest wave of strikes against Iran at 10:15 p.m. ET on July 13.

During the five-hour mission, U.S. forces successfully struck military targets across Iran including Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Jask, Konarak, Abu Musa, and Bandar Abbas to further degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping. CENTCOM forces employed precision munitions against Iranian coastal defense systems, missile and drone sites, and maritime capabilities.

More than 50,000 U.S. service members are currently deployed across the Middle East. American forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:09 AM (VPNgR)

243 >>But Trump said "all cargo." Like I said, I don't mind, but I'm just wondering how it all works.

For decades, our international power has been projected by, for lack of a better term, the deep state. The intel community in the guise of things like USAID and NGOs but was in reality the CIA/State Department and related bureaucratic institutions and power brokers on the outside while elected officials worked under their orbit. Those days are over.

That was the biggest part of the DOGE and other efforts to start kneecapping those forces. It wasn't just about domestic power. We are returning to the time of a powerful chief executive with the full force of American military and equally important financial power is in his control and the entire decision structure of the world is changing.

The United States of America has been the most powerful and consequential power on the face of earth for generations. The only that has changed is we are finally asserting it. And the world is responding.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:11 AM (viF8m)

244 we bombed Joy Behar?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 14, 2026 12:12 AM (gKWVE)

245 >> Hey, publius, great news about your mom!

There is no question this was a miracle. Absolutely no question. My mind is still reeling over this.

The docs and nurses at the hospital thought she was gone, and advised me to well, "let nature take its course" I'll phrase it. But I said keep treating her for one more day, which was Sunday.

I had made peace, talked to friends and family, and even had the financial people to be prepared for all the would have to be done.

This morning I was going to go up there and do it, letting her go, but I was dragging my feet about it. And when I got there, there she was, sitting up in a chair in the room, having finished eating lunch. She saw me, smiled, and said she was starting to get lonely and was glad to see us.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

246 236 Ha!
Mrs D just found old reruns of Kolchak. Jeez. His narrations are hilarious!

Posted by: Diogenes
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See him in the Mike Hammer series?
He beat up the pharmacist every episode.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:14 AM (VPNgR)

247
There is always hope. Always. And let this be an example. No matter how bad things are, there is hope.

She looks like she went for a couple of rounds with Mike Tyson, absolute mess. But she's back.

The change is just amazing. Saturday night, she was lying there, completely out of her mind, flailing her arms and hands around, writhing in bed, trying to move her legs and squirm all over the beds. They had to sedate her. And it took a good bit. They were giving her stuff I would've normally objected to, but at that point, given her state of agitation, it had to be done.

Sunday, she was just laying there, completely out of it. I touched her, and she started trying to writhe and flail around. So, I didn't do that again. The nurses would have to touch her of course, but other that, I didn't want to trigger it.

And that was the state I left her in last night. And this this morning, a miracle.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:18 AM (w6EFb)

248 in odd news, James "Fergie" Cox Chambers Jr., a prominent US billionaire and activist, was detained in Ibiza under an international warrant. The charges and requesting country remain undisclosed. It is rumored to be money laundering and the charges are said to be from the US DoJ, and the Spanish radical left is really upset about it.
Also, he used to own some gyms in Georgia and had supposedly employed Marjorie Taylor Green, which is odd

https://tinyurl.com/pbbe49tz

Posted by: Kindltot at July 14, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)

249 > all seven presidential elections won by his allies since he took office.

https://tinyurl.com/5467ku52

Just lucky I guess.

Posted by: JackStraw
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Hemispheric independence, hemispheric dominance.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2lSwosw9xY

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:19 AM (VPNgR)

250
In the hospital, I called some of her dearest friends. Some of these are her young girlfriends, frying chickens in their 80s. I just said a miracle has happened, and someone is going to talk to you, and I put my mother on the phone.

The joy that caused, well, it was a beautiful thing.

She has no idea what happened, no memory of the past week or two at all. Which is a good thing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)

251 And that was the state I left her in last night. And this this morning, a miracle.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:18 AM (w6EFb)

Wow what a horrible thing to have to see, and for her to suffer. What a blessing it ended.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 12:22 AM (wLnmp)

252 Trump's breathe still stinjs and th a ts bothers us..

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at July 14, 2026 12:23 AM (kBcTc)

253 >>She has no idea what happened, no memory of the past week or two at all. Which is a good thing.

Happy for your mom and you.

Before I lost my dad he suffered from a couple UTIs that produced similar issues. Took some additional testing to discover. Just a thought you might want to consider. Doctors don't always get everything right the first time.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:28 AM (viF8m)

254 >> Doctors don't always get everything right the first time.

Giving her blood thinners for the clots was a disaster, and that's what put her down this road. An emergency fasciotomy was needed on her left calf to save her for compartment syndrome due to the bleeding and hematoma. And I think, *think* mind you, the anesthesia for that is what threw her brain for a loop. This is *bad* for the elderly. Once you get close to 80, avoid if it all possible.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)

255 It is rumored to be money laundering and the charges are said to be from the US DoJ
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Clip I saw said it is DoJ and money laundering is just the beginning.
Close associate to [I found it]

arrested in Ibiza at the request of the US Justice Department ... extradition on federal charges linked to "international money laundering… with the intent to provide material support to and resources to foreign terrorist organizations,"

associated with ... Roy Singham's NGO's, ANSWER Coalition, Party for Socialism and Liberation, and Newsclick, ... student and campus mobilization networks
( Students for Justice in Palestine) and political prisoner advocacy groups.

Chambers' own Berkshire Communists project in Massachusetts has served as a local hub for organizing and arms training within this network.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:33 AM (VPNgR)

256
the USN has been policing the ocean to keep problems down, and London has been writing the policies and profiting.
This is just a change that the USA is now getting paid for what the USN always has been doing.

Posted by: Kindltot

===========

See that's why I like it. All this free security service is coming to an end.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 12:33 AM (mmrXZ)

257 own some gyms in Georgia and had supposedly employed Marjorie Taylor Green, which is odd

https://tinyurl.com/pbbe49tz

Posted by: Kindltot
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But may explain her odd behavior.
thought it was roids

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:35 AM (VPNgR)

258 Posted by: Kindltot

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See that's why I like it. All this free security service is coming to an end.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
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Wonder what Chairman Xi is thinking right now?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:36 AM (VPNgR)

259 >>Once you get close to 80, avoid if it all possible.

Genetics will likely help me avoid 80 altogether. No complaints.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:41 AM (viF8m)

260 The only that has changed is we are finally asserting it.

Shades of Teddy Roosevelt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:42 AM (VPNgR)

261 There is no question this was a miracle…
Posted by: publius

This is just the kind of report for which we've been hoping and praying. May she continue to recover and be restored!
👼🏻

Posted by: mindful webworker - thank the Lord at July 14, 2026 12:43 AM (ci8WY)

262 Genetics will likely help me avoid 80 altogether. No complaints.

Posted by: JackStraw
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You'll be amazed what good docs and hospitals can do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:44 AM (VPNgR)

263

Just took time to watch a video about left- right-brain differences, the studies, and the origins of the split. Didn't learn a whole lot I didn't already understand, but there were some great details and experiments.
Why Evolution Split Your Brain In Half – Brain Asymmetry with Jim Al-Khalili (34:56)
https://youtu.be/ybuhqtDVO_A

"Having a split, asymmetric brain isn't a flaw. It's an evolutionary masterstroke."

Imagine if there were world where there were other brain configurations and the differences that would cause.

The one physical uniformity of mortals is the brain and nervous system; nevertheless, there are three basic organizations of the brain mechanism: the one-, the two-, and the three-brained types.
https://bit.ly/ub-brain-types
😁

A parting music two-fer
https://youtu.be/Qw8E9WnZTQk
https://youtu.be/kvmkp1n0dZY

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - have a blessed tomorrow at July 14, 2026 12:44 AM (ci8WY)

264
Peter Falk died with dementia. There at the last, they said he didn't even know who Columbo was.

His dementia was likely triggered by general anesthesia for some major oral surgery her needed.

As it stands, they don't think general can cause dementia, but that it will accelerate any that has started. It might never progress fast enough otherwise to get bad before you die of other things.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:44 AM (w6EFb)

265
He wanted to make one last Columbo movie/episode, and that was in the works, but the dementia stopped that.

There is only one Columbo, and I'm glad Hollywood realized that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:46 AM (w6EFb)

266 Did you see the Michael Savage clip Trump linked?

Used to listen to him. His dad died at 55 of a heart attack. Genetic in the family. According to GPT 5. Savage is 84. He references his first health book written in 1972 iirc.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:51 AM (VPNgR)

267
Wonder what Chairman Xi is thinking right now?

Posted by: Braenyard

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It's enough to make me miss the Russkies. I know the commies were evil and maybe the society is coarse, but there was something to appeal to. There was even self-restraint. The Chinese on the other hand...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 12:52 AM (mmrXZ)

268 .>> "Having a split, asymmetric brain isn't a flaw. It's an evolutionary masterstroke."

Imagine if there were world where there were other brain configurations and the differences that would cause.

The one physical uniformity of mortals is the brain and nervous system; nevertheless, there are three basic organizations of the brain mechanism: the one-, the two-, and the three-brained types.
https://bit.ly/ub-brain-types
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Now do two brained women.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 12:54 AM (VPNgR)

269 Now we know why JackStraw (whom I once dubbed "JackWeed") smokes pot.

[Question:]
In which city is it illegal to smoke a pipe after sunset?

[Answer:]
Newport, Rhode Island

Posted by: ShainS -- Tricentennial or Bust! at July 14, 2026 12:55 AM (MEOPz)

270 @259.
JackStraw. "Genetics will likely help me avoid 80 altogether."

Well, JackStraw some things we just don't know.
Hope you stick around for a long while. I enjoy your take on things. When you post I take notice.🙂

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 01:02 AM (IY9No)

271 >>Newport, Rhode Island

I don't live in Newport. Wrong island.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:03 AM (viF8m)

272
In one-step-back news, the UC system has shelved plans to discuss reinstating the SAT. Last- minute decision, no expansion given.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 01:05 AM (mmrXZ)

273 Yahoo article: Catherine Bouris, Mon, July 13, 2026 at 3:37 AM CDT, says he is 80.

This presentation is good if you're not familiar with him. He's bombastic but scores points. And it's a good one for those uninitiated on communism.
Thing on this one is that Trump brought it forward and linked to it, therefore Trump doesn't disagree. He's chumming the water.
On the 8th Trump suggested that all illegals should be deported. This is an escalation.

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM MUST BE CRIMINALIZED; LEADERS DEPORTED

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM MUST BE CRIMINALIZED; LEADERS DEPORTED

Jul 12, 2026, 5:12 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mGpfhO-lg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 01:07 AM (VPNgR)

274 Sorry CBD, but Orange Velveeta American Cheese Food is the Devil's smegma.

Posted by: Butch at July 14, 2026 01:09 AM (98xTj)

275 Aren't there places where they rent all kinds of earth moving equipment to 29+ year old 'kids' to push piles of dirt around?

I'd love to do that.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (VmkSV)

I am getting temporary custody of a little Kubota trackhoe next month. Hope to be able to use it to dig a pit next to my septic tank so I can get down in there and patch a leak.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:10 AM (1z8ji)

276 Orange Velveeta American Cheese Food is the Devil's smegma.

Posted by: Butch
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Noooo. Double boiler, Velveeta, Rotel tomatoes, more tomatoes and jalapenos, some cilantro with onion and garlic. mmmmm
If you want to get kinky throw in a can of okra gumbo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 01:13 AM (VPNgR)

277 Double boiler, Velveeta, Rotel tomatoes, more tomatoes and jalapenos, some cilantro with onion and garlic. mmmmm
If you want to get kinky throw in a can of okra gumbo.
Posted by: Braenyard

The cilantro was kinky. Adding gumbo is perverted.

Posted by: mikeski at July 14, 2026 01:16 AM (VHUov)

278 >>Well, JackStraw some things we just don't know.
Hope you stick around for a long while. I enjoy your take on things. When you post I take notice

Well thanks. I don't plan on going anywhere just yet.

This is a special place filled with smart and interesting people. Hard to believe a Vespa riding, man purse wearing guy did this but here we are and here I am after many years.

Goodnight all and thanks for the chat.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 01:16 AM (viF8m)

279 Coolest places outside of Yellowstone and Custer SD I ever saw buffalo:

North Dakota Badlands

Antelope Island, Utah. (I think Johnny Dep filmed one of his faggy fragrance ads there)

Buffalo look different in different places.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)

Several buffalo ranches within a few miles of Peon Manor here.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:20 AM (1z8ji)

280 I am getting temporary custody of a little Kubota trackhoe next month. Hope to be able to use it to dig a pit next to my septic tank so I can get down in there and patch a leak.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:10 AM (1z8ji)

Sounds like a shitty job. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:21 AM (S41Gd)

281 AOP, whats the verdict on that nightmare engine? Studebaker was it?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:22 AM (S41Gd)

282 @193 Are you on dope? Or are you just a dope. I don't like trump nor hate him as he is doing more for my side then his and the election is coming. If I am really lucky dump will try and sabotage the election.

Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 01:25 AM (FeMn7)

283 For sure. Near where I live, the Indians used to stampede them over cliffs and then skin/butcher the large numbers of them killed at the bottom.
The place is named Smashed in Head Buffalo jump.
Paleontologists have examined the site and say that 80% of the buffalo was wasted.
Posted by: Speller at July 13, 2026 10:51 PM (pSotA)

Heh. I am about 20 miles from Dry Island Buffalo Jump.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:25 AM (1z8ji)

284 Howdy, horde!

Many topics tonight, I see.

I got nuthin' so will just lurk a while.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)

285 This morning I was going to go up there and do it, letting her go, but I was dragging my feet about it. And when I got there, there she was, sitting up in a chair in the room, having finished eating lunch. She saw me, smiled, and said she was starting to get lonely and was glad to see us.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

Great news, publius!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:38 AM (1z8ji)

286 I wonder if the Buffalo ever stampeded the Indians?

Posted by: Case at July 14, 2026 01:39 AM (IY9No)

287 Hmm. *looks around* Oh, well.

*steps over to bar & helps self*

There.. that's better!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)

288
Heh. I am about 20 miles from Dry Island Buffalo Jump.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:25 AM (1z8ji)

The first time I drove through AB I spent the night in Lethbridge. Heading north to Calgary, I passed signs pointing the way to “Head-Smashed-In”. I figured I’d pass. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 01:41 AM (pKv0r)

289 This morning I was going to go up there and do it, letting her go, but I was dragging my feet about it. And when I got there, there she was, sitting up in a chair in the room, having finished eating lunch. She saw me, smiled, and said she was starting to get lonely and was glad to see us.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 12:13 AM (w6EFb)

Great news, publius!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Wow! Great news indeed!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

290 Hi JQ, that is me too, I just got here, very happy to see that the Mama of publius has been revitalized, that is such good news.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 01:42 AM (ibDUx)

291 Hi, Debby! Care for a drink? My treat...

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

292 The United States of America has been the most powerful and consequential power on the face of earth for generations. The only that has changed is we are finally asserting it. And the world is responding.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2026 12:11 AM (viF8m)

Much to your chagrin. Or are YOU suddenly running around singing “Yankee Doodle Dandy”?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 01:44 AM (pKv0r)

293 AOP, whats the verdict on that nightmare engine? Studebaker was it?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:22 AM (S41Gd)

Yes. A "Skybolt" six. Took it to the machine shop today to get a crank ground, and the bearing saddles line-honed. Showed the oil pickup pipe to the manager, and he agreed that use of an improper gasket likely led to an air leak that starved the pump of oil, leading to destruction of the bearings.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:46 AM (1z8ji)

294 Small miracle here in podunk, too-- hubby is back to calling me by his XW's name-- which is better than *not being recognized at all*!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

295 Ooh, il n'y a pas de pain, laissez-les manger du gâteau
Il n'y a pas de fin à ce qu'ils prendront
Afficher les fruits de la noble naissance
Laver le sel dans la terre
Mais ils marchent pour le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine réclamera son prix sanglant
Libérez les donjons des innocents
Eh bien, le roi doit s'agenouiller pour laisser son royaume s'élever

Posted by: Prof. Neil E. Peart at July 14, 2026 01:47 AM (pKv0r)

296
Velours taché de sang, dentelle sale
Peur nue sur chaque visage
Voyez-les incliner la tête pour mourir
Comme nous nous inclinions quand ils sont passés
Et ils marchent pour le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine réclamera son prix sanglant
Chantez, ou chœurs de cacophonie
Eh bien, le roi s'est agenouillé pour laisser son royaume s'élever

Posted by: Prof. Neil E. Peart at July 14, 2026 01:48 AM (pKv0r)

297 Leçons enseignées mais jamais apprises
Tout autour de nous, la colère brûle
Guider l'avenir par le passé
Il y a longtemps, le moule a été coulé
Car ils ont marché vers le jour de la Bastille
La guillotine a remporté son prix sanglant
Entendre les échos des siècles
Eh bien, le pouvoir n'est pas tout ce que l'argent achète

Posted by: Prof. Neil E. Peart at July 14, 2026 01:50 AM (pKv0r)

298 Happy Bastille Day!

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 14, 2026 01:50 AM (pKv0r)

299 Yessss please. Cheers!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 01:51 AM (ibDUx)

300 @292 As tonto said to the lone ranger. "What you mean WE white man! Dump is helping get rid of corporate democrats protecting rethugliKKKans like netanyahu's bit*h chuck strongly worded letters schumer. This time we get in we open up the re-education camps for dumpsters.

Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 01:51 AM (FeMn7)

301 Cheers, Debby!

It was hot again today-- 100*

I'm too old for this sh!t. Stayed mostly indoors, except for moving sprinklers. Need to shop for some more no- and quick-cook meal stuff!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)

302 Yes. A "Skybolt" six. Took it to the machine shop today to get a crank ground, and the bearing saddles line-honed. Showed the oil pickup pipe to the manager, and he agreed that use of an improper gasket likely led to an air leak that starved the pump of oil, leading to destruction of the bearings.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:46 AM (1z8ji)

Jeez, wrong oil pump gasket? Its always the little fuck ups that cause the big damage.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:55 AM (S41Gd)

303 This time we get in we open up the re-education camps for dumpsters.
Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 01:51 AM (FeMn7)

Who is going to run them when all the Democrats have been rendered out for their grease to make biodiesel?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:56 AM (1z8ji)

304 This time we get in we open up the re-education camps for dumpsters.
Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 01:51 AM (FeMn7)

Who is going to run them when all the Democrats have been rendered out for their grease to make biodiesel?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 01:56 AM (1z8ji)

Right? They'll fucking die in numbers that will make WW1 trench warfare look like a canoe accident.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:58 AM (S41Gd)

305 Bastille Day was my great uncle's birthday, he was quite a character.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 02:00 AM (ibDUx)

306 Don't mind rainman.. he's just yanking it to his Bolshevik daydreams.

How's that soviet sh!t goin' for ya now, tovarish?

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:02 AM (rdVOm)

307 Exactly what is your dumb fucking ass going to reeducate me on?
Stupid fucker.

That threat goes to levels you fuckers haven't admitted to.
That's real war talk. The kind of war where...

Nevermind.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:05 AM (ftycQ)

308 Jeez, wrong oil pump gasket? Its always the little fuck ups that cause the big damage.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 01:55 AM (S41Gd)

Pickup screen gasket. The pickup screen is attached to a crooked steel tube which is bolted to the bottom of the block just inside the pan rail, and right below the oil pump. There is a thick metal flange brazed to the tube, with a single 1/4-20 screw to retain the assembly to the block. About 1/4" of the tube goes into the large passage on the block that feeds the oil pump, and a thin paper gasket makes the seal. Used on the Champion series engines since 1939. Never been a problem area. Somebody used a round fiber washer, like an oil pan drain plug washer, instead of the paper gasket. Washer in excess of 1/16" thick. And really reefed down on that poor little 1/4-20 screw. Well, that had the effect of cocking the pickup tube in the bore, and putting fierce pressure on one side of the washer, and practically none on the other. So the oil pump began sucking air.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:05 AM (1z8ji)

309 >> Wow! Great news indeed!

I was blown away.

As they've always told me, my mother is one tough lady. I'm a believer.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 02:07 AM (w6EFb)

310 @306 I am more dangerous then a commie. I own my own small business and practice what I preach non-exploitive capitalism. Remember its not just communists who are your enemy many capitalism supporters are you enemy too and your socialist diatribes don't work on us.

Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 02:08 AM (FeMn7)

311 Was so hot, even Cat snoozed indoors for a while. I love how he *flops* himself down and stretches out fully on the cool tile floor... I'm so glad to provide relief for him!

Also funny when he turns flat on his back, with all fours up, and sleeps. Occasional leg twitches.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

312 @310

*shake weight motion*

Whatever.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

313
And in another miracle, I was able to fix the Microsoft mess up, too. I avoid "Microsoft accounts" like the plague. They made extended security updates for Windows 10 free until Oct. 2027, and I "enrolled" in that.

Only problem is, you have to have a MS account to do that, it's in the fine print, and so it just happily switched my main local account to that. I was afraid it was hosed, and no way to convert back to the local account. But, and don't ask me how, I got it back with no hiccups (yet). My main account on this machine is back to local status.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 14, 2026 02:11 AM (w6EFb)

314 I own my own small business and practice what I preach non-exploitive capitalism. Remember its not just communists who are your enemy many capitalism supporters are you enemy too and your socialist diatribes don't work on us.
Posted by: raimondo at July 14, 2026 02:08 AM (FeMn7)

Cleaning out porta-potties is a necessary task, and you should feel no shame in plying that trade. But what do you do when your cheek pouches get full?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:12 AM (1z8ji)

315 Correctly guessed it was 2am

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 02:12 AM (Ia/+0)

316 Pickup screen gasket. The pickup screen is attached to a crooked steel tube which is bolted to the bottom of the block just inside the pan rail, and right below the oil pump. There is a thick metal flange brazed to the tube, with a single 1/4-20 screw to retain the assembly to the block. About 1/4" of the tube goes into the large passage on the block that feeds the oil pump, and a thin paper gasket makes the seal. Used on the Champion series engines since 1939. Never been a problem area. Somebody used a round fiber washer, like an oil pan drain plug washer, instead of the paper gasket. Washer in excess of 1/16" thick. And really reefed down on that poor little 1/4-20 screw. Well, that had the effect of cocking the pickup tube in the bore, and putting fierce pressure on one side of the washer, and practically none on the other. So the oil pump began sucking air.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:05 AM (1z8ji)

yeah I know the setup you're talking about. I saw similar things in other engines. I'm surprised there's only one bolt holding it in. I guess the tube protruding into the passage keeps it from swinging around.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 02:14 AM (S41Gd)

317 Probaly selling pot.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:14 AM (ftycQ)

318
he turns flat on his back, with all fours up, and sleeps. Occasional leg twitches.
Posted by: JQ

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That's especially funny for your cat, innit? Critter that's standoffish if I recall correctly.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 02:17 AM (mmrXZ)

319 I guess the tube protruding into the passage keeps it from swinging around.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 02:14 AM (S41Gd)

Exactly. If it were up to me , it would have a diamond-shaped flange, with two studs, and hex nuts to retain it, and the hole in the block would be counterbored to hold an O-ring. But I guess O-rings were not commonplace in 1939. And the paper gasket worked for 25 years, so why change it? One comes in every gasket set.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:18 AM (1z8ji)

320 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:05 AM (1z8ji)

yeah I know the setup you're talking about. I saw similar things in other engines. I'm surprised there's only one bolt holding it in. I guess the tube protruding into the passage keeps it from swinging around.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 02:14 AM (S41Gd)

I was shocked the first time I came across that too. I all WTF? One bolt? Where is the safety factor? What idiot came up with this? When you see them in new engines it's got 3 or 4 matchmarks on it. Couldn't just add another bolt!
You know it's an easy failure point.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:19 AM (ftycQ)

321 That's especially funny for your cat, innit? Critter that's standoffish if I recall correctly.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

He's not standoffish as much as he's simply an *outdoor-loving* cat. Dude loves the rubbys! Just doesn't like to stay indoors unless it's cold or stormy or... extremely hot.

Once it's above freezing, he rarely comes in except for treats.

It's so funny how he wiggles to get *just right* while flat on his back, and then conks out. And then those little twitches, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

322 294 Small miracle here in podunk, too-- hubby is back to calling me by his XW's name-- which is better than *not being recognized at all*!

Posted by: JQ
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It was those stickers that did it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 02:25 AM (VPNgR)

323 I was shocked the first time I came across that too. I all WTF? One bolt? Where is the safety factor? What idiot came up with this? When you see them in new engines it's got 3 or 4 matchmarks on it. Couldn't just add another bolt!
You know it's an easy failure point.
Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:19 AM (ftycQ)

Well, it looks weak, but it has not been historically a failure-prone part. The pickup assembly weighs maybe 4 ounces, and being immersed in oil at the bottom probably damps out any vibrations. And if the screw did break, you would get instant zero oil pressure, and a smart operator, or an ECM would shut down the engine right away, before any damage could result.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:26 AM (1z8ji)

324 Coming back from Calgary, I got waylaid at a fish fry, so home late. But the fish was yummy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:28 AM (1z8ji)

325 It was those stickers that did it.
Posted by: Braenyard

Could be... he loves my pork potstickers!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

326
Oh , that was it , he prefers the outdoors.

Funny thing i've been listening to some youtube videos about cats. It turns out that they are not domesticated animals. They're wild animals that live with us. During the ten thousand years that wolves evolved from the dogs we know today , cats barely changed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 02:35 AM (mmrXZ)

327 Well, getting sleepy here. Time for bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:37 AM (1z8ji)

328 AOP, I so hope that he chokes on that for a while, well done, he is probably the official spokesman of the extra small business association.

The biggest health scare of the summer here is explosive diarrhea, I have second hand knowledge of this and I will spare you the details. The next big thing will be West Nile Virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

I know nothing mechanical at all, but when AOP and Bers get to talking here I can almost see it in my mind JQ, you too speak this language. I just sit back and enjoy it and hope that I retain just a bit of it for storage in my tiny brain.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 02:38 AM (ibDUx)

329 I should make up a batch of egg rolls..

When hubby was very ill a few years ago (and expected to pass "soon") his son and XW came to visit and she brought all the stuff to make her *secret recipe eggrolls* for him!

I'm tellin' ya, she's a wonderful person!

She showed me how to do it, start to finish. Naturally, I wrote down plenty of notes, in hopes of making them again.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)

330 Well, it looks weak, but it has not been historically a failure-prone part. The pickup assembly weighs maybe 4 ounces, and being immersed in oil at the bottom probably damps out any vibrations. And if the screw did break, you would get instant zero oil pressure, and a smart operator, or an ECM would shut down the engine right away, before any damage could result.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 14, 2026 02:26 AM (1z8ji)

As long as it isn't my customers. I worked on a bike last week. I start it, the oil light is staying on. I call the dude. I asked if the light has been on since he put the bike together. He says yeah. I said and you didn't think this was an issue? Did you check to see if it actually has oil pressure? He says well the oil tank felt warm. Uh, its behind the rear cylinder it might eventually get warm. I pulled the oil pressure sending unit and started it. It had pressure, so I changed the switch and the light went out. Frigging dude is driving the bike around not actually knowing if it actually had oil pressure. I had another dude who had his light come on, he hears a noise, noise goes away, but the light stayed on. He drives it 80 miles. Motor was toast.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 02:40 AM (S41Gd)

331 During the ten thousand years that wolves evolved from the dogs we know today , cats barely changed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's

Because they started out awesome.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 14, 2026 02:40 AM (DZ9Lv)

332 294 Small miracle here in podunk, too-- hubby is back to calling me by his XW's name-- which is better than *not being recognized at all*!
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 01:47 AM (rdVOm)

Awww.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 02:41 AM (6wpGE)

333 I know nothing mechanical at all, but when AOP and Bers get to talking here I can almost see it in my mind JQ, you too speak this language. I just sit back and enjoy it and hope that I retain just a bit of it for storage in my tiny brain.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 02:38 AM (ibDUx)

I would love to get JQ in the harley shop just to see how fast she picks it up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 02:43 AM (S41Gd)

334 Debby, I couldn't hold a flashlight for AOP & Bers... their experience is WAY beyond mine! But I kind-of follow along. I know what they're discussing tonight, and can visualize the parts. (Been "there" only a handful of times in my life.)

As far as the latest media-freakout..."explosive diarrhea"? Meh. Wash your produce well, under running water. Lettuce? Remove a couple of layers of outer leaves too.

Stay away from bagged salad and greens!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

335 Its Bastille Day
Should get up and make French toast

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 02:52 AM (Ia/+0)

336 I would love to get JQ in the harley shop just to see how fast she picks it up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Wish I lived closer. It would be nice to work with a pro! So much to learn...

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

337 273 Yahoo article: Catherine Bouris, Mon, July 13, 2026 at 3:37 AM CDT, says he is 80.

This presentation is good if you're not familiar with him. He's bombastic but scores points. And it's a good one for those uninitiated on communism.
Thing on this one is that Trump brought it forward and linked to it, therefore Trump doesn't disagree. He's chumming the water.
On the 8th Trump suggested that all illegals should be deported. This is an escalation.

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM MUST BE CRIMINALIZED; LEADERS DEPORTED

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM MUST BE CRIMINALIZED; LEADERS DEPORTED

Jul 12, 2026, 5:12 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mGpfhO-lg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 01:07 AM (VPNgR)

I got about two and a half minutes in, and it's too bombastic for me.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 02:52 AM (6wpGE)

338 >>> I just sit back and enjoy it and hope that I retain just a bit of it for storage in my tiny brain.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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It really works doesn't it. They think we're joking about them doing a Ewetoob.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 02:53 AM (VPNgR)

339 JQ, I went to a local pub last week, ordered the chicken supreme and mashed potatoes, it also came with a side salad which I declined. I told the bartender that nobody was getting explosive diarrhea from meat and potatoes. I'm on the small side, but I can eat a ton of meat and potatoes, makes me happy.

I think that JQ would be a blast to hang out with in a Harley shop, and JQ, you gotta meet Bers.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 02:54 AM (ibDUx)

340 The bison is far more in tune with the American spirit than the eagle or the turkey (Benjamin Franklin's laughable choice for a symbol). It's the size and weight of a compact sedan, and can run 35 miles/hour.
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COMMUNITY NOTE:

Cars were not yet invented in Benjamin Franklin's lifetime. Also, the American Bald Eagle can cruise up to 40MPH without even touching the ground. It can also reach diving speeds of 100MPH.

In comparison with the bald eagle, the American buffalo is a Lada.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 02:56 AM (RkR9o)

341 I helped pioneer the bagged salad. Three layer plastic used in the 90's mostly made in Reno and we built the 5 layer tower while running off millions of miles of the 3 layer. 3 layer got like 3 weeks but 5 layer got you months. Then the factory was pulled up and sent to china during Clintons send everything to china bullshit.

Posted by: Reforger at July 14, 2026 02:56 AM (ftycQ)

342 Debby, I couldn't hold a flashlight for AOP & Bers... their experience is WAY beyond mine! But I kind-of follow along. I know what they're discussing tonight, and can visualize the parts. (Been "there" only a handful of times in my life.)

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

I don't know. I heard some of the shit you worked on. I don't think anything inside a harley engine would be unfamiliar. Its like 2 cylinders of a radial airplane engine, but its also like the front 2 cylinders of a v8 car engine. It has pushrods, a cam, lifters, rocker arms, oil pump, etc.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:01 AM (S41Gd)

343 Hi, Reforger!

*slides ice-cold Fosters down the bar*

It's not the bagged salads' packaging at fault.

I can imagine the "field workers" needing to use restroom-- but there's no porta-potty in the field, so... ICK!

Just one more reason to have one's own garden, if possible!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

344 Yang Poon salads are the worst!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 03:02 AM (ibDUx)

345 My wife is pretty good at mechanical issues

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:03 AM (Ia/+0)

346 Washing lettuce leaves in a bowl of salted water is what I learned, growing up.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 03:07 AM (6wpGE)

347 Yang Poon salads are the worst!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 03:02 AM (ibDUx)

You can tell if it's yang poon. It won't fit in the bowl right. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:07 AM (S41Gd)

348 LMAO-- Yang poon salads, heh.

Yeah, they cheap out on the wash-cycle, evidently...

Or hire turd-world workers what don't wash they hands after taking a dump. Eww.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:08 AM (rdVOm)

349 My wife is pretty good at mechanical issues

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:03 AM (Ia/+0)

Mrs B is good at many things. Mechanical shit isn't one of them. I try to explain things and I get lifeless stare. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:08 AM (S41Gd)

350 Washing lettuce leaves in a bowl of salted water is what I learned, growing up.
Posted by: m

Salt help, for sure. But *running water* to remove the ick, is necessary IMO.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

351 I can imagine the "field workers" needing to use restroom-- but there's no porta-potty in the field, so... ICK!

Just one more reason to have one's own garden, if possible!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

I can see the frigging primitives wiping their ass with a head of lettuce.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:11 AM (S41Gd)

352 >>>Clintons send everything to china bullshit.
---
Smooth talking charismatic, folks don't realize how destructive he was. Only reason he didn't tear it up; there were too many people who had not forgotten what being American was. But he laid the groundwork for the Lightbringer. And Bush terms did nothing...nothing to nullify it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 03:12 AM (VPNgR)

353 I don't think anything inside a harley engine would be unfamiliar. Its like 2 cylinders of a radial airplane engine, but its also like the front 2 cylinders of a v8 car engine. It has pushrods, a cam, lifters, rocker arms, oil pump, etc.
Posted by: Berserker

Hmm. Well, I'd give it a try if I could. Maybe I'll put hubby's bike back together someday? Too bad he can't remember why he took it apart. I just don't believe I know enough to deal with a problem like that.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:14 AM (rdVOm)

354 USAID finally does something good:

https://tinyurl.com/2bap76yp

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 03:14 AM (RkR9o)

355 350 Washing lettuce leaves in a bowl of salted water is what I learned, growing up.
Posted by: m

Salt help, for sure. But *running water* to remove the ick, is necessary IMO.
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:10 AM (rdVOm)

I do the running water thing first, when I'm trimming off the bad parts. Amazing what comes out sometimes!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 03:15 AM (6wpGE)

356 Skip, you are going to be soooo tired tomorrow. I miss Auntie Miklos telling you to go to sleep. Did you get a new vehicle?

Mrs. B is such a very good person, please tell her that I said hello.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 03:17 AM (ibDUx)

357 354 USAID finally does something good:

https://tinyurl.com/2bap76yp
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 03:14 AM (RkR9o)

It's a start!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 03:18 AM (6wpGE)

358 354 USAID finally does something good:

https://tinyurl.com/2bap76yp
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 14, 2026 03:14 AM (RkR9o)

MASSIVE PROBE:

The USAID Office of the Inspector General has referred over 100 current and former UNRWA staff members to the State Department for suspension over their alleged involvement in the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel, as a massive investigation continues.

Additionally, a U.S. diplomatic official briefed by USAID OIG investigators confirmed to Fox News Digital that at least 1,500 current or former UNRWA employees are under investigation for ties to foreign terrorist organizations in Gaza.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 03:19 AM (6wpGE)

359 Would be up in 20 minutes anyway.
Excited getting my next vehicle after work

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:22 AM (Ia/+0)

360 Well sweet dreams Horde, I shall strive for sleep.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 03:23 AM (ibDUx)

361 Yesterday work went to Hell so left early, had time to come home and change before doctor's appointment, actually took a 15 minute nap.

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:23 AM (Ia/+0)

362 Line them up against the wall, there will be an abundance of volunteers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 03:25 AM (VPNgR)

363 'Night, Debby

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:27 AM (rdVOm)

364 Hmm. Well, I'd give it a try if I could. Maybe I'll put hubby's bike back together someday? Too bad he can't remember why he took it apart. I just don't believe I know enough to deal with a problem like that.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:14 AM (rdVOm)

What did he take apart?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:27 AM (S41Gd)

365 For those who have been following my soap opera, it appears that son's baby mama is trying to coerce son into giving up his parental rights, but still wants child support. So, I hired a shark. We are now filing for full custody, based on the fact that grandboy never spends the night with baby mama, so she isn't actually, legally, raising him. Turns out having her step mom raise him is not, entirely, legal. That outta smack her upside the head.

Would have been happy if son had never stuck his dick in trailer trash, but here we are.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:30 AM (bl07w)

366 What did he take apart?
Posted by: Berserker

It's been a while since I've been in that outbuilding, and only then to stuff more junk into it... it's hard to get to that area anyway... and I was in a hurry to move stuff before deadline.

He had the tops off the rocker boxes at least. Not sure how deep he went into them. I was so upset, didn't stay to figure it out.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:31 AM (rdVOm)

367 ...upset because he hadn't mentioned tearing into the bike at all!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:32 AM (rdVOm)

368 Posted by: tcn in AK at July 14, 2026 03:30 AM

Wow. Baby momma thinks she's special. No parental rights? No parental $$$ responsibility. (I believe that's how it goes)

Good luck, tcn. What a hard road to travel!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:36 AM (rdVOm)

369 He had the tops off the rocker boxes at least. Not sure how deep he went into them. I was so upset, didn't stay to figure it out.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:31 AM (rdVOm)

Thats easy. There was probably a leak in the lower gasket. Its a 3 piece rocker box. the lower section holds the rockers, then there is a middle ring, then the top cover. The top cover holds the middle ring in place. There was probably a leak in the lower section where it bolts to the head. Thats where they always leak. The gasket gets brittle and poof, you got a leak. The newer gaskets are much better. I just had to do one of mine on the bike I got last month. Whoever did the upgrades did an excellent job, but used a shitty brand gasket and it crumbled like a potato chip and started leaking. Same deal with the tour bike I got 2 years ago. An even shittier gasket on that bike. When you're ready I can walk you through it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 03:38 AM (S41Gd)

370 Thats easy. There was probably a leak in the lower gasket. Its a 3 piece rocker box. the lower section holds the rockers, then there is a middle ring, then the top cover. The top cover holds the middle ring in place. There was probably a leak in the lower section where it bolts to the head. Thats where they always leak. The gasket gets brittle and poof, you got a leak. The newer gaskets are much better. I just had to do one of mine on the bike I got last month. Whoever did the upgrades did an excellent job, but used a shitty brand gasket and it crumbled like a potato chip and started leaking. Same deal with the tour bike I got 2 years ago. An even shittier gasket on that bike. When you're ready I can walk you through it.
Posted by: Berserker

Thinking back. Thinking... Seems hubby & I did change r/b gaskets right after he got the bike. (2003? A lifetime ago!) Like you said-- leak at the head. He rode it daily for several years, and then... I don't know why he stopped. Winter, probably LOL.

But he never mentioned recurrence of the leak. Maybe he got yang poon gasket set, way back when?

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:44 AM (rdVOm)

371 Time to get up
(Sips coffee)

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)

372 Hope you get that baby in your arms permanent.

And JQ gets that bike back together.

Good night all.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 14, 2026 03:46 AM (VPNgR)

373 'Night, Braenyard

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:50 AM (rdVOm)

374 Well, when I get the time (maybe next year?) to look at the bike again, will pay more attention.

It's way too much of a machine for me, so probably will end up selling it. Would get a better price if it runs! Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

375 Would have been happy if son had never stuck his dick in trailer trash, but here we are.
Posted by: tcn in AK

My lil bro has similar problem, except he's stayed with the babymomma & married her. It's ugly.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:04 AM (rdVOm)

376 But he never mentioned recurrence of the leak. Maybe he got yang poon gasket set, way back when?

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:44 AM (rdVOm)

Oh yeah, there were a lot of shit gaskets back then. there were a few companies making them and they were shit. James were good, harley were good, well as good as it was for the time. Then they started making the beaded gaskets, they were very good, but still over a long period of time they could get brittle. Finally they started making a thin rubber coated metal with the bead. Those are great, they don't get brittle. If he got yang poon gaskets they would last a couple years. Some american gaskets were yang poon. The white one and the greyish ones were crap. Even the beaded ones they made were shit. Harley and james were always better than anything else that was out there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:11 AM (S41Gd)

377 Well, when I get the time (maybe next year?) to look at the bike again, will pay more attention.

It's way too much of a machine for me, so probably will end up selling it. Would get a better price if it runs! Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)

Too much machine? No way. Its a sportster. Perfect for women. Mrs B rides a softail, and she's only 5'-3".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:15 AM (S41Gd)

378 Greyish, iirc. No idea what brand.

Don't recall where he purchased, but likely from a harley shop.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:15 AM (rdVOm)

379 Bers, I'm not the woman I used to be... and I couldn't even lift that machine off its kickstand *back then*

Doubt I could handle it *now*

Sad.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:17 AM (rdVOm)

380 yang poon

This is an expression that is unknown to me, and I keep thinking, "Everybody Wang Chung tonight."

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:20 AM (6wpGE)

381 yang poon = chy-nah / crap product

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

382 381 yang poon = chy-nah / crap product
Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)

Thanks, JQ! I was skeered to google it.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:23 AM (6wpGE)

383 Bers, I'm not the woman I used to be... and I couldn't even lift that machine off its kickstand *back then*

Doubt I could handle it *now*

Sad.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:17 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah that would be rough. There may have been a greyish greenish beaded gasket that might have been harley's first attempt at the beaded gasket, but I'm not sure. it could have been aftermarket. Thats what was in the bike I got a couple months ago. They blow ass. They lasted 3000 miles on that bike. It was done around 8000 miles on the bike, I got it with 11,000 and they were toast.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:24 AM (S41Gd)

384 Scroooogle don't know sh!t anyway, m.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:25 AM (rdVOm)

385 It was done around 8000 miles on the bike, I got it with 11,000 and they were toast.
Posted by: Berserker

Hubs probly rode a couple k miles before parking it. Sounds about right.

Will need to sell *all but one* vehicle anyway, if he outlives our retirement funds and needs to go on medicaid.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:27 AM (rdVOm)

386 Horde knowledge is the best.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:27 AM (6wpGE)

387 This is up at Pixy's Other Site:

You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, and you think they're probably lying to make you feel better?
Yes.
Everything's going to be fine.

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:29 AM (6wpGE)

388 yang poon

This is an expression that is unknown to me, and I keep thinking, "Everybody Wang Chung tonight."

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:20 AM (6wpGE)

It started in one of the harley shops I work out of. One of the dudes there was working on an engine and a shit part in the engine that obviously wasn't working. He was yelling "fucking yang poon". I looked over and said whats up, he holds the part out and says yang poon. I knew immediately, some taiwan piece of crap. There is a distributor called V-twin that sells a lot of that crap. We started calling it V-Chin. Now its yang poon. All chinese parts are Yang Poon.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:30 AM (S41Gd)

389 The kitten is galloping in and out of the room like a tiny racehorse and then he's chasing his tail like it's alive . He is very amusing .Rather exhausting, but amusing . It's good to have a pet to make one laugh. I am grateful to God we saw the sign outside the house a few miles away, "Free kittens" and were able to get one.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 04:31 AM (D+BhG)

390 You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, and you think they're probably lying to make you feel better?
Yes.
Everything's going to be fine.
Posted by: m

No fkin doubt!

"This is fine" LOL fml

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:31 AM (rdVOm)

391 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

392 388 yang poon

This is an expression that is unknown to me, and I keep thinking, "Everybody Wang Chung tonight."

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:20 AM (6wpGE)

It started in one of the harley shops I work out of. One of the dudes there was working on an engine and a shit part in the engine that obviously wasn't working. He was yelling "fucking yang poon". I looked over and said whats up, he holds the part out and says yang poon. I knew immediately, some taiwan piece of crap. There is a distributor called V-twin that sells a lot of that crap. We started calling it V-Chin. Now its yang poon. All chinese parts are Yang Poon.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:30 AM (S41Gd)

hahahaha

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)

393 Will need to sell *all but one* vehicle anyway, if he outlives our retirement funds and needs to go on medicaid.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:27 AM (rdVOm)

1200 sportsters from that era in nice shape are 3-4K average. Apart you would be lucky to see 2K, because there are clean 883 sportsters out there for 2K. There are 2 on market place right now. For less than $100 in gaskets it would be worth putting it together. Like I said, I can walk you through it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:34 AM (S41Gd)

394 1200 sportsters from that era in nice shape are 3-4K average. Apart you would be lucky to see 2K, because there are clean 883 sportsters out there for 2K. There are 2 on market place right now. For less than $100 in gaskets it would be worth putting it together. Like I said, I can walk you through it.
Posted by: Berserker

Thank you, Bers! If we're both still here next year, I will take you up on that offer!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

395 needless to say, you never, ever use yang poon in a harley engine. You need to buy the good American stuff, it's pricey, but your motor won't grenade. Use yang poon and you built a time bomb.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:37 AM (S41Gd)

396 You need to buy the good American stuff, it's pricey, but your motor won't grenade. Use yang poon and you built a time bomb.
Posted by: Berserker

I will trust you to point me toward *reliable brand(s)* when the time comes!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

397 Thank you, Bers! If we're both still here next year, I will take you up on that offer!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:37 AM (rdVOm)

I think we'll both be here next year. I already cheated death. I won. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:40 AM (S41Gd)

398 {{{Bers}}}

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:41 AM (rdVOm)

399 I will trust you to point me toward *reliable brand(s)* when the time comes!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:39 AM (rdVOm)

Absolutely. It probably don't need shit other than gaskets anyway. I hope it don't have gas in it, that would be bad. How many miles on it?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:41 AM (S41Gd)

400 400

Posted by: m at July 14, 2026 04:43 AM (6wpGE)

401 How many miles on it?
Posted by: Berserker

Don't know.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:43 AM (rdVOm)

402 Gas tank is off. Seat is off. It's a mess.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:44 AM (rdVOm)

403 Gas tank is off. Seat is off. It's a mess.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:44 AM (rdVOm)

thats nothing. Tank is 2 bolts, seat pops right on and has one screw holding it to the fender.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:45 AM (S41Gd)

404 I'll have another look out there some day when it's not so damned hot.

Got some clean up to do there anyway & maybe clear a path to the poor neglected bike...

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:46 AM (rdVOm)

405 All I can do now, is hope that none of the 'little parts' have gone missing. LOL

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:48 AM (rdVOm)

406 All I can do now, is hope that none of the 'little parts' have gone missing. LOL

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:48 AM (rdVOm)

Not a problem. When the time comes you're going to text me pictures and I can tell exactly what it needs. I can list the small parts off the top of my head anyway. Sounds like he didn't go too far into anyway. You have four 1/4-20 allen head screws holding the top cover of the rocker boxes on, and if the lowers are still on nothing else should be missing from the rocker boxes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:51 AM (S41Gd)

407 It's kinda funny-- I've always thought of men (in general) as being more mechanically inclined. Hubs... not so much... he was more 'woodworker'.

Rarely did those two combine, IMO.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:53 AM (rdVOm)

408 It's kinda funny-- I've always thought of men (in general) as being more mechanically inclined. Hubs... not so much... he was more 'woodworker'.

Rarely did those two combine, IMO.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:53 AM (rdVOm)

I have friends who could close an umbrella. I have one who can't even change his frigging headlight bulb. If I gave him a screwdriver the dumb bastard would probably poke his eye out with it, or stab himself.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:55 AM (S41Gd)

409 Ooooooooooops! Just remembered: Bers, you're one of those RARE ones!!!!!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:55 AM (rdVOm)

410 Oh, you'd be proud of me-- I changed my own Rav4 headlight bulbs just last month! One burned out, so I knew the other might also go *any time* and changed both. The other is kept in vehicle as a spare.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:57 AM (rdVOm)

411 Ooooooooooops! Just remembered: Bers, you're one of those RARE ones!!!!!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:55 AM (rdVOm)

yeah I exist in the multiverse. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:57 AM (S41Gd)

412 Oh, you'd be proud of me-- I changed my own Rav4 headlight bulbs just last month! One burned out, so I knew the other might also go *any time* and changed both. The other is kept in vehicle as a spare.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 04:57 AM (rdVOm)

yeah, the smart way to go.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 14, 2026 04:58 AM (S41Gd)

413 I'm not a woodworker, but can do basic cuts and rough carpentry. Not building furniture, LOL.

Jane of all trades, master of none.

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 05:01 AM (rdVOm)

414 Alrighty... will look at tech thread before hitting the sack...

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 05:04 AM (rdVOm)

415 'Night, Bers. Thank you so very much for your input!

Posted by: JQ at July 14, 2026 05:05 AM (rdVOm)

416 That isn't American cheese, it's silicone (or similar substance) being color-mixed.

Posted by: Packetman at July 14, 2026 06:52 AM (54BAK)

Monday Night Cafe

View of Saturn's rings from inside the rings,
from the Cassini probe.
This is actually an artist's conception, not a
genuine photograph. But it's pretty cool.

Walruses are out of control. This is why some call them, "The Bears of the Sea."

Foxes having fun on a slide.

Water spout coming ashore in Myrtle, SC.

Cat vs. Cobra. (Don't worry, the cobra slinks away.)

These princesses save themselves!

Hidden door to a lost dwarven kingdom discovered in Khazakistan? (Which sounds suspiciously like Khazad-Dum.)

Neat architectural illusion.

A raccoon got its head suck in a storm drain.

Firefighters saved it with the jaws of life.

Firefighters in Rostraver Township, Pennsylvania, deployed a 'jaws of life' powerful hydraulic tool after other methods failed to help the critter.
Before responders arrived, a local resident tried to free the raccoon using water and dish soap.
"They tried a few of those things, but nothing ultimately worked," Rostraver Township Police Chief Scott Sokol told The Mon Valley Independent.
After removing the storm grate with the raccoon still trapped inside, the fire crew was able to cut away just enough metal to free the animal.
The raccoon was pictured scurrying back to nearby trees after its ordeal.
Rostraver Township Fire Department said they were able to "free the animal back to its natural habitat."

This reunion.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/Hio8LMi8sr
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 12, 2026

Can�t stop watching.. 😊

🎥 IG: kittenpleegmama pic.twitter.com/ZyYfWoW2cz
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 10, 2026

Derik M. was on the McMurdo Station in Antarctica as a US Coast Guard in 2017, when he spotted a family of penguins.

Suddenly, a piece of the ice broke and the clip turned out to be one of the most thrilling ever filmed.pic.twitter.com/5tCfWM7bQO
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 13, 2026

LOL. Times have sure changed. This is why Boomers and Gen X aren�t shocked about anything.

H/T Jennifer Fallaw pic.twitter.com/AgTnIVuJeu
— Paul White Gold Eagle (@PaulGoldEagle) July 10, 2026

Via Rocket.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)

3 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (uJkxe)

4 That coon would have been gone by morning if they had just left it there.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

5 Raccoon is good eats.

Posted by: Rep. Jack Kimble at July 13, 2026 07:36 PM (4NO2D)

6
Lots of rain today. Took Diana and The Big Dummy to the doggie chiropractor. Washed a very dirty old dog crate we're donating to a raffle. I'm tired.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:36 PM (O0L8i)

7 Dua Lipa opens banned book library after global right-wing book censorship.

She got banned booked printed and then opened a banned book store before the Fire Brigade burned the banned books.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:36 PM (/+uur)

8 Khazak doorway is weak. Just walk around it!
Unless it's one of those transdimensional gateways to the Patchwork City

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 07:37 PM (gKWVE)

9 Looney Tunes were the greatest cartoons ever made.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:38 PM (FZ29D)

10 There are rules to that kitten game, I just can't figure out what they are

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

11 Khazak doorway is weak. Just walk around it!
Unless it's one of those transdimensional gateways to the Patchwork City
Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 07:37 PM (gKWVE)
----
What's the word for "friend" in Khazak?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:38 PM (FZ29D)

12
Dua Lipa opens banned book library after global right-wing book censorship.

___________

Meanwhile, woke librarians are busy "decolonizing" their shelves.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:39 PM (O0L8i)

13 Political correctness killed us.

I say I say boy.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:39 PM (/WQyy)

14 The dragon at the princess party was cute.

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 07:39 PM (lJ0H4)

15 The HallWay of Kittens. That's a winner.

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 07:40 PM (LHPAg)

16 Khazak doorway is weak. Just walk around it!
Unless it's one of those transdimensional gateways to the Patchwork City
Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 07:37 PM (gKWVE)
----
What's the word for "friend" in Khazak?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:38 PM (FZ29D)

Kemosabe! It's universal.

Posted by: Please Mr. Custer at July 13, 2026 07:41 PM (wVcYX)

17 What is the drama in the penguin video? Penguins can swim, can't they?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 13, 2026 07:41 PM (U/s6V)

18 Bluey wasn’t horrible but her little sister was horrid.

Posted by: Accomack at July 13, 2026 07:41 PM (/Chlc)

19
And tomorrow we get to set up the gypsy encampment at NRG Center for the Houston World Series of Dog Shows starting Wednesday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:42 PM (O0L8i)

20 The HallWay of Kittens. That's a winner.
-----
“Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.”

Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at July 13, 2026 07:42 PM (FZ29D)

21 I still watch the vids of my brother and sister kittehs having Kung Fu fights when they were kittens.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:42 PM (/WQyy)

22 3 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (uJkxe)

That was my thinking! He's right there, get 'im!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)

23 What is the drama in the penguin video? Penguins can swim, can't they?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Quite well. I didn't get it, either.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 07:43 PM (u9Xr5)

24 I liked the animation of say the late 1940s thru the 1950s Cartoons. Even as an unsophisticated little kid, I could easily tell later shows were clearly inferior in execution. I liked Road Runner the best, probably.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM (5LzLw)

25 Really. They ruined a perfectly good raccoon catcher.
Let the rabid fucker hang

Posted by: Accomack at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM (/Chlc)

26 3 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (uJkxe)

That was my thinking! He's right there, get 'im!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)
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People do still trap them for their pelts.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM (FZ29D)

27 12
Dua Lipa opens banned book library after global right-wing book censorship.

___________

Meanwhile, woke librarians are busy "decolonizing" their shelves.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:39 PM (O0L8i)

Kinda weird how anybody can order those banned books from Amazon and have them delivered right to themselves.

Funny how that works.

Stupid bitch.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM (bl07w)

28
Talarico looks like the youth minister who later gets arrested for molesting someone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM (O0L8i)

29 * sniff *

* sniff sniff *

The smell, thanks to the Herculean efforts of the AoSHQ Café Janitorial Services Staff, was almost ameliorated over these past three and a half weeks, but Big Penguin has struck again. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 07:45 PM (0sNs1)

30 The Looney Tunes bit is 👌🏼.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:45 PM (NFX2v)

31 Anything by Chuck Jones is a true classic.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:46 PM (bl07w)

32 “Political correctness killed us”
——-

I was mildly reprimanded by a teacher, who spotted my Frito Bandito pencil eraser. LOL.

Might I just say “Fuck You, Bitch” after all these years.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:46 PM (5LzLw)

33 Thought so too with that raccoon

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)

34 I loved Fractured Flickers. It was the Canadian Looney Tunes.

Posted by: fly gal at July 13, 2026 07:47 PM (X0iLW)

35 People do still trap them for their pelts.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:44 PM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Raccoon Baculii at July 13, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

36 Talarico looks like the youth minister who later gets arrested for molesting someone.
——-

I’m telling you, they need to check his crawlspace out. Foul odors, cadaver dogs, that kinda thing

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:48 PM (5LzLw)

37
Chuck Jones should be awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. And Raquel Welch.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:48 PM (O0L8i)

38 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

9 iron.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 07:49 PM (u9Xr5)

39 37
Chuck Jones should be awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. And Raquel Welch.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:48 PM (O0L8i)

What on earth would he do with Raquel Welch?

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM (bl07w)

40 When I was a very young kid I almost flooded my kitchen to turn it into a ice skating rink by opening the freezer after watching a Tom and Jerry episode.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM (/WQyy)

41 What's the word for "friend" in Khazak?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 07:38 PM

Дос

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

42 Talarico looks like Buttigieg's younger gayer brother.

Posted by: fly gal at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM (X0iLW)

43 What on earth would he do with Raquel Welch?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM

Have her stuffed?

Posted by: Rep. Jack Kimble at July 13, 2026 07:51 PM (4NO2D)

44 MSM is in full weather porn mode.

It’s hot!!!!!

It rained!!!!!!

Climate Change is killing us all!!!!

Posted by: Facts at July 13, 2026 07:51 PM (Xe8e7)

45 40 When I was a very young kid I almost flooded my kitchen to turn it into a ice skating rink by opening the freezer after watching a Tom and Jerry episode.
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:50 PM (/WQyy)

lol

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2026 07:52 PM (zYpTz)

46
Have her stuffed?

Posted by: Rep. Jack Kimble at July 13, 2026 07:51 PM (4NO2D)

_________

She was well-stuffed in this life.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:53 PM (O0L8i)

47 My dad loved cartoons, still might. I could watch old cartoons for a bit now.

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:53 PM (Ia/+0)

48 Oh, I had liked Dua Lipa & her music.

The Manifesto Library in Portugal. I can just see at least one 'kid' (& whatever attachment there has been for sometime, legal status unknown) being enamored.

Have I said 50 times, Send to Catholic school under parental hardship & this is the thanks? Probably. 🤷🏼‍♀️🙄

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:54 PM (NFX2v)

49 One Million Years BC . I wonder if it's streaming free somewhere. All I remember is the Raquel poster.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:54 PM (/WQyy)

50 Kinda weird how anybody can order those banned books from Amazon and have them delivered right to themselves.

Unless there's a moral panic going on. Ryan Anderson's "When Harry Became Sally" was unavailable during the Crazy Years.
There's a lot of Jared Taylor you STILL can't buy on it.

Posted by: hate speech isn't free speech at July 13, 2026 07:55 PM (gKWVE)

51 Animated shows are my two favorite shows on TV .

King of the Hill and Bob's Burgers are the best.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:56 PM (/WQyy)

52 I'd put classic Tom and Jerry up against anything. Even Bugs.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 07:58 PM (XvL8K)

53 Nanook of the North was a badass. He would have had that walrus harpooned, gutted, and skinned in a couple of hours, all by himself.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:58 PM (MWfyi)

54 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

9 iron.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 07:49 PM (u9Xr5)

NOOOO!

Posted by: LASue at July 13, 2026 07:58 PM (lCppi)

55 I think every 29> say they were introduced to classical music from Looney Tunes.

( as an aside, Looney Tunes is one of the Mandela Effect examples. People swear they've seen it as Looney Toones)

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 08:00 PM (/WQyy)

56
"Our grassroots campaign raised $30 million since April.

Over 780,000 individuals have donated to this movement.

We're uniting Texans onto one team to take on this broken, corrupt political system."

-- James Talarico

That's a little over $38 on average, James. How many of those 'grassroots' are Texan?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

57 One Million Years BC . I wonder if it's streaming free somewhere. All I remember is the Raquel poster.
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:54 PM

Was there anything else worth remembering?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:01 PM (0sNs1)

58
Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

That was quite an expenditure of time, money and personnel.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 08:01 PM (Cqx++)

59 Was there anything else worth remembering?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:01 PM (0sNs

That's what I want to find out😃

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 08:02 PM (/WQyy)

60 Who saves a damn raccoon, of all the things? It's trapped. Drop a big rock on him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Or leave him and let the buzzards peck away at him.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 13, 2026 08:02 PM (7OmJ3)

61 Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Training. It is all written off as training.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 08:02 PM (u82oZ)

62 Was upna couple hours in middle of last night.
Better get to bed.
Havd a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

63 44 MSM is in full weather porn mode.

It’s hot!!!!!

It rained!!!!!!

Climate Change is killing us all!!!!

Posted by: Facts

YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TO FEAR INCLUDING FEAR ITSELF!!!!

Posted by: Newz and WeaTher at July 13, 2026 08:05 PM (sAmhv)

64 40 When I was a very young kid I almost flooded my kitchen to turn it into a ice skating rink by opening the freezer after watching a Tom and Jerry episode.
Posted by: polynikes

Captured crickets and refrigerated them in the tiny kitchen so they were still.

Big Irish father with 500 superstitious beliefs plus very strict religion, who also cooked dinner Monday through Friday, was not amused.

Kids were chased down streets, threatened with bodily harm.

The man was a county legend.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 08:06 PM (NFX2v)

65 My wife hit the E-bay lottery some years ago. We have the entire Looney Tunes Collection on DVD. It's yuge. Every single damn one of them.

One of my fondest memories is watching Looney Tunes with my Grandpa on his wonderful color TV console. He loved it.

At home we had a little black and white, because Dad was not a TV guy.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 08:07 PM (0aYVJ)

66 Raquel's One Million BC not on any of the free streaming but there is one made in 1940.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 08:07 PM (/WQyy)

67
The HallWay of Kittens. That's a winner.
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Their feet sure made a lot of noise.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 08:07 PM (Cqx++)

68 Skip

Bragging or complaining?

Have some sound sleep.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 08:08 PM (u82oZ)

69
A raccoon once climbed my high pitch 3 story house, went down the chimney to the basement, climbed the stairs, opened the cabinet under my sink in the kitchen, and rummaged through the waste bin. Took the same way out.

This went on for a number of days till I caught him in the act and fired 7 .22 bullets into him, without obvious effect, while chasing him down to the fireplace downstairs where he was trying to get out. He turned and screeched at me.

I went out, reloaded and went back into the room; he had somehow climbed the wall and was between the floorboards, bleeding, where I unloaded on him again, closing the door behind until he dropped. Then waited some more.

Tough little bastard.

Then there's the carp I shot bowfishing and couldn't unscrew
the arrow head so I pulled it out, along with a trail of guts.

It flopped around, made it back to the water and swam away.

True stories.

Now you kids go to sleep and have sweet dreams.

Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2026 08:12 PM (Y8DZL)

70 Just because they can swim doesn't mean they want to do it in icy water if they don't have to. Penguins seem like cool people, like they'd be fun to hang out with.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (DZ9Lv)

71 Fantastic funny Looney Tunes bit! And agree that Chuck Jones should be given a posthumous Medal Of Freedom. I got to meet him in person when he was showing and selling prints in an SF art gallery. His autobiography, "Chuck Amok" had just come out so I fetched my copy along for an autograph while also wearing my ACME (featuring Wile E. Coyote) t-shirt and he was charmed, because everybody wanted to talk to him about Bug Bunny, but he didn't create Bug. He did create the Coyote and Roadrunner, they were his characters so he just lit up at the sight. He was a lovely man with a great sense of humor. He and Michael Maltese, teamed up with Carl Stalling, were an unbeatable combination!

Posted by: tankascribe at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (NtoJk)

72 Mrs B visited the Li'l Blutarskis in Chicago last weekend. Sunday she complained about pain in her leg. This afternoon when she got home she said she heard her knee "pop". She can barely move even with crutches. Now we're back from the emergency room, but no answers until an MRI.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (l26NL)

73 53 Nanook of the North was a badass. He would have had that walrus harpooned, gutted, and skinned in a couple of hours, all by himself.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 07:58 PM (MWfyi)

Watch out where those huskies go,
Don't you eat that yellow snow.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (bl07w)

74 Chuck Jones should be awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. And Raquel Welch.
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What on earth would he do with Raquel Welch?

It's the thought that counts.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 08:14 PM (vTZFs)

75 There are rules to that kitten game, I just can't figure out what they are
Posted by: Skip

The inspiration for Calvinball.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 13, 2026 08:14 PM (DZ9Lv)

76 I read somewhere recently that people think racoons are becoming domesticated. Their snouts are evidently shortening.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 08:15 PM (l26NL)

77 One Million Years B.C. (1966, Raquel Welch): The Hammer Film classic on DVD varies by seller. New sealed copies start around $11.99 on eBay, while retail options on Walmart hover around $17.49.

Remember, there is an earlier version minus Raquel...

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 08:16 PM (NFX2v)

78 Looks like Trump has had enough of Iran.....

He is now going full Genghis Khan on Iran......

Time for the Ragheads to bend over and kiss your ass goodbye and get ready to meet Allah and the 72 Virgin Goats... ..

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:16 PM (qD4Ju)

79 I have never seen DH move quite so fast as when a racoon walked under the camper and then under his outdoor lounge chair and poked his head up between his legs.

DH flung himself to the picnic table, grabbed the supersoaker and turned in one fluid motion to nail the little SOB between the eyes.

While shrieking like a girl.

But he made the hit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 08:17 PM (bl07w)

80 Paul White Gold Eagle
@PaulGoldEagle
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LOL. Times have sure changed. This is why Boomers and Gen X aren’t shocked about anything.
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Because of cartoons? Yeah, no.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:17 PM (RIvkX)

81 @jamestalarico
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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 08:17 PM (/+uur)

82 One Million Years B.C. (1966, Raquel Welch).

I watched the movie when I was 15 and have no idea what the plot was other than to drool over Raquel Welch...

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:18 PM (qD4Ju)

83 82 One Million Years B.C. (1966, Raquel Welch).

I watched the movie when I was 15 and have no idea what the plot was other than to drool over Raquel Welch...
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:18 PM (qD4Ju)

Pretty sure any plot was strictly incidental.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 08:19 PM (bl07w)

84 >>>A raccoon got its head suck in a storm drain.

*points at raccoon*
HA HA
--Nelson

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2026 08:19 PM (syz1S)

85 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (l26NL)

Sorry to hear that. May the MRI provide some information and may she receive healing and strength from the Lord and through caring, knowledgeable medical professionals.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:19 PM (8Xy/A)

86 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM (l26NL)
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Prayer for speedy and complete recovery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:19 PM (RIvkX)

87 "family of penguins...Suddenly, a piece of the ice broke and the clip turned out to be one of the most thrilling ever filmed."

Tis nothing. In AosHQ terms, this is what it is like when a NOOD occurs and you keep commenting on the old thread for another 15 minutes.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 13, 2026 08:19 PM (/eAef)

88 >>Just because they can swim doesn't mean they want to do it in icy water if they don't have to.

It's not so much the cold water, it's the things that live in the cold water that like to eat them.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 08:20 PM (viF8m)

89 Speaking of the body, Star Trek is on.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)

90 One Million Years B.C. (1966, Raquel Welch): The Hammer Film classic on DVD varies by seller. New sealed copies start around $11.99 on eBay, while retail options on Walmart hover around $17.49.

Remember, there is an earlier version minus Raquel...

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 08:16 PM (NFX2v)

The earlier version without Raquel is just a movie about primitives.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 08:21 PM (S41Gd)

91 Probably already mentioned here, but ...
"World News Migrant who fled Ireland after murder of NY mom Jamey Carney arrested in Jordan"

NY Post

no extradition agreement with Ireland, but they did arrest him anyway.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 08:21 PM (vbXSk)

92 >>>Foxes having fun on a slide.

The first one sure did. Kinda looked like the second one was unclear on the concept.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2026 08:21 PM (syz1S)

93 Looks like Trump's Strategy is to cut off Southern Iran from the Landlocked North and strangle them..

Cut off the serpent's head (Southern Ports for food, oil, etc) and the rest of the body will wilt and rot (Tehran and North Iran)...

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:22 PM (qD4Ju)

94 "Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE."

Because everybody should run down ICE personnel because of the poor illegals who just happen to engage in sex and drug trafficking , murder and rape, right Mr. Talarico?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (8Xy/A)

95 Speaking of the body, Star Trek is on.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)
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What is on?

Posted by: Landru at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (RIvkX)

96 Appreciate the kind thoughts.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (l26NL)

97 Poor little trash panda.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 13, 2026 08:24 PM (QVmho)

98 I'd put classic Tom and Jerry up against anything. Even Bugs.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 07:58 PM (XvL8K)

Feed the Kitty is a classic

https://www.toontales.net/short/feed-the-kitty/

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 08:25 PM (uhVAy)

99 Actually, the Red Hour looks like a pretty good time.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (RIvkX)

100 RELEASE THE KRAKEN..............

Posted by: Donny T (The Man) at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (xEwO4)

101 Because everybody should run down ICE personnel because of the poor illegals who just happen to engage in sex and drug trafficking , murder and rape, right Mr. Talarico?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (8Xy/A)

Smart move on his part because everyone in Texas just absolutely hates the President's efforts to remove illegals. That promise is why Trump lost Texas in 2024.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (ExV1e)

102 Penguins seem like cool people, like they'd be fun to hang out with.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 13, 2026 08:13 PM

Tell us you've never smelled their mephitic effluence, or considered their well-studied polymorphic perversions without telling us that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (0sNs1)

103 >>>Walruses are out of control. This is why some call them, "The Bears of the Sea."

Sure, some call them that. But their names all rhyme with zace.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (syz1S)

104
Raquel's bikini scenes in "Fathom" put the fur covered ones in OMBC to shame.

Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2026 08:27 PM (Y8DZL)

105 Actually, it's funny how they dgaf about the Prime Directive this episode.

Well they rationalize it, just like they do in Patterns of Force.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:27 PM (RIvkX)

106 Goo goo g'joob

Posted by: The Walrus at July 13, 2026 08:28 PM (4NO2D)

107 Smart move on his part because everyone in Texas just absolutely hates the President's efforts to remove illegals. That promise is why Trump lost Texas in 2024.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (ExV1e)

At this point I think Talarico is just chasing the stupid money donations.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 08:28 PM (rbvCR)

108 Because everybody should run down ICE personnel because of the poor illegals who just happen to engage in sex and drug trafficking , murder and rape, right Mr. Talarico?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (8Xy/A)

Smart move on his part because everyone in Texas just absolutely hates the President's efforts to remove illegals. That promise is why Trump lost Texas in 2024.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (ExV1e)

Talarico is reaching out to that long untapped pool of voters at Drag Poetry Readings.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 08:28 PM (uhVAy)

109 I remember the Disney movie when I was a kid.....

"Rascal" about a pet racoon....

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:29 PM (xEwO4)

110 Actually, it's funny how they dgaf about the Prime Directive this episode.

Well they rationalize it, just like they do in Patterns of Force.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 08:27 PM (RIvkX)

It is well know that for Kirk at least, the Prime Directive does not apply if it involves having machines ruling over people.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 08:29 PM (uhVAy)

111 I watched the movie when I was 15 and have no idea what the plot was other than to drool over Raquel Welch...
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:18 PM (qD4Ju)

I never saw that movie. But I recall seeing a poster featuring her:

I think I blacked out for a moment. Instant puberty.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM (0aYVJ)

112 D'ja all know that Greta Thunberg has a pretty zaftig younger sister, who appears to lack Greta's flaming activism?

One of the many things the MSM is keeping from us.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

113 >>Tell us you've never smelled their mephitic effluence, or considered their well-studied polymorphic perversions without telling us that.

Bat shit stinks so bad it has its own name, guano.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM (viF8m)

114 D'ja all know that Greta Thunberg has a pretty zaftig younger sister, who appears to lack Greta's flaming activism?

One of the many things the MSM is keeping from us.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM

Isn't she the one that hasn't spoken in eight years?

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 08:31 PM (4NO2D)

115 Raquel's bikini scenes in "Fathom" put the fur covered ones in OMBC to shame.
Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2026 08:27 PM (Y8DZL)

I sent a link to the opening sequence to a friend who used to pack chutes, and asked if the procedure was correct.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 08:31 PM (rbvCR)

116 Talifreako sez “Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE”
——-

So, Lorenzo was just minding his own business, reading his Bible on the Courthouse Steps, and they came along and shot him for No Reason? Is that what happened?

Or, I bet if I were to look up what happened… It wasn’t murder. How much you wanna bet, numbnuts?

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 08:32 PM (5LzLw)

117 I remember Raquel Welch on the Johnny Carson show, and she had a pet cat on her lap.

She turned to Johnny and said, "Would you like to pet my Pussy" ???

And Johnny came back and said.......... "Yea, but you have to move the Damn cat first"

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:32 PM (xEwO4)

118 While shrieking like a girl?

TCN, I shan’t believe it.

Posted by: RI Red at July 13, 2026 08:32 PM (30Gj0)

119 Bat shit stinks so bad it has its own name, guano.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM

Guano doesn't smell anywhere near as bad as penguin fecal matter, and has usefulness, unlike the mephitic penguin projectile poop.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:33 PM (0sNs1)

120 Fun Movie Fact: During the filming of One Million BC Welch tore off little pieces of her fur bikini, making it smaller and smaller as the film went on.

Posted by: davidt at July 13, 2026 08:34 PM (Q+gd/)

121 D'ja all know that Greta Thunberg has a pretty zaftig younger sister, who appears to lack Greta's flaming activism?

One of the many things the MSM is keeping from us.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM (0sNs1)

I wonder why Greta got into activism.

https://tinyurl.com/ymducakk - fully clothed but might not be safe for all workplaces

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:34 PM (ExV1e)

122 Dang, San Rafael - on the north side of SF Bay - hit 92 today. SF hit 75.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 13, 2026 08:34 PM (DZ9Lv)

123 Isn't she the one that hasn't spoken in eight years?
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 08:31 PM

I don't know. I only learned she existed today. From the picture in the article, it looked like she got *all* of the mammiform protuberance tissue allocated to the pair, so it's quite possible that Greta harbors sibling jealousy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)

124 Tom and Jerry was good. It didn’t seem to get the airplay Warner Bros did, the Looney Tunes gang. I wasn’t super impressed with the Johnny Quest animation, but it was a cool show nonetheless.

Jetsons, Scooby Doo, and Flintstones were terrible in terms of animation, mostly.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 08:37 PM (5LzLw)

125 And Johnny came back and said.......... "Yea, but you have to move the Damn cat first"
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 08:32 PM (xEwO4)

That sadly false story was about Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2026 08:38 PM (syz1S)

126 🤣🤣🤣

"Megyn Kelly Now Claims She's Never Heard Of A 'Candace Owens'... Podcast host Megyn Kelly surprised listeners on Monday when, during an expletive-filled monologue, she claimed to have never heard of whatever a "Candace Owens" is.

Since the beginning of the preliminary hearing of Charlie Kirk's accused assassin, Tyler Robinson, Kelly has argued repeatedly that she had no idea what a Candace Owens was, nor did she care to find out..."

@The Bee: https://tinyurl.com/55kdpv97

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 08:38 PM (GD0B3)

127 112 D'ja all know that Greta Thunberg has a pretty zaftig younger sister, who appears to lack Greta's flaming activism?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

You're responsible for Doof retiring to his bunk.

Posted by: Auspex at July 13, 2026 08:39 PM (Y8DZL)

128 Jetsons, Scooby Doo, and Flintstones were terrible in terms of animation, mostly.
Posted by: Common Tater
____________

Anything made after 1960, at the very latest.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 08:40 PM (XvL8K)

129 Tom and Jerry definitely had its moments.

Is you is, or is you ain't my baby?

Is that rayciss?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 08:41 PM (0aYVJ)

130 Jane Fonda Asks Johnny About Zsa Zsa Gabor
Carson Tonight Show
https://youtu.be/wRR1aKBOCOQ

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 13, 2026 08:42 PM (syz1S)

131 Hanoi Jane?

*waves hands*
Aw, razzberries!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 08:44 PM (0aYVJ)

132 I've been watching new-to-me episodes of "The Twilight Zone" (I was an Outer Limits kid) and it's fun to find all the Star Trek actors before they were Star Trek actors.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 08:45 PM (kpS4V)

133 I do not like trash pandas but I prefer them over the illegal invaders Democrats so love.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 08:46 PM (2GVsD)

134 Tom and Jerry definitely had its moments.

Is you is, or is you ain't my baby?

Is that rayciss?
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian
____________

Mouse in Manhattan, Yankee Doodle Mouse, the zoot suit, Johann Mouse, Uncle Pecos.

Great stuff.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 08:47 PM (XvL8K)

135 I've been watching new-to-me episodes of "The Twilight Zone" (I was an Outer Limits kid) and it's fun to find all the Star Trek actors before they were Star Trek actors.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 08:45 PM (kpS4V)

I always thought that was cool. You also see a shit load of other actors before they were anything too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 08:47 PM (S41Gd)

136 Eris

Could always binge watch Boris Karloff's TV show Thriller, William Shatner, Mary Tyler Moore, Leslie Nielsen, Elizabeth Montgomery, Bruce Dern and a lot of other actors starred in it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 08:50 PM (2GVsD)

137 Kazakhstan Doorway is like Chesterton’s Fence accept it's the philosophical principal that when someone is arguing to change or alter something you shoot them and do what you want instead.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 13, 2026 08:51 PM (3uBP9)

138 Because everybody should run down ICE personnel because of the poor illegals who just happen to engage in sex and drug trafficking , murder and rape, right Mr. Talarico?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 08:23 PM (8Xy/A)

Smart move on his part because everyone in Texas just absolutely hates the President's efforts to remove illegals. That promise is why Trump lost Texas in 2024.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 08:26 PM (ExV1e)

Talarico is reaching out to that long untapped pool of voters at Drag Poetry Readings.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 08:28 PM (uhVAy)

*snaps fingers in agreement*

Posted by: LASue at July 13, 2026 08:51 PM (lCppi)

139 Would that be PPV gold if the Macrons memory holed Candy Ovens in an old French castle's oubliette?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 08:52 PM (2GVsD)

140 Cool, Anna. Never heard of that show. I'll check it out.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 08:52 PM (kpS4V)

141 Uncle Pecos was great.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 08:54 PM (u9Xr5)

142 Until a few years ago, never heard of it either.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 13, 2026 08:54 PM (2GVsD)

143 Looney Tunes comedian is funny.

Posted by: Delurker at July 13, 2026 08:57 PM (2Drhq)

144 Has there been any word on grammie w?

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 09:00 PM (vE0+H)

145 Is you or is you ain't--
makes me think of Amos 'n Andy
and hearing my dad say "Holy mackerel, Sapphire"

Posted by: free tibet at July 13, 2026 09:03 PM (iNp3L)

146 Prettiest day of the summer so far.

https://tinyurl.com/y22723f7

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 09:04 PM (viF8m)

147 114 D'ja all know that Greta Thunberg has a pretty zaftig younger sister, who appears to lack Greta's flaming activism?

One of the many things the MSM is keeping from us.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 08:30 PM

Isn't she the one that hasn't spoken in eight years?

Posted by: toby928(c)
----

She took vocal lessons from Yoko.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:04 PM (VPNgR)

148 Has there been any word on grammie w?
Posted by: ...

Just what was updated on the Prayer Thread Saturday. Still in the hospital. Has been receiving our cards and letters and appreciates them.

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 09:11 PM (lJ0H4)

149 It is well know that for Kirk at least, the Prime Directive does not apply if it involves having machines ruling over people.
Posted by: Oldcat

…or bangable babes.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the Prime 'Suggestion' at July 13, 2026 09:15 PM (ci8WY)

150 148 Has there been any word on grammie w?
Posted by: ...

Just what was updated on the Prayer Thread Saturday. Still in the hospital. Has been receiving our cards and letters and appreciates them.

Posted by: Tuna

Good. I’ll send another.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:18 PM (yEz+x)

151 Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 09:11 PM (lJ0H4)

Thank you.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 09:19 PM (vE0+H)

152 Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:18 PM (yEz+x)

That was me earlier accidentally saying hello to you as Lena Dunham, sorry

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 09:20 PM (vE0+H)

153 >> or bangable babes.

or bangable androids or machines.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 09:21 PM (w6EFb)

154 or bangable androids or machines
----

Femputer!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 09:24 PM (kpS4V)

155 or bangable androids or machines.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 13, 2026 09:21 PM (w6EFb)

are they for sale?

Just asking.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 09:25 PM (rbvCR)

156 Iran's foreign minister Arugula (appx sp.) is one irritating little twit. Seems like he's been around for a long time too.

I wish Israel had given him one of their special, limited time only cell phones.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 09:26 PM (RCjYY)

157 Bat shit really does stink. If you ever get a chance to watch the bats leave Carlsbad Cavern in the evening, note which way the wind is blowing. If it’s blowing the wrong way, you’ll remember the bats for more than the funny way they fly.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 09:26 PM (gRFug)

158 I think that comedian was correct on the mental status of boomers and our Saturday morning cartoons.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 13, 2026 09:27 PM (hzuYO)

159 That was me earlier accidentally saying hello to you as Lena Dunham, sorry
Posted by: ...

OMG! That was hysterical! I got busy and didn’t get a chance to check back!

Hiya!!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:27 PM (yEz+x)

160 Raccoon looks worried.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 13, 2026 09:28 PM (6/7Fs)

161 or bangable androids or machines
----

Femputer!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 13, 2026 09:24 PM

Bring in the Fembots!!!!

Posted by: Frau Farbissina at July 13, 2026 09:30 PM (Wnv9h)

162 Didn't Maine Kampf have a deadline I think today to drop out? Did he do it? Last I heard he was defiant.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 13, 2026 09:31 PM (l26NL)

163 162

He filed the necessary papers to withdraw a couple days ago.

We're still waiting for white smoke to appear from DEM party HQ in Augusta.

Posted by: mnw at July 13, 2026 09:35 PM (RCjYY)

164 A made up name, I know right, on X just liked a comment I made. His bio reads

>>Free speech is overrated, but not overly so. -- Thomas Jefferson.

I miss Dave in Texas and so do a lot of people apparently. What a great guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 09:36 PM (viF8m)

165 Well, well, look who dropped into the neighborhood.

https://shorturl.at/dIDE0

I told everybody I know to keep their head on a swivel and lookout for Hillary.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 09:36 PM (sYM3s)

166
@visegrad24
1h

Iran has hit 3 vessels with missiles as they passed through the Hormuz Strait tonight.

1 Indian sailor was killed while several Indian & Ukrainian sailors were wounded.
Jul 14, 2026 · 12:06 AM UTC

This sounds old but it's being reported at other sites.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:39 PM (VPNgR)

167 Trump Formally Notifies Congress Of Iran War Resumption, Amid Third Consecutive Night Of Strikes

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:44 PM (VPNgR)

168 Just had my daily argument with AI. Today's topic was:

Do you think the 60% increase of schizophrenia diagnosis with individuals age 14 to 20 relates to "transgenderism" in any way?
________

After a three paragraph lecture on putting quotes around "transgenderism" we got down to it. I claim the win because AI kept using non-sequiturs to justify their answers, including describing "transgenderism" as a psychological distress where the interal feeling of the individual doesn't match their sex at birth. I pointed out that to be a mental illness and told it to prove me wrong. That's when I got the ole' "well, the medical community has come to the conclusion that attempting to treat the individual medically has not been successful" and used that to justify that it wasn't a mental illness (non-sequitur/ faulty logic). I asked (innocently)...is that the only time the medial community has ever failed?

That's when AI gave up and game me the sex dysphoria speech. To which I noted that fancy words don't change facts. Debating AI is fun. Give it a try sometime.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 09:47 PM (dIske)

169 The US is going to hit Iran hard on Monday night and Tuesday, Trump has previewed in remarks to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.

When asked about the MoU, Trump said it was a "test" for Iran, which "they did not honor". The remarks came just as reports emerged of more IRGC attacks on vessels seeking to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 09:49 PM (VPNgR)

170 Washington’s state wants to make it a requirement to fill out a FASFA form to graduate from high school.

Just. Wow.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:49 PM (dCMcd)

171 170 Washington’s state wants to make it a requirement to fill out a FASFA form to graduate from high school.

Just. Wow.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:49 PM (dCMcd)
+++++++++++++++++++++

What is a FASFA form?

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 09:51 PM (dIske)

172 So. The state and the feds get access to your parents financial information as a requirement for hs graduation.

Does anyone think this is ok?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (yEz+x)

173 What is a FASFA form?
Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 09:51 PM (dIske)
___

Application for federal student loans.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (naF9t)

174 Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 09:47 PM (dIske)

I would say the schizophrenia uptick would more likely relate to the surge in weed usage. That's spitballing though.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (vE0+H)

175 Just saw an interview with Scott Bessent where he noted that the new $100 bills that will start being distributed soon have Trump's signature on them, so he expects to see Democrats burning their own money. I'd say not to give them ideas, but I think that's everyone's reaction to that news.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 09:52 PM (AIhUY)

176 nurse.

Battlespace prep for what is to come.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 09:53 PM (naF9t)

177 ONT

Posted by: toby928(c) at July 13, 2026 09:53 PM (4NO2D)

178 I’m so sick of all these links to X
I can’t open them!!!!

I don’t have an X account

Posted by: Gonzotx at July 13, 2026 09:55 PM (txPj3)

179 States that mandate FAFSA completion include California, Texas, Illinois, Alabama, and New Hampshire.

BUT, as I assume Washington State will do, there is an opt out option with each of these states that you can take and it will not keep you from graduating.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 09:56 PM (dIske)

180 I don’t have an X account
Posted by: Gonzotx at July 13, 2026 09:55 PM (txPj3)

here use mine

xx

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 10:01 PM (/+uur)

John R. Lott Jr.: Numbers Don't Lie. Trump's Deportation of Foreign Invaders Is Slashing Violent Crime

Really? You mean there's some connection between incapacitating criminals and reducing crime?

Amazing.

The United States has two primary measures of violent crime. The FBI tracks crimes reported to police. The Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) estimates both reported and unreported crime. Researchers have known for decades that most crimes never reach the police. Victims report only about 40 percent of violent crimes and roughly 30 percent of property crimes.
The media focuses almost exclusively on FBI crime data. Before 2020, FBI data and the NCVS generally moved in the same direction. During the Biden administration, however, they sharply diverged. While reported violent crime fell by about 8 percent, total felony violent crime measured by the NCVS surged 59 percent -- the largest four-year percentage increase since the survey began more than five decades ago.
Several factors explain that gap. Whether victims report crimes depends heavily on whether they believe police will catch and punish offenders. As cities reduced police staffing through budget cuts, retirements, and, in some places, "defund the police" policies, arrest rates declined. Lower arrest rates gave victims less reason to report crimes.
Some police departments also made reporting more difficult. In some jurisdictions, 911 operators asked whether the offender was still at the scene. If the answer was no -- as it almost always was -- they instructed victims to visit a police station later to file a report. Simply calling 911 does not place a crime in the FBI's statistics; an officer must complete an official report. When governments make reporting more burdensome, some victims understandably decide it isn't worth the effort.
Fortunately, many of those policies have been reversed.
Although reported crime has declined, we will not know whether total crime also fell in 2025 until the Bureau of Justice Statistics releases the next NCVS this September.
...

FBI arrests surged in 2025, rising 184 percent over 2024 levels. Total FBI arrests -- a broader category that includes many joint operations with state and local agencies -- increased by 197 percent.
...
Across the country, President Trump's U.S. attorneys have also pursued criminals far more aggressively than their predecessors. In Washington, D.C., for example, the Biden administration's U.S. Attorney declined to prosecute 67 percent of those arrested. Under U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, that figure has fallen to just 4 percent.

A Mexican illegal deported three times just killed a six year old girl after running a stop sign.

An illegal immigrant from Mexico with multiple deportations was driving with a revoked license when he collided with a vehicle and allegedly killed a 6-year-old North Carolina girl last week, authorities said.
Jaime Santiago Corona was driving a Dodge Ram pickup truck July 3 when he failed to stop at a stop sign and struck an SUV driven by 35‑year‑old Kelli Toler, who was traveling with her two children in Pitt County, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.
Toler and her 4‑year‑old child were transported to ECU Health Greenville with serious injuries.
Toler's 6‑year‑old daughter, Calli Toler, was pronounced dead at the crash site.
An online fundraiser for the Toler family said the three were on their way to get lunch before going to a swimming pool when the collision happened.
"This monster caused a car crash that killed a 6-year-old girl and injured a mother and a 4-year-old," said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.

Did this illegal alien deliver Cultural Enrichment in excess of the pain, misery, and death he caused? I want to see the tally. I want to see the proof that we came out ahead on this deal, Cultural-Enrichment-wise.

Very much related: A woke American woman living in Ireland decided to marry a migrant Muslim she met at a pro-Hamas rally.

Surprise! He murdered her.

The migrant boyfriend suspected of murdering a New York mom at her home in Ireland allegedly asked her for a bunch of money just a week before her death.
Jamey Carney, 43, had told a pal that her beau, Ahmad Al-Saqar, sought the equivalent of around $5,700 about a week before her murder at her house in Killarney, the Irish Independent reported.
Al-Saqar is now wanted for questioning by authorities in connection with the murder of Carney, who is believed to have been beaten and then suffocated in her bed early Tuesday.
Al-Saqar, an asylum-seeker from Jordan, is feared to have fled to the Middle East in the hours after her death.
Authorities are examining the victim's phone calls and texts as well as her social-media accounts and bank statements as part of their probe.
Carney, who was originally from tony Westchester County outside of New York City, moved with her young daughter to Ireland in May 2021.
She is believed to have met Al-Saqar at a pro-Palestine rally in Killarney about 18 months ago and frequently shared pictures of the pair on social media.
He told friends that he and Carney had taken part in a religious marriage ceremony earlier this year and were wed in the Islamic faith, former roommate Husam Salha told the Irish Independent.
Al-Saqar posted a video online around that time with the words, "My bride and my princess," showing Carney wearing a ring on his TikTok.
"Al-Saqar said they had gone to the mosque and accepted to be husband and wife," Salha said.
"In Islam, when you get married, you have to let all the people know that you are husband and wife," he said.

The dog knew. pic.twitter.com/atzMCgsczT
— PierreJouet (@PierreJouet) July 13, 2026

She posted constantly about how her 3rd world Muslim boyfriend wasn't at all like the stereotypes. Turns out he was a scammer who drained her for all she was worth, then brutally murdered her after an argument. He then fled back to the nation he said he needed asylum from https://t.co/fcaxsT2RHG
— Sean Fitzgerald (Actual Justice Warrior) (@IamSean90) July 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 Lies! Nothing is happening!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:31 PM (ExV1e)

2 What a delusional idiot!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:32 PM (D+BhG)

3 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:32 PM (ExV1e)

4 "Very much related: A woke American woman living in Ireland decided to marry a migrant Muslim she met at a pro-Hamas rally.

Surprise! He murdered her."

Who are we to criticize their culture?

Posted by: Pawl at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (MWfyi)

5 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

6 An illegal immigrant from Mexico with multiple deportations was driving with a revoked license when he collided with a vehicle and allegedly killed a 6-year-old North Carolina girl last week, authorities said.

So... he was driving with a revoked license AND he collided with a vehicle but it's only alleged that he killed the girl who died as a result of that collision?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:34 PM (ExV1e)

7 You don't need asylum from fucking Jordan you pissant shitbag. "Hey we only tried to murder their king a little bit and suddenly they're all mean to us! It's not fair!"

Fucking savage.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:34 PM (Ot/FD)

8 5 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)
-------

No. A nice, non-psycho smile is way prettier

Posted by: 496 at July 13, 2026 06:36 PM (ZGLj5)

9 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

Not in the least.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:36 PM (wVcYX)

10 "The dog knew."
Yup. In my experience, they tend to be good judges of character.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at July 13, 2026 06:36 PM (DUHFT)

11 5 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched.

No.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 06:36 PM (u9Xr5)

12 Very much related: A woke American woman living in Ireland decided to marry a migrant Muslim she met at a pro-Hamas rally.

Surprise! He murdered her.

It was discussed in the Irish Parliament. They were very concerned... that people might think badly of their precious 'migrants' as a result.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:37 PM (ExV1e)

13 Dude's flashing the UK Metric Middle Finger in literally every photo....

How clever of him.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:37 PM (Ot/FD)

14 "I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched"

The ladies like it too!

Posted by: A male platypus at July 13, 2026 06:38 PM (MWfyi)

15 Balloon lips is a danger flag.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 06:38 PM (u9Xr5)

16 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

it is an exaggerated kiss. "You look like a duck" does not deter this posturing.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:38 PM (rbvCR)

17 "Hey that chick is making human beak in all her pictures!"

Posted by: A Duck at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (Ot/FD)

18 I think these stories deserve an "Unexpectedly !!!"

Posted by: Adriane the O the Times, O the Morals Critic . . . at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (3ZUWJ)

19
I bitterly resent the perversions against my good name in the matter of my having spoken with Senator Stitch McDougal. Your bigotry against we dyslexics is abdominal.

-- U.S. Representative Kack Jimble

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (0KoTr)

20 She's 43 going on 13.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (wVcYX)

21 "Very much related: A woke American woman living in Ireland decided to marry a migrant Muslim she met at a pro-Hamas rally.

Surprise! He murdered her."

Who are we to criticize their culture?
Posted by: Pawl

A great example of FAFO

Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (lJ0H4)

22 (Sockoff)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (Ot/FD)

23 She's a good muslim wife.

Was. Was a good muslim wife.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (RIvkX)

24 The Irish Times, Jamey Carney murder: Gardaí believe man arrested in Jordan is victim’s boyfriend
Ahmed Al Saqar, believed to be from Jordan and prime suspect in woman’s murder, fled Ireland immediately after Kerry killing
Expand

He is from Jordan but was on his way to Turkey.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (NFX2v)

25 A great example of FAFO
Posted by: Tuna at July 13, 2026 06:39 PM (lJ0H4)

Fuck an Arab and Find Out?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (Ot/FD)

26 She's ridiculous!

Posted by: Daffy Duck at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (wVcYX)

27 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

They do not. Sadly, men said that they didn't find it attractive so a bunch of women took to TikTok to explain how they were wrong and women didn't duck lip for men.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (ExV1e)

28 "I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched"

The ladies like it too!
Posted by: A male platypus at July 13, 2026 06:38 PM (MWfyi)

I think, like asses the size of buicks, it is something women think guys like. The lip filler (heh) was a trend I never understood. It looks like you are grotesque/got beat up. Thats not sexy.

We are simple creatures.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

29
"The dog knew."
Yup. In my experience, they tend to be good judges of character.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate

Why did he allow himself to be photgraphed with the dog?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (Cqx++)

30 We should deport homegrown criminals too. I hear French Guiana is good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 06:41 PM (RIvkX)

31 "Prison Populations Increase, Despite Falling Crime Rates"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)

32 Why did he allow himself to be photgraphed with the dog?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (Cqx++)

Pussy.

Ironically.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (Ot/FD)

33 But imagine if she'd married a Zionist instead.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (gKWVE)

34 Well, if they *have* to kill *somebody*, then I guess that ...

Posted by: Ali Baba and the Forty Ducks at July 13, 2026 06:43 PM (qUkBO)

35 "Prison Populations Increase, Despite Falling Crime Rates"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)
---
Cause and effect are alien concepts in their world.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 06:43 PM (FZ29D)

36 Ro Khanna Not Enter Here!

Posted by: IDF guard with a Scottish accent at July 13, 2026 06:44 PM (B0NCh)

37 Problem is too many former Illegals are Legal now

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:44 PM (Ia/+0)

38 Carney, who was originally from tony Westchester County outside of New York City, moved with her young daughter to Ireland in May 2021.

I hope there is a loving, stable, US Dad that can now regain custody of his daughter and help her recover.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (wVcYX)

39 wasabambas!

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (UjdFS)

40 If you want to see something that will really make your blood boil take a look at how many of these illegal dirtbags are listed as "white" on booking documents. Not just illegals, domestic criminals as well, but a ton of these illegals go listed in the crime stats as white.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (viF8m)

41 Read Jamey's 13yo daughter knew as well

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (Ia/+0)

42 The dog knew. pic.twitter.com/atzMCgsczT

— PierreJouet (@PierreJouet) July 13, 2026

==

👀

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (GD0B3)

43 "Prison Populations Increase, Despite Falling Crime Rates"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)
---
Cause and effect are alien concepts in their world.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 06:43 PM (FZ29D)

The problem is that if they were to say - crime rates fall as prisons fill - it would strongly imply that the correct people were being imprisoned. But... prisons are filled with innocent black men who were crushed by the rayciss legal system so that's not possible.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (ExV1e)

44 "Prison Populations Increase, Despite Falling Crime Rates"
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 13, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)

That is up there with this morning's Zero Hedge headline: Dispute Whether Hormuz Straits Are Closed As Ships Transit

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:45 PM (rbvCR)

45 Luther (British TV series)

Duck-lipped Alice Morgan, played by Ruth Wilson, was a genius-level scientist and psychopathic serial killer who developed a twisted, obsessive bond with DCI John Luther.

She was intriguing...as a character.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 06:46 PM (NFX2v)

46 A year or so back I posted them at leftist white women would be the death of the US. An ette jumped all over me pointing out scumbag white men.
I may have been wrong. More women like this woman who shacked up with a muzzie and the problem may solve itself

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 06:46 PM (m2wmY)

47 Nobody understands duck lips. It's a cultural oddity that is akin to giant easter island heads but is present day. It's all drivin by women and is completely cut off from male desirability.

It's like any control system where you disconnect the feedback loop from the gain. You just end up with weird freaky things that make no sense because they are the result of amplifying pseudo-random variations instead of converging on rational desired end states.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 13, 2026 06:47 PM (3uBP9)

48 Rations Increase, Despite Decreased Rations

Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at July 13, 2026 06:47 PM (MWfyi)

49 More women like this woman who shacked up with a muzzie and the problem may solve itself
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 06:46 PM (m2wmY)

If we could get more dudes to do that too we'd have most of our universities and half our school districts sorted in no time, too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:47 PM (Ot/FD)

50
Mooslim wifey looks less than thrilled in both of those pictures.

"Free, free stuff for me!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 06:48 PM (0KoTr)

51 It's quiet.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:50 PM (ExV1e)

52 I wonder if Ms Muzz ever looked into how Islamists treat their woman.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (MWfyi)

53
Duck lips are comfortably ensconced on the "My Poor Life Choices" checklist.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (0KoTr)

54 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

No. Just. No. At. All.

Kelly LeBrock being the exception. Hers were legit.

Duck lips is a trigger warning, like bird hands.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (0aYVJ)

55 I have a bucket of paint that’s smarter than most of these muslim marrying dunces.

Posted by: That Guy at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (kIFVO)

56 It's quiet.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:50 PM (ExV1e)

Too quiet.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (wVcYX)

57 52 I wonder if Ms Muzz ever looked into how Islamists treat their woman.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (MWfyi)

It's only racists who are making a big deal about that.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 06:51 PM (gKWVE)

58
There's another thing about those duck lips. They almost always come with one raised eyebrow. The message is "I got mine, so eat your heart out." As if, honey.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 06:52 PM (mmrXZ)

59 The dog knew."
Yup. In my experience, they tend to be good judges of character.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate

Why did he allow himself to be photgraphed with the dog?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (Cqx++)

P u s s y.

Posted by: Voter theater. at July 13, 2026 06:52 PM (FCPbW)

60 Late to the Quick Hits party:

"Her comments also come soon after the Mexican president announced that her government would be taking legal action against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in connection with the deaths of migrants in detention centers and during raids."

You know, if the Mexican gov't is claiming such responsibility for its nationals illegally in the U.S., then it cuts both ways. If it has standing to sue on their behalf, then it can also be sued for compensation for all the many, many expenses that they have foisted on the American public.

Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 06:52 PM (Sy6m/)

61 /feel like the sarc tag should be obvious, but just in case

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)

62 In the distance, a coyote howled.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026 06:53 PM (u73oe)

63 Why, back in my day you could try out duck lips any time you wanted if you had a can of pringles and then you could take em off.

And that's the way we liked it.

Posted by: banana Dream - don't ask what we did with bugles corn chips at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (3uBP9)

64 You know, if the Mexican gov't is claiming such responsibility for its nationals illegally in the U.S., then it cuts both ways. If it has standing to sue on their behalf, then it can also be sued for compensation for all the many, many expenses that they have foisted on the American public.
Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 06:52 PM (Sy6m/)

We should sue to take possession of all of Mexico's weather girls.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (ExV1e)

65 I figured it was dirty.

Posted by: Guy that thinks everything sounds dirty at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

66 Hey dumbass AWFL! You just got married to a member of a murderous, pedo worshiping cabal to show us normies how woke and righteous you are. What's next on the agenda?

Theft, rape and murder!!

That's what!! Guess you showed us!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (VmkSV)

67 Uh-oh, new narrative. The illegal Columbian shot to death in Maine was shot in front of his three year old daughter who was still in her pajamas.
Her picture will be carried by many blue hairs at the next NoKings rally

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (m2wmY)

68 Watch the videos on YouTube of that woman murdered in Ireland.

Not to cast aspersions on the dead or anything, but...she was the devil incarnate.

She made an endless stream of social media posts for years bragging about her "addiction to Arab dick," saying all white men are "impotent losers," wishing for the destruction of America and capitalism, and most of all praying for the extermination of Jews and extirpation of Israel.

Her ultimate fate of being murdered by her "jungle fever" boyfriend is the most karma thing in the history of karma.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (Av6i5)

69
Q: And what will the murdered Mooslim bride's daughter learn from her Mom's fate?

A: Nothing, likely.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (0KoTr)

70 65 I figured it was dirty.
Posted by: Guy that thinks everything sounds dirty at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

I was telling my bro about Oskar Dirlewanger and he thought that name sounded like a euphemism.
Probably is, in Maine

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (gKWVE)

71 Darwin chuckles.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at July 13, 2026 06:56 PM (wBaIH)

72 He gave me tingles!

Posted by: Jamey Carney at July 13, 2026 06:56 PM (wVcYX)

73 He probably wanted to cook the dog for supper ... and that's when the murder(s) started.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 06:57 PM (vbXSk)

74 We should sue to take possession of all of Mexico's weather girls.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (ExV1e)

This idea has much merit!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:58 PM (wVcYX)

75
... that's the way we liked it.
Posted by: banana Dream - don't ask what we did with bugles corn chips

Uh-huh! Uh-huh!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (0KoTr)

76 "She posted constantly about how her 3rd world Muslim boyfriend wasn't at all like the stereotypes. Turns out he was a scammer who drained her for all she was worth, then brutally murdered her after an argument."

"There's a sucker born every minute."

-- P.T. Barnum

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (HlyYF)

77 He probably wanted to cook the dog for supper ... and that's when the murder(s) started.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 06:57 PM (vbXSk)

Strangled and killed in bed. Sounds like he liked the rough stuff and just went too far. Unfortunate but that's the price you pay for living in a multi-cultural world and choosing to have sex with it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (ExV1e)

78 Her ultimate fate of being murdered by her "jungle fever" boyfriend is the most karma thing in the history of karma.
Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 06:55 PM (Av6i5

Facts. Too bad for her daughter, but I have zero sympathy for the dead gal. Stan will probably supply her with all the arab dick she wants, for the rest of eternity.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (zYpTz)

79 @EricLDaugh
🚨 NOW: Senate Majority Leader John Thune begins crying on the floor while closing in his remembrance of Lindsey Graham 😢
*Thune, choked up*: "We will laugh together again. Mr. President, I yield the floor."
"I will miss Lindsey's friendship more than I can say."

Posted by: GAAAYYY at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE)

80 >>He probably wanted to cook the dog for supper ... and that's when the murder(s) started.

The Daughter sure as hell dodged a bullet, here.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (uzmqU)

81 In the distance, a coyote howled.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026 06:53 PM (u73oe)

During stupid lockdown, I would take long walks at night on the deserted streets of my part of Fort Collins. I would often hear coyotes yipping somewhere around the HP campus. I would answer with a piercing whistle (the two fingers in the mouth thing). they would stop, then yammer even more loudly.

What a stupid fucking time that was. I was like Vincent Price in Last Man on Earth. Well, except my wife was alive and well, at home.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 07:00 PM (0aYVJ)

82 Carney was previously married to an Irish national who lives in Killarney.

Her mother and sister have arrived in Killarney this weekend to care for her 13-year-old daughter.

Where's the bio Dad? Is he the Irish national?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 07:01 PM (wVcYX)

83 FIFA events, young women were interviewed on tv and a common goal was to snag a boyfriend from among the players. Seriously, they thought the guys would stay in the country just for them.

Of course that's the magical thinking where women can wind up raped, beaten, robbed, murdered. Not 100% of the time, but enough.

AI Overview: The tournament has certainly sparked quite the wave of "World Cup hot girl summer" fever. You are definitely not the only one baffled by the logic of fans changing their dating app locations or spending thousands on tickets just to hunt down international players.
----
Ps - The look & possibly a mystique of worldliness that made Barack so appealing to AWFLs.

Beats me. 😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:01 PM (NFX2v)

84 >>FIFA events

I would have thought FIFA hiding the Rapist on the French Team for the duration of the WC Tournament would have been a much bigger story.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:02 PM (uzmqU)

85 The duck lips amuse me so I’m okay with it. Being the pig I am I prefer the natural curves on a woman.

Posted by: Billythesquid at July 13, 2026 07:03 PM (gN+5I)

86 Re: official crimes stats being low because 911 is useless in some cities:

Oakland is the most extreme example of this. Police will NOT respond to property crimes, neither immediately nor ever. Endless discussions on forums from Oakland residents describing how their house was burgled, they called 911, and the only reaction they got from the operator was, "File a report online." Muggings? Don't care. "Did he injure you?" "Well, no, but he pointed a gun at me and stole my purse." "File a report online." Catalytic converters taken? Car broken into? Shoplifting? Don't even bother to file a report online.

As a result, most people don't even bother calling 911 anymore. That's the reality in Oakland.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 07:03 PM (Av6i5)

87 How do you say 'noble savage' in arabic and farci? It's the New World disorder.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 07:03 PM (sYM3s)

88 would have thought FIFA hiding the Rapist on the French Team for the duration of the WC Tournament would have been a much bigger story.
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:02 PM (uzmqU)

We didn't see nuffin'. Hey look! We're playing next Sunday!

Posted by: The Dallas Felons at July 13, 2026 07:04 PM (gKWVE)

89 >>As a result, most people don't even bother calling 911 anymore. That's the reality in Oakland.

There are some databases of Insurance Claims that can be mined for a lot of real Property Crime Stats.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:04 PM (uzmqU)

90 > 5 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

No. That's down there in septum ring territory in terms of unattractiveness.

Even worse is that lipstick style (or outright collagen injections) that make the woman's lips look like a cheap blow-up party doll from Spencer's Gifts, circa 1982.

There are ZERO women who look good with that makeup style. ZERO.

Naturally full-lips: fine. Blow-up doll lips: not so much.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:04 PM (IG3/x)

91 "Being the pig I am I prefer the natural curves on a woman.
Posted by: Billythesquid"

*fistbump*

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:05 PM (MWfyi)

92 FIFA - A queuing system used in gay bathhouses.

Posted by: banana Dream - I dare you to work out the acronym there at July 13, 2026 07:05 PM (3uBP9)

93 If you want to see something that will really make your blood boil take a look at how many of these illegal dirtbags are listed as "white" on booking documents.
——-

Hispanics are “White” for purposes of crime collection statistics. Perpetrators, that is. Since the 1970s, basically. Not sure why, but that’s what they do.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:05 PM (5LzLw)

94 >>That's down there in septum ring territory in terms of unattractiveness.

Tats are the top of the list for me. I see tats and I am instantly applying a -4 penalty.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:06 PM (uzmqU)

95 American-born mother Jamey Carney, 43, did not have a recognized civil marriage in Ireland at the time of her death.

However, her partner, a 28-year-old Jordanian asylum seeker named Ahmad Al-Saqar, told friends and associates that they had wed in a secret Islamic religious ceremony at a local mosque earlier in 2026.This union was a private religious contract and was not legally binding under Irish law.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:06 PM (NFX2v)

96 The Daughter sure as hell dodged a bullet, here.
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (uzmqU)

Over/under when Rotherham's markets go out into the open?

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 07:06 PM (gKWVE)

97 "a secret Islamic religious ceremony"

Huh. Sounds like a cult.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:07 PM (MWfyi)

98 >>Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:06 PM (NFX2v)

Her family must be so relieved...

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:07 PM (uzmqU)

99 92 FIFA - A queuing system used in gay bathhouses.
Posted by: banana Dream - I dare you to work out the acronym there at July 13, 2026 07:05 PM (3uBP9)

I'm going to have to do some research to confirm this.

Posted by: Demetre Daskalakis, M.D, Biden's Monkeypox Czar at July 13, 2026 07:08 PM (U/s6V)

100 I wonder if Ms Muzz ever looked into how Islamists treat their woman.
Posted by: fd

There are none so blind as those that will not see.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:08 PM (VmkSV)

101 Yeah, I've been waggling my eyebrows at Trump policy re: the drop in homicides and drug OD deaths in 2025.

various blue cities were saying "yay! our policing (or whatever) has won the day!" and I pointed out that homicides/drug ODs plummeted EVERYWHERE in the US. It's unlikely that -every- city did well on the policing front. Some of them are slackasses, right?

It's obvious that some of the criminals are gone.

Posted by: meep at July 13, 2026 07:08 PM (cKrai)

102
Wall-to-wall coverage about the illegal shot and killed in Houston. Now lots of moaning about how hard for an illegal to get legal status.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:09 PM (O0L8i)

103 This Carney gal seems to have had the intelligence and common sense of a ball of string. Hope the daughter turns out okay.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 13, 2026 07:09 PM (OsdBI)

104 "Now lots of moaning about how hard for an illegal to get legal status.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh "

It's easy. Go back to your country and be legal there.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:10 PM (MWfyi)

105 I still can't unsee the booking screenshot of the illegal from El Salvador being classified as white.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:10 PM (/WQyy)

106 @EricLDaugh
🚨 NOW: Senate Majority Leader John Thune begins crying on the floor while closing in his remembrance of Lindsey Graham 😢
*Thune, choked up*: "We will laugh together again. Mr. President, I yield the floor."
"I will miss Lindsey's friendship more than I can say."
Posted by: GAAAYYY at July 13, 2026 06:59 PM (gKWVE)

Lindsey gets wide berth inasmuch as POTUS considered him to be ‘like a family member’.
But to think that stiff John Thune ever genuinely cried over anything other than a late donor pay envelope is …..cosmically stretching credulity.

Posted by: Voter theater. at July 13, 2026 07:10 PM (FCPbW)

107 5 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

Only if the men are ducks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:11 PM (bl07w)

108 still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
——

Artificial “enhancements” most definitely not. Females who’ve had work done start to look like an alien species of Trout hybrid as they age. Males tend to take on an elderly Lesbian visage. It’s really strange. Getting old sucks, in certain fields especially where youthful appearance is at a premium.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:11 PM (5LzLw)

109
>>her partner, a 28-year-old Jordanian asylum seeker

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

Wait, he was 28? And she was 43? With a kid and a dog? Yeah, that was true love on his part. omg what an idiot.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 07:11 PM (mmrXZ)

110 74 We should sue to take possession of all of Mexico's weather girls.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:54 PM (ExV1e)

This idea has much merit!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:58 PM (wVcYX)

Mexican weather girls, German beer waitresses, Dutch milkmaids, Finnish reindeer girls, Italian models, Japanese geisha, Chinese Dragon Ladies, Tahitian hula dancers, Cape Verde women of almost any variety....

Mr. Multiculturalism, that's me.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:11 PM (IG3/x)

111 >>Hispanics are “White” for purposes of crime collection statistics. Perpetrators, that is. Since the 1970s, basically. Not sure why, but that’s what they do.

It's done so the globalists can smugly say that immigrants cause less crime than Americans, look at the stats!

And they say this all the time.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)

112 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:09 PM (O0L8i)

Everything is an op if it's on BTN (Boomer Television Network).
Like, Trump had a big W on the Mall on 4 July. Lots of people there, everyone had a good time, Thor Himself blessed it with a lightning bolt.
But BTN decided it was more newsworthy to show a bunch of SPLC homosexuals and soyboys in white masks on the subway.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (gKWVE)

113 False.

There are no deportations.

Nick Fuentes told me so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (GKzf4)

114 Even worse is that lipstick style (or outright collagen injections) that make the woman's lips look like a cheap blow-up party doll from Spencer's Gifts, circa 1982.
There are ZERO women who look good with that makeup style. ZERO.

Naturally full-lips: fine. Blow-up doll lips: not so much.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Janice of the Muppets has entered the chat.

https://t.ly/YyAyT

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (VmkSV)

115 Mamdani on why rape is up in NY: "A lot of it is from expanding what counts as rape"

ODT now lets Rape be reported vs. the old Rape Rape standard.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (/+uur)

116 > Janice of the Muppets has entered the chat.

https://t.ly/YyAyT
Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (VmkSV)

Yep, that's it.

Moral: never take fashion tips from Muppets.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:13 PM (IG3/x)

117
Nick Sortor. @nicksortor

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump will announce that BOTH of Georgia’s Democrat US Senators are “ILLEGITIMATE” due to election fraud, per @DC_Reporter

This comes after FBI and other federal agencies RAIDED election offices in Georgia recently.

EXPOSE IT ALL! 🔥

John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock’s days in the Senate might be numbered.

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 07:13 PM (O7XEN)

118 >>Hispanics are “White” for purposes of crime collection statistics. Perpetrators, that is. Since the 1970s, basically. Not sure why, but that’s what they do.

I think many cities have a database issue where they apply 'White/Caucasian' to the field if it is left blank, for any reason.

A 'bug' that they obviously exploit extensively.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:13 PM (uzmqU)

119 Wall-to-wall coverage about the illegal shot and killed in Houston. Now lots of moaning about how hard for an illegal to get legal status.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 13, 2026 07:09 PM (O0L8i)

He wasn't even the target of ICE. I believe it may have been someone he was transporting in his van.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:13 PM (/WQyy)

120 NOW: Senate Majority Leader John Thune begins crying on the floor while closing in his remembrance of Lindsey Graham 😢
*Thune, choked up*: "We will laugh together again. Mr. President, I yield the floor."
"I will miss Lindsey's friendship more than I can say."
Posted by: GAAAYYY

Shut the fuck up and pass SAVE.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (u9Xr5)

121 >>He wasn't even the target of ICE. I believe it may have been someone he was transporting in his van.

Win - Win

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (uzmqU)

122 What kind of an idiot marries a muslim?

Posted by: Estelle Costanza at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (45BvE)

123 "John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock’s days in the Senate might be numbered.
Posted by: SMOD"

What can they do? Nothing. KEMP AND HIS CREW DESERVE PRISON FOR ALLOWING THIS.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)

124 84. I would have thought FIFA hiding the Rapist on the French Team for the duration of the WC Tournament would have been a much bigger story.
Posted by: garrett

True. Several major outlets reported on the unsettling intersection of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and ongoing sexual assault cases.

France’s captain, Kylian Mbappé, was briefly linked to a sexual assault investigation in Sweden. However, Swedish prosecution authorities officially closed the inquiry due to a lack of sufficient evidence, clearing him of wrongdoing.

The prominent legal cases that have drawn criticism during the tournament involve players from other national teams, including:
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco)
Thomas Partey (Ghana)
Ryan Mendes (Cape Verde)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (NFX2v)

125 > Raphael Warnock’s

It would be a real shame if this cheap grifter had to go back to his Ebenezer Scrooge "Baptist church" and his slumlord business.

I don't just want these fuckers out of office. I want them prosecuted.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (IG3/x)

126 Another anti-crime tactic.

Police Instantly Disperse 'Teen Takeover' By Firing Job Applications Into Crowd

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 07:15 PM (ndZc7)

127 I think Carney moved to Ireland just in ladt few years

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

128 >>France’s captain, Kylian Mbappé, was briefly linked to a sexual assault investigation in Sweden. However, Swedish prosecution authorities officially closed the inquiry due to a lack of sufficient evidence, clearing him of wrongdoing.

Weird, report I read said he was returning to France to go on trial for a Rape accusation?

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:15 PM (uzmqU)

129 Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 07:13 PM (O7XEN)

I doubt it. I know nothing about Ossoff, but " Rev" Raphael Warnock will cry racism and try to do this year's version of Black Lives Matter. Nobody will remove him from his political seat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 07:15 PM (Bw1/o)

130
California is so swamped with illegals I don't think we'll see a change in anything for ages.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 07:16 PM (mmrXZ)

131 You can bet your ass the Dems will howl about the two seats they stole in Georgia.

Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 13, 2026 07:17 PM (MWfyi)

132 confirmed at least that @DC_Reporter is reporting:

President Trump is planning to announce that Georgia's two senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, are illegitimate because of fraud, a well-placed source in Georgia tells us. Announcement could come as soon as tonight

I don't know what Trump bitching about it can do, though. Vance is the President of the Senate.

Posted by: gKWVE already thinks Vance needs to go Cromwell on their ass at July 13, 2026 07:18 PM (gKWVE)

133 Toronto Transport of Trans Transports a Trans alternatively to Public Transportation

https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/
2076374397871431735

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:18 PM (/+uur)

134 Janice of the Muppets has entered the chat.

https://t.ly/YyAyT

-
Guys, guys, guys, let's not be cruel. I mean, I'd've done her.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 07:18 PM (ndZc7)

135 >>I don't know what Trump bitching about it can do, though. Vance is the President of the Senate.

Maybe push the Senate to pass the Save Act so it doesn't happen again? That sounds like a good idea.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 07:19 PM (viF8m)

136 I don't just want these fuckers out of office. I want them prosecuted.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:14 PM (IG3/x)

I want them to stand still while a line of us goes by and slaps them each upside the head, until they pass out.

Make it humiliating.

Film it so we can watch it again later.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:19 PM (bl07w)

137 134 Janice of the Muppets has entered the chat.

https://t.ly/YyAyT

-
Guys, guys, guys, let's not be cruel. I mean, I'd've done her.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 07:18 PM (ndZc7)

She came by it honestly.... or something like that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:20 PM (bl07w)

138 135 >>I don't know what Trump bitching about it can do, though. Vance is the President of the Senate.

Maybe push the Senate to pass the Save Act so it doesn't happen again? That sounds like a good idea.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 07:19 PM (viF8m)

======

Next Congress.

With Mitch, Ernst, Cassidy, Tillis, and Cornyn replaced.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 07:20 PM (GKzf4)

139 @FairfaxCountyPD
·
Follow
Breaking down language barriers through technology. We’re piloting a new body-worn camera translation feature that can interpret 57 languages, helping officers communicate more effectively with the communities we serve.

Captain there is no intelligent life down there.

Posted by: Spock at July 13, 2026 07:20 PM (/+uur)

140 Yeah that woman who moved to Ireland was something all right. I wonder if the last thought that crossed her mind was " oh no this will cause backlash against Muslims"?

Posted by: steevy at July 13, 2026 07:20 PM (YwEeS)

141 Toronto keeping their mental ill happy

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0)

142 27 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

They do not. Sadly, men said that they didn't find it attractive so a bunch of women took to TikTok to explain how they were wrong and women didn't duck lip for men.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:40 PM (ExV1e)

The wurst is the cocktail wienie lips. If you're going to do the wrong thing, as least do it the right way and pay for quality.

Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 07:21 PM (Sy6m/)

143 >>Breaking down language barriers through technology. We’re piloting a new body-worn camera translation feature that can interpret 57 languages, helping officers communicate more effectively with the communities we serve.

But do it speak Jive?

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:21 PM (uzmqU)

144 I should have added that Janice is a guitarist for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band.

And THAT Ladies and Morons, is how you name a band!!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 13, 2026 07:22 PM (VmkSV)

145 >>I should have added that Janice is a guitarist for Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band.

Their drummer was an Animal.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:23 PM (uzmqU)

146 Betcha can't have just one facial surgery!

Posted by: Janice Dickinson, Supermodel at 71 at July 13, 2026 07:23 PM (wVcYX)

147
Trump had a big W on the Mall on 4 July.

Was there $350,000 buried underneath it?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 07:23 PM (Cqx++)

148 147
Trump had a big W on the Mall on 4 July.

Was there $350,000 buried underneath it?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 07:23 PM (Cqx++)

======

Individual immunity.

DC can't vote him off the island, and they have to turn on each other.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 07:24 PM (GKzf4)

149 @SenSanders
It’s not complicated. Trump doesn’t believe in democracy.

156k Maine voters picked their Senate Candidate.
OK
We will replace him with 500 votes.

500/156000=0.0032
Best Bernie voice
Duh poetin seroh poenit tree have voted.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:25 PM (/+uur)

150 149 @SenSanders
It’s not complicated. Trump doesn’t believe in democracy.

156k Maine voters picked their Senate Candidate.
OK
We will replace him with 500 votes.

500/156000=0.0032
Best Bernie voice
Duh poetin seroh poenit tree have voted.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:25 PM (/+uur)

=======

The contrast of SC doing an actual second primary after the death of Graham is illuminating to those paying attention.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 07:25 PM (GKzf4)

151 I just found a twitter account that just posts flans.

Posted by: banana Dream - OnlyFlans at July 13, 2026 07:25 PM (3uBP9)

152 Another thing I didn't know about Lindsey Graham is he definitely didn't use his office to enrich himself. Most of his investments were in mutual funds . No individual stocks to avoid any questions. IIRC his net worth based on disclosure filings was between 700k and 1.7 million.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:26 PM (/WQyy)

153 But do it speak Jive?
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:21 PM (uzmqU)

Wuh ha happpeenz wuz

Posted by: Soff Oak Cliff News Report at July 13, 2026 07:26 PM (/+uur)

154 I want them to stand still while a line of us goes by and slaps them each upside the head, until they pass out.
Make it humiliating.
Film it so we can watch it again later.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:19 PM (bl07w)

Make it like a promotion gauntlet...line up the whole senate and everyone gets one punch as they walk past.

Posted by: Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! at July 13, 2026 07:27 PM (45BvE)

155 Well, Karen has permanently resting bitch face, now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 07:27 PM (uJkxe)

156 >>@liz_churchill10
·
7m
>>The Conspiracy Theorists were right again…

>>President Trump will address the nation Thursday night with the DHS, FBI, CIA and the DNI as they discuss foreign 2020 election interference with declassified receipts…

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 07:27 PM (viF8m)

157 The contrast of SC doing an actual second primary after the death of Graham is illuminating to those paying attention.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 13, 2026 07:25 PM (GKzf4)

Now do Kammie

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:27 PM (/+uur)

158 New York Post - Migrant who fled Ireland after murder of NY mom Jamey Carney arrested in Jordan

In part,
Ireland does not have an extradition treaty with Jordan, where the man is being detained, according to the Irish Independent.

The man at the center of the case had reportedly been refused asylum in Ireland but remained in the country while appealing that decision before the murder took place.

He still possessed his passport, allowing him to leave Ireland before Carney’s body was discovered, according to the Irish Mirror.
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Also, The Irish Independent reported the man had expressed a desire to relocate to the United States and had told acquaintances Carney was helping him pursue U.S. residency. Investigators now believe the Jordanian national was with Carney on Monday evening, the night she was fatally assaulted.

It was always access to the U.S.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:27 PM (NFX2v)

159 I never thought about it but flan is very close to creme brulee.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 13, 2026 07:29 PM (3uBP9)

160 L - No nic, another fine day

Bring that Jordanian to the US on Air Pinochet.

Apex predators in the ocean need protein.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:30 PM (u82oZ)

161 Cafe Nood.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 13, 2026 07:31 PM (U/s6V)

162 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

163 I think she was a good looking woman. Unfortunately she was not mentally well to do what she did. And drag her 13 year old daughter with her.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 07:31 PM (/WQyy)

164 The wurst is the cocktail wienie lips. If you're going to do the wrong thing, as least do it the right way and pay for quality.
Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 07:21 PM (Sy6m/)

I don't know why women want their lips to look like an obese diseased pussy, but I guess mom was correct when she said there's no accounting for taste.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 07:31 PM (bl07w)

165 Nood -- Cafe

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)

166 94 >>That's down there in septum ring territory in terms of unattractiveness.

Tats are the top of the list for me. I see tats and I am instantly applying a -4 penalty.
Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 07:06 PM (uzmqU)

/fistbump

I feel alienated from my own culture. That's normal for a Christian, but it's gone to wild extremes.

Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (Sy6m/)

167 Somewhere there is an Oct 7er shitting his panties knowing he is dead.

IDF has killed 2600 of those baby killers.

It took about 10 years but they killed all the Munich buttfuckers.

I wish we had group that killed our brothers and sisters thru fent and coke and meth and stacked up bodies on the roadside till counties had to have a cleanup crew.

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

168 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

no, but women just don't listen.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (uhVAy)

169 Irish Examiner

Ms Carney was born in New York and had Irish ancestry. She moved to Ireland with her daughter, now aged 13, in 2021 after visiting on holiday.

She was described as a devoted mother and a caring and hard-working person who campaigned for Palestinian rights and was involved in sports locally.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 07:34 PM (NFX2v)

170 I still don’t get the whole duck lips thing. Do men find that attractive?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (cnePD)

no, but women just don't listen.

Broads do that stuff to impress other broads. They could care less what a guy thinks.

Posted by: Ass Bleaching at July 13, 2026 07:35 PM (45BvE)

171 Democracy is just Mobocracy. Results in license, agitation, and discontent. Attitude towards property communistic. I think they can stagger along for a while, but Democracies are always followed by fascist dictatorship. I think that’s why the founders were so careful about specifically and deliberately avoiding Democracy.

“Democracy” isn’t even mentioned, not even once, in the Declaration, Constitution, nor the Bill of Rights

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 07:35 PM (5LzLw)

172 Broads do that stuff to impress other broads. They could care less what a guy thinks.
Posted by: Ass Bleaching at July 13, 2026 07:35 PM (45BvE)

Yo.

Posted by: Ozempic face at July 13, 2026 07:37 PM (lCppi)

173 > It took about 10 years but they killed all the Munich buttfuckers.

They spent 40 years looking for Demjanjuk.

I don't think they'll stop looking for WWII monsters until it becomes mathematically impossible that any of them could still be alive.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:39 PM (IG3/x)

174 > I don't know why women want their lips to look like an obese diseased pussy

Truth in advertising?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 07:40 PM (IG3/x)

175 Somewhere there is an Oct 7er shitting his panties knowing he is dead.

IDF has killed 2600 of those baby killers.

It took about 10 years but they killed all the Munich buttfuckers.

I wish we had group that killed our brothers and sisters thru fent and coke and meth and stacked up bodies on the roadside till counties had to have a cleanup crew.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 13, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

Not so many as before - in the Gaza operation many of them ended up dead as fighters. The so called genocide evidence is mostly street fighters in Gaza, males, shot or bombed over the time.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 07:45 PM (uhVAy)

176 “Toler and her 4‑year‑old child were transported to ECU Health Greenville with serious injuries.”

Because they were healthy? Because the EMTs declared them to be healthy?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 08:20 PM (4g5V+)

177 Daffy Duck says, "He's Dethpicable!"

Posted by: AgathaPagatha at July 13, 2026 08:46 PM (zDWkG)

178 Can we do a thing?
When someone here illegally is deported the second time (once too many, I think),
Can we tattoo their foreheads with a circle-with-a slash-through-it? The universal “don’t” or “beware” signal? And yes, in red of course.
Personally I, and I’d guess I’m not alone here, would find that helpful.

Posted by: Gunslinger, who is honestly NOT a Weber shill! at July 13, 2026 08:50 PM (Mxkwh)

179 Has there been any word on grammie w?

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 08:58 PM (vE0+H)

180 Ms Carney looks smug in several photos.

As if she won the prize of a man and neenerneener no one else can have him.

The dog does look like a terrorized therapy doggie. I am amazed he was not stuffed in a microwave just before the murdering barbarian ran.

The daughter is also lucky to be alive and not with him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 13, 2026 09:30 PM (hzuYO)

181 In looking at the pictures, one can see what a smug, liberal Karen she was. Given that likelihood, she didn't deserve to die but there's that saying about what happens when you run with wolves that she should have considered. I feel sorry for her daughter.

Posted by: Tracy at July 14, 2026 06:35 AM (OpQE0)

182 Violent crime slashed, and America is relieved, but the cultural Marxists who have taken over the Democrat Party are the hardest hit.
DSA = Democratic Sadists of America. Yes, they hate you, want to hurt you, and are disappointed that the violent criminals they imported aren't going to be around to hurt you anymore. Those Democrat Party sadists are truly saddened by it, because they're not socialists, they are sadists.

Posted by: Wofus at July 14, 2026 03:00 PM (CNa+A)

Quick Hits

FaceBook's co-founder bankrolled an activist effort to drive up the price of eggs and bacon.

And he's meanwhile a major investor in Impossible Foods -- the company trying to make non-meat meatlike substance.

Dustin Moskovitz, the billionaire co-founder of Facebook and enterprise software company Asana, has talked openly about how he likes to eat meat.
But in a curious twist, the lefty Democratic megadonor has poured nearly a half-billion dollars into activist campaigns that have made it harder to run animal farms and contributed to the rising cost of eggs and meat for millions of American consumers -- all while one of Moskovitz's foundations holds a nearly $89 million stake in plant-based company Impossible Foods -- meaning it could benefit if pricier meat pushes more consumers toward meat alternatives, The California Post has learned.
The money trail runs through two closely linked entities of Moskovitz's philanthropic empire: Coefficient Giving -- the nonprofit formerly known as Open Philanthropy -- and Good Ventures, the private foundation run by Moskovitz and his wife, former journalist Cari Tuna.
On paper, Coefficient Giving says its mission is simple: reduce suffering on factory farms. Since 2016, the nonprofit has handed out more than $480 million toward that cause.
But farmers and industry insiders told The Post the operation amounts to a well-funded pressure campaign, bankrolling activist groups, ballot measures, corporate pressure tactics, lawsuits and media projects that they say have helped drive up the cost of meat, eggs and pork for everyday Americans.
Hannah Thompson-Weeman, president and CEO of the Animal Agriculture Alliance, told The Post that consumers often picture animal-rights activism as a loose network of shaggy volunteers with protest signs.
That image, she said, badly understates the sophistication and funding behind the movement, which combined with inflation is the reason many grocery shoppers are suffering from post-traumatic sticker shock.

Mexico's president offers an excuse as to why she refuses to oppose the cartels. She claims it's all Biden's fault, which appeals to me, but the trouble is, she's a cartel whore. It's not just Biden's fault. She's on the cartel payroll.

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum is blaming Biden-era policies of the United States government for having helped set off the fierce turf war that followed. The turf war erupted after the split between the two main factions of the Sinaloa Cartel following the arrest of the fearsome cartel boss Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
During her morning news conferences, Sheinbaum claimed that if the Biden administration had shared information with Mexican authorities and let them carry out the arrest, the cartel would not have split, and the violence spreading through Mexico would not have happened. The comments come at a time when tensions are high with the United States over Sheinbaum's refusal to fight cartels. Her comments also come soon after the Mexican president announced that her government would be taking legal action against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in connection with the deaths of migrants in detention centers and during raids.
...
The issue comes at a time when the Trump administration has been pressuring Sheinbaum to eradicate drug cartels, leading to heightened tensions between the two governments.
Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice delivered a heavy blow to Sheinbaum's credibility when it announced a criminal indictment against Sinaloa's Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and nine of his closest officials, who were the heads of the state law enforcement apparatus. As Breitbart Texas has reported, rather than help with the arrests and extraditions, Sheinbaum has used the claim of national sovereignty to refuse U.S. help in fighting cartels and has publicly defended Rocha Moya, who is from the same political party, claiming that there is no proof of wrongdoing on his part. Federal prosecutors in the United States claim that Rocha Moya worked with Los Chapitos, providing them with protection in exchange for bribes and political support.

The News Professionals at CNN did a story about Republicans demanding that Mitch McConnell update the public about his medical status. They didn't have enough Republicans for a proper "Republicans in Disarray" storyline, so they
invented one, "Jack Kimble."

You know -- Senator Jack Kimble.

During a segment concerning speculations on the health of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., CNN included a quote from a fake congressman.
During the segment, host Audie Cornish said that many Senate Republicans have said they've talked to McConnell. As Cornish spoke, quotes from Republicans flashed on the screen, the Daily Wire reported. These included statements from Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota and Majority Whip John Barrasso of North Dakota.
A fourth statement was attributed to Rep. Jack Kimble, which is a parody account. No such congressman serves in the House.
"I spoke to my old friend Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior Senator from Kentucky. He's still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 45 minutes. He's so sharp. Just like always he let me do all of the talking. He's a great listener. After that we prayed silently for awhile and had a staring contest. Just like always, he beat me. I told him we want to see him back at work as soon as possible."" the fake congressman's statement read.

How disconnected from your "job" as "newspeople" do you have to be to not realize Jack Kimble is a made-up name? Did no one at CNN realize, "Gee, I never heard that name before and as someone paid to watch the news hour-by-hour, I probably should have heard that name before, if it were real"?

Not to be outdone, Washington Post "reporters" deliberately falsified a Trump quote to stir up a dispute between Trump, whom they hate and want to see dead, and Israel, which they hate and wish to see eradicated by Muslim terrorists.

The report portrays the United States as having to restrain an out-of-control Israel....
But a key piece of evidence is, in fact, a doctored quote. The authors claim:

In March, President Donald Trump suggested publicly that Israel's assassination campaign was complicating efforts to negotiate with the regime. "You know it's a little tough," he told reporters at the time. "They've wiped out everybody. I don't want them to be killed.''
Trump did, indeed, utter those words, but not together. The authors spliced together two sentences uttered by President Trump in response to two separate questions as if they were part of one cohesive statement. Worse, they omit words in between that entirely contradicted the narrative they advanced.
Here's what President Trump actually said. In response to a question as to who Steve Witkoff, the administration's special envoy, was talking to in Iran, President Trump responded:

A top -- a top person. Don't forget, we've wiped out the leadership phase one, phase two, and largely phase three. But we're dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader. You know, it's a little tough. They've wiped out -- we've wiped out everybody.
In an apparent attempt to falsify the quote to suggest President Trump was talking only about Israel, The Washington Post omitted the words "we've wiped out" from the middle of the first sentence. Rather than showing American frustration with Israel, the full sentence suggests U.S. and Israeli interests were aligned.
The authors then portray the second sentence, "I don't want them to be killed," as if it was uttered immediately after the first (clipped) sentence. In fact, that remark came in response to a different question that came after another entire question and answer exchange.
After answering a question about the status of the Iranian supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, Trump was then asked whether he could say where the discussions are taking place. The president responded:

I can't. I can't, because I don't want them to be killed. OK? I don't want them to be killed.

Hudson and Nakashima effectively doctored a quote, cutting out separate parts and mashing them together to create a Frankenstein's Monster quote.

Denver DSA activist deletes his post of their meeting after getting roasted because over half the people in the room are wearing masks in July of 2026.

Lmfao pic.twitter.com/gYErJRJQi7
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 13, 2026

As an observer of media and especially cable news for a very long time, I can say this with utter certainty: there isn�t a more pious and unlikable host than Abby Phillip in my lifetime. https://t.co/TcjmqYxfxE
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) July 9, 2026

These people are ridiculous.
They have lost all tethers to a sense of self. Their entire identity now relies on this treasonous hate of America. They make up fantasies of how horrible America never was to justify their need to "fight tyranny." They have no identity but this. And� https://t.co/0IBW55TE5r
— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) July 13, 2026

Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so �they know how it feels from an early age�

These people are legit clinically insane. pic.twitter.com/GryEaeN2T7
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) July 12, 2026

This is not a right-wing parody video

Toronto Police actually posted this pic.twitter.com/50UhYW9zSd
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 12, 2026

Ukraine chased the Russian fleet out of the black sea using unmanned boats -- drone boats and drone subs.

The US just deployed the same kind of weapon against an Iranian naval base:

Yesterday, using multiple one-way attack surface drones, CENTCOM forces successfully struck a submarine and ship maintenance facility in Iran. Three Corsair unmanned surface vessels hit the port at Bandar Abbas Naval Base, marking the first time American forces have employed sea� pic.twitter.com/bOM2kmgRxz
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 13, 2026

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2 Quick Hits is my favorite !

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3 So many idle woodchippers.

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4 I knew Jack Kimble. His brother had one arm.

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6 toronto trans woman appears to have been doing a lot of transing at the all you can eat buffet

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 05:27 PM (CWTWj)

7 In fairness to Sheinbaum, Mexican presidents have been on the cartels' payroll for as long as there have been cartels.

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 05:27 PM (VJX5o)

8 But in a curious twist, the lefty Democratic megadonor has poured nearly a half-billion dollars into activist campaigns that have made it harder to run animal farms and contributed to the rising cost of eggs and meat for millions of American consumers
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THIS is why "The Saw" movie franchise did so well. The "victims" were people like this guy. You had no vested interest in their survival, because other people's lives are a game to them.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 05:27 PM (dIske)

9 Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”
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How much more loony can it get?

And the answer is "None". "None more loony".

"Show YOU how it feels(!!)" to take part of a culture that is supposedly completely equal, just not chosen by white brits.

Lord, please force the demons to shut off the crazy spigots.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:27 PM (Fi81e)

10 How disconnected from your "job" as "newspeople" do you have to be to not realize Jack Kimble is a made-up name?

They're not paid to evaluate facts. They're paid to spew narrative.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 05:28 PM (diia5)

11 Not sure anyone nooded

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:29 PM (Ia/+0)

12 wasn't kimble the guy in "green acres"?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (CWTWj)

13 The second most insane part about the DSA wearing masks is the responses to the tweet.

So many trying wish into real the fake-ass "but what if they have a compromised immune system" excuse.

You know what no medical professional will advise someone with an actual compromised immune system is safe under any amount of masking?
Go out in public. Be around lots of people. In confined spaces. For hours and hours.

You know what a mask can never keep clean?
Your hands. Which touch everything. Which you use to put on, take off, and adjust your ... mask.

But no amount of science or facts will ever reach them:
It's a religious belief.
The mask is a holy shield against evil spirits.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (3cUTc)

14 Oh, there's an imperial fuckton more crazy coming down the pike.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (u9Xr5)

15 They're not paid to evaluate facts. They're paid to spew narrative.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 05:28 PM (diia5)

It used to go "if the facts are on your side, argue the facts", etc etc.

Now they just jump past banging the table straight to babbling outright nonsense.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (Ot/FD)

16 Not sure anyone nooded
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:29 PM (Ia/+0)

No, I just did. I was surprised this post was over ten minutes old and no one else had done it.

Posted by: the lower depths at July 13, 2026 05:31 PM (Yh7zv)

17 These included statements from Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota and Majority Whip John Barrasso of North Dakota.

John Barrasso is the senior senator from Wyoming.
The House majority whip is Tom Emmer from Minn I believe.

Posted by: old chick at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (F3Dlr)

18 I nominate Rep Jack Kimble to head the men that say hmm before they speak committee.

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (rjFy0)

19 Sorry to go OT but we are bombing Iran right now.

>>@CENTCOM

>>At 4:45 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command began launching the third consecutive night of strikes against Iran, at the Commander in Chief's direction. These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (viF8m)

20 Hudson and Nakashima effectively doctored a quote, cutting out separate parts and mashing them together to create a Frankenstein's Monster quote. -Ace
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The splicing DJT's quotes from different parts to make a lie.

A race to the bottom between CNN and the BBC.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (rj6Yv)

21 So many trying wish into real the fake-ass "but what if they have a compromised immune system" excuse.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (3cUTc)
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Some of those masks are cloth.

That isn't going to do shit for a compromised immune system and chances are you'll be breathing in mold from the sweat and the spit unless you keep a good rotation.

Besides being masked builds an oxygen deficit.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (Fi81e)

22 Burger King? No Kings!

Posted by: Rep. Big Mac at July 13, 2026 05:33 PM (n5tGW)

23 Mr, you can transition for 4 decades and it won't make you a woman

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:33 PM (Ia/+0)

24 Barrasso is from Wyoming as well, not North Dakota. Outstanding job CNN

Posted by: Zach John Galt at July 13, 2026 05:33 PM (CweWu)

25 I saw a one armed man running from the house.

Posted by: Dr. Richard Kimbell at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (VJX5o)

26 Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib: “The political structures that we are surrounded by were built on slavery and genocide and oppression...."
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North Sudan...a work in progress courtesy of Muslim slavery, genocide and oppression.

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (dIske)

27 That Kimble post looked like the Scott Jennings post.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Cqx++)

28 Where Does Our Country Go When We No Longer Trust the Government?

https://tinyurl.com/bm6dbky

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (K/1/x)

29 They should have said "Senator Jack Bauer".

Then everybody would be impressed. Jack Kimble is running from the one-armed man who killed his wife.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

30 That Kimble post looked like the Scott Jennings post.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Cqx++)
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Did he talk to him for 20 minutes?

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:35 PM (Fi81e)

31 >>How disconnected from your "job" as "newspeople" do you have to be to not realize Jack Kimble is a made-up name?

It's a fake name. His real name is Dr. Richard. Damn him.

Posted by: One Armed Man at July 13, 2026 05:35 PM (Q0L71)

32 Oh, there's an imperial fuckton more crazy coming down the pike.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (u9Xr5)
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There are still many primaries that have to take place. Michigan's is in August, so we won't know which particular brand of lunatic will be on the fall ballot until then.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:35 PM (ZOv7s)

33 Barack Obama’s stance with the press was famously described by media critics as a paradox of high-minded rhetoric but aggressive enforcement. While he publicly advocated for journalistic freedom, his administration set an unprecedented modern precedent for secrecy, leak crackdowns, and aggressive prosecution of journalists' sources.

References - Cato Institute; YouTube The Obama White House; Reporters Committee fir Freedom of if the Press; US News and World Report, Freedom of the Press Foundation

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (NFX2v)

34 18 I nominate Rep Jack Kimble to head the men that say hmm before they speak committee.
Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM
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Hmmmm...

Posted by: Rep. Seymour Butz at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (2Ez/1)

35 demonrats, always busy doing the work of the father of lies.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (VyBeY)

36 Jack Kimble is one of the TOP MEN they put on the highest-priority stuff.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (Fi81e)

37 Hmmmm...
Posted by: Rep. Seymour Butz at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (2Ez/1)
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Anyone looking for me?

Posted by: Rep. Amanda Hugginkiss at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (ZOv7s)

38 Barack Obama’s stance with the press was famously described by media critics as a paradox of high-minded rhetoric but aggressive enforcement.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (NFX2v)
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You know, they could just call it "lip service".

Barack knows plenty about lip service.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

39 Oooooh, I must have been thinking of Dr Rick Kimble. My bad.

Posted by: An Idiot at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (mkw2N)

40 Crap, my crazy Graham conspiracy theory got Willowed!

Also, how it it already Quick Hits time? The day is flying by.

Willowed:
CDA has a whacko theory about Graham today. Take it with a LARGE grain of salt (like a mountain of it), but I do love reading crazy conspiracy theories.

"You will never get the timeline to work for the dead 1/100th. That being said, don't focus on the timeline and where he was and when he was there. Focus on the person who knew he would be alone when he returned home. That is where it happened. No witnesses and someone 45 minutes away to make the 911 call after the killer departed."

I can't tell if he's implying Graham got back to DC from his trip, had a strange visitor or hired a rent boy, and the rent boy did something to mimic a heart attack. But drinking polonium tea poison when he was in Ukraine might still be my current favorite.

Like I said earlier, unless there's proof, Occam's Razor is probably right in Graham's case. Mitch, on the other hand...

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (Eng1Z)

41 Dustin Moskovitz, the billionaire co-founder of Facebook and enterprise software company Asana needs the pineapple-inserted-anally treatment. Repeatedly. Sideways.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (O7YUW)

42 In that last Centcom tweet, the building is all blowed up.

I wonder if they also used death from above, or if the naval drones have air drones too? or maybe the fire just spread from the dock?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 05:39 PM (Q0L71)

43 wasn't kimble the guy in "green acres"?
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (CWTWj)

Yes! Hank Kimball was the idiot county agent wasting tax dollars at every step and generally fucking simple things up as well.

Posted by: Eb Dawson at July 13, 2026 05:39 PM (e2lsi)

44 Willowed:
CDA has a whacko theory about Graham today. Take it with a LARGE grain of salt (like a mountain of it), but I do love reading crazy conspiracy theories.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (Eng1Z)
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A one-armed man was seen running from the house.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:39 PM (Fi81e)

45 Jack Kimble is one of the TOP MEN they put on the highest-priority stuff.
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:36 PM (Fi81e)
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Dr. Richard Kimble's younger brother. West Pointer, went into politics.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:39 PM (ZOv7s)

46 You know, they could just call it "lip service".

Barack knows plenty about lip service.
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM
++++
*cough*
*cackle*

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 13, 2026 05:40 PM (2Ez/1)

47 Some of those masks are cloth.

That isn't going to do shit for a compromised immune system and chances are you'll be breathing in mold from the sweat and the spit unless you keep a good rotation.
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That is the grossest and most crazy part.

You can never, ever sanitize those. Like, even if you dipped it in bleach then in hydrogen peroxide--as soon as it's dry, it'll start growing and collecting bacteria and viruses.
And add warmth and moisture from their breath?
It's a free all-inclusive VIP resort for them.

And these loons think a quick run through the washing machine with (or that just cycled) their dirty, shit-stained underwear and socks cleans it ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 05:40 PM (3cUTc)

48 21 That isn't going to do shit for a compromised immune system and chances are you'll be breathing in mold from the sweat and the spit unless you keep a good rotation.

good, good, good, good vibrations > good rotation

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 05:40 PM (v3pYe)

49 I like that Iranian celebrity submarine blowed up real good!

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 05:41 PM (rjFy0)

50 I love how the drone boat in the last video just saunters up to the dock like it belongs there and then goes "BOOM!"

No one even tried to stop it. Because they can't.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 05:41 PM (FZ29D)

51 That's Hank Kimball, or as he says Hank Agent, your county Kimball.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (+82YS)

52 and working to destroy the idea of plentiful, nutritious food!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (VyBeY)

53 Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

Did anyone ask her why that's a good idea?

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (XuXeR)

54 I like the surface drone attack but why was that target even existing? It should have been obliterated in the first 40 days.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (/WQyy)

55 No, I just did. I was surprised this post was over ten minutes old and no one else had done it.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 13, 2026 05:31 PM (Yh7zv)
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It's the middle of July. The NOODers must be on holiday.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (FZ29D)

56 I wonder if they also used death from above, or if the naval drones have air drones too? or maybe the fire just spread from the dock?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 05:39 PM (Q0L71)
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Depends on if their 'mech has jump jets.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

57 Bigger drones have smaller drones, upon their backs to fight 'em.
Smaller drones have even smaller drones,
And so ad infinitum

Posted by: In the voice of Shel Silverstein at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

58 We should do the exact same thing to Mexico that we have done in Iran: eliminate multiple levels of political, military, and cartel leadership with air strikes and ask their replacements for a plan to make the country a non-third-world basket case and non-narco-terrorist state. Repeat as many times as necessary until we are satisfied.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (nLy2O)

59 So we ARE sending unmanned drones to blow up huge black trannies in Canada?

That's some serious news right there.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (bl07w)

60 Everything on the media is corrupted and fake and lame and ghey.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (wVcYX)

61 Next up is clitorectomies and being caned.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (u9Xr5)

62 There's a theory that there just isn't any unitary "government of Iran" left to negotiate with.

The mullahs, Revolutionary Guard, local police... are all doing their own things.

Could be that even those groups are split into multiple factions.

When totalitarian regimes go down, they tend to go down hard.

I'm happy that (so far) Trump has managed to not get us roped into "nation building".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (IG3/x)

63 good, good, good, good vibrations > good rotation

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 05:40 PM (v3pYe)
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I have applied rotation.

Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (Fi81e)

64 >> I love how the drone boat in the last video just saunters up to the dock like it belongs there and then goes "BOOM!"

No one even tried to stop it. Because they can't.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 05:41 PM

A good boom video gives me a charge.

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (VJX5o)

65 Next up is clitorectomies and being caned.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (u9Xr5)
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UK is encouraging young boys to bugger goats, so they can know what it's like at a young age.

Posted by: Zombie Frank Zappa at July 13, 2026 05:45 PM (Fi81e)

66 53 Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

Did anyone ask her why that's a good idea?
Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (XuXeR)

Why stop with a hijab? Go ahead and rape them, preferably done with an ancient moolim with no teeth, so that they will really understand the culture properly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 05:45 PM (bl07w)

67 That's DOCTOR Dick Thimble, thank you very much.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:46 PM (wBaIH)

68 They should have said "Senator Jack Bauer".

Then everybody would be impressed. Jack Kimble is running from the one-armed man who killed his wife.
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

There's no time! Patch me through to Chloe.

Posted by: Jack Bauer at July 13, 2026 05:46 PM (wVcYX)

69 Did anyone ask her why that's a good idea?
Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 05:42 PM (XuXeR)
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A massive amount of feminist lunacy is explainable by pure jealousy. Rush (RIP) used to say that feminism was designed by ugly women to punish pretty ones, and that's never been more true. That homely overfed Welsh bint wants to have girls wear shapeless sacks so that the hot chick are pulled down to her level.

This is also why feminists were fine with dudes waving their junk in the locker room - the fit, athletic girls were the ones being hurt, not the fat ones whose biggest source of cardio is pushing a cart full of box wine on sale.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)

70 Speaking of pineapples, I saw something funny on the cruise.

Someone had a bunch of cartoony upside-down pineapples on their state room door. I've heard this is a signal that one is open to swinging. The pineapples had captions like, "If you know you know" and "Let the good times roll."

But there were mixed messages. Another sign said something like, "We're not swingers, we just really love pineapples."

I didn't care either way, I just thought it was funny.

It became even funnier when I heard that cabin got a visit from security. They gave the people a lecture about safety and took down all of the pineapple signs.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (mkw2N)

71 The country most frequently cited in disputes over the U.S. beef supply is Argentina. The billionaire figures involved in these market controversies are the Batista brothers (Wesley and Joesley) of the Brazilian meatpacking conglomerate JBS, which controls a massive share of the U.S. beef processing market.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (NFX2v)

72 Great, even Welsh women sre becoming "groomers"

Just lay back and think of England girls

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)

73 harsh, but fair!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (VyBeY)

74 Would you like a hotdog with your Squishee?

Posted by: Ro Khanna at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (UjdFS)

75 Also, it's funny watching Mallory Keaton turn out to be the Republican kid in the family.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (nLy2O)

76 Everyone in school is required to wear a suicide vest to see how it feels.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (/WQyy)

77 >>>>>>>>Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

Did anyone ask her why that's a good idea?
******
The Welsh politician needs to be sent to rage against the dying of his light.

Posted by: Cosda at July 13, 2026 05:48 PM (Fg1gh)

78 The propaganda ministries didn't realize that Jack Kimble is a made up name because they have no common sense whatsoever. As an old timer said they just sit there scrolling on their phones it looking at other computer screens and don't do any research just take things from the left st face value

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 05:48 PM (m2wmY)

79 36. You know, they could just call it "lip service".

Barack knows plenty about lip service.

😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:48 PM (NFX2v)

80 Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib....
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I hope posterity has a vigorous debate on how we ever let treasonous foreign retards into positions of significant political power.

Posted by: Crusader at July 13, 2026 05:48 PM (TN0g+)

81 >>> And he's meanwhile a major investor in Impossible Foods -- the company trying to make non-meat meatlike substance.

One of the best weird sci-fi movies I saw recently was "Landscape with Invisible Hand." Non-aggressive aliens taking over Earth and turning them into serfs. They made a food-substitute food, and the production design team did a great job of making the gelatinous cubed food look realistically unappealing. The family has a lucky break one night, and has enough money to buy real steak for dinner! It's a huge deal.

This is the ACTUAL life the left wants for us, this movie, just with aliens as the overlords instead. I'm sure the book/movie creators think this story is 100% anti-capitalism, but there's an honesty within their message about all elites that rises above that, is non-partisan.

Anyway, the movie was beautiful, quirky, and weird in a good way. I liked that the main character was a painter, and they used his paintings as a framing device for the various "chapters" of the movie. I want to read the original novel the movie was based on.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:48 PM (Eng1Z)

82 Bigger drones have smaller drones, upon their backs to fight 'em.
Smaller drones have even smaller drones,
And so ad infinitum
Posted by: In the voice of Shel Silverstein at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

Micro drones, nano drones, Fantastic Voyage drones, ...

Posted by: Drone Warehouse at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (wVcYX)

83 I'm happy that (so far) Trump has managed to not get us roped into "nation building".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:44 PM (IG3/x)
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I'm very happy with how we are dealing with Iran. Anyone remember "the Arab street?" How it was going to get angry? It is angry, but it's on our side. That's pretty slick.

We've got Arabs and Jews pasting Iran and no one really cares. Remarkable.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

84
What the elites imagine they're doing: Scientific Population Management.

What they are definitely not doing: Anything like Scientific Population Management.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (Fi81e)

85 The Paolo, he know nothing of this thing ‘quick hits.’ He know only Long, Hard, Deep Hits.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (hAMhg)

86 Also, it's funny watching Mallory Keaton turn out to be the Republican kid in the family.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (nLy2O)

More ironic is her real brother is a liberal.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (/WQyy)

87 Oh give the DSA attendees a break. I only saw ONE furry mask amongst the attendees.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (wD+0u)

88 No pineapple for you!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (u9Xr5)

89 Iran has submarines?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (hAMhg)

90 Willowed:

1966. Ronald Reagan was running against Pat Brown, Jerry's father, when the Republicans said "If it's Brown, flush it."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 05:51 PM (qFwJc)

91 Bigger drones have smaller drones, upon their backs to fight 'em.
Smaller drones have even smaller drones,
And so ad infinitum
Posted by: In the voice of Shel Silverstein at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

That wasn't Silverstein, it was De Morgan, a mathematician.

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 05:51 PM (mkw2N)

92 Business in America in 2026:

Child, the younger, graduated college seven months ago. They are employed, they are living in their own apartment, with their own love interest, and it is time for them to not be on my automobile insurance. No problem. They chose an insurance company and purchased a policy, to start on the day I told them to have it start.

Now I inform my insurance company. Problem. They want to talk to child to see if they can get their business. I indicate that I'll forward on email and, if they're interested, they'll contact. Insurance company says that they have to contact before they can be removed from the policy. WTF?

Insurance company says that they have to very that child has insurance before they can drop them from the policy. I felt like asking if I refused to pay my premium would they ensure that I had another policy before they canceled mine?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)

93 Iran HAD submarines.

Posted by: Let the record show at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (2Ez/1)

94 So the police in Canada enforce DEI now to the point of role reversal? Alrighty then. In the day a large black man dressed as a woman always rode in the back seat and her 'jewelry' was a pair of handcuffs.. or her coat was a straight jacket .

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (rjFy0)

95 spot-on, LizLem!

just like medieval days, but with ai and automatic weapons ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (VyBeY)

96 68 They should have said "Senator Jack Bauer".

Then everybody would be impressed. Jack Kimble is running from the one-armed man who killed his wife.
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

There's no time! Patch me through to Chloe.
Posted by: Jack Bauer at July 13, 2026 05:46 PM (wVcYX)

Good Lord! When will this day end? I have to go to the bathroom so bad!

Posted by: Jack Bauer at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (9ZFZd)

97 57 Bigger drones have smaller drones, upon their backs to fight 'em.
Smaller drones have even smaller drones,
And so ad infinitum
Posted by: In the voice of Shel Silverstein at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

So, yer sayin it's Drones all the way down?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 05:53 PM (mP0Kj)

98
When narcissists get a hold of the levers of power to indulge their delusions of grandeur that they are the management that everybody needs, you get Europe, Britain and America.

Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Fi81e)

99 > We've got Arabs and Jews pasting Iran and no one really cares. Remarkable.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

All it needs is for the Turks, Kurds, Pakis, and Yezidis to get involved, maybe with the Indians and Chinese sending some long-distance regards, and they'll achieve a Sesame Street level of multiculturalism.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (IG3/x)

100 >>> Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

I'll bite. Fine, do this, have all the kids to this for a day, boys and girls. But then the all the kids, even the Muslim kids, need to wear a Christian cross for a day. And a Jewish kippah the next day.

Otherwise, it's just a humiliation/demoralization ritual that violates any rules about church/state separation, if Britain even has those.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Eng1Z)

101 oh, & thanks for the movie recommendation! we'll look for it!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (VyBeY)

102 89 Iran has submarines?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (hAMhg)

They go down really well... just have not figured out the coming back up part...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

103 The Stuff (1985) A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.

Habit-forming. Mind-controlling. Life-absorbing. You can never get enough of The Stuff.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (wVcYX)

104 "Insurance company says that they have to very that child has insurance before they can drop them from the policy. I felt like asking if I refused to pay my premium would they ensure that I had another policy before they canceled mine?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic"

Probably some law. We had to do that.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (MWfyi)

105 The truth is out there.

Posted by: Representative Dana Scully at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (2Ez/1)

106 Also, it's funny watching Mallory Keaton turn out to be the Republican kid in the family.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 13, 2026 05:47 PM (nLy2O)

More ironic is her real brother is a liberal.
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:50 PM (/WQyy)
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My friends and I developed some head canon that Mr. Keaton got fed up with suburbia, left the family and started a new life out west where he collected guns and redheads. "Tremors" was basically the sequel to "Family Ties."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (ZOv7s)

107 92, that's insane!
or in other words, typical 2026 business-as-usual!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (VyBeY)

108 > We've got Arabs and Jews pasting Iran and no one really cares. Remarkable.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

All it needs is for the Turks, Kurds, Pakis, and Yezidis to get involved, maybe with the Indians and Chinese sending some long-distance regards, and they'll achieve a Sesame Street level of multiculturalism.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (IG3/x)

A regular Ballroom Blitz.

Posted by: The Sweet at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (wVcYX)

109 Q. What do you call an Iranian submarine 10 minutes after hostilities begin?

A. A reef.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (IG3/x)

110 Probably some law. We had to do that.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (MWfyi)

Another hoop that law-abiding citizens must jump through but the illegals get to ignore.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (ExV1e)

111 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)

Whoever you were talking with is talking out of their ass. I know there are some insurance agents here that can confirm.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (/WQyy)

112 9. Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”
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The same frigging clowns oppose little girls wearing white veils for Holy Communion because they're Roman Catholic, Orthodox, etc.

Can touch them.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:57 PM (NFX2v)

113 That was when they were living at home though. I don't know about if they were living elsewhere.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 05:57 PM (MWfyi)

114 Whoever you were talking with is talking out of their ass. I know there are some insurance agents here that can confirm.
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:56 PM (/WQyy)

I'm just gonna send them the policy number as soon as child sends it to me and tell them that this is as good as they're gonna get.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:58 PM (ExV1e)

115 100 >>> Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

I'll bite. Fine, do this, have all the kids to this for a day, boys and girls. But then the all the kids, even the Muslim kids, need to wear a Christian cross for a day. And a Jewish kippah the next day.

Otherwise, it's just a humiliation/demoralization ritual that violates any rules about church/state separation, if Britain even has those.
Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Eng1Z)

Exactly, shifting the blame and making the aggressors the victims as we've seen so many times.

That said, I can't help but think of the classic SNL skit where Eddie Murphy goes undercover as a white guy.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at July 13, 2026 05:58 PM (9ZFZd)

116 It's impossible to deal politically with someone as stupid vas the Welsh lady. They exist here in the Dem party and should be fought at every turn

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 05:58 PM (m2wmY)

117 Insurance company says that they have to very that child has insurance before they can drop them from the policy. I felt like asking if I refused to pay my premium would they ensure that I had another policy before they canceled mine?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic"

Probably some law. We had to do that.
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (MWfyi)
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This. If the insurance company drops someone from a policy, and that person gets into an accident without insurance, it’s a huge clusterfuck and that person will almost certainly claim “I never dropped that policy.” Company needs a record of that person saying affirmatively that they’re dropping the policy.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 13, 2026 05:59 PM (hAMhg)

118 All it needs is for the Turks, Kurds, Pakis, and Yezidis to get involved, maybe with the Indians and Chinese sending some long-distance regards, and they'll achieve a Sesame Street level of multiculturalism.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (IG3/x)
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I think 99% of the commentary on Iran misses that China is the real target. The US has taken control of the Straits, has Venezuela in its pocket, and we're basically telling the Chicoms that if they try anything, we turn off the spigot.

BTW, China is getting Biblical levels of natural disasters. The Mandate of Heaven has been revoked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

119 Otherwise, it's just a humiliation/demoralization ritual that violates any rules about church/state separation, if Britain even has those.
Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Eng1Z)

Ironically, I believe that Britain still has a State Religion, even if it's not required to be exclusive. And that religion ain't (officially) Islam.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ExV1e)

120 If there is one regret I have moving forward, and must remove from my bucket list, it is that I never got a chance to see Lindsey Graham do the Pee-Wee Herman tequila dance.

Tragic.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 06:00 PM (sYM3s)

121 You first lady.

Posted by: Put up or shut up at July 13, 2026 06:00 PM (2Ez/1)

122 > So, yer sayin it's Drones all the way down?

Not exactly.

The turtles all the way down thing is more of an example of an infinite regression.

The drones with smaller drones thing is an illustration of recursion. While the recursion described is infinite, it's missing the philosophical issue of foundation (a starting point).

Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 06:00 PM (mkw2N)

123 I'ma invent a gerbil drone to bomb Obama's Straight of Whore Moose..

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 06:01 PM (rjFy0)

124 According to FOX News I'm supposed to be mourning the loss of some elder senate statesman who just cared about everyone and dedicated his life to serving.
I'm still trying to figure out who they're talking about.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:01 PM (UjdFS)

125 91 Bigger drones have smaller drones, upon their backs to fight 'em.
Smaller drones have even smaller drones,
And so ad infinitum
Posted by: In the voice of Shel Silverstein at July 13, 2026 05:43 PM (2Ez/1)

That wasn't Silverstein, it was De Morgan, a mathematician.
Posted by: bonhomme
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I always thought it was Ogden Nash

Upon checking, I see that Jonathan Swift wrote the proto-version, but yes, it was De Morgan who came closest to what we know today. I guess to clear his mind of theorms.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:02 PM (Q0L71)

126
>>> Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

Walk a mile in her shoes.

https://t.ly/PKgfm

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:03 PM (Cqx++)

127 Sheinbaum needs to be taught a lesson on diplomacy and who not to piss off.

Slap an 80% tax on all remittances into Mexico, being that remittances are a greater amount of money than Mexico's welfare programs.

Remittances translated into dollars: $64.7 Billion
AMLO: $41-44 Billion equivalent.

Turn off the spigot and see what happens.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 06:03 PM (U4c/V)

128 The drones with smaller drones thing is an illustration of recursion. While the recursion described is infinite, it's missing the philosophical issue of foundation (a starting point).
Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 06:00 PM
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We're sitting right here.

Posted by: The fleas at July 13, 2026 06:03 PM (2Ez/1)

129 I can say this with utter certainty: there isn’t a more pious and unlikable host than Abby Phillip in my lifetime.

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Gabby Abby is unlikeable? Who knew?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:04 PM (ndZc7)

130 Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:01 PM (UjdFS)

Well he did serve in the military for 33 years . Does that do anything for you?

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 06:04 PM (/WQyy)

131
According to FOX News I'm supposed to be mourning the loss of some elder senate statesman who just cared about everyone and dedicated his life to serving.
I'm still trying to figure out who they're talking about.
Posted by: wth

Jefferson Smith

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (Cqx++)

132 Diaper-gate coming for Newsom? From the CA Post:

A government ethics watchdog is asking California’s state auditor to investigate a multimillion-dollar diaper deal championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom — alleging political favoritism and potential waste of taxpayer dollars.

Washington D.C.-based Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) asked State Auditor Grant Parks to probe California’s $6.2M no-bid contract with Baby2Baby, a nonprofit with ties to Newsom’s wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom, alleging the state may have skirted a typical competitive bidding process and concealed records about the free diaper deal.

Posted by: beckster at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (kX27y)

133 200 FBI agents descend on Fulton County over the weekend and we don't get a single Fanni Willis post? You guys are slipping!

Posted by: Mr_Fastbucks at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (S5SUf)

134 Would it be too much to ask that the presstitutes who manipulated the President's words should be killed?

Posted by: torabora at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (opLQR)

135 Gabby Abby is unlikeable? Who knew?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:04 PM (ndZc7)
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She uses NPR-voice because she thinks it makes her sound smarter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (RIvkX)

136 Graham may have done some good things, Fen, but he was also the one that suggested that Capitol Police shoot the protesters on J6. He was a machine guy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (zZu0s)

137 My X timeline suggested I look at George Stephanopolous snd Martha "bitchface" Raddatz to remember how foul they were after Trump was shit at Butler.

https://tinyurl.com/3evadmbh

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (j/wwM)

138 I'll bite. Fine, do this, have all the kids to this for a day, boys and girls. But then the all the kids, even the Muslim kids, need to wear a Christian cross for a day. And a Jewish kippah the next day.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Eng1Z)

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FUCK that. We need to kick their muzzie loving asses out of the West, not look for equivalency. When they have majority Christians will start the slow genocide that all the middle east has suffered.

Maybe we should tell them they can build mosques when we can build cathedrals in KSA.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM (Q0L71)

139 The drones with smaller drones thing is an illustration of recursion. While the recursion described is infinite, it's missing the philosophical issue of foundation (a starting point).
Posted by: bonhomme at July 13, 2026 06:00 PM
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We're sitting right here.
Posted by: The fleas at July 13, 2026 06:03 PM (2Ez/1)
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It's gonna stop at some point.

Posted by: The Planck Length at July 13, 2026 06:06 PM (FZ29D)

140 Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

I bet she'd pitch a fit about patriarchy and oppression if anyone suggested that young girls should wear wimples like Christian nuns do.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 06:06 PM (vJrRc)

141 Well he did serve in the military for 33 years . Does that do anything for you?
Posted by: polynikes
......

Yes, it does. His years in the senate, no.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:06 PM (UjdFS)

142 Ironically, I believe that Britain still has a State Religion, even if it's not required to be exclusive. And that religion ain't (officially) Islam.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ExV1e)
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The Church of England is the established church. The Church of England in Wales was disestablished about a century ago.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)

143 >>> Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

Sew the Welsh Politician in a heavy leather gimp suit so he knows how it feels for the rest of his life.

That, or a nice set of clothes made of tar and feathers.

What kind of sadistic degenerate believes that they can just treat other people like diseased livestock?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 06:08 PM (PVBkQ)

144 Habit-forming. Mind-controlling. Life-absorbing. You can never get enough of The Stuff.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (wVcYX)

Slurm?

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:08 PM (rbvCR)

145 Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age

She's obviously been steam rolled by political correctness her entire life , is not a practicing Christian or Jew and / or is being paid off or threatened by agents of Islam.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:08 PM (D+BhG)

146 119 Otherwise, it's just a humiliation/demoralization ritual that violates any rules about church/state separation, if Britain even has those.
Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:54 PM (Eng1Z)

Ironically, I believe that Britain still has a State Religion, even if it's not required to be exclusive. And that religion ain't (officially) Islam.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 05:59 PM (ExV1e)

The King is still supposedly the 'Defender of the Faith' by title...

Not sure what Faith Chucky boy has.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (mP0Kj)

147 133 200 FBI agents descend on Fulton County over the weekend and we don't get a single Fanni Willis post? You guys are slipping!
Posted by: Mr_Fastbucks at July 13, 2026 06:05 PM
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Oooohhh, a fanny probe?
I LOVE a good fanny probe!!

Posted by: Pete BootyBoot at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (2Ez/1)

148 That marine drone video is awesome. If you go frame by frame you see that it's going off underneath a minisub that has been hoisted up onto that dock.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (edUvp)

149 Here's CNBC, with news you can use:

"CNBC’s ranking of the 10 worst states to live in 2026—all of them Republican-led—has drawn criticism from conservatives.

The broadcaster gave each state a Quality of Life score based on factors including crime rates, air quality, healthcare access, worker protections and civil rights laws. The Quality of Life category was one of 10 in the outlet’s annual America’s Top States for Business study.

Tennessee was ranked the worst state to live in after receiving a score of just 64 out of 290.

CNBC noted that Tennessee had one of the highest violent-crime rates in the nation, citing FBI statistics, as well as the third-highest drug-death rate.

CNBC’s bottom 10 states for quality of life, from lowest-scoring upward, were:

Tennessee (64 out of 290)
Texas (7

Indiana (82)
Louisiana (89)
Georgia (89)
Utah (95)
Missouri (9

Alabama (99)
Oklahoma (103)
Arkansas (103)"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1)

150 - Tousi tv has a new one up. On utube.

Some Iranians taking to the streets again in Tehran. Video.
Heading back to finish watching.

Posted by: TeeJ at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (dAv7M)

151 Well he did serve in the military for 33 years . Does that do anything for you?
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 06:04 PM (/WQyy)
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He wasn't in the military, he was a JAG. Glorified hall monitor.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

152 There's a flea on the wing on the fly on the frog on the bump on the log in the hole in the bottom of the sea!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (wVcYX)

153 I think a lot of ugly lefty woman kinda like the idea of wearing a sack over their head, as that would make them the same as someone like Sydney Sweeney.

But it they looked half decent, they would be on only fans in a minute whoring for attention.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (Q0L71)

154 Habit-forming. Mind-controlling. Life-absorbing. You can never get enough of The Stuff.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM
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It's got electrolytes. Plants love it.

Posted by: Brawndo at July 13, 2026 06:10 PM (2Ez/1)

155 My YouTube has been taken over by Sophie videos

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:10 PM (Ia/+0)

156 Maybe bury this Welsh politician up to her neck and have the men throw rocks at her whore face.

You know, so she knows how it feels.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (u9Xr5)

157 Mamdani just said rapes are up because the definition of rape has been expanded. Anybody who voted for this communist, jihadist , theater kid gets what they deserve

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (m2wmY)

158 Has anyone noticed everytime Trump announced a peace deal was reached with Iran some unknown source called BS. This is after he blew up every high ranking military officer in the country. Somebody in Iran watched too much Monte Python! Apparently Trump never watched the show . Kind of like a skit ...

Posted by: Rep Jack Meoff at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (rjFy0)

159 103 The Stuff (1985) A delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.

this is about popplers, isn't it?

Posted by: lrrr at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (v3pYe)

160 The King is still supposedly the 'Defender of the Faith' by title...

Not sure what Faith Chucky boy has.
Posted by: Romeo13

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He just changed to Royal Charter to "defender of the faiths"

Plural.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (Q0L71)

161 It bugs me when pious is used as an insult.

Piety is a good thing.

Pomposity is what people object to.

And pomposity shamming piety is especially heinous.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (Ot/FD)

162 151 Well he did serve in the military for 33 years . Does that do anything for you?
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 06:04 PM (/WQyy)
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He wasn't in the military, he was a JAG. Glorified hall monitor.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

Yeah, anytime anyone deployed heard there was a JAG Officer around?

Caused more fear than the enemy... because at least you got to shoot back at foreign enemies.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (mP0Kj)

163 Turn off the spigot and see what happens.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 06:03 PM (U4c/V)

I will invest in Tether that day.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:12 PM (rbvCR)

164 The Church of England is the established church. The Church of England in Wales was disestablished about a century ago.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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Ah yes, I have been aware of the anitdisestablimentarianism movement for many years.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (Q0L71)

165 62 There's a theory that there just isn't any unitary "government of Iran" left to negotiate with.

The mullahs, Revolutionary Guard, local police... are all doing their own things."

looks like a thoroughly proven "theory" now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (edUvp)

166 One thing I noticed about the military.

They keep you busy. Long experience hath shewn, large groups of young people, particularly males, though not exclusively so, will get into trouble if left to their own devices.

They need purpose, motivation, direction, leadership, all that stuff.

That gaggle of masked freaks in Denver reminds us of what inevitability happens without Adult supervision. They need Mentors. Good role models.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (yG9XG)

167 My YouTube has been taken over by Sophie videos
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:10 PM (Ia/+0)

How fun!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (wVcYX)

168 Habit-forming. Mind-controlling. Life-absorbing. You can never get enough of The Stuff.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 13, 2026 05:55 PM (wVcYX)

Slurm?
Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:08 PM (rbvCR)
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The spice must flow!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (FZ29D)

169 He just changed to Royal Charter to "defender of the faiths"

Plural.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 13, 2026 06:11 PM (Q0L71)

The tenets of Waraiotokism are defined as "the exact opposite of everything the Church of England holds", and our mission statement is to obliterate the Church of England.

Defend that, Chuck.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:13 PM (Ot/FD)

170 Guy who got thrown by a buffalo.

The retiree and community leader from Kendall, Wash. also praised the animal for not killing him during the attack.

'When I was on the ground immobile, unable to move, he was right on top of me,' McDaniel told CNN.

'He could have stomped on me, he could have gored me, he could have done almost anything to take my life, and he did not do so.'

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Well, he wasn't a Muslim buffalo.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (ndZc7)

171 Yes, it does. His years in the senate, no.
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:06 PM (UjdFS

Fair enough. I just didn't expect as much couples dancing on his grave with the Left.

He wasn't in the military, he was a JAG. Glorified hall monitor.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (/WQyy)

172 >>> If there is one regret I have moving forward, and must remove from my bucket list, it is that I never got a chance to see Lindsey Graham do the Pee-Wee Herman tequila dance.

You know, that's exactly what AI is built for, it's not too late to still see it...

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (Eng1Z)

173 153 I think a lot of ugly lefty woman kinda like the idea of wearing a sack over their head, as that would make them the same as someone like Sydney Sweeney,"

as if it's only their face that is hideous.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (edUvp)

174 The turtles all the way down thing is more of an example of an infinite regression.

The drones with smaller drones thing is an illustration of recursion. While the recursion described is infinite, it's missing the philosophical issue of foundation (a starting point).
Posted by: bonhomme

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I'm right here you know.

Posted by: Bottom Turtle at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (Q0L71)

175
TheBlaze
@theblaze

Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib: “The political structures that we are surrounded by were built on slavery and genocide and oppression. Look at this room, motherf******. We aren’t going anywhere. Now we’re in Congress and every corner of the United States.”

She seems nice.

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 06:15 PM (6wpGE)

176 >>>Welsh Politician wants young White Welsh Girls everywhere to start wearing a Hijab so “they know how it feels from an early age”

It is best to get the girls used to the restriction the hijab imposes early on so it becomes normalized and they don't know there is any different way to live.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 13, 2026 06:15 PM (rbvCR)

177 The King is still supposedly the 'Defender of the Faith' by title...

Not sure what Faith Chucky boy has.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (mP0Kj)

"The King’s title as “Defender of the Faith” has been replaced by "Protector of the Space for Faith within the Multi-faith Nation.""

https://tinyurl.com/4ykndpue

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 13, 2026 06:16 PM (B0NCh)

178 158 Somebody in Iran watched too much Monte Python! Apparently Trump never watched the show . Kind of like a skit ...

it's the fish-slapping dance, isn't it?

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 06:16 PM (v3pYe)

179 as if it's only their face that is hideous.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:14 PM (edUvp)

Ok, then.

Full body sacks. And nobody gets to talk. No interaction of any kind.

Hey, wait....

Maybe the rugfuckers are on to something, here?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (Ot/FD)

180 Read the people in Iran like 3/4 have only known Islam ruling, nonidea what was before the revolution

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

181 He wasn't in the military, he was a JAG. Glorified hall monitor.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
____________

Excuse to repost this David French article from 2009 in which he strongly implies he was in combat:

https://tinyurl.com/3js24yeh

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (XvL8K)

182 I don't know what I would have done in Buffalo Guy's situation, tough spot. I think I would have tried to get on one side of that little dumpster seen in the video, and try to keep moving around it faster than the buffalo could.

That's a risky move, though.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (edUvp)

183 Commie Mandami explains rape.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Mamdani on why rape is up in NY: "A lot of it is from expanding what counts as rape"

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The Rape Nazi had the same problem.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (ndZc7)

184 Remember how, for the last year plus, the left has demanded ICE have warrants for the arrest of illegals?

I guess that's supposed to ... well, I don't know what they want to deceive into there.

Anyway, Maine Man who just got ventilated for trying to run over ICE agents ... had a warrant for his arrest.
Yet, he still didn't turn himself in.
Tried to run.
Tried to kill.

bUt yOu nEEd A wArrAnt!!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 06:19 PM (3cUTc)

185 Not dancing on his grave, just sick of being told by newsreaders how I should worship the almighty politicians.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)

186 I've encountered buffalo very close up. Not intentionally, of course. Once I was rounding the corner of an outhouse there stood a huge bull, not ten feet away. I froze. He glanced at me, snorted, and sauntered off.

I went back to my tent and changed my drawers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (0aYVJ)

187 He wasn't in the military, he was a JAG. Glorified hall monitor.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:09 PM (ZOv7s)

JAG is military. Subject to the UCMJ. Chain of Command.

Not all military folks are infantry or airborne.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (bl07w)

188 Rancid Taliban: "We aren't going anywhere."

Certainly not to productive jobs, anyway.

Posted by: Wally at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (lXn6W)

189 Senate bio

Graham compiled a distinguished record in the United States Air Force as he logged six-and-a-half years of service on active duty as an Air Force lawyer. From 1984-1988, he was assigned overseas and served at Rhein-Main Air Force Base in Germany.

Upon leaving active duty Air Force in 1989, Graham joined the South Carolina Air National Guard where he served until 1995. During the first Gulf War in the early 90's, Graham was called to active duty and served state-side at McEntire Air National Guard Base as Staff Judge Advocate where he prepared members for deployment to the Gulf region.

In 1995, Graham joined the U.S. Air Force Reserves. During American military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, Graham put his experience in military law to use pulling numerous short-term Reserve duties in both countries over congressional breaks and holidays.

Graham retired from the Air Force Reserves in June 2015 having served his country in uniform for 33 years. He retired at the rank of Colonel.

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (6wpGE)

190 185 Not dancing on his grave, just sick of being told by newsreaders how I should worship the almighty politicians.
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)

Charlie Kirk got a Good Riddance and a hearty Mind Your Tone Or You're Next.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (Ot/FD)

191 170 I knew I liked that buffalo...

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (wBaIH)

192 Excuse to repost this David French article from 2009 in which he strongly implies he was in combat:

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (XvL8K)
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I don't think civilians know how hated JAGs are, how veterans respect some total screw-up career E3 more than a JAG.

French went to Iraq and got warzone pay with no income tax to do paperwork. His primary duties included ruining the careers of actual warriors, combing through dirty laundry and thinking of was to make ROE even more self-defeating.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)

193 Good call setting the sequel to Reno 911 to Toronto 911. The actors are funny.

Posted by: banana Dream - I'm pretending it's a show and not actual dipshittery at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (3uBP9)

194 That guy was lucky it was a buffalo. Cuz I can tell you what a grizzly would have done to him, and your ass is never the same afterwards.

Posted by: Leonardo DiCaprio at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (lXn6W)

195 Not dancing on his grave, just sick of being told by newsreaders how I should worship the almighty politicians.
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:19 PM (UjdFS)

Charlie Kirk got a Good Riddance and a hearty Mind Your Tone Or You're Next.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (Ot/FD)

Maybe we'll get Nancy Mace as his replacement. I've heard that she has massive tits so you know she'll be a good Senator.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

196 183 Commie Mandami explains rape.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Mamdani on why rape is up in NY: "A lot of it is from expanding what counts as rape"

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The Rape Nazi had the same problem.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (ndZc7)

Well, if anyone knows about rape, it would be the muzzies.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 06:23 PM (bl07w)

197 I can say this with utter certainty: there isn’t a more pious and unlikable host than Abby Phillip in my lifetime.

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Is he entirely unfamiliar with Jake Tapper?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 06:23 PM (ndZc7)

198 >>> journalist Cari Tuna
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tuna, you've got some 'splainin' to do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 06:24 PM (VPNgR)

199 Maybe we'll get Nancy Mace as his replacement. I've heard that she has massive tits so you know she'll be a good Senator.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

That lady is one shovel to the face and a TBI away from being MTG 2.0.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:24 PM (Ot/FD)

200 That guy was lucky it was a buffalo. Cuz I can tell you what a grizzly would have done to him, and your ass is never the same afterwards.
Posted by: Leonardo DiCaprio at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (lXn6W)

Just put some ice on it. -- Rose

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

201 188 Rancid Taliban: "We aren't going anywhere."

Certainly not to productive jobs, anyway.
Posted by: Wally at July 13, 2026 06:20 PM (lXn6W)

Well, it's not like anyone is inviting this miserable wretch anywhere.

Posted by: tcn in AK at July 13, 2026 06:25 PM (bl07w)

202 journalist Cari Tuna
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tuna, you've got some 'splainin' to do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 13, 2026 06:24 PM (VPNgR)

She should marry a guy named Innabucket.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:25 PM (Ot/FD)

203 Toronto cop can never go the the cop bars again. He'll be drinking Zimas with dress wearing guy who's been 'transitioning' for eight years, and finally got a date with a cop.

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 06:25 PM (LHPAg)

204 I think she should show them to us first.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:26 PM (UjdFS)

205 In a world where Joy Reid exists, its hard to believe anyone else is less likeable.

Posted by: Wally at July 13, 2026 06:26 PM (lXn6W)

206 27 That Kimble post looked like the Scott Jennings post.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Cqx++)

Exactly! Not sure which came first.

Posted by: m at July 13, 2026 06:26 PM (6wpGE)

207 204 I think she should show them to us first.
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 06:26 PM (UjdFS)

The nation's first Senate Confirmation Feeling.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:26 PM (Ot/FD)

208
Read the people in Iran like 3/4 have only known Islam ruling, nonidea what was before the revolution
Posted by: Skip

It's like expecting North Koreans to revolt.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 06:27 PM (Cqx++)

209 I think I would have tried to get on one side of that little dumpster seen in the video, and try to keep moving around it faster than the buffalo could.

That's a risky move, though.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 06:17 PM (edUvp)

I might have tried to hop into that thing. Gross, but probably not life-threatening.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 13, 2026 06:28 PM (zYpTz)

210 >>>Guy who got thrown by a buffalo.

The retiree and community leader from Kendall, Wash. also praised the animal for not killing him during the attack.

>Ha-ha! First, he should have kept walking. He should have never stopped and never squared up on the bison or stared into his eyes. Next, he should have run like hell when the bison started rolling to get up, he should have hauled ass and taken shelter in his vehicle. Lastly, you don't play Ring Around the Rosie with a bison in the rut. They are too fast and have 100x testosterone.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 06:28 PM (sYM3s)

211 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

I dont think the men commenting on her massive tits we're implying that this would make her a good Senator, only that they -of course- like massive tits and sometimes rather massively talk about massive tits

I don't think I'd know Nancy Mace without a caption.of her name, and I have a less than massive interest in the size of her wasabambas or whatever various terms used for breasts on this site.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:29 PM (D+BhG)

212 wasabambas or whatever various terms used for breasts on this site.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:29 PM (D+BhG)

Well i mean it wasn't that but it is now, obviously.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:30 PM (Ot/FD)

213 200 That guy was lucky it was a buffalo. Cuz I can tell you what a grizzly would have done to him, and your ass is never the same afterwards.
Posted by: Leonardo DiCaprio at July 13, 2026 06:22 PM (lXn6W)

Just put some ice on it. -- Rose
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

I know, right?

Posted by: Billy Jeff Clinton at July 13, 2026 06:30 PM (9ZFZd)

214 >>> Toronto cop can never go the the cop bars again. He'll be drinking Zimas with dress wearing guy who's been 'transitioning' for eight years, and finally got a date with a cop.
Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 06:25 PM (LHPAg)

When my wife sees some sort of pest like a bug or a snake she does not allow herself to believe that there exists more than that one in a thousand mild radius. Like it was on vacation to see the sites and she just noticed that one while it was out.

Likewise, I'm pretty sure Lt. Jim Dangle here isn't a one off and has a lot of company at the precinct.

Posted by: banana Dream at July 13, 2026 06:30 PM (3uBP9)

215 Russians went nearly 100 years without knowing what life in thexwest was like. Lines, shabby cheap products if you could ev rd n find what you need.

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 06:31 PM (Ia/+0)

216 Nood. Apparently, immigration may be related to crime.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 13, 2026 06:32 PM (ExV1e)

217 212 wasabambas or whatever various terms used for breasts on this site.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:29 PM (D+BhG)

Well i mean it wasn't that but it is now, obviously.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:30 PM (Ot/FD)

Of all the things, who'da thought Fen would coin a new term for boobs? I'm stealing it.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at July 13, 2026 06:32 PM (9ZFZd)

218 188 Rancid Taliban: "We aren't going anywhere."

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Embedded like ticks inside the body politic, but not nearly as friendly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 13, 2026 06:33 PM (FZ29D)

219 How disconnected from your "job" as "newspeople" do you have to be to not realize Jack Kimble is a made-up name? Did no one at CNN realize, "Gee, I never heard that name before and as someone paid to watch the news hour-by-hour, I probably should have heard that name before, if it were real"?
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I know, right?

Posted by: Sum Ting Wong and Wi Tu Lo at July 13, 2026 06:36 PM (hPLSE)

220 212 wasabambas or whatever various terms used for breasts on this site.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 06:29 PM (D+BhG)

Well i mean it wasn't that but it is now, obviously.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 13, 2026 06:30 PM (Ot/FD)

Of all the things, who'da thought Fen would coin a new term for boobs? I'm stealing it.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at July 13, 2026 06:32 PM (9ZFZd)

What you don't know is that *all* the terms for boobs where invented by Fen.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 07:12 PM (uhVAy)

221 29 They should have said "Senator Jack Bauer".

Then everybody would be impressed. Jack Kimble is running from the one-armed man who killed his wife.
Posted by: Axeman at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

Nah, man. Richard Kimble is chasing the one armed man that k*lled his wife.
I think you're thinking of JOHN Kimble. HE'S A COP, YOU IDIOT. (that's a Kindergarden Cop reference; i know most of you hate movies so this one probably got caught by less than a dozen.)

Posted by: Nelly at July 13, 2026 07:23 PM (6+ehB)

222 I literally, no exaggeration, recoiled in horror when that trans-hulk appeared in the video. If anyone is feeling unsafe when that creature is around, it's the normies, not trans-hulk.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 13, 2026 08:47 PM (XMwZJ)

223 “Plant-based”. Because “vegetarian” is just TOO HARD.

I hate the dumbing down of language so much.

Last night I was trying to extract an insurance quote, then was asked online “Who is your current auto insurance provider?”

I stopped. Cold. Not really big words like “insurer”. Or “insurance company”. I’m not doing business with people who find English to be so difficult.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 08:55 PM (4g5V+)

224 The Toronto CIU should be embarrassed. But they won’t be.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 13, 2026 08:57 PM (4g5V+)

Humiliated by His Fawning Over a Nazi Rapist, Ro Khanna Tries to Change the Subject By Trying to Force His Way Past an Israeli Checkpoint and Then Crying "Jews Are Abusing a Brown Man!" When They Stop Him (for Ninety Minutes, to Check IDs)

Ro Khanna's absurd idea that he can be president took a big hit when his Rapist Wingman Graham Platner was forced to withdraw.

So he's begging for attention from the Nazi left:

Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
Ro Khanna backed a Nazi tattooed rapist after he was credibly accused of domestic abuse.
To distract from that, he ran to Israel to enter a government restricted area and stage a PR stunt.
If you're falling for this, you're an idiot. And apparently, lots of idiots exist.

He admits that he knew he was trying to force his way past the checkpoint of a "restricted military area" -- but played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card anyway.

Dan The Zionist!
@DanTheZionist
Jul 12
Ro Khanna's driver intentionally triggered a Security First Response Team.
Israeli Gedaliah Blum explains the tricks that Ro Khanna used to stage a performance.
Ro Khanna was traveling in Judea and Samaria, which are also known as the West Bank. The Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria have experienced many terrorist attacks. So, there are First Response Teams of community guards who monitor for suspicious activity. These teams are governed by laws and work with safety measures, and they coordinate with the Israeli army.
Shabbat is Saturday. On Shabbat, people living in Jewish communities do not drive. On Shabbat, Ro Khanna's team drove off the road, which was already very suspicious. The strange activity of Ro Khanna's vehicle triggered the First Response Team. So, the team checked the vehicles.
Ro Khanna did not tell anyone he was going to be in the area. He was not traveling in a way that identified him as a congressman, he was not in a government marked vehicle. The First Responder Team checked for his identity. Specifically, because Ro Khanna did not tell anyone he would be in the area, it took about ninety minutes to confirm his identity with the Israeli army.
After he was safely identified, he was allowed to continue on his way. Afterwards, Ro Khanna described this security check as being held hostage by wild settlers, which is total nonsense.
Ro Khanna is a liar.

His only defense of his actions is that other Congressmen have gotten into that area before.

Yes, this Fox newsreader points out -- after first clearing it with the government of Israel, which Ro Khanna didn't do, because he wanted a staged confrontation because his campaign for president is failing ludicrously and he wants to court the leftwing Nazi vote.

Israeli settlers, brandishing American made M4s, detained me & other Americans on my trip to Palestine.

When the IDF arrived, they sided with the settlers & continued our detention.

They made a huge mistake.

You will be hearing more soon. https://t.co/rZw8bRAn64 pic.twitter.com/4z50Ye4I7K
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) July 11, 2026

🚨 NEW: Fox News CALLS OUT Ro Khanna for his story on being detained in the West Bank:

FOX: You didn't know that entering a restricted military area would get you stopped?

KHANNA: American Congresspeople have been there before.

FOX: With prior coordination.�
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) July 13, 2026

A Twitter account pointed out that Ro Khanna never referred to himself a "brown" man before, but is now crying that the Jews are abusing a "brown" person.

Appearing on explicitly pro-terrorist, pro-murder leftwing podcaster Hassan Piker's show, this Born-Again Brown Man says he's never been more acutely aware of his race or racism than when he was temporarily detained and checked for ID in a foreign country while attempting to gain entry to a sensitive military area without announcing he was coming or driving in a car marked as diplomatic.

He really needs you to know that he's part of the BIPOC coalition:

RNC Research
@RNCResearch

Ro Khanna compares the IDF to "Jim Crow" after trespassing in the West Bank:
"You have a police force and the IDF that is aligned by extremist settlers in the same way [that] in Jim Crow during the segregationist south, police were often aligned with the segregationists."

Jim Crow? More like Jim Eagle, Fat!!!

According to a source for the New York Post, Ro Khanna was invited to meet freed hostages and survivors of October 7th.

Khanna's team didn't even bother to respond.

His team was also offered an opportunity to meet with Druze civilians in the Golan Heights and a briefing on how� pic.twitter.com/4Afj0FsVrg
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) July 11, 2026

See, earlier I thought Ro Khanna must be some kind of tech mogul. I thought that because he was rich and he said positive things about Elon Musk.

Turns out he just says whatever he thinks his current audience wants to hear. Ro Khanna 1.0 was the "bipartisan centrist who favors innovation and growing the economy.

But Ro Khanna 1.0 failed.

So now here's Ro Khanna 2.0, the Nazi-defending, Rape-Adjacent far-left pimp for Islam.

Ro Khanna, Graham Platner's most stalwart defender, funded a Platner rally from his own campaign funds after the physical abuse allegations emerged. Now that Platner is an accused rapist, Khanna is desperately trying to change the subject with�you guessed it�Israel! https://t.co/5oSpdahO69
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) July 13, 2026

In case you missed it: Ro Khanna's money -- to the extent it even is his money-- comes from his father-in-law. He married the daughter of a major auto-parts business owner.

So no, not a tech mogul, not a self-made man. Just another grifter on the make.

Update: The US Ambassador to Israel, Michael Leiter, roasted Khanna.

The joke woke white Karen Margaret Brennan relentlessly defended him, and claimed the avowedly anti-Israel/pro-Hamas group "J Street" is a "Jewish group" that "just seeks a different path for Israel."

That path? Being abolished and subjugated by Hamas.

Video here.

LEITER: Now, in terms of Ro Khanna, we reached out to him when we heard he was going to Israel, the Israeli embassy here in Washington. As all congressmen do, they coordinate their trip with the Israeli government. We suggested he visit with- with survivors of the October 7th massacre. That he visit the borders, so he understands the, the issues that we have in our borders and so on. He ignored that and he decided to coordinate his trip not with Israel, but with Palestinian activists and with J Street, which is a anti-government, anti-Israeli government advocacy group here in Washington. So you know he coordinated--
BRENNAN: It's a Jewish lobby group...
LEITER: Well, it's--
BRENNAN: ...that is supportive of a different path for Israel.
LEITER: Yeah, yeah. I- I play tennis once a year. That doesn't make me a tennis player. The fact that they call themselves a Jewish organization is- is irrelevant. They're- they're- an advocacy group against the government of Israel. That has to be clear.
BRENNAN: The current government, Netanyahu government.
LEITER: Yes. Yes--
BRENNAN: That's what you mean, the government you work for.
LEITER: And Congressman Khanna, there has been no secret about his antipathy towards the government of Israel as well. So perhaps if he would have coordinated the trip- and then you know to have this incident on Wednesday and wait to release it on Saturday, maybe this had more something to do with his support of- of Graham Platner beforehand and the difficulties he had with that, and trying to shift the focus to something else. Perhaps I'm asking a question.
BRENNAN: Well, we did hear from Congressman Khanna, who said that there was an alert to the embassy on his behalf, and that they asked for the news...

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:14 PM

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1 foist

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:13 PM (CWTWj)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 13, 2026 04:14 PM (NcvvS)

3 They had M4 guns!

Dork

Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 04:15 PM (xhfG9)

4 Governor McMaster appointed Graham's sister to serve the rest of his term in the Senate (that is until January).

I am not sure how the special election will be handled. My guess from here it will be Joe Wilson who runs.

Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (xhfG9)

5 Remind me, who started saying Ro is “presidential material?”!?!?!

NOPE

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (4KUe5)

6 rho kappa theta?

Posted by: H at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (w8ire)

7 They should have done the US a solid and just shot his silly ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (S41Gd)

8 7 They should have done the US a solid and just shot his silly ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (S41Gd)

My thinking exactly....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:18 PM (FtULh)

9 He married the daughter of a major auto-parts business owner.

the news here is that otto partes went into the military.

Posted by: anachronda at July 13, 2026 04:19 PM (v3pYe)

10 the israelis also held another brown person named greta thunberg

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:19 PM (CWTWj)

11 I see on X that the President has given Congress notification of a completely new military action regarding Iran that began within the last 48 hours, which has nothing to do with anything they may have commented on in the past.

Posted by: Methos at July 13, 2026 04:20 PM (vSvIl)

12 "American made M4s"

He was close enough to see the lettering on the side.

Posted by: the turtles at July 13, 2026 04:20 PM (MWfyi)

13 They had M4 guns!

Dork
Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 04:15 PM (xhfG9)

I'll bet that they actually had older Colt Commandos or XM177s. LOTS of them in Israel.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 04:20 PM (ElRxa)

14 You know what's odd? For most of my like, being antisemitic was a third rail in politics. KKK! NAZI! THE HOLOCAUST!

What is strange is that now dems are fully going in that direction while still calling OTHERS Nazis.

Life is weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:20 PM (zZu0s)

15 (Ro Khanna) played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card
.......

Yeah, you run the Quickie Mart downtown, right?

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

16 Roe (ripe fish eggs) > Ro (daft egg head)

Posted by: Orson at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (dIske)

17 So no, not a tech mogul, not a self-made man. Just another grifter on the make.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:14 PM
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And, after the last six months of one political flop after another, I honestly believe his career is done. Over. His only hope is some Democrat will appoint him to some job, because I cannot believe he can get elected to anything.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (AnNWH)

18 I'm just surprised he didn't call them AKs.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (MWfyi)

19 15 (Ro Khanna) played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card
.......

Yeah, you run the Quickie Mart downtown, right?
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (FtULh)

20 How much did Bill Ackman donate to “centrist” Ro Khanna’s campaign, one wonders.

Isn’t he a Justice Democrat, such as AOC, Omar, and Tlaib? How unaware does one have to be to think a Justice Democrat is a centrist? Maybe if you want to be fooled…

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (4KUe5)

21 i saw over the weekend that the israelis make their own version of what are basically m4 rifles

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (CWTWj)

22 (Ro Khanna) played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card
.......

Yeah, you run the Quickie Mart downtown, right?
Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

LOVED you in the Simpsons.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (zZu0s)

23 All my friends are brown and red.

Posted by: Spoonman at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (Cqx++)

24 I think the most important thing to take from this is that since Israeli forces did not kill him dead instantly this proves that he is a bought and paid shill for Zionist forces.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (uhVAy)

25 If it hasn't already been mentioned, the NY Post has a headline saying SC Governor Henry McMaster has appointed Graham's sister to the seat temporarily. Yeah, I can't say I'm thrilled.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (qBdHI)

26 Kurt Schlichter made one of his few major errors when he said Khanna was a serious person and might well be a presidential candidate of some heft.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (Riz8t)

27 ========================
And, after the last six months of one political flop after another, I honestly believe his career is done. Over. His only hope is some Democrat will appoint him to some job, because I cannot believe he can get elected to anything.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (AnNWH)

Nah... he's perfect for California

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (FtULh)

28 (Ro Khanna) played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card
.......

Yeah, you run the Quickie Mart downtown, right?

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

Shit, I'm glad I was drinking, lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:23 PM (S41Gd)

29 So let me get this straight. He married into a leading auto parts business family. Maybe the brothers Manny, Moe, and Jack? Betcha Friday nights around the table are sumptin.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 13, 2026 04:23 PM (gm9Sb)

30 Regarding 10/7:

I've heard the rumor that Ukraine will let folks anywhere earn extra cash piloting their drones.
IDK, I've no strong feelings for either side.

But if someone opened up the contract to hunt Hamas with drones?

I'd be farming kills like Cartman and the boys when they got addicted to WoW.
I'd be spawn camping outside of every mosque, school and hospital.
I'd get warnings of suspicious activity for being a bot I'd be on so long.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 04:23 PM (3cUTc)

31 They should have done the US a solid and just shot his silly ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (S41Gd)

They should have released him in Gaza or out of a helicopter over Gaza

Posted by: Beartooth at July 13, 2026 04:23 PM (IYeV+)

32 Israel should have told them in advance they were not welcome. And now Israel should ban his ass.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (diia5)

33 I would be more impressed if he had pulled his DYKWIA stunt in certain areas of LA.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (vTZFs)

34 Anybody know which auto part stores?

Posted by: Reforger at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (TSpzX)

35 Race for the slimiest continues in politicians.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (Dd38x)

36 What the fuck is this? Everybody is an ambassador now and is running their own state department? Put him in the cooler.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (sYM3s)

37 Kurt Schlichter made one of his few major errors when he said Khanna was a serious person and might well be a presidential candidate of some heft.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (Riz8t)

Schlichter is a political edge lord and 'sweat.' (Gaming term for someone who goes all out and tries too hard. Does not mean their bad, but you can see them sweat over a 'game.')

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (zZu0s)

38 I actually like Khanna.

He's one of the few Democrats I can respect other than Fetterman.

Posted by: Zoomer Conservative at July 13, 2026 04:24 PM (KbeaJ)

39 O/T sorry guys, good topic above , but.."JUST IN: The Governor of South Carolina has appointed the sister of the late Senator Graham to fill the remainder of his unexpired Senate term."

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (GD0B3)

40 5> Remind me, who started saying Ro is “presidential material?”!?!?!

The Demonic Party has an uncanny ability seek out and promote the most loathsome, immoral reprobates in any given population.

Its like S'tan is in their top Party Leadership

Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (+4Cf6)

41 Ro Ro Ro your boat...

Posted by: That's all I got at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (2Ez/1)

42 CNN has learned that graham Platner was attacked by a giant Clam while Oyster farming off the coast of Maine today.

He stated that he must work harder to feed his starving mother because of Trump’s Stalinist Economic policies.
CNN discovered glued to the Clam’s shell was a “MAGA” Sticker.

Chuck Schumer immediately rushed to the nearest CNN microphone and has called for the impeachment of Trump.

Platner has responded by stating he is reentering the Senate race and has hired Mary Clogginstein as his new campaign manager.

Clogginstein stated that the campaign message to the people of Maine will be the following:
“We Hate Trump” and Trump lied to our BLACK Presdent”.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (7r6tV)

43 @15 I'd rather have Apu from The Simpsons as my Rep instead of Khanna

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (m2wmY)

44 Governor McMaster appointed Graham's sister to serve the rest of his term in the Senate (that is until January).

I am not sure how the special election will be handled. My guess from here it will be Joe Wilson who runs.
Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 04:17 PM (xhfG9)

Saw something about a GOP primary in August or so to determine who goes on the ballot in November.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (uhVAy)

45 Too bad the Israelis didn't punish this poltroon for his stunt.

Posted by: mr tmz at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (rJ48h)

46 Ro Ro Ro your bloat.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (n5tGW)

47 "...to fill the remainder of his unexpired Senate term."

And how long it that?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (2Ez/1)

48 r/dsa Who would you rather run for President in 2028, Ro Khanna or AOC

We need AOC to win but I would prefer both run as well. They can consolidate support on the debate stage

Ro actually does not have a very progressive voting record compared to AOC or some Democrats who *aren't* DSA according to vote trackers

Yeah. I feel like people forget...Ro is Silicon Valley’s congressperson, and a millionaire (billionaire?) himself.

Ro is a rich guy beholden to rich capitalists. Which is concerning in where his loyalties lie as well as electorally. Steyer has kinda shown that the whole class traitor thing is a dead end. That said I would love to see Ro as speaker of the house.

AOC's also a moderate liberal, and not really what we need to represent DSA politics. We should focus locally, rather than a silly national contest we are not ready for.

A dsa endorsement of Aoc would irreparably harm the organization. Shes an establishment DNC Democrat who campaigned for a Zionist

how could we support Ro Khanna when he has said he supports capitalism, referring to himself as a "progressive capitalist"? what are we talking about here?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (Xy2sd)

49 Kurt Schlichter made one of his few major errors when he said Khanna was a serious person and might well be a presidential candidate of some heft.
Posted by: Archimedes

Ro Khanna couldn't stand to get a compliment from a right-sider, so he set out to prove that he wasn't a serious person!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (vJrRc)

50 47 "...to fill the remainder of his unexpired Senate term."

And how long it that?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (2Ez/1)

January

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (FtULh)

51 I bet black people just love to be lumped in with "brown" people. 400 years of struggle to just become another brown person. That's what you get for following Democrats into the abyss.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (6KZ6h)

52 Somebody should demand all his financials and then figure out how his underaged kids ended up business moguls.

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (GD0B3)

53 Just because a guy marries rich women doesn't make them a grifter. And it has nothing to do with that guy's political aspirations.

Posted by: John Kerry at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (vbXSk)

54 Too bad the IDF didn’t just shoot him.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (bK1ip)

55 CNN has learned that graham Platner was attacked by a giant Clam while Oyster farming off the coast of Maine today.

In other news, Lena Dunham announced today that she was cutting short her Maine vacation. A reason was not given.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (Riz8t)

56 And again:

My problem with the Palestinian genocide is:
1) The Palestinians don't exist, it's a made-up name for garbage Arabs no one else wants in their lands
2) There is no people that deserve a genocide more, none more than them.
3) yet, despite that well-deserved annihilation, their populations grow year after year.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (3cUTc)

57 Why would you compare a centuries long conflict to Jim Crow? It diminishes the complexity of ME conflict, just another glib talking point designed to signal to NPCs “this is oppression, you guys.”

Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (4KUe5)

58

He's no Roe Conn.

wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_Conn

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (Cqx++)

59 Too bad the Israelis didn't punish this poltroon for his stunt.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 13, 2026 04:26 PM (rJ48h)

+1 for 'poltroon'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)

60 So no, not a tech mogul, not a self-made man. Just another grifter on the make.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:14 PM
====

A honors graduate from the Zohran Mamdani School of Lying Hustlers.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (rj6Yv)

61 AOC is a far right extremist. I love it.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (6KZ6h)

62 I guess it shouldn't but it's surprising how stupid these leftists are. It took about 5 minutes to completely debunk this idiotic, staged "arrest". Anyone trying to enter a declared security zone by a government is going to be detained even a ZOMG rep from Clownafornia.

Put a little effort into your lies, Khanna.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (viF8m)

63 44 Governor McMaster appointed Graham's sister to serve the rest of his term in the Senate (that is until January).

CNN and Democrat Party immediately responded that Graham's Sister (An actual Biological Female) is not qualified for the office and does not represent Democrat Socialist Women..

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (7r6tV)

64 Why would you compare a centuries long conflict to Jim Crow? It diminishes the complexity of ME conflict, just another glib talking point designed to signal to NPCs “this is oppression, you guys.”
Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (4KUe5)

Also gets the black people inside by just saying it's racist. Thats the point. Keywords.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (zZu0s)

65 Ro Khanna was traveling in Judea and Samaria, which are also known as the West Bank.

Why in the hell is he even over there??? And why did he think he can walk around the West Bank without telling anyone?

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (Oy/m2)

66 Ro, actually Steve of Customer Service.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 13, 2026 04:29 PM (gm9Sb)

67 ro ro ro your goat (fill in the rest)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:29 PM (CWTWj)

68 "Clogginstein stated that the campaign message to the people of Maine will be the following:
“We Hate Trump” and Trump lied to our BLACK Presdent”."

And his breath stinks!

Posted by: Dorcus Blimline at July 13, 2026 04:29 PM (MWfyi)

69 Put a little effort into your lies, Khanna.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (viF8m)

But why? He's already gotten what he wanted out of it. Attention.

Posted by: blaster at July 13, 2026 04:29 PM (xhfG9)

70 Ro Khanna has 0% chance of ever becoming president. He is completely delusional. He has Level 9 Anti-Charisma, is to the left of Trotsky, and looks like a stuntman on the set of Invasion of the Lizard People.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (Av6i5)

71 Why would you compare a centuries long conflict to Jim Crow? It diminishes the complexity of ME conflict, just another glib talking point designed to signal to NPCs “this is oppression, you guys.”
Posted by: Lizzy at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (4KUe5)

with modern education I doubt modern voters increasingly don't know what Jim Crow even is.

Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (uhVAy)

72 AOC is a far right extremist. I love it.

The revolution is starting to eat its own. It was inevitable, but it's still amusing.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (Riz8t)

73 Marxist Conundrums:

Out: What is a woman?

In: What is a progressive?

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (rj6Yv)

74 You know what's odd? For most of my like, being antisemitic was a third rail in politics. KKK! NAZI! THE HOLOCAUST!

What is strange is that now dems are fully going in that direction while still calling OTHERS Nazis.

It turns out their problem with Hitler wasn't the whole Holocaust thing, it was the double-crossing Stalin thing.

I'm waiting for Democrats to start calling the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union "the naqba".

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (2ocoG)

75 Ro Khanna -- the name sounds like a gay female podacster. Chances of being elected prez' already nil.

Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (vbXSk)

76 with modern education I doubt modern voters increasingly don't know what Jim Crow even is.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (uhVAy)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (zZu0s)

77 Somebody should demand all his financials and then figure out how his underaged kids ended up business moguls.
Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 04:27 PM (GD0B3)

Those little scamps really know how to sell lemonade.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (ElRxa)

78 i saw lena dunham at an event earlier this year. not as hideous as i'd expected

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:31 PM (CWTWj)

79 It's frightening to me how obsessed the left (including Candace and Tucker) are with Israel.

It's a tiny country surrounded by enemies.

Why does it matter so much, and not Burma? Sri Lanka?

(I know, it's because TEH JOOS!1!!111!1!!, but the Jew hate still baffles me DESPITE knowing it's a spiritual battle.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 13, 2026 04:31 PM (N1DT3)

80 I am not outraged by Ro Khanna's entourage being stopped and checked out.

Posted by: huerfano at July 13, 2026 04:31 PM (VJX5o)

81 Ro Khanna has 0% chance of ever becoming president.

I'd vote for him over Nikki Haley or another Bush family member.

Posted by: Zoomer Conservative at July 13, 2026 04:32 PM (KbeaJ)

82 Posted by: CNN Breaking News at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (7r6tV)

That was funny. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 04:32 PM (D+BhG)

83
70 Ro Khanna has 0% chance of ever becoming president. He is completely delusional. He has Level 9 Anti-Charisma, is to the left of Trotsky, and looks like a stuntman on the set of Invasion of the Lizard People.
Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:30 PM (Av6i5)

Good call. Best part is that, outside of the far left Nazi loons that were already in his pocket, nobody gives a damn about this stupid stunt.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 13, 2026 04:32 PM (RxmqC)

84 Shocking, another Leftists set up

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (Ia/+0)

85 75 Ro Khanna -- the name sounds like a gay female podacster. Chances of being elected prez' already nil.
Posted by: illiniwek

We elected "Barack Hussein Obama".

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (Xy2sd)

86 If only he had joined Greta Thunberg's Rape Cruise instead of staging this retarded stunt, he could have at least gotten an STD while slandering Jews.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (Av6i5)

87 the best you can say about khanna is he's willing to go on fox news

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (CWTWj)

88 In the Hen Mazzig X post, Ro is standing in front of a mansion. People have ID'ed the area as Turmus Ayya. Description of it below. He also had a Palestinian guide/driver and since the area is full of American Palestinians, I bet it was all coordinated with folks here in the U.S.

The wealthy area of the West Bank frequently compared to Beverly Hills is the Palestinian town of Turmus Ayya.

Located in the central West Bank, approximately 20 kilometers north of Ramallah, the town is renowned for its diaspora-funded prosperity. Many of its residents are Palestinian-Americans who spent decades working and building wealth in the United States and Latin America before returning or investing in the area.

The town—sometimes called the "Eastern suburb of Washington, D.C."—is dotted with large, luxurious red-tiled villas, manicured gardens, and swimming pools, which has prompted regional and international media to compare its affluent aesthetic to California enclaves like Beverly Hills or the Hollywood Hills.

Posted by: beckster at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (kX27y)

89 Just in frigging Pennsylvania, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna has endorsed Bob Brooks for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District and Chris Rabb for Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District. He also endorsed Congresswoman Summer Lee for Pennsylvania's 12th District and previously backed State Representative Roni Green in a prior election.

Big trouble, no moderation there, ALWAYS.

What does Jack Straw say? A feature not a bug, I believe.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (NFX2v)

90 " i saw lena dunham at an event earlier this year. not as hideous as i'd expected
Posted by: gnats local 678"

EldritchHorrorCon 2026?

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (MWfyi)

91 Looks like Trump is out of bubble gum.

@EricLDaugh

>>🚨 BREAKING: The US military will be launching OVERWHELMING strikes against Iran tonight, President Trump announces

>>"They have BIG MOUTHS!"

>>"We will hit them very hard TONIGHT. And we're gonna hit them hard tomorrow — and THERE'S NOT a DAMN THING they can do about it!"

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)

92 One of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals is to accuse the other side of what you are doing. The left accuses everyone else of being Nazis, while being increasingly anti-Semitic.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (m2wmY)

93 I am not outraged by Ro Khanna's entourage being stopped and checked out.
Posted by: huerfano
......

Thjey probably caught him pooping in a river.

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (UjdFS)

94 Ro Khanna was traveling in Judea and Samaria, which are also known as the West Bank.

Why in the hell is he even over there??? And why did he think he can walk around the West Bank without telling anyone?

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 04:28 PM (Oy/m2)

What, they don't have 7-11s over there?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (S41Gd)

95
>>"We will hit them very hard TONIGHT. And we're gonna hit them hard tomorrow — and THERE'S NOT a DAMN THING they can do about it!"
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)

Just hope Iran doesn't get a lucky shot...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:35 PM (FtULh)

96 I'll believe it when I see the lights go out in Tehran.

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 04:35 PM (MWfyi)

97 Another Brown Clown.

Posted by: garrett at July 13, 2026 04:35 PM (uzmqU)

98 Democrats have had a problem with "bankers" going back some time. I've said all along it was Jews.

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 04:35 PM (6KZ6h)

99 It's frightening to me how obsessed the left (including Candace and Tucker) are with Israel.

It's a tiny country surrounded by enemies.

Why does it matter so much, and not Burma? Sri Lanka?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 13, 2026 04:31 PM
+++++

It's a mystery.

Posted by: Pharoah, Hitler & Hamas at July 13, 2026 04:35 PM (2Ez/1)

100 Ro Khanna has 0% chance of ever becoming president. He is completely delusional. He has Level 9 Anti-Charisma, is to the left of Trotsky, and looks like a stuntman on the set of Invasion of the Lizard People.

--

All the charisma of a butt boil. That's the encouraging thing about modern Democrats. For the most part, all of their elected officials, and those with high office aspirations, are completely detestable and unlikeable.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (qBdHI)

101 " i saw lena dunham at an event earlier this year. not as hideous as i'd expected
Posted by: gnats local 678"

EldritchHorrorCon 2026?
Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (MWfyi)

*looks up picture of current LD*

Jeez. The camera adds 50lbs.

Although I guess she is following Piper's brave anti-Ozempic stance.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s)

102 with modern education I doubt modern voters increasingly don't know what Jim Crow even is.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:30 P

Reagan's VP pick, of course. It's like you don't understand history

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (ElRxa)

103 So, the important question - which pine tree scent was that hanging from Ro's mirror?

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (XuXeR)

104 They are talking to my dad about a pacemaker.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (Dd38x)

105 jews = capitalists has a long history going back to karl marx

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (CWTWj)

106 I saw Lena Dunham in a picture from the Met Gala. She looks so big it's unhealthy just to look at her

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:37 PM (m2wmY)

107 >>"We will hit them very hard TONIGHT. And we're gonna hit them hard tomorrow — and THERE'S NOT a DAMN THING they can do about it!"
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (viF8m)
=====

Iran: " I could have been a contendah!"

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)

108 he best you can say about khanna is he's willing to go on fox news

Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:33 PM (CWTWj)

Just like our Tucker!

Posted by: ... at July 13, 2026 04:37 PM (6KZ6h)

109
I have to say, she was very poised in the video.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
25m
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Lindsey Graham's sister Darline Graham Nordone officially named interim US Senator from South Carolina after her brother's passing

She just walked up to the podium to accept it 🇺🇸

"Lindsey has always been there for me. Now, I will be there for him."

Posted by: beckster at July 13, 2026 04:37 PM (kX27y)

110 When the IDF arrived, they sided with the settlers & continued our detention.

What? People siding with their own countrymen over aggressive foreigners in places they shouldn't be? Astonishing!

I understand why this concept would confuse him.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (vJrRc)

111 "We elected "Barack Hussein Obama".
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Good point, but that was to prove "white people are not racist". Hopefully a one time deal? And Ro seems to the left of the messaging of BHO (though Barry was probably just as atheist/commie in reality)

Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (vbXSk)

112 It's good to be the Nomenklatura

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (RHGPo)

113
"...not as hideous as I'd expected."

=====

Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

Posted by: 2 out of five stars at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (2Ez/1)

114 So, the important question - which pine tree scent was that hanging from Ro's mirror?
Posted by: man
_______

Pine Comey

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (XvL8K)

115 >>Iran: " I could have been a contendah!"

I was thinking Billy Jack.

I'm going to hit you right here with this foot and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:39 PM (viF8m)

116 One of Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals is to accuse the other side of what you are doing. The left accuses everyone else of being Nazis, while being increasingly anti-Semitic.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (m2wmY)

Yeah. But it is increasingly odd. I am waiting for Chuck Schumer to start doing the 'you know who 'they're' financed by' or saying that Trumps whole presidency is a Zionist plot and the only reason California is having wildfires is because of the Jewish weather machines.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:39 PM (zZu0s)

117 And Ro seems to the left of the messaging of BHO (though Barry was probably just as atheist/commie in reality)
Posted by: illiniwek at July 13, 2026 04:38 PM (vbXSk)
=====

Mamdani is Barry, Jr.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:39 PM (rj6Yv)

118 As Ro is a 'Californian', perhaps it is time to remember the words of (former CA Governor, and now near-St.) Jerry Brown, to wit: "If it's brown, flush it down".

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:40 PM (0sNs1)

119 Although I guess she is following Piper's brave anti-Ozempic stance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (zZu0s

My stance doesn’t stop at no Ozempic! It continues on from there noting you have to do some really hard lifestyle changes. Not diets. Change your life. Totally. And it’s not fun. Or easy. Until it becomes normal and you stand on the scale and you weigh 80 pounds less.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:40 PM (Dd38x)

120 Piper what can be downside of getting one?

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM (Ia/+0)

121 78 i saw lena dunham at an event earlier this year. not as hideous as i'd expected
Posted by: gnats local

That's my line! Of course, she covers herself up quite a bit now. Here she is from the 2026 Met Gala, mostly obscured but showing a little sexy hamhock: https://tinyurl.com/pzpkx784

She was a little more revealing, but tastefully tittalating, in this sheer number from 2024: https://tinyurl.com/2fwpax8v

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM (Xy2sd)

122 He read that NYTimes story about the rape-dogs and was so aroused that he devised a surefire plan to get himself into an Israeli prison.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM (Av6i5)

123 jews = capitalists has a long history going back to karl marx
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 13, 2026 04:36 PM (CWTWj)

I would think it would flow more from Jews=Bankers because all the christian guys were anti-Usary. Especially their OWN interest. Funny how that works.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM (zZu0s)

124 The left accuses everyone else of being Nazis, while being increasingly anti-Semitic.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:34 PM (m2wmY)

The commie cocksuckers have been killing Jews by the bucket load decades before the Nazis got in on the action.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (ElRxa)

125 My problem with the Palestinian genocide is:
1) The Palestinians don't exist, it's a made-up name for garbage Arabs no one else wants in their lands
2) There is no people that deserve a genocide more, none more than them.
3) yet, despite that well-deserved annihilation, their populations grow year after year.

This. All of the this.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (2ocoG)

126 Lindsay's mort, McConnell will be gone, some of the stronger conservatives hold cabinet positions.

He knows what he's doing being provocative regarding Israel. The question is, for whom? Himself, Kamala Harris, O?

Representative Ro Khanna served in the Obama administration as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce. A longtime supporter, he first walked precincts for Obama's 1996 Illinois Senate campaign.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (NFX2v)

127 They are talking to my dad about a pacemaker.
Posted by: Piper
......

My brother-in-law has had one for years. When he takes a nap I poke him in the chest and say: "Is this thing on?"

Posted by: wth at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (UjdFS)

128 If you saw Lena Dunham at the beach, you would swear it was a beached whale.

Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (Oy/m2)

129 I was thinking Billy Jack.

I'm going to hit you right here with this foot and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:39 PM (viF8m)
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That works, but I hate "Billy Jack" so much that it never occurred to me as a meme.

For one thing, Billy talked too much.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (rj6Yv)

130 120 Piper what can be downside of getting one?
Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM (Ia/+0)

I am not sure? I am guessing anesthesia isn’t always a great thing at 80.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (Dd38x)

131 I am waiting for Chuck Schumer ... the only reason California is having wildfires is because of the Jewish weather machines.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 04:39 PM

Well, if you can't believe Grillmeister Charles "Chuck" Schumer (D-NY) is a master of fire, who would be?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (0sNs1)

132 Ro is in no waze tarrd.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (wBaIH)

133 She was a little more revealing, but tastefully tittalating, in this sheer number from 2024:"

Nope. Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (XuXeR)

134 But the Jew checkpoint was wearing a short skirt! They were asking for it!

Posted by: Ro, Ro, Ro ur butt at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (OTAXA)

135 Probably late, but still funny:
https://shorturl.at/NGAH0

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (R+iUD)

136 The Israelis are mere props to this vile dehumanizing piece of sh*t.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 04:43 PM (RIvkX)

137 What kind of name is Ro Khanna? Is that Slavic?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (qFwJc)

138 Maybe the ICC will go arrest the JOOOZ who detained Ro.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (R+iUD)

139 >>That works, but I hate "Billy Jack" so much that it never occurred to me as a meme.

Yea, it was bad social justice crap but I did like that one scene.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (viF8m)

140 Khanna is a punk.
He can piss off.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (2WIwB)

141 118 As Ro is a 'Californian', perhaps it is time to remember the words of (former CA Governor, and now near-St.) Jerry Brown, to wit: "If it's brown, flush it down".
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I was always more concerned about the "If it's yellow, let it mellow" part. "Mellow" translated to "ferment in the hot afternoon until your entire house smells like then alleyway behind Skid Row."

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (Av6i5)

142
>>"We will hit them very hard TONIGHT. And we're gonna hit them hard tomorrow — and THERE'S NOT a DAMN THING they can do about it!"

President Billy Jack

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (Cqx++)

143 What kind of name is Ro Khanna? Is that Slavic?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (qFwJc)
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Yes, Southern Slavic.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM (rj6Yv)

144 showing a little sexy hamhock: https://tinyurl.com/pzpkx784
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 13, 2026 04:41 PM

Dude. No one has little sexy hamhocks like us!

Posted by: Lizzo and The Trig at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM (0sNs1)

145 Ro, ro, ro khanna
I do have a dream
To become the President
Or have a podcast stream

Posted by: Halfhand at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM (bDp6B)

146 What's Trump going to bomb Iran with? We're out if bombs!

Posted by: Sid at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM (d3IoH)

147 My brother is there with him, so I am getting updates through him and waiting to hear if I need to leave vacation and head there. Which is totally fine, of course. No one is going to be upset if I need to go.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM (Dd38x)

148 One tin soldier
rides away

Posted by: Billy Jerk at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (MWfyi)

149 Iran, much like Conor McGregor, doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (sYM3s)

150 We will not have anymore brown presidents. We tried one once and he sucked.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (wBaIH)

151 We're out if bombs!

That's no way to talk about your hero's library.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)

152 100, SPOT-ON!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (VyBeY)

153 A "quick we need a distraction!" op

Posted by: steevy at July 13, 2026 04:47 PM (YwEeS)

154 Khanna is a punk.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM

Even Fredo would take him.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:47 PM (0sNs1)

155 So, a foreign Politician with Cameras, tries to run a military checkpoint, breaking numerous laws of the host country.

How would you feel if some foreign politician tried to enter YOUR property for a political stunt...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (mP0Kj)

156 Rut Ro!

Posted by: Scooby Doo dorking him in the ass at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (GSuqO)

157 Brennan is just a plain old nasty piece of work. What a horrible human being.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (2WIwB)

158 Can congress not censor this asshole? Democrats will keep doing this attention seeking bullshit if there are never consequences

Posted by: UGAdawg at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (MQKjz)

159 My stance doesn’t stop at no Ozempic! It continues on from there noting you have to do some really hard lifestyle changes. Not diets. Change your life. Totally. And it’s not fun. Or easy. Until it becomes normal and you stand on the scale and you weigh 80 pounds less.
Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:40 PM (Dd38x)

—————-

My wife did that. Eats only chicken breast and fresh vegetables. Absolutely no sugar of any kind. She’s lost 84 pounds since august.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (u73oe)

160 ferment in the hot afternoon until your entire house smells like then alleyway behind Skid Row."

Pretty much, yeah.

Posted by: man at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (XuXeR)

161 I crap bigger than him.

Posted by: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (XE5AP)

162 I was always more concerned about the "If it's yellow, let it mellow" part. "Mellow" translated to "ferment in the hot afternoon until your entire house smells like then alleyway behind Skid Row."
Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:44 PM (Av6i5)
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That would make for a good scratch-n-sniff "Welcome To San Francisco" postcard

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (EA2wx)

163 Jeez, I'm doing life wrong. Anyone know any rich old bags I can marry?

Posted by: Cray Cray at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (RmciC)

164 >>>What's Trump going to bomb Iran with? We're out if bombs!

Posted by: Sid

>Do you even know where there is a bomb factory?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (sYM3s)

165 Ro Khanna us the biggest inside trader in Congress.

He was rich before, now he's really got his snout in the till.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (RIvkX)

166 even drunk-out-his-ass Fredo could take him.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (VyBeY)

167 We will not have anymore brown presidents. We tried one once and he sucked.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 04:46 PM (wBaIH)
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I would vote for Clarence Thomas without a moment's hesitation.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (rj6Yv)

168 No one is going to be upset if I need to go.
Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:45 PM

Not even the produce manager of your local grocery emporium?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:49 PM (0sNs1)

169 My wife did that. Eats only chicken breast and fresh vegetables. Absolutely no sugar of any kind. She’s lost 84 pounds since august.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (u73oe)
======================
Amazing results, and even more outstanding will power.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 13, 2026 04:50 PM (EA2wx)

170 Piper, AI Overview

Pacemaker surgery is a minimally invasive procedure taking 1 to 2 hours. A cardiologist places the device under local anesthesia with sedation. A 2-inch incision is made near the collarbone, thin wires (leads) are guided through a vein to the heart, and the pulse generator is tucked into a skin pocket.

The most common is the transvenous approach. For leadless pacemakers, a catheter is used to secure the device directly inside the heart.

Most patients stay overnight for 24 hours to monitor the device and incision site.

You will need to restrict lifting your arm (on the implanted side) above your shoulder for a few weeks to prevent wires from dislodging. Full recovery and return to normal activity usually take about six weeks.

Complications are rare but can include infection, bleeding, lung injury, or device malfunction.

Trusted Medical Resources for deeper dives into what to expect before, during, and after your implant, refer to these authoritative guides: Read the Mayo Clinic Pacemaker Overview for comprehensive facts on the surgery.
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Talk with your Dad and his cardiac surgeon.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 04:50 PM (NFX2v)

171 My wife did that. Eats only chicken breast and fresh vegetables. Absolutely no sugar of any kind. She’s lost 84 pounds since august.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026 04:48 PM (u73oe)
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Teh awesome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 13, 2026 04:51 PM (RIvkX)

172 Where on Planet earth is the most DANGEROUS PLACE?

It is not in South America......

it is not in Eastern Europe.........

It is not in the Middle East .....

It is not in some African Marxist Shithole Country ....

WAIT FOR IT ....... WAIT FOR IT....... WAIT FOR IT.....

IT IS THE SPACE IN BETWEEN CHUCK SCHUMER AND A CNN MICROPHONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 04:52 PM (7r6tV)

173 I saw Nazi Tattooed Rapist open for the Vomit Pigs in a punk club in Dallas back in '78.

Both bands shared the stage for a joint rendition of "Useless Eater". Then Mite Vomit stuck a shiv in one of the Rapists, and the others threw him down and put the boots to him.

Truly a magical evening.

Hitler would have had me put to sleep
They would have had me put to sleep in Germany
Now I'm a useless eater in the USA
Thanks to mom and pop, I'll be okay
Now I'm a useless eater.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 04:52 PM (IG3/x)

174 If you saw Lena Dunham at the beach, you would swear it was a beached whale.
Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (Oy/m2)

"She's so fat that when she wears heels she strikes oil!"

"When I take her to the beach, people ask me what I used for bait!"

Posted by: Zombie Rodney Dangerfield at July 13, 2026 04:52 PM (5xuJ/)

175
Mamdani is Barry, Jr.
Posted by: mrp

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

Thank God that grinning backstabber is certifiably foreign-born. He would have a credible path to the White House.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 13, 2026 04:53 PM (mmrXZ)

176 24 I think the most important thing to take from this is that since Israeli forces did not kill him dead instantly this proves that he is a bought and paid shill for Zionist forces.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (uhVAy)

Worse: once they confirmed his identity, he was allowed to proceed. Ro Khanna is ZOG-approved! They just needed to double-check it wasn't someone else impersonating Their Man to get access, since he's kind of an idiot and didn't call to give his homies a heads-up.

Posted by: SciVo at July 13, 2026 04:53 PM (Sy6m/)

177 my uncle worked at a bomb factory casting torpex into various ordani

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (jrgJz)

178 It's Monday. Do Dems in Maine have a name to put on the November ballot?

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (rj6Yv)

179 167 We will not have anymore brown presidents. We tried one once and he sucked.

We never had a 100% Brown President .....

Barry Soetoro was 0.5 Brown President to be factually correct...

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (7r6tV)

180 Imagine an alt scenario where the IDF just waves him on through. Serving up a US Representative for the animals to play with.

Posted by: SS at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (52U6V)

181 So, if K street is a thing, and involved in Israeli politics FROM THE US...

How the hell can we dis any foreign government, like oh... RUSSIA, from spending money to influence US Politics?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (mP0Kj)

182 Posted by: L - No nic, another

Thank you. Very appreciated.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (hftzA)

183 174 If you saw Lena Dunham at the beach, you would swear it was a beached whale.
Posted by: dantesed at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (Oy/m2)

"She's so fat that when she wears heels she strikes oil!"

"When I take her to the beach, people ask me what I used for bait!"
Posted by: Zombie Rodney Dangerfield

Porphyrios!!!

Posted by: Byzantine Emperor Justinian I at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (Xy2sd)

184 Lindsay Graham's sister is now the interim Senator for North Carolina.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (0sNs1)

185 > That works, but I hate "Billy Jack" so much that it never occurred to me as a meme.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:42 PM (rj6Yv)

It was pretty hokey even then, much less now.

It's entered the culture, though. Did you see the part in Breaking Bad where the hired gun referred to Mike as "Billy Jackoff", right before Mike took everything away from him, even his lunch money?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (IG3/x)

186 178 It's Monday. Do Dems in Maine have a name to put on the November ballot?
Posted by: mrp

They're leaning toward a guy named Haydolf Itler, but Che Schickelgruber is still in the running.

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (Av6i5)

187 I would vote for Allen West

Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 13, 2026 04:56 PM (jrgJz)

188 182 Posted by: L - No nic, another

Thank you. Very appreciated.
Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 04:54 PM (hftzA)

WE have a Family friend who has had a pacemaker for over 20 years... He just turned 90

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 04:56 PM (3ksUK)

189 178 It's Monday. Do Dems in Maine have a name to put on the November ballot?

Let's all play the "Democrat Nominee" of the Week Game Show starring Kami Harris....

Posted by: Jackson K. at July 13, 2026 04:56 PM (7r6tV)

190 I don't look like a stone head from Easter Island, I just act like one.

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at July 13, 2026 04:56 PM (anL5R)

191 175
Mamdani is Barry, Jr.
Posted by: mrp
==============
Thank God that grinning backstabber is certifiably foreign-born. He would have a credible path to the White House.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

The 14th Amendment removes those racist prohibitions.

Posted by: Chief Justice Roberts at July 13, 2026 04:57 PM (Xy2sd)

192 @178 the Dems in Maine are going to have some 500 person convention to sort through the riff raff for a candidate. Their still trying to figure out the rules and the date

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 04:57 PM (m2wmY)

193 "She's so fat that when she wears heels she strikes oil!"

"When I take her to the beach, people ask me what I used for bait!"
Posted by: Zombie Rodney Dangerfield

Porphyrios!!!
Posted by: Byzantine Emperor Justinian I at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (Xy2sd)
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"Stop it!" she blubbered.

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 04:57 PM (rj6Yv)

194 Euell Theophilus Gibbons (September 8, 1911 – December 29, 1975)[2] was an outdoorsman and early health food advocate who promoted eating wild foods during the 1960s.

Gibbons died on December 29, 1975, aged 64, at Sunbury Community Hospital in Sunbury, Pennsylvania of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.[20][21]

It's usually not our decision, regardless.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 04:57 PM (NFX2v)

195 Ro Khanna should be in a 3rd world country like Bangladesh or New York City feeding and clothing the hapless natives there, not messing around in Israel.

Posted by: Zombie Mahatma Gandhi, Urine Drinker and Homosexual at July 13, 2026 04:58 PM (e2lsi)

196 "Stop it!" she blubbered.
Posted by: mrp

Through her blowhole.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 13, 2026 04:58 PM (Xy2sd)

197 Ro Khanna is a dimwit. Seriously, he looks...not very bright. And acts it too.

Posted by: Crusader at July 13, 2026 04:59 PM (TN0g+)

198 " i saw lena dunham at an event earlier this year. not as hideous as i'd expected
Posted by: gnats local 678"

EldritchHorrorCon 2026?
Posted by: fd

*looks up picture of current LD*
Jeez. The camera adds 50lbs.
Although I guess she is following Piper's brave anti-Ozempic stance.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

No, the camera still only adds ten pounds.

But in the cell phone era, she's probably got ten or twelve cameras on her.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 04:59 PM (VHUov)

199 196 "Stop it!" she blubbered.
Posted by: mrp

Through her blowhole.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 13, 2026 04:58 PM (Xy2sd)

Just a fluke. Oh, wait: that was me.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 13, 2026 04:59 PM (IG3/x)

200 Bill Clinton told his rape victim to put some ice on that lip he bit.
Now that seems credible as his victim told a coworker.

So how come Platner had to step aside but Clinton did not,?

Posted by: torabora at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (opLQR)

201 Ro Khanna, brown retard.

It's on his business card.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (jehhT)

202 Posted by: Zombie Mahatma Gandhi, Urine Drinker and Homosexual

You left out "Wife Beater and Extreme Racist."

Posted by: zombie at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (Av6i5)

203 > Ro Khanna is a dimwit.

Ro Khanna is Hindi for "window licker".

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (IG3/x)

204 184 Lindsay Graham's sister is now the interim Senator for North Carolina.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (0sNs1)
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Um...

Posted by: Morons and 'Ettes who live in NC at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (XE5AP)

205 My wife did that. Eats only chicken breast and fresh vegetables. Absolutely no sugar of any kind. She’s lost 84 pounds since august.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 13, 2026

That is awesome! I had to change my relationship with food to make it something I need to do to survive vs. living to eat, I do make the food I eat more exciting now as part of this process, but I am still pretty rigid about food choices as a whole. As we all know.

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (hftzA)

206 Didn't Tucker Carlson run this same exact gambit a few months ago, only to be foiled when the Israelis released video of his chummy, painless Persecution Detainment at the airport?

I guess he couldn't play the Brown Man card, though.

The good news is Jews are the Universal Persecutor. The whites, the browns, the straights, the gays, the Christians, the Muslims, the Hindus, the poors and the richies, cats and dogs, Patriots fans and Indy fans... nobody escapes the long arm and iron fist of the Jew, so anyone can claim to be victimized by their pitiless Hebraic enforcers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (BI5O2)

207 195. He was born in Pennsylvania.

It's doing its damndest to get the 3rd world designation. 🤬

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (NFX2v)

208 204 184 Lindsay Graham's sister is now the interim Senator for North Carolina.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 13, 2026 04:55 PM (0sNs1)

She's gonna be busy

Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (3ksUK)

209 LOL this picture of Greta with her parents at about age 5. She's got that same scowl.

tinyurl.com/fpcuntdr

Posted by: fd at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (MWfyi)

210 They're not their , damn hot dog fingers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 05:03 PM (m2wmY)

211 We will not have anymore brown presidents. We tried one once and he sucked.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

I would vote for Clarence Thomas without a moment's hesitation.
Posted by: mrp

But he has more power as 1/9th of the Supreme Court than he would have as a Republican president.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 05:03 PM (VHUov)

212 > Ro Khanna is Hindi for "window licker".

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 13, 2026 05:00 PM (IG3/x)

And in Cherokee (American Indian): "man who wears velcro shoes".

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 13, 2026 05:04 PM (IG3/x)

213 LOL this picture of Greta with her parents at about age 5. She's got that same scowl.

tinyurl.com/fpcuntdr
Posted by: fd

Strollering B---h Face.

Posted by: mikeski at July 13, 2026 05:04 PM (VHUov)

214 Khanna should have had Jussie Smollett in his entourage.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:04 PM (/WQyy)

215 > 214 Khanna should have had Jussie Smollett in his entourage.
Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:04 PM (/WQyy)

It wouldn't the first guy he's had in his "entourage", IYKWIM.

Posted by: Guy Who Thinks Everybody is Gay at July 13, 2026 05:05 PM (IG3/x)

216 I would not let Ro Khana run a schwarma stand.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 13, 2026 05:06 PM (anL5R)

217 When I went to Rome, i lost something like 25 lbs. (Was down to 143- less than I was since high school.) The reason? This was during the 2005ish (I think) 'mad cow' scare so there was virtually no beef anywhere. Got by on just Gelato and light pastry, pasta and pizza. And we walked something like 15 miles a day for 2 weeks.

It was fun, but not a plan I would want to follow. I was SO hungry. I sprung $5 for the hotel room mini fridge just to get a regular coke. Glass bottle. Delicious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 05:06 PM (zZu0s)

218 Don't go into the 'color' & race BS. Byron Donalds of Florida 👍🏼

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (NFX2v)

219 Fake and very gay.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (u9Xr5)

220 The Demonic Party has an uncanny ability seek out and promote the most loathsome, immoral reprobates in any given population.

Its like S'tan is in their top Party Leadership
Posted by: Community Notes at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (+4Cf6)
Well, duh.

Posted by: Eromero at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (LHPAg)

221 This is the first I'm hearing about this guy, Ro Khanna. Only a nit wit would travel to the west bank without telling the Israelis and expect to pass a check point on his looks.

Posted by: Cosda at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (Fg1gh)

222 A faggot was America's worst President, and it didn't stop anyone from voting for the extremely gay Obama.

We'll probably elect some dusky buttpacker again soon enough.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (BI5O2)

223 She's gonna be busy
Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (3ksUK)

She has to settle up all those male prostitute running tabs he had open.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (zZu0s)

224 95. He was born in Pennsylvania.

It's doing its damndest to get the 3rd world designation. 🤬
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (NFX2v)
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King Nut

He was born in Pennsylvania, moved to California.

Got a condo made of stone-a

Posted by: mrp at July 13, 2026 05:08 PM (rj6Yv)

225 He admits that he knew he was trying to force his way past the checkpoint of a "restricted military area" -- but played the Don't You Know Who I Am? card anyway.

That is one stupid SoB. Israel doesn't GAS who you think you are. LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 13, 2026 05:08 PM (p11yt)

226 You know the best way to lose weight? Spite.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:09 PM (wBaIH)

227 224. King Nut

He was born in Pennsylvania, moved to California.

Got a condo made of stone-a
Posted by: mr

Ha! 😁

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (NFX2v)

228 This is the first I'm hearing about this guy, Ro Khanna. Only a nit wit would travel to the west bank without telling the Israelis and expect to pass a check point on his looks.

-------

I wish they had waived him on in.

Posted by: Crusader at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (TN0g+)

229 Jim Carville is spot on about the DSA. But suck on it Jimmy Boy you unleashed the ceazies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (m2wmY)

230 Hey fat, you may have great vindaloo, but I'm gonna need a nap first.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (anL5R)

231 226 You know the best way to lose weight? Spite.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026

Revenge body?

Posted by: Piper at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (hftzA)

232 Even for a politician Ro Khanna lies a lot, I mean he's at Clinton-level

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 13, 2026 05:10 PM (UZCuZ)

233 She's gonna be busy
Posted by: It's me donna at July 13, 2026 05:01 PM (3ksUK)

She has to settle up all those male prostitute running tabs he had open.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

We picked up the tab.

Posted by: Raytheon at July 13, 2026 05:11 PM (u9Xr5)

234
OUT: Retard
IN: Rotard.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at July 13, 2026 05:12 PM (wtvvX)

235 Margaret Brennan… the ultimate bitch face

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:12 PM (W8yEi)

236 Margaret Brennan is a very unique form of entertainment.

Her belief that if she can rapidly respond -it must therefore be accepted as accurate and truthful.

Very unique.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at July 13, 2026 05:13 PM (ItWcy)

237 > 226 You know the best way to lose weight? Spite.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:09 PM (wBaIH)

Communism also works.

Just ask those pesky Ukes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:13 PM (IG3/x)

238 Because they're NOT big tent people, it's divide and conquer the enemies for them. BAMN

Lots of bodies with similar politics, blind followers. They're overwhelming with bodies, intimidation, not talent.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:13 PM (NFX2v)

239 231 Revenge body? No. Making fat jokes. More delicious than chicken and broccoli.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:13 PM (wBaIH)

240 It finally dawned on me… Ro Khanna reminds me of Dinesh D’Souza (when he was younger). Am I seeing things? There’s a similarity no?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:13 PM (W8yEi)

241 One of my new heroes is Michael Leiter… I like the cut of his jib; he handles himself well

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:15 PM (W8yEi)

242 They all look alike, you mean? 😬🫣

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:15 PM (NFX2v)

243 > Just ask those pesky Ukes.

Will be needing OuiDa board for that, comrade.

Ouida was Russian inwention. Germans stole idea, replace Da with Ja.

Posted by: Georgy "Georgy Girl" Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:15 PM (IG3/x)

244 As flounder would say, This is gonna be great!

>>@JustTheNews
·
10m
>>🚨BOMBSHELL: @POTUS is expected to announce a FOREIGN INTERFERENCE attempt in the 2020 election this Thursday at 9 PM ET

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 05:17 PM (viF8m)

245 They all look alike, you mean? 😬🫣
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:15 PM (NFX2v)

Heh… I knew it would sound that way but no… I do see a similarity beyond “they all look the same”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:17 PM (W8yEi)

246 241. Interesting guy.

Leiter assumed his role as Israel's ambassador to the U.S. in January 2025, renouncing his U.S. citizenship to take the position. He made headlines in early 2026 for leading formal, U.S.-brokered peace negotiations with his Lebanese counterpart.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:17 PM (NFX2v)

247 O/T sorry guys, good topic above , but.."JUST IN: The Governor of South Carolina has appointed the sister of the late Senator Graham to fill the remainder of his unexpired Senate term."

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 04:25 PM (GD0B3)

Well, it’s not like he could have appointed Graham’s wife.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 05:18 PM (gRFug)

248 If you don't like Margaret Brennan's face, you're gay

Posted by: Mustafa Shiek Abdul, Margaret Brennan's toy brownie at July 13, 2026 05:18 PM (wGerL)

249 >>> In case you missed it: Ro Khanna's money -- to the extent it even is his money-- comes from his father-in-law. He married the daughter of a major auto-parts business owner.

Ah, so he's Beto and John Kerry rich. Never earned it, but 100% feel entitled to it. Reverse hypergamy.

Is he the one whose underage kids own four golf courses? I cannot keep my rich champagne socialists straight.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:18 PM (Eng1Z)

250 Mick Jagger Says It’s Not His Job to Lecture Rolling Stones’ Fans on Politics

NYT: “Bruce Springsteen clearly sees his job as engaging in a meaningful back and forth.”

MICK JAGGER: “My job in the live music world is for those people that come to have the best time … And you don't want to lecture them.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 13, 2026 05:19 PM (Ckfdz)

251 245. I was kidding with you. Really.

I'm personally absolutely lousy at phrasing, explaining.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:19 PM (NFX2v)

252 Knock knock… anyone there? Did I shut down the blog?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:19 PM (U+L0d)

253 Trump is cooking with gas!

"Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
9m
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump will announce that BOTH of Georgia’s Democrat US Senators are “ILLEGITIMATE” due to election fraud, per @DC_Reporter

This comes after FBI and other federal agencies RAIDED election offices in Georgia recently.

EXPOSE IT ALL! 🔥"

Posted by: runner at July 13, 2026 05:20 PM (GD0B3)

254 > Ah, so he's Beto and John Kerry rich. Never earned it, but 100% feel entitled to it. Reverse hypergamy.

LBJ used to call it "being in the son-in-law bidness".

Awful human being, but he did have his moments.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:20 PM (IG3/x)

255 Brian in New Orleans, I drink your milkshake!

Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 05:21 PM (viF8m)

256 245. I was kidding with you. Really.

I'm personally absolutely lousy at phrasing, explaining.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 13, 2026 05:19 PM (NFX2v)

One of the great things about this place

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 13, 2026 05:21 PM (U+L0d)

257 You know the best way to lose weight? Spite.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:09 PM (wBaIH)

Do you drink diet Spite or regular Spite?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 05:22 PM (gRFug)

258 An Israeli politician wouldn't just be able to barge into any US national park that was basically closed.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:22 PM (/WQyy)

259 " President Trump will announce that BOTH of Georgia’s Democrat US Senators are “ILLEGITIMATE” due to election fraud, per @DC_Reporter"

*flicks booger*

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at July 13, 2026 05:22 PM (MWfyi)

260 Brian in New Orleans, I drink your milkshake!
Posted by: JackStraw at July 13, 2026 05:21 PM (viF8m)

Man I hated that movie even with that one line in it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:23 PM (/WQyy)

261 I've heard of fish puns but geez!

Chili's employee says he was fired for not referring to woke coworker by her chosen name of "Fish"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 13, 2026 05:25 PM (ndZc7)

262 Ouida was Russian inwention. Germans stole idea, replace Da with Ja.
Posted by: Georgy "Georgy Girl" Zhukov at July 13, 2026 05:15 PM (IG3/x)

Does a Ouida board use the Cyrillic alphabet?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 05:25 PM (gRFug)

263 >>> Jim Carville is spot on about the DSA. But suck on it Jimmy Boy you unleashed the ceazies

Then they should have beaten the DSA socialists out of the party a decade ago, and found their own "moderate" puppets to groom and control. It's a bit too late now.

Spoiler alert: all the DNC elite are all secret socialists. They are all red diaper babies like Ayers. But they wanted to destroy capitalism gently, let it slowly fall apart and decline into socialism. Not his revolutionary, wham bam thank you ma'am kind the young DSA whipper snappers are baying for. Because that might mean those elites might accidentally get deposed too.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:25 PM (Eng1Z)

264 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 05:07 PM (zZu0s)

If Lindsay Graham is gay, he certainly hasn't been part of the rainbow brigade and out about it . If he''d been using male prostitutes that's not apparent . He did some quite good things -as in his comments in the questioning of Kavanaugh's detractors.

"Legal Insurrection" has an article about him. It's quite positive about his dedicated care for his sister.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 13, 2026 05:26 PM (D+BhG)

265 Kurt Schlichter made one of his few major errors when he said Khanna was a serious person and might well be a presidential candidate of some heft.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 13, 2026 04:22 PM (Riz8t)
==
He recently admitted that was a big mistake.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 13, 2026 05:26 PM (GZYu7)

266 President Trump will announce that BOTH of Georgia’s Democrat US Senators are “ILLEGITIMATE” due to election fraud, per @DC_Reporter"

The voting in both run off elections indicated that up to 400k Republican voters decided not to participate. Always thought that was just too large a number.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:28 PM (/WQyy)

267 >>> LBJ used to call it "being in the son-in-law bidness".
Awful human being, but he did have his moments.

Hah, Rodrigo! Like a clock, even a son-of-a-hamster can be right twice a day.

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:28 PM (Eng1Z)

268 I will check if we are still here

Posted by: Skip at July 13, 2026 05:28 PM (Ia/+0)

269 Do you drink diet Spite or regular Spite?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 13, 2026 05:22 PM (gRFug)

I don't think they make Diet Spite anymore. I think they changed it to Spite Zero.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 13, 2026 05:29 PM (zZu0s)

270 > Georgy "Georgy Girl" Zhukov

https://tinyurl.com/ca7dtj4x

As one of the commenters put it, it's good to be reminded of a time when pop singers could actually sing.

They could even perform live without lip syncing.

And no "robot hooker" autotune, either.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (IG3/x)

271 NOOD - Quick Hits

Posted by: the lower depths at July 13, 2026 05:30 PM (Yh7zv)

272 Spite is better than Given Up.

Posted by: polynikes at July 13, 2026 05:31 PM (/WQyy)

273 Got by on just Gelato and light pastry, pasta and pizza. And we walked something like 15 miles a day for 2 weeks.
==
Absent some specific individual issues, it is all about how many calories you consume versus how many you burn. Walk 15 miles aday, you lose weight. Yes, there are some alleged tweaks - the periodic fast, the 8 hour window well after breakfast.

But in the end, if you eat too much you will gain weight.

The GLP's like Ozempic have a limited amount of clinical history but one thing we know is that the rebound when you come off of them is a problem. Employers had been on the GLP bandwagon but have begun to roll back as they see that the GLPs are not proving out across their entire populations. It has to be closely managed.

Posted by: Black JEM at July 13, 2026 05:31 PM (GZYu7)

274 Michael Leiter is the Israeli Ambassador to the US, not the US Ambassador to Israel, as written. I'm sure this is a simple typo, but it confused me in his quoted discussion with Brennan.

Posted by: Pious Agnostic at July 13, 2026 05:32 PM (BFEJQ)

275 >>> If Lindsay Graham is gay, he certainly hasn't been part of the rainbow brigade and out about it . If he''d been using male prostitutes that's not apparent .

CDA has a whacko theory about Graham today. Take it with a LARGE grain of salt (like a mountain of it), but I do love reading crazy conspiracy theories.

"You will never get the timeline to work for the dead 1/100th. That being said, don't focus on the timeline and where he was and when he was there. Focus on the person who knew he would be alone when he returned home. That is where it happened. No witnesses and someone 45 minutes away to make the 911 call after the killer departed."

I can't tell if he's implying Graham got back to DC from his trip, had a strange visitor or hired a rent boy, and the rent boy did something to mimic a heart attack. But drinking polonium tea poison when he was in Ukraine might be my current favorite.

Like I said earlier, unless there's proof, Occam's Razor is probably right in Graham's case. Mitch, on the other hand...

Posted by: LizLem at July 13, 2026 05:34 PM (Eng1Z)

276 Good Lord! Why would he actually go to the West Bank? Doesn't he know that with photo-shop and AI he can take some pictures in the driveway of his mansion then have them inserted into the proper background? Talk to AOC, she has been doing this for years! Hell, there are guys who can have him shaking hands with Yasser Arafat if that's what he is looking for.

Remember the immortal words of Kamala Harris: "Just because you were put in charge of the border, it doesn't mean you actually have to go there!"

Posted by: JB1000 at July 13, 2026 05:38 PM (cc1If)

277 1966. Ronald Reagan was running against Pat Brown, Jerry's father, when the Republicans said "If it's Brow, flush it."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 13, 2026 05:49 PM (qFwJc)

278 leiter is the israeli ambassador to the us, not vice versa unless huckaby resigned.

Posted by: bob bailey at July 13, 2026 05:51 PM (lBBiR)

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